Accelerator Program

We support impact startups with our accelerator program

In our accelerator program, we will guide you for 6 months to place impact at the core of your business. We offer you access to funding, coaching from experienced mentors, and connections within our network.

6 core elements to ensure a lasting impact

Coaching

Expert support in developing the startup‘s impact strategy

Mentorship

Weekly session by one dedicated industry expert or entrepreneur

Group Training

Weekly sessions with relevant content tailored to the needs of the startups

1:1 Expert Sessions

Sessions with 100+ experts on specific topics can be arranged as required

Events

Monthly pitch events and pitches at major events in the startup scene

Impact
collectives

Attribution of a collective and bi-monthly meetups with the members to foster synergies

We implement impact at the core of your business

Impact startups addresses one or more UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) at the core of its business. This means: if you remove the impact you also remove the business. We have developed a special impact framework for startups that our coaches will complete step by step with you.

We provide impact innovators with tools and resources to achieve key milestones

Our 100+ experts and mentors

Here you can connect with experts and mentors from our accelerator program.

Enzo Cenci

he/him

Freelance Independent Fundraising Consultant Read more

Julia Majer

she/her

Innovation Consultant & Program Manager at SAP.iO Read more

Laura Schmidhuber

she/her

Head of Digital Innovation Lab at Miele & Cie. KG Read more

Christian Kroll

he/him

CEO of Ecosia Read more

Stephanie von Behr

she/her

Managing Director at Founderland Read more

Alicia Combaz

she/her

founder & ceo of MAKE.ORG Read more

Eberhard Ruess

he/him

Former global Head of IT for Supply Chain, Procurement & M&A; Formerly Nestlé Read more

Till Augner

Founder | Executive Coach | Mentor at Uplift Founders | Partners in Clime Read more

Antje Christine Venjakob

she/her

Self-employed, Venture Building | Start-Up Financing & Growth Read more

Davide Marchisio

he/him

Venture Builder, Product Coach, Business Strategist Read more

Pieter van Midwoud

Chief Tree Planting Officer, Ecosia Read more

Pawel Poltorak

he/him

CMO at Ragnarson Read more

Dash Markova

she/her

Empowering Impact Entrepreneurs with training and mentorship, Dash Too Much Read more

Dennis Stahl

he/him

Serial Founder, Investor, Impact & Sustainability Expert at OnePurpose Network Read more

Waridi Pabst — Schrobsdorff

she/her

Founder & CEO of Fashion Africa 254, Contributor for Africa at Vogue Germany Read more

Alexander Fahie

he/him

Entrepreneur at TAISK Read more

Mark Young

President at Rational Games, Inc. Read more

Oladosu Adenike

she/her

Executive Director, I Lead Climate Action Initiative Read more

Annelie Graf

she/her

Senior Consultant Business Strategy & Innovation, diffferent GmbH Read more

Martin Quach

he/him

Climate Impact Advisor at Terraformation Read more

Abdul Khaleq Al-Qasaily

he/him

Serial Entrepreneur, Business Global Mentor, GeoAI Consultant at QR Global LT Read more

Niall Bellabarba

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Senior Cloud Architect at DWS Read more

Alice Hohenlohe

she/her

Impact Manager at Trill Impact Read more

Florian Fodermeyer

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Consulting Partner at Dynamo Partners Read more

Lucas von Fürstenberg

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Sustainable forestry, real estate, business angel at Freiherr von Fürstenberg’sche Verwaltung Read more

Cielo Sanabria

Senior LCA Expert and Sustainability Analyst at SAP Read more

Natalia Mejia Pardo

she/her

Project Associate at The Data Tank Read more

Ulrich Katterbach

he/him

Innovation Consultant and Mentor: Bridging Ideas to Sustainable Success, Self Employed Read more

