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💡 "I was the only one not staring at a screen — and somehow, that made me feel lonelier." said Adrian Probst, one of the winners of our Hashtag#100to100 challenge.

Back in 2019, 7Learnings joined us at Science & Startups as part of the BerlinerStartupStipendium. Just a few years later, they secured a Series B funding round of over €10 million.

Congratulations to our winning startup teams: 🏆 Voicari – Investor Game 1. round 🏆 Lingolino – Startup Slam 🏆Tox-help – Investor Game 2. round

Last week, we had the pleasure of welcoming the newest batch of visionary founders to Science & Startups. We're proud to introduce the five new teams joining our networ

Nine of our most promising startup teams pitched their groundbreaking ideas to an expert jury as part of the 13th Gründungspreis by Berliner Sparkasse and Science & Startups.

We're starting an NGO! Legal fees aren't exactly sexy—but they're the first step to real change." That's how Safer Sex Berlin, one of our brilliant 100to100 Challenge winners described their plans.

Laura applied with an idea as imaginative as it is sustainable: living willow furniture — chairs, benches, and structures made from living trees, woven and shaped over time.

Last week, we had the pleasure of joining forces with Siemens and the Werner-von-Siemens Centre in an intensive workshop to further deepen our successful collaboration.

On November 26, 2025, the 3rd FEMALE INVESTORS' DINNER by medianet berlinbrandenburg e.V. will bring together innovative start-ups and committed investors – with a focus on Creative Technologies: AI & Gaming.

Yesterday morning, we gathered in the heart of Berlin to kick off the second Daybreak Pitch by Science & Startups. This healthcare pitch event showed just how much potential lies in the next generation of healthtech founders.

💬 “The best moments at the fair were when people told us they’d just ordered their first e-trucks,” said Cara Heydt. “You can really feel that things are moving. There’s so much energy in the industry right now.”

Are you building a science-based AI startup and ready to scale? The K.I.E.Z. Accelerato is now accepting applications for our Fall 2025 Batch, starting in October.

We*re excited to celebrate the innovations from our new winning batch — driven by passion, creativity, and impact!

The new Student Entrepreneurship Monitor 2025 by Startup-Verband reveals: 20% of students in Germany can imagine founding their own company.

Joana or Juju, founder of KIN by juju, is redefining skincare for emotional and physical wellbeing by creating natural skincare with aromatherapeutic benefits.

Stefanus Ardhito Prasetya — winner of the 100to100 challenge and Master’s alumnus from Technische Universität Berlin — sounds light-hearded but is on a mission to create meaningful change.

We had the impression, that the whole world came to Berlin to visit GITEX EUROPE. Key themes like digitalization, robotics, AI, and smart cities taking center stage, GITEX presented itself international, inspiring, and full of innovation.

We’re proud to see Berlin’s scientific excellence once again confirmed: Five Berlin Clusters of Excellence have secured funding under Germany’s Hashtag#Exzellenzstrategie, ensuring strong support for cutting-edge research from 2026 onwards.

The Bridge-to-Market Program by K.I.E.Z. is now open for applications! Join one of the upcoming K.I.E.Z. Künstliche Intelligenz Entrepreneurship Zentrum Q&A sessions to learn how our programs can support your startup journey:

Are you passionate about turning research into real-world impact? We’re looking for an entrepreneurial leader to head our Startup Support Team.

Last week we hosted another successful Investor Club at EINS, TU Berlin, organized by Science & Startups and led by our Stakeholder Manager Finance Thomas Lorenz.

Parloas founder Stefan Ostwald was supported through the prototype funding program in 2016 at TU Berlin, and his company now has grown into one of the most exciting players in Europe’s AI landscape.

Meet two of our outstanding founders and join SIBB for an exclusive fireside chat to explore how women are driving the future of sustainable energy.

Four of our promising science-based teams pitched at the BIONNALE 2025.

Climate extremes are no longer a distant threat, they’re part of our reality. The startup team at Hydro-Berlin is tackling this in developing digital solutions for sustainable urban water management.

Maurizio Iannuzzi is one of our #100to100Challenge winners and handed in a deeply impactful idea for the future of medicine.

