High-Tech and Deep-Tech Accelerator

Join our venture accelerator and unique platform for exchange and networking between start-ups, industry, investors and academia.

The venture accelerator for high-tech and deep-tech start-ups, as well as start-up projects from the academic and business sectors, focusing on:

→ New materials
→ Nanotechnology
→ Microsystems engineering
→ Nano- and microelectronics
→ Optical technology
→ Quantum technology
→ Manufacturing and process engineering
→ Energy and environmental technology
→ Medical technology and healthcare
→ Dual-use/Defence

High-tech start-ups face very specific challenges, yet at the same time play a key role in the sustainable development of the North Rhine-Westphalia economic region and entire sectors.

The three pillars of success for early-stage technology development

HIGH-TECH.NRW is a venture platform offering a bespoke 12-week accelerator programme for high-tech and deep-tech start-ups. The programme facilitates networking with investors, industry and policymakers, and supports the active development of a technology into a sustainable business model.

The three pillars of success for early-stage technology development:

Business Case Validation

Technology is not an end in itself. It is meant to help us solve problems and make our lives easier. That is why identifying a robust business model is particularly important.

Investment & Technology Readiness

In addition to the actual application of the technologies, risk management factors play a crucial role in the due diligence processes of investors and partners going forward.

Positioning & Scaling

Particularly in the case of highly complex developments, effective positioning and communication form the foundation for technological and business success.

Network effects for the NRW ecosystem

Network partners from the business and industrial sectors

HIGH-TECH.NRW connects medium-sized enterprises, hidden champions and specialist technology firms across different sectors and industries with start-ups and innovation drivers.

Become a partner

and help shape the technological future!

Wir suchen die besten High-Tech und Deep-Tech Teams aus NRW

The programme is tailored to the individual needs of the founders:
We provide coaching and networking opportunities to ensure high visibility, thereby helping them find their first customers and investors.

We are particularly looking for teams with the following characteristics:

→ Hardware-based business ideas in the areas mentioned above

→ High-tech start-ups with disruptive potential

→ Technologies with strong B2B verticals and/or positive SDG impacts

Teams led by female founders are very welcome!

What start-ups say about HIGH-TECH.NRW:

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No equity stake. No fees. Just the right contacts at the right time.

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