Accelerators
4 programmes. Of these, 3 say they take no equity, and none has applications open.
Fully funded, equity-free programmes that help German startups enter markets in the US, Asia, Latin America, Africa and Europe, from short market-discovery tracks to a four-month scaling programme.
Funding not published · equity-free
Deutsche Telekom's tech incubator, with campuses in Berlin and Krakow, running co-creation programmes for startups, universities and spin-offs in areas such as telecoms, human-machine interaction and cybersecurity.
Funding not published · equity not published
Six-month equity-free accelerator in Leipzig for eHealth, energy and smart city startups, linked to HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management. Every accepted team gets a €6,000 award and can receive an acceleration grant of up to €50,000.
€6k grant · equity-free
Equity-free three-month accelerator in Munich and Garching for pre-seed and seed deep tech B2B startups, formerly called XPRENEURS. Runs two batches a year, starting in March and September.
Funding not published · equity-free
We list 4 programmes: German Accelerator, hubraum, SpinLab and UnternehmerTUM Accelerator. Each listing links to the programme's own pages and shows the day we last verified it.
3 of the 4 say they take no equity: German Accelerator, SpinLab and UnternehmerTUM Accelerator. 1 does not publish its equity terms.
None of them has applications open at the moment. 2 publish when they usually open; see each listing.
Berlin (1), Leipzig (1) and Munich (1). Delivery varies: each listing says whether the programme runs in person, remotely or both.
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