The world is being hit by several crises simultaneously, which are mutually dependent. We refer to them as the polycrisis.
We believe that impact startups are the key to develop innovative responses to the polycrisis.
We are looking for impact startups that are doing climate action, making our democracies more resilent, or developing solutions for displaced people.
Our Mission: Empowering impact startups to create breakthrough solutions to the polycrisis.
We support impact startups in tackling the world’s most pressing crises through our incubator and accelerator programs.
The world is full of crisis
The war in Ukraine, the climate crisis, the loss of biodiversity and mass extinction, the crisis of democracy…
Transforming our economy from cause to solution
Our economic system should be transformed from causing to solving many of these crises. We don’t need short-term profit maximisation at the expense of people and environment. We need sustainable business models that serve society in the long term and ensure our survival.
Impact startups plays a key role in addressing the various, constantly changing crises and challenges we face in society. They addresses one or more UN Sustainable Development Goal (SDGs) at the core of its business. This means: if you remove the impact you also remove the business.
Mindset Shift: Impact becomes the new normal
What if every founder would develop new business models and approaches to make our world more livable and sustainable? All new startups would be impact startups! Their success could motivate established companies to change their business models and practices.
Do you have an idea for a solution?
For solutions to long-term crises within the 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)?
Or quick solutions to acute crises such as the 2015/2016 refugee crisis, the COVID-19 crisis, and the current war against Ukraine?
We can help you with our accelerator program
In our accelerator program, we will guide you for 5 months to turn your idea into reality. We offer you access to funding, coaching from experienced mentors, access to our network. We will work side by side at bUm. A co-working space for social entrepreneurs, nonprofit organizations and activists.
It’s a match?
We support startups in all stages. Do you have an almost finished prototype that you can test or an existing startup that you want to bring to a new level? Your team consists of at least two founders. Non-profit as well as for-profit organizations can apply.
We are a diverse and interdisciplinary team of impact-oriented professionals with many years of startup experience. We are well connected in the impact community. Let’s connect!
Want feedback on your documents before you apply? Lets make an appointment for a video call as soon as possible. Someone from the PHINEO Startups team will give feedback on your pitch deck. After that, you have until the end of the submission period to integrate our feedback into your application.
Builds a reliable support structure for law cliniques at universities in Germany to bring change in the legal education system and change the access to the justice system.
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.
Contribute to a good life within planetary boundaries by providing public sector with a digital platform that enables them to measure, manage and communicate their sustainability efforts.
Building a global community through an app. Aim is to connect people to take action together to achieve rapid and inclusive climate action around the world.
Protegg specializes in repurposing eggshell and eggshell membrane residuals from the egg processing industry into high-quality, standardized raw materials.
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.
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.
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.
Developing an early-warning AI system to help organizations understand and respond to the spread of disinformation and ill-intended information campaigns
Promoting free speech and sharing stories of Ukrainians by transforming a traditional newspaper into an independent digital media platform
Platform that builds the bridge between Ukrainian & international students and alumni to create ideas and find solutions for reconstruction needs
Handstree builts an online-community to unite philanthropists and grow social projects in Ukraine with focus on long-term support and fraud protection.
GUTEmission integrates refugees in Germany and supports displaced people from Ukraine in their arrival with an intercultural and integrative approach at their CaféUkraine events.
mexb.ai is developing a conversational AI chatbot for initial mental health support and to bridge time until professional treatments start.
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.
Our Partners
PHINEO Startups wird im Rahmen des Programms „REACT with impact – Förderung des Sozialunternehmertums“ des Bundesministeriums für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz unterstützt und von der Europäischen Union als Teil der Reaktion der Union auf die COVID-19-Pandemie (REACT-EU) finanziert.
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