Examples of Start-ups
Made for Use (2012)
Boring presentations, bad graphics or illegible writing?! So unnecessary, thought students Jan Heiermann and Maximilian Ott, and created a wealth of presentation templates. They are available as apps for the iPhone, iPod touch and iPad.
made-for-use.com
Medical Ethnology Team (2012)
Finding culturally sensitive solutions in healthcare is the aim of the Medical Ethnology Team of Verena Keck, Julia Thiesbonenkamp-Maag and Franziska Herbst. They share competencies that help in dealing day to day with patients of different cultural backgrounds.
medizinethnologischesteam.de (Ger)
Space Bonding GbR (2012)
Space Bonding gives citizens the opportunity to share in the important decisions in city planning. Manuel Steinbrenner, Steffen Becher and Matthias Burgbacher produce interactive surveys that give voice to the views of citizens in urban development, thus creating another cornerstone of a civil society.
spacebonding.net
Tommoko UG (2012)
Making innovation and vision a reality requires financial support. Tommoko offers a crowdfunding platform especially for researchers and their projects. In crowdfunding, private individuals acquire a percentage of a young company with extraordinary ideas. Andrew Isaak enables companies with no loans or funding to grow.
tommoko.com
Heidelberger Ideen e. V. (2012)
It’s a good idea, but now what? Heidelberg Ideas e.V. is a student association that carefully studies your idea and gives you valuable feedback. In casual individual or group meetings, ideas are fleshed out and future business founders given invaluable impetus.
hdideen.appspot.com/ (Ger)
HPC Simulation Software & Services (2011)
HPC Simulation Software & Services was established in the UniTT Start-up Centre in 2012 by applied mathematician Dr. Markus Blatt, co-developer of the “DUNE” simulation software for super computers. The one-person company adapts the software for application by industrial and research clients. DUNE is able calculate complex flows of water or air around bodies and thus provide e.g. the automobile industry with virtual wind tunnel studies.
dr-blatt.de
BlindAd UG (2011)
A platform for meet-ups, especially for students new to the city and looking for friends with similar sports and leisure interests. It was founded in 2011 by brothers Dominik und Nicolas Amann. One studies medicine in Freiburg, the other mathematics in Heidelberg.
blindad.de (Ger)
Extoll GmbH (2011)
This new company is developing a new kind of network for supercomputers at the Chair of Computer Architecture (Prof. Dr. Ulrich Brüning). The performance of such computer networks is largely determined by the speed and latency of the connection technology and by the number and capacity of the processors involved. The current trend in high-performance computing is to combine maximum performance with minimum energy consumption. The application range of such supercomputers also includes database systems. The new technology will be three to four times more effective than commercial solutions available today. Extoll is being funded for a period of 18 months in phase 1 of the EXIST Transfer of Research programme.
extoll.de
HEG Heidelberg Energiegenossenschaft e. G.
Founded by students of the University of Education (Pädagogische Hochschule, PH) of Heidelberg and by Heidelberg University, this company aims at installing solar collectors on the roofs of university and PH buildings. HEG has been collecting funds from students, employees, professors and other interested persons since 2010 in order to invest them in climate-friendly energy systems.
heidelberger-energiegenossenschaft.de (Ger)
Trapp ChemTech GmbH & Co KG
Founded in 2010 by Prof Dr. Oliver Trapp of Heidelberg University’s Institute of Organic Chemistry, this company develops new devices for high throughput analysis. These devices combine chromatographic separation techniques that are used to break down mixtures like mineral oil into their components with multiplexing processes, accelerating analysis by a factor of 10 to 15.
trappchemtech.de
Semesterbooks UG (limited liability)
This internet-based marketplace for used books is aimed at students and focuses on a specific region centred around a university. It is similar to a social network in that tips and information about literature (required by the professor at the respective university) can be shared with others. Semesterbooks.de was founded by two students in 2008.
semesterbooks.de (Ger)
Glossarmanager Irmela Obermann & Frank Brempel GbR (2008)
This start-up has developed a terminology management software for translators.
glossarmanager.de (Ger)
mediCyte GmbH
Founded in 2007, this biotech firm, which grew out of the University Biochemistry Center (BZH), is focused on the controlled production of human liver stem cells for products for research, industrial, and therapeutic applications.
medicyte.com
Madhyam Consulting Volker Oberkircher (2007)
Offers intercultural communication and consulting services for companies planning to break into the Indian market.
madhyam.net (Ger)
Stella Nova Entertainment
Initiated by Prof. Christian Enss of the Kirchhoff Institute for Physics, this company has been conducting physics experiments that fascinate both adults and children since 2007, creating a special connection between science and entertainment.
stella-nova-entertainment.de (Ger)
Dosing GmbH (2006)
This company developed the web-based AiD-Klinik database at Heidelberg University Hospital. The database allows doctors, pharmacists and nursing staff to research the risks of drugs and convert the quantity of active ingredients in different preparations.
dosing.de (Ger)
Certon Systems GmbH (2005)
Founded in 2005 by members of Heidelberg University, this company develops and markets professional mass storage solutions for small and medium-sized companies. The storage solutions of Certon Systems create measurable added value for customers.
certon.de (Ger)
evaplan GmbH (2004)
This company was founded by members of the Institute of Public Health of Heidelberg University. It offers consulting services on public health issues to German and international organisations for development cooperation, based on the tenets of social justice and human rights. Consulting centres on HIV and AIDS, sexual and reproductive health and the development of health care systems.
evaplan.org
b-educated GmbH
Founded in 2002, b-educated offers consulting services for the conception, implementation and evaluation of measures for staff development, (continuing) education and knowledge management.
b-educated.de
