The world is being hit by several crises simultaneously, which are mutually dependent.
The World Economic Forum refers to them as the polycrisis.

Our Mission:
Empowering impact startups in
creating collective impact
for the polycrisis.
We support startups to become impact startups and create connections with diverse stakeholders, from various industries, to address the polycrisis in a more holistic way.
It involves coordinated action, shared measurement systems, and continuous communication to achieve impactful and sustainable change.

Our Services
To support promising startups working on tackling the polycrisis and to turn them into impact catalysts, we have developed two main services:

Impact
Accelerator
Program
In our 6‑month accelerator program, we support participants in impact business modelling, impact management and impact reporting. We offer coaching, mentoring, group training and sessions with 100+ experts from our community.

Impact
Collectives
Impact collectives are our networks of startups and established organizations united by shared goals, spanning across various sectors. We meet to grow and learn together on user group inputs, research insights, regulatory changes and cooperation experiences.
Impact Gallery
5,5 million
endemic trees and rewetted of more than 250 hectares of peatland.naera


Matthias Potthast
he/him Impact-Founder & Innovation Expert, InmanaBlog

4 out of 5 trees
are considered “sick” by the German “Waldzustandserhebung”.Treety


Jens Harig
he/him Managing Director at ESIIS40 million
tons of CO2 annually, significantly improving biodiversity, regenerating agricultural soils, cooling the environment during heat peaks and more.Rethread Africa


Raphael von Aulock
Programme Manager at Alfred Landecker Foundation49%
of global biodiversity is hosted by soils. But 40% of soils are degraded, mainly because of intense agricultural activity.Protegg
Protegg specializes in repurposing eggshell and eggshell membrane residuals from the egg processing industry into high-quality, standardized raw materials.


Marc Anger
he/him Executive Vice President — Customer Development, Everphone GmbHBlog

70%
of stands in central Europe already have reduced vitality due to extreme weather and pathogens.mexb.ai
mexb.ai is developing a conversational AI chatbot for initial mental health support and to bridge time until professional treatments start.


Isabel Huther
she/her Sustainable Investment at Regenerate131595
trees all over Germany since their foundation in 2021 and rising numbers in every planting seasonLetsdata
Developing an early-warning AI system to help organizations understand and respond to the spread of disinformation and ill-intended information campaigns


Enzo Cenci
he/him Freelance Independent Fundraising Consultant70%
of stands in central Europe already have reduced vitality due to extreme weather and pathogens.Boreal Light
Installing short-term (off-grid) solar-hybrid water treatment systems to solve the problem with drinking water in Mykolaiv


Stephanie von Behr
she/her Managing Director at FounderlandInspiration

50 events
in Berlin to help citizens apply for funding for a balcony power plant.Treepilya
Restoring, building-up and improving Ukrainian forests to sustain a healthy environment and accelerate the net-zero future


Alicia Combaz
she/her founder & ceo of MAKE.ORG100%
have an impact orientated business modelCentre for Alternative Conflict Resolution
Harnessing the potential of AI/ML to drive forward effective and long-lasting solutions to global conflicts


Eberhard Ruess
he/him Former global Head of IT for Supply Chain, Procurement & M&A; Formerly NestléInspiration

43 impact startups
in our accelerator programVolynska Gazeta (ViLNi)
Promoting free speech and sharing stories of Ukrainians by transforming a traditional regional newspaper “Volynska Gazeta” into a modern independent media outlet


Till Augner
Founder | Executive Coach | Mentor at Uplift Founders | Partners in Clime3559008
people have been impacted by startups from our accelerator programmUkrainian House Berlin
Fostering intercultural dialogue and collaboration by providing a space for Ukrainians and Germans to engage and interact


Antje Christine Venjakob
she/her Self-employed, Venture Building | Start-Up Financing & GrowthInspiration

80%
of the biodiversity levels of native forests within 20 years.Re:Life Ukraine
Re:Life Ukraine unites students-architects of Ukrainian and European Universities to rebuild small cities and communities that were affected by the war. All the projects will be designed according to European Green Strategy of sustainable urban development.