Olga Almqvist

she/her

Senior Manager, Societal Impact Financing Initiative (SciFi), ESMT Read more

Kirsten Niemann

she/her

Online Marketing Manager, Self employed Read more

Lars Ofterdinger

he/him

Social Media Lead Europe, smart Europe GmbH Read more

Idan Tobias

he/him

Organisational development expert, Self-Employeed Read more

Alena Hilbig

she/her

Startup Mentor | Operational & Strategic Excellence | Venture Capital Read more

Torsten Mueller

Managing Director at Commerzbank Read more

Lukas Marzi

he/him

CEO at On Purpose and Founder at Marziplan Read more

David Schmidt

he/him

CPO & serial founder, Apothera Read more

Kai Martin

he/him

Industrial Climate Tech Investor at Shell Ventures Read more

Anvita Mudkani

she/her

Senior Investment Manager at IBB Ventures Read more

Yannick Frank

he/him

Startup Mentor & Investor at Partners in Clime Read more

Lukas Harlan

he/him

Programe Director at Schöpflin Foundation Read more

Nadine Michalske

she/her

Co-Founder Klima.Metrix Read more

Inga Skowranek

she/her

Consultant systemic organizational development & sustainability management & Agile Coach, Freelancer and collectiv:a member Read more

Sebastian Schramm

Venture Architect at Enpulse Ventures GmbH Read more

Nancy Birkhölzer

she/her

Founder, Investor, Advisory Board Member at NB Ventures Read more

Christian Walter

he/him

Founding Partner at SDGx Read more

Julia Dreyer

she/her

Co-Founder & Board Member at collectiv:a eG | Expert on Innovation & Agile Methods Read more

Johanna von Herman-Kim

COO & Investor at Catalyst Impact Investment Club Read more

Sébastien Martin

Founder and Managing Partner at Impact Associates Read more

Maren Lesche

Founder & CEO at Startup Color Read more

Julia Roblick

she/her

Impact Investing, better ventures Read more

Mario Steinbuch

Co-Founder & Managing Director, 36 Chambers Studio Read more

Nataliia Fiebrig

Managing Director at WeAid, Foreign Correspondant at Studio 1+1 Read more

Norman Hiob

he/him

Co-Founder & Managing Director at Planty Foods & Hiob Ventures Read more

Tayla Sheldrake

she/her

Managing Director at MotionLab.Ventures Read more

Erdinç Koç

he/him

Fundraising Expert & Venture Partner at Heartfelt Capital and Head of the MediaTech Hub Accelerator at the HPI Read more

Robert Hite

he/him

Director of Business Development, Aptar Digital Health Read more

Matthias Oetken

CEO & Founder, Executive coach, former CFO/ CRO at N26 Read more

Jasmine Borhan

Founder, Jasmine Borhan Strategic Communications Read more

Asal Rustamova

Sponsorship and Media Partnership Manager Read more

Sascha Erben

Managing Director, Ohana Group Hamburg (Family Office) / 105 VIERTEL Hamburg (Social Impact Incubator and Accelerator) Read more

Christoph Rohde

Transaction Manager at FASE Read more

Christa Cocciole

Body Oriented Systems Therapist and Consultant for Embodied Leadership, Freelance Read more

Katrin Häuser

CEO and co-founder, TheGreenSpring Read more

Oleksandr Snidalov

Director of Platform and Services, Babbel Read more

Fabian Hoehne

Entrepreneur, Impact Investor, Founder of Vitolus, Cleverackern & Flyla.com Read more

Dr. Christian Humborg

CEO Wikimedia Deutschland, Founder RUMS, Board member CORRECTIV Read more

Kiana Mardi

Founding Partner, Lucy Capital / Company Building, fraud0 Read more

Felix Krause

Managing Partner, Vireo Ventures Management Read more

Mina Kolagar

Co-Founder & Co-CEO, PANTOhealth Read more

Christian Boettcher

Entrepreneur in Web3 | Independent Platform Strategy Advisor, NUW Ventures Read more

Thomas Kalunge

Human-Centered Innovation Strategist and Entrepreneurial Business Leader Read more

René Wienholtz

Founder, LOOM Impact Read more

Sabrina Konzok

Board Member and Managing Director at SEND e.V. and Junge Tüftler gGmbH Read more

Kai Malkwitz

Impact Director at Founders Institute Berlin Read more

Dr. Thomas Warnke

Entrepreneur at Humboldt Innovation Read more

Mamuteane Mmutle

Investor / Entrepreneur/ Operations Specialist Read more

Tobias Ahrens

Head of Startup Hub at Commerzbank AG Read more

Philipp Schmidt

Managing Owner at C4CS Europe — Center for Corporate Sustainability Read more

Maike Striffler

Co-Founder & Social Enterprise Lead at Social Innovation Academy Global Read more

