XPRENEURS is a 3-month program for high-tech start-ups. We support you to validate your business model, find first customers and secure your first investment.

Applications for the XPRENEURS program are currently closed. Batch #13 will run from March 6, 2023 - May 25, 2023. Get notified for our next application phase here and be part of XPRENEURS Batch #14.

First, we check if your application fulfills the minimum selection criteria for the XPRENEURS program. Then we will rate the different aspects of your application (e.g. product/service, team, or business model). The best 35-40 start-ups will be invited to pitch in front of the team. Finally, we will select 10-20 start-ups to participate in our program.

We generally accept start-ups from a wide range of fields. As minimum criteria, we require that your business model is based on a technological innovation, and that you already have a committed founder team with at least one full-time founder (no single founder). You do not need to have an incorporated company yet, but with a strong intent to fund a company. The field of our interest is mostly in the B2B market but on occasion, we also take in teams in the B2C/B2G market if its a strong team.

We ask you for some information on the basic cornerstones of your business (e.g. your team, product/service, business model, market). In addition, we also ask you to submit a short informal video introducing your team (max. 2 minutes). Please also upload your up-to-date pitch deck (max. 15 slides).

Application phase for Batch #14 starts in May 2023.

Selection pitches will take place mid February, 2023. We will send out acceptance and rejection messages by February 17 at the latest.

To really get all the benefits out of XPRENEURS, it’s required that all of your founder team members commit full-time to your start-up project during the 3-months period of the program. You should be willing and able to engage meaningfully with us in coaching, mentoring and workshop formats throughout the program duration. We know you’re busy building your start-up, so don’t worry - our program is intense, but customized to focus on what you need at the moment to be successful!

At XPRENEURS Incubator, your start-up benefits from coachings, workshops, 1:1 sessions with your mentor, our huge network of investor and industry contacts, free office space, access to perks valued >$380K such as Microsoft Services, AWS Credits, Google Cloud, Stripe, MixPanel and Hubspot and the resources of the UnternehmerTUM community in general! All of this is free of charge for you! We also take no equity. Read more about the benefits of our incubation program and learn what our alumni start-ups say here.

See our example curriculum above.

The program duration is 3 months from Kickoff to our XHIBITION Demo Day. Batch #13 will run from March 6, 2023 - May 25, 2023. Application for Batch #14 starts in May, 2023.

Yes, all teams get access to free office space in the co-working area of the brand new Munich Urban Colab (or Garching if you prefer).

Many of our start-ups find an investor through our contacts and our Demo Day event. There is also the opportunity to get UnternehmerTUM Prototyping Grants in a total amount of €1,000 to €5,000 per grant. However, XPRENEURS does not give out grants or invest in start-ups.