Advice and support for start-ups and companies

Start-up platform

With the help of the platform, you can use a protected account to develop your own business idea through to realisation. Advice, funding and financing in the region are displayed (an initiative of the BMWi, the KfW Bank and the start-up BusinessPilot).

Berlin Business Start-up Network

The portal pools a variety of counselling bodies and service offerings specific to start-ups in Berlin and is a point of contact for those starting up businesses and young companies.

Business Welcome Center

The “Business Welcome Center” is a service of the IHK Berlin which assists foreign companies and start-ups as well as skilled workers in the founding and establishment in Berlin.

Business Location Center (BLC)

The BLC supports you in opting for Berlin as a location. If you have plans to set up in Berlin or increase growth at a site, you can benefit from the know-how and sector knowledge of the consultants.

Enterprise Europe Network (EEN)

The EEN Berlin Brandenburg provides information and advice on innovation-oriented developments, initiatives and programmes of the European Union and assists you in searching for business and technology partners.

Creation and growth in Berlin

Everything you need to know about founding and funding in Berlin: potential funding partners, founding and start-up support, innovation promotion, investment promotion, foreign trade and developmental cooperation, European Structural Funds etc.

The Point of Single Contact Berlin

Senate Department for Economic Affairs, Energy and Public Enterprises