
About us!
Our mission: building a livable future together
BRYCK is the new innovation hub and future factory at the heart of the Ruhr area. Germany's industrial center and biggest metropolitan region.
We create a space & network for aspiring founders, growing startups, progressive scientists, accelerating investors, corporate innovators, hubs, accelerators, startup programs and networks.
We think and act in ecosystems - connecting people and communities to amplify what is already successful and co-create what is still needed.
Be part of it. Be part of BRYCK. Let's build a livable future together.

Our Team

Amy Adinnu
Operations

Ann-Cathrin Sieren
Communications

Christian Lüdtke
Managing Director

Ciro Del Core
Events

Ersin Üstün
Member of the Executive Board
Intern Startup Program
Fulltime | Essen

Felix Klatt
Communications

Felix Schröder
Startup Programs

Jacqueline Kos
Communications

Jeanette Pankow
People & Culture

Julian Wegst
Startup Programs

Julian Wessing
Startup Programs

Kevin Kessler
Startup Programs

Larissa Gajewski
Startup Programs

Laura Kohler
Startup Programs

Laura Profanter-Sonnenschein
Events

Manuela Serges
Operations

Marc Aufdemkamp
Operations

Nikola Vuckovic
Operations

Philipp Herrmann
Managing Director

Philippa Köhnk
Member of the Executive Board

Rubem Silva
Communications

Salvatore Cavallaro
Startup Programs

Sarah Wurzer
Communications

Thomas Brokamp
Corporate Development

Tobias Grün
Member of the Executive Board

Torben Stallmann
Startup Programs
Our Community is hiring
Our initiators

RAG-Stiftung
The Ruhr region can look back on a long tradition of start-ups: Germany's industrial heart beat here for many years, and numerous pioneers and thought leaders came from the region. It is precisely this kind of entrepreneurial spirit that is needed today more than ever - after all, it is about the successful transformation of the Ruhr region into a region of the future. Thanks to innovative business models and new know-how, start-ups in particular are a decisive success factor when it comes to accelerating change processes. In order for start-ups to thrive, however, they need an appropriate breeding ground, i.e. an optimal "ecosystem". The BRYCK innovation and start-up center initiated by the RAG-Stiftung is intended to make a significant contribution to this.
"The Innovation and Start-up Center is representative of renewal and transformation in the Ruhr region, a wealth of ideas, a culture of innovation and sustainable thinking.“ - Bernd Tönjes
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