TIE² International Lab – Advance Your Tech Project in China

Target Group

Two-person teams of students and/or early-stage founders

Participation Requirements

UnternehmerTUM and X-Lab in China each select up to 10 teams à 2 people for a collaboration in an intercultural and mixed setting. These are the criteria:

• You and your teammate are committed during both exchange periods (see DATES).
• You have a strong technical background
• Your team wants to experience the Chinese market and start-up culture
• Together with your teammate you hold >50% of the shares in your project or start-up
• Your team may have been incorporated and already received funding or grants (no precondition) or is at least in an early concept phase (proof-of-concept done, prototype ready, hypotheses tested)

What’s in it for you?

WORK IN AN INTERCULTURAL AND MIXED SETTING

You will connect with entrepreneurially minded students, scientists, founders and VCs from China and Germany who will help you to develop your skills on a personal, social and functional level.

BOOST INTERNATIONALIZATION

You will learn to understand different customer needs in different markets. This will open you the doors to become internationally successful with your project in times of globalization and digitalization.

BUILD A STRONG INTERNATIONAL NETWORK

Due to the close collaboration with the Chinese teams and the one week stay in Beijing, you will lay the foundation for future German-Chinese partnerships and network relations.

Deliverables during the program

The following submissions will be mandatory for a successful participation:

• Revision of your summary
• Pitches in Beijing and Munich
• Revised 2-minute video
• Final presentation of progress
• Learnings, results, pivots