{"id":35035,"date":"2025-07-10T14:04:13","date_gmt":"2025-07-10T14:04:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/kit-gruenderschmiede.de\/?p=35035"},"modified":"2025-07-21T12:49:57","modified_gmt":"2025-07-21T12:49:57","slug":"we-are-becoming-a-startup-factory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/kit-gruenderschmiede.de\/en\/we-are-becoming-a-startup-factory\/","title":{"rendered":"We are becoming a startup factory!"},"content":{"rendered":"
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On July 10, it became official: the NXTGN Startup Factory<\/a> will become an internationally visible innovation platform that brings together technology-driven startups and spin-offs with the scientific excellence of universities and research institutions and the economic strength of small and medium-sized enterprises.<\/p>\n

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The federal government and industry are providing up to \u20ac20 million in funding for this purpose. The goal: a new wave of startups!<\/strong><\/p>\n

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The flagship competition is part of the federal government’s startup strategy. The competition aims to build and establish new key players in the startup ecosystem in Germany that are privately organized, entrepreneurial, and focused on international visibility. With federal funding, the alliance will receive up to ten million euros over a period of five years. In addition, the private sector has pledged funding of the same amount.<\/p>\n

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The goal of the Factory is to create a central point of contact for technology-driven start-ups<\/b> that accelerates the transfer of research into the economy and works closely with small and medium-sized industrial companies.<\/p>\n

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NXTGN \u2013 next generation SMEs<\/h2>\n

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Minister President Winfried Kretschmann<\/b>: \u201cWith the NXTGN Startup Factory, we are writing a new chapter in our state’s history of innovation. Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg does not think about future technologies in small terms, but systematically: we bring together cutting-edge research, courageous founders, and responsible companies to ensure sustainable prosperity and quality of life for future generations.\u201d<\/p>\n

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The NXTGN Startup Factory builds on the strong research landscape and addresses the broad technical expertise of the universities in Baden-W\u00fcrttemberg. There is a growing diversity of start-up activities where scientific findings are being translated into commercial applications.<\/p>\n

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\u201cThe NXTGN Startup Factory is a flagship project for KIT and Germany as a center of innovation. A joint platform that brings together deep tech spin-offs from research with medium-sized companies is fully in line with our transfer philosophy of bridging the gap between knowledge and application through innovation,\u201d says Thomas Hirth, Vice President for Transfer and International Affairs at KIT.<\/p>\n

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Our goals<\/b><\/h3>\n

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The NXTGN Startup Factory has three pillars:<\/p>\n

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