MVPRENEUR DAY 2025
Mvpreneur Day is the largest startup event in Mecklenburg-Western Pomerania. This is where founders, investors, companies and politicians come together to promote innovation, networks and ideas. DWIH New York is pleased to support and participate in this conference promoting entrepreneurship and transatlantic relations.
MedTech exit route: From Frankfurt to the FDA? - How do we scale our medical research in Europe and prevent a sell-out to the USA?
Join us and watch young startups pitch their ideas! Following a keynote and a panel discussion featuring our Head of Programs Jan Lüdert, five health and life sciences startups will present their innovations. One winner will advance to the final round for a chance to earn a spot in the STEP USA University Program.
Date & Location:
📍 Arno Esch Foyer, Campus Ulmenstraße der Uni Rostock, Germany
📅 Wednesday, July 2, 2025
Agenda
5:00 PM | Keynote: Dr. Carsten Mahrenholz (COLDPLASMATECH GmbH )
5:10 – 5:40 PM | Panel: Dr. Carsten Mahrenholz (COLDPLASMATECH GmbH), Jan Lüdert (DWIH New York), Jan Stange (Unimedizin Rostock, tbc), Moderation: Sabine Brüser
5:40 PM – 5:55 PM | Health / Life Science Pitches
5:55 PM – 6:00 PM | Jury session
Dr. Carsten Mahrenholz, CEO COLDPLASMATECHDr. Carsten Mahrenholz
Carsten Mahrenholz studied biology and received his PhD in chemistry alongside an MBA from universities in Berlin and Cambridge. After working as a consultant for SMEs and scientific institutions, he became CEO of a high-tech transfer company. He co-founded COLDPLASMATECH GmbH in 2015 and became a pioneer in plasma medicine. This team developed a Star-Trek-like medical device for treating chronic wounds and killing multiresistant bacteria. Amongst various awards and prizes for business, innovation and technology, they received the IQ innovation award, the Leibniz Founder Prize and the prestigious German Innovation Award 2018. He entered the Hall of Fame at the Entrepreneur of the Year award, is one of the first LAB fellows of the Nobel Laureate Meetings and recently ranked #1 Health&Science in Business Punk’s Top100 Watchlist. In 2022, he was selected as one of the 10 most impactful leaders in healthcare by Insights Success Magazine. Carsten supports the European Institute of Technology as Ambassador and became part of the high Perspective-Commission of the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research in 2021.
Dr. Jan Lüdert is Head of Programs at the German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York. Jan earned a Ph.D. in Political Science from the University of British Columbia (UBC). He holds Harvard Kennedy’s School Public Leadership Credential; a First-Class Honors MA in International Relations from the Australian National University; and a BA in Public Policy from Hamburg University for Economics and Politics. He previously served as Associate Professor at City University of Seattle where he was the inaugural Director of Curriculum and Instruction. He held positions as Visiting Research Scholar at the Ralph Bunche Institute for International Studies at City University of New York's Graduate Center as well as Research Associate with the DFG 'Dynamics of Security' project at Philipps Marburg University. He is an alumnus of Seattle's World Affairs Council Fellows and UBC Liu Institute for Global Issues Scholar programs.Dr. Jan Lüdert, German Center for Research and Innovation (DWIH) New York
Sabine Brüser, Digitales Innovationszentrum RostockSabine Brüser
Sabine Brüser is a project officer at Digitales Innovationszentrum Rostock with a focus on Innovation, Knowledge Transfer and Internationalization.
Event Information
July 2, 2025
Campus Ulmenstraße der Uni Rostock
Organizer(s): University of Rostock