Incubation Program - Meet the Teams

DeepEn builds the world's thinnest microscopy tools for research and medicine, allowing minimally invasive examinations.

ecoro offers end-to-end automation with driverless shuttles in secure, closed systems, reducing transport costs and integrating smoothly into existing systems.

FORMeat develops an advanced fiber spinning technology to produce large-scale, high-quality cultivated meat with a fibrous texture.

helpwave links healthcare providers with developers, securing patient data with an on-premise cloud and improving efficiency via process mining for better patient outcomes.

MindPort provides a VR Builder, a building block system for immersive content that enables enterprises to adopt XR technologies in a flexible and scalable way.

naion.tech develops tailor-made AI-designed nanofiltration membranes to recover critical raw materials from unique process conditions.

QuSine develops RF signal synthesizers with record-breaking precision to enable utilization of THz frequencies in 6G spectrum.

Rewafe completely recycles and purifies secondary silicon sources to directly produce green semiconductor wafers in a single, integrated and cost-effective step.

Userflix is an AI agent that conducts and analyzes user interviews autonomously, enabling efficient and scalable qualitative research for businesses.

volatile. develops AI-based SaaS solutions, providing the database and expertise to make the complexity of future energy systems manageable.

xiliox develops a coordination AI to tackle the grid congestions in distribution grids with a comprehensive front-end for easy-to-use application.

ZESTUM develops the “Scentbar,” a smart aroma system designed specifically for PC gamers, offering an immersive, AI-driven sensory experience.

AEsy develops a low-cost condition monitoring system based on acoustic emission and machine learning to detect damage of wind turbine drivetrains at an early stage.

CERPRO digitizes and automates manufacturing SMEs for high precision metal fabrication in Germany and Europe.

Cuinti effectively trains sales and customer service teams by offering an immersive, AI-supported environment where they can engage with lifelike simulated customers.

fenjax transforms hospital and industrial operations with a digitalization and automation platform using advanced real-time localization of equipment.

foxbeam develops an effective, gentle, and affordable radiotherapy solution to focus industrial X-rays to small spot sizes for cancer treatment.

Gridty helps small and medium (SME) customers implement green energy technologies for process heat and electricity more quickly and easily through a streamlined digital process.

Krauts & Sprouts enables a decentralized agri- and horticulture system facilitating regional production of fresh, healthy, and nutritious foods and goods in a sustainable and eco-friendly way.

Neureka breaks the adoption barrier for sustainable AI computing with a software-first approach.

OSPHIM supports the plastics processing industry with the help of AI in order to save time in the process set-up, increase production robustness, reduce scrap, and improve sustainability through a smart production out of the blue box.

Power2Polymers provides the technology to build powerful and toxin-free polymer products.

Regascold transforms cold energy from cryogenic liquefied gases into essential cooling for LNG terminals and factories.

SA-Dynamics develops and sells innovative, sustainable high-performance insulation textiles made from aerogel fibers.

AdaptX Systems provides an eco-friendly and efficient process cooling solution for machine tools through an internally cooled smart cutting.

Alpamayo enables machine and plant manufacturers to integrate best-in-class predictive maintenance into their products in a standardized and effective way through the Alpamayo PREKIT software suite.

BeeSage offers a beehive monitoring system that mitigates risks and boosts yield of beekeepers and pollinator-dependent farmers through proprietary hardware and software.

cre[ai]tion builds a digital designer’s muse – a platform that inspires through design created by artificial intelligence.

GXY Materials offers a sustainable alternative for petroleum-derived synthetic fibres to change high-performance garments for good. 

HERA automotive provides structural battery cooling for automotive OEMs to fulfil tight performance requirements by allowing higher range and halving of fast charging time.

Layer Performance creates software for high performance additive manufacturing, improving surface quality and part strength while reducing material usage and manufacturing time.

MiBioLab helps the industry to develop competitive bioprocesses with a unique automated microbioreactor platform and scientific expertise.

NTRDE helps chemical manufacturers, distributors, and traders to enhance buying and selling chemicals with AI-augmented Decision Intelligence.

ProteinDistillery upcycles brewer's yeast into clean proteins with properties rivaling those of egg protein, helping food companies create authentic vegan alternatives to animal products.

SONNENRAD disrupts the market for small vehicles by hybridization with its ePGS.

AiML emulates the human brain computing capability in terms of power consumption by co-locating memory and logic in memristive devices while deploying massive parallelism and self-learning mechanisms on the chip.

CashOnLedger provides the technical infrastructure to enable data-driven business models for Industry 4.0 by transforming IoT data into financial value streams and tracking the asset lifecycle.

Cheetah AI provides an efficient platform to optimize and implement AI models to the edge without prior hardware knowledge.

Circonomit helps companies find better solutions for linking sustainability and economics by breaking down climate complexity and managing risk through measuring the effects of single decisions on whole value chains.

cylib aims to close the gap in the recycling of lithium-ion batteries and contribute to securing raw materials supply in the EU through a proprietary process.

driveblocks offers a modular software stack for mapless autonomous driving for commercial vehicles.

