All I want for Christmas… is a start-up f:ck up. 🎁

The Christmas Edition of foundersXchange Darmstadt is back for another round, and once again, December is all about the stories you won’t find in any pitch deck: Founders share their biggest startup f:ck-ups – decisions that went wrong, costly lessons, and the insights that ultimately changed everything.

There’ll also be drinks, snacks, and Christmas cheer to fuel great conversations and plenty of networking 🍹✨

📅 When: December 14, 2026

📍 Where: Café 221qm, Alexanderstr. 2, Darmstadt

⏰ Start: 6:00 p.m.

👉 Registration: Click here!

Come on by, get inspired, and learn from others’ mistakes before you make your own. Fail merrily! 😉🎄

foundersXchange is a joint event series organized by the HIGHEST Innovation and Startup Center at TU Darmstadt, the ATHENE Digital Hub Cybersecurity startup incubator, the Hessian Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (hessian.AI), the Center for Satellite Navigation in Hesse (cesah), the HUB31 Technology and Startup Center, and YUBIZZ, the startup initiative of h_da.

We’ll all be there to provide you and your idea with the best possible support. 🚀