Offerings and contact points for Startups &Solo founders
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Mentoring & Consulting
Having a business idea is one thing, establishing it on the market is quite another. Many questions arise for the founders over time. Business start-up advice is therefore a great way to provide professional support to those interested in setting up their own business. There are several contact points in our region that can help you with this:
Nico Hildmann
Reinhold Karl
Simon Suffa
Business management advice for business founders in the skilled trades is an essential component of trade promotion. Craft businesses can take advantage of this advice at any time. The business consultants at the Chamber of Skilled Crafts for Lower Franconia help with all questions relating to setting up a business in the skilled crafts sector.
Michael Pfister
Start-up centers Würzburg Website
Events of the three Start-up centers in Würzburg
Innovation Centre and Business Incubator IGZ Würzburg
An accelerator offers start-ups support in the gradual development of their company for a limited period of time. This includes, for example, coaching, mentoring, financing and the provision of the necessary infrastructure. In the Mainfranken region, there are accelerators with a wide variety of focuses:
ZwoSieben Technology Accelerator
Nico Hildmann
Christian Andersen
Financing & Investment
Do you have a business idea but lack the necessary start-up capital? Only a few start-ups manage to finance themselves from the outset and create a reasonable financial basis for their company. In the early stages of development, there are various ways to finance your own project - for example, through the support of investors. Potential investors or contact points for investments in the region are listed here:
Through innovative and agile methods, potential founders learn the tools to defy the uncertainty and novelty of new business areas and to design product development cycles iteratively. The 97.CLUB - The Company Builders provide individual and comprehensive support from idea development to proof-of-concept to product-market fit. A complete ecosystem is available for this. At the end of each stage of the journey with the young entrepreneurs, the aim is to shape independent corporate personalities and companies that are designed to generate profits in the medium to long term.
Thies Network is part of the Thies Group, which has been operating successfully in the SME sector for the past 75 years and stands for sustainability with the production of environmental measurement systems and the collection of meteorological data.
What support programs are available? Which ones suit me? Who supports what? What are the requirements?
For prospective founders and start-ups, it is not easy to find your way through the "funding jungle". Here you will find an overview of suitable contact points for all your questions about funding offers for a wide range of target groups and industries.
The Bayern Innovativ funding guide is your first port of call for technology-oriented funding programs from the Free State of Bavaria, the federal government and the EU.
Infrastructure & Coworking
Do you need an office for your company? A space for your event? Or simply a space to get creative? There are various places in and around Schweinfurt where you can find the ideal conditions for your start-up, workshop or meeting:
Are you looking for coworking opportunities? Coworking spaces are not only suitable for the self-employed or freelancers, but also offer commuters or start-up teams the opportunity to save long distances, which on the one hand protects the environment and resources and on the other hand ensures a better work-life balance. In and around Schweinfurt you will find many suitable contact points for such flexible workplaces:
Lena Ulsamer
flexible workstations (FLEX-DESKS)
Fixed workstations (FIX-DESKS)
Meeting room (for team meetings, conferences, workshops, etc.)
_Community & event space (for presentations, networking events, workshops, team events)
_Recording studio (for the production of online courses, short videos, photo material, webinars, AI avatars, etc.)
AR experience room (for workshops, AR sports lessons, holding virtual conferences, etc.)
Community & Networks
Various communities and networks for start-ups and companies have been established in Mainfranken in recent years. Here you will find an overview of contact points that work closely together:
To get off to a successful start, you often need expertise and contacts to experienced companies. Networking and providing contacts for our founders is a priority for the 3 start-up centers.
Start-up network
Our founders not only learn from the wide range of training, advice and events on offer, but also from each other. In order to promote this fruitful exchange, we offer many informal opportunities to get together. Summer parties, after-work beers, start-up breakfasts and get-togethers are just a few examples.
Start-up center network
Thanks to good contacts in other start-up centers, we also have the opportunity to network start-ups with start-ups based there, recommend them for pitch events or connect them with interesting people there.
Start-Up Centres Würzburg Website
Events of the three Start-up Centres Würzburg
Innovation and Start-up Centre IGZ Würzburg