Lighthouse Competition NXTGN applies as Startup Factory
In the future, startup factories will be the central contact points for innovations in Germany. As NXTGN, we are striving to become one of these startup factories.
"The NXTGN Startup Factory is a focal point of transfer at Heidelberg University and an important driving force for the start-up culture at German universities. Together with strong Baden-Württemberg partners from science and industry, we offer an international platform for technology-oriented spin-offs. In doing so, we are laying the foundations for the ‘Next Generation middle ground’. With our interdisciplinary platform, we develop promising research into products, support founders with tailor-made offers and thus create decisive impulses for sustainable competitiveness and social progress."
Prof. Katja Patzel-Mattern
Vice-Rector for Innovation and Transfer
The Lighthouse Competition
German government supports Startup Factories
The German government is expanding EXIST funding to include the “Startup Factories Lighthouse Competition”. The aim is to establish supra-regional and internationally visible startup factories as beacons and thus increase the number and quality of knowledge-based spin-offs.
NXTGN from Baden-Württemberg has entered the next round of the competition and is one of the 15 winners of the first activation phase.
Our Association
We are applying to become a Startup Factory
As an association from Baden-Württemberg, we are applying to become a Startup Factory. This newly formed association bears the name 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.
Strong partners from Baden-Württemberg
We have formed a strategic alliance with leading partners from science and industry to develop the Startup Factory application.
The partners are represented by the KIT Gründerschmiede, the Institut für Entrepreneurship und Innovationsforschung and Traces from the University of Stuttgart, hei_INNOVATION from Heidelberg University, Entrepreneurs Campus from Ulm University, the Generator from Stuttgart Media University, Campus Founders and IPAI.
Our Goals
We want to make a major contribution to the transformation by 2030:
- 300 tech spin-offs
- 10,000 new jobs
- 1 billion in brokered venture capital
Contact
Do you have questions about our project?
Use our general contact form or get in touch with the Startup Factory project team.