Davide Marchisio
he/him Venture Builder, Product Coach, Business Strategist300
billion USD annually by 2030.PLAN B
We are building the social, structural and technical infrastructure for effective, decentralized implementation of climate protection measures by civil society in order to make Berlin climate-neutral.


Pawel Poltorak
he/him CMO at RagnarsonInspiration

4200000
hectares of forest globally, causing significant environmental and economic damageAseel
E‑commerce platform that empowers artisans from underdeveloped nations to reach a global consumer base and leverages the same technology for transparent aid provision, fostering both economic growth and humanitarian impact.


Dash Markova
she/her Empowering Impact Entrepreneurs with training and mentorship, Dash Too MuchInspiration

30%
increase in biodiversity compared to non-reforested degraded landWelobby
Provides a lobby for everyone without a lobby. They give access to politics and decision makers to every interest group, independent from the financial background


Dennis Stahl
he/him Serial Founder, Investor, Impact & Sustainability Expert at OnePurpose NetworkInspiration

78 billion USD
annually, due to the costs of misinformation correction, reputational damage, and decreased trust in media and institutionyamakoe
Wildfire Detection Platform, which can detect even small fires with the help of a mesh network of solar-powered air sensors


Waridi Pabst — Schrobsdorff
she/her Founder & CEO of Fashion Africa 254, Contributor for Africa at Vogue GermanyInspiration

35%
tilt
Software that automatically assesses the CO2 emissions and climate change risk of SMEs and makes this data open source available for use in credit decisions.


Alexander Fahie
he/him Entrepreneur at TAISKInspiration

50.9
out of 100, with many democracies experiencing increasing restrictions on media freedomKLEA
Builds a reliable support structure for law clinics at universities in Germany to bring change in the legal education system and change the access to the justice system


Mark Young
President at Rational Games, Inc.Inspiration

700000000
tons of CO2 annuallyWe4everyone
We4everyone offers wind energy from local wind gusts to businesses and private households with a wind sail power plant.


Oladosu Adenike
she/her Executive Director, I Lead Climate Action InitiativeInspiration

10%
of the total assets under management in the financial sector are directed towards sustainable investmentsOpen Sanctions
Makes building blocks for fighting financial crime


Annelie Graf
she/her Senior Consultant Business Strategy & Innovation, diffferent GmbHInspiration

2.6
trillion USD annuallybeabee
beabee is an opensource software platform for people-powered media or people owned media.


Martin Quach
he/him Climate Impact Advisor at TerraformationBlog

30%
of their crops’ value every harvest season as agricultural wasteBeeCharitable
Platform to generate outreach and donations in eSport tournaments for NGOs.


Abdul Khaleq Al-Qasaily
he/him Serial Entrepreneur, Business Global Mentor, GeoAI Consultant at QR Global LTInspiration

12000+ tons
unused residual material per daySIRPLUS
SIRPLUS reduces food waste by rescuing high-quality food offered through an online store — as a cooking box or individual order


Niall Bellabarba
he/him Senior Cloud Architect at DWS2500000+ people
every dayHandstree
The platform for safe & easy charity


Laura Schmidhuber
she/her Head of Digital Innovation Lab at Miele & Cie. KG77000 families
with food packages
Alice Hohenlohe
she/her Impact Manager at Trill Impact10000 food products

Florian Fodermeyer
he/him Consulting Partner at Dynamo PartnersInspiration

691357 Meals

Lucas von Fürstenberg
he/him Sustainable forestry, real estate, business angel at Freiherr von Fürstenberg’sche Verwaltung391900 kg of plastic
from roads, illegal dumps, and from the nature.
Cielo Sanabria
Senior LCA Expert and Sustainability Analyst at SAPInspiration

21000 stores

Natalia Mejia Pardo
she/her Project Associate at The Data TankInspiration

182139039 trees
in 35 countries
Canelle Mengual
she/her Senior Program ManagerInspiration

2000000 Users
to save food
Karyna Shulgina
she/her Project manager at Skin Open Source1000000 tonnes of CO2

Niklas Fröjdholm
he/him Strategy Intern at CINSoil170000 tonnes of CO2
from the atmosphere
Nameer Alkhayyat
he/him CTO at naera219 projects
for Carbon Dioxide Removal
Louis Schwab
he/him CEO / Co-founder at naeraInspiration

