Post by TUM Venture Labs

Academia as a Venture Engine: Systematizing Venture Creation (1/3) Last week, our team visited leading innovation hubs in the US and had valuable exchanges with leading institutions, including: Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Martin Trust Center for MIT Entrepreneurship, MIT.nano, MIT Department of Mechanical Engineering (MechE) and Harvard University (Harvard Innovation Labs), and one thing became clear: ❗Venture creation is embedded into the academic system, not an add-on❗ What stood out most is how strongly this approach supports #deeptech and life sciences, where cutting-edge research is systematically turned into ventures and backed over long time horizons. Great exchanges with Fiona Murray, Dr. Constanze Coelsch-Foisner, Evelyn Wang, Apoorv Agarwal, Tod Hynes, Ben Soltoff, Victoria Pisini, Julie Newman, Julian Klein, Andrew Grabowski, Thomas Eisenmann, Tarun Khanna, Peter Tufano, Andy Wu, Lynn Schenk, Rebekah Emanuel, Christian Kaps, Joy Massicotte, Jim Matheson and many others. 💡 Key takeaway: The most effective ecosystems systematize the path from research to start-up, especially in deep tech and life sciences. What this means for our work: → Strengthening structured programs for #researchers to enter entrepreneurship, including our TUM Climate Ventures course. → Systematically identifying and validating venture cases from #research, with a focus on deep tech and life sciences. 🚀 Value for #startups: → Better prepared founding teams and stronger company foundations from day one with programs that fit. With strong partners such as Technical University of Munich, UnternehmerTUM, Viessmann Generations Group, BMW Group, X, The Moonshot Factory, Breakthrough Energy.