INNODAY25 – founder spirit meets research excellence
On 30 October 2025, Technical University of Darmstadt will demonstrate at INNODAY25 – Startup & Innovation Day how scientific excellence can be turned into marketable innovations. Together with the innovation and startup center HIGHEST, TU Darmstadt will bring together more than 100 startups, deeptech teams, investors and stakeholders from science, business and politics at darmstadtium.
Under the motto “Innovation Pulse RheinMain”, the event, to which all members of the Rhine-Main Universities are also warmly invited, puts a spotlight on the strategic significance of the region for Europe’s innovation strength – and show how closely scientific excellence, entrepreneurial founder spirit and capital must interact to create technologies for tomorrow.
The INNODAY25 will be opened by Dr. Maria Bozesan, co-founder of AQAL Capital. In her keynote, she will discuss the interaction between science, entrepreneurship and investments as a lever for social progress.
Highlights include the finale of the TU Ideenwettbewerb with ground-breaking founding ideas and inventions by students and scientists. The program also includes practical workshops, compact startup pitches and the HIGHEST live podcast.
The event concludes with science journalist and Youtuber Dr. Jacob Beautemps (Breaking Lab) giving an outlook on technological trends which, already today, shape the life of tomorrow.
