Alumni start-ups

An idea on the topic of sustainability gave rise to the multi-award-winning start-up Angsa Robotics. The TUM Alumni had not planned to set up a company. Their goal was simply to contribute to a cleaner environment.

By pursuing a second degree, Artem Kuchukov wanted to expand his knowledge of Civil Engineering and gain international experience. But studying at TUM opened several other doors, too. Together with fellow students, the TUM Alumni created a start-up and is now doing what he always wanted to do: making a difference.

TUM Alumni Valentin Kahl and Roman Zantl started up their company straight after completing their doctorates. Today, it ranks among the leading providers of systems that allow for the analysis of cells under almost lifelike conditions.

TUM Alumni Daniel Metzler is making space more accessible. He has developed a small rocket that allows small satellites to be transported into orbit at low cost.

Even as a teenager, TUM Alumni Tobias Knaup was already programming websites and internet services. After finishing his studies, he started up his own business in Silicon Valley. Its cutting-edge technology and corporate culture is leaving the competition in the dust.

TUM Alumni Adam Probst wants to take the possibilities of Artificial Intelligence to the next level. To this end, he developed a tool that helps companies utilize Artificial Intelligence even more efficiently.

TUM Alumna Valentina Luspai is inquisitive - about herself, about life and about people. As a coach she fully lives out her passion and her strengths. And she wants to encourage other people to do the same.

Computers and informatics have been fascinating TUM Alumni Robin Sommer since he was a teenager. Today he is the co-founder of a highly successful software company that helps to uncover security vulnerabilities and prevent hacker attacks.

At just 23 years of age, TUM Alumni Andreas Kunze created his start-up KONUX, which develops combined systems of sensors and artificial intelligence. The technology is used, among others, by Deutsche Bahn and helps to make train travel more appealing.

For over twenty years, TUM Alumni Felix Haas has been living and breathing entrepreneurship, investment and innovation. As TUM Entrepreneur of Excellence, he will continue to support his alma maters' young generation of entrepreneurs with his wealth of valuable experience.

Worldwide availability of clean energy - this is TUM Alumni Lars Hoffmann's vision. With the founding of his own company he is pursuing precisely this goal. Here, products that make wind energy more efficient are being developed.

Hanno Renner paid for his studies by working as a skipper on sailing yachts. Today the TUM Alumni is the captain of a 500 million dollar start-up. TUM provided him with the necessary tailwind.

If TUM Alumni Dominik von Au and his mentee Moritz Kagerer were race drivers, they would most certainly be at the front of the field. The determination they both have with regard to their careers is remarkable. In their mentoring partnership this is mutually beneficial.

In order to be able to do his doctorate at TUM, Victor Sandoval received a scholarship. The doctoral title made it easier for him to set up five companies in the Philippines. Today, it is him who supports the young scientists of his country.