Start-up & Entrepeneurship

Do you have an idea but aren’t sure what to do next? Does it involve freelancing or a startup? Then hannoverimpuls is the place to go to help you get started. The business development agency can help you develop your promising business ideas by providing a wealth of practical know-how and professional networks. In addition to strengthening industries, businesses, and their internationalization projects, hannoverimpuls’s core activities include startups and entrepreneurship.

Energy and mobility, digital economy and production engineering, life sciences and medical engineering, as well as creative industries and multimedia - the organization's professionalism comes into its own in these four key areas. It offers sustainable and intensive support and networks for startup, siting and innovation projects, develops national and international business relations, and reinforces original initiatives of the regional players in business and science. Partners include business associations, chambers as well as industry and technology networks in the region.

From idea to launch

At hannoverimpuls, advice means support from the very first idea through to market launch. This includes expert guidance and the opportunity to exchange ideas with other company founders. Together with you, we create action plans, develop funding and financing strategies, and design a business model using the Business Model Canvas (BMC). Founder competitions such as “Plug & Work” and “StartUp-Impuls. The Ideas Competition” not only offer the chance to win, but also the opportunity to connect with financially strong partners who have experience in launching businesses. Business developers and researchers at Leibniz University organize the “Starting-Business” service, which explores market potential and funding options for planned startups.

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hannoverimpuls also offers introductory seminars to help entrepreneurs get started. Specialized advice for prospective female entrepreneurs and people from immigrant backgrounds, as well as guidance on topics such as office and workspace and innovation funding, round out the range of support services offered for starting a business and entrepreneurship.

Space for young entrepreneurs

Halle 96 and the Technology Center are two modern facilities managed by hannoverimpuls, offering offices, laboratories, and workshops for startups and companies. Tenants can benefit from flexible space management, customer-oriented services, funding options, and proximity to industry and academia.

Halle 96 focuses on the creative industries. The historic Hanomag grounds, Hannover’s largest industrial monument in the Linden district, house 50 offices and seven workshops for emerging creative companies and ideas across 3,000 m2. Companies can make use of shared infrastructure and the typical features of a business incubator.

The Technology Center (TZ) offers ideal conditions for start-up technology companies. The energy-efficient, high-tech building with high-speed internet access is located in the 28-hectare Hannover Science and Technology Park (WTH)—right next to innovation partners such as the Institute for Integrated Production (IPH), the Laser Zentrum Hannover (LZH), the Society for Technology Transfer (GTT), the SICAN Technology Park, the TÜV Süd certification body for medical technology, and the Hannover Center for Production Technology (PTZ) at Leibniz University. The three building complexes offer 40 companies space for research and development, administration, and sales, comprising 80 offices, 11 workshops, and 10 laboratories spanning 3,800 m².

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