Berlin - International startup Hub

01.02.2016 | Berlin – International Startup Hub
Berlin – International Startup Hub
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| Berlin – International Startup Hub
„When we made the decision of
where to set up our company, we
chose Berlin over San Francisco
because so many people from
different countries live here. (We
knew) we could build an inter-
national team with them. I am
excited about this city’s diversity –
in both its culture and population.”
Ijad Madisch, Managing Director ResearchGate GmbH
Statements

 The capital region is the site of large international
companies like SAP, Microsoft, Siemens, IBM,
Motorola, Oracle, eBay and Cisco
 100% LTE supply and in 90% of all households there
is broadband connection with >50 Mbit/s and
 Europe’s largest comprehensive broadband
distribution net
 Germany’s capital for digital start-ups: Nationwide
the highest startup dynamic – 500 new startups every
year
 Highest amount of investments in startups
nationwide: In 2014 Berlin startups raised
2.2 Billion US$
 Synergies with the creative industries
 Vast research community
Facts & figures ICT
Source: IHK Berlin, Medienboard Berlin-Brandenburg GmbH, Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Forschung
72,000
EMPLOYEES
In the IT sector
> 10 billion €
REVENUE
in IT industry
1,000
WIRELESS LAN
HOTSPOTS Within the city, more than
1.4 million
BROADBAND NETWORK
DSL connections, more than
7,300
NUMBER OF COMPANIES
in the ICT sector

Cross-Innovation:
 Digitale Transformation
 Design & Usability
 Sicherheit mit IT/IT-Sicherheit
 Smart City / Smart Region
 Industrie 4.0
 e-Health/Health-IT
 Smart Energy
 e-Logistik/Telematik
Masterplan: Fields of Innovation
Industry Focus:
 Open IT with Open Data, Open Access,
Open Standards
 Data Management with Smart Data, Big
Data, Fast Data, Geo Data
 Internet of Things and Services /
Cloud Computing / Capital Cloud
 Mobile Solutions
 Digital Meda
 Games & interaktive Media
 VFX & Animation

Big Data:
 Diversified Big Data community
 Berlin Big Data Center
 Labfolder GmbH
 Buzzword
Usability:
 A multifaceted usability scene
 Research/ education-gateway academics and
industry
 Big players with usability departments and a
number of usability companies
Ansiedlungsthemen I – Clusterkompetenzen
Software R&D:
 Advanced analytics & algorithms
 Data science
 Data quality monitoring
 M2M mobile communications
 Scalable cloud architectures
 NoSQL database design

ICT „Made in Berlin“

We are from Berlin
Berlin-based digital companies talk about their location
“It would not be possible to imagine Wooga in its current form
in any other city in Europe: Berlin is international, creative and
affordable. More than half of our 250 employees from abroad
have relocated to Berlin to work for us. Additionally, the city
has taken off in recent years, increasingly attracting both
international VCs and the international press.”
Jens Begemann, founder and CEO, Wooga GmbH
“Berlin is the centre for the entire digital marketing sector in
Europe. Had Berlin not been so attractive on a national and
international scale, both for employees and for new startups,
we would not have been able to transform Zanox into Europe’s
leading performance advertising network in just 13 years.”
Thomas Joosten, CEO, Zanox AG

Facts & Figures
New Digital Startups: More than
42.000 people
are employed in Berlin‘s startup economy
Since 2008, every
8th job created
was created in the digital economy
65% of German startups view
basic conditions in Berlin more positive than in
the rest of Germany
Output out of the universities:
More than 30.000
highly skilled graduates
About 2500 startups, which is
50% of German startups
are located in Berlin
In Q1 of 2015 Berlin Startups raised more than
500 Million US$
More than
500 new startups
every year
Berlin has the
highest density of VC-backed
companies in Germany
36,9 % of startups
have a foosball table, ping pong or
gaming equipment
Teamwork: 83,8%
of Berlin based startups are
founded by a team
Innovation: Almost 90% of startups create new products and services

The basic question:
Why is Berlin getting so much
recognition as an international startup hub?

Building blocks of success: Talent
young and vibrant workers
• People who speak two or more
languages:
70%
• Residents in Berlin younger than 35
years:
790.000
• Higher education graduates annually:
>28.000
• Different nationalities in Berlin:
>180

Building blocks of success: The cost factor
Source: http://www.startupbootcamp.org/blog/2013/may/where-should-you-start-your-startup.html

 A recent study already counts around
than 100 Labs / Coworking facilities and
Incubators / Accelerators in Berlin
 Every year 500 startups are founded in
Berlin to develop their innovation
 Global corporations like Telekom or
Microsoft have chosen Berlin for their
Startup & Innovation Hubs
 Other Global players like General
Electric, Cisco, Volkswagen and
Lufthansa are actually following
Global corporations taking advantage
of Berlin‘s innovative landscape
Building blocks of success: The helpful ecosystem

Building blocks of success: The helpful ecosystem
Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB)
Business Immigration Service (BIS)
 Support programmes, e. g. Pro FIT
 Non-repayable grants of up to EUR 400,000 and
low-interest loans of up to EUR 1.0 million (per
project)
 Unique collaboration of the relevant players from
business & administration
 Quick and non-complicated issuance of residence
permits

Building blocks of success: Academics
Technical University BerlinFree University Berlin Humboldt University Berlin
University of Arts Berlin
University of Medical Science Berlin The network of entrepreneurship
Centers in Berlin: Access to talent and
startups from the universities

Building blocks of success: Internationalisation

Building blocks of success: Internationalisation
3,000 visitors

Building blocks of success: Venture capital
Value of funding rounds in Berlin in 2014 (without IPOs and exits):
2.4 BILLION US-DOLLAR
* Figures for the first six months of 2015.
All figures in millions of dollars.
Source: Dow Jones VentureSource.

Building blocks of success: Success Stories
OneFootball:
15m US$
HelloFresh:
~110m US$
Sociomantic: 175m US$ Skobbler: 28m US$
Exits
Investments
Delivery Hero:
~800m US$
6Wunderkinder:
150m US$

Building blocks of success: Life Quality

Building blocks of success
Talent Cost factor Academics Internationalisation
Venture Capital Success Stories Helpful Ecosystem Life Quality
Not a singular one, but all these factors COMBINED
make Berlin so strong.

International Bridge: Berlin and Tel Aviv

Visibility and transparency: techberlin.com

Please contact us!
Your contact:
Lukas Wagner
Project Manager Information | Communication Technologies
Tel +49 30 46302-434
E-Mail lukas.wagner@berlin-partner.de
Berlin Partner for Business and Technology
Ludwig Erhard Haus | Fasanenstr. 85 | 10623 Berlin
Tel +49 30 46302-500
www.berlin-partner.de www.businesslocationcenter.de
Some projects of the Berlin Partner für Wirtschaft und Technologie Berlin GmbH are funded by the federal state of Berlin
and the Investitionsbank Berlin, cofunded by the European Union – European Regional Development Fund. Investing in
your Future.

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