Startup Support
MCEI has several support schemes that can help you and your business grow - no matter whether you are a student, alumnus/alumna of the University of Mannheim or not. Depending on your goals and objectives, we will help you accelerate your venture from scratch to growth stage with a variety of MCEI support schemes. What is more, we have a strong partner network to rely on which perfectly matches our support with even more opportunities and industry expertise. Find more information in our MCEI Support and Partner Support categories below and have a look at how we can help you advance!
As user-interface- and user-experience-design is getting more and more attention by startups and even big established companies it is also gaining importance in research fields. The annual Usability-in-Germany (UIG) Spring Conference will take place at April 15th, 2015 and connects theoretical research and industry experience. This year it was possible to acquire great speakers from Google, Microsoft and UI/UX-Research institutions.…
Quandoo, founded in 2013 by the MCEI networkers and former Groupon employees Philipp Magin and Sebastian Moser, offers the reservation of tables in more than 6.000 restaurants world wide, covering more than 13 countries. Shortly after last years Founder Talk they were able to raise an incredible 40m investment round and now they have been acquired for over 200m$ by the…
2 years ago an alumni of Mannheim University, Leah-Sophie Cramer, founded the lovetoy and lifestyle webstore Amorelie.When returning to give a Founder Talk she presented her marketing strategy and talked about her plans with her company. In the seed round Paua Ventures, Otto Capital and some private investors backed the startup with financing. Since completing their Round-A also German Startups Group, TA Ventures…
All to-be Founders and Entrepreneurs can apply for 2 different rounds of the Innovatorscup 2015 as of now. The application process is easy accessible and non-bureaucratic: - Round 1 starts now and ends at April 30th, 2015 - Round 2 starts from May 1st and ends at June 30th, 2015 The cup is organized by the innoWerft, the technology and founder…
Play for your funding at the german version of "Who wants to be a millionaire?"! For a possible special of the german tv show with Guenther Jauch the german broadcaster Endemol is looking for young start-ups or founders and their business ideas. In the show you will be able to play for your funding. The only criterion: the idea has…
