ENABLING ENTREPRENEURSHIP & INNOVATION FOR
A SUSTAINABLE FUTURE
NURTURE THE ENTREPRENEURS OF TOMORROW
We are change-makers working with organizations across all sectors to empower the next wave of innovation, supported by our ecosystem of founders, digital pioneers and technology experts.
UNLOCK FULL MARKET POTENTIAL
We are entrepreneurs offering services for corporate partners solving their challenges by identifying, building and scaling new business opportunities.
CREATE LASTING IMPACT
We are educators hosting purpose-driven non-profit activities to foster and facilitate knowledge and information sharing for all. With the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals as our building blocks.
Our Innovation Value Chain

INSPIRE. BUILD. GROW.
Innovation derives from creativity, open-mindedness and a hint of crazy. Asking from our partners just to be open-minded, we take care of the rest – from identifying problems and finding solutions up to the development of products and ecosystems.
We create both experiences and things with practicable use by
combining the existing with the ever new, always fostering collaboration and exchange between people.
We grow together, yet aim to enable our partners independence by know-how transfer and organizational empowerment –
Everything we do is to inspire, build and grow a sustainable future!
Inspire
We want to INSPIRE the future
Set the tone for “beyond” tomorrow and believe in changing the status quo for the better. We inspire individuals to go beyond the ordinary and grow as learners, leaders, and innovators.
Therefore we partner with market-leading practitioners and experts to educate and mentor about entrepreneurship and sustainable change. We host our own event series as well as execute projects for our clients to initiate the process of inspiration and resulting transformation.
We believe in challenging ourselves, our community, and our partners. We believe in the exchange of ideas, knowledge, and information to create new thought flows and drivers towards innovation.
Intrapreneurship Program with
Volkswagen
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WORLDCHANGERS
IN TECH
SERIES
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BUILD
Intrapreneurship Program with Volkswagen
About: In order to save existing- and to create new jobs, Volkswagen supports the development of new business models in- and outside of the current automotive value chain. For this purpose selected VW employees -the inrapreneurs- shall receive appropriate training and practical support guiding them towards developing the potential future business areas for VW.
The Challenge: Enabling VW employees to develop their own ideas into sustainable and strategically relevant business models with the potential to create new jobs.
Our Solution: An intrapreneurship program in which mentors guide employees through each step of the start-up process, ultimately producing a testable product within a working business, that can be spun off as a stand-alone division.
KPI’s:
- 3 Incubators: 11 week program, supporting 12 internal Teams with 35 Mentors each
- 2 Accelerators: 12 week program, supporting 6-8 internal Teams with individual Mentoring sessions each
- Validated 40 Ideas with internal Teams
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WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH Series
About: Our public outreach platform to educate and inspire society around the positive effects technology and entrepreneurship have towards a sustainable future. The stage is dedicated to individuals who are keeping our planet safe, equitable, and healthy. Individuals that are curious, fearless, inspirational and driven by a mission; WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH disrupting the status quo for the better good
Challenge: The lack of education and possibilities to learn about becoming an entrepreneur.
Our stage is dedicated to WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH to inspire and motivate the next generation of innovative entrepreneurs. We want to contribute to the creation of ZEBRAS globally – purpose driven businesses with impact!
Solution: In addition to the physical events, we have established and expanded the WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH products by digitalization, adding new media channels, and offering free accessibility.
KPI’s:
– 21 Events within the past 6 month
– 35 well-known speakers
– 15 podcast recordings
We BUILD solutions
We understand that each problem is unique and operate as entrepreneurial partners to individually support every aspect of the development journey.
With our company building unit we create disruptive ventures from the ground up. We validate, implement, and launch new businesses by providing a unique framework for ideation and extensive operational support. Thereby we drive innovation and create game-changing ideas. Our testimonial of happy customers showcases that we are here to support and help build your next milestone.
Company
Building with
EWE
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THE
PROBLEMATHON
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Company Building with EWE
About: EWE, the fifth-largest German energy supplier, was looking for a way to expand its core business that is more affordable than M&A and an approach for innovation that is more result driven than R&D.
Challenge: How to build-up a portfolio of startups companies, equipped with unfair advantages by leveraging corporate assets, that help expand the core business and build relevant digital competencies.
Solution: Proven GERMANTECH 100-day company building process delivering digital growth without “not-invented-here-syndrome”. Based on best practices and leading insights we produce marketable ideas, test them as MVPs and turn the most promising ones into running businesses.
KPI’s:
– 180+ Ideas
– 46+ Product Pitches
– 8 Product-Market Fit tests
– 3 new subsidiaries fully owned by EWE AG
GROW
The Problemathon
– What exactly is your problem?
About: With the new non-profit format PROBLEMATHON we go back to the roots. Because every good solution is based on a comprehensive analysis. We, therefore, take a closer look at important everyday problems, which will be collected, summarised and analyzed in detail in order to pave the way for suitable solutions. Together with the problem submitters, we put on the “entrepreneur hat” and embark on an exciting 6-week journey.
Challenge: Gathering of problems concerning a specific topic, which is always based on the Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) of the United Nations. Involving problem submitters in the process of analysis.
Solution: We believe that before finding a solution, two aspects are crucial: the involvement of those actually affected and the in-depth analysis of the identified problem. Therefore we invite affected individuals to submit their problem descriptions online. Afterward, the submitters can voluntarily participate in the problem analysis and solution process and have the opportunity to learn from our mentors about entrepreneurship and sustainability issues within a 6-week program.
KPI: TBA (in the process of implementation)
We love to GROW
Want to launch or scale your business or community to a new dimension?
Networking and having an ecosystem in place is key to thriving success. Because growth is all about education and collaboration. Therefore we build bridges within our ecosystem to enable an evolution. We host events and educational programs to provide an environment for entrepreneurs to meet, connect, and learn from each other.
While this is constantly expanding our network, we are able to provide a diverse group of experts and mentors to guide employees, founders, and decision-makers to new levels of success, no matter the challenge.
Innovation
Awards with
Union Investment
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THE
NO BULLSHIT LAB
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Our Ecosystem
Innovation Awards with Union Investment
About: Union Investment Real Estate stands for forward-looking real estate investment worldwide. Through their activities they are promoting the digital transformation of one of the most traditional industries.
Challenge: Exploiting the big potential to expand and develop new business models with Startups.
Solution: Via our annual PropTech Innovation Award we are cultivating the exchange with digital experts and start-ups from all over the world since 2017 .
KPI:
– more than 900 finalized applications from more than 60 countries in 4 years
– 1000+ guests at the three offline versions of the PropTech Innovation Summit,
– 650 participants at the 2020 special Online Version
The NO BULLSHIT LAB
About: The NO BULLSHIT LAB is exactly what the name is. Not the average acceleration, not the typical content-force-feeding when you do not need it, no mandatory workshops.
The support offered is tailor-made, individual, and exactly what you need when you need it. We do regular check-ins with each startup, to learn what the individual needs are and to evaluate where we can support. Access to our mentors’ network, great office facilities, and individual support through the whole GERMATECH team. All included and for free, for up to 12 months.
We are looking for Startups with innovative tech solutions that help reach the Sustainable Development Goals of the UN.
Note: The NO BULLSHIT LAB is paused due to the Covid-19 pandemic at the moment.
Challenge: Growing your Startup in the Berlin Ecosystem
Solution: An individual startup support program that is one of a kind
KPI: 80+ Startups participated, 80% of them from abroad
For GERMANTECH inspiring, building and growing an ecosystem is everything. It is the value we bring to the table.
We define a successful ecosystem as one which entails all significant stakeholder and players, who with the right processes and resources in place, grow symbiotically in strength and opportunities, nurturing each other’s values whilst transforming new ideas into reality.
GERMANTECH prides itself on its ecosystem of founders, digital pioneers, and technology experts. This is a key ingredient in multiplying and diversifying synergies and correlates directly into actionable effects.
Join our ecosystem by visiting our events, listening to our podcast, or following our Youtube channel.
Or reach out to us, to see what you want to add.
Our Events
Our Events are the heart piece of our mission – inspiring, building, and growing the community and network of entrepreneurs.
We are bridging the knowledge exchange via free education and content and enable our participants to build or extend their own ecosystem. The aim is to offer our international audience inspiring speakers and discussions of exciting and controversial topics, whilst always keeping the entrepreneurial spirit in mind.
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Upcoming Events
DEMO-DAY: Online Pitch Event with 8 Italian start-ups!

