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.

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, plans and goals. Different personalities, opportunities and challenges. No two entrepreneurial paths are the same. But they all have the same goal: To work on their foundation with passion and commitment. And it is precisely this goal that Partha Ghosh, Valentina Rodriguez Pasmino and Kamil Adamczewski have now achieved. We would like to cong

The start-up project QuantiLight of Max Planck Institute for Medical Research is developing home blood tests. To pave the way for a potential spin-off, the two "founders-to-be" Estelle Bonedeau and Corentin Gondrand, have been participating in the MAX!mize start-up incubation program since 2022. Blood tests play an essential role for many people. One example is chronic diseases that require daily medication. Here, regular examinations of the medication level are necessary. So

The start-up team sci-an is working on a unified scientific ecosystem. Their goal is to modernize scientific communication and networking by making it more inclusive, efficient, and sustainable. The key to this is the combination of virtual conferencing, hybrid discussion, and a peer-based content review system within the same online platform. The four scientists Jacob, Oliver, Siddhant and Tobias were among the first participants in Batch #1 of the MAX!mize incubation progra