Start a Business at Uni Bonn

Do you want to put your idea into operation and become self-employed? Whether you have a concrete idea for a start-up or you are completely new to the start-up and entrepreneurship scene, the Transfer Center is the right place to be. We help University of Bonn students, researchers, employees and alumni to turn their ideas into successful start-ups.

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Zwei Gründer entwickeln Ideen an einer Tafel.

Idea Check

From the first flash of inspiration, we help you to develop your idea and prepare for the next necessary steps.

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Consulting and Coaching

We provide personal individualized consulting on the way to start a business, such as applying for funding.

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Start-Up Stories

Our start-up stories let you read about relevant and interesting areas in the start-up scene and inspiring stories of our founders.

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Start-ups

Our start-ups come from a variety of areas and range from newly funded projects to upcoming enterprises.

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Start-up Events

We offer qualification workshops and networking events for exchanging information with other founders.

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Co-Working

Our co-working spaces are places where knowledge transfer and entrepreneurship are lived and made practically possible.

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Which services does the Transfer Center enaCom
offer to start-ups?

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Information

We provide easily understandable, fun-filled and relevant information about start-ups, both current affairs and sound background information.

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Support

We provide personal, individualized consulting. We support high-tech or social projects, and your idea will be handled strictly confidential. We speak both languages, the language of research and the language of business. Contact us for any important or less important questions you have about your start-up.

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Networking

Our co-working space offers start-up teams the opportunity to exchange information among each other. And our extensive network in the start-up scene offers a wide range of support from Digital Hub Region Bonn AG, the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Industry and Commerce, City of Bonn and many other partners.

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Our Funding

The University of Bonn will receive around €1.4 million in start-up financing over the next four years to expand and consolidate its services, consulting and networking. enaCom was one of the award winners in the EXIST “Raising Potential” competition organized by the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (BMWi).

Funding lines and competitions

Check out our overview of important start-up competitions and funding opportunities. Here you will find information about application deadlines, competition's foci and eligibilities.

Website start-up funding and competitions (in German)

News

Start-up Week 2026: Bonn/Rhein-Sieg Aims to Become the Number One Start-up Region

Five days full of ideas: From July 13 to 17, 2026, the city of Bonn and the Rhein-Sieg area will become a hotspot for start-ups and building the future. The Start-up Week Bonn/Rhein-Sieg will showcase the region’s innovative strength and the University of Bonn with its Transfer Center enaCom is part of it! Together with other partners, such as the City of Bonn, the Rhein-Sieg District, the Bonn/Rhein-Sieg Chamber of Commerce and Industry, Techniker Krankenkasse, Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences, Sparkasse KölnBonn, Stadtwerke Bonn, Volksbank Köln Bonn, Fraunhofer FIT, and Taktsoft Energy, DIGITALHUB.DE raises awareness, connects, and supports aspiring entrepreneurs, start-ups, investors, and individuals who have not yet had any exposure to the topic of entrepreneurship through various events.

A Day Full of Opportunities and Quantum Technologies

The Cluster of Excellence “Matter and Light for Quantum Computing” (ML4Q) hosted the ML4Q Career & Technology Day 2026 in February. In collaboration with partners from academia and technology transfer, including the Transfer Center enaCom, the event brought together students, early-career researchers, alumni, and representatives from the quantum industry. ML4Q is a joint research consortium of the Universities of Bonn, Cologne, and Aachen, as well as Forschungszentrum Jülich.

New Focus Center for AI Start-Ups at Universities in North Rhine-Westphalia

TU Dortmund University and the University of Bonn are forming the AI Center for Entrepreneurship NRW (AICE.NRW). The new center will benefit universities throughout North Rhine-Westphalia, providing targeted, needs-based support for start-ups with business models around artificial intelligence (AI). Launched in January 2026, AICE.NRW has been granted 1.5 million euro for a three-year term by the state of NRW and the European Union from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) under the Start-up Fokuszentren.NRW program.