Economic development organizations

Clusters, hubs & associations

Corporates

Research institutions & universities

Fair & event organizers

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Arçelik

Arçelik is a Turkish multinational household appliances manufacturer. Their innovation department (Garage Innovation Hub) built an open collaboration platform with LoftOS that brings internal and external communities into a cohesive digital space - propelling Arçelik's outreach to innovative minds and strategic alliances. 

Garage Innovation Hub

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Brandenburg Economic Development Agency

The Brandenburg Economic Development Agency provides support for business relocation and expansion, innovation, internationalization, and networking, mediates in the acquisition of skilled workers and the further training of employees, and advises on financing and subsidy issues. The Cooperation Platform is designed to help economic players from different clusters find the right partners for cooperation and implement their plans.

Cooperation Platform Brandenburg

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Business Metropole Ruhr

Business Metropole Ruhr (BMR) bundles, develops and markets the economic interests of the economic region of the Metropole Ruhr. With the Matchmaker.Ruhr platform, BMR networks startups from all over the world with leading industrial partners from the Ruhr area.

Matchmaker.Ruhr

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City Aachen

Interreg refers to an EU regional scheme to promote cross-border cooperation. "Hyperegio" has created the Digital Innovation Platform (DIP) to support companies in the Euregio Meuse-Rhine region in initiating innovation projects.

Digital Innovation Platform (DIP)

With the smart.aachen platform, the Thinktank Smart City wants to support the city of Aachen on its way to becoming one of 100 climate-neutral and smart cities in the EU by 2030, in order to keep our city and region livable for future generations. On this LoftOS based platform, users can find all information about current projects, events offers and requests which will help everyone to reach said goal.

Smart Aachen

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CP i-Invest

CP i-Invest is a cross-company process service provider with a focus on strategic management, energy and financing. The i-Invest network was created to connect investors with capital-seeking companies, including exciting startups, and to offer transaction-related services digitally.

i-Invest network

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Darmstadt University of Technology

The Innovation & Start-up Centre of the Technische Universität Darmstadt supports scientists, students, and companies when it comes to the transfer of ideas and know-how into the economy and society. With the digital innovation platform HIGHWAY, the center offers various support services, e.g. the provision of company contacts, support in the search for funding, or help with patent applications and founding a company.

HIGHWAY

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DECHEMA

DECHEMA e.V. is a professional network with over 5,500 members focused on promoting chemical engineering and biotechnology in Germany. They have active representation in the fields of science, industry, politics and the general public. As a non-profit professional society, they are using LoftOS to launch their platform BioBall Community to facilitate networking and event organization for cluster management.

BioBall Plattform

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Deep Green Growth

Agri-Tech Guide, a project of Deep Green Growth, supports technology explorers like farmers, agriculture companies, investors, NGOs, and governments to find, select, rank, invest in and deploy the best agriculture technologies globally. With LoftOS, they were provided with a robust foundation to execute a digital platform infrastructure for the Agri-Tech marketplace.

Agri-Tech Guide Community

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DigitalAgentur Brandenburg

DigitalAgentur Brandenburg is part of the digitization strategy of the state of Brandenburg in Germany and was founded to support the state government, municipalities and other stakeholders in the implementation of digital solutions for municipal services of general interest. The Brandenburg Digitization Network is intended to make innovative projects and their progress more visible to everyone and to enable companies, municipalities, research institutions, and clubs and associations to network with each other.

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digitalHUB Aachen

The digitalHUB Aachen is an initiative for the regional networking of actors around the high-tech city of Aachen. The digitalHUB platform offers a digital ecosystem in which startups and medium-sized IT companies are networked with users in conventional medium-sized companies and industries.

digitalHUB Aachen Community

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E-world energy & water

E-world is one of the leading energy and water industry trade fairs in Europe. The E-world Community provides attendees with optimal preparation for the physical trade fair, sustainable and continuous networking opportunities, and extensive knowledge exchange. Thus, the E-world Community complements the physical trade fair perfectly. The online platform is available to participants free of charge all year round.

E-world Community

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ECODYNAMICS

ECODYNAMICS GmbH specializes in supporting companies in mastering the changes in digital markets and ecosystems as well as in acting proactively and successfully in them. With the Platform Builders Community, a network is offered that enables the exchange between business players around the topic of platform economics by sharing experiences and informing about ongoing projects.

Platform Builders Community

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Eko.Systems 

Eko.Systems is an international network of organizations and professionals whose purpose is to promote sustainable economic development via industry clusters and similar business networks. Their mission is to grow the network and bring together people and organizations that would normally not find their way to each other.



