A competent network is essential to provide the best possible support to those interested in starting a business. We have strong network partners at our side to help you and your start-up idea move forward.
As an innovation platform, BadenCampus connects start-ups, medium-sized companies, local authorities, talented individuals, and scientific institutions. Joint formats in an inspiring working environment give rise to solutions for business and society based on new technologies.
Black Forest Business Angels (BFBA) supports innovative start-ups with capital, our network, and expertise. Our members are all successful entrepreneurs or managers with very diverse backgrounds who have been investing in start-ups for years and actively supporting them.
The Foundersclub is a student initiative that brings together students interested in entrepreneurship and startups. Its members come from a wide variety of backgrounds: computer science, business administration, chemistry, law, environmental sciences, and theology.
FWTM – Freiburg Wirtschaft Touristik und Messe
FWTM is a company owned by the city of Freiburg. Its responsibilities include: economic development, tourism promotion, conferences and conventions, trade fairs and markets, major events
With its accelerators “Smart Green” and the “Social Innovation Lab,” Grünhof supports green economy startups, established pioneering companies, and social entrepreneurs in developing sustainable technologies and business areas.
The advisory services of the Freiburg Chamber of Crafts offer a wide range of tailor-made advice for start-ups in the skilled trades and their member companies—free of charge.
The IHK Südlicher Oberrhein provides advice on topics related to starting a business, securing a business, and business succession. It offers a wide range of tools such as the Baden-Württemberg Start-up Workshop for creating business plans, consultation days on individual topics such as business plans, taxes, online marketing, and much more, and, last but not least, personal consultations.
Trirhena is a student-run non-profit association that builds bridges between the University of Freiburg and regional companies. Students are given the opportunity to directly apply their university knowledge in interdisciplinary project work with companies. In return, companies have the chance to get to know committed and qualified young professionals.