1:30 - 2:30pm
Whether you are on the lookout for your portfolio start-up, investor or project partner – our Ultimate Demo Days are the best platform to get to the next level of your innovation journey!
The Ultimate Demo Day is an event with...
live pitches & a start-up exhibition
smart matchmaking & networking opportunities
inspiring keynotes to foster innovation
Ultimate Demo Day 2023 was powered by UnternehmerTUM with UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators, TechFounders, TUM Venture Labs, UVC Partners, XPLORE and XPRENEURS as well as the Munich Urban Colab Investment Alliance Partners, EIT Urban Mobility Initiative, MakerSpace
Participating Start-ups and Clusters 2023
Cluster 1 - THE FUTURE UPON US: AI
36Zero Vision, Anet360, Augmented Industries GmbH, DATA Q Company, Dskrpt GmbH, Quasara, SkimAI, RESONIKS (previously SUPPLYZ), CareMates, Twinu, Vestlane
Cluster 2 - SUSTAINABLE & LIVEABLE CITIES
Angsa robotics, Buddy, CommuteSaver, Cyclize, OCELL, Omniloop AB, REVOLTZ LTD, Transcality
Cluster 3 - NEW ERA OF CONSTRUCTION & PRODUCTION
Abaut, Amperial, Anticipate, Carbon Atlantis, Certchain Limited, Emidat, Factorymaker, Filics, NTRDE, Palasts, Qubu, Robotcloud
Cluster 4 - LIFE AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT OF THE FUTURE
AdRegeneer, Caire, Empident, IntegrityKEY SRL, Irubis, Maple Aviation GmbH, Medigital, Noxon, Smartbax
Cluster 5 - ACCELERATING LONGSHOT TECHNOLOGIES
Anabrid, Faive Robotics, LEAM, Linque, Mycrobez, Nature Robots, Neutron Star Systems DE UG, Quantum Diamonds, SERINO
Cluster 6 - ENERGY SOLUTIONS OF TOMORROW
Alteva, BAVERTIS, Encentive, Go Additive, Phelas, Point Twelve, RedoCell, SHIT2POWER GmbH, TURN2X
Watch our highlight video 2023 and hear what makes
Ultimate Demo Day so special!
A big thank you to our inspiring speakers 2023
Soccer legend Oliver Bierhoff, astronaut in reserve Nicola Winter and the "Rockstar unter den Sommeliers" Justin Leone!
Oliver Bierhoff
Soccer legend I Former Captain of the German national Team I Scored the first Golden Goal in soccer history I Manager and Sports Expert
Oliver Bierhoff is a professional footballer who accompanied the German national team as a manager and sports official at the German Football Association from 2004 - 2022. In addition, he was responsible for the National Teams & Academy Directorate at the DFB from 2018 - 2022.
He was captain of the German national team and star kicker of AC Milan. In the 1996 EURO final, Oliver Bierhoff scored the first Golden Goal in soccer history.
In his role as Manager of the German national soccer team he won the FIFA World Cup in 2014 and the FIFA Confed Cup in 2017. In his role as Managing Director "National Teams & Academy", he united women's and men's soccer as well as the DFB Academy in one department under one strategy.
At the end of 2022, Oliver Bierhoff left his job at the DFB and is now planning new projects in the world of sports business.
“It is important that Europe, between the two great powers, the USA and China, also develops and advances its own technologies and promotes inventiveness and the art of engineering.”
Nicola Winter
Pilot I Keynote Speaker I Engineer I University Lecturer for Emergency and Crisis Management | ESA astronaut in reserve
Nicola was a fighter pilot in the German Armed Forces for more than a decade, piloted the Eurofighter as one of only three women in the air force, trained young pilots herself in the U.S. for several years and most recently held the rank of major.
Today, after a stopover in management consulting and industry, Nicola now works in space research (DLR e. V.) and as a lecturer in emergency and crisis management at the Carl Remigius University of Applied Sciences, where she is pursuing a doctorate in space science.
In 2022, she prevailed in the ESA astronaut selection process against more than 2,500 applicants inside and is now part of the astronaut reserve.
2017 "Thought Leader of the Year" (Boston Consulting Group, WirtschaftsWoche)
2017 Finalist of the initiative "Die Astronautin" (The Astronaut)
"With courage, empathy, discipline, passion and a modicum of luck, we can make it anywhere - even to the moon."
Justin Leone
The "Der Rockstar unter den Sommeliers" I "Dr. WineLove." I Bestselling author I Wine bar owner I Musician
The sommelier and musician from Canada owns the Munich wine bar Sticks & Stones, which boasts the largest wine list by the glass in the world, with nearly 700 wines.
Since 2023 Owner of Sticks & Stones Wine Bar, Munich
2017 Publishing "Just Wine, Weinwissen Ohne Bullshit"
2016-2017 Jury Member of the culinary program "MasterChef" on Sky Germany, Seasons 1 & 2
2016 Justin's program at Tantris awarded best Wine Pairing Program in the World and special Jury Prize for top 10 wine lists in the World by World of Fine Wine Magazine
2013 Germany's Best Sommelier by Rolling Pin Magazine
2011-2018 Chef Sommelier/Wine Director of 2** Tantris in Munich
2006-2008 Sommelier at Alinea*** Chicago, rated as Best Restaurant in the USA
Features in publications such as Playboy to Fine, Cosmopolitan, Vogue, Stern, Fizz, TimeOut, Wine Spectator, Rolling Pin
“Before one endeavors to utilize technology to revolutionize a branch, the imaginations and hearts of one's clientele must first be grabbed.”
