That was 2024!
Take a look back at Ultimate Demo Day 2024.
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!
Ultimate Demo Day is an event with...
inspiring keynotes to foster innovation
smart matchmaking & networking opportunities
more than 60 start-up live pitches
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
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Among others the very first winners of Women Start-up Award will present their business idea and ready to connect and collaborate!
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
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
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.
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.
Our UnternehmerTUM Investor Network Partners