Envoii Technologies offers a platform enabling companies to digitize their operation processes with a focus on frontline workers.

Event Horizon builds a self-learning AI technology automating one manual task at a time.

FloodWaive develops intelligent solutions for the water sector and early warning systems of tomorrow.

Lisios develops a solution to monitor water consumption and detect water leakages in pipe systems of residential buildings.

LuminoGen provides solutions for detecting substance concentrations in samples using sensitive and cost-efficient blue glowing baker's yeast.

Omnivore Recycling enables food waste recycling on the premises of food companies to save disposal costs and ecosystems along the way.

The Oater offers 'the' machine for fresh and sustainable oat drinks with barista quality for professionals.

Untap detects collective bio-markers in the outgoing wastewater of any building with patent-pending technology in a completely automated, passive and real-time process.

upstair develops an electric stair-climbing transport chair that enables easy and efficient transportation of patients from door to door.

4traffic SET GmbH creates value with three column approach: define smart city use cases in workshops, build hardware network (sensor & LoRaWAN), data analytics for real time data.

Their technology transform mixed-waste plastics into an Oil! Usable for SME and companies with over 250 kg/day of plastic, currently not recyclable waste for a greener future.

Applimeda is developing a demonstrably effective digital health applications (DiGA) for patients with axial spondyloarthritis, which is intended to sustainably reduce their pain and disease activity​.

Beyond Emotion GmbH recognizes emotions to support family caregivers through an AI-based mood notification system​.

bottom-up.city creates technology for data mining and crowdsourcing of geosocial data. With this we conduct analyses of ecosystems and forecast geospatial development processes​.

ClaritySciTech develops science-driven NLP and AI technologies to unlock actionable insights from unstructured text data to help businesses and organizations make smarter decisions.

GEMESYS Technologies designs a chip, that works like the human brain. Our design enables highly efficient artificial intelligence training for cloud centres and on the edge/ Iot devices.

greenable enables and encourage companies to create and lower their Product Carbon Footprints.

Hopper Mobility is a hybrid of bike & car.​ If you want move quick, cheap and comfortable through the city, Hopper is the right choice​.

Hydronauten GmbH develops, produce and distribute technology for quiet and efficient pump and piping systems​.

innocept mobility UG makes our world more sustainable through intelligent software. Creating more Convenience for Charging Station Providers and E-Car Drivers.

Midel Photonics develops laser beam shapers for laser material processing applications, including microchips, displays and ​e-mobility.

Worthy - Workout Healthy is a certified and motivating digital postpartum coach in a mobile app.

Xten GmbH is an AI platform which enables Retailers/POS to deliver their goods to consumers in minutes; sustainably and at a reasonable cost.​ Xten is the Uberization of urban delivery.

Artificient is an automotive AI startup dedicated to making commercial vehicle fleets safer and smarter. The Fleet Safety Platform assesses the interaction between the driver, vehicle, and the road traffic ahead to enhance drivers’ road risk perception, and prevent risky driving behaviors and accidents.​

CibusCell provides an open Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) IoT platform for climate neutral energy suppliers to build resilient, distributed, smart, and integrated systems for the hydrogen energy economy.​

Circleback is a closed-loop ecosystem of digital products and services that gives FMCG brands the right and ability to recover, recycle, and reuse valuable packaging material. The startup collects packaging by incentivizing consumers to return it via existing Pfand machines in German supermarkets.​

Eldertech combines the benefits of smart homecare and smart home devices with age-appropriate video communication and assistance into an integrative, holistic platform for family carers and professionals. By that, the startup makes care-routines easier to fulfil, better, and more reliable from wherever you are.​

For manufacturers that struggle to leverage factory data and tap the potential of analytics and AI in their factory operations, i-flow provides a data control room to make operational data actionable in no time and without a single line of code.​

Using a special reactor system and process technology for coating containers with plasma, IonKraft makes it possible to produce plastic packaging for the storage of demanding fillers that is particularly light, as dense as glass, chemically absolutely resistant, and yet fully recyclable.​

LabNode is a lab management software that improves the reproducibility and data quality of biotechnological research projects in industry and academia. The startup found a way to record experiment descriptions in a machine-readable way and apply self-learning algorithms to reduce errors and speed up projects.​

loyee.io is a cloud-based change engagement software that puts people in the center of change using behavioral economics and corporate nudging. The startup's digital nudges are small and continuous impulses towards more inclusive, sustainable, and agile workplaces.​

SuperVision Earth enables data driven decisions with latest technologies such as satellite data and AI in order to accelerate the digitization towards data-driven utilities with real-time insights. The current focus is the energy sector, where the startup aims to improve pipeline security through satellite monitoring.​

Urban Ray is a service provider of last mile parcel delivery with drones. The startup operates in urban areas and offers blazing-fast delivery times by using the lower airspace combined with tailor-made delivery networks.​

