Startups & founders
That's exactly what you'll find in the Health Innovation Hannover Region: a strong community of over 100 players- from start-ups and clinics to research institutions and investors. Together with our partners, we support founders from the initial idea to everyday healthcare. Whether it's approval, financing or the first cooperation partner - we help you overcome hurdles and take advantage of opportunities.
What we do for you - our offers for founders and start-ups:
Start-up advice
You bring the idea, we bring the know-how.
From business planning to funding advice: we will accompany you personally through the early phases of your start-up. Together with our partners, we will also guide you through complex requirements in the healthcare sector.
The OHA Osnabrück Healthcare Accelerator supports start-ups in the fields of digital health and medtech with market entry and growth. Through individual support, practical workshops and a strong partner network from healthcare, science and business, we create the bridge between innovative ideas and their successful implementation on the market.
FWT2 is the central office of Hannover Medical School for all topics, questions and tasks relating to research funding, knowledge and technology transfer. We support all life scientists in all aspects of career planning, coaching and qualification. We support companies, partners and investors in all matters relating to knowledge and technology transfer. We advise founders and start-ups in special service and start-up offers.
hannoverimpuls GmbH offers you comprehensive support on all aspects of founding a company. We make you fit for the market! Use our experience for your entrepreneurial success! Our experts will be happy to advise you:
Financing
Growth needs capital - we open doors.
From microloans and public funding to equity investments: With regional funds and strong partners, we, the HIHR team, will help you find the financing that suits your phase.
The VentureVilla is the home for startups - a place where ideas grow and networks are created. With our 100-day accelerator program, we accompany young companies on their way to investment readiness: through individual coaching, mentoring and access to investors and experts. Fixed office space, flexible workplaces, cross-industry contacts and our monthly event series "Afterwork? Network!" connect startups, alumni and the community at a central meeting point.
Network & cooperation partners
You want to implement your innovation - we will help you.
We, the HIHR team, open doors to the right people: Suppliers, researchers, clusters, universities, investors. For cooperation, assessment of your idea or additional know-how.
The L3S Research Center , for example, is the largest research center for artificial intelligence in northern Germany, supported by Leibniz Universität Hannover and TU Braunschweig. With around 200 researchers from the fields of computer science, law, economics and social sciences, it develops trustworthy AI methods for medicine, mobility, production, trade, science and education. Its aim is to shape the digital transformation responsibly and unlock the potential of AI for the economy, society and a more liveable future.
Niedersachsen.next Startup , the Lower Saxony network for startups and those interested in founding a company, support institutions, investors and industry, which implements the startup strategy on behalf of the state government. innomatch offers you a digital and free platform for networking with information on events, funding, news and much more in Lower Saxony for your projects.
The Lower Saxony Center for Biomedical Engineering, Implant Research and Development (NIFE) is a joint research institution of Hannover Medical School, Leibniz University Hannover and the University of Veterinary Medicine Hannover Foundation. NIFE develops biological, biohybrid and biofunctionalized implants that are designed to replace lost organ functions or restore them through regenerative processes. The aim is to create patient-specific, durable and safe solutions that integrate seamlessly into the surrounding tissue.
Digital Hannover promotes digital education - also in medicine. The aim is to communicate new technologies and scientific developments in an understandable way and thus strengthen society's digital skills.
The Institute for Universal Design (IUD) has been supporting and advising municipalities, companies, start-ups and non-profit organizations for over 15 years in the development of products, services and processes in order to reach as many users as possible with sustainable solutions, from young to old. We see ourselves as designers of participatory processes and are convinced that the diverse challenges of our time can only be solved through network-oriented strategies.
The Institute for Universal Design networks start-ups with implementation partners from business, the social economy and industry in order to promote user-oriented product development. In addition, various formats are used to support successful market entry.
As a member of the community , you benefit from a unique offering: more than 20 partners from science, research, healthcare, funding agencies, accelerators and strong national networks support you in turning ideas into innovations.
Training & formats
You want to learn what really matters.
Whether Founders Camp or AI workshop on topics such as AI, taxes, marketing - our practical formats will take you further. At hannoverimpuls, you learn from professionals, meet like-minded people and develop your business model in a targeted manner. Many offers are created together with our partners from business and science.
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The VentureVilla is the home for start-ups - a place where ideas grow and networks are created. With our 100-day accelerator program, we accompany young companies on their way to investment readiness: through individual coaching, mentoring and access to investors and experts. Fixed office space, flexible workplaces, cross-industry contacts and our monthly event series "Afterwork? Network!" connect startups, alumni and the community at a central meeting point.
100-day accelerator program - Find out more here!
The OHA Osnabrück Healthcare Accelerator supports startups from the fields of digital health and medtech in their market entry and growth. Through individual support, practical workshops and a strong partner network from healthcare, science and business, we create the bridge between innovative ideas and their successful implementation on the market.
Rooms & infrastructure
You don't have the space? We'll find it.
Laboratory, office or workshop: Together with technology centers, the Medical Park and other partners, we provide you with spaces where you can turn your ideas into reality.