Take off with your business idea!
In the garage33 Incubator, we help you to validate your solution idea in a continuous program and prepare you optimally for applying for grants.
Individuals & teams with first validated customer problem
Batch of 7 workshops
(German | DE)
3 months
Start: 2025
The garage33 Incubator starts with the existing customer problem of your idea and brings you a big step closer to your goal of founding a start-up.
In 4-hour workshops, we prepare you and your idea to achieve the Problem-Solution-Fit and seamlessly apply for grants such as the Gründerstipendium.NRW or EXIST Gründerstipendium.
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You will be prepared to apply for scholarships such as the Gründerstipendium.NRW or EXIST Gründerstipendium
You will create a professional pitch deck and an initial financial model for your idea and pitch your idea in front of a jury and an audience
You get access to our garage33 ecosystem, consisting of business angels, venture capitalists and alumni start-ups, among others
The garage33 Incubator is part of the garage33 start-up certificate
Find answers to the most frequently asked questions here. Is something still unclear? Get in touch with our team and we'll be happy to help you!
The garage33 Incubator is the right place for you if you have identified an existing problem with a target group, either on your own or as part of a team, and validated it in early stages through discussions with customers. An initial idea for a solution is also required.
The garage33 Incubator is a seamless continuation of our programs in the pre-incubation phase: Ideas Workshop, Find your Idea, Prototype your PhD, Top Talent Program, Start-up Bootcamp or Call for Ideas.
Following our teaching modules such as SIGMA, Entrepreneurial Business Planning, Practical Seminar: Innovation in SMEs (I & II), Corporate Entrepreneurship (I & II) or Social Entrepreneurship, the garage33 Incubator is the right step.
No. It is important that at least one person from your team is present at each meeting. This leaves enough time for operational business. The workshops take place on site at garage33.
Enter your contact details here and you will be the first to be informed about the start of Batch #3. We look forward to hearing from you.
Our qualification team will help you with all questions about our garage33 Incubator program.
Head of Qualification
patrick.mehnert(at)upb.de
Tel.: 05251 60 2922
Besucheradresse
TECUP/ garage33 auf dem Start-up Campus OWL
Ausblick 1
33100 Paderborn
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