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Koehler Group expands start-up support and enters strategic partnership with with UnternehmerTUM

Thursday 08. December 2022 - In order to promote innovations from the Paper and Renewable Energy Business Areas, the Koehler Group has entered into a partnership with the non-profit UnternehmerTUM GmbH in Munich, from which more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups emerge each year.

As a family-owned company, Koehler is thus part of the Family EntrepreneurTUM initiative.
Promotion of innovations based on the core business areas “Paper” and “Renewable Energy
The Koehler Group has already been working intensively with start-ups for several years. The activities have now been bundled under Koehler Invest GmbH. Since 1 November, Philipp Prechtl has been responsible for the further development of venture and start-up cooperations for Koehler as Managing Director. To this end, a strategic cooperation was established with UnternehmerTUM, the leading centre for start-ups and innovation in Europe founded by Susanne Klatten in 2002. At the core are joint projects and developments with start-ups in the sense of collaborations. Koehler intends to promote innovation in its core business areas of paper and renewable energy. Kai Furler, CEO of the Koehler Group, comments: “With the cooperation with UnternehmerTUM, we are promoting the innovative strength of the Koehler Group. The family-owned company looks back on a history of over 200 years, in which the continuous development of innovations has always ensured the success of the next generation. “Supporting start-ups also contributes to the further expansion of entrepreneurship in Germany,” Furler continues.
In addition to collaborating with start-ups, direct and indirect attractive investments in future technologies will continue to be examined and pursued – especially in the topics of sustainability and the circular economy, which are highly relevant for Koehler.
Europe’s leading centre for innovation and start-ups
Founded in 2002, the non-profit UnternehmerTUM GmbH is Europe’s leading centre for start-ups and innovation, with more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups every year and its unique range of services. Climate change, energy transition, scarcity of resources – the major challenges facing society can only be solved with innovations. Entrepreneurial spirit and new technologies are the decisive factors in competition – they create value, jobs and secure growth.
“Companies can no longer solve the numerous challenges of our time alone. Koehler meets strategically important implementation partners in the UnternehmerTUM ecosystem, and sometimes surprising, unexpected cooperations,” said Christian Mohr, Chief Customer Officer of Un- ternehmerTUM and founder of the FamilienunternehmerTUM initiative. “At the same time, we are delighted that the Koehler Group is contributing its expertise and industrial excellence, which has grown over decades, and is investing specifically in new technological knowledge.”