Milestone: BRYCK and allies move ahead in Startup Factories flagship competition
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๐๐ฟ๐ฒ๐ฎ๐ธ๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ก๐ฒ๐๐: ๐๐ฅ๐ฌ๐๐, ๐ฅ๐๐-๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐๐๐ป๐ด & ๐จ๐ป๐ถ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐๐ถ๐๐ ๐๐น๐น๐ถ๐ฎ๐ป๐ฐ๐ฒ ๐ฅ๐๐ต๐ฟ ๐บ๐ผ๐๐ฒ ๐๐ผ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ป๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐ฝ๐ต๐ฎ๐๐ฒ ๐ผ๐ณ ๐๐ฒ๐ฟ๐บ๐ฎ๐ป ๐ณ๐น๐ฎ๐ด๐๐ต๐ถ๐ฝ ๐ฐ๐ผ๐บ๐ฝ๐ฒ๐๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ผ๐ป โ๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ถ๐ฒ๐โ
Yesterday evening, Robert Habeck, Germanyโs Federal Minister of Economics, has awarded our application & concept of the Startup Factory RUHR for the next phase of the flagship competition Startup Factories at the EXIST - Existenzgrรผndungen aus der Wissenschaft congress in Berlin.
The joint application from BRYCK, RAG-Stiftung and the University Alliance Ruhr was selected as one of 15 nationwide projects from a total of 26 applications representing 125 universities and scientific institutions.
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BRYCK Co-Founder & CEO Christian Lรผdtke states:
"๐๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ด๐ฆ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ค๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ค๐ฆ๐ฑ๐ต ๐ฑ๐ฉ๐ข๐ด๐ฆ ๐ฎ๐ข๐ณ๐ฌ๐ด ๐ข ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ด๐ต ๐ช๐ฎ๐ฑ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ต๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ฎ๐ช๐ญ๐ฆ๐ด๐ต๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ฐ๐ณ๐ฎ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ด ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ง๐ช๐ณ๐ฎ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ฐ๐ถ๐ณ ๐ท๐ช๐ด๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ ๐ฐ๐ง ๐ข๐ฏ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐จ๐ฏ๐ช๐ป๐ฆ๐ฅ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ ๐ง๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐ช๐ฏ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ถ๐ฉ๐ณ ๐ณ๐ฆ๐จ๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ. ๐๐ช๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ฆ ๐๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต๐ถ๐ฑ ๐๐ข๐ค๐ต๐ฐ๐ณ๐บ ๐๐๐๐, ๐ธ๐ฆ ๐ธ๐ข๐ฏ๐ต ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ฃ๐ถ๐ช๐ญ๐ฅ ๐ข ๐ง๐ญ๐ข๐จ๐ด๐ฉ๐ช๐ฑ ๐ต๐ฉ๐ข๐ต ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฃ๐ฆ๐ค๐ฐ๐ฎ๐ฆ ๐ข ๐ฎ๐ข๐จ๐ฏ๐ฆ๐ต ๐ง๐ฐ๐ณ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ต๐ข๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐ต ๐ง๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฎ ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฐ๐ท๐ฆ๐ณ ๐๐ถ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ฑ๐ฆ ๐ข๐ฏ๐ฅ ๐ธ๐ฉ๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฆ ๐ช๐ฏ๐ต๐ฆ๐ณ๐ฏ๐ข๐ต๐ช๐ฐ๐ฏ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐บ ๐ด๐ถ๐ค๐ค๐ฆ๐ด๐ด๐ง๐ถ๐ญ, ๐ฉ๐ช๐จ๐ฉ-๐จ๐ณ๐ฐ๐ธ๐ต๐ฉ ๐ต๐ฆ๐ค๐ฉ ๐ด๐ต๐ข๐ณ๐ต-๐ถ๐ฑ๐ด ๐ธ๐ช๐ญ๐ญ ๐ฆ๐ฎ๐ฆ๐ณ๐จ๐ฆ ๐ต๐ฐ ๐ด๐ฐ๐ญ๐ท๐ฆ ๐จ๐ญ๐ฐ๐ฃ๐ข๐ญ ๐ค๐ฉ๐ข๐ญ๐ญ๐ฆ๐ฏ๐จ๐ฆ๐ด.โ
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๐ฆ๐๐ฎ๐ฟ๐๐๐ฝ ๐๐ฎ๐ฐ๐๐ผ๐ฟ๐ ๐ฅ๐จ๐๐ฅ: ๐๐ฑ๐ฒ๐ฎ & ๐ก๐ฒ๐ ๐ ๐๐๐ฒ๐ฝ๐
- As the region with the highest student density (โ300.000) and scientific network in Germany, the Ruhr area offers unique potential for scientific spin-offs.
- BRYCK, RAG-Stiftung and the University Alliance Ruhr of Ruhr-Universitรคt Bochum, Technische Universitรคt Dortmund and Universitรคt Duisburg-Essen have joined forces to build a leading, excellence-focused Startup Factory to boost the quantity and quality of knowledge-based startups
- In the concept phase, we will now create the organizational and structural foundations to leverage the enormous scientific potential for innovation, establish the Startup Factory RUHR and operate it as an entrepreneur
We canโt wait to support the next generation of innovators & entrepreneurs with this strong partnership!
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