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We support innovative deep tech start-ups in closing their first funding.

Best-in-class terms:

  • No valuation cap

  • No discount

  • No interest

Terms

A Most Favoured Nation Clause (MFNC)

A Most Favoured Nation (MFN) clause is in place, ensuring that Funding for Innovators receives the same terms as any future investors. If you later agree to terms with another investor that are more advantageous than those in our current agreement, those improved terms will automatically be extended to Funding for Innovators as well.

Conversion of the Loan

The loan will automatically convert upon the first equity financing round or at the four-year maturity date, whichever occurs first.

Funding Focus

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Criteria

  • You're developing a product with scalable growth potential

  • You're active in one of UnternehmerTUM’s programs, the TUM Venture Labs, or the TUM Incubator or TUM Gründungsberatung

  • Your founding team is heterogeneous

  • Your company is incorporated

  • You've built an initial prototype of your product

  • You've identified your target customers

Funding Phases

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Initial Pre-seed Capital as a Convertible Loan

Funding purpose:

  • Establish credibility by setting and achieving initial KPIs

  • Secure additional pilot projects

  • Expand the team by hiring employees to support growth

  • Attract initial financing or co-investment from Business Angels or Venture Capital firms
  • Prolong your runway to increase your venture‘s valuation prior to an equity round
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Follow-on Financing

Funding purpose:

  • Turn pilot projects into customer projects
  • Scale your business