Ultimate Demo Day by UnternehmerTUM Events

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...

more than 60 start-up live pitches
smart matchmaking & networking opportunities
inspiring keynotes to foster innovation

Ultimate Demo Day 2024 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

60+ start-ups, 60+ cutting edge solutions

Congrats to NEOWAYS as winning team of Ultimate Demo Day 2024! The TUM Hyperloop spin-off aims to enable sustainable, fast and modern mobility.

Also as finalists on stage: KITEKRAFT with their flying wind turbine and NEBUMIND with an analysis software for aerospace industry.

In total, 60+ start-ups were pitching to Ultimate Demo Day's 600 guests:

Cluster 1 I Health Pioneers

Cluster 2 I Forward Mobility

Cluster 3 I Next-Gen Tech Horizons

Cluster 4 I Powering Tomorrow (Energy)

Cluster 5 I The New Era of Construction

Cluster 6 I Digital Frontier

Cluster 7 I Exploring Sustainability

Cluster 8 I Bio Innovators

Cluster 9 I Industrial Edge

That was 2024!

Our keynote speakers 2024

Verena Pausder as one of the best-known faces in the German start-up scene & Entrepreneur as well as Maximilian Schmidt, Co-Founder of Kinexon and Eric Beißwenger, State Minister for European & International Affairs. The great Annahita Esmailzadeh, Head of Customer Success Account Management - Energy & Chemicals Microsoft, Business Influencer & Bestselling Author, was also part of Ultimate Demo Day 2024.

Annahita Esmailzadeh

Head of Customer Success Account Management - Energy & Chemicals Microsoft, Business Influencer & Bestselling Author

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Verena Pausder

Entrepreneur, Investor & Chairwoman Of The German Startup Association

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Maximilian Schmidt

Co-Founder & Managing Director KINEXON Sports & Media GmbH

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Eric Beißwenger

State Minister for European and International Affairs

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The Ultimate Demo Day is a unique opportunity to witness innovation in action and be part of shaping our future. The startup-ups pitching here aren't just any ideas - they're cutting-edge technologies and solutions addressing the biggest challenges of our time.

Supporting the Ultimate Demo Day is important to me as a founder of KINEXON Sports and a homegrown Munich tech entrepreneur because it allows me to give back to the local startup ecosystem, inspire the next generation of innovators, and contribute to the vibrant tech community that has played a crucial role in my own entrepreneurial journey.

Supporting this event is personal for me because I deeply believe in the transformative power of innovation and entrepreneurship. Start-ups represent hope, resilience, and the courage to envision a better future. By being here, I want to amplify their voices, champion their ideas, and contribute to creating an ecosystem where great ideas can thrive. Events like Ultimate Demo Day are critical in building bridges between visionaries, investors, and changemakers—and I’m proud to be part of a platform that inspires and enables progress.

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Our partners 2024

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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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Thank you!
See you - December 11, 2025

60+ start-ups, 60+ cutting edge solutions

That was 2024!

Our keynote speakers 2024

Annahita Esmailzadeh

Verena Pausder

Maximilian Schmidt

Eric Beißwenger

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Our partners 2024

Boston Consulting Group

EIT Urban Mobility

MakerSpace

Organized by UnternehmerTUM

UnternehmerTUM

Funding for Innovators

TechFounders

TUM Venture Labs

UVC Partners

XPRENEURS

XPLORE

Our UnternehmerTUM Investor Network Partners