UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators
For the next generation of leading tech entrepreneurs

>250

teams provided with Grants*

34

start-ups funded with Pre-Seed Capital*

We back technology-based founding teams and start-ups early on.

You're part of UnternehmerTUM (e.g. Academy for Innovators, XPLORE, XPRENEURS), the Makerspace, Technical University of Munich (TUM), or TUM Venture Labs? Then secure tailored Pre-Seed funding that lifts you off the ground!

Funding for Innovators is UnternehmerTUM’s pre-seed fund. We support exceptional early-stage start-ups by providing essential capital and access to our network. With our help, you can close your initial financing gap and secure further funding.

We offer prototyping grants and founder-friendly convertible loans—designed to help you transform your idea into a scalable product!

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What We Fund

  • Ambitious start-up teams

  • Scalable B2B products and services

  • Hardware, software or combined solutions

  • Innovative deep tech projects

  • Founders that are affiliated with UnternehmerTUM, TUM, or the TUM Venture Labs

Funding Instruments

UFI Prototyping Grants

Prototyping Grants

We empower ambitious early-stage teams with bold ideas by providing grants to help them bring their prototypes to life. Our support is tailored to teams with visionary solutions, providing them with the essential hardware and software resources to take the first big step.
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Pre-Seed Capital

Innovative, high-tech start-ups aiming to secure their first institutional funding are invited to apply for our Pre-Seed Capital program.
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UFI Follow on Funding

Follow-on Funding

We actively support our funded teams through follow-on investments, partnering with lead investors in subsequent financing rounds to help startups advance through each stage of their growth journey.

Impact

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We believe that start-ups play a crucial role in shaping the world we want to live in. As an investor, we're aware of the impact we have with the decisions we make. That's why we consider ESG criteria in our investment decisions.

Together with the sustainability consulting company akzente and its start-up accelerator TechFounders, UnternehmerTUM published the Sustainability Playbooks for start-ups and VCs. The playbooks provide guidelines and pragmatic tips to tackle sustainability in a targeted manner — an approach we apply to our work.

Sustainability Playbooks