Government & public in Berlin

Germany's flagship federal startup-funding program, run by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and co-financed by the European Social Fund since 1998; it has supported 5,000+ startups. Components include t...

Berlin's public business, innovation and technology promotion agency (a public-private partnership backed by the State of Berlin, chambers and companies). Its Berlin Startup Unit is the central point of contact for founders — offering fu...

The venture-capital arm of Investitionsbank Berlin (the public state development bank), investing in Berlin startups since 1997 (rebranded IBB Ventures in 2020). Operates from pre-seed to Series A in ICT, life science, industrial technol...