A network of Deep Tech & Life Science Incubators to nurture Innovation in Emerging Domains
We support you in turning your deep tech or life science idea into entrepreneurial impact - across the entire early life-cycle from idea generation to seed-capital for business launch.
To do that we combine deep domain expertise with entrepreneurial experience and a large ecosystem.
We are a joint initiative by TUM, the top-ranked technical university in the EU, and UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s largest entrepreneurship center.
Explore your core domains of interest and the opportunities our cross-functional support provides for your tech and life sciences start-up.
Domain specific network, consultation and infrastructure
Whether you are a student, researcher or professional, an aspiring individual or already a team – the TUM Venture Labs will support you on your way to apply your idea and become a scalable business.


For Scientists
Find out that science and entrepreneurship is not an "either/or" question!

For Students
Want to develop your skill set? Join our education programs!



Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, February 18, 2025 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München




Software/AI Start-Up Roundtable
Wednesday, February 26, 2025 · SITT Wein Heilbronn, Deutschhofstraße 6-8, 74072 Heilbronn


Pitch & Progress Meet-Up
Wednesday, March 12, 2025 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau

Open House Session
Thursday, March 13, 2025 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau



Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, March 18, 2025 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München


From Science to Start-up – BioM meets VL Food/Agro/Biotech
Tuesday, March 25, 2025 · BayWa Co-Working Space



Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, April 1, 2025 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München



Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, April 15, 2025 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München









Open House Session
Thursday, February 13, 2025 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau

Sustainable Water-Mobility Community Meet-Up
Thursday, February 6, 2025 · St.-Martin-Straße 82, 3DExperience Lab

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, February 4, 2025 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

Unternehmeringenieur Final Pitches
Monday, February 3, 2025 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau

Founders' regulars' table: Food & Agtech
Thursday, January 30, 2025 · Görresstraße 38, 80798 München


18th Expert Session
Monday, January 27, 2025 · Seminarraum Mikrobiologie/Virologie (59 0.02), Trogerstraße 30

Forum Munich Aerospace – Contrail Management: Benefits and Challenges for Aviation
Thursday, January 23, 2025 · TUM Campus Garching


Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, January 21, 2025 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München


Open House Session
Thursday, January 9, 2025 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Lab to Launch: Innovators in Software and AI
Monday, December 16, 2024 · experimenta, Experimenta-Platz, 74072 Heilbronn


Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, December 10, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München





Founders' regulars' table: Food & Agtech
Monday, December 2, 2024 · Löwenbräukeller - Das Original - Nymphenburger Straße 2 80335 München




Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, November 26, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

17th Expert Session
Monday, November 25, 2024 · Einsteinstrasse 25, Munich, TranslaTUM, Small Auditorium



TUM Venture Lab Healthcare x Start2: Life Sciences Start-ups meet Investors
Thursday, November 21, 2024 · Start2 Group GmbH | Balanstraße 73 | #Haus 19 B/ EG 81541 München

Science Night - Innovation in CleanTech and Beyond
Wednesday, November 20, 2024 · Munich Urban Colab


Open House Session
Thursday, November 14, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau

PhD Breakfast
Thursday, November 14, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Pitch & Progress Meet-Up
Wednesday, November 13, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, November 12, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München





Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, October 29, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

16th Expert Session
Monday, October 28, 2024 · Einsteinstrasse 25, Muenchen, TranslaTUM, kleines Auditorium






Nucleate x TUM VL FAB
Thursday, October 17, 2024 · BayWa Coworking Space, Maximus-von-Imhof Forum 2, Freising

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, October 15, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

Open House Session
Thursday, October 10, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau




Stanford x TUM Venture Labs Workshop
Tuesday, October 8, 2024 · Einsteinstraße 25, Munich, TranslaTUM


Alt Protein Pipelines: Hackathons as innovation and career catalysts
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 · Online via Zoom

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, October 1, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München



9th AMeetUp
Wednesday, September 25, 2024 · Technische Universität München Arcisstraße 21 80333 München


Pitch & Progress
Wednesday, September 18, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, September 17, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München




Software Defined Vehicle Meetup x TUM Autonomous Racing
Friday, September 6, 2024 · Munich Urban Colab



AI Microclasses: How to build your own AI application
Wednesday, September 4, 2024 · TUM Hörsaal, Etzelstraße 38, Heilbronn

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, September 3, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

AI Microclasses: How to create a landing page with AI
Monday, September 2, 2024 · TUM Hörsaal, Etzelstraße 38, Heilbronn

AI Microclasses: How to create a compelling story
Friday, August 30, 2024 · TUM Hörsaal, Etzelstraße 38, Heilbronn

AI Microclasses: How to conduct customer interviews
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 · TUM Hörsaal, Etzelstraße 38, Heilbronn

AI Microclasses: How to structure decision making processes
Monday, August 26, 2024 · TUM Hörsaal, Etzelstraße 38, Heilbronn

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, August 20, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

Open House Session
Thursday, August 8, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, August 6, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München

15th Expert Session
Monday, July 29, 2024 · Einsteinstrasse 25, Muenchen, TranslaTUM, kleines Auditorium