Igor Elbert

Principal at Common Sensor Read more

André Nikolski

Strategic Projects at Humboldt-Innovation, Startup Coach & Startup Consultant Read more

Laura Kohler

Startup Ecosystem & Corporate Innovation expert Read more

Lyudmyla Kovalenko

CEO and Co-Founder at Doctor Kimchi Read more

Sophie Dienberg

Founder of inKlub Read more

Dr. Thomas Gnefkow

Business angel, founder and private lecturer Read more

Carolin Kröger

Co-founder at beingfemale.de and consultant Read more

Nora Azzaoui

Partner at Kobold I Purpose Design & Innovation and co-founder of mimycri Read more

Peter Brock

Entrepreneur and impact investor, Family Office Services Read more

Connect, Chat and Collaborate

You can participate from anywhere in the world and connect, chat and collaborate with the community.

Pitch in front of our community

After 6 months, you will pitch in front of our entire community at the Collective Impact Summit in Berlin.

Do you have an idea for a solution?

For solutions to long-term crises within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)? Or quick solutions to acute crises such as the 2015/2016 refugee crisis, the COVID-19 crisis, and the current war against Ukraine?

It’s a match?

We support startups in all stages. Do you have an almost finished prototype that you can test or an existing startup that you want to bring to a new level? Your team consists of at least two founders. Non-profit as well as for-profit organizations can apply.

Apply for our next program: Polycrisis #5

Our 6‑month program is launched every April and October. Applications that we receive between February 1 and July 31 can start in October. Applications received between August 1 and January 31 and can start in April. If you would like to join our program at a later date, you can indicate this in your application.

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Our current program

Polycrisis #4

Discover our impact startups, connect with their founders and meet their mentors

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Our past programs

Polycrisis #1 (Ukraine Response)

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Polycrisis #2 (Ukraine Response)

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Polycrisis #3

(Climate)

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Polycrisis #4

(Climate)

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Our startups

These startups participated in our accelerator program:

Skin Open Source

Darya Dantseva, Anastasiia Toryanik

Open-source lab grown skin to help victims of burns in Ukraine.

invicta

Eden Tadesse

Empowering refugees and displaced people with remote work, education, and mental health resources through an award-winning platform.

abrimos.info

Eduard Martín-Borregón, Claudia Ocaranza Abascal, Fernando Matzdorf

Generating strategic knowledge by opening and using data that is crucial for functional democracy and accountability.

Persium

Alex Yousefian

Tackling Air Pollution in cities and ensuring evidence-backed policy through a powerful Digital Twinning Platform.

Rethread Africa

Noreen Mwancha, Charles Oyamo, Vincent Momanyi

Making fashion circular by inventing the next generation of biomaterials made from agricultural waste.

I’M℗ACTING

Marie-Kristin Wysk

Bringing together paid commitments in environmental protection with corresponding impact financing and suitable staffing.

CinSOIL

Tavseef Mairaj Shah, Giorgi Shuradze, Antonella Succurro

Developing an AI-based software tool that supports AgriFood businesses insetting carbon emissions at the farm level.

naera

Louis Schwab, Nameer Alkhayyat

Streamlining impact reporting and tracking processes of reforestation projects boosting investor confidence and facilitating faster access to capital.

Treety

Emmanuel Okorwoit, Abby Mbuthi

Enhancing forest restoration efforts by providing near-real-time satellite imagery and data analytics, aiming to reduce tree mortality rates significantly.

nextract energy

Maurits Zevering, Daniel Benkhoff, Mariia Semenenko

Optimizing energy storage technologies with AI to rescue excess green electricity from loss due to grid bottlenecks.

BeeCharitable

Kai Aslan

Platform to generate outreach and donations in eSport tournaments for NGOs.

beabee

Julia Hildebrand, Will Franklin

Is an opensource software platform for people-powered media or people owned media.

Open Sanctions

Friedrich Lindenberg

Makes building blocks for fighting financial crime.

World for Climate

Isabel Arens

Building a global community through an app. Aim is to connect people to take action together to achieve rapid and inclusive climate action around the world.

comuneo

Katharina von Stauffenberg

Contribute to a good life within planetary boundaries by providing public sector with a digital platform that enables them to measure, manage and communicate their sustainability efforts.

