Since 2012, Ralph Sonntag has been head of the start-up incubator "Gründungsschmiede" at the HTW and has accompanied more than 100 founders on their way to their own company in the last 10 years. He is involved in Startsocial and futureSAX, sits on expert committees of various start-up competitions and is very well networked in the regional start-up ecosystem. After studying business administration and earning his doctorate, he worked for an international strategy and technology consultancy, founded a start-up and a communications agency and has been a professor of multimedia marketing at the HTW since 2004. The topic of social entrepreneurship and sustainable start-ups are particularly close to his heart.

• Email: ralph.sonntag@htw-dresden.de
• Room: Z 637
• Tel: +49 351 462 3327

The graduate engineer in process engineering advises researchers at the HTW on all topics related to the exploitation of research results in a spin-off. Julia has valuable start-up experience, which she has gained in various start-ups since 2014. In addition to her work at the Gründungsschmiede, she has been successful on the market with her own company since 2018.

• Email: julia.luepfert@htw-dresden.de
• Room: A 401
• Tel: +49 351 462 3044

In the dresdenIexists network, more than 20 employees with more than 20 years of experience in the field of start-up projects and company formation are at your disposal. We bundle our know-how from the most diverse sectors to lead your start-up to success. The dresdenIexists Team