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How to Start in Hamburg

Explore Hamburg’s innovation ecosystem, leading industry clusters and expansion opportunities with Startup City Hamburg and Hamburg Invest.

Get to know how Hamburg can support your startup’s next growth stage in Germany.

Get a concise introduction to Hamburg’s startup ecosystem, discover key innovation and industry clusters, and gain practical insights into the support services available for startups and scaleups looking to establish or expand their presence in Hamburg. Learn more about the city’s innovation landscape, talent resources, research institutions and opportunities for growth.

Whether you are exploring Germany&Hamburg as a new market, planning a second location or looking to better understand Hamburg’s business and startup environment, this session offers an introduction to the opportunities, support landscape and business environment in Hamburg.

Location: Online
Date & Time: 27 August 2026, 12:00 CET
Type: Event / Conference

Funding for disruptive European innovations

NADI (National Agency for Disruptive Innovation) is creating a new approach to funding high-risk, high-impact innovation in the Netherlands. European startups, researchers and companies can develop bold technological solutions to major societal and strategic challenges. If you’re working on a potentially transformative technology, this could be an opportunity to take it from breakthrough idea to real-world application.

Deadline: November 30, 2026
Target: European breathrough innovations

Discover Vienna: Future Forward

You are a startup in the field of physical & agentic AI, looking to discover new opportunities? Vienna in Autumn is then the place to be for your startup.

Apply by October 26th, 2026, 12pm to join the Discover Vienna programme designed by the Vienna Business Agency in partnership with weXelerate specifically to help you explore Vienna’s business landscape and grow your professional network.

The programme provides you with:

a travel grant of 500€ (lump-sum)
intro to the Viennese innovation ecosystem
access to Future Forward on 26.11.2026
relevant site visits
networking opportunities with local startups and international peers

The programme is targeted at international startups and scaleups (not based in Austria) which

are not older than 5 years old,
are beyond prototype stage,
work on impactful solutions in the fields of physical and agentic AI

About Future Forward

Future Forward is Vienna’s premier innovation conference — a full-day event bringing together startup founders, investors, corporates, and innovators from around the world. Now in its 4th edition, it is the gathering point for Central Europe’s innovation ecosystem. See homepage for more information: Future Forward Homepage

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