Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

MCEI – Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation

Abbreviation	MCEI
Formation	2012
Type	NGO
Purpose	Research Business incubator
Location	Mannheim, Baden-Wuerttemberg, Germany
Region served	Europe, Germany
Directors	Michael Woywode Daniela Ernestus Robert Allen Isaak
Affiliations	University of Mannheim
Staff	10
Website	mcei.de

The Mannheim Center for Entrepreneurship and Innovation (MCEI) in Mannheim, Germany is an distinguished interdisciplinary and interdepartmental center for entrepreneurship and innovation at the University of Mannheim, Germany.^[1] The institute is supported by the IfM – Small and Medium Sized Companies and Entrepreneurship and the Chair of SME Research & Entrepreneurship at the University of Mannheim. Under the leadership of the directors Michael Woywode, Daniela Ernestus and Robert Allen Isaak,^[2] MCEI currently employs a staff of about 10 researchers and Ph.D students. The MCEI was established in Mannheim in 2012 and is still headquartered there. MCEI provides a platform for students, young entrepreneurs, sponsors and investors, supports start-ups, and acts as an accelerator/incubator. The institute's mission is to foster networking, enhance knowledge exchange and entrepreneurship research.^[3]

Research and teaching

Besides research the MCEI manages both bachelor and master thesis and offers several university courses such as "MAN 450: Entrepreneurship, Innovation and Business Model Design", "MAN 630 Introduction to Entrepreneurship", "MAN 631 Creativity and Entrepreneurship in Practice", "MAN 632 Advanced Entrepreneurship", "MAN 635 Social Entrepreneurship: Targeting Social Capital through Ecopreneurship", "MAN 636 International Entrepreneurship and Managing Change" or "MAN 770 Research Seminar".

Entrepreneurship activities

Several successful startups have already been launched at the University of Mannheim or been initiated by former students, for instance, Payback (€500m exit to American Express), Delivery Hero (raised $1.4b funding),^[4] AUTO1 Group (raised $200m funding),^[5] StudiVZ (€85m exit to Georg von Holtzbrinck Publishing Group), Simfy (raised €30m funding),^[6] Goodgame Studios (initiating IPO),^[7] SavingGlobal (raised $32m funding),^[8] Synchronite (sold to LivePerson),^[9] movilitas (sold to Peak-Ryzex),^[10] Amorelie (sold to ProSiebenSat.1 Media),^[11][12] AngelPad, Lendico (raised >20m funding),^[13] PayMill (raised $18m funding),^[14] esome (raised €14m funding),^[15] Spreadshirt (raised $12.7m funding), number26 (raised €10m funding),^[16] TripDa (raised $11m funding),^[17] Stocard (raised €2.2m funding),^[18] MCube Incubator,^[19] Compass (raised $4.4m funding),^[20] Stocard (raised €2.2m funding),^[21] Trecker.com (raised $2.6m funding),^[22] Coffee Circle (raised €2.1m funding),^[23] Eating with the Chefs (raised undisclosed 6-figured sum from Peter Thiel and Holtzbrinck),^[24] LiveCoding.tv (Y-Combinator class of 2015),^[25] CaterWings,^[26] 52masterworks,^[27] massagio,^[28] CreditShelf,^[29] Brickgate^[30] or Appinio.^[31]

Although its recent foundation the MCEI participated in the building of startups like CloudRail (raised €0.5m funding) or Von Jungfeld.^[32][33]

Selected events

The MCEI hosts weekly events that center on entrepreneurship, startups and digitalization.^[34]

• November 2015: Founder Talk with Max Wittrock (Mymuesli)
• April 2015: Corporate Entrepreneurship at Freudenberg
• October 2014: SAP Guest Lecture: Corporate Strategy & Industry Cloud
• April 2014: Startup Homecoming 2014: University of Mannheim
• November 2013: Entrepreneurship Bootcamp

See also

• Mannheim
• University of Mannheim

Notes and references

External links

• University of Mannheim
• Universität Mannheim (German webpage)

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