MucosaTec has secured the SPRIND Start Up Booster with €500,000 in public funding through the German start-up grant program to advance its novel AntiFlu therapy.

Elif Selin Adic stumbled across the #100to100Challenge on our website and submitted one of her favorite startup ideas on a whim - and then forgot about it.

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Yesterday, the second award ceremony of the Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW) 2025 took place and our teams Korrekturkumpel and AIOS Metal Inspection pitched that night.

🚀 Naviri is Empowering Green Innovators for a Sustainable Future 🌱 And with our support they just received the EXIST scholarship.

Christine Faur joined the 100to100Challenge with an idea towards a fairer school system: An app that brings language support right where it’s needed most – into everyday classroom life.

We are beyond proud, taht three of our Healthcare X Prevention Startup Teams took the pitch stage at this years DMEA 2025.

After six months in the Berliner Startup Stipendium, Team Caidera reflects on their startup journey, the support they received from us, and what they would do differently with the knowledge they have today.

The latest insight from Berlin University Alliance illustrates what drives us as Science & Startups every day: transforming excellent research into sustainable innovation - and providing the best possible support for founders along the way.

Gesa Dreyhsig is a PhD at Freie Universität Berlin and won the 100to100 challenge with her groundbreaking idea for Bitrolysis - a novel approach that stores HCl in a new form, making the process safer, more energy-efficient, and easier to handle.

Dive deep into the newest technology of communication 🔹 Our startups airpuls GmbH and MOXZ are showcasing how 5G and 6G technologies are already shaping the future of industrial automation.

The Team project ConScopes technology detects structural changes and damage in bridges at an early stage, helping to maintain their long-term safety.

Our Startup-Team ai|coustics raised a €5M Seed Round to bring studio-quality sound to Voice AI, revolutionizing audio quality.

Out of 100 applications, 14 promising teams made it into the new cohort of the Bridge 2 Market and Accelerator Program by K.I.E.Z. Künstliche Intelligenz Entrepreneurship Zentrum, in collaboration with Science & Startups – and today is their big Welcome Day!

The application deadline for the "Vielfalt unternimmt" Award 2025 has been extended until April 11, 2025! Take this opportunity to showcase your business and commitment.

As Volker Hofmann Hoffmann points out in the Financial Times, Germany’s ecosystems are too fragmented. To stay competitive internationally, we need to collaborate more.

Christian E. Halbig is a PostDoc at Freie Universität Berlin, working with carbon-based nanomaterials. He won the 100to100 Challenge with high-performance membranes for water desalination

We are incredibly proud that five of our teams will be pitching at the Berlin Startup Pitch 2025! 🎉 Well done acemate.ai, Get2Germany, Famedly GmbH, Quouch and Soltrac - Space Solar Solutions. After months of hard work, the exciting event at the Rotes Rathaus takes place on March 20, 2025

Two intensive days in Chemnitz are behind our team, and we are still enthusiastic about the many exciting discussions, new perspectives and valuable contacts! 🙌

Join them for an inspiring lineup of incredible female speakers who will share their journeys in the field of quantum technologies. Let’s celebrate the achievements of women in science! 💜 👩‍🔬

Join xG-Incubator for 𝙭𝙂-𝘼𝙛𝙩𝙚𝙧𝙬𝙤𝙧𝙠 #2 on March 20th at hubraum, the tech incubator of Deutsche Telekom in Berlin. Whether you’re a researcher, entrepreneur, or industry pro, this is the perfect opportunity to connect, learn, and explore new possibilities in the world of telecommunications.

Today, on Hashtag InternationalWomen'sDay, we're not giving flowers - instead, we're using our expertise and network to support our female founders. And not just today, of course, but every day of the year.

Yesterday 28 selected women came together for the EXIST Women program kickoff to get to know each other, exchange ideas and lay the foundation for their entrepreneurial journey together.

AVALY builts a 360° acceptance navigator that helps project planners of wind and grid projects to measure, analyze and increase local acceptance in a targeted manner.

Each month we transfer €100 to each of our 5 favorite ideas. All ideas that emerge at Berlin's universities are welcome.