Eko.Systems Network

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Energieversorgung Oberhausen

Energieversorgung Oberhausen AG (evo) is the local energy services company for the city of Oberhausen, supplying its customers with electricity, natural gas, and district heating and providing other energy-related services. They use LoftOS for hosting their innovation intranet to provide employees with an overview of external innovations and to manage their innovation process.

evo Innovation Intranet

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Fraunhofer Institute for Mechatronic Systems Design

What does the engineering of the future look like? Fraunhofer IEM in Paderborn develops convincing solutions to this question - from the business idea to implementation and market success. The focus is on intelligent products, production systems, services and software applications. With the Advanced Systems Engineering (ASE) Community, future engineering is to be researched and shaped by networking and supporting its activities in science and industry.

Advanced Systems Engineering Community

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German Israeli Network of Startups & Mittelstand (GINSUM)

The German Israeli Network of Startups & Mittelstand (GINSUM) is a platform initiated by ELNET (European Leadership Network) and supported by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) to connect German Mittelstand and municipal actors with Israeli startups. This will provide networking opportunities through events, workshops, pitching formats and roadshows, as well as information and practical support for growth opportunities on both sides.

GINSUM Matchmaker

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German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK)

The Export Initiative Energy, a German Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) project, aims to create a digital platform to help German companies become visible in international markets and connect with a large network of international companies. Their LoftOS platform helps them to support networking, through automated matchmaking, as well as helping companies find partners and promote communication and collaboration opportunities.

Energy Solutions Network

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German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce (AHK Poland)

The German-Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce is the largest bilateral chamber in Poland with over 970 member companies. The main tasks of the Polish Chamber of Industry and Commerce are to support German companies in the Polish market and Polish companies in the German market concerning market entry, business expansion, and representation of interests. Together with other chambers of commerce and industry, the platform was established to create the largest supplier community in Europe and simultaneous geographical diversification.

AHK Industrial Suppliers Forum

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H2Raum

In cooperation with numerous partners, the Westphalian University of Applied Sciences would like to further develop the Ruhr region as a hydrogen region. To this end, the H2Raum is a funding initiative that uses various measures to stimulate and initiate projects and exchanges on the topic of hydrogen. In this context, the platform H2Raum was created to promote the exchange between the actors, to present information transparently, and to serve as a place for documentation and storage.

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Health Proc Summit

The European Health Public Procurement Alliance and the Health Proc Europe Association, two players that represent the European hospital and healthcare procurement, are hosting the European Hospital & Healthcare Procurement Summit. With their community platform, participants are digitally connected and engaged in exchange during and also continued after the event.

Health Proc Summit Community

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Healthlab NRW HL

Healthlab NRW HL is part of the Healthcare Start-up Ecosystem in North Rhine-Westphalia. Their platform Community.Healthlab.NRW built on LoftOS focuses on a co-creation approach to connect diverse stakeholders such as healthcare professionals, patients and academia in an ecosystem to collaborate on innovative solutions in the healthcare sector.

Community.Healthlab.NRW

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Helmholtz Zentrum Dresden Rossendorf

The Helmholtz-Zentrum Dresden-Rossendorf (HZDR) is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. It conducts application-based energy, health and matter research to find answers to our contemporary challenges. With LoftOS, they created the HZDR Ecosystem, a technology transfer platform to promote cooperation between science and industry by licensing technologies to implement ideas to the market swiftly.

HZDR Ecosystem

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Helsinki XR Center

Helsinki XR Center is a leading XR hub in Europe. Their HXRC networking ecosystem, powered by LoftOS, is a one-stop shop to search, discover and network with the best innovative XR solution providers, metaverse tech developers, and web3 service innovators from Finland. Whether it is a single project or a longer-term strategic partnership that is being planned, this LoftOS platform gives a clear overview of relevant Finnish companies in these sectors, and quick and easy means to connect with them.

HXRC Network

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Hessenmetall

Hessenmetall represents the interests of and advises its 650 member companies in the metal and electrical industry and is one of the largest and most important employers' associations in Germany. With their LoftOS platform for digital transformation, they connect manufacturing companies, IT providers, and startups, thereby combining manufacturer knowledge with application practice. 

MEINetzwerk HESSENMETALL

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HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION

HUMBOLDT-INNOVATION is a bridge between academia and industry, leveraging research and innovation for practical solutions. With LoftOS, they have created a dynamic matchmaking platform, "match'em" to connect aspiring startup co-founders, recruit startup team members, or enable individuals to find suitable startup jobs. 

