Twice a year, Open Entrepreneurship facilitates a national co-founder run: The purpose is to match research-based pre-startup teams with experienced entrepreneurs and industry experts as co-founders.

• Pre-startup teams receive targeted support from Open Entrepreneurship to attract relevant co-founder candidates.
• Entrepreneurs and industry experts gain the opportunity to join early-stage, research-based ventures and help turn science into scalable businesses.

Whether you represent a pre-startup or a potential co-founder, this run offers you a unique pathway to transform research into real-world impact.

If you need more information, you are welcome to reach out to us at info@open-entrepreneurship.com – or perhaps you can find the answer in the FAQ.

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Would you like to join Co-founder run as an entrepreneur or expert?

Discover exciting, research-driven ventures and apply for a commercial co-founder role between 15 April and 6 May 2026. Selected candidates will advance to direct interviews with the founding teams. Follow Open Entrepreneurship on LinkedIn for launch updates and announcements.
Important note
This is not a traditional job opening. There is no predefined, salaried role. As a co-founder, you will join at an early stage, where building the venture and securing initial funding are core parts of the journey.

What we expect from you as a co-founder candidate

1. You can work from the local university office/the startup office 7 hours/week, as part of the team (some cases may specify higher expectations in their one-pagers).
2. However, we do not expect you to invest in the case.
3. You will enter a 2–3-month trial period, if you then mutually agree on a good match, you can then start formalizing with a co-founder agreement negotiation, earning ownership based on contribution (sweat equity).

Participating pre-startups Spring 2026