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amsight: Software start-up honoured with the Gunnar Uldall Business Award 2024

The additive manufacturing start-up amsight has been honoured with the Gunnar Uldall Business Award 2024. The main prize of 10,000 euros underlines amsight’s innovative potential and pioneering developments in the optimisation of 3D printing processes through advanced data management and...

Prototype Fund: Up to 158,000 euros for social innovation through software

The Prototype Fund is launching its next funding round and is calling on developers and creative teams to drive forward their software projects with social added value. With improved funding conditions and an inviting community, you can now turn your...

Kick-off of Female Entrepreneurship Week: Three questions for Diana S. Engelhard

From 18 to 22 November 2024, Hamburg will be all about ambitious women*: The Female Entrepreneurship Week invites female founders and women* interested in starting a business to network, be inspired and grow together. The week kicks off with the...

takepart: App honored as Leuphana start-up idea of the year

The founders Eric Schneider, Lukas Thiée and Johannes van Deest are developing a digital tool that helps people to organise their free time actively and meaningfully and to make new contacts. They are supported by Startup Port. They have now...

Coalition exit: startup association calls for entrepreneurial awakening

With the end of the traffic light coalition, Germany is facing a political reorientation that is also important for the startup scene. Verena Pausder, Chairwoman of the Startup Association, is calling for a ‘hands-on mentality’ in politics that will provide...

Idea theft: How start-ups can effectively protect their innovations

As part of the Startup Port Lounge, experts met on 5 November for the panel discussion ‘Idea theft – when and how must innovations be protected?’ at JUPITER at the main railway station. The debate centred on the pressing question...

New KfW promotional programme: ERP loan for start-ups and succession

The new ERP promotional loan programme will come into force from November 2024 and offers low-interest loans and complete relief from the risk of loan default for founders and business successors. Here is an overview of the conditions and how...

EdTech Startup Monitor: Digitalization of the education sector is lagging behind

Ambitious startup founders face huge challenges in Germany’s digital education world: A sluggish digitalisation process and bureaucracy are swallowing up innovative strength. But despite all the obstacles, many startups are ready to realise their vision of modern education. The latest...