Our mission is to help founders with the successful realization of their ideas, build on start-ups and support businesses in the development of innovation and growth.

The CIE is an initiative of the graduates Christian Schwarzkopf and Tim Lagerpusch of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology. We pursue an active and non-bureaucratic approach to the consulting of entrepreneurs and enterprises.

The CIE is integrated into the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) - created by the merger of University (TH) and Forschungszentrum Karlsruhe.

The CIE is also advised and supported by internationally acknowledged enterprises (see the  Partners section).