Services tailored to you

As a reliable, long-term partner, Brandenburg supports companies in the Capital Region with established funding programmes for implementing innovative business ideas, and when it comes down to promoting growth, training your employees or helping start-ups get off the ground.
 
Read about the most important funding programmes here:

Innovation funding
Continuous training and qualification
Start-ups
We support good ideas

Innovative start-ups and entrepreneurs?

Grant programme for the promotion of start-ups
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innovative and socially-innovative companies

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  • Innovative companies
  • Freelancers
  • market-oriented social enterprises up to three years after foundation
  • Requirement Business location in the state of Brandenburg
  • Investment measures
  • Non-investment measures
  • Personnel costs
  • Non-repayable grant between €25-150 K 
  • Funding rate up to 50% 

Brandenburg Innovation Voucher (BIG)

Funding programme for knowledge and technology transfer,
innovation and digitalisation 

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  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME, restrictions apply)
  • Knowledge and technology transfer from research institutes to SMEs 
  • R&D projects 
  • Digitalisation measures 
  • Advice on applying for EU funding programmes 
  • Grant up to €500 K

Brandenburg Innovation Specialists (BIF)

Funding programme for hiring highly skilled young professionals

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  • Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) 

Within the framework of an operational innovation task, funding is provided for the

  • recruitment student trainees 
  • recruitment of university graduates 
  • recruitment of graduates of a regulated upgrading vocational training course 
  • Grant for personnel costs
  • “de minimis” 

YOUR CONTACT

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Dr. Jens Unruh
Dr Jens Unruh
Head of Department
Department of Start-up Services and Coordination of Innovation and Clusters
+49 331 – 730 61-331
We fund talent
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  • Employees whose company is located in Brandenburg
  • Company owners
  • Sole proprietors and freeelancers
  • External vocational training services  
  • Unlimited number of participants 
  • Restrictions Regular training prescribed by law is not eligible for funding
  • Grant for further training costs and exam fees  
  • A maximum of 50 per cent of the eligible expenditure
  • Requested grant must amount to at least €1,000

YOUR CONTACT

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Andreas Hoffmann
Andreas Hoffmann
Head of Department
Department WFBB Labour – Skilled Workforce and Qualification
+49 331 – 70 44 57-10
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Innovations need courage. And this is especially true for start-ups and new businesses. Which is why we support and advise you in the following areas:

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More detailed information at

YOUR CONTACT

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Porträt Ulrike Wohlert
Ulrike Wohlert
Senior Manager Start-up Services
Department of Start-up Services and Coordination of Innovation and Clusters
+49 331 – 70 44 57-2936

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