Startup Factories
With a new network, we become NXTGN!
In the future, Startup Factories will be the central contact points for innovation in Germany. At NXTGN, we aim to become one of these Startup Factories.
Significance for the KIT Presidium
KIT is a partner from the very beginning
Prof. Dr. Thomas Hirth, Vice President for Transfer and International Affairs: “The NXTGN Startup Factory is a flagship project for KIT and Germany as a center of innovation. Through close cooperation with leading universities and companies, we are creating a joint platform for deep tech spin-offs and the ‘next generation of SMEs’. With a focus on deep tech innovations, we are jointly providing decisive impetus for Germany’s innovation and competitiveness.”
THE “LEUCHTTURM” COMPETITION
The German Government promotes Startup Factories
The German government is expanding EXIST-Förderung funding to include the “Startup Factories Leuchtturm Competition”. The aim is to establish five to ten supra-regional and internationally visible Startup Factories as central contact points for innovations, thus increasing the number and quality of knowledge-based spin-offs.
NXTGN from Baden-Württemberg has reached the next round of the competition and is one of the 15 winners of the first activation phase.
OUR ASSOCIATION
NXTGN applies as Startup Factory
We are applying to become a Startup Factory. We are called NXTGN – derived from Next Generation. It underlines the goal we are all working towards: a successful, innovative and closely networked next generation of companies and their contribution to a sustainable society.
Our goals:
We aim to make a significant contribution to transformation by 2023:
- 15,000 participants
15,000 participants in programs run by cooperation partners and joint formats, with 30% female founders and 10% international participants, and targeted support for barrier-free formats and migrant founders.
- 300+ new deep tech startups
Targeted support for activating researchers through new formats, involvement of business partners, faster IP transfer, and more efficient access to laboratory and production space.
- 1,000 matches
Connecting startups with the specific transformation needs of business partners to generate effective matches, orders, partnerships, investments, etc.
- 1 billion in venture capital
Building scalable startups that mobilize more than one billion euros in venture capital for their international growth.
- 10,000 new jobs
Creating jobs in Baden-Württemberg.
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ALLIANCE PARTNER
Strong partners from Baden-Württemberg
In order to develop the Startup Factory application, we work together with leading scientific and industrial partners.
The scientific partners are represented by the KIT-Gründerschmiede, the Institute for Entrepreneurship and Innovation Research (Institut für Entrepreneurship und Innovationsforschung) – the transfer centre of the University of Stuttgart, hei_INNOVATION of the University of Heidelberg, Entrepreneurs Campus of the University of Ulm, Campus Founders from Heilbronn and the Institute for Applied Research (Institut für Angewandte Forschung) of the Hochschule der Medien.
