In the Financial Times ranking of “Europe's Leading Start-Up Hubs,” UnternehmerTUM is ranked first among 125 European startup hubs. It is ranked just behind Entrepreneurship Center of the Technical University of Munich (TUM) Hexa in Brussels and the British SETsquared, which is associated with six universities, land.
The Financial Times particularly praised UnternehmerTUM's strong network of large corporations, medium-sized businesses, investors, international research institutions, and policymakers. Another strength is that TUM students can participate in UnternehmerTUM courses as part of their degree programs.
More than 70 technology-oriented companies are founded at TUM each year. TUM and UnternehmerTUM support startups with programs tailored to each phase of their development – from conception to IPO. The TUM Venture Labs offer founding teams, each from a major technology field, an entire ecosystem with direct links to research. Up to 30 teams can use the TUM Incubator to prepare for the launch of their company. In addition, UnternehmerTUM invests in technology companies with its own venture capital fund and offers a high-tech workshop for prototype construction with the MakerSpace.
In an interview with the Financial Times, Helmut Schönenberger, Co-founder and CEO of UnternehmerTUM:
“Our unique selling point is that everything is highly integrated.”
At the same time, it is essential to be adaptable at all times and to keep pace with technological change, says Schönenberger.
For the ranking, the newspaper, in collaboration with the data company Statista, surveyed graduates of the startup centers as well as investors, entrepreneurs, and researchers. The success of the individual startups was also taken into account in the evaluation.
The full ranking is available on the Financial Times website.
