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With his start-up, aerospace engineer Michael Ullrich wants to provide the highest standard for secure communication:

Not everything that rushes through the airwaves is intended for other people’s eyes and ears. Administration, businesses, and the military have always relied on information being confidential. Because of this,…

Carlotta Baumann runs Finetech – a specialist in high-precision placement and assembly systems:

“Hello, Carlotta here,” is what the author of this article first hears from the phone. A little excited maybe, but full of energy and presence. It is seldom that one starts talking with a CEO in this way. Normally,…

The start-up Amphiprion develops software for biometric identification:

Moving to the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) is like a journey back in time for the team of the newly founded start-up Amphiprion. Almost ten years ago, they had already been here to help a newly found…

The start-up YouCan! supports children, teenagers, and young adults with cancer:

They tend to lie in hospital beds, pull the blankets over their heads, and retreat. Being diagnosed with cancer is a severe blow and a life-changing event, especially for young people. Using an app, the Berlin-based…

Kick-off for the Berlin Quantum Alliance and presentation of the new “Leap” innovation hub:

Kick-off for the Berlin Quantum Alliance (BQA): This joint initiative by Berlin's business community, research institutions and universities is intended to make Berlin an international hotspot for the research and…

Tacalyx is developing an antibody therapy that promises to be more effective and well-tolerated than previous therapies:

It looks simple enough on the flip chart: Sugar molecules rise like mushrooms from the surface of a cancer cell. This is the place where the antibodies dock onto, carrying a chemotherapeutic agent and specifically…

The scientist was honored by Minister of Education Bettina Stark-Watzinger for Entrepreneurial Commitment:

The member of IRIS Adlershof, Professor Stefan Hecht, Founding Director of the Center for the Science of Materials Berlin (CSMB) at Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, was honored on September 6, along with 19 other…

Benjamin Pardowitz and Maria Enge have developed something reminiscent of training wheels for children — not to help them ride a bike, however, but to help them walk:

The mechanical engineer and the electrical engineer have been working together to realise their big dream since 2021. They want to enable children with physical challenges to be more active and enjoy moving and…

Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry:

Nosh.bio uses filamentous fungi to produce raw materials for the food industry. This can help save many animal-based materials – without making sacrifices in taste or consistency. A low-meat or even meat-free diet is…

The Adlershof start-up Alganize uses microalgae against soil erosion:

“In 2018, I was part of a project in India. That’s where I realised the true extent of soil erosion,” says Nils Brüggemann. “The livelihoods of many farmers had been destroyed, and the suicide rate among those…

The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre offers more than 60 young companies a home in Berlin’s City West:

Since it opened in early 2011, the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) has been offering a home to start-ups in Berlin’s City West. More than 60 young companies with 708 employees are currently working here to…

CHIC location manager Olivia Budek supports female founders and strengthens their networking in the capital region:

More than 80 percent of all start-ups in Germany are backed by male founders. Against this backdrop, Olivia Budek, the manager of the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC), is paying special attention to female…

The team of the start-up PANTOhealth wants to increase reliability and punctuality of rail traffic:

Rail is considered the most environmentally friendly form of public transport. But it, too, has its problems. Delays and cancellations are two of them. One reason for why they happen is unscheduled maintenance on the…

MeiCook, a team from the Adlershof Founder’s Lab, wants to drive forward the development of the food industry:

With support from the Berlin Startup Scholarship, an international team made up of people from Armenia, Germany, and Turkey is developing the city’s first hotdog vending machine. The prototype is already in the…

WISTA is testing new spatial concepts for hybrid working:

Performing knowledge-based work decentrally – be it in a home office, on the road, or at a café – can be convenient. But it also has its disadvantages. It makes teamwork, social interaction, stimulating discussions,…