1000+ solutions
for decarbonisation on their platform
Ulrich Katterbach
he/him Innovation Consultant and Mentor: Bridging Ideas to Sustainable Success, Self Employed276 Wohnungen
in Erlangen seriell saniert
Olga Almqvist
she/her Senior Manager, Societal Impact Financing Initiative (SciFi), ESMTInspiration

300 zirkuläre Immobilien
gebaut, umgebaut oder rückgebaut
Kirsten Niemann
she/her Online Marketing Manager, Self employed3590 Landwirten
zusammen, um deren Bodengesundheit zu stärken und das Klima zu schützen.
Emmanuel Okorwoit
Co-founder and CEO at Treety3 to 5 times more yield
than drip irrigation, with their Buried Diffuser
Abby Mbuthi
Co-founder and CPO at Treety50 Percent
or agriculture, forests, and green landscapes
Charles Oyamo
Co-Founder at Rethread AfricaInspiration

18 impact startups
from Ukraine
Noreen Mwancha
Co-Founder at Rethread Africa2500t of food
from landfills.
Vincent Momanyi
Lead Polymer Researcher at Rethread AfricaInspiration

500,000 inhabitans
of Mykolaiv with drinking water
Alexander Kahlmann
he/him Co-Founder at I’M℗ACTING
Marie-Kristin Wysk
Founder and CEO at I’M℗ACTING
Alex Yousefian
Co-Founder / COO at Persium
Eden Tadesse
Founder and CEO at invicta
Tavseef Mairaj Shah
COO at CinSOIL
Giorgi Shuradze
Managing Director and CEO at CinSOIL
Antonella Succurro
CTO at CinSOIL
Eduard Martín-Borregón
Executive Director at abrimos.info
Claudia Ocaranza Abascal
Journalism and Transparency Director at abrimos.info
Fernando Matzdorf
Director of Data at abrimos.info
Darya Dantseva
Founder and Biotechnologist at Skin Open Source
Anastasiia Toryanik
Analyst, Scientist at Skin Open Source
Maurits Zevering
Managing Director: Finance & Strategy at nextract energy
Michelle Rudolph
she/her Program Manager
Lars Ofterdinger
he/him Social Media Lead Europe, smart Europe GmbH
Idan Tobias
he/him Organisational development expert, Self-Employeed
Alena Hilbig
she/her Startup Mentor | Operational & Strategic Excellence | Venture Capital
Torsten Mueller
Managing Director at CommerzbankInspiration


Lukas Marzi
he/him CEO at On Purpose and Founder at Marziplan
David Schmidt
he/him CPO & serial founder, Apothera
Kai Martin
he/him Industrial Climate Tech Investor at Shell Ventures
Juliana Zgryzek
she/her PR at BeeCharitable
Benjamin Guelker
he/him Advertising & Communication Manager at welobby
Anvita Mudkani
she/her Senior Investment Manager at IBB Ventures
Joshua Bobzin
he/him Project & Fundraising Manager at Plan B
Yannick Frank
he/him Startup Mentor & Investor at Partners in Clime
Lukas Harlan
he/him Programe Director at Schöpflin Foundation
Nadine Michalske
she/her Co-Founder Klima.MetrixInspiration


