Entrepreneurship News
Entrepreneurship Day brings together Munich ecosystem
Presidential Award goes to AI start-up
For the development of an AI tool that translates complex texts into plain language, the start-up SUMM AI has received the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award. The other finalists for this year’s award were KEWAZO, with a robot for the construction industry, and Phlair, with a new technology for CO2 capture.
TUM spin-off worth over a billion dollars
Isar Aerospace becomes a unicorn
Isar Aerospace, a space company spun off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM), has achieved a company valuation of over a billion dollars and thus unicorn status. This brings the number of TUM unicorns to 22. Isar Aerospace has developed and built its own commercial rocket technology and will transport small and medium-sized satellites into space in the future. The start-up, founded by three graduates, received intensive support from TUM.
Study on Germany, Austria and Switzerland
TUM produces the most start-up founders
Where did most start-up founders study and research? A study by the Technical University of Munich (TUM), ETH Zurich and the University of Innsbruck shows a complete picture for Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the first time. In the past decade, most start-ups were founded by students, employees and alumni of TUM, ETH and the University of St. Gallen. If one looks at the number of start-ups in relation to the number of students, German private universities are the most successful. The sectors with the most start-ups are shaped by only a few universities.
Podcast "We Are TUM"
What makes our innovation ecosystem so successful?
Entrepreneurial success stories begin at TUM. Over 20 start-ups that emerged from our university have developed into unicorns, reaching a market value of over one billion U.S. dollars. In the run-up to our Entrepreneurship Day on June 26, we explore the innovation ecosystem at our university. This episode of "We Are TUM" features Vice President Helmut Schönenberger, SUMM AI co-founder Flora Geske, Nicola Breugst, Professor of Entrepreneurial Behavior, and start-up consultant Florian Jäger.
Times Higher Education's 2025 University Impact Ranking
TUM remains global leader in innovation
The Technical University of Munich (TUM) continues to rank first in the "THE University Impact Ranking" category of industry, innovation, and infrastructure. The ranking shows how strongly universities contribute to sustainable innovations - through research, spin-offs, and corporate collaborations.