It takes a city/region
to raise a startup

The largest German campaign by and for startup scenes.

Startup scenes

“It takes a city/region”

Be visible

The campaign prints are everywhere. In startup offices, coworking spaces, at events and many other places. Together we show what the local startup scene has to offer.

Strengthen cooperations

The first step towards cooperation, exchange and investment is an overview. The campaigns provide a detailed insight into the local scene, both offline and online.

Go viral

For each campaign we organize a coordinated LinkedIn campaign where the ecosystem posters flood everyones feeds. The reach goes far beyond regional borders.

Find information

There has never been more on offer for start-ups: events, pitches, batches and webinars. The campaigns offer a starting point to anyone who is interested to get to know more about the regional ecosystem.

Enter the Foundersphere

CAMPAIGN PARTICIPANTS

Campaigns

These scenes already have their own “It takes a city/region to raise a startup” campaigns

Choose your startup scene and be a part it!

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FAQ

Start-ups are companies that are less than 10 years old
and have planned employee and sales growth,
or are innovative in terms of technology, business model, service or product.

In general, we do not exclude anyone in principle, but decide on a case-by-case basis. Especially for entries from the gastronomy, service, agency and consulting sectors.

Key players are players from the startup scene whose activities are almost 100% focused on startups.
These are primarily: accelerator programs, entrepreneurship centers, investors, events and startup initiatives.

If start-ups are ‘just’ one of many target groups for you, you are probably not a key player. Please feel free to contact us to discuss this.

Ambassadors are the ambassadors of their local start-up scene. They are an important link. Typically, they are well connected and represent a community.

To be listed as an Ambassador, you should meet all the criteria:
  • You love startups and your local scene
  • You are already very well connected or are currently building intensively on it
  • You reach more than 1,000 people which are connected to the start-up world on LinkedIn
  • You want to be one of a few handpicked Ambassadors and be perceived as the face of your startup scene.
Every month we draw a startup that is already part of Foundersphere and put it in the spotlight. If you don’t want to miss out on the opportunity to become Startup of the month, then make sure that the data in your profile is always up to date.
The campaigns are published annually. Key players from our database are automatically placed in the corresponding categories.

The placed start-ups are drawn from the Foundersphere pool every year, whereby we also pay attention to who has already been placed in previous years and how long the start-up has been registered. Accordingly, all startups in our database have the chance to appear on the poster for their regional startup scene every year.

Every year there are official distribution points where you can simply drop by and pick up a poster. As soon as the new edition has been published and the posters have arrived at the distribution points, you will receive an information mail with the specific facilities and addresses. The distribution points will also be published on the website.