Would you like to create your own future and to realise your ideas? Can you imagine founding a company?
Our Female Founders Academy is aimed at female students and academic staff from all disciplines who are interested in the topic of start-ups. Together with inspiring female founders and mentors, we want to discover and develop your entrepreneurial potential.
The Female Founders Academy 2024 has already taken place - we would like to thank all participants.
*With the formation of the new cabinet on December 8, 2021, the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy was renamed the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.
From March 24 to 27, 2025, the Female Founders Academy took place once again in Passau - a successful cooperation project between the Universities of Passau, Bayreuth and Mannheim. The Female Founders Academy at the University of Passau was initiated by Prof. Suleika Bort as part of the PATEC project. It is a core element in the training of future female entrepreneurs at the University of Passau. The event offers female students and academics from all disciplines who are interested in founding a company a valuable opportunity to develop their entrepreneurial skills. This year, 19 participants in 6 teams took part in the intensive program. As part of this free qualification program, they received targeted support in the areas of idea generation, business model development and team building in order to drive their entrepreneurial visions forward.
After intensive preparation sessions, the participants devoted themselves entirely to preparing and delivering their final pitches. The presentation round was introduced by welcoming words from Dr. Jutta Krogull, Managing Director of bayme vbm. In front of an audience of guests and cooperation partners, the teams presented their innovative start-up ideas - impressive proof of the creativity, commitment and team spirit with which they had worked over the previous days. The four-day academy came to a fitting end with a farewell snack organized by bayme vbm to round off the event in a relaxed atmosphere.