Get to know 8 prominent Italian startups showcasing their ideas and learnings from the 2nd Global Star-Up Program… The Global Startup Program, in its 2nd Edition, is promoted by the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to enable entrepr...
March 5 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CET Bildungsbündnis-Konferenz

Vorstellung einer Bildungsplattform mit Raum für Ideenaustausch und einem spannenden Vortrag von Nina Toller sowie Anika Buche Das Bildungsbündnis 2021 ist eine Initiative des Bundesverbandes Digitale Bildung e.V. und GERMANTECH. Wir haben uns zum Ziel gesetzt, Digitale Bildung an Schulen, Hochsch...
March 17 @ 5:00 pm - 7:00 pm CET
DEMO-DAY: Online Pitch Event with 8 Italian start-ups!

Get to know 8 prominent Italian startups showcasing their ideas and learnings from the 2nd Global Star-Up Program… The Global Startup Program, in its 2nd Edition, is promoted by the Italian Trade Agency and the Italian Ministry of Foreign Affairs and International Cooperation to enable entrepr...
March 5 @ 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm CETBildungsbündnis-Konferenz

Vorstellung einer Bildungsplattform mit Raum für Ideenaustausch und einem spannenden Vortrag von Nina Toller sowie Anika Buche Das Bildungsbündnis 2021 ist eine Initiative des Bundesverbandes Digitale Bildung e.V. und GERMANTECH. Wir haben uns zum Ziel gesetzt, Digitale Bildung an Schulen, Hochsch...
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THE #wcit podcast
WORLDCHANGERS IN TECH Podcast is inspired through our WCIT event series, which is our public outreach platform to educate and inspire society about the positive effects technology and entrepreneurship has towards a sustainable future.
The podcast aims to extend our WTIC event stage, as audio hear byte, to those speakers near and far!
Tune in via Spotify, Apple Podcast, or Anchor.fm (listing all options)
“Zebras statt Einhörner”
Our very own MD Maria Gross had the honor to talk about what drives us here at GERMANTECH – businesses that do good and do well. Companies that are purpose & profit, being not only black or white but black AND white. We call those companies Zebras.
We strongly believe in a sustainable future, where a Zebra economy will be a reality.
Listen now to Maria’s “Der Achte Tag” – episode (in German), produced by the incredibly talented team of Gabor Steingart at Media Pioneer.
If you want to learn more about on how your company can become a Zebra, get in touch! We are happy to talk about possible solutions.
Our Team
Oliver Clasen
Co-Founder & Boardmember
Benjamin Rohé
Founder & Chairman of the Board
Maria Gross
Managing Director
Michael Gröger
Managing Director
Daniel Nguyen
Social Media & Communications Manager
Saskia Holz
Finance & Accounting
Michael Urbanz
Junior Marketing Manager
Benjamin Schweizer
Innovation Manager
Enri Chantal Strobel
Innovation Manager
Anna Yukiko Bickenbach
Event & Program Manager
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