Milestone: BRYCK and allies move ahead in Startup Factories flagship competition

𝗕𝗿𝗲𝗮𝗸𝗶𝗻𝗴 𝗡𝗲𝘄𝘀: 𝗕𝗥𝗬𝗖𝗞, 𝗥𝗔𝗚-𝗦𝘁𝗶𝗳𝘁𝘂𝗻𝗴 & 𝗨𝗻𝗶𝘃𝗲𝗿𝘀𝗶𝘁𝘆 𝗔𝗹𝗹𝗶𝗮𝗻𝗰𝗲 𝗥𝘂𝗵𝗿 𝗺𝗼𝘃𝗲 𝘁𝗼 𝘁𝗵𝗲 𝗻𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝗽𝗵𝗮𝘀𝗲 𝗼𝗳 𝗚𝗲𝗿𝗺𝗮𝗻 𝗳𝗹𝗮𝗴𝘀𝗵𝗶𝗽 𝗰𝗼𝗺𝗽𝗲𝘁𝗶𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 ‘𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝗶𝗲𝘀’

Yesterday evening, Robert Habeck, Germany’s 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 - Existenzgründungen 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.

BRYCK Co-Founder & CEO Christian Lüdtke states:

"𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘦𝘭𝘦𝘤𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘤𝘦𝘱𝘵 𝘱𝘩𝘢𝘴𝘦 𝘮𝘢𝘳𝘬𝘴 𝘢 𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘴𝘵 𝘪𝘮𝘱𝘰𝘳𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘯𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘢𝘯 𝘦𝘯𝘰𝘳𝘮𝘰𝘶𝘴 𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘧𝘪𝘳𝘮𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘷𝘪𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘰𝘧 𝘢𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘧𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘙𝘶𝘩𝘳 𝘳𝘦𝘨𝘪𝘰𝘯. 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘚𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵𝘶𝘱 𝘍𝘢𝘤𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘺 𝘙𝘜𝘏𝘙, 𝘸𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘯𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘶𝘪𝘭𝘥 𝘢 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘨𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘢𝘵 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘣𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘦 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘨𝘯𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘵 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳 𝘌𝘶𝘳𝘰𝘱𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘸𝘩𝘦𝘳𝘦 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘦𝘳𝘯𝘢𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘶𝘤𝘤𝘦𝘴𝘴𝘧𝘶𝘭, 𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘩-𝘨𝘳𝘰𝘸𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘦𝘤𝘩 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘵-𝘶𝘱𝘴 𝘸𝘪𝘭𝘭 𝘦𝘮𝘦𝘳𝘨𝘦 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘰𝘭𝘷𝘦 𝘨𝘭𝘰𝘣𝘢𝘭 𝘤𝘩𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘦𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴.”

𝗦𝘁𝗮𝗿𝘁𝘂𝗽 𝗙𝗮𝗰𝘁𝗼𝗿𝘆 𝗥𝗨𝗛𝗥: 𝗜𝗱𝗲𝗮 & 𝗡𝗲𝘅𝘁 𝘀𝘁𝗲𝗽𝘀

• As the region with the highest student density (≈300.000) 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-Universität Bochum, Technische Universität Dortmund and Universität 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 can’t wait to support the next generation of innovators & entrepreneurs with this strong partnership!