The TUM Venture Lab Food / Agro / Biotech (FAB) is a domain-specific incubator and one of Europe's top breeding grounds for agricultural, food tech and biotech start-ups. Our incubation hub fosters interdisciplinary innovation in the life sciences, from genetic and biological research to production and processing technologies.
We support your ideas about agriculture, food, beverages, nutrition, forestry, biotechnology or applied life sciences. Become part of the emerging agrifood (r)evolution through your impactful business model!
Selected Teams we work with
At TUM Venture Lab FAB, we collaborate with dynamic teams and unique talents to drive innovation and to tackle climate-related & tech-driven challenges together!
People
Prof. Dr. Arne Skerra
Academic Director
Dr.-Ing. Roman Werner
Managing Director
Laurin Waldmann
Program Manager | Biotechnology
Lukas Dillinger
Innovation Director
Stefan Steinhauser
Technical Director
Patrick Schiwek
Lab Manager
Sabine Grabbe
Community Manager
Sylvia Gruber
Office Manager
Rita Laukemper
EIT Food Progammes and Food Entrepreneurship made in Bavaria
Belinda Büchner
Start-up Consultant
Florian Jäger
Start-up Consultant
Ingo Potthoff · Doctor
Venture Director
Stefan Drüssler
Venture Director
Victoria von Schweinitz
Working Student
Laurens Heller
Working Student
Spaces
Find us on campus!
TUM FACIT & TUM Venture Lab FAB
Maximus-von-Imhof-Forum 2
85354 Freising
FAB provides appropriate spaces, a creative environment and professional infrastructure: offices, meeting rooms, event/bar area, labs, a food area, a maker space and a technical hall.
Education offers
We offer a variety of ways to unlock the potential of our start-ups.
From innovation sprints & hackathons, to one-on-one coaching & mentoring support, to full educational programmes around our domain topics and entrepreneurship.