Software & AI Lab

Office Hours

Join our Open Office Hours on Product, Sales & Growth every Friday at 9:30 on our Founder Community Server.

Our Teams

At TUM Venture Labs, we firmly believe that our progress is measured by the success of our startups. We're dedicated to empowering founders to realize their full potential and craft solutions that will redefine tomorrow.

Our standout companies have not only demonstrated exceptional achievements in fundraising and product development, but also consistently exceeded customer expectations. They've set new standards in their respective industries, proving the strength and value of our entrepreneurial community.

HappyRobot

Happyrobot, founded in 2022, revolutionizes AI with a no-code platform for fine-tuning & deploying Large Vision Models. Their auto-labeling tool simplifies object detection, making AI more accessible.

Bliro

Bliro's AI notetaker transforms your conversations into actionable insights, saving time and increasing productivity. Adapting to each user, Bliro creates personalized summaries that improve over time, making it the ultimate tool for capturing and documenting all conversations.

DQC

DQC.ai, pioneering data management for all. We empower businesses to save time and prevent data errors, offering intuitive, powerful tools for daily work. Expect 5x faster data issue detection and a 10x boost in data quality rules. Simple, effective, transformative.

Mily Tech

Mily Tech: Unleashing breakthrough performance in last-mile delivery. Our analytics platform illuminates field operations for optimal decision-making.

Ocumeda

Occumeda provides accessible and affordable medical eye diagnoses for opticians and doctors.

Ryver.ai

Ryver.AI empowers better AI models with cost-efficiency and expedited time-to-market. We offer software to generate synthetic medical images, assess their privacy and quality, and seamlessly integrate with any data infrastructure.

SUMM

Easy language at the touch of a button! Make any complicated text accessible and understandable with one click using our AI-based tool.

About us

At TUM Venture Labs Software & AI, we are committed to empowering the next generation of entrepreneurs. From students to researchers, we offer the resources, knowledge, and community needed to turn your innovative ideas into reality.

Students: Students from TUM and other Munich-based universities are invited to participate in our programs. Regardless of the level of your studies - from Bachelor to doctoral - and irrespective of your field of research, entrepreneurship presents a thrilling pathway for your career. Here, you don't lose; you gain invaluable experiences and potential successes.

Researchers: Doctoral and post-doctoral researchers are the fountainhead of technological innovation. We provide assistance to help them discover market applications and acquire the know-how necessary to transfer their technology to society at large.

Teams: We welcome startup teams with existing ideas or markets into our programs. Guided through the ecosystem, they can maximize their potential, evolve into their best versions, and build the most successful companies they're capable of.

What we provide

Resources: Need customers, talent, or funding? We're here to assist you. As founders ourselves, we understand the needs of an early-stage company and are committed to offering you what you require to concentrate on what matters most: generating value for your customers.

Knowledge: Being an entrepreneur is one of the most challenging jobs in the world. Thus, we share our experience and offer education on general entrepreneurship, artificial intelligence, cybersecurity, Web3, and SaaS business models. We aim to help you avoid technical debt and establish a robust culture and processes.

Community: It's dangerous to go alone! Engage with our community of entrepreneurs at various stages of their entrepreneurial journey. Share successes, learn from failures, and enjoy a supportive environment that fosters mutual growth and success.

Marketing Support: With marketing being a crucial aspect of startup success, we offer support in shaping your value proposition, conducting customer research, segmenting your market, and developing effective email and content marketing strategies.

What It Costs

Nothing but your dedication and hard work on your idea.

Our Sponsors

Our Partners

Our Offerings

From PhD to Innovator

Join our upcoming workshop by Young Entrepreneurs in Science (YES) and learn how to turn your research into a start-up. Gain insights from successful role models who made the leap from scientist to entrepreneur.

Ph.D. students

IdeaLab Workshop

May 2026

2-day workshop for doctoral candidates and postdocs to transform your research into commercial applications.

Our Team

As a team of entrepreneurs, our mission is to help students and researchers in the successful transformation towards entrepreneurship. Therefore, we build an ecosystem that we would have wanted when we first started thinking about entrepreneurship.