2023

Program for startups
Expand to Berlin

● In-person

A program that gives you hands-on support and insights into how to grow your business in Berlin.

Get exclusive access to a highly curated, top-level network of local stakeholders that would otherwise take you months to build.

We give you the plug-and-play set-up to successfully launch your activities and find the right private and public sector partners and clients in the German capital.

Talks

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Workshops

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Networking Dinner

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Match-making

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Face-to-Face Mentoring

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Masterclasses

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1:1 with Industry Experts

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Talks · Workshops · Networking Dinner · Match-making · Face-to-Face Mentoring · Masterclasses · 1:1 with Industry Experts ·

Program features.

  • Berlin is Europe’s startup capital, but also infamous for its convoluted and complex bureaucracy. Get a digestible understanding of Berlin’s innovation priorities and learn the shortcuts.

  • This is not your standard meet and greet. We have curated a tailored selection of relevant testbeds in both the private and the public sector for you to engage with.

  • Meet relevant stakeholders and key decision-makers of Berlin’s Smart City scene including city officials, VCs, multipliers and industry experts throughout our program.

  • Benefit from direct consulting services from our multi-disciplinary team tailored to your specific needs during the program. Learn also from examples of other startups who successfully entered the Berlin and German market.

  • When it comes to being commercially active in Germany, we will help you navigate the difficult topics behind your expansion and shed a light on regulatory trends in the green tech space.

  • No city is like the other. Learn how to position your business in Berlin and gain access to our proprietary framework to fine-tune your go-to-market strategy.

Our network of city industry leaders

(selection)

Corporates

Utilities

Real Estate

Multipliers and Communities

City Organizations

With us,
100+ startups unlocked opportunities in new markets.

Enabled a pilot project between a Polish green tech startup and Vattenfall Germany.

Secured the procurement of an air quality monitoring pilot with the City of Berlin.

Helped a Finnish new material startup to fundraise from top European and US venture funds.

Connected an Estonian micro-mobility startup with relevant testbeds in Berlin.

Facilitated a partnership between a German prop tech startup and Arup Ventures.

Are you the right fit?

Best suited for startups and scaleups with:

Solutions improving the future of cities (e.g. mobility, energy, gov tech, circular economy, real estate, …).

An established product/service and a strong interest in B2B / B2G partnerships.

Startups that are unable to travel to Berlin for a 2,5 day program and commit to all the sessions.

Startups with no clear market expansion focus or too early stage.

Expand to Berlin,
quickly and easily.

To guarantee your place in future programs, fill out the form and we will be in touch. Our programs have limited capacity (15 startups).

We will contact you with more information regarding pricing and detailed agenda when we launch the next program.

FAQs

  • Yes, this is an in-person program.
    We also run online programs on different markets and topics. Follow us on Linkedin for updates on upcoming programs and trips.

  • Yes. Travel and accommodation costs and organization are not included in our program fees. However, we happily recommend places to stay and ways to get around.

  • After each program, our team compiles the learnings and insights into a guide and report. The startups also gain direct access to the experts and guest speakers with the opportunity to have follow-up one-on-ones.

  • Market expansion progams are run by us, Urban Impact Agency, with the support of the European Regional Development Fund and the city of Berlin - under the project name “The Assembly”.

 

This program is part of our Assembly project, which is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund and the city of Berlin. Dieses Programm ist Teil unseres The Assembly Projekts, welches durch den Europäischen Fonds für regionale Entwicklung und die Stadt Berlin kofinanziert wird.