Services for innovative and technology oriented start-ups
The Brandenburg Economic Development Board (ZAB) is the first contact point for all issues relating to innovative and technology oriented start-ups.
The experts of the ZAB team up with regional and national partners to assist you during every stage of your project – from the initial idea to its market implementation.
Brandenburg offers excellent surroundings for your start-up project, with numerous universites, extra-academic research institutions, technology hubs and start-up centres, networks and the ZAB.
The ZAB is a cooperation partner of the Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW). In this function, the board organises basic seminars at all of the state’s university locations, takes part in network meetings and the annual German Start-Up and Entrepreneurs’ Fair (deGUT). ZAB also accompanies the contestants in formulating their business plans and offers continuative support in realising innovative start-ups, also after the competition. Furthermore, we are the regional partner of the National Agency for Women Start-ups Activities and Services (bga) and promote start-up structures for activities of women.
Further information on the topic “Start-ups in Brandenburg” can be found at the AGIL-portal.
Start-ups out of universities
BIEM
The BIEM-project http://www.biem-potsdam.de/ is targeted at promoting and implementing entrepreneurial spirit and action at Brandenburg’s universities, in research as well as teachings. ZAB GmbH is one partner of this project, together with institutions in the fields of science, economy and politics. Networking of the players and mobilisation of regional innovation potentials are important goals.
BEGIN
Thanks to the project BEGiN (Brandenburg Start-Up Network), Brandenburg is a regional model in Germany within the scope of the EXIST transfer programme. BEGiN is a cooperation between Potsdam University, the Universities for Applied Sciences in Potsdam and Brandenburg and ZAB.
EXIST is a programme of the Federal Ministry for Education and Research. It addresses collegiate entrepreneurs.
City of Talents e.V.
City of Talents e.V. promotes student start-ups. It is based at the technology hub and start-up centre Wildau and cooperates intensively with the Wildau Technical University of Applied Sciences. ZAB works together with City of Talents e.V. in supporting start-ups in the academic field.