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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…

With FUBIC, the FU Berlin and the district of Steglitz-Zehlendorf get their own start-up and technology centre:

Cranes turn above the FUBIC Innovation Campus. “It has taken longer than we had hoped for,” says Jörg Israel, project manager at WISTA. Despite these challenges, however, the progress made at FUBIC is visible. The…

Interview with the building developer of the laboratory and office building FUHUB, Togrul Gönden, CEO of Driven Investment GmbH:

FUHUB will be the first new building on the FUBIC premises and, at the same time, the first hybrid-timber laboratory building in Germany. A conversation with the building developer, Togrul Gönden, CEO of Driven…

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…

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…

It is no longer a secret that working in heterogeneous teams is more successful. To celebrate the potential that diversity is creating, Technology Park Adlershof will now host the Diversity Festival for the first time:

Under the motto “Every human counts”, WISTA Management GmbH (WISTA) is hosting the “Diversity Festival Adlershof” together with its on-site partners and sponsors on 7 June 2023 between 2pm and 8pm. The first event of…