This initiative, facilitates the growth of the startup ecosystem in Germany, linking resources from top universities like Freie Universität Berlin, Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin, Technische Universität Berlin, and Charité Universitätsmedizin.

match'em by Science & Startups

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InMEDiG

The InMEDiG group of companies deals with the conception of strategic procurement approaches, the operational implementation and the sustainable assurance of the achieved results in the healthcare sector - with hospitals as the main target group. With the help of the XMED iQ platform as the first digital B2B marketplace, the networking of hospitals & medtech suppliers shall be increased. The focus is in particular on reducing costs while at the same time increasing quality for hospitals.

XMED iQ

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Innovationsagentur Rheinland Pfalz

Rheinland Pfalz is a hub for research, technology, and innovation, propelling both traditional sectors and emerging industries. Their LoftOS-powered platform, Innovationsagentur Rheinland Pfalz, offers a digital ecosystem that drives collaboration, knowledge transfer, and technological advancements. This platform exemplifies Rheinland Pfalz's dedication to future-proofing its economy.

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it's OWL

In the technology network, it's OWL, around 200 companies, research institutes, and organizations join forces to develop solutions for the digital transformation of SMEs. The platform bundles technologies, methods, processes, etc. for the development of intelligent technical systems.

it's OWL Innovationplatform

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ITA Group

The ITA Group considers itself an internationally operating research and educational service provider for textile materials and technologies. Through its TexSpace platform, the company networks innovative players in the entire industrial textile sector.

TexSpace

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Kennisinstituut Duurzaam Verpakken (KIDV)

Netherlands Institute for Sustainable Packaging (KIDV) helps organizations to make well-considered and realistic choices regarding sustainable packaging. With their platform Planet Reuse, they connect customers and suppliers to improve the B2B process within the sustainable packaging sector.

Planet Reuse

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Knoware

FábricaDigital is the digital transformation community for SMEs, value chains, and Mexico's workforce. It is a collaborative space designed to facilitate the digital transformation of companies by connecting them with technology providers, specialized mentors, research institutions, universities, government, and an extensive collection of specialized content.

FábricaDigital

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Lakeside Invest

Lakeside Invest specializes in nurturing promising seed & early-stage startups with financial backing, expert advice, and valuable networking opportunities. Emphasizing growth and lucrative returns for founders and investors, Lakeside Invest uses LoftOS to efficiently manage deal flow, streamline evaluation, and provide insights on potential investments with greater clarity and precision.

Lakeside Invest Network

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LifeScience Kraków

The LifeScience Cluster Krakow is a National Key Cluster and a cooperation network of institutions and companies in Poland, with combined common goals and a vision for the development of an innovation ecosystem in the field of biotechnology and life sciences. Innoloft provides them with a LoftOS platform that manages the LifeScience Krakow cluster community, enabling networking among SMEs, startups, researchers, and larger companies within an international ecosystem. It provides essential tools for effective communication and community management.

Life Science Open Space Collaboration platform

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Lower Saxony Innovation Center

The Lower Saxony Innovation Center is an essential element of Lower Saxony's economic development, whose goal is to support Lower Saxony's economy in the development of innovations and thus create and secure jobs. With the platform innomatch, they provide a network for startups, hotspots, investors, and industry that enhances visibility, connectivity, and networking to make it easier for innovators in Lower Saxony.

innomatch

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Mansa Advisory

Mansa Advisory offers services like pitch deck development, financial modeling and market expansion as well as a community of like-minded founders, VCs and mentors to support the African tech startup ecosystem. The MansaStars platform powered by LoftOS is dedicated to connect investors, corporates and startup founders in Africa to scale their business in Germany and beyond.

MansaStars

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Metropolregion Rhein-Neckar (MRN)

Association Future Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region and Metropolregion Rhein Neckar GmbH form a public-private partnership model that is unique in Germany. With a focus on tourism, the Rhine-Neckar Metropolitan Region platform strives for the transformation into an innovative and future-oriented smart region. For this purpose, the platform shows current projects and participation opportunities and offers corresponding contact and networking possibilities.

Networking Platform Metropolitan Region Rhine-Neckar

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Metropolregion Rheinland

The Metopolregion Rheinland e.V. is an association of stakeholders from districts and independent cities, the chambers of industry and commerce and the chambers of handicrafts, the Städteregion Aachen and the Landschaftsverband Rheinland. The project map is intended to present the Rhineland as an innovation region with its projects; in addition, a direct exchange is possible via the connected digital innovation platform (DIP).