This time Siemens supportet our Startups in our Business Hour, which provides a structured 1:1 mentoring format, connecting corporate and industrial experts with early-stage teams for valuable exchange.

The renowned ranking “Europe's Leading Start-Up Hubs” by Statista, Financial Times and Sifted has ranked Science & Startups directly among the TOP 20 best startup hubs in Europe!

Die Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Energie und Betriebe verleiht 2025 zum vierten Mal den Berliner Unternehmenspreis „Vielfalt unternimmt“, um das Engagement migrantischer Unternehmen zu würdigen.

We are super proud of our team Get2Germany for securing the Pre-Seed Funding. The Team is already helping hundreds of doctors worldwide to accelerate their professional recognition.

Yesterday we heard the last 16 jury pitches for the EXIST Women program online within the Sustainability & Society cluster.

Each month we transfer €100 to each of our 5 favorite ideas. All ideas that emerge at Berlin's universities are welcome. This are the five winners of januarys competition.

🌱 On Tuesday, seven teams of students from the "Venture Capital & Entrepreneurial Finance" course pitched their diverse start-up ideas, which they had developed within a few months.

yesterday's second round of jury pitches for the EXIST Women pYesterday, 11 #femalefounders impressed us with their personalities and their impressive ideas in the Health & Prevention cluster in the Startup Villa of FU Berlin.

Yesterday we got to hear many strong pitches during the first round of jury pitches for the EXIST Women program. 💜 We were impressed by the all the great ideas and personalities of our #femalefounders:

We are currently in the middle of the first round of jury pitches for the EXIST Women program. 💜 Today, we are starting with 16 pitches in the Technology & Resources cluster at the Centre for Entrepreneurship, TU Berlin. We are very impressed by all the fascinating ideas and personalities that we have already been able to get to know today

💥 From a total of 100 really cool and imaginative applications for the EXIST Women program, we have selected 44 women who will pitch their ideas in front of three expert juries in the coming week.

Team Earthbound won the Audience Award in the first phase of Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW) 2025.

Stephanie Pupke-Bertram took part in the EXIST Women program. As an expert in sustainable fashion she explained the problems of fast fashion to ARD Brisant magazine.

In the Funpreneur-Competition, bachelor students from all Berlin universities regularly demonstrate their entrepreneurial skills. The participants go through all phases of starting a business - from idea development to market research and marketing.

👏 In the last 12 months, a total of 10 teams with innovative business ideas have graduated from our incubation program - what a great reason to celebrate!

🔴 Thinking about becoming an entrepreneur and founding a startup in AI? The K.I.E.Z. Künstliche Intelligenz Entrepreneurship Zentrum 6-month Bridge-to-Market program is perfect for aspiring founders of not-yet-incorporated startups!

The best ideas don't wait until after work... ... that's why we hosted the first DAYBREAK PITCH - Healthcare Edition at the Startup Villa in Dahlem on January 22. 💫

This years winner of BusinessplanLab was Team Cupguard. BusniessplanLab is aimed at students at Berlin universities who are interested in starting a business. The aim is to take part in the Berlin Brandenburg business plan competition, in which the FU Berlin can regularly position highly placed teams.

"Girls just wanna have FUNDS": Are you a woman in academia with a game-changing idea? The EXIST-Women Programme is here to help you turn your start-up idea into action! We’re committed to empowering female founders in green chemistry, sustainable innovation, and beyond. Application Deadline: 31th Jan. 2025

The event BusinessplanLab aimes at students at Berlin universities who are interested in starting a business. The aim is to take part in the Berlin Brandenburg business plan competition, in which the FU Berlin can regularly position highly placed teams.

After intensive years of research Porelio is now officially a GmbH and therefore one milestone closer to a greener future for chemistry.

Unser Alumni-Start-up Green Fusion erhält 12 Millionen € für die Optimierung tausender Heizungsanlagen und den Aufbau einer eigenen Einheit für regenerative Energiesysteme.

We are so proud of our two teams from mimaps and Blindleister for making it into the top ten nominees for the first phase of the Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW)