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

Ideas Become Reality at the Start-up Summer School

What happens when about 30 students and researchers from different disciplines come together to further develop their ideas? They brainstorm, experiment, test ideas with potential customers, discuss business concepts, and ultimately present seven of their own creative business ideas. At the fully booked Start-up Summer School in August, participants spent a week learning all the basics of starting a business. The Start-up Summer School is offered regularly by the Transfer Center enaCom at the University of Bonn and the Start-up Manufaktur at Bonn-Rhein-Sieg University of Applied Sciences.

Frank Holz Nominated for “Science Breakthrough of the Year 2026”

In what will go down as an outstanding success for the University of Bonn’s Faculty of Medicine, Professor Frank G. Holz—Director of the Ophthalmology Clinic at the University Hospital Bonn and a professor at the University—has been shortlisted for the “Falling Walls Science Breakthrough of the Year 2026” in the Life Sciences category. His project thus ranks among the year’s top 30 scientific innovations in this category according to the prestigious Falling Walls Science Summit. Even making it onto the shortlist is a sign of significant international acclaim. The winners in the individual categories will be crowned at the Falling Walls Science Summit in Berlin from November 6 to 11.

Inspiration at the Start-up Open Day

At the Start-up Open Day in July, numerous visitors had the opportunity to experience everything happening in the start-up scene at the University of Bonn and learn about the resources and services the Transfer Center enaCom offers to all members of the university community. At the event, the enaCom start-up and innovation consulting team presented their work, alongside numerous other start-up enthusiasts who are driving new ideas forward at the university. Among them were the Institute for Entrepreneurship, the “Uni Bonn spielt” community, and, of course, many founders.