Philipp Baaske
Philipp Baaske in a laboratory

Philipp BaaskeVice President for Entrepreneurship, LMU MunichFounder & Executive Chairman, NanoTemper

My mission

Build a new Mittelstand. Rooted in science.

As Vice President for Entrepreneurship at LMU Munich, I work to make it easier for founders to turn research into companies that last.

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My goal

Companies born from science.

My goal is not simply to build one successful science-based company, but to help build hundreds. Companies that dominate technological niches the world depends on, companies that compete globally while staying rooted in Europe.

Who I want to reach

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Researchers thinking about founding

I know exactly where a scientist loses time on the way out of the lab, because I lost it there myself.

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02

Universities & policymakers

What we have argued for over the past six months could now become the standard across Bavaria.

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Entrepreneurs & investors

The goal is a profitable company built to last, creating jobs, paying taxes here and helping fund the next start-up.

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04

Press & event organisers

Germany’s next Mittelstand will be born in our universities.

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Why me?

I know what it takes for one company to emerge from science:

  • People who open doors.
  • Professors who encourage.
  • Universities that speed up tech transfer.

That is what others once did for me. It led from a PhD at LMU to co-founding NanoTemper, which I ran as CEO for 16 years.

My story
Philipp Baaske with NanoTemper instruments

My approach

Europe doesn’t lack ideas. Europe loses time.

A scientist shouldn’t have to knock on 10 doors. An investor shouldn’t hear: „Maybe next year.“

At LMU Munich, we now transfer university IP into a spin-off in 3 months. Not by pushing founders harder. By changing the system.

The German average is about 18 months. Not to product, not to customer, not to financing, only to the contract.

A catalyst does not shine. It lowers the barrier.
18 monthsGerman average
under 3 monthsLMU today
6×faster
Activation barrier of a university IP transfer Two curves from the same starting point. Without a catalyst the barrier is high and takes about 18 months. With the LMU process the barrier is low and takes under 3 months. Uncatalysed: German average 18 months With a catalyst: LMU today under 3 months Idea in the lab Spin-out signed From lab result to signed IP transfer Barrier: time, loops, hierarchy

Source: EFI Gutachten 2026, p. 93

Some call that magic. I call it structure. And hard work.

In action

One conversation can change a path.

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Who is willing to stand up for Europe’s next 500 champions?

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