STARTUPPORT: Offers

We offer you:

a full incubation programme
a female founder funding programme (see below)
personal consulting
planning and preparation of funding opportunities
workshops on various topics
large and small networking events
TUHH's own startup centre with office space, meeting rooms, a small workshop and enough space for events, lunches together or a table tennis match
access to the TUHH Makerspace and TUHH workshop
access to the services of the Startup Port Network (www.startupport.de)
access to the offers of the ecosystem of the Hamburg metropolitan region

What is our incubation programme?

The core of the incubation programme is personal consulting, networking and a series of at least twelve workshops with topics such as market research & business model canvas, team development, customer development, corporate culture & values or pricing and sales. In TUHH's own startup centre, we form crews to optimise the direct exchange between the programme teams. Crews are groups of four to ten early-stage founding teams that receive all the offers of the Startup Port @TUHH - together and simultaneously.
Participation in the incubation programme is not mandatory. We advise and support all innovative startups with the elements of the Startup Port @TUHH. In an initial meeting we can find how we can support you in an optimal way. And if you simply want to get an idea of how to start up without having a concrete founding idea, you are of course welcome to visit our events or just drop by.

EXIST Women - female founder funding

In 2024, we will offer a programme for up to 10 female founders.

What does the programme offer?

Scholarship of 1000 to 3000 euros per month for up to 3 months (see more here (German only))
Participation in the newly launched Crew Rotterdam including a qualification programme, networking opportunities etc. (for more information see above)
Additional workshops on specific topics related to the promotion of female founders
Mentoring by experienced female founders
Option of office space free of charge during scholarship
Part of the EXIST Women startup community at other Hamburg universities

How can I apply?

Written documents (see here for which documents) must be submitted by 19 February 2024 and the idea has do be pitched in front of a jury. The following timeline applies:

Submission of documents by 19.02.2024
Application pitches between 01.03.2024 and 08.03.2024
Start of the Crew Rotterdam on 01.04.2024

The following documents must be submitted

information about yourself and your startup motivation (more details)
Pitch deck (read deck) with questions about your idea (more details)

Whom we support:

Female founders as individual founders or in a team with a startup idea. This idea can be in a very early stage, so that you can use the programme to concretise and further develop this idea. The idea can also be in a later stage, so that you can use the programme to apply for an EXIST startup grant, for example. You must fulfil the guidelines, which you can find here (German only).

TU Hamburg

Startup Port @ TUHH

Zentrum für Innovation und Entrepreneurship (ZIE)

Harburger Schloßstraße 6-12

21079 Hamburg

E-mail : startupport@tuhh.de