News from the CHIC

Preventive healthcare in the mail
The start-up Probatix from the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre develops simple blood tests for home use:
Blood, urine, stool—once exclusively examined at the doctor’s office, these tests can now be done from the comfort of one’s own home. With his start-up Probatix, Daniel Werner wants to simplify healthcare and…

Precision made in Berlin
Physikalisch-Technische Bundesanstalt (PTB), Germany’s national metrology institute, is considered the cradