{"id":15604,"date":"2023-04-05T16:45:08","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:45:08","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/?page_id=15604"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:56:25","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:56:25","slug":"daten-und-fakten","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/about-us\/daten-und-fakten\/","title":{"rendered":"Facts and figures"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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25,000 students, researchers, and scientists. 14 HIGHEST employees. 29 experts. 1 goal: Show the world that innovation is made in Darmstadt, Germany!<\/p>\n

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Since the early 90s, more than 200 start-ups came out of TU Darmstadt. In the past 6 years alone, 85 spin-offs hit the market. While we currently produce 15-20 per year, we aim to help up to 40 lift off. After all, HIGHEST has the knowledge and resources<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n<\/section>\n\n\n\n\n

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\n HIGHEST milestones <\/h3>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n
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\n 2007 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Center for innovation and start-ups at TU Darmstadt launched <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2010 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n First TU Idea Competition <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2016 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n First Start-up & Innovation Day <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2018 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n The center gets its name: HIGHEST <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2021 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n InnoDay digital exhibition platform <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n HIGHWAY innovation platform <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n 2022 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n HIGHEST relaunch <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n\n

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\n TU Darmstadt <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n \n
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What\u2019s better than a highway? Two highways! But the TU isn\u2019t just a junction of innovation for its advantageous location .<\/p>\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n Success Storys <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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Learn more<\/a>\n <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/header>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n

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\n February 26, 2026 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Light for Health and a Better Mood <\/h3>\n

\n Sunlight governs a wide range of processes in the human body. To make these benefits available during the dark winter months, the start-up avakis is developing a mask that recreates key properties of daylight\u2014aiming to boost wellbeing and performance in a short time, and to support people coping with shift work and jet lag. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n December 4, 2025 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Refuge for small computers <\/h3>\n

\n SANCTUARY Systems: Three Darmstadt researchers make critical computers secure <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n November 13, 2025 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Abbreviations in Space <\/h3>\n

\n How the TU Darmstadt Startup Aperio Space Technologies Makes Satellite Data Available in Minutes Instead of Hours <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n April 24, 2025 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Borionics: Two heads, one salt – and the idea of changing Europe's energy storage system <\/h3>\n

\n A young team at TU Darmstadt is developing an innovative electrolyte salt for supercapacitors – efficient, recyclable and independent of Asia. A start-up with a real impact. <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n February 20, 2025 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Back to the future – smart technology for senior citizens <\/h3>\n

\n TUDa start-up Zenaris brings the Internet into the living room <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n February 13, 2025 <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Light, stable, precise: carbon motor spindles <\/h3>\n

\n Carbon-Drive start-up has arrived on the market <\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n

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\n Have you become curious? Perhaps a commitment as a HIGHEST expert is just the right thing? <\/h2>\n <\/div>\n
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