Accelerators in Berlin

The anchor early-stage investor of Berlin, a joint venture of Axel Springer and Porsche launched in 2018. Originally a tailor-made accelerator, APX evolved into a very-early-stage (pre-seed) investor putting up to €500K into startups bef...

Berlin's pioneering corporate accelerator (2013-2017), a joint venture between publisher Axel Springer and Silicon Valley's Plug and Play. It was the first investor in more than 100 startups, most notably fintech unicorn N26. The program...

Techstars ran a flagship European accelerator in Berlin from 2015, plus the corporate METRO Accelerator powered by Techstars focused on hospitality, food and restaurant tech in partnership with wholesaler METRO AG. The three-month, mento...

Deutsche Telekom's tech incubator, founded in Berlin in 2012 and one of the oldest in Europe. It offers startups investment, coworking, mentoring and access to Telekom's infrastructure (5G, IoT, AI) and customer base, operating out of Be...

Berlin health-tech incubator (since 2019) supporting first-time founders in a 10-month program with equity-free scholarships of up to €80,000 per team (€2,000 per person per month), free coworking and a network of medical and tech expert...

Berlin arm of the global Startupbootcamp accelerator network, launched 2014, running programs in Smart Transportation & Energy and Digital Health. The three-month, cohort-based program provides mentorship, funding and office space plus a...

The first of SAP's global network of equity-free corporate accelerators in Europe (part of SAP.iO, created 2017). Runs twice-yearly themed cohorts (data & analytics, Industry 4.0, machine learning) giving B2B startups access to SAP techn...

Deutsche Bahn's mobility and logistics accelerator and ecosystem hub, evolved from DB Digital Ventures (2016) and originally run with Plug and Play as a 100-day program. Startups work on-site at DB mindbox coworking space in Berlin; back...