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Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg

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The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg helps young international companies scale their business in Germany and Europe in 2023. It aims at connecting dynamic scaleups in the fields of sustainable mobility and logistics with key players and business partners in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region and supplying them with systematic support.

Get access to a unique incentive menu from which you can select the services you and your scaleup need on your expansion journey free of charge to save a significant amount of time and money.

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Sustainable Mobility and Logistics

How will people and goods move around sustainably without losing efficiency? This major challenge presents itself most notably in the sectors of mobility and logistics, where innovative answers are needed to expand and facilitate sustainable opportunities. The answers can be found in corresponding fields such as AI, blockchain, green hydrogen, autonomous driving and flying and many more.

With its harbour, airport, places of trade, traffic and their accompanying logistics Hamburg is uniquely suited as a hub for scaling these solutions. The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg is calling for innovative scaleups to take part in this venture.

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4 Reasons to apply!

Enter the German and European Markets from the mobility and logistics hub Hamburg.

Receive systematic support and a range of incentives adjusted to your scaleup’s individual needs.

Deep dive into Hamburg’s dynamic ecosystem as early as 2023.

Get matched and collaborate with potential business partners and customers.

More reasons to apply!

Bodo Liesenfeld
HamburgAmbassador, Boston
»Hamburg has positioned itself internationally as a driver of innovation and urban test laboratory for futuristic projects through a network of research and innovation parks with different focal points. The German Electron Synchrotron DESY, the X-ray laser re- search facility European XFEL, the Fraunhofer Institute – they all enjoy international renown.«
Joana Gil Chavez
CEO of Lignopure
»It wasn’t until I got here that I saw how much interaction there is between the universities and industry, which changes everything. Coming from a scientific background, I would definitely recommend Hamburg to those with new ideas for products or technologies.«
Ralf Schmidt
HamburgAmbassador, Singapore
»Northern Germany’s coasts have an in- exhaustible resource: wind. This makes the Hamburg Metropolitan Region a centre of green hydroen, wind power and renewable energies, the best prerequisite for a sustainable economy.«
Sowmya Thyagarajan
CEO of Foviatech
»I was surprised by how international Hamburg is: there are so many people from different countries and traditions. This is a favourable situation for me, because I am a woman entrepreneur, who is not from Europe – I am from Asia. On top of this, the people are ready to use new technologies and try new things, which is really important when you consider a start-up: innovation, creativity, ideas.«
Jens-Peter Saul
HamburgAmbassador, Copenhagen
»The Fehmarnbelt Crossing gives us a real chance to develop the region into a northern European hub. It can create one of Europe's strongest economic regions between the metropolises of Hamburg and Copenhagen.«
Monika Brauers
Senior Program Manager, Plug and Play
»There are many pathways to the future, but they all have one thing in common: collaboration. No one company or country can complete this journey alone and become a healthy, sustainable and innovative city. Only through collaboration between big companies and tech companies, we can move things quickly forward for Hamburg, its ecosystem and the whole world. That's why we need Scaleups. «
Hans Christoph Lampert
HamburgAmbassador, London
»The United Kingdom and Hamburg have enjoyed extremely fruitful trade relations down through the centuries. Hamburg as a forward-looking and future-embracing partner will continue to offer businesses an excellent growth-oriented environment.«
Theresa Grotendorst
Founder of forbizz
»We love Hamburg! The Hamburg startup scene is friendly and helpful and the distances are short. Ideal conditions for a successful startup!«
Peter Sorowka
CEO of Cybus
»We founded in 2015, at a time when the Hamburg startup community just started to grow properly. The accelerator Gründerwerft was our first stop and we are very proud to prove that besides the well-known Berlin startup scene and the many deeptech locations in Southern Germany, there is also the potential to build future-oriented technology companies in our beloved Hanseatic city.«

Who can apply?

Your scaleup offers solutions in the field of sustainable mobility and logistics and has yet to enter the German market? We are looking for young businesses with aspirations to actively participate in Hamburg's ecosystem as soon as 2023. The application phase starts in April 2023 with the first scaleups selected for the Landing Pad in May. You can find out more about the application details by clicking the button below. We look forward to your submission!

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Application

Submit your application through our online tool

Admission

Our expert jury evaluates your application

Incentive Selection

We support you in selecting individual services for your business

Kick-Off & Participation

Start of your Landing Pad participation in Hamburg

Submit your application through our online tool

Our expert jury evaluates your application

We support you in selecting individual services for your business

Start of your Landing Pad participation in Hamburg

Jury

We have selected a jury of experts from Hamburg that will evaluate your application.

Why Germany? Why Hamburg?

As Germany's second-largest city, Hamburg offers the infrastructure to promote innovative and future-oriented projects. Home to Europe’s third-largest seaport, a bustling airport, host to the ITS World Mobility Summit 2021 and situated at the intersection between Scandinavia and Central Europe the city of Hamburg is a driver of innovation - particularly in the areas of mobility and logistics.

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