WISTA – your business partner in Berlin and Brandenburg

We support start-ups, connect science with business and support national and international cooperation.

As a public enterprise, we are committed to the promotion of the economic development. We build, operate, and let out technology centres and sell leasehold properties.

The Adlershof Technology Park and the Charlottenburg Innovation Center (CHIC) will soon be joined in Berlin Southwest by the FUBIC innovation campus.

We have also taken over site marketing for the Cleantech Business Park Marzahn and are preparing to build innovative business complexes at various locations in Berlin.

On behalf of Berlin’s Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, WISTA is also running the business office of the “Zukunftsorte” project.

Our Services and Values

Corporate philosophy: Business promotion

We are an efficient business promoter. At each of our locations, we provide framework conditions tailored to the needs of start-ups as well as established companies to help them achieve their goals and grow faster than they would elsewhere.

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Talent promotion and career

We support equal opportunities, sustainability and diversity. We are committed to fair and equal hiring and employment conditions. That is why we promote all persons in our teams regardless of gender, origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, skin color and disability.

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Commercial location development

We are an experienced and reliable site operator and developer with a high level of implementation expertise. In cooperation with our subsidiaries, we fulfil a broad spectrum of tasks and services at various high-technology locations in Berlin.

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Real Estate, Co-Working and “New Working Environments”

Rent, buy or build? You will find space for all your needs at our locations. The WISTA property portfolio includes offices, laboratories, production areas as well as long-term and short-term rental offers for modular spaces, modern coworking and shared offices.

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Services for companies

We offer inspiring environments with tailored and cutting-edge infrastructures to technology-driven start-ups as well as established companies and successfully promote networking among stakeholders, especially between research and industry.

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Start-up support

We foster economic growth and facilitate meaningful work that helps talent to develop successfully. Our broad network creates ample opportunities for synergy between research facilities and technology-driven companies for advanced training and career purposes. They include start-up workshops and a flexible rental offers.

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Bringing together research and industry

Our goal: To establish Berlin as one of the most attractive locations in Europe for innovation, research, and development. We are committed to transferring knowledge from research into businesses and contribute to the creation of innovative products and services based on scientific findings. Our actions are always geared towards long-term success.

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Facilities management

Cost-efficient, sustainable, and holistic services for buildings, land, and labs—WISTA.Service and its 120-strong team ensures best-possible conditions for your company and is currently looking after roughly 100 buildings and more than 350,000 m² of floor area.

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14.11.2025

Networked European innovation ecosystem: Campus Squared initiative launched

Cooperation agreement between Adlershof Technology Park and European science locations:

On 12 November, WISTA Management GmbH, the operating company of Adlershof Technology Park, and representatives of other European science locations signed a cooperation agreement officially launching “Campus Squared”—a…

Klaus Thiessen joyfully raising his arms in front of solar panels

10.11.2025

In Memoriam Klaus Thiessen

Optoelectronics specialist and solar energy pioneer:

Professor Klaus Thiessen passed away on 3 July 2025 at the age of nearly 98. The internationally recognised expert in optoelectronics remained a committed bridge-builder between science, industry, and society well…

04.11.2025

Art with conviction

Core human values are made visible at the ST3AM workspaces in Adlershof and Charlottenburg:

Art in offices is often little more than a meaningless splash of colour on the wall. But it can be done differently. With a clear colour concept, artist Sarah Masura and interior designer Urve Liivak joined forces to…

Book cover and portrait of Roland Sillmann

04.11.2025

Trailblazing spirit without role models

A book series about East Germany takes up the success story of the Adlershof Technology Park:

Adlershof is more than a tech site. It’s a symbol of what East Germany can achieve when courage, creativity and political will come together. The book series Denke ich anOstdeutschland … takes up this theme. When the…