International
Global networks and diversity
Strictly international: Intercultural cooperation is our strategy for success.
WHY INTERNATIONAL?
Global networks, diverse and inspiring: The startup ecosystem NEXT MANNHEIM offers the ideal environment for your venture into the German market.
Mannheim is an agile german economic center in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region – in the heart of Europe. NEXT MANNHEIM offers a diverse network with its flourishing startup scene and a top-class academic infrastructure. The mission is to continually internationalise and diversify this dynamic startup scene. We connect Mannheim-based founders with an international network, support intercultural enterprises and invite international startups to our on-boarding programme. Anyone looking for the perfect entry into the German market is welcome to come to Mannheim.
ONBOARDING PROGRAM – YOUR TOUCHPOINT TO MANNHEIM
You are thinking of setting up an entity in Germany in order to explore the European market while running your startup? Get to know Mannheim as your perfect location for your market entry! We create optimal conditions for funding, financing operations, counseling, incubators, accelerators, co-working spaces and networking. An important location factor is a network of global industry players with close links to mid-tier businesses and universities. BASF, SAP, MVV, Roche, John Deere, Daimler-Benz, Bombardier, Bilfinger or ADM/Wild constitute only a small cross-section of the internationally operating groups in Mannheim and the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region.
Get to know our ONBOARDING PROGRAM together with our MARKET ENTRY MANAGERS – they’ll support you individually and create the perfect problem solution fit.
What’s in it for you?
Apply for our programs and become part of the NEXT MANNHEIM INTERNATIONAL STARTUP COMMUNITY:
Onboarding Program
Define your goals together with us and make your decision for Mannheim. We invite you to come to the Rhine-Neckar region and meet your local partners. We offer:
- Three months of free co-working in one of our eight startup centers
- Three months free accommodation in our startup flatshare
- Access to our network with companies and medium-sized businesses in the region. We connect you individually with your ideal customers.
- Events with the Start-up Community
- Individual consulting from experts on: business model, financing, law, start-up advice, etc.
- Optional: participation in our Accelerator Programs
INTERNATIONAL NETWORKS
Our mission
Mannheim benefits from a very powerful and strong startup scene with more than 300 high potential startups in various industries. They have the potential to become successful internationally operating startups. The goal is to support our local startups in internationalizing and diversifying their activities. NEXT MANNHEIM is embedded in a tightly knit international network of partners, institutions, startup and technology centers, and universities from around the world.
Toulon, France
With TVT Innovation, the central agency for economic development for the Métropole Toulon Provence Méditerranée, we have a strong partner in Toulon and on the Côte d'Azur.
System Factory, as part of TVT Innovation, bundles startup activities across sectors as an industrial cluster focusing on areas such as energy, environment, health or marine.
Against the backdrop of a long-standing city partnership between Toulon and Mannheim, we sealed our joint activities in a partnership agreement within the framework of an international Mayors Summit in 2020, so that since then, among other things, onboarding programs, support in market development and free use of co-working spaces can be offered in the respective partner cities.
We have also succeeded in building bridges between the cities of Toulon and Mannheim from the perspective of urban culture and the creative economy with joint activities, including the MUREX Festival.
Mannheim and the Startup Hotspot Tel Aviv
Israel has one of the most innovative and vibrant startup scenes in the world. NEXT MANNHEIM has developed close partnerships in Tel Aviv in particular. In 2017, Mannheim and Tel Aviv established a cooperation as part of the B-WIP accelerator program, which was solidified with a representative office in 2018.
Many innovative startups from Tel Aviv are interested in collaborations with German companies. The goal of the cooperation is to create connections to Mannheim's industry and SMEs in order to promote technology and knowledge transfer. Through the representative office in Tel Aviv, Mannheim is perceived as an innovation location in the Israeli startup scene.
Beyoglu, Turkey
We already have a long-standing friendship and city partnership with Beyoglu, a district in the European part of Istanbul. There is a lively creative industry scene as well as renowned universities, which in this symbiosis have produced a dynamic startup scene.