GründerCube – Gründungsberatung Lübeck

Do you have an initial idea and want to develop it further?
Do you want to start up and don’t know how to get started?
Do you need support in developing your business model?

Then you’ve come to the right place!
We will accompany you on your way and help you with all questions relating to your start-up.

However, as we are not always on site in person or in consultations, we have open consultation hours.

Open consultation hours:

Wednesday, 12 to 2 pm.

During this time, you can simply come to us in the GründerCube or alternatively you can write to us and make an appointment with us outside of office hours.

CONSULTING

Whether in an informal initial meeting, at the start-up office or during an individual consultation – we will accompany you on the path to founding your start-up.
Every university member from students to scientists and alumni are welcome to join us.
And importantly: our start-up advice is free of charge for you and data protection is a top priority.

In the initial consultation, you tell us about your start-up idea, which we will treat confidentially and discuss with you.
We at GründerCube will show you a possible way to start a business, which we can support you with our start-up advice.
Following the consultation, you will receive a wide range of information about setting up a business, company management, financing, etc.

In addition to the weekly Gründungskontor appointments, you can also receive individual start-up advice from us.
We will work with you to develop your business model using the Business Model Canvas, support you with market analysis, the development of customer acquisition and retention, financial planning and much more. We accompany you professionally until your start-up.

If you want to develop a realistic prototype from your abstract idea within 5 days, you should take part in the Ideas Sprint.
You will get a very good feeling for how your idea, the new product or the new service will perform on the market and what you might need to adapt.
You can find more information here.

In the Gründungskontor you will receive the most important knowledge for a successful business start-up in 10 weekly sessions.
In this seminar, you can develop your idea with our support and end up with a well-founded concept for your start-up.
You can find more information here.

Funding and promotion

There are various financing options to help you finance your start-up, for example via business angels or banks.
The KfW, for example, supports start-ups with various loans.
Talk to us and we will be happy to put you in touch with our partner companies.
They will provide you with all the necessary information.
We will be happy to support you with the necessary preparation of a business plan.
Please contact us for further information.

If you have not yet founded a company and have an innovative, technology-oriented or knowledge-based idea, the following grants may also be of interest to you.

If you have not yet founded a company, the Schleswig-Holstein start-up grant may be an option for you.
You will receive funding for up to 12 months and can prepare your start-up in peace.
We at GründerCube will be happy to discuss this with you and guide you through the application process.

Who is supported?

  • University graduates (max. 10 years after graduation), students and individuals who have completed their education
  • Team formations with max.
    3 persons and also individual start-ups

What is supported?

Innovative, preferably technology-oriented, knowledge-intensive or sustainable start-up ideas

How are you supported?

  • monthly non-repayable grant of 1,750 euros.
    Students receive 800 euros per month.
  • Subsidy of up to 200 euros per team for legal, notary or court costs
  • Subsidy of up to 200 euros per person for individual tax advice
  • Material costs or investment funds of up to 7,500 euros per team (including prototype development and brand development)

In the first three months of funding, you must set up your company.

Please note the deadlines for submission, these are possible 4 times a year!

You can find more information here.

If you have not yet founded and started your business, the EXIST start-up grant funding program may be an option for you.
You will receive funding for 12 months and can prepare your start-up in peace.
We at GründerCube will be happy to discuss this with you and guide you through the application process.

Who may submit an application?

  • Researchers from universities
  • Alumni and former academic staff (up to five years after graduation or departure).
  • Students: you must have already completed at least half of your studies

Are you supported as a team?

  • Your team may consist of max.
    three people.
  • Your team must not consist mainly of students.
  • A member of your team can also be someone with a qualified professional qualification as a technical employee.
    The qualification must also not be older than five years.

What is supported?

  • Innovative technology-oriented start-up projects.
  • Innovative knowledge-based services based on scientific findings.

How are you supported?

  • Securing personal living expenses through a scholarship:
    • Founders with a doctorate 3,000 euros/month
    • Graduates with a university degree 2,500 euros/month
    • Technical employee 2,000 euros/month
    • Students 1,000 euros/month
    • Child supplement: 150 euros/month per child
  • Material expenses:
    • up to 10,000 euros for individual start-ups (max. 30,000 euros for teams)
    • Coaching: 5,000 euros

It is important that your university submits the application for you; you can apply at any time!

You can find more information here.

If you have a research-intensive start-up project and still have complex and risky development work ahead of you, the EXIST Transfer of Research funding program may be an option for you.
In two funding phases, you will receive funding to advance your development work, prepare your start-up, establish it and finally start your business activities.

Funding phase 1 (funding period 18 months)

What is the goal?

You will further develop your research results until you can prove their technical feasibility and develop a prototype. You will also draw up a business plan and then set up the company.

Who is supported?

  • a maximum of three scientists and technical assistants from universities or non-university research institutions
  • a person with business management expertise

How is funding provided?

  • Personnel expenses / costs for max.
    four staff positions
  • Student assistants
  • Material expenses/costs:
    • Consumer goods, consumables, capital goods, property rights, market research, awarding of contracts and coaching measures

The costs for student assistants and material costs are generally only eligible for funding up to a total of € 250,000.

Funding phase 2

What is the goal?

  • Further development work
  • Measures for commencing business activities in the newly founded technology company
  • Creating the conditions for external corporate financing.

In funding phase 1, the university submits the application, while in funding phase 2, the newly founded company submits the application.

Important: Project outlines can be submitted from January 1 to January 31 and from July 1 to July 31 of a calendar year.

You can find more information here.

HOW TO VIDEOS

When you set up a company, you have to make decisions all the time and these are not always easy.

With our short videos, we want to provide you with the simplest possible help on typical problems in the various start-up phases and give you practical methods for your everyday start-up life.

Welcome to Klartext for startups!

What can you expect here in the future?
We explain that to you in this video.

Hurdles for start-ups - and how to overcome them

As a start-up, your daily hurdles are completely different to those faced by established companies.
In this video, we reveal what they are and how you can turn them into advantages.

The basic principle

How does design thinking work?
How do we proceed in this video series?  

3 tips to boost your creativity

All beginnings are difficult – or not.
In this short video, we reveal how you can easily come up with good ideas.

Get in touch with us!

    GründerCube

    Maria-Goeppert-Strasse 1a

    23562 Lübeck

    Phone +49 451 3101 5922

    info@gruendercube.de

    Opening hours:

    Wednesday from 12 – 2 pm