Anyone can start a company!

Get the knowledge and expertise of an entire region for your start-up! At Startup Port, you get everything from a single source. Regardless of whether you already have a concrete start-up idea or simply feel the entrepreneurial spirit within you – we will support, coach and network you.

The Startup Port bundles the support services of ten universities and research institutions from the Hamburg metropolitan region for students, researchers and graduates in preparing their technology and knowledge-oriented start-ups.

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Qualify, network, promote – our offers are aimed at students and researchers with an interest in start-ups, young start-ups, but also established companies and start-up consultancies. For us, the focus is always on the question of how startups can be planned and organized as purposefully and successfully as possible.

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Illustrative image representing scale-ups and growth; Photo: Unsplash
Startup Strategy Boosts Technology Transfer, Spin-offs, and Growth
With its new startup and scaleup strategy, the federal government aims to strengthen Germany’s position as a leading hub for innovation in Europe and create better conditions for founding, growing, and scaling businesses. In total, the strategy comprises 152 measures across eight areas of action. One focus is on the transfer of research into commercial applications—an important signal for the services offered by Startup Port.
Photo of a computer screen and a cell phone screen showing the homepage of Scalup Hamburg, an initiative and platform by Hamburg Invest for collaborations between startups and companies
Scaleup Hamburg specifically brings startups and corporations together for collaborations
With a new platform, Scaleup Hamburg—an initiative backed by Hamburg Invest—is creating a central hub to facilitate collaborations between startups and established companies in a faster, more targeted, and practical way.
Infographic for the Startup Association's Next Generation Report
AI is driving a startup boom—and Hamburg is growing at an above-average rate
With 3,053 new startups in the first half of 2026 (+52%), Germany is currently experiencing a historic boom in startup founding—and Hamburg is growing particularly strongly: The Hanseatic city has increased its number of startups by +83% to 212, thereby even surpassing Munich (208). This was determined by the “Next Generation” report from the German Startup Association for the first half of 2026.