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!
Popular culture often makes it sound like you need a genius who magically “just knows” what users want to build a successful company, but this is not true. There is a method to ensure massive growth in a systematic way! This talk shows how Stocard grew from a small startup founded by students of the University of Mannheim into a…
Take the opportunity to pitch your startup idea at Germany´s largest student-led Innovation and Entrepreneurship Conference in front of 4 renowned judges and an audience full of potential investors as well as young talents. Take your chance to win 5000 € plus a special mentoring prize by Q-Summit´s Venture Partner Soleria Capital in Munich. Young startups (pre-seed/seed-phase) can apply with…
PR and communication play an increasingly important role for start-ups – especially on platforms like LinkedIn. But is there a right way for founders to communicate on LinkedIn?A group of students from the master´s program “Communication Management” at the University of Leipzig are working on a research project to answer this question and to provide empirically based insights for the…
The MCEI DesignLab is from today on relocated to room 110, still inside the Institute for SME Research and Entrepreneurship (ifm) L9, 1-2, but now on the first floor! The MCEI DesignLAB is available for students of the University of Mannheim to work on their startups. It is a creative space offering you various opportunities for designing and conceptualizing. A…
As part of the MAN 633 Entrepreneurial Spirit Thiago Cäsar joined Cansativa in fall semester 2019. His mission was to develop a European Expansion strategy for the company. The goal of this project was to develop a framework for a prospective market entry of Cansativa into other European markets and the question which type of market entry strategy should be…
