Well connected - together we are strong!
The network of the start-up scene in the state of Bremen
The Starthaus Initiative is where the start-up scene in the state of Bremen co-operates closely to support you on your journey to successful self-employment. The Starthaus network is broadly based with a wide range of activities. Do you have any questions about the formalities involved, such as registering a business, or about sites or sectors of the economy? Are you looking for special advice for women or students? And who’s going to help with which problem?
Don’t worry, the Starthaus team will point you to exactly the right contact person. This brings you quickly to your goal in Bremen and Bremerhaven
Our co-operation partners
Our network
Bremen Job Centre
Bremerhaven Job Centre
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- Grants for funding media formats
- Grants for know-how and networking
- On the look-out for innovative ideas
Employment agency Bremen-Bremerhaven
- Consulting
- Funding
- Voluntary unemployment insurance
Gröpelingen Marketing
- Integrated approach to urban district marketing
- Promoting economic, cultural and social development in urban districts
BIS Bremerhavener Gesellschaft für Investitionsförderung und Stadtentwicklung mbH
- Funding and financial support
- Professionalisation and networks
- Infrastructure and premises
Bremen SME 4.0 Centre of Excellence
- Digitalisation support and consulting for SMEs
- Events
BSS Bremer Senior Service e.V.
- Consulting free of charge
- Moderation for company takeovers
- Independent expert body
Digilab Brennerei 4.0
- Student co-operation projects
- Start-up summer school
- Digital hub
energiekonsens – the climate protectors
- Energy efficiency and climate protection in companies
- Seminars on energy efficiency and sustainability for founders, business successors and young companies
KPMG
- Basics: financial accounting, tax consultancy etc.
- Support from start-up to exit
- Special consulting, e.g. financial consulting, company valuation and much more.
ZGF - Bremen’s central agency for realising equal opportunities for women
- Active participation in programmes to support female founders
- Networking on the functional level
- PR and information about women’s issues
Bürgschaftsbank Bremen GmbH
- Facilitates start-up projects
- Credit protection
- Facilitates interest subsidies
Deutsche Bank
- Personal contact on site
- Deutsche Bank’s network of experts
- Comprehensive support for corporate accounts for daily bank transactions
Volksbank Bremen Nord eG
- Precise evaluation of your capital needs
- Pinpointed financial solutions
- Consideration of funding possibilities
Weser-Elbe Sparkasse
- Personal proximity & local know-how
- Holistic (loan) consulting
- Individual solutions
Startups@swb
- Development of joint pilot projects in the energy, utilities and waste management sectors
- Consultancy, coaching and network for startups
- Work and innovation space in the "kraftwerk"
bremen-startups.de
- Visibility/events, network/community and information channel for start-up topics
IMPULSFLUT creative network in Bremerhaven
- Network of Bremerhaven’s cultural and creative industry
Federal Association of German Start-ups, Bremen
- Regional group of the Federal Association of German Start-ups
Visionskultur
- Coaching, workshops, networking, mediation, community actions, events and public relations
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- Acquisition training, sales optimisation, business coaching
Oromoro
- Creative workshops, innovation culture, solution packages, public involvement
Michael Pelzl Beratung & Umsetzung
- Free first consultation for sustainable start-up orientation, evaluation of ecological/social/economical aspects
Our task forces
The Starthaus co-operates closely with local and national institutions in four task forces. During the regular meetings, the partners agree on targets, share information about new possibilities for founders and establish synergies. These are the four Starthaus task forces:
This is a task force where banks, local funding institutes and economic development agencies examine the conditions for start-ups in the market and look at what help is available. The institutions share information about current developments, procedures and trends. One central topic consists of company succession procedures, which were in great demand during the pandemic.
This task force focuses on furthering the development of modern, needs-based, gender-sensitive start-up and growth funding in Bremen and Bremerhaven. To this end, co-operation agreements were concluded, new programmes presented such as Starthaus Women and ideas collected for further development. Another objective consists of public presentation and media support for start-ups with a female focus.
Here the institutions examine the development of start-up activities among migrants in Bremen and Bremerhaven. They look at the chances on the market and try to find solutions for the challenges. The founding guide is one result from the task force. The guide summarises the various stages and institutions that migrants need to deal with on the way to becoming self-employed, naming the contacts at the various institutions and listing useful websites.
The founding guide is also available in Arabic, Bulgarian, French, German, Polish and Turkish.
The institutions in this task force develop new ideas and programmes to make it easier for start-ups and innovative companies to get started and launch new products on the market. New formats for events, co-operation and funding are reviewed, developed and advanced.
