Resources for startups

Startup welcome package

The Startup Welcome Package is designed to help international startups expand into Germany while finding a home for their business in NRW. It provides a 10.000 euro grant that can be used to cover key needs such as renting a coworking space in NRW for at least 90 days. It also includes funding for tailored consulting services, including B2B support, tax and legal guidance, mentoring and coaching etc.. The package is intended to ease the transition for startups entering the German market and help them integrate into NRW’s business ecosystem.

Hightech NRW

High-tech start-ups face very special challenges and at the same time play a key role in the sustainable development of the NRW economic region and entire industries. We help founders on their journey to the innovations of the future in capital-intensive and highly complex high-tech and deep-tech areas.
HIGH-TECH.NRW is a venture platform and offers a tailor-made 12-week accelerator program for high-tech and deep-tech start-ups. The program ensures networking with investors, industry and politics as well as active further development of a technology into a sustainable business model.

xdeck

We are xdeck, the accelerator from Cologne initiated by founders for founders.
We offer tailored support to startups aiming for rapid growth, leveraging our extensive network of experienced entrepreneurs and strong corporate partners. We focus on your specific needs, ensuring efficient use of our time. Our support comes with no equity stake or fees, as our mission is to fuel your growth and promote entrepreneurship!

Startup welcome package

NRW.Global.Connect

NRW.Global.Connect connects companies, research institutes, clusters, hubs and other players from North Rhine-Westphalia with centers of innovation around the world. International startups have the opportunity to present themselves on the platform, publish offers and find partners in North Rhine-Westphalia. The platform offers the possibility of direct digital contact. The use of the platform is free of charge.

Digital Hub Bonn

DIGITALHUB.DE is the place to go for all startups working on solutions for digitalisation and cyber security. In addition to a variety of events for founders and entrepreneurs, the hub is a development and meeting place for start-ups, companies, science and research.

digihub Düsseldorf

Digital Hub münsterLAND

Our community brings together companies, academia, institutions, associations and start-ups. We firmly believe that new cooperation between these players drives innovative digital business models. We promote this with tailored start-up matching and networking events, among other things. In addition to the central coworking space in Münster, we are spreading our offerings throughout the region via hub satellites.

ruhrHUB

The ruhrHUB is the digital nexus that brings together the start-up ecosystem in the Ruhr region. Since 2016, the DWNRW Hub has established itself as a known quantity and has long been a reliable point of contact for founders and those who want to become one. Thanks to its strong regional network with business development agencies, universities and colleges as well as national and international partners from the corporate, investment and capital venture sectors, the ruhrHUB offers an all-round package in close cooperation with other start-up funding organizations to strengthen start-ups in their growth and thus make NRW's digital economy fit for the future and viable.

digitalHUB Aachen

We connect digital start-ups and IT SMEs with established companies. In the digitalCHURCH we shape the digitalisation in the Aachen Area.

Circular Valley

We are looking for start-ups with concrete ideas/inventions that help accomplish the reduction/elimination of pollution. Focus is on designing out waste, production technologies with minimized environmental impact, marking technologies, product passports, tracking & tracing, collection, separation of waste streams, waste logistics, re-use models, novel recycling technologies, novel service models and digital enabling technologies.

DIGI HEALTH START

We support digital health start-ups in entering the healthcare industry in NRW and ensure greater visibility, e.g. by appearing at our trade fair stands or on stage at start-up events. We provide digital health start-ups with specialist knowledge of the healthcare market through e-learning and networking with experts. Through our co-creation workshops, founders gain access to their target group and receive valuable feedback on their applications before they enter the market.