Just the perfect start to Ultimate Demo Day 2023
With an average of 120 concerts a year, theJazzrausch Bigband is one of the busiest big bands in Europe. Again a perfect match at Europe's largest innovation center.
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... Ultimate Demo Day's agenda 2023 inspires!
- 1:30 - 2:30pm
- 2:30 - 3:10pm2:30 - 3:10pm
WELCOME / OPENING
with Justin Leone
- 3:10 - 3:30pm3:10 - 3:30pm
Break
MAKERSPACE DEEP-TECH PROTOTYPING
Insights into how deep-tech prototypes are created with real MakerSpace use cases.
3:30 - 4:00pm- 3:30 - 4:25pm3:30 - 4:25pm
START-UP PITCH SESSION I / 3 Clusters - 3 Stages
BLUE STAGE - ACCELERATING LONGSHOT TECHNOLOGIES
BLACK STAGE - ENERGY SOLUTIONS OF TOMORROW
PURPLE STAGE - LIFE AND HEALTH MANAGEMENT OF THE FUTURE
- 4:25 - 4:45pm4:25 - 4:45pm
Break
MAKERSPACE DEEP-TECH PROTOTYPING
Insights into how deep-tech prototypes are created with real MakerSpace use cases
4:45 - 5:15pm- 4:45 - 5:40pm4:45 - 5:40pm
START-UP PITCH SESSION II / 3 Clusters - 3 Stages
BLUE STAGE - SUSTAINABLE & LIVEABLE CITIES
BLACK STAGE - NEW ERA OF CONTSTRUCTION & PRODUCTION
PURPLE STAGE - THE FUTURE UPON US: AI
- 5:40 - 6:00pm5:40 - 6:00pm
Break
- 6:00 - 7:30pm6:00 - 7:30pm
CLOSING & AWARD WINNING
Panel: "Captain - we have a challenge: Lessons from a world champion and an astronaut" by Nicola Winter & Oliver Bierhoff
- 7:30 - 10:00pm7:30 - 10:00pm
MEET & MINGLE
Thank you to our partners 2023!
Amazon Web Services
Millions of customers, including thousands of the fastest-growing startups, use AWS to build fast, keep costs low, and prove what’s possible. For over 15 years, AWS has helped more startups launch, build, and succeed than any other cloud provider. 83% of the 1,000 unicorns around the world (listed by Pitchbook) run on AWS. In Germany, AWS partners with UnternehmerTUM to launch the AWS Skills to Jobs Tech Alliance (Tech Alliance). The Tech Alliance brings together a coalition of companies and other employers, government agencies, workforce development organizations, and education leaders. In Germany the Tech Alliance focuses in particular on providing pathways to jobs in digital product development and engineering.
Boston Consulting Group
Boston Consulting Group partners with leaders in business and society to tackle their most important challenges and capture their greatest opportunities. BCG was the pioneer in business strategy when it was founded in 1963. Today, we work closely with clients to embrace a transformational approach aimed at benefiting all stakeholders—empowering organizations to grow, build sustainable competitive advantage, and drive positive societal impact. Our diverse, global teams bring deep industry and functional expertise and a range of perspectives that question the status quo and spark change. BCG delivers solutions through leading-edge management consulting, technology and design, and corporate and digital ventures. We work in a uniquely collaborative model across the firm and throughout all levels of the client organization, fueled by the goal of helping our clients thrive and enabling them to make the world a better place.
EIT Urban Mobility
EIT Urban Mobility, supported by the European Institute of Innovation and Technology (EIT), acts to accelerate positive change on mobility to make urban spaces more liveable.
MakerSpace
The MakerSpace at Munich Urban Colab is a 1,200m² high-tech workshop that is open to the public and gives members access to machines, tools and software to enable work on projects quickly, cost effectively and in an attractive environment. Besides high-quality machines and the latest CAD software the MakerSpace offers a competent crew and a large community of creative and helpful people. In addition to modern 3D printers, laser cutters and various machines in the wood workshop and electronics lab, there is also a textile workshop and labs for IoT and robotics.
Organized by UnternehmerTUM
UnternehmerTUM
At UnternehmerTUM, visions turn into value. Our teams empower innovation enthusiasts to take entrepreneurial action. Together with start-ups and established companies, we drive tech ventures forward - from first idea to market leadership. In collaboration with the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and entrepreneur Susanne Klatten, we’ve been promoting future-forward start-ups such as Celonis, Konux, Lilium and Isar Aerospace since 2002.
Funding for Innovators
Funding for Innovators supports outstanding pre-seed B2B start-ups in (deep) tech from the UnternehmerTUM / TUM ecosystem with the needed capital and network. With us, you can close your first financing gap and secure additional funding.
TechFounders
TechFounders is a 20 week accelerator program that enables professional co-creation between leading corporations and start-ups. The start-ups benefit from realizing a pilot project with their corporate partners, high-class coaching and mentoring, access to the unique network, as well as receiving a cash component.
TUM Venture Labs
The TUM Venture Labs are a joint initiative by the Technical University of Munich and UnternehmerTUM to foster innovative, scalable and research-based start-ups and build a leading European DeepTech hub.
UVC Partners
UVC Partners, an early-stage capital investment company, concentrates on European technology start-ups with high-growth B2B business models at their earliest stages up to Series A. They initially invest €500,000 to €5 million - with potential for more.
XPRENEURS
XPRENEURS is a 3-month incubation program for high-tech start-ups. Through their expertise and network, they support start-ups to validate their business model, win first customers and secure initial investments.
XPLORE
XPLORE is there for ambitious future entrepreneurs who want to bring their start-up project to the next level. We guide founders through the critical stages of starting their business. With three formats and a network of experienced coaches, experts, and mentors, our team supports and empowers aspiring founders.
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