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Are you curious about insights from our start-up teams?
Want to learn more about our Max Planck incubation program
from start-ups that have already taken part?
Are you looking for ideas, inspiration and support
to develop your company based on your research?
Then our blog is the perfect place for you!

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The Power of Networking & Stakeholder Management: Your Key to Start-up Success

Whether you're looking for your first investor, a trusted advisor, or even your future co-founder – your network can be the difference between potential and progress. At MAX!mize, we help you tap into an exclusive community and learn how to manage your stakeholders.

Co-founder speaking in front of a crowd and doing a pitch

Start-up Mindset Before Masterplan: The FlyVoTech Story

This start-up journey shows that you don't necessarily need a perfect idea or a business plan to start a company - curiosity, courage and the willingness to break new ground are much more important. What started as a postdoc initiative within the Max Planck Society grew into a start-up team with a clear vision, practical support from the MAX!mize incubator and a mission to transfer scientific knowledge into the real world.

start-up teams within the MAX!mize incubator for Max Planck scientists

Batch #5: What innovations are driven by our start-up teams?

Discover what research-based topics are driven by our Max Planck start-ups in Batch #5. From deep tech to human sciences, each team is working on innovations that have the potential to shape our future.

Three scientists working on their Max Planck start-up idea

Easy-to-use tools for advanced gene editing: Meet CRISPR Plug and Play

The Max Planck start-up project CRISPR Plug & Play, participating in the start-up incubation program MAX!mize, develops easy-to-use tools for advanced gene editing.

Guide to start a science-based business with MAX!mize incubator

How to start-up? Your start-up guide from idea to successful business!

From idea and teambuildung to business model and branding - step by step to your science-based start-up.

Revolutionizing hardware development: Meet SimBricks & gain first-hand Bootcamp insights

Insights into the three-day Bootcamp from the perspective of the start-up SimBricks and how they develop their future science-based company.

Revolutionizing computer graphics with AI: Meet NeurCG

The world of start-ups is diverse. And so are our participants in the MAX!mize incubation program. There is a wide variety of concepts,...

After submitting a promising application, selected start-ups enter a three-day Bootcamp where their ideas are challenged, refined, and tested from every angle. But only those that convince the expert jury on the third day of the Bootcamp make it to Phase 1. Curious how the decision gets made? Get an interesting glimpse into the process from a jury member’s perspective.

Three possible questions to find out if you have an innovative business model

Inside the Bootcamp: How future sciencepreneurs win a spot in Phase 1 After submitting a promising application, selected start-ups enter...

Benefits of scientists deciding to become entrepreneurs 🚀

Basic research at the highest level and its transfer into practical applications are not mutually exclusive. On the contrary, scientific...

Top 3 things aspiring Max Planck founders should do before the application window closes

In 2025, two new batches will start. Batch #5 has already kicked-off. A total of 10 teams were able to convince the Bootcamp jury and are...

Optimizing compound screening with high-throughput scanning in fruit flies: Meet FlyVoTech

Two members of the start-up team FlyVoTech, Guy Reeves and Dušica Briševac. Yellow post-it notes labeled with thick black felt-tip pen...

Developing home blood tests for patients with chronic diseases: Meet QuantiLight

The start-up project QuantiLight of Max Planck Institute for Medical Research is developing home blood tests. To pave the way for a...

Building an unified scientific ecosystem: Meet sci-an

The start-up team sci-an is working on a unified scientific ecosystem. Their goal is to modernize scientific communication and networking...