Not knowing who to sell your product or service to can cost you a lot of time, money and pulled-out hair. Understanding your customer (user/client) is not only crucial for sales. Insights about who your early adopters and soon to be raving fans are also play into product/service design and expansion, financial modeling and overall…
The Anatomy of Our Startup Support It all started four years ago when AtomLeap (now Delphai) first received support from the Berlin Senate and EFG for their acceleration program to support early stage entrepreneurs in Berlin. Since then, 17 startups have graduated from the ever changing, iterating, and growing program. Now, the High-Tech SeedLab is…
The High-Tech SeedLab supports early-stage high-tech ventures to successfully launch products and effectively manage their businesses. Within our 10-month acceleration program, participants not only receive a monthly stipend and access to coworking space but they also benefit from tailor-made coaching sessions as well as workshops. One of the most in-demand workshop topics by our participants…
4 out of 10 startups in Germany classify themselves as part of the Green Economy. This is the result of the Green Startup Monitor 2020 published on 29 April 2020 by Borderstep Institute, an independent research institute focused on entrepreneurial solutions for global challenges, alongside German Startups Association. The report is the most detailed yearly…
In Germany, 9 out of 10 startups are negatively affected by the economic impact of the corona crisis. Even though shops have reopened everywhere in the country and contact restrictions will most likely be lifted in early June, consumer demand is unlikely to immediately bounce back to pre-crisis levels. At the same time, global supply…
“We can achieve more together”, says Livia Zimermann, Co-Founder and CEO of Zero Waste Era. In an interview she explains why she decided to join the startup acceleration program High-Tech SeedLab and shares her biggest learnings from the past. She was the first founder to be interviewed for the blog-series ‘Lessons Learned of Startup Founders’.…
From the very beginning one of the goals of the High-Tech SeedLab was to establish the foundations of peer learning and support. For this reason, the blog-series “Lessons Learned of Startup Founders” features interviews with experienced founders from this year’s batch. They share their ups and downs, tricks and tips to motivate and inspire new…
The High-Tech SeedLab is a ten-month acceleration program that started in February 2020. In addition to a monthly grant of 1.500 € every team is assigned a startup coach who makes sure that the participants get the support and knowledge they need. The program also includes tailored workshops and at the end a demo day…
Since 25 May 2018, the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) offers a unifying framework of data protection laws whose primary aim is to give individuals control over their own data. If you are a startup – or any business really – the GDPR makes you think about how to manage your data in a responsible…
Editor’s Note: This article has been created in collaboration with Leaf. As a company focussing on how brick & mortar stores can better engage with their customers, Leaf, a Berlin-based fintech startup, has been in close contact with retailers for the last couple of months. Thus, when closures were first discussed as a possible…