"We support founders who want to contribute to a sustainable world together with us."
– Dr. Eric Veulliet, President of Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences
Use of the required infrastructure
For the development and production of your food products, we offer you more than 1,000 square meters of laboratory and pilot plant space with pilot plants for the production of liquid, solid or powdered food products.
In addition, we provide you with access to coworking spaces and meeting rooms.
Founding students of the Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences from all degree programs, as well as all employees, have free access to the entire infrastructure.
Food startups have the option of gaining access via a user agreement
imparting the necessary specialist knowledge
As HSWT students interested in starting your own business, you can acquire the necessary expertise in entrepreneurship and business creation through various modules, such as "Food Startup Founding" or "Practical Development of Your Own Food Innovations." For external aspiring founders, we offer an academy program – subject to sufficient demand – which typically takes place once a year.
Those interested in starting a business from agriculture, gastronomy, crafts and the entire food sector are very welcome.
free access to the necessary basic knowledge for food development, production, marketing and sales to all interested parties as part of an online course on our knowledge hub.
Networking
Are you looking for like-minded people? Come to our events and expand your network in the food and entrepreneurship sector!
Are you looking for or offering a job, an internship, or a collaboration? Or are you looking for a co-founder or something specific?
On our bulletin board you can post offers as well as find requests. If you would like to post something yourself, simply send us your offer by email to info@fsiws.com.
Join us and become part of the FSIWS community for free !
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Startups @ HSWT | Part 58: Namwai Chillies
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Startups @ HSWT | Part 57: zalzi
In this series, HSWT presents startups affiliated with the university and the FSIWS. The series introduces the companies, their product ideas, and their working methods. Franziska Birkenmaier studied nutritional science and food technology and aims to create all-natural salt lemon ferment for her [...]
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History of the Food Startup Incubator Weihenstephan (FSIWS)
| 03/18 | First-time offering of the module "Founding a Food Startup" in the Food Technology degree program at Weihenstephan-Triesdorf University of Applied Sciences |
| 12/18 | Presentation of the first HSWT Food Startup Awards |
| 01/19 | First EXIST start-up grant team |
| 06/19 | Establishment of the Food Startup Incubator Weihenstephan (FSIWS) |
| 03/20 | Launch of the Gastro Initiative 2020 |
| 04/20 | Launch of our own free continuing education platform (moodle.fsiws.com) |
| 06/20 | Cooperation agreement with the International University IU |
| 09/20 | Cooperation agreement with the Strascheg Center of Munich University of Applied Sciences (HM) |
| 09/20 | 1. Food Startup Conference – online (foodstartupcampus.de) |
| 11/20 | FSIWS awarded the High Jump Award (1st prize) |
| 02/21 | Launch of the agricultural initiative for producing food on one's own farm |
| 06/21 | Launch of the Food Startup Certificate for external entrepreneurs interested in |
| 10/21 | 2nd Food Startup Conference – online (foodstartupcampus.de) |
| 10/21 | Opening of the International Master's program in Entrepreneurship & Digital Transformation to food startup founding teams in cooperation with Munich University of Applied Sciences |
| 07/22 | Graduation of the first cohort of participants: Certificate in Food Startup Formation for external entrepreneurs |
| 09/22 | 3rd Food Startup Conference at the Weihenstephan Campus with over 100 participants (foodstartupcampus.de) |
| 11/22 | FSIWS awarded the High Jump Award in the field of Female Entrepreneurship (2nd prize) |
| 04/23 | Get Started – Idea and project development workshop for students of HSWT, IU and HM |
| 09/23 | 4th Food Startup Conference at the Weihenstephan Campus (foodstartupcampus.de) |