Hamburg starts new 50 million euro start-up factory for founders!

Hamburg starts new 50 million euro start-up factory for founders!

Bramfeld, Deutschland - Hamburg has reason to be happy! On July 10, 2025, there was gratifying news from the Federal Ministry of Economics: The Hanseatic city will receive a total of 50 million euros for the construction of a state-of-the-art start-up factory that should support scientists and creative minds in the step into independence. NDR reports that this initiative is aimed at bringing innovative technologies and materials out of the laboratories faster.

Many researchers often face the big problem of capitalizing their ingenious ideas. That should change now: The new start-up factory, which opens its doors in autumn 2025, will not only offer advice on start-up steps and intellectual property, but will also actively help you search for investors. A real all-round package for everyone who wants to take the way to entrepreneurship.

support from Hamburg and Berlin

With the grant of 10 million euros from Berlin and another 40 million euros from Hamburg foundations and companies that are closely linked to universities and research institutions, the basis for this initiative is laid. The support comes from the Joachim Herz Foundation, the Michael Otto Foundation, the Hamburger Sparkasse as well as large companies such as Nexperia and the Otto Group. Uni Hamburg emphasizes that Hamburg was chosen as one of the ten winners in the “Startup Factories” competition of the Federal Ministry of Economics.

Senator for the Economic Affairs Melanie Leonhard and Senator of Science Maryam Blumenthal are behind this project and know about the importance of the new start-up factory for Hamburg's start-up culture. The funding is primarily aimed at the area of ​​deep tech and sustainable technologies, an area that needs even more attention and support in Germany to be able to exist in international competition.

The "Impossible Founders" in the Digital Hub

The Hamburg start-up factory "Impossible Founders" will officially start work on October 1, 2025 in the "Digital Hub" in the Speicherstadt. She has set itself the task of supporting innovative funding from science, especially in areas such as green technologies, new materials, artificial intelligence and data science. [OpenPR] (https://www.openpr.de/news/1287496/hamburg-gint-startup-competition-des- Federal Ministry of Economics IDW.HTML) further reports that the factory will make an important contribution to increasing the competitiveness of the Hamburg economy.

Another highlight: Dr. Arik Willner will take over the management of the "Impossible Founders" from November 1, 2025. Under his leadership, the start-ups will not only receive access to valuable resources, but also go through special programs for entrepreneurship Education, which you should optimally prepare for the challenges of the market.

Overall, it can be seen that the new start-up factory in Hamburg is a promising project that not only benefits the creative minds in the city, but will also make an active contribution to strengthening the Hamburg innovation location. There is something-and we look forward to exciting developments in the start-up world!