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Batch 2023 Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg

The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg is supporting the most promising green-tech startups with extensive assistance. Hamburg, 4 March 2024 – The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg invites growth companies with sustainable technologies to apply for its annual scaleup programme.

Future Hamburg Award

Hamburg (Germany), 6 October 2023: The Future Hamburg Award 2023 was presented on 5 October 2023 as part of the EXPLORE 2024 event hosted by Plug and Play Hamburg at the Hammerbrooklyn campus. The winners of Hamburg’s international startup award, which is in its third year, are the startups Colipi (Germany), Make My Day (Israel), and AraBat (Italy).

Munich, Germany, 5 October 2023 – To increase Germany’s visibility as a startup location especially at international level, the four largest German cities – Berlin, Hamburg, Cologne and Munich – are taking their cooperation to the next level: on 5 October 2023, the management of the relevant four business development organisations have signed the Startup Champs Germany Cooperation Agreement at Expo Real, the leading real estate fair in Munich.

Hamburg, 28 April 2023 – Taking place on 9 and 10 May, the OMR Festival of Online Marketing Rockstars is a magnet for all stakeholders from the digital economy. As many as 70,000 people are expected to attend the upcoming event in Hamburg. This year, the City of Hamburg will be supporting 12 startups from Ukraine and 12 startups from Hamburg via its Startup City Hamburg platform. The selected companies will have the opportunity to present their innovative business ideas in Hamburg – at Europe’s number one festival for the digital scene.

Hamburg, 20 April 2023 – With its thriving startup ecosystem, Hamburg is the perfect destination for entrepreneurs looking to expand their business. From April 2023, GreenTech startups can apply for two support programmes of the City of Hamburg: the Future Hamburg Award and the Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg.

Hamburg, 30 March 2023 – The British monarch Charles III and his wife Camilla have headed to Germany on their first official overseas trip. Following a visit to Berlin, the royal couple will be in Hamburg, Germany’s second largest city, on Friday, 31 March. In Hamburg, King Charles will be accompanied by the German Federal President Frank-Walter Steinmeier.

1 September 2022, Hamburg (Germany). In 2022, the Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg will help 10 young international companies to scale up their business in Germany and Europe from Hamburg. The new offer by the City of Hamburg is aimed at so-called scaleups, these are startups that have already been able to establish themselves on the market for between three and ten years. The aim is to connect dynamic companies from the fields of sustainable mobility and logistics to key players and business partners in the Hamburg metropolitan region and to support them in this endeavour systematically.

Hamburg, 6 July 2022: The Scaleup Landing Pad Hamburg launches in 2022 to help young international companies scale their business in Germany and Europe out of Hamburg. It aims at connecting dynamic businesses in the fields of sustainable mobility and logistics with key players and business partners in the Hamburg Metropolitan Region, and supplies them with systematic support on this venture. Participating Scaleups can benefit from personalized services and incentives with an equivalent value of up to 50,000 euros.

Hamburg, 23 June 2022: Clean Logistics SE (ISIN DE000A1YDAZ7) today presented its first hydrogen-powered zero-emission truck to the public at the Stade airfield. With fyuriant, Clean Logistics is heralding a new era in the field of environmentally friendly solutions for road freight transport and reaching another important milestone in its corporate history. As early as in summer 2021, the company handed over pyuron, the first converted bus with fuel cell hydrogen drive in public transportation in Europe, to Uckermärkische Verkehrsgesellschaft.

Hamburg, 15 June 2022 – After three long years, the Crystal Cabin Awards were held in person again in 2022, honouring excellence and ingenuity in aircraft interiors. A wealth of innovative concepts and products were among the 24 ideas selected as the finalists in eight categories. Now a jury of industry experts has selected 8 winners during an in-depth final viewing and presentation session on the day before Aircraft Interiors Expo. The winners were announced during an exclusive awards ceremony and gala dinner in Hamburg.