CDTM | Singapore x India Innovation Tour 2027

Why CDTM

Europe's #1 tech entrepreneurship program

A joint institution of TU Munich & LMU Munich, producing founders, researchers, and tech leaders since 1998.

CDTM in numbers

280+

Companies Founded

by CDTM alumni

€8.7B

Total Funding

>10% of German VC in 2022

Unicorns

~20% of all German unicorns

1,200+

Alumni Network

lifetime membership

25,000+

Jobs Created

across alumni companies

220+

Corporate Partners

McKinsey, BCG, Google…

Notable alumni-founded companies

●Personio●Trade Republic●Cellares●TIER Mobility●Forto●eGym●Razor Group●Monzo●Foodora●Taktile●Langfuse●Demodesk●Personio●Trade Republic●Cellares●TIER Mobility●Forto●eGym●Razor Group●Monzo●Foodora●Taktile●Langfuse●Demodesk

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Partnership opportunities

Connect with 40 ambitious European technologists visiting Bangalore & Singapore.

Host a Visit

Welcome our delegation at your office.

Present your company, demo your technology, and network with 40 founders, researchers, and engineers from Europe's top institutions.

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Sponsor the Tour

Gain visibility with Europe's tech elite.

Logo placement across all trip materials, co-branded social media content, access to the full participant directory, and speaking opportunities.

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Recruit Talent

Access a curated talent pipeline.

Host a networking dinner, share open positions with 40 high-caliber candidates, and build relationships with future founders and tech leaders.

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The delegation

Meet previous participants

Founders. Researchers. Engineers. From Stanford, MIT, Caltech, Cambridge, TUM, LMU & beyond.

Katharina

Sophia

Jakob

Anne

Franz

Lucas

Fabian

Marina

Zaid

Jonas

Mridul

Paul

Muneeb

Mehmet

Thomas

Joel

Sebastian

Paul

Marcel

Annabell

Niklas

Katharina

Sophia

Jakob

Anne

Franz

Lucas

Fabian

Marina

Zaid

Jonas

Mridul

Paul

Muneeb

Mehmet

Thomas

Joel

Sebastian

Paul

Marcel

Annabell

Niklas

Linus

Victoria

Pedro

Niko

Denys

Khadim

Lena

Johannes

Maaz

Leon

Ria

Vera

Maximilian

Henri

Felix

Lizzy

Fynn

Andre

Gyri

Jan

Viet

Linus

Victoria

Pedro

Niko

Denys

Khadim

Lena

Johannes

Maaz

Leon

Ria

Vera

Maximilian

Henri

Felix

Lizzy

Fynn

Andre

Gyri

Jan

Viet

The route

2 cities. 2 weeks.

Company visits, cultural immersion, and world-class networking.

Bangalore

Week 1 · Mon–Fri

Five days in India's innovation capital: company visits, startups, deep tech and world-class networking. Program t.b.a.

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Transfer

Weekend

Weekend transfer from Bangalore to Singapore.

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Singapore

Week 2 · Mon–Fri

Five days across Singapore's tech ecosystem: company visits, VCs and cultural immersion. Program t.b.a.

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Munich

Weekend

Weekend return journey to Munich.

Past innovation tours

A track record of impact

Our tours generate lasting partnerships and significant engagement across the European tech community.

Silicon Valley 2025

Lightspeed × CDTM Silicon Valley Learning Journey

A curated week connecting CDTM students & alumni with leading innovators. Highlights included Stanford with LinkedIn co-founder Konstantin Guericke, an NVIDIA campus tour, a Lightspeed fireside chat, a Y Combinator meetup, and a session at Anthropic.

StanfordNVIDIALightspeedY CombinatorAnthropicGoogle HQ

London 2025

CDTM London Ecosystem Trip

50 Centerlings spent four days inside London's tech & VC ecosystem. Visits included Entrepreneurs First, Index Ventures, Google DeepMind, Accel, Lightspeed, Balderton, General Catalyst, and Project Europe with Harry Stebbings.

Entrepreneurs FirstIndex VenturesGoogle DeepMindAccelLightspeedBaldertonGeneral Catalyst

New York City 2026★ Featured on LinkedIn

Index Ventures × CDTM NYC Trip

28 Centerlings spent a week in Manhattan, hosted by Index Ventures. The trip featured visits to Celonis, Palantir, OpenAI, Anthropic, DeepL, Spotify, Columbia Business School, and more — with 18 company visits in total.

Index VenturesCelonisPalantirOpenAIAnthropicDeepLSpotifyPersonioColumbia Business School

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China 2026★ Featured on LinkedIn

CDTM China Innovation Tour

40 Centerlings spent two weeks across Beijing, Hangzhou, Shanghai, Shenzhen and Hong Kong — company visits, cultural immersion and world-class networking across China's tech ecosystem, from frontier AI to robotics.

XiaomiDeepSeekUnitreeTencentTsinghua X-labGame ScienceLightspeed ChinaBrainCo

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San Francisco 2026→ Applications open

CDTM × Lightspeed Lab Residency

Five days in San Francisco & Palo Alto for a hand-picked cohort of ~20 CDTM students and alumni, fully sponsored by Lightspeed. Immersive sessions with world-class founders, operators, investors and researchers across the Bay Area — November 15–21, 2026.

LightspeedSan FranciscoPalo Alto~20 participantsFully sponsored

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Europe's #1 tech entrepreneurship program

CDTM in numbers

Partnership opportunities

Host a Visit

Sponsor the Tour

Recruit Talent

Meet previous participants

2 cities. 2 weeks.

Bangalore

Transfer

Singapore

Munich

A track record of impact

Lightspeed × CDTM Silicon Valley Learning Journey

CDTM London Ecosystem Trip

Index Ventures × CDTM NYC Trip

CDTM China Innovation Tour

CDTM × Lightspeed Lab Residency

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