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Startup Supporters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (in alphabetical order)
Below is an overview of the most important startup supporters you can contact with your questions or where you can receive support.
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- ATI Küste GmbH, Rostock
- Consulting for innovative, technology-oriented industrial and craft enterprises, as well as startups, on new technologies and products, their markets, strategies and management, financing, marketing, and quality
- ATI Westmecklenburg – Agency for Technology Transfer and Innovation Promotion, Schwerin GmbH
- Support with information and consulting on the initial steps before and after founding, conducting feasibility and market studies, and preparing funding applications
B
- Baltic Incubate - Business Angel Network MV (BAIN)
- Provides mentoring, financing, and valuable contacts for founding teams in MV
- beyond peers
- A business network for women in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, offering mutual support through expertise, knowledge, and contacts
- Federal Employment Agency
- Support for starting self-employment and advice on integration subsidies for employees
- Offices
- Neubrandenburg
- Rostock
- Schwerin
- Stralsund
- Nationwide Agency for Female Founders, Regional Office Rostock (Kontor VII)
- Competence and service center for female entrepreneurship across all industries and stages of business creation, consolidation, and succession
- Guarantee Bank MV
- Provides guarantees for founders and other companies, offering their banks security for the required credit in the form of a default guarantee
D
- DeveLUP, Ludwigslust
- Offers infrastructure, various training, and consulting services, and a strong network of business experts for founders
- Digital Innovation Centers in MV
- Supports founders with digital ideas as important drivers in the region
Locations:
- Feldberg (werkraum Feldberg - Coworking)
- Greifswald (Witeno)
- Lietzow (ProjektBay-Coworking)
- Neubrandenburg
- Rostock
- Schwerin
- Stralsund (Makerport Stralsund)
- Wismar
- Supports founders with digital ideas as important drivers in the region
E
- ESB Invest Vorpommern GmbH
- Early-stage investor providing feedback and support before the founding phase
- Müritz Business Incubation Center
- Supports founders, freelancers, self-employed, and businesses in realizing their projects
F
- Development and Promotion Agency Vorpommern-Greifswald mbH
- Consulting and support for all questions regarding business creation and settlement in the region
- Research Association Mecklenburg-Vorpommern e.V., Rostock
- Supports technology-oriented startups with consulting, funding procurement, business model development, and networking
- Women in Business, Rostock
- Advises founders on steps to self-employment, developing business ideas into viable business plans, applying for public funding, and business management
G
- GENIUS Venture Capital GmbH
- Supports technology-oriented SMEs in MV with equity financing and helps founders develop their business concepts and early-stage financing
- GründerMV.de
- Provides direct, fast, up-to-date, and comprehensive support for founders in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern through online information and services
- Founders’ Wharf e.V., Greifswald
- A community and network for all aspiring founders. Supports long-term entrepreneurial success for startups and projects in MV
- GSA Society for Structural and Labor Market Development mbH
- Handles applications for various funding instruments, especially for business creation and consulting services for commercial enterprises and founders
H
- Chambers of Crafts (HWK)
- Advises craft businesses and founders, helping solve their business problems
Locations:
- East Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Head Office in Neubrandenburg and in Rostock
- Schwerin
- Advises craft businesses and founders, helping solve their business problems
- Universities and Colleges in MV
- Advises and supports students on various topics related to business creation
- Institutions:
- University of Applied Sciences for SMEs (Rostock and Schwerin campuses)
- Neubrandenburg University of Applied Sciences
- Stralsund University of Applied Sciences
- Wismar University of Applied Sciences
- University of Greifswald, University of Rostock
I
- Chambers of Industry and Commerce (IHK)
- Helps with starting a business, consolidation, financing, crisis situations, and succession processes
Locations:
- IHK Neubrandenburg for eastern Mecklenburg-Vorpommern (with branch office in Greifswald)
- IHK zu Rostock
- IHK zu Schwerin
