Technical University of Munich-Venture Labs welcomes IABG as Platinum Partner
As a new Platinum Partner, security solution technology specialist IABG will in the future support TUM Venture Labs in promoting start-ups at the Technical University of Munich (TUM). The owner-managed corporation based in Ottobrunn near Munich will specifically support start-up teams from the field of artificial intelligence.
IABG owner and Management Board Chairman Prof. Rudolf F. Schwarz said: “In actively collaborating with TUM Venture Labs we want to combine IABG’s strengths such as a broad expertise basis, controlled structures and financial strength with the advantages of start-ups, for example Deep-Tech knowledge, agility and optimism in order to accelerate the realization of innovations in the form of marketable applications.”
TUM President Prof. Thomas F. Hofmann remarked: “In addition to financial support for our start-ups, the visionary entrepreneur Rudolf Schwarz and his technology company IABG will be outstanding mentors and partners. They are giving our TUM Venture Labs another powerful boost and are taking us one step closer to making the Munich metropolitan region the leading technology center in Europe. My sincere thanks!”
TUM Venture Labs Managing Director Dr. Philipp Gerbert said: “We are very pleased to welcome IABG as a TUM Venture Labs Platinum Partner: Not only has IABG been a pioneer in the reestablishment of German aviation and security in the second half of the 20th century, Rudolf Schwarz personally exemplifies the combination of dynamic entrepreneurialism with persistent, opportunity-oriented technological investment savvy.”
TUM Venture Labs
The TUM Venture Labs are a joint initiative of TUM and UnternehmerTUM, Europe’s leading center for start-ups and innovation. The internationally competitive Venture Labs support program drives the founding of start-ups. Specifically oriented to the significant technology fields of the future, the Venture Labs create dynamic ecosystems comprising start-ups, science, investors and experienced companies. There are currently eleven TUM Venture Labs for a wide variety of topic areas. The TUM Venture Labs program is supported by the Bavarian State Ministry of Science and the Arts.
IABG
Industrieanlagen-Betriebsgesellschaft mbH (IABG) is a leading European technology concern with the core competence areas Analysis, Simulation & Test and Plant and System Operation. The term “Security” serves as the topical umbrella for the solution portfolio, including functional reliability of newly developed high-tech products and transport systems (Safety) as well as the security of the state, business and society (Security). In this context IABG provides technical-scientific services to private and public customers in its main business fields Automotive, Information & Communication / Civil Security, Mobility, Energy & Environment, Aeronautics, Space and Defense.