Meet us
Come to Ignite Weekly on Wednesdays at 6 pm in E-Space. Meet the team, hear what is happening and get to know other students. No application. No commitment.
For HPI students
Start curious. See where it goes.
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Explore
Join a startup visit, community event, founder talk, conference tour or Ignite lecture. Pick whatever interests you and start experiencing the ecosystem.
Join the team
Want to go deeper? Become an active Ignite member. Develop new skills, help run events and work alongside a small team of entrepreneurial HPI students.
Build something bigger
Take ownership of an initiative, lead partnerships or help build the next Ignite Startup Conference. This is where Ignite becomes something you actively shape.
Upcoming Events
Community Event
Ignite Weekly
Every Wednesday, 6 pm
We're meeting every Wednesday during the semester at 6 pm in the Community Space, House E, Campus 2, and discuss our current topics. Right now the focus is organizing the Ignite Conference. Feel free to stop by at any time and get to know the team. We're always happy to meet new interested students.
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Past Events
ConferenceSeptember 27, 2026WHU, Vallendar
Ignite goes IdeaLab!
Ignite spent a few days at IdeaLab! at WHU, joining panels, workshops, hackathon sessions and networking. What stayed with us was seeing how founders, investors and technology leaders approach decisions from very different angles.
Partners
WorkshopJune 10, 2026HPI Eventspace
Ignite × Dryft Workshop
Dryft co-founder Anna-Julia Storch and engineer Felix Bose shared their founding journey from Germany to San Francisco, then led a hands-on system design challenge. We wrapped up with a summer BBQ.
Partners
Guests
Anna-Julia Storch (Co-Founder @ Dryft) · Felix Bose (SWE @ Dryft)
Office VisitJune 3, 2026telli Berlin Office
Office Tour @ telli
Get to know telli and their work at this private office visit. Experience an office tour, hear the founding story, and dive deep into their engineering stack.
Partners
ConferenceMay 19–21, 2026Stuttgart
Ignite goes Women of Tech Conference
We participated in a hackathon at TRUMPF and visited the Women of Tech Conference.
Partners
Office VisitMay 12, 2026PraxiPal Berlin Office
Office Tour @ PraxiPal
We visited our former board member, who co-founded PraxiPal. We got an honest talk about founding, asked many questions and finished with pizza.
Partners
PanelApril 21, 2026Filmuniversität Potsdam
From Hollywood to Babelsberg: The Future of Film in the Age of AI
In this session, we discussed how filmmaking is being rebuilt through technologies like virtual production, real-time rendering and generative AI.
Partners
Guest
Jörg Bachmaier (CEO of Studio Babelsberg AG)
Ignite Travels
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