Ralf Huss (designated Managing Director, BioM), Petra Burgstaller (Head of inQlab, BioM), State Secretary Roland Weigert (StMWi), Christina Enke-Stolle (Head of inQlab, BioM) and Horst Domdey (Managing Director, BioM), (from left) at the award ceremony

Needs Review

MaxL: New life science accelerator opens in Martinsried

The Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs is supporting the development of the Munich Accelerator Life Sciences & Medicine, or MAxL for short, in Martinsried with €8.5 million.

UnternehmerTUM Bio.kitchen Cleantech

Needs Review

Plectonic Biotech receives Sprind funding

The Federal Agency for Disruptive Innovations – Sprind for short – will finance the work of the TUM spin-off Plectonic Biotech in the coming years.…

Catalym

Deals

Catalym secures 50 million euros

Catalym raises €50 million in a Series C round. The Martinsried-based biotech startup plans to use the newly raised capital…

Biotech

Podcast

Cutting-edge research meets application: Biotech from Munich

With the Innovation and Start-up Center for Biotechnology (IZB) and numerous startups in the industry, Munich is considered Germany's biotech hotspot. In…

German Biotechnology Report 2019 Biotech

Inside Stories

Biotech industry: Investments remain at record levels

In 2020, the first year of the coronavirus pandemic, the German biotech industry raised €3.1 billion. Last year, investments were somewhat lower,…

Tubules

Deals

Tubulis closes Series B with 60 million euros

Tubulis secures €60 million ($63 million) in its Series B funding. The round is led by Andera Partners.…

Adrian Schomburg, CEO at Eisbach Bio

Deals

Eisbach Bio receives 6.7 million euros from the Bavarian State Government

The Munich-based biotech company Eisbach Bio has received funding of 6.7 million euros for the development of antiviral agents against…

Biotech

Inside Stories

Munich is an outstanding biotech location in Germany

According to a recent study, 21 percent of Germany-based biotechnology companies are headquartered in the European Metropolitan Region of Munich (EMM).…

HMNC Brain Health

Deals

Nine million euros for HMNC Brain Health

HMNC Brain Health, a Munich-based biotech company specializing in the development of personalized therapies for depression and other neuropsychiatric disorders…

Eisbach Bio Pieris Pharmaceuticals Financing

Deals

Eisbach Bio receives 8 million euros in state funding

Eisbach Bio has received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the clinical development of a COVID-19 drug…

Life Science Pitch Day

Competition

Munich Life Science Pitch Day: Application period open

On September 30, 2021, the Innovation and Start-up Center for Biotechnology (IZB), in cooperation with High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayer AG, will…

Matterwave Origin.Bio

Deals

Origin.Bio secures 12 million euros

Origin.Bio, which aims to make petrochemicals obsolete with its technology, is receiving €12.3 million in investment capital. The fresh capital will…