Successfully establish a Start-up in Brandenburg
Our “Start-up” Service-Package for the successful implementation of your idea
Do you want to become self-employed with an innovative new business? And are you going down this route after a successful career, during or after a university degree or scientific activity at a university or a non-university research institute? We support and guide you!
Benefit from our tailored services for the preparation and implementation of your business activity – from the idea stage to your business plan, financing, consolidation, the implementation of your growth strategy and internationalisation, or in the preparation of a successor to take over the company.
Your personal contact person of Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB) will be pleased to assist you individually, free of charge and in absolute confidentiality.
We create your personal start-up schedule with you!
We conduct a start-up check to examine your specific consulting and coaching needs with you. We structure the objectives and the strategy of your entrepreneurial activity with you and point to suitable support and funding opportunities.
We offer you start-up consultancy services and business coaching at the highest level!
The heart of the start-up service in Economic Development Agency Brandenburg (WFBB) is the IbM project, Innovation Needs Courage (Innovationen brauchen Mut) . You receive support from selected external experts in start-up consultancy services and business coaching, matching your needs.
In addition, we provide the WFBB’s sector- and cluster-specific skills and will assist you with establishing collaborations in branch networks as well as with colleges and universities, while helping you find a suitable location.
We work with you to make your project affordable!
Your business plan, your entrepreneurial skills, a viable concept for the funding of start-ups and growth combined with a clear market strategy will form the basis of successful discussions with funding institutions, commercial banks, savings banks, investors and cooperation partners.
We advise and support you in the implementation of your funding concept through the use of loan, subsidy, guarantee and share ownership schemes of the state and the federal government. We also partner with you in the search for private and institutional investors in direct collaboration with the Business Promotion Bank in the Federal State of Brandenburg (ILB).
We advise when implementing your start-up idea!
We can help you find a suitable site for your company as and when required, provide information on funding opportunities for innovation and the skilled employee recruitment, and advise you on tapping into new markets.
Our special Services:
...for your professional business support.
Are you looking to benefit from the experience of successful top managers and entrepreneurs to establish and safeguard your company and to overcome teething troubles?
A business angel will lend his wings: The angel will complement your promising business idea with his experience, your entrepreneurial initiative with his connections, and your focused commitment with his capital.
Make the most of the opportunities and advantages of the WFBB’s close cooperation with Business Angels Club Berlin-Brandenburg e.V. (BACBB) and the Business Angels Network Germany (BAND).
…for founders without German citizenship.
Are you faced with specific challenges in terms of financing, networking and creating the legal requirements for your start-up? Specialist experts in start-up consultancy services and business coaching are here to assist you. In addition, we offer you our expertise on intercultural issues and if necessary we clarify the situation regarding your right of residence. In doing so, we work closely with the Lotsendienst (Pilot service) for immigrants.
...for start-ups from unemployment and for young founders up to 30 years of age.
Is your start-up not to or not initially to be classified as an innovative and technology-oriented project? Then we will connect you to the regional pilot service responsible for your place of residence, or to a start-up workshop.
...for start-ups at Brandenburg universities and non-university research institutes.
You are setting up a company at a Brandenburg university or a non-university research institution? Then we will cooperate closely with the start-up service of your university or the transfer area of your research institute. In this way, you can benefit from on-site support combined with the start-up service of the WFBB.
...for your participation in competitions, trade fairs and events.
We will inform you of relevant start-up-related activities – in the region, but also nationwide.
Berlin-Brandenburg Business Plan Competition (BPW)
The BPW is the largest and most successful regional start-up initiative in Germany. And it’s more than just a competition. The BPW offers you a number of free, additional support opportunities to help with the creation of your business concept and the consolidation of your business knowledge. It also gives you the chance to expand your own network at numerous events and to establish valuable contacts.
As one of the BPW’s cooperation partners, we support you before, during and after your participation in the competition with our range of services for the preparation and implementation of your start-up in Brandenburg.
Become a BPW participant and you’ll become a member of an exciting and inspiring community!
German Founders’ and Entrepreneurs’ Exhibition (Deutsche Gründer und Unternehmertage - deGUT)
Once a year, deGUT becomes the meeting point on the start-up scene not just in the Berlin-Brandenburg region, but also for founders from all over Germany. On no other occasion will you have more concentrated and intensive access to information, knowledge sharing, potential contacts, ideas and suggestions about start-ups and entrepreneurship over two exhibition days than during a visit to this fair.
