As a platinum partner in the healthcare sector, the Munich-based medtech company Brainlab will provide TUM Venture Labs with millions of euros in funding. Brainlab specializes in digital medical technologies and the intelligent use of imaging data. As part of the partnership, the Munich-based company will also contribute its expertise in medical technology and the international implementation of medical innovations. The labs, operated by the Technical University of Munich (TUM) and UnternehmerTUM, will be TUM Venture Labs support startup activities and company foundations by students and researchers with a funding program.
Families of startups
To ensure that not just individual startups but entire families of startups can emerge, the ecosystem of TUM and UnternehmerTUM aims to establish a connection to top-level international research and ensure networking with top-class partners. In total, there are currently eleven TUM Venture Labs for different subject areas such as robotics / AI, aerospace or quantum technology.
The TUM Venture Lab Healthcare focuses on innovations in drug development, digital health, and medical technology. It also focuses on technologies for integrating and improving the use of medical data through the use of artificial intelligence and machine learning.
Also the Bavarian Government and the Strüngmann family of entrepreneurs have already provided funds to support the TUM Venture Labs.
“To drive innovations in the field of medical technology”
Brainlab founder and CEO Stefan Vilsmeier says about the partnership:
"As a Munich-based company, Brainlab has been in close contact with TUM – one of Europe's leading universities – for many years. We share the common goal of driving innovation in the field of medical technology. Therefore, we are delighted about the partnership and cooperation with the TUM Venture Lab Healthcare. Strengthening the healthcare ecosystem is a top priority for us, and as a former TUM student and company founder, supporting startups in this field is particularly important to me."
And TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann says:
"Stefan Vilsmeier has shown how to lead a company from scratch to the international forefront of medical technology. With him and his company Brainlab, the startups have excellent mentors and partners at their side. With this intellectual and financial support, the TUM Venture Lab Healthcare is receiving a powerful boost."
Brainlab is not unknown in the Munich startup scene: in 2019, the medtech company acquired the Medical robotics startup Medineering.
