Non-Dilutive First: m4, EXIST & the Money You Keep

​You need preclinical data to raise. You need money to generate the data. Most academic teams break that loop by giving away equity — earlier, and more of it, than they had to.

​Bavaria funds the alternative well. The m4 Award opens its 2026/27 call this autumn: up to €500,000 per team, up to two years, and founding a company is not a prerequisite. EXIST-Forschungstransfer collects its next batch on 30 November — up to four salaried positions plus €250,000 in material costs, and the application process was simplified at the end of last year.

​Confirmed speaker
Dr. Petra Burgstaller — Co-Lead Venture Creation & MAxL, BioM

​Dr. Philipp Ewald Baaske — Vice President for Entrepreneurship, LMU Munich
Co-founder of NanoTemper Technologies

​Dr. Benjamin Winkeljann — Group leader, LMU Department of Pharmacy, and co-founder & CEO of RNhale
RNhale’s inhaled RNA platform was built on ERC grants, LMU’s Knowledge Transfer Fund and a €2.5M EIC Transition grant

​Further speakers to be announced.

​🎟️ 18:30 Doors · 19:00 Intro · 19:15 Panel & open Q&A · After: Drinks, networking

​📍 IZB Residence, Am Klopferspitz 21, 82152 Planegg-Martinsried

​Free. 40 seats — we confirm registrations by hand, usually within a day