Prof. Dr. Janina Sundermeier and Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch celebrate nearly four decades of Funpreneur, cross-university teaching with ESCP via Berlin InnoBridge, and NFUSION Women’s Entrepreneurship.
Freie Universität Berlin's renowned Funpreneur Competition has entered its 39th round, empowering interdisciplinary student teams to turn €5 seed capital into market-tested products within eight weeks. Alongside Funpreneur, the Chair of Digital Entrepreneurship and Diversity (Prof. Dr. Janina Sundermeier) and the Chair of Information and Organization (Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch) have expanded cross-university teaching through Berlin InnoBridge in cooperation with ESCP Business School.
In research and transfer, the Hello Diversity! Lab, Podcast & Meetup series and NFUSION (Entrepreneurs Network of Freie Universität Berlin) spotlight deep-level founder diversity and Women's Entrepreneurship.
News
Selected from over 800 nominations, Univ.-Prof. Dr. Hannes Rothe received Germany’s highest distinction for university-based entrepreneurship and academic spin-off promotion.
Research
Univ.-Prof. Dr. Martin Gersch and team expand digital health ecosystem research with EHDS4ALL, EHDA e.V., Data4Good, CaringS, and DiGA evaluation projects ReDiGe & EvalDiGe.
Research
European social entrepreneurship project AURORA seizmic develops AI-driven mentorship for student ventures, accompanied by new publications in EJIS (2025) and HICSS (2026).