{"id":15601,"date":"2023-04-05T16:44:54","date_gmt":"2023-04-05T14:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/?page_id=15601"},"modified":"2026-07-30T12:50:56","modified_gmt":"2026-07-30T10:50:56","slug":"partner","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/highest-darmstadt.de\/en\/fuer-unternehmen\/partner\/","title":{"rendered":"Partners"},"content":{"rendered":"\n \n\n
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\n To us, networking is more than \u201csmile and wave\u201d. It is cherishing and caring for strong roots. Here in Darmstadt, we like to stand on fertile grounds when it comes to meaningful cooperation and a symbiotic exchange of knowledge.
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Together, we can give start-ups and founders opportunities, funding, courses, and spaces to work.<\/p>\n

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Fresh ideas and unconventional solutions come up best in strong institutional partnerships that go beyond individual projects. TU Darmstadt has five strategic partnerships.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Be it INNODAY – Science. Startups, Future!, the TU idea competition, foundersXchange, or YOUR very own event: HIGHEST is happy to partner up with companies and institutions to put together something special!<\/p>\n

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\n Abbreviations in Space <\/h3>\n

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\n Borionics: Two heads, one salt – and the idea of changing Europe's energy storage system <\/h3>\n

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\n\n FUTURY \u2013 The Future Factory <\/a>\n Business Angels Frankfurt Rhein-Main <\/a>\n Digital Hub ATHENE Cybersecurity<\/a>\n Cesah<\/a>\n Green Tech Accelerator ryon<\/a>\n hessian.AI<\/a>\n Hessen Ideen<\/a>\n Hub31<\/a>\n Social Innovator Hessen<\/a>\n Techquartier<\/a>\n YUBIZZ.DE <\/a>\n \n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n
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FUTURY \u2013 The Future Factory <\/h2>\n
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FUTURY \u2013 The Future Factory is transforming the RhineMain region into a unique startup and innovation hotspot, driving sustainable, technology- and knowledge-based entrepreneurship with a global reach.<\/strong> FUTURY is built on the cutting-edge research power of RhineMain\u2019s leading universities, including Goethe-Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt am Main, Johannes Gutenberg-Universit\u00e4t Mainz, Universit\u00e4tsmedizin Mainz and Technische Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt. With expertise in AI, Life Sciences, and DeepTech, alongside the business competencies of Frankfurt School of Finance & Management, FUTURY matches and empowers visionary founders to scale groundbreaking ideas from ideation and conceptualization.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Connecting business angels with start-ups for over 20 years, with more than 150 members (2020), and exceeding 25 events per year, this is one of the most active BA networks in Germany.<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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Germany’s Leading Innovation Community for Cybersecurity Startups [Text] We support research teams in founding cybersecurity companies and guide startups through their market entry and business scaling. ATHENE leverages its extensive expertise and operates within a strong local, national, and international ecosystem. We are the home for those passionate about innovations in cybersecurity. As a hub, we connect startups with companies, investors, VCs, and other key stakeholders.<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n

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Cesah<\/h2>\n
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The center of satellite navigation Hessen (cesah)\u00a0 stands for expertise and startups in applied space technology.<\/p>\n

Located right here in Darmstadt, next to the ESOC (European satellite control center), it. It supports, connects and funds the ecosystem of space technology in Hessen (and beyond).<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n

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Green Tech Accelerator ryon<\/h2>\n
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Das Angebot schlie\u00dft die L\u00fccke im Bedarf der Start-ups von Labor und Technikumsfl\u00e4chen kombiniert mit ma\u00dfgeschneiderter Unterst\u00fctzung. Standort ist das FLUXUM-Gel\u00e4nde in Gernsheim am Rhein. Die hervorragende Qualit\u00e4t des regionalen \u00d6kosystems ist vielversprechende Grundlage f\u00fcr die Vision der Ansiedlung hoch technisierter Industrie und damit verbundener neuer Arbeitspl\u00e4tze in der Region. Initiiert ins Leben gerufen durch die GreenTech Accelerator Gernsheim GmbH bestehend aus der Goethe-Universit\u00e4t Frankfurt, der Technischen Universit\u00e4t Darmstadt, dem Wissenschafts- und Technologieunternehmen Merck, der Hessen Trade & Invest (HTAI) sowie der Wirtschafts- und Infrastrukturbank Hessen (WIBank).<\/p>\n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n GreenTech Accelerator ryon – Start-up Flyer <\/a>\n \n \n <\/span>\n <\/span>\n ryon_FlyerA4_8s_WerdenSiePartner_240327_EZS_RZ <\/a>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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The center with a future-proof agenda and a scientific goal: Establish the 3rd<\/sup> wave of AI. With their program \u201cIgnition\u201d and \u201cRising\u201d, they support start-ups from early beginnings to great expansions.<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n

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Linking the state, universities, and companies, it is Hessen Ideen\u2019s mission to find and fund business ideas within their own educational facilities from a very early stage on.<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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As a central hub for our start-up ecosystem in Darmstadt, Hub31 offers spaces for students and researchers to work and collaborate. Aside from offices, there are shops with tools and machines for various applications (metal and woodworking, laser cutter, 3D printing, welding, and more)<\/p>\n

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Supporting people who are aiming to establish their social companies in Hessen, the Social Innovator provides funding programs to those who\u2019re trying to make the world a better place.<\/p>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n <\/div>\n\n \n

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In the heart of Frankfurt, the TechQuartier offers start-ups and companies access to future-oriented, innovative programmes and a diverse, dynamic network.<\/p>\n

The TechQuartier is an innovation hub and offers space to work and network in a central location in Frankfurt. With over 100 events and co-created programmes per year, such as meetups, hackathons and bootcamps, training and education, the implementation of digital innovations takes place here. At the same time, the TechQuartier is the contact point for established companies from the financial and real economy to the dynamic start-up scene: As the ecosystem manager of the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region, the TechQuartier is committed to closer networking and cooperation between local start-up initiatives and in supporting start-ups. The innovation platform aligns its ecosystem activities with socially relevant industry and technology trends. Along these themes, the TechQuartier offers industry-specific as well as cross-industry start-up programmes. These target different phases of the start-up life cycle, from founding and incubation, to fundrasing, acceleration and scaling.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n Website<\/a>\n <\/div>\n <\/div>\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n\n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n \n

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HIGHEST is backed by strong partnerships with institutions and companies to find answers for pressing global issues together. As a HIGHEST partner, you\u2019ll have access to our entire science network, our most creative thinkers, and the start-ups they built.
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As a guide through our eco-system, HIGHEST will assist you and prioritize your business-specific needs. To put in in plain and simple words, this is what you get:<\/p>\n

\u25cf Access to state-of-the-art technologies and innovative business ideas of our entire university and science network.
\n\u25cf Gain reputation and awareness for your company\u2019s image as a driver of innovation in Germany.
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Close to 100 applicants, so close to the finale! Which ideas have the potential to go all the way?<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Business, science, and politics meet the spirit of innovation and founding \u2013 at the InnoDay get-together in Darmstadt.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Swap ideas, contacts, and experiences. Digitally or right here on the campus.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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Practical learning with numerous examples, reaching from generating ideas to legal. The HIGHEST lecture series will take place during the winter semester.<\/p>\n <\/div>\n

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