Start a Business at Uni Bonn

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Do you want to put your idea into operation and become self-employed? Whether you have a concrete idea for a start-up or you are completely new to the start-up and entrepreneurship scene, the Transfer Center is the right place to be. We help University of Bonn students, researchers, employees and alumni to turn their ideas into successful start-ups.

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Idea Check

From the first flash of inspiration, we help you to develop your idea and prepare for the next necessary steps.

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Consulting and Coaching

We provide personal individualized consulting on the way to start a business, such as applying for funding.

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Start-Up Stories

Our start-up stories let you read about relevant and interesting areas in the start-up scene and inspiring stories of our founders.

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Start-ups

Our start-ups come from a variety of areas and range from newly funded projects to upcoming enterprises.

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Start-up Events

We offer qualification workshops and networking events for exchanging information with other founders.

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Co-Working

Our co-working spaces are places where knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship are lived and made practically possible.

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Which services does the Transfer Center enaCom offer to start-ups?

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Information

We provide easily understandable, fun-filled and relevant information about start-ups, both current affairs and sound background information.

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Support

We provide personal, individualized consulting. We support high-tech or social projects, and your idea will be handled strictly confidential. We speak both languages, the language of research and the language of business. Contact us for any important or less important questions you have about your start-up.

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Networking

Our co-working space offers start-up teams the opportunity to exchange information among each other. And our extensive network in the start-up scene offers a wide range of support from Digital Hub Region Bonn AG, the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, City of Bonn and many other partners.

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Our Funding

The University of Bonn will receive around €1.4 million in start-up financing over the next four years to expand and consolidate its services, consulting and networking. enaCom was one of the award winners in the EXIST “Raising Potential” competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

Funding lines and competitions

Check out our overview of important start-up competitions and funding opportunities. Here you will find information about application deadlines, competition's foci and eligibilities.

Website start-up funding and competitions (in German)8

News

New Focus Center for AI Start-Ups at Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia9

TU Dortmund University and the University of Bonn are forming the AI Center for Entrepreneurship NRW (AICE.NRW). The new center will benefit universities throughout North Rhine-Westphalia, providing targeted, needs-based support for start-ups with business models around artificial intelligence (AI). Launched in January 2026, AICE.NRW has been granted 1.5 million euro for a three-year term by the state of NRW and the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Start-up Fokuszentren.NRW program.

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Exploring new avenues: Innovative ideas at the Start-up Spring School10

This year’s Start-up Spring School was a sell-out: around 30 students took the opportunity to develop their ideas into initial business models in interdisciplinary teams. Over the course of an intensive week, creative and practical concepts emerged, which the participants presented in their final pitches at the end of the week. The Start-up School is offered regularly by the Transfer Center at the University of Bonn and the Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

Mar 20, 2026 10

start2grow start-up competition awards “SxDiagnostics”11

The “SxDiagnostics” project from the University of Bonn and the University Hospital Bonn (UKB) prevailed against over 100 competing teams in the start2grow competition and placed in the (shared) 4th to 10th spots. Start2grow is organized nationwide by the Dortmund Economic Development Agency and celebrated its 25th anniversary this year.

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