ZOLLHOF one of the top start-up hubs in Europe
FAU’s tech incubator gains 4th place in Germany in a competition run by the Financial Times and Statista. In Europe, ZOLLHOF is among the top 50.
The ZOLLHOF tech incubator, co-founded and run by FAU, has reason to celebrate: in a European competition, more than 2,600 entrepreneurs voted on the leading start-up centers in 19 countries. The results show that they consider ZOLLHOF one of the best. In the competition initiated for the first time by Statista and the Financial Times to find “Europe’s Leading Start-up Hub”, ZOLLHOF ranked 31 in Europe and 4th in Germany.
ZOLLHOF: One of Europe’s Leading Start-up Hubs 2024
Since 2017, ZOLLHOF has assisted more than 100 start-ups to validate their ideas, launch them onto the market and find financing as part of its tailored 6 month incubation program. 70 percent of the teams are still successful in the market, have acquired 300 million euros external capital and have created more than 1000 jobs. Start-ups benefit from the unique innovation ecosystem in the region, in which FAU works closely with global players such as Siemens, Schaeffler or adidas, with extramural research institutions such as Fraunhofer, Max Planck, Helmholtz and Leibniz as well as many other partners.
The complete report: rankings.ft.com
