venturelab17, a project by TMK Holdinggesellschaft mbH in cooperation with Gründerzeit HSD, offers tailored information on funding opportunities, fundraising, and innovation management as part of a startup competition, addressing the individual needs of startups and aspiring founders.
venturelab17 is launching a competition with prize money for the three winning startups, exclusive access to individual coaching sessions, and tickets to the Impact Festival in Frankfurt in November 2026.
As part of the “Sustainable Impact” funding programme supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, venturelab17 provides this individual support programme specifically for sustainable GreenTech startups.
This is not another accelerator programme. Instead, participants will receive personalised coaching following the event, with a strong focus on financing, including non-dilutive public funding programmes, dilutive fundraising strategies, and innovation management.
Apply with your startup by 28 August at: p.brock@venturelab17.de
The cooperation with Gründerzeit at Hochschule Düsseldorf (HSD) is initially limited to the workshop for impact startups. Further individual support will be provided by venturelab17 during Startup Week, culminating in the announcement of the three competition winners as part of the FTF.
venturelab17 plans to launch a competition with prize money for the three winners, exclusive access to coaching sessions, and tickets to participate in the Impact Festival in Frankfurt in November 2026.
As part of a “Sustainable Impact” funding programme supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, venturelab17 offers this individual support programme specifically for sustainable GreenTech startups.
This is not another accelerator programme, but rather individual coaching for startup founders following the event, with a focus on financing topics — in particular non-dilutive funding programmes, fundraising strategies (dilutive financing), and innovation management.
The cooperation with Gründerzeit at Hochschule Düsseldorf (HSD) is initially limited to the workshop with Impact Startups. Further individual support and coaching for the startups will be provided by venturelab17 as part of Startup Week, with the announcement of the three competition winners taking place during the FTF.