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Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of NRW

Initiated by the Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Action and Energy of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW.Global.Connect aims to connect companies, research institutes, clusters, hubs, and other actors from North Rhine-Westphalia with innovation hotspots worldwide. By networking with international technology drivers, the state government wants to ensure that North Rhine-Westphalian companies remain leaders in innovation and internationalization. To launch the platform, they are focusing on cooperation with partners in Israel.

NRW.Global.Connect

The "Digitale Wirtschaft NRW" (DWNRW) initiative is intended to distinguish North Rhine-Westphalia as a leading digitization location. The startups.nrw platform establishes a state-wide startup ecosystem that increases visibility and cooperation options between startups, corporates and investors.

Startups.NRW

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Netzwerk Hörgesundheit

Netzwerk Hörgesundheit has set itself the goal of initializing an industry portal for hearing care. This portal will leverage LoftOS to enhance transparency by providing information on industry players, projects, and news, while also facilitating concrete offers and requests.

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Oesterreichs Energie

Oesterreichs Energie represents the interests of the Austrian electricity industry. Users of the innovation platform receive active support in innovation scouting through the introduction of startups and the communication of partner applications for innovation projects.

OesterreichsEnergie Innovation Platform

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Peoplefone

Peoplefone is an established telecommunications company based in Zurich catering to over 200,000 business users across Europe. They leveraged the LoftOS platform to create "Peoplefone Business Class", a free-to-use virtual marketplace fostering collaboration and knowledge sharing among IT manufacturers and system houses. This platform, hosting a wealth of solutions and a public wiki, promotes business partnerships, facilitates project support, and serves as a central knowledge hub for its members.

Peoplefone Business Class

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Procure4Health

The Procure4Health project is a community of European Health organizations focused on innovation procurement, with 33 founding partners. The Pan-European Healthcare Procurement Summit aims to support its visitors in finding business opportunities both in its region and internationally (particularly, the wider European market), to offer access to technologies, customers, project partners, or funding opportunities, and to do supported by cutting edge digital technology. The LoftOS platform solution allows full conversion and management of this digital health community with all digital business opportunities open to explore.

Procure4Health Community

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Regio Augsburg Wirtschaft

Regio Augsburg Wirtschaft is a regional development agency for the region A³, which stands for the City of Augsburg, the District of Augsburg, and the District of Aichach-Friedberg. With LoftOS the agency wants to connect its stakeholders and digitize their current formats, such as events, workshops, competency groups, and funding advice.

Regio Augsburg Wirtschaft Community

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Ruhr-University Bochum

DigiHealthStart.NRW, a project of the Ruhr-University Bochum, aims to network and support start-ups from North Rhine-Westphalia in Germany and beyond. On their LoftOS platform, young innovative companies from the healthcare industry can register and present themselves and their products/services.

DigiHealthStart.NRW

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RWTH Aachen University

Initiated by the leading German universities RWTH Aachen University and HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management, Stage Two is a pan-European competition for the best startups emerging from leading European universities. With the Stage Two Community, the renowned partners of the competition, leading corporations, and VCs are networked with the participating startups.

Stage Two

ENHANCE is an alliance of seven European technology universities. It aims to advance the development and combination of science and technology for the benefit of society and thus find solutions to global challenges. In this context, the platform behind the alliance connects students and scientists across university borders.

ENHANCE

RWTH Innovation is the central contact point for all entrepreneurship activities at RWTH Aachen University. Together with other partners, they have formed collæb for everybody who is into entrepreneurship. The platform helps to find a partner, a coach, a mentor, or an investor, connects interest groups, partners, and individual supporters, and gives a comprehensive overview of the entrepreneurial ecosystem in and around Aachen.

collæb

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saaris

saarland.innovation & standort (saaris) is an economic development agency in and for the German federal state of Saarland. With the LoftOS platform Saarland Startup Ecosystem they aggregate and connect all startups, investors and hubs in Saarland.

Saarland Startup Ecosystem

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Smart³

Smart³ is Europe's largest network for smart materials. LoftOS supports the network of SMEs, researchers, larger companies, and startups to network among themselves and across an international ecosystem while providing Smart³ tools to effectively communicate and manage its community digitally.

Smart³ community

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Startpunkt57

Startpunkt57 is a startup initiative serving as an entrepreneurial hub for the Siegen-Wittgenstein region. With LoftOS, they've launched a central platform that nurtures business ideas from inception to reality, offering expert advice, workshops, networking opportunities, and more. Their platform, Startpunkt57 Community, shapes the region's business foundation by providing crucial incubation and accelerator programs.

How customers use LoftOS

Our customers' B2B platforms are connected in a decentralized "Silicon Valley" - the Innoloft Ecosystem - to increase reach and unlock synergies.