Research meets Revenue
Why this evening?
Munich's real competitive advantage isn't one world-class discipline. It's that we have several, in the same city: top researchers and top operators, both at world-class level. We just never put them in the same room.
This evening is about talking to each other. What you're working on, what your vision is, and how to actually take your research on the road.
So we're doing that.
Agenda
6:00 PM: Doors Open, Grab Snacks & Mingling
6:30 PM: Keynote from Johannes Woehrstein, incl. Q&A
7:15 PM: Keynote from Pasha Shabalin, incl. Q&A
8:00 PM: Networking over Drinks
About the speakers
Dr. Johannes Woehrstein is CTO & Co-Founder of mbiomics, a Munich biotech developing live biotherapeutic products for serious and chronic illnesses, co-founded in 2020 with Dr. Laura Figulla and Dr. Markus Rinecker. mbiomics has a total funding of €30M and is backed by MIG Fonds, HTGF, and Bayern Kapital.
Johannes holds a PhD in Physics from LMU and an M.Sc. in Biophysics and B.Sc. in Physics from TU Munich, and did research at Harvard's Wyss Institute, the Max Planck Institute for Biochemistry, and Aarhus University. He's founded or co-founded several other companies, including DEOXY (DNA nanoparticle tech for single-cell genomics) and Invitris, where he now serves as Chairman.
Dr. Pasha Shabalin is Co-founder & Director Technology Integration at Marvel Fusion, a Munich deep tech company building a laser-induced fusion generator for abundant, CO2-free baseload energy. Marvel Fusion extended their Series B to EUR 113m with commitments from EQT Ventures, Siemens Energy and European Innovation Council (EIC) Fund in early 2025.
Pasha holds a PhD in Auction Theory and a Dipl. Ing. in Informatics from TUM. He is a CDTM alumni.
About the organizers
TUM Chair of Strategy and Organisation — Prof. Isabel Welpe's chair drives research on entrepreneurship and innovation at TUM, also on academic entrepreneurship.
CDTM — The Center for Digital Technology and Management trains interdisciplinary talent across Munich's top universities.
START Munich — Munich's largest entrepreneurship initiative managed by students
ProGlove — A Munich tech scale-up building wearable barcode scanners for industrial workflows
Any questions? Please text Julian.