Options for financing your start-up
Grants & scholarships
We will show you how you can use your resources efficiently to finance yourself or give you the support you need to apply for public funding.
We help you finance your idea
Wondering how you can finance product development and cover your living costs at the same time while your company is still in its infancy?
We support you in making the best use of your resources for self-financing and are at your side when it comes to applying for public funding.
Ready for the next step? Our Business Angels Network OWL (BAN.OWL) and the Technology Fund OWL offer you access to venture capital to take your start-up to the next level.
Public subsidies
Start-up grant.NRW
The scholarship supports students, graduates and scientists from universities and non-university research institutions who want to realize their idea and turn it into a business plan. The start-up project should be innovative, technology-oriented or knowledge-based. In addition, it is important to demonstrate unique selling points and prospects of economic success.
EXIST start-up grant
The scholarship supports students, graduates and scientists from universities and non-university research institutions who want to realize their idea and turn it into a business plan. The start-up project should be innovative, technology-oriented or knowledge-based. In addition, it is important to demonstrate unique selling points and prospects of economic success.
EXIST research transfer
The EXIST research transfer grant supports outstanding, complex and risky start-up projects that are research-based. The funding is divided into two phases. You can find out more on the linked page or from our coaching team.
Classic financing
Self-financing
Self-financing means that the necessary capital comes from contributions by the founders or from profits from the sales process.
Self-financing does not require external funding. This approach makes an impression on large investors, especially in later phases. Efficient use of resources is important here.
Venture Capital
Venture capital is private equity capital for founders and start-ups. Venture capital companies (VCs), which usually invest via funds, bear a high risk of loss and receive disproportionately high potential returns in return.
These include, for example, Technologiefonds OWL, NRW.BANK and High-Tech Gründerfonds.
Private investors
Our Business Angels Network OWL (BAN.OWL) consists of business experts from the East Westphalia-Lippe region who would like to support young start-ups with expertise and financial resources. The aim of BAN.OWL is to achieve a perfect match between investors and start-ups in order to strengthen the regional start-up ecosystem and the economy.
Contact us
Our start-up coaches will support you on your start-up journey from the initial idea to the scholarship and beyond.
Arthur Hartel
arthur.hartel(at)upb.de
Phone: 05251 60 5503
Maike Niewind
maike.niewind(at)upb.de
Phone: 05251 60 4109
