News + Events

Join us on November 7th to hear from 3 entrepreneurs discuss the ups, the downs, and the unexpected delights of setting up and running their own companies as women leaders, and a spirited discussion on what has changed and what still needs to be done to make entrepreneurship more equitable. In the networking session with wine & snacks you will be able to chat more in depth about female entrepreneurship, connect with interesting people and build your network.

In a pre-seed financing round, the AI+Munich funded team from Summ AI receives a investment in the seven-figure range. Their concept: complex texts are converted into simple language by the Munich-based start-up's AI solution, in order to make them more accessible.

On Nov. 8 from 2-5 p.m., the WE-Truck will be visiting our Precelerator. Discover the electronics future with Würth Elektronik's show truck event. Hardware startups & electronics/mechatronics students are welcome.

The Precelerator is the new community space for entrepreneurship & prototyping of SCE & HM and invites you to exciting events & workshops on a variety of topics from website creation with the help of AI to personality development and the development of your own sticker. The Precelerator is there to participate, that is, to develop your own and team projects for all students of HM.

Here you can find the upcoming workshops and events of the Precelerator.

The Munich-based med-tech startup and SCE alumni cureVision specializes in improving the care of chronic wounds through the use of artificial intelligence, and has now been awarded the Health-i Award 2023 for its efforts. The prestigious award for innovative ideas in healthcare is presented annually by Techniker Krankenkasse and Handelsblatt and recognizes the innovative potential of cureVision. We congratulate the entire team very much!

In our unique Night of the Start-up League, HM/SCE start-ups from our current Accelerator programs pitch their concepts and talk about their journey from initial idea to market-ready solution. You will also get to know the new start-up teams that will join the Accelerator programs at the HM Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences and SCE in the winter semester 2023. They are all part of the exclusive Start-up League, which gives them access to our professional start-up support at SCE, our various support programs (Start-up Certificate, DICA, Start For Future) and the public, government programs (including EXIST, FLÜGGE). Mark your calendars now!

On Monday, October 9, 2023, the Deutsche Bahn (DB) mindbox Selection Day in Berlin was the venue for exciting insights into the world of collaboration between established companies and young startups. After the keynote speech by Michael Hack, SCE, on the topic of "CoCreate the Future", the four finalists of the competition, nevernot, Repair Rebels, skinmade and Edurino pitched for victory.

A warm welcome to the new Batch #10 in the SCE Accelerator Program! We are looking forward to accompanying the colorful variety of teams with their innovative and exciting start-up projects in the coming months.

Munich-based sustainability startup and SCE alumni Relevo secures a strategic investment from Jokey Group, a manufacturer of sustainable reusable packaging. With this, they plan to expand their market position for sustainable reusable solutions in Germany and offer high-quality, durable reusable packaging to catering businesses.

The Start for Future program enters a new round and the Open Call for Phase 1: LEARN is officially open! The Open Call runs until October 18th, 2023! Apply here.

Together with OTH Regensburg and TH Nuremberg, HM has applied for doctoral centers that make it possible to do a doctorate directly at a university of applied sciences. Two of these new doctoral centers, approved by the Ministry of Science, will be located at the Munich site in the future.

Exciting Announcement for Researchers and Pracademics! Call for conceptual and empirical research papers for: Special Issue: "The New Social Contract for HEIs: Exploring their Role in European Innovation Ecosystems" We are thrilled to announce a collaboration with the Triple Helix Journal for a Special Issue that focuses on the evolving role of Higher Education Institutions (HEIs) in European innovation ecosystems. Please get in touch with Dr. Sebastian Planck (sebastian.planck@sce.de).

Munich-based tech company and SCE alumni PointTwelve has won the Munich Startup Special Prize at the startup festival Bits & Pretzels. This €2,500 prize recognizes the best Munich startup in the pitch competition at the event.

Entrepreneurs and people interested in setting up a business take note! The Strascheg Award 2023, with prize money totalling € 30,000, is entering the hot phase. All students, professors, staff and alumni of the Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences can submit their business ideas until 30 September. Apply with your idea for one of the three categories! To the online application.

SCE Almuni start-up MEDEA Biopharma not only won the top prize of $100k in the BETA category out of 1000 applicants at this year's Lee Kuan Yew Global Buisness Plan in Singapore, but also won the Wavemaker Investment Prize and the Public Choice Award in addition.

The EIT HEI Initiative interviewed Pavlina Vujovic, Head of Internationalization at the Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, about the Start For Future (SFF) initiative.

Munich-based startup, and SCE startup consulting alumni, Octavi has developed a flight simulator for the home. The intuitive and ergonomic all-in-one device allows users to control all the important instruments in a flight simulator without the need for complex hardware installation. Founder Felix von Plehwe has raised over 90,000 euros with his idea via a crowdfunding campaign. In an interview with Munich Startup, he shares his tips.

At the award ceremony for the Bavarian University Prize for Entrepreneurship "MöglichMacher²³", Klaus Sailer as a personality and Hochschule München University of Applied Sciences (HM) as an institution were honored for the successful and ongoing transformation of HM into an internationally networked entrepreneurial university.

This year, for the first time, the "MöglichMacher²³ - Bavarian University Award for Entrepreneurship" was awarded for outstanding university achievements in the area of start-up support. The Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts, the vbw - Vereinigung der Bayerischen Wirtschaft e.V. (Bavarian Business Association) and Hochschule Bayern e.V. (Bavarian University of Applied Sciences) together with BayZiel - Bavarian Center for Innovative Teaching awarded the first prize to SCE Managing Director Prof. Dr. Klaus Sailer and Munich University of Applied Sciences with its Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship for the transformation of HM into an internationally networked entrepreneurial university.