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 - 2:30pm1:30 - 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
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