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Laura Möller: UNITE for Start-ups

Laura Möller

Laura Möller
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Laura Möller is the director of K.I.E.Z., the Artificial Intelligence Entrepreneurship Center of Science & Start-ups, the network of start-up services of Berlin’s universities and the Charité - Universitätsmedizin. In addition, Laura Möller is leading the development of UNITE, the largest business incubator for science-based start-ups in Europe, which is currently being established in Berlin in a concentrated effort involving science, politics and business. “I am driven by the goal of transforming the immense potential of Berlin’s research institutions into successful start-ups,” says Möller about her two roles. As a former venture capital investor at Burda Principal Investments and IBB Ventures, Möller brings extensive expertise and an extensive network to her work for UNITE and K.I.E.Z. She increasingly focuses on the transfer of knowledge for AI and deep tech on growth, to establish Berlin as a permanent innovation location. The business graduate completed her master’s degree in European Studies at the Free University of Berlin, Humboldt University of Berlin and the Technical University of Berlin. As an investor, Laura Möller was a member of several company advisory boards. In January 2024, she was appointed to the board of directors of KI Park and in November 2024 to the impact board of trustees of Ostwerk. Manager Magazin included her in its list of the 23 most important women in AI in Germany.

By way of UNITE, partners from business, society and science – including the partners of the Berlin University Alliance – are jointly offering internationally leading innovation and start-up services. A high degree of digitization ensures the resource-efficient mobilization of the entrepreneurial talents, innovation and start-up potential of the partners, efficient networking by ecosystem stakeholders and the data-driven further development of the center. Entrepreneurial structures enable speed, a willingness to take risks and the creation of space for development. In this context, internationality, diversity and corporate responsibility are drivers and success factors. This focuses on seven units: Talents, Education, Programs, Funding, Infrastructure, Marketing and Think Tank.