Highlight Archives - Campus Founders

STARTUP PROGRAMS
- - Start
    Get to know the tools and frameworks that help you develop your idea or concept.
  - Corporate Campus Challenge
    We bring like-minded thinkers together with innovative companies to create an impact on real challenges.
  - AI Start
    AI Start is the beginning of your journey as a startup founder.
- - BUILD
    Learn how to reach problem-solution fit with your product or prototype.
  - Incubator
    Learn how to build products, validate business ideas to gain clarity. Get accelerator ready!
  - Founder Scholarship
    Imagine if you could fully focus on what´s important to you becoming a founder.
- - LAUNCH
    Prove product-market-fit and gain traction through POCs or first customers.
  - Accelerator
    Acquire the tools to validate your business model, gain traction, and achieve investor-readiness within 12 weeks.
  - AI Founders
    Welcome to Europe’s only B2B Startup accelerator, where 100% of your peers build in AI
- - SCALE
    Be ready to sustainably scale your venture and face investors.
  - AI Scale
    Where entrepreneurs merge cutting-edge AI with strategic business insights to advance their transformative startups.
  - Venture Studio
    The pre-seed investor for the Heilbronn ecosystem. Allowing ambitious founders to leverage the Campus Founders platform, including its network, expert support, and the resources needed to launch with confidence. If you want to grow with the Heilbronn ecosystem, this is your fast-track.
  - Leadership Talent Academy
    Become the leader you want to be for yourself and your startup team.
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  - Start-up BW Pre-Seed
  - Portfolio
PARTNERSHIP
- - Our Partner Network
    Partnering with Campus Founders means shaping the startup ecosystem together with us. Whether you’re a corporate, investor, academic institution, ecosystem player, or political stakeholder, we build partnerships on equal footing, with clear goals and mutual value.
- - For Corporates
    At Campus Founders, we connect startups and corporates to drive innovation and real-world impact.
- - For Investors
    Join us in supporting visionary startups that are shaping the future of technology and business.
- - For Academia & Research
    Research-driven insights driving innovation.
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  - About Heilbronn
COMMUNITY
- - Explore our Community
    The Campus Founders Community is where entrepreneurs and co-innovators come together to build meaningful connections, share experiences and knowledge, and exchange ideas, fostering startup success and a dynamic ecosystem.
- - Mentor Pool
    Access our world-class network of mentors who are here to support you at every step of your startup journey.
- - Residency
    The startup & co-innovation hub Campus Founders opens its new space in Heilbronn in 2025.
- - Alumni Network
    The CF Alumni Network is an exclusive, opt-in community for graduates of specific Campus Founders programs — Incubator, Talent Scholarship, Accelerator, AI Founders, and Leadership Talent Academy.
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  - Events
  - Female Founders
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Announcement: Campus Founders is taking the next step

Campus Founders is taking the next step in fostering the region’s rapidly growing startup ecosystem by partnering with TECH by Handelsblatt for their 2026 Conference. Heilbronn, 06. March 2026 – As part of the second TECH Conference (May 31 to June 2, 2026) in Heilbronn, Campus Founders will host the House of Startups – a […]

ONE Driving Force for Europe: Heilbronn Slush’D 2025 redefines what’s possible

Sold-out crowd: 1,000 curated participants from across Europe and beyond Over 40 top-tier speakers representing 10 countries, including leaders from 1KOMMA5°, Norrsken VC, make.com, Seqera, Audi, and Neura Robotics More than 70 exhibitors and 11 side events in collaboration with renowned partners such as NXTGN, encourageventures, appliedAI Institute, Verband der Unternehmerinnen in Deutschland, fostering networking, […]

HyImpulse raises €45 million in funding for rocket technology “Made in Europe”

Series A financing round of €15 million with Campus Founders Ventures as lead investor, plus an additional €30 million in public funding secured Milestone for the development and commercialization of the SL1 orbital rocket and the expansion of production capacities Contribution to independent, cost-effective and sovereign access to space for Europe Heilbronn, October 16th, […]

AI-Launchpad.eu Kicks Off First Batch with Six Locations and Prepares for Major Announcement at Heilbronn Slush’D

AI-Launchpad.eu is excited to announce the launch of its inaugural batch, kicking off today with six locations across Europe. This groundbreaking initiative aims to accelerate the development and deployment of artificial intelligence solutions by supporting startups at every stage of their journey.‍ Today, the team of ETH AI Center and Campus Founders will take the […]

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