Inga Skowranek
she/her Consultant systemic organizational development & sustainability management & Agile Coach, Freelancer and collectiv:a member
Sebastian Schramm
Venture Architect at Enpulse Ventures GmbH
Nancy Birkhölzer
she/her Founder, Investor, Advisory Board Member at NB Ventures
Christian Walter
he/him Founding Partner at SDGx
Julia Dreyer
she/her Co-Founder & Board Member at collectiv:a eG | Expert on Innovation & Agile Methods
Johanna von Herman-Kim
COO & Investor at Catalyst Impact Investment Club
Sébastien Martin
Founder and Managing Partner at Impact Associates
Maren Lesche
Founder & CEO at Startup Color
Friedrich Lindenberg
Founder, lead engineer at OpenSanctions
Bian Sukrow
they/them Head of KLEA
Maike Striffler
Fundraising & Strategy Lead at Relevant Ventures
Edson Niwamanya
Portfolio Lead at Relevant Ventures
Sharon Namujjuzi
she/her Finance Lead at Relevant Ventures
Silke Sommer
Product Owner, Marketing & Finance at comuneo
Katharina von Stauffenberg
she/her Co-Founder at comuneo (Business Development & Sales)
Mathias John
Founder and CEO at we4everyone
Maria Pozder
Co-Founder and COO at we4everyone
Markus Johanning
Co-Founder and managing director at Protegg
Fabian Hütter
Co-Founder and Head of R&D at Protegg
Kai Aslan
CEO at BeeCharitable
Isabel Arens
Founder at World for Climate
Zubair Khalid
CTO at Aseel
Reshad Zazai
Backend Developer at Aseel
Jesus Bueno Alvarez
Co-Founder at Yamakoe
Anne Schönauer
Project Lead at tilt
Tilman Trompke
Project Manager at tilt
Julia Hildebrand
Project Lead at beabee
Jan Christian Sahl
Founder and CEO at welobby
Nasrat Khalid
Fouder & CEO at Aseel
Francis Dossou Sognon
Chief Executive Officer
Saskia Howe
Organizational development, organizational culture
Tim Gauss
Fundraising / Business Model Development
Lu Yen Roloff
Founder/Initiatorin
Julia Roblick
she/her Impact Investing, better ventures
Mario Steinbuch
Co-Founder & Managing Director, 36 Chambers Studio
Pieter van Midwoud
Chief Tree Planting Officer, Ecosia
Jacob Künzer
he/him Program support
Nataliia Fiebrig
Managing Director at WeAid, Foreign Correspondant at Studio 1+1
Norman Hiob
he/him Co-Founder & Managing Director at Planty Foods & Hiob Ventures
Tayla Sheldrake
she/her Managing Director at MotionLab.Ventures
Erdinç Koç
he/him Fundraising Expert & Venture Partner at Heartfelt Capital and Head of the MediaTech Hub Accelerator at the HPI
Robert Hite
he/him Director of Business Development, Aptar Digital Health
Netsai Ndaza
she/her Programm Manager
Matthias Oetken
CEO & Founder, Executive coach, former CFO/ CRO at N26
Jasmine Borhan
Founder, Jasmine Borhan Strategic Communications
Alex Kovbasko
she/her Accelerator Developer at Mykolaiv Water Hub
Yuliia Maletska
she/her Product Manager, LetsData
Petra H. Holthusen
she/her Senior Project Manager, Be an Angel e.V.
Lea Jacobsen
she/her Project Administrator, Be an Angel e.V.
Asal Rustamova
Sponsorship and Media Partnership Manager
Sascha Erben
Managing Director, Ohana Group Hamburg (Family Office) / 105 VIERTEL Hamburg (Social Impact Incubator and Accelerator)
Christoph Rohde
Transaction Manager at FASE
Christa Cocciole
Body Oriented Systems Therapist and Consultant for Embodied Leadership, Freelance
Katrin Häuser
CEO and co-founder, TheGreenSpring
Oleksandr Snidalov
Director of Platform and Services, Babbel
Fabian Hoehne
Entrepreneur, Impact Investor, Founder of Vitolus, Cleverackern & Flyla.com
Dr. Christian Humborg
CEO Wikimedia Deutschland, Founder RUMS, Board member CORRECTIV
Kiana Mardi
Founding Partner, Lucy Capital / Company Building, fraud0
Felix Krause
Managing Partner, Vireo Ventures Management
Mina Kolagar
Co-Founder & Co-CEO, PANTOhealth
Christian Boettcher
