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Startup Dates

  • Organizer: more than 25 universities
  • Audience: Students, Researcher, Founders
  • Language: German
  • Cost: Free of charge

Startup Dates is an intimate, interview-style founder talk series co-hosted by KIT FORGE as part of a nationwide university network. Designed to strip away typical stage distance, the format offers direct, unvarnished conversations with prominent entrepreneurs who share pivotal decisions, personal doubts, and defining career moments. 

The sessions feature a "dating" atmosphere—focused on authentic, one-on-one dialogue followed by an open Q&A session where students, researchers, and aspiring founders can ask questions directly. Supported by a coalition of over 25 partner universities nationwide, past featured guests include Lea-Sophie Cramer (Amorelie), Max Wittrock (mymuesli), Daniel Krauss (FlixBus), Fabian Eckert (RECUP), and Micha Fritz (Viva con Aqua).

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Format & event delivery

  • Intimate interview setup: An honest look behind the scenes, focusing on personal growth, mindset, and real founder experiences rather than polished pitch decks.

  • Interactive Q&A session: An open floor to ask your personal questions, get advice, and engage directly with high-profile founders.

  • Flexible digital access: Easy to join online from anywhere, with occasional hybrid watch parties on campus to meet fellow startup enthusiasts in person.
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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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For consulting inquiries, please use our separate consulting inquiry form.

* 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/.