Sustainable Water Mobility - Experience Day
Wednesday, July 24, 2024 · Bayerischer Yachtclub Starnberg



Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, July 23, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München


Open House Session
Thursday, July 11, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Pitch & Progress - Focus: Challenge of Sales in Construction
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, July 9, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München


Design Excellence in Tech Start-Ups
Thursday, June 27, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau



Clean Tech Microclass - The Problem of Electronic Waste
Wednesday, June 26, 2024 · Theresienstraße 90

Open House AM Check-In
Tuesday, June 25, 2024 · Room 7849.EG.302, Ground Floor B2.0.02, Freisinger Landstraße 52, 85748 Garching b. München


Bite-sized Innovations: Hacking the Future of Alternative Protein
Thursday, June 20, 2024 · Virtually connecting Singapore and Europe




Open House Session
Thursday, June 13, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau







CATALYZE Innovation "Novel Solutions for a Silent Pandemic – Innovation in Antibiotics"
Thursday, May 23, 2024 · CH 26411, Garching

SPICE - Special Edition Japan
Monday, May 20, 2024 · Tokyo Innovation Base in Japan, 〒100-0005 Tokyo, Chiyoda City, Marunouchi, 3 Chome−8−3 2F SusHi Tech Square

Founders' regulars' table: Food & Agtech in May
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 · BayWa Co-Working Space, Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85354 Freising

Pitch & Progress Meet-Up
Wednesday, May 15, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau









MakeaTUM Bionics Hackathon
Wednesday, April 24, 2024 · TUM Newton Building, Freisinger Landstraße 52, Garching








NextGen Ventures – Entrepreneurial Perspectives on 6G
Tuesday, March 26, 2024 · Rohde & Schwarz Munich

"successfully delivered? Wie Start-Ups die Zukunft der Stadt prägen"
Thursday, March 21, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Medtech Pitchday by High-Tech Gründerfonds hosted by TUM Venture Lab Healthcare
Wednesday, March 20, 2024 · TranslaTUM, Einsteinstr.25, Muenchen

"Innovation braucht einen Ort"
Monday, March 18, 2024 · Arcisstr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau











PITCH EVENT: "Unternehmeringenieur in der Bauwirtschaft"
Monday, February 5, 2024 · Arcistr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau


Sustainability X Technology: Transforming Aviation and Space, Empowering Sustainability
Thursday, January 25, 2024 · Vorhoelzer Forum, Technische Universität München



Unlocking the Future! Book Presentation of 'The World After Capital' by Dr. Albert Wenger
Wednesday, January 10, 2024 · Munich Urban Colab, Auditorium

Urban Tech Time - Designing for the Circular Economy
Tuesday, December 19, 2023 · Arcistr. 21, Munich // Room 2345, 2nd Floor Thierschbau
















Life Science Engineering Seminar Series One
Thursday, October 26, 2023 · Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85354 Freising





CLEaR 2023 – Construction Logistics, Equipment, and Robotics
Monday, October 9, 2023 · TUM Academy Center Raitenhaslach





Healthcare Happy Hour (HHH) - hosted by Makehealthdigital
Tuesday, September 12, 2023 · Brainlab, Olof-Palme-Straße 9, Muenchen


Soft Opening BayWa Coworking Space
Monday, July 31, 2023 · Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2, 85356 Freising


Sustainability x Technology Meetup #2: Circular Economy
Wednesday, July 19, 2023 · Tozero Pilot Plant and Office in Karlsfeld

CATALYZE Innovation "Sensing – Navigation on a molecular level"
Tuesday, July 18, 2023 · CPA, Garching






TUM Entrepreneurship Day
Thursday, June 29, 2023 · Technische Universität München Arcisstraße 21, 80333, München

Automatica 2023 - Start-ups and industry partners: How cooperation succeeds
Wednesday, June 28, 2023 ·



Urban Tech Time - Expert Talk
Tuesday, June 13, 2023 · TUM Venture Lab, Room 2345, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich






Sustainability x Technology Meetup
Tuesday, April 18, 2023 · TUM Venture Lab, Room 2345, Arcisstraße 21, 80333 Munich



Contact us

Dr. Philipp Gerbert, CEO
contact@tum-venture-labs.de
We are a joint initiative
of TUM and UnternehmerTUM
The vision of TUM Venture Labs is to leverage the unique research power of TU Munich and increase the quality and quantity of scalable technology spin-offs and ventures in the region by a factor of ten. To reach this ambitious goal we bundle and expand the existing activities and expertise in start-up support by TUM and UnternehmerTUM with complementary offerings.
Become our partner
With a strong network of supporters we will be able to increase the quality and quantity of scalable technology spin-offs and ventures.
Find out, how to shapen your engagement with the TUM Venture Lab initative and contact us to exchange on the details.
Contact our Partner management representatives or find out more here

Dr. Sandra Bogdanovic | TU München | Send Mail

Dr. Philipp Gerbert | TUM Venture Labs | Send Mail

Christian Mohr | Unternehmertum | Send Mail