Entrepreneur in Web3 | Independent Platform Strategy Advisor, NUW Ventures
Thomas Kalunge
Human-Centered Innovation Strategist and Entrepreneurial Business Leader
René Wienholtz
Founder, LOOM Impact
Sabrina Konzok
Board Member and Managing Director at SEND e.V. and Junge Tüftler gGmbH
Christian Kroll
he/him CEO of Ecosia
Kai Malkwitz
Impact Director at Founders Institute Berlin
Dr. Thomas Warnke
Entrepreneur at Humboldt Innovation
Mamuteane Mmutle
Investor / Entrepreneur/ Operations Specialist
Tobias Ahrens
Head of Startup Hub at Commerzbank AG
Philipp Schmidt
Managing Owner at C4CS Europe — Center for Corporate Sustainability
Maike Striffler
Co-Founder & Social Enterprise Lead at Social Innovation Academy Global
Igor Elbert
Principal at Common Sensor
Ksenia Iliuk
she/her COO & Co-Founder, LetsData
Andriy Kusyy
he/him CEO & Co-founder at LetsData
Kim Welti
she/her Co-Founder of Re:build Ukraine
Daniel Donath
he/him Co-founder of Ukrainian House Berlin
Bogdan Miftakhov
he/him Co-founder of Ukrainian House Berlin
Tetiana Poudel
she/her Co-founder & Managing director at ViLNi
Genya Moore
she/her Co-founder of Re:Life Ukraine
Nataly Ulyanova
she/her Co-founder of Treepilya
Viktoria Fialko
she/her Co-founder of Treepilya
Anastasiia Aizenshtat
she/her Founder and CEO at CACR
Hamed Beheshti
he/him Co-Founder and CEO at Boreal Light
Anna Shepelenko
she/her Chief Outreach Officer at Boreal Light
André Nikolski
Strategic Projects at Humboldt-Innovation, Startup Coach & Startup Consultant
Julia Majer
she/her Innovation Consultant & Program Manager at SAP.iO
Laura Kohler
Startup Ecosystem & Corporate Innovation expert
Lyudmyla Kovalenko
CEO and Co-Founder at Doctor Kimchi
Sophie Dienberg
Founder of inKlub
Dr. Thomas Gnefkow
Business angel, founder and private lecturer
Carolin Kröger
Co-founder at beingfemale.de and consultant
Nora Azzaoui
Partner at Kobold I Purpose Design & Innovation and co-founder of mimycri
Peter Brock
Entrepreneur and impact investor, Family Office Services
Lisa Götz
she/her Program Support
Ana Lichtwer
Co-founder at GUTEmission
Olena Vorozheikina
Founder at Bake for Ukraine
Anna Believantseva
Esper Bionics
Maria Kalenska
CEO at Bake for Ukraine
Alex Kuvallini
he/him CEO at Handstree
Yuliia Karnas
Managing Director at OneUkraine
Hanna Kolesnichenko
Operations Manager at OneUkraine
Qian Qin
Co-founder at We do Solar
Karolina Attspodina
CEO at We Do Solar
Nikita Overchyk
Founder at UAtalents
Ivan Kychatyi
CEO at UAtalents
Alexandr Zubchenko
Mobile Application Developer at Podiya (Volunteer)
Valeriia Biloshytska
Lead Project Coordinator at Podiya (Volunteer)
Maryna Soroka
Co-founder at GUTEmission
Nataliia Kovalenko
Co-founder at GUTEmission
Hanna Slobodyanyuk-Montavon
CEO at Mykolaiv Water Hub
Jonas Wegener
he/him Communication Strategist at PHINEO Startups
Alex Biloshytski
Co-Founder at Podiya
Meri Khazaradze
(she / her) Co-Founder at mexb.ai
Kseniia Teslenko
(she / her) Co-Founder at mexb.ai
Sebastian Neumann
he/him Head of Phineo Startups
Franka Ismer
she/her Senior Program Manager
Viviana Köhrbrück
she/her Program ManagerCollective Impact Summit
Twice a year, we come together to celebrate the progress of our last cohort of Impact Startup teams and welcome the new cohort. We want to celebrate our achievements together and say a big thank you to each and every one of the PHINEO Startups community.
In the media

Highlight
Esper Bionics, is included in TIME magazine’s list of the best inventions of 2022. The self-learning prosthetic hand powered by artificial intelligence (AI) was named a groundbreaking invention in the accessibility category and will appear on the magazine’s cover.
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