We4everyone

Mathias John, Maria Pozder

We4everyone offers wind energy from local wind gusts to businesses and private households with a sail wind turbine.

KLEA

Bian Sukrow

Builds a reliable support structure for law cliniques at universities in Germany to bring change in the legal education system and change the access to the justice system.

Relevant Ventures

Maike Striffler

Relevant Ventures provides access to finance for social entrepreneurs in underserved markets.

tilt

Anne Schönauer, Tilman Trompke

Software that automatically assesses the CO2 emissions and climate change risk of SMEs and makes this data open source available for use in credit decisions.

yamakoe

Jesus Bueno Alvarez, Lara Rashdan

Wildfire Detection Platform, which can detect even small fires with the help of a mesh network of solar-powered air sensors.

Welobby

Jan Christian Sahl

Provides a lobby for everyone without a lobby They give access to politics and decision makers to every interest group, independent from the financial background.

Protegg

Markus Johanning and Fabian Hütter

Protegg specializes in repurposing eggshell and eggshell membrane residuals from the egg processing industry into high-quality, standardized raw materials.

Aseel

Nasrat Khalid

E‑commerce platform that empowers artisans from underdeveloped nations to reach a global consumer base and leverages the same technology for transparent aid provision, fostering both economic growth and humanitarian impact.

AgroSfer

Francis Dossou Sognon and Elvis Azonsi

AgroSfer structure sustainable supply chain in african agriculture by leveraging a proprietary digital platform.

PLAN B

Lu Yen Roloff

We are building the social, structural and technical infrastructure for effective, decentralized implementation of climate protection measures by civil society in order to make Berlin climate-neutral.

Re:Life Ukraine

Genya Moore, Myroslava Perevalska

Platform that builds the bridge between Ukrainian & international students and alumni to create ideas and find solutions for reconstruction needs

Ukrainian House Berlin

Bogdan Miftakhov, Daniel Donath

Fostering intercultural dialogue and collaboration by providing a space for Ukrainians and Germans to engage and interact

Volynska Gazeta (ViLNi Project)

Tetiana Poudel, Olha Danyliuk

Promoting free speech and sharing stories of Ukrainians by transforming a traditional newspaper into an independent digital media platform

Centre for Alternative Conflict Resolution

Anastasiia Aizenshtat, Maksym Zinchenko

Harnessing the potential of AI/ML to drive forward effective and long-lasting solutions to global conflicts

Treepilya

Viktoria Fialko, Natalya Ulyanova, Tatyana Ulyanova

Restoring, building-up and improving Ukrainian forests to sustain a healthy environment and accelerate the net-zero future

Boreal Light

Dr Hamed Beheshti, Ali Al-Hakim

Installing short-term (off-grid) solar-hybrid water treatment systems to solve the problem with drinking water in Mykolaiv

Letsdata

Andriy Kusyy

Developing an early-warning AI system to help organizations understand and respond to the spread of disinformation and ill-intended information campaigns

Re:Build Ukraine — Mentor & Protegee Program

Kim Welti, Lea Jacobsen, Petra Holthusen

Equipping Ukrainian mothers with tailored skills and guidance to develop entrepreneurial ideas and business concepts

UATalents

Ivan Kychatyi & Nikita Overchyk

UATalents matches employers with displaced Ukrainian talent.

Handstree

Alex Kuvallini

Handstree builts an online-community to unite philanthropists and grow social projects in Ukraine with focus on long-term support and fraud protection.

Bake for Ukraine

Maria Kalenska & Olena Vorozheikina

Securing the food supply in Ukraine and reintegrating veterans through baking bread and educating about Ukrainian bread culture

Mykolaiv Water Hub

Hanna Slobodyanyuk-Montavon

Mykolayiv Water Hub builds an Incubator for innovative startups in all water related industries and a Think tank for water-related research.

GUTEmission

Nataliia Kovalenko, Maryna Soroka, Elena Korchagina, Ana Lichtwer & Nataliia Egorova

GUTEmission integrates refugees in Germany and supports displaced people from Ukraine in their arrival with an intercultural and integrative approach at their CaféUkraine events.