The TUM-IAS financed the following start-up projects:

Expert Workshop on Accessibility - measurement, modelling and evaluation (April 10/11, 2008): Prof. Gebhard Wulfhorst, Dr. Andreas Rau (Institute for Transportation).

Watching a Single Protein Molecule Fold in a Cellular Environment: Prof. Matthias Rief (Chair of Biophysics), Prof. Devarajan Thirumalai (Institute for Physical Science and Technology, University of Maryland) 

Biaxial Tractor: Prof. Wolfgang A. Wall (Institute for Computational Mechanics).

Nanomagnetic Computing: Development of a Magnetic Force Microscope for direct observation of nanomagnetic switching events; Investigation of computing systems beyond single logic gates: Prof. Doris Schmitt-Landsiedel (Institute for Technical Electronics).

Imaging - System: Prof. Thomas Misgeld (Institute of Neuroscience, IAS Hans Fischer Tenure Track Fellow).

Molecular Tissue Analysis: Prof. Karl-Friedrich Becker, Prof. Heinz Höfler (Institute of Pathology).

Physical Cryptography and Security: Prof. Martin Stutzmann (Department of Physics, Wide-Bandgap Semiconductors, Bioelectronics).

STED microscope: Prof. Andreas Bausch (Department of Physics, Biophysics).

Technology Push: Prof. Klaus Diepold (Department of Data Processing).

Telehaptics for Nanoassembly: Prof. Mandayam Srinivasan (MIT, IAS Hans Fischer Senior Fellow).

Textbook Biophysics: Prof. Erich Sackmann (Emeritus, Department of Physics, Physics of Biomaterials).

Understanding Complex Biological Systems: Prof. Chris-Carolin Schön (Department of Plant Breeding).

Vision in Quadricopters: Prof. Florian Holzapfel (Institute of Flight System Dynamics), Prof. Alois Knoll (Robotics and Embedded Systems).