For founders

Since its foundation, the BioRegio STERN Management GmbH team has supported the establishment of 80 companies (as of 2023), which have created over 3,000 jobs. 

We offer the following services for founders:

Start-up news from the STERN BioRegion

12/17/2025

EEGs for anyone, anywhere

(Stuttgart/Tübingen) – Neurologists Prof. Justus Marquetand and Dr. Johannes Lang set up Cerebri GmbH in Tübingen, with the aim of making specialist electroencephalograms (EEGs) available to all patients. An EEG is an important test that is used for differential diagnosis in cases of unexplained imp...
06/02/2025

In everyone’s mouth: Early identification of a widespread disease –periodontitis

(Stuttgart/Reutlingen) – Dr. Severino Urban and Dr. Stefan Frey founded Oralgenix GmbH in Reutlingen Technology Park in 2025. Using molecular biological analyses of the m...
12/06/2024

ICE-Ts with exceptional capabilities

StartUp Stories: (Stuttgart/Reutlingen) – immuneAdvice is a biotechnology start-up in Reutlingen that was set up in 2024 by four young scientists, supported by three experienced advisors, at the NMI Natural and Medical Sciences Institute at the University of Tübingen. The company’s mission is to dev...
04/04/2024

A perfectly timed brainwave

(Stuttgart/Tübingen) – Psychiatrist Dr. Brigitte Zrenner and neurologist Dr. Christoph Zrenner have found a way to personalise transcranial magnetic stimulation for patients and boost its effectiveness. This technology, which has been in use for decades, utilises strong magnetic fields to stimulate ...
12/08/2023

An idea that gets under your skin

(Stuttgart/Tübingen) – Dr. V. Andrey Giménez Rivera founded IntegraSkin GmbH to solve a problem that affects him and at least three-quarters of a billion other people – chronic inflammatory skin conditions (CISC). He is determined to revolutionise dermatological diagnostics by enabling the targeted ...
02/06/2024

Turning dreams into companies

(Stuttgart) – This is the 15th time the Science2Start ideas competition has been held. It celebrates the ideas of scientists and start-ups in the STERN BioRegion that are judged to have particular economic potential by a panel of experts. Taking part is well worthwhile – since 2009, over 150 ideas h...

Events for founders

02/26/2026 | 16:00 - 22:30 Uhr | STEYG - FRAMEWORX Startup Hub & Coworking, Friedrichstraße 13, Stuttgart

Road To START Summit Stuttgart 2026

Welcome to the ultimate gathering for startups, investors, and innovators in Baden-Württemberg – where big ideas meet endless opportunities!

03/17/2026 | 10:00 – 10:00 Uhr | Freiburg

MedTech Pitch Day 2026

MedTechStartups – Take your opportunity and present your technology to leading MedTech investors and corporate decision-makers.

Your contact

Dr. Kristina Dürr

Project Management, Technology Transfer Management
+49-159 044 252 71
Project Management, Technology Transfer Management
Dr. Kristina Dürr

My academic training in the life sciences, including research stages in Germany and the United States, has shaped my strong interest in the interface between research, application, and knowledge transfer. I gained hands-on experience in technology transfer at Leibniz University Hannover, with a particular emphasis on supporting patenting and commercialization processes. After completing my master’s thesis with a focus on chemical engineering and molecular biology at Northeastern University in Boston, I pursued my doctoral studies at the Institute of Pharmaceutical Biology in Würzburg. To further strengthen my interdisciplinary skill set, I completed additional training in life science management, thereby deepening my expertise in project planning, business fundamentals, and regulatory affairs. Since January 2026, I have been working at BioRegio STERN in project management and technology transfer, advising start-up initiatives and coordinating the Science2Start idea competition.