Secure funding

Every idea needs capital. We find the right financing – whether funding, participation or both – and accompany you from the strategy to the successful application.

Building networks

It takes more than capital to turn an idea into a product – you need the right partners. We connect you with innovative suppliers, early customers and strong developers – for example via ZIM innovation networks.

Market access

When the innovation is ready for the market, it needs its first customers – e.g. in pilot projects or uptake agreements. We find these “friendly customers” and acquire them through targeted direct marketing.

GrantPilot

Secure funding

Do you have a science-based deep tech innovation, are you planning automated energy-efficient production or do you want to bring an AI application to market quickly? Are you a start-up or an established technology SME? Each situation requires its own financing strategy.

We analyze your project and develop a tailor-made combination of funding programs – from research grants to regional, national or EU programs. Several sources of capital and grants can often be strategically integrated – we identify the opportunities, prepare the applications and support you through to the award.

Which programs fit my idea – and how do I win them over?
Innovation Networks

Building an ecosystem

Innovations succeed faster and more sustainably in the right environment. Our R&D networks bring companies, suppliers, research institutes and initial customers together for specific development tasks – with a clear focus on market maturity and growth.

We take over the complete network management: from partner recruitment and the development of joint project ideas to the application for and implementation of funded R&D collaborations.

Your advantages as a network partner:

  1. Funded R&D projects with suitable companies and research institutions
  2. Faster market launch through coordinated development and early customer loyalty
  3. Confidential exchange in a strategically curated innovation network

Let yourself be inspired: by AutoRobXL – our ZIM innovation network for construction machinery automation – or from OrganoPor, the consortium for sustainable insulation materials. Or start your own network with us – based around your innovation.

Which partners do I need – and how do we work together effectively?
CoreStart

Market access or creating new markets?

Even the best innovation is ineffective if potential customers don’t understand it or don’t even notice it. The most direct route to market success is to talk to real users.

This is exactly what we achieve with CoreStart – targeted in Germany, across Europe or globally. We address your desired customers personally, generate genuine interest and pave the way for pilot projects, test phases or acceptance agreements.

Our three-stage success process:

  1. Identify relevant target customers
  2. Establish direct contacts with decision-makers
  3. Design pilot projects and sales formats together with your team

This creates high-quality leads: People who understand your solution, are enthusiastic – and ready for the next step.

Who are my first customers – and how do I approach them effectively?
Strategy AND implementation

Our services

Together with you, we develop a viable financing strategy and identify the appropriate funding programs – both national and European. We combine various instruments along the Technology Readiness Levels (TRLs), write convincing applications and support you through to successful approval – even in a highly competitive environment.

Our contribution to your success:

  • Develop a financing strategy: Structured planning of project goals, phases and funding requirements

  • Targeted selection of funding programs: National, EU-wide and combinable along the development stages

  • Writing applications with a high chance of winning: Convincing, complete and at eye level with the reviewers

We support you in the market entry and market ramp-up of your innovation with targeted direct marketing – nationally, Europe-wide or globally. Together, we define your priority target markets and identify relevant companies and the right contacts at decision-maker level. We then get in touch with them directly, present your solution and jointly implement defined sales formats – such as pilot projects, milestone-based test phases or uptake agreements.

  • Identify target customers and decision-makers: Precise market and stakeholder analysis in your focus regions

  • Direct approach with impact: personalized communication to attract relevant first-time users

  • Winning initial customers: Pilot projects, test phases and uptake agreements with real sales and growth potential

Together with you, we identify the key players required for the successful commercialization of your innovation: friendly customers, innovative suppliers, creative research partners. Building on this, we design consortia and innovation networks – e.g. for Horizon Europe, EIC Pathfinder or the German ZIM program, which also involves international partners.

We take over the entire management of the network: from the application to the coordination to the commercial exploitation:

  • Identify relevant partners: Customers, suppliers, research – appropriate to technology and target market

  • Building and managing consortia: Complete management including communication, reporting and moderation

  • Ensure commercialization: preparation of market analyses, exploitation strategies and financial plans

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