foundersXchange 04.02.2026

Funding: Founders just wanna have funds

Be part of the first edition of #foundersXchange in 2026 on the topic of “Funding: Founders just wanna have funds.”

What you can expect:

🔹 Exciting insights into the various funding programs from the foundersXchange network, such as StartUpSecure (ATHENE Digital Hub Cybersecurity), EXIST (HIGHEST), or push! (StartHUB Hessen)

🔹 Personal exchange with experts and other people interested in starting a business

Feel free to bring your ideas and questions to the open mic session and get valuable feedback from the community!

📅 When? February 4, 2026, starting at 5:00 p.m.

📍 Where? Fraunhofer SIT, Rheinstraße 75, 64295 Darmstadt

👉 Register here: (https:https://www.athene-center.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/foundersxchange-februar-2026-1910//www.athene-center.de/aktuelles/veranstaltungen/foundersxchange-februar-2026-1910)

Who’s joining us? 🙌

We are here to support you! The Hessian Research Center for Artificial Intelligence hessian.AI, HIGHEST – Innovation and Start-up Center, the start-up incubator ATHENE Digital Hub Cybersecurity, cesah GmbH Center for Satellite Navigation Hessen, HUB31 – Technology and Start-up Center Darmstadt, and YUBIZZ! start-up initiative at Darmstadt University of Applied Sciences are jointly organizing foundersXchange on a variety of current topics.

A big thank you to StartHub Hessen for its ongoing support of the event series.