Based on the research from the last five years, UriCell can isolate and expand kidney stem cells from human urine samples. Utilizing this unique cell type, the startup aims to establish the world’s first kidney-stem cell bank, innovative kidney diagnostics, and personalized cellular therapy for kidney damage.​

Voidless mission is to solve the over-packing problem in the e-commerce industry. The startup offers cardboard corrugate packaging machines that reduce box sizes by implementing the box-on-demand approach which enables the production of perfectly sized boxes for each and every order

Voltfang develops and manufactures sustainable energy storage systems for private and commercial use by using batteries in a second-life concept that saves resources. The storage systems utilize discarded electric car batteries that are no longer suitable for automotive use due to their age or because the vehicle has been decommissioned.

Zählerfreunde is the first independent and free platform for users of smart meters. The startup focuses on the presentation and analysis of energy data in order to make personalized recommendations for optimizing consumption.​

We enable sustainable, efficient sewing "on demand" of textiles in high-wage countries possible with the help of Industry 4.0 technologies such as digitisation and robotics.

With our new lithography-based additive manufacturing process, we make it possible to produce metal parts in a highly efficient and cheap manner. In this way, we improve product development and facilitate the shift from prototyping to serial production in various industries.

We enable the development of individual AI solutions for the broad mass of manufacturing companies. The platform aims to help engineers and business consultants to exploit the potential of industrial AI along the 5 phases: Explore, Define, Build, Deploy and Train.

We enable IT developers to select, optimise and monitor their cloud database setups for more efficient and more aligned solutions for better software applications.

We offer an application of modern IIoT platforms, which acquires information from all players within modern metal-cutting manufacturing systems, interprets it in a model-based manner and evaluates it with the aim of a data-driven quality prognosis.

We are making a novel, cost- and energy-efficient energy storage technology for decentralised and industrial applications marketable. With our AI-based management software, we realise the intelligent control of the established & newly combined hydraulic components.

We provide a platform to facilitate international trade of conflict-raw-materials and a certificate based on blockchain-like technology.

We are building the next generation of industrial robots for pick & place applications based on a patented, novel kinematic which enables simultaneous part transfer operations.

We offer a tool to optimise the infrastructure of energy systems, both in terms of technology utilisation as well as cost.

We are developing a laser system to make the wafer dicing process for microchips more efficient. Our laser system increases the output of semiconductor companies by reducing material waste to approximately 0 %.

We have developed a disruptive approach to precision farming with our soil analyser. We help farmers by providing fast, uncomplicated and reliable on-site soil monitoring based on near-infrared spectroscopy.

We are a lifestyle brand that combines design and tech in wearable, high-quality jewellery for non-violent self-defence. Our bracelet is the first IoT enabled wearable with a loud and silent alarm function on the market.

Our vision is to establish a new therapeutic-monitoring device for stent patients, the StentGuard. Our innovation enables low-cost, decentralised, and frequent monitoring of stents in a non-invasive way. By this, blood vessel reclogging can be detected in time to prevent amputations and deaths.

We are a deep-tech startup (b2b mainly) focusing on real-time data streaming, big data, and data analytics. Today, our MVP KaDeck enables real-time data exploration and faster development of data pipelines and applications.

We help to understand and improve the performance, efficiency and lifetime of batteries. Our platform accurately determines and forecasts the health of batteries using laboratory and operational data.

We are developing a software, that discovers and utilizes automation potential. It discovers potential for automation on its own and also offers actionable suggestions right in the frontend of the user.

We are building a distributed Edge Database Platform as a Service for developers that works across clouds and edge. It can be used as the data management service in areas of activity developing a cloud solution.

We develop and license algorithms for hearables and hearing aids that help users communicate. Our core technology solves a common effect when wearing headphones where one’s own voice sounds distorted.

Our product is a complete medical collaboration platform delivered as a single, decentralized application that is transforming the way healthcare professionals collaborate and share data.

We use a highly productive and patented spinning technology to produce inexpensive high-performance composite fibers.

We develop the next generation of magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) solutions to take MRI diagnostics to the next level. We offer real-time control of the MRI magnetic field with a compact plug and play device.

We develop products and processes that will enable our customers to steer bioprocesses with multi-parameter control using light, which will in return allow them to produce new kinds of biopharmaceuticals.

We help companies reduce their travel cost and associated CO2 footprint by rewarding employees when they help achieve those Goals.

With our artificial intelligence, it is possible for the first time to analyze 3D scans fully automatically, recognize objects and, without manual intervention, create models for use in planning and simulation Tools.

We develop an innovative hybrid vehicle for seamless mobility which leads to the mastering of urban traffic problems and realizing savings potentials for cities and industrial companies.

We aim to change the red biotechnology production sector, with a platform technology in the field of analytical devices. We will improve data quality in bioreactor systems through the application of innovative sensors.