Science & Startups

Whew, we are very impressed by so much female excellence 💜 Yesterday, we had the pleasure of hearing the final 16 jury pitches for the EXIST Women program 🚀 From advancing electrochemical processes for sustainable chemistry and retail to innovative approaches in sustainability, culture, and education, the ideas showcased a remarkable range of creativity and impact. Some focused on making businesses more efficient, whether through streamlined management tools or improved funding processes for nonprofits, while others tackled pressing environmental challenges, from textile recycling to eco-friendly packaging and precision agriculture. Tech-driven safety solutions, platforms for community engagement, and tools for fostering healthier digital habits also stood out. And for the animal lovers, there was even a concept for a specialized advisory service. We can’t wait to see where these inspiring ideas go next! 🚀 #EXISTWomen #FemaleFounders #Innovation This year, the quality of the applications was exceptionally high and the 44 participants we had the pleasure of meeting this week were correspondingly strong. Wow! 💪 Next week, we will inform you, who made it into the next round of the EXIST program.  We would like to take this opportunity to thank the members of the jury for helping us to select these promising women:  Anna Figoluschka, Claudia Dirks, Katja Brunner, Philipp Heinicke, Caroline Kirstoff, Janina Sundermeier, Laura Bücheler, Franziska Mönch, Dr. Kristina Fajga, Dr. Rhea Machado, Nicola Filzmoser, IHK Berlin, Amrita Gandikota, Katharina Heinrich, Charlotte J. Sigel & Stephanie Pupke-Bertram - This is truly no easy task! #EXISTWomen #entrepreneurship #earlystage #pitching

👀 Are you interested in patented technologies? 💫 The Treasure Hunting Winter Schools in March 2025 are a unique opportunity for ALL researchers in the Berlin University Alliance and #UNITE context, for example, PhD Candidates, Post Docs or later stage Master students with all academic backgrounds! The two winter schools will take place in March 2025: 👉 First Winter School: March 3–7, 2025 👉 Second Winter School: March 24–28, 2025 You'll find more information about Treasure Hunting in the video and also in the comments section below 👇

💸 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝟱 𝘄𝗶𝗻𝗻𝗲𝗿𝘀 𝗼𝗳 𝗝𝗮𝗻𝘂𝗮𝗿𝘆𝘀 𝟭𝟬𝟬𝘁𝗼𝟭𝟬𝟬 💸 👩⚕️ Luisa Fernanda Manrique Núñez is launching an idea to predict insulin doses using AI facial recognition. 💫 Belal Sajal has developed TreasureBot, an idea to make recycling more efficient. 🐎 Luis Fritz wants to develop an AI solution for monitoring pregnant animals. 👩🔬 Gesa Dreyhsig found a way to safely store HCl to enable a more energy-friendly and safer way to electrolyze HCl. 🌿 Bastian Rittmeyer's idea is intended to improve algae cultivation in Berlin/Brandenburg and thus make the region even more future-proof. 𝗡𝗼𝘄, 𝘁𝗵𝗮𝘁'𝘀 𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗮𝘄𝘀𝗼𝗺𝗲 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮𝘀! 𝗗𝗼 𝘆𝗼𝘂 𝗮𝗹𝘀𝗼 𝗵𝗮𝘃𝗲 𝗮 𝗴𝗿𝗲𝗮𝘁 𝗶𝗱𝗲𝗮 𝘁𝗼 𝗺𝗮𝗸𝗲 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝘄𝗼𝗿𝗹𝗱 𝗮 𝗯𝗲𝘁𝘁𝗲𝗿, 𝘀𝗮𝗳𝗲𝗿 𝗮𝗻𝗱 𝗮 𝗺𝗼𝗿𝗲 𝗲𝗳𝗳𝗶𝗰𝗶𝗲𝗻𝘁 𝗽𝗹𝗮𝗰𝗲? 👉 Each month we transfer €100 to each of our 5 favorite ideas. All ideas that emerge at Berlin's universities are welcome. Send us your 100 words If you want to, you can also book a consultation appointment with our experts, to have a deep look into the potential of your idea. 🎉 Extra bonus: The best ideas will be presented to a larger audience and awarded at the end of the year. The organiser and the partners of the ideas competition will treat the ideas submitted confidentially. The personal data of the participants will not be passed on to unauthorised third parties by the organiser. 💜 Register now, send us your 100 words and win 100 € - you'll find the Link in the comments section below 👇

🕵♀️ Performance-enhancing chewing gum, an AI-supported solution for understanding package inserts, the sale of lab-grown meat or an app to make city trips easier and better. 🌱 On Tuesday, seven teams of students from the "Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Finance" course pitched their diverse start-up ideas, which they had developed within a few months, at the Humboldt-Universität zu Berlins Gründerhaus. Tim Adam and the entire Naviri team were there to give the students detailed feedback. The purpose of the course is to go through the initial process of a Startup in order to motivate students to start their own business. 💪 And indeed, some of the Master's students can definitely see themselves following this path. The successful pitches were followed by pizza.   👉 We regularly cooperate with professors. Are you interested in offering your students a course of this kind? Feel free to contact us!  We also regularly offer courses of this kind. You can find more information in the comments 👇

🎉 We are so proud of the Team of Factor4Solutions GmbH from Technische Universität Berlin on becoming Founders of the week by StartingUp 🎉 Stefan Petersen, Walther Hüls and Jan Albers work on an AI-based solution for significantly lower power consumption and CO2 emissions in refrigeration systems. Very well done 💪 Read more here: https://lnkd.in/e7ceg4Xm