- Helps with starting a business, consolidation, financing, crisis situations, and succession processes
- Invest in MV
- Partner for businesses expanding to or founding in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- ITC Innovation and Trend Center, Bentwisch
- Offers various support options such as consulting, networking, and affordable production and office spaces
L
- State Development Institute Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
- Supports investments and job creation, offers funding programs for trade fair participation, and business succession. Promotes cross-border cooperation with Brandenburg and Poland
- LeinenLos
- Guides founders from business idea to startup, offers courses for founders
M
- MaxBlock Ventures
- Invests in pre-seed and seed startups, helps startups find the right investment partner
- Medium-Sized Equity Investment Company M-V mbH
- Provides economic equity capital through participations, e.g., via the new program MBMV innoGROWTH
N
- Succession Center MV
- Assists in finding successors and supports the entire takeover process
R
- RIGZ Rostock Innovation and Startup Center
- Provides young innovative companies with flexible and affordable space and infrastructure for business creation and development
- ROKA 1825 GmbH, Rostock
- A subsidiary of Ostsee-Sparkasse, specializing in equity financing solutions
S
- Savings Banks in MV
- Support with financial resources and comprehensive consulting in all phases of business creation
Locations:
- Mecklenburg-Northwest
- Mecklenburg-Schwerin
- Mecklenburg-Strelitz
- Müritz
- Neubrandenburg-Demmin
- Ostsee-Sparkasse
- Uecker-Randow
- Support with financial resources and comprehensive consulting in all phases of business creation
- SPiNOFF – Excellence MV
- Supports scientists and graduates in MV in commercializing their research results, especially focusing on creating startups from scientific operations.
- Stapellauf NordOst
- Comprehensive support for spinoffs from universities and research institutions in MV.
T
- TBI – Technology Consulting Institute GmbH
- Manages various funding programs in MV, evaluates funding projects for businesses, scientific institutions, and founders
Offices
- Head office Schwerin
- Office Neubrandenburg
- Office Rostock.
- Manages various funding programs in MV, evaluates funding projects for businesses, scientific institutions, and founders
- TechnoStartup MV
- Network of technology and startup centers in MV offering tailored training programs, consulting, infrastructure, and a statewide network for exchange and cooperation
- Technology and Business Center Schwerin/Wismar
- Local partners advise founders on project applications, concepts, legal, and tax issues.
- Technology Center Warnemünde e.V.
- Promotes and supports technology-oriented startups and innovative businesses
V
- Association of German Women Entrepreneurs, Mecklenburg-Vorpommern Chapter
- Organizes economic events for networking, education, and exchange among businesswomen of various sectors and sizes
- Utilization Network M-V, University of Rostock
- Supports scientific institutions in the state through all phases of the patenting and utilization process
W
- Continuing Education Database MV
- Searches for regional education providers, vocational training offers, and funding opportunities, including education vouchers and business succession
- Economic Development Agencies of Cities and Districts
- Interface between cities/districts, funding providers, network partners, and regional businesses, supporting project realization, job creation, and retention
Locations:
- Greifswald
- Rostock District
- Vorpommern-Rügen District
- Vorpommern-Greifswald District
- Mecklenburg Lake District
- Neubrandenburg
- Northwest Mecklenburg
- Rostock
- Schwerin
- Stralsund
- Southwest Mecklenburg
- Wismar.
- Interface between cities/districts, funding providers, network partners, and regional businesses, supporting project realization, job creation, and retention
- WITENO, Greifswald
- Bridges science and business, supporting company founders, young businesses, and established SMEs through infrastructure rental and comprehensive service and consulting packages
Locations:
- BioTechnikum Greifswald
- DIZ Greifswald
- Technology Center Vorpommern
- Center for Life Science and Plasma Technology (Z4)
- Bridges science and business, supporting company founders, young businesses, and established SMEs through infrastructure rental and comprehensive service and consulting packages
Note
This list may not include all startup supporters in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, although we have made every effort to be comprehensive. If you know of additional supporters in our state, we would appreciate it if you inform us!
