Project Team: Marius Brade, Peter Schmiedgen, Jasmin Schöne, M.A.
Project Sponsor: Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi)
Project Duration: 01 July 2020 – 30 June 2024
Total Funding: €164,642.22
Project Partners:
Technische Universität Dresden
Hochschule für Technik und Wirtschaft Dresden
Hochschule für Bildende Kunst Dresden
Fachhochschule Dresden
Hochschule Zittau/Görlitz
Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf
Leibniz-Institut für Festkörper- und Werkstoffforschung
Leibniz-Institut für Polymerforschung
FHD Partner Units:
Chair of Media Informatics with focus on Interactive Programming / Game Development
Chair of Business Administration with focus on Marketing and Event Management
FHD Entrepreneurship Advisory Services
Since 2020, Fachhochschule Dresden actively participates in the consortium project dresdenIexists DDRegioplus. Key areas of focus:
Entrepreneurship awareness and advisory services
UX Design and Prototyping
These competencies support partners and aspiring founders by enabling:
Faster and market-oriented product development
Solutions that are tailored to target groups
Through the cooperation, FHD expands offerings for founders and startups, providing:
Dynamic and creative workshops
Targeted entrepreneurship consulting
Students at FHD can often participate free of charge in consortium events and leverage the expertise of the FHD entrepreneurship team and dresdenIexists to advance their startup projects. For more information, contact Jasmin Schöne.
dresden|exists is the startup service of Dresden universities and research institutions. Founded in 1999 at TU Dresden, it today supports founders from seven Dresden institutions across all disciplines.
Project objectives include:
Strengthening the central role for spin-offs in the Dresden region
Expanding dresdenIexists’ role in the regional startup ecosystem
Professionalizing and broadening support for founding projects
EXIST Program (BMWi)
EXIST is a funding initiative by Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy aiming to:
Improve the startup climate at universities and research institutions
Increase the number and success of technology- and knowledge-based startups
Support graduates, researchers, and students in preparing for technology-driven entrepreneurial ventures
Promote a vibrant and sustainable startup culture at public and private universities since 1998
On 15 November 2023, the 50th Gründerfoyer organized by dresdenIexists took place at the Lecture Hall Center of TU Dresden.
For this milestone edition, hundreds of aspiring founders and startup enthusiasts gathered to:
Listen to inspiring startup stories from young entrepreneurs
Network and exchange ideas at the Get-Together on the Startup Mile, engaging directly with the vibrant Dresden startup scene
