The partners of the Deep Tech Award 2024

Economic and technology support for companies, investors, and research institutions in Berlin – that’s what the Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH offers. Numerous experts provide tailored services and excellent connections to the academic sector, creating an optimal offering to lead innovation, settlement, expansion, and location security projects to success. As a unique public-private partnership, Berlin Partner for Economy and Technology is supported by both the Senate of the State of Berlin and over 230 companies dedicated to their city. Additionally, Berlin Partner is responsible for the global marketing of the German capital.

MotionLab.Berlin ist ein in Berlin ansässiger Hardtech Innovation Hub und Makerspace mit Zugang zu einem exklusiven Maschinenpark für Prototyping in Kombination mit Coworking und Community. Zusätzlich zu Büroräumen verfügt
das Lab über verschieden große MakerGaragen, die individuell nach den Anforderungen des Kunden gestaltet werden können. Durch die einzigartige Infrastruktur bietet das MotionLab.Berlin jungen Gründer:innen ein optimales Umfeld für eine erfolgreiche Projektrealisierung und Unternehmensentwicklung. Neben dem Aufbau eines starken Netzwerks mit Partner:innen, Hersteller:innen, Investor:innen und Kund:innen profitieren Mitglieder von einem klaren Wettbewerbsvorteil durch schnellere Produktentwicklung und reduzierte Entwicklungskosten.

Humboldt-Innovation connects science, business, and society through services in the fields of applied research, science-based startups, education, and events. As a wholly-owned subsidiary of Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, we make university research, innovations, and resources accessible.

The Einstein Center Digital Future (ECDF) is the center for digitalization research in Berlin. It is based on a large-scale public-private partnership (PPP) model between more than 30 companies, organizations, all four Berlin universities, the Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin and more than ten other of Berlin’s research institutions. With 38.5 million euros in funding, ECDF aims to connect Berlin’s actors in the field of digitalization, test new forms of cooperation, foster innovative and interdisciplinary research, and to attract excellent junior scholars from around the world.

The Federal Agency for Leap Innovations SPRIND was founded in 2019 and is based in Leipzig. Its sole shareholder is the Federal Republic of Germany, represented by the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection (BMWK). SPRIND fills a gap in the German innovation landscape: it finds new, groundbreaking technologies for the major challenges of our time and at the same time ensures that the added value of the resulting companies and industries remains in Germany and Europe. SPRIND is funded by the German federal budget. SPRIND is managed by Rafael Laguna de la Vera and Berit Dannenberg.

With around 1,000 member companies from over 70 countries, eco is the largest association for the internet industry in Europe. Since 1995, eco has significantly shaped the development of the internet, promotes new technologies, establishes frameworks, and represents the interests of its members to policymakers and in international forums. Reliability and strengthening of digital infrastructure, IT security, trust, and an ethically oriented digitalization are key focuses of the association’s work. eco advocates for a free, technology-neutral, and high-performance internet.

The VDE, one of Europe’s largest technology organizations, has stood for innovation and technological progress for more than 130 years. As the only organization in the world, VDE combines science, standardization, testing, certification, and application advice under one roof. For over 100 years, the VDE symbol has been synonymous with the highest safety standards and consumer protection. We are committed to promoting research and supporting young talent, as well as lifelong learning through on-the-job training opportunities. In the VDE network, over 2,000 employees are engaged at more than 60 locations worldwide, along with over 100,000 volunteer experts and approximately 1,500 companies shaping a sustainable future within the VDE network: connected, digital, and electric. We shape the e-dial future.

Underpinned by these ideals, SIBB fosters dynamic exchanges beyond the digital realm. In an age of widespread digitization, it extends expertise to diverse industries. Through forums, training, and collaborative events, SIBB promotes collaboration and knowledge growth. Facilitating joint projects and participating in trade shows, it supports over 250 member companies, including tech giants, startups, and research institutions.

Get Started is the startup initiative of the Digital Association Bitkom and is aimed at founders and employees of startups. Tech startups can become members for €100/year during the first six years after founding. Bitkom actively supports them by providing access to decision-makers, networking with established companies, high-quality events, and up-to-date information on market developments and legislative proposals. On the political front, the Digital Association advocates for young growth companies at the regional, national, and EU levels. More than 700 tech startups are already members of Bitkom

K.I.E.Z. is an initiative that focuses on supporting entrepreneurs in the field of Artificial Intelligence with scientific expertise and access to capital, industry partners, and skilled professionals. From the initial idea to becoming a successful company, we provide science-based AI startups with everything they need to grow rapidly and sustainably.

BerChain is a non-profit association based in Berlin that connects and promotes the Berlin blockchain community within the entire blockchain ecosystem and beyond, positioning Berlin as a global blockchain capital. BerChain facilitates academic and research activities, education, and professional training related to blockchain, thus nurturing the local Berlin blockchain ecosystem. In this way, BerChain aims to create a unique interdisciplinary environment and accelerate the growth of the local blockchain community.

Since 2015, the annual Rise of AI Conference has been bringing together AI experts, decision-makers, thought leaders, and visionaries to discuss Artificial Intelligence for society, politics, and the economy. Veronika & Fabian Westerheide, as hosts, shape and connect the German AI ecosystem. You can find all the information about the next Rise of AI Conference on May 15th 2024 in Berlin here.

The Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH has created the platform “#ai_berlin” in collaboration with the Cluster for ICT, Media, and Creative Industries, along with other partners, to showcase current and future developments, flagship projects, inspiring stories, networks, initiatives, and experts in Berlin and Brandenburg to the national and international AI community in one place. The goal is to connect technology companies, startups, research institutions, and talent on a single platform and make Berlin more visible and stronger as an AI hub.

The Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie GmbH has created the platform “Blockchain Made in Berlin” in collaboration with the Cluster for ICT, Media, and Creative Industries, along with other partners, to showcase current and future developments, flagship projects, inspiring stories, networks, initiatives, and experts in Berlin and Brandenburg to the national and international blockchain community in one place. The goal is to connect technology companies, startups, research institutions, and talent on a single platform and make Berlin more visible and stronger as a blockchain hub.

Since 2001, medianet berlinbrandenburg ranks among the biggest and most successful regional networks of the media and digital economy in Germany. It represents its numerous member companies across industries and nations, including established and globally active companies as well as start-ups and young companies. Together with institutions, associations and opinion leaders from the economy, research and politics, media:net participates in shaping the economic framework of the region and takes up current topics and needs of its members with studies and surveys.

The rbb Inforadio is a renowned public-service radio station operated by Rundfunk Berlin-Brandenburg (rbb). As a leading provider of news and information, rbb Inforadio delivers current news, background reports, interviews, and analyses around the clock from Berlin, Brandenburg, and around the world. Since its inception, rbb Inforadio has become a significant player in the German radio landscape. With a focus on local, regional, national, and international issues, rbb Inforadio offers a wide range of content covering politics, economics, culture, sports, and society. Its reliable reporting and in-depth analysis make it a trusted source of information for a broad audience.

t3n | Digital Pioneers is one of the B2B platforms with the widest reach in the digital industry. As such, t3n sees itself as a central point of contact for users and readers who want to build up a broad knowledge of trends and developments in the digital economy. The media brand for digital business records over 7.2 million visits per month, more than half of which are from unique users. It has a circulation of 31,400 copies. Over 800,000 people follow t3n on social networks, and the t3n newsletter has around 170,000 subscribers. t3n is the official media partner for the Deep Tech Award 2024 and reports on deep tech in Berlin.