Actually, it was to be expected... ...but yesterday's second round of jury pitches for the EXIST Women program was so strong. 💜 Yesterday, 11 #femalefounders impressed us with their personalities and their impressive ideas in the Health & Prevention cluster in the Startup Villa of Freie Universität Berlin and Profund Innovation - Freie Universität Berlin. 🚀 Participants included Munja Chahabadi with a model for preventive diagnostics Deborah Frey with an app for people with dementia Maxie Großmann with an app to promote resilience Nady Maltseva with Calilora Valerie Masete presented us with a new form of diagnosis Diana Munteh talked about her idea SynBoost. Joana Santana presented aromatherapy cosmetics for pregnant women, Nora Stenmann Kuphal introduced Twily to the topic of nightly breast-pumping sessions and Ahed Almalla with high quality and affordable biomaterials. Lisa Marie Nitschke focuses on online training for educators and Katja Funken on a femtech platform on the topic of menopause. PS: We were so distracted by the exciting pitches that we didn't take any photos. 👉 Tomorrow is the last round of jury pitches in the Sustainability & Society cluster. The bar is set really high this year, so we are really excited to see what happens tomorrow and which women will qualify for the new round of the EXIST Women program at the end of the week. Stay tuned. #EXISTWomen #entrepreneurship #earlystage #pitching

Yesterday we got to hear many strong pitches during the first round of jury pitches for the EXIST Women program. 💜 We were impressed by the all the great ideas and personalities of our #femalefounders: 🚀 Inola Ilayda and Güder Engler with Green Gold, Samantha Carbajal with Speech4Kids, Anna Hedegaard presenting Quantum Prime, Niamat Hamudan presenting a way to save CO2 in cement production, Hermine S., Jessica Majedo showing how AI can be used to utilize surpluses in the clothing industry, Karen Zhu using AI to support small and medium-sized enterprises in e-commerce, Ciaoya Chang providing fishero.ai, a software for water analysis. Also Laura Canupan gave us an insight into Finwize, Sai Rallabandi using AI for financial planning for SMEs, Monika Kudela presenting an AI learning tool for german texts, Christine Faur using AI to organize differentiated lessons, Antonia Schütte presenting „Resonanzräume“ a platform to promote a culture of debate and Veronika Pavlova showing us, how JOVEX AI can help professionals to arrive professionally in germany. 👉 Today we are hearing another 12 pitches in the Health & Prevention cluster at the Startup Villa of Freie Universität Berlin and Profund Innovation - Freie Universität Berlin in Dahlem. So it remains exciting 🫶 We are curious to see who will qualify for the new round of EXIST Women program at the end of this week. #EXISTWomen #entrepreneurship #earlystage #pitching

🚀 𝕙𝕖𝕣𝕖 𝕨𝕖 𝕘𝕠 We are currently in the middle of the first round of jury pitches for the EXIST Women program. 💜 🌱 Today, we are starting with 16 pitches in the Technology & Resources cluster at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, TU Berlin. We are very impressed by all the fascinating ideas and personalities that we have already been able to get to know today 👉 From a total of 100 really imaginative applications for the EXIST Women program, we have selected 44 women who will pitch their ideas in front of three expert juries this week. We will keep you updated 💜

𝕊𝕒𝕞 𝔸𝕝𝕥𝕞𝕒𝕟 𝕤𝕡𝕖𝕒𝕜𝕤 𝕒𝕥 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕋𝕌 👀 🔎 What do students, scientists and politicians need to prepare for in the age of AI? What opportunities does this transformative technology offer? What risks also need to be considered? What conditions do we need to create for AI to benefit society? 💫 Sam Altman, CEO of OpenAI, is visiting the Technische Universität Berlin today quite spontaneously to discuss the impact of AI on science, business and society at a panel discussion. Under the motto "Potentials, Perspectives, and Challenges in the Age of AI", Altman will be speaking today at 12.30 pm in the TU Audimax with Fatma Deniz, Vice President for Digitalization and Sustainability at the TU Berlin, Volker Markl, Co-Director of BIFOLD - Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data and Head of the Department of Databases and Information Systems at the TU Berlin, as well as Nicole Büttner, Co-Founder and CEO of Merantix Momentum. The panelists will also take questions from the audience. This is a particularly exciting visit, especially in light of the current developments and turbulence surrounding STARGATE and DeepSeek AI. 👉 What would you have liked to ask Sam Altman and the other panelists? Participation in the discussion is only possible with prior registration and was fully booked within a very short time. 🎉 BUT you can use the livestream to follow the conversation online. Click here 👉 https://lnkd.in/eWFeapVk

🚀 𝙃𝙚𝙧𝙚 𝙬𝙚 𝙜𝙤 𝙖𝙣𝙙 𝙬𝙚 𝙖𝙧𝙚 𝙢𝙤𝙧𝙚 𝙩𝙝𝙖𝙣 𝙚𝙭𝙘𝙞𝙩𝙚𝙙! 🚀 💥 From a total of 100 really cool and imaginative applications for the EXIST Women program, we have selected 44 women who will pitch their ideas in front of three expert juries in the coming week. 👉 On Monday we will start with 17 pitches in the Technology & Resources cluster, followed by 12 pitches in the Healthcare + Prevention cluster and finally 15 pitches in the Sustainability & Society cluster.  Of course, we will take you with us and give you an insight into these exciting days in the coming week. Stay tuned 💜