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

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)

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