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Developing a Software Ecosystem for Behavioral Analysis: Meet Ecodylic Science
Ecodylic Science is building a software ecosystem that makes complex behavioral data analysis accessible, scalable, and scientifically powerful.
Nov 17, 2025


Social Entrepreneurship: Meet Start-up Great Gig Group
This Max Planck start-up project is tackling a very human challenge: helping vocal musicians and DJs connect better with their audiences.
Nov 3, 2025


Revolutionising Water Monitoring with an Innovative Filtration Machine: Meet Start-up Thalassys
This team is a prime example of how a simple research solution can ignite a powerful business idea with real-world impact.
Sep 5, 2025


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.
Jun 27, 2025


Easy-to-use Tools for Advanced Gene Editing: Meet ClearCut Biolabs
The Max Planck start-up project ClearCut Biolabs, participating in the start-up incubation program MAX!mize, develops easy-to-use tools for advanced gene editing.
Apr 30, 2025


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.
Nov 14, 2024


Revolutionizing Computer Graphics with AI: Meet MaiTY (NeuroCG GmbH)
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
Jul 26, 2024


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 writings glide across the table. The words "Drosophila," "contract company," and "drug discovery" catch the eye. Dušica Briševac is organizing notes into different piles labeled "essential," "nice to have," and "negative." The 35-year-old postdoc at Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, is currently faced with the task of prioritizin
Jul 31, 2023


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 by making it more inclusive, efficient, and sustainable. The Idea of sci-an The key to a modern scientific communiation and networking is the combination of virtual conferencing, hybrid discussion, and a peer-based content review system within the same online platform. First Participants in Batch #1 Phase 1 The four scientists Jacob, Oliver
Jul 28, 2022
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MAX!mize Upcoming & Previous Events

Meet a Phase 2 Start-upJun 25, 2025, 2:00 PM – 3:00 PMZoom
Success Story of a MAX!mize Start-up | Team VulcanMay 22, 2025, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PMZoom
Start-up Success Stories - meet SFTNov 13, 2024, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PMZoom
Start-up Success Stories - meet Lucid GenomicsOct 08, 2024, 2:00 PM – 2:45 PMZoom
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