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BUILD WHAT’S NEXT

Entrepreneurship Festival

From November 10th to 13th, KIT will become the meeting spot for everyone who thinks entrepreneurially, wants to try new things, and shape the future. Discover the diversity of entrepreneurship at KIT and become part of the community. The exact schedule and registration for individual events will be available soon.

Our motivation

Experience Entrepreneurship at KIT

Entrepreneurial thinking and acting as well as supporting startups is an important topic at KIT. To underline this, KIT-Gründerschmiede developed and planned the first Entrepreneurship Festival at KIT together with the maKeIT initiative and TRIANGEL. The aim is to show the range of topics and opportunities for entrepreneurship at KIT and to motivate people to become active and create their own impact.

The opening

The new Home of Entrepreneurship at KIT

The official opening of the Entrepreneurship Festival kicks things off. Together, we’ll explore the future of entrepreneurship at KIT, bring people together, and create space for new ideas, inspiration, and connections.

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Your Festival. Your Programm.

Four days, many perspectives, and countless opportunities to experience entrepreneurship at KIT. Matchmaking & Masterclasses let you deepen your knowledge and forge new connections. Founder Talks & Fuckups offer insights into personal experiences, while Female Founder Spaces & Networking Events provide a platform for exchange and networking. 

Whether you have an initial idea, are already a startup, come from a research background, or are simply curious: In the festival program, you’ll find events and formats for diverse interests and perspectives.

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Our mission

BUILD WHAT’S NEXT

Entrepreneurship begins with an idea – and with the courage to make something of it. It means asking questions, trying new approaches, and taking responsibility for your own idea. At KIT, people, knowledge, and technologies come together to create new perspectives, solutions, and opportunities to actively shape the future.

Why Entrepreneurship at KIT? 

Research and innovation at KIT generate new insights and ideas every day. Entrepreneurship creates pathways to turn these insights into impact. Therefore, KIT supports students, researchers, and (aspiring) founders in developing their ideas, bringing people together, and implementing new solutions.

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Have questions or interested? Get in touch!

Madeleine Gahr

Your contact person

Madeleine Gahr
Project Lead Events
madeleine.gahr@kit.edu LinkedIn

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I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.

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* Required field

I agree that my personal data submitted via the contact form may be processed by KIT FORGE for the following purposes: contacting me and providing startup consulting services. The processing of the data entered in the contact form is based solely on my consent (Art. 6(1)(a) GDPR). The information I provide in the contact form, including my contact details, will be stored by KIT FORGE for the purpose of processing my inquiry. KIT FORGE will not share this data with third parties without my consent. The data I enter in the contact form will remain with KIT FORGE until I request its deletion, withdraw my consent to its storage (which I may do informally by email to info@kit-forge.de), or the purpose for which the data was collected no longer applies (e.g. once my inquiry has been fully processed). Mandatory statutory provisions, in particular statutory retention periods, remain unaffected. For information on data protection relating to startup consulting, including applications for public funding programmes for spin-offs, please refer to https://www.kit-forge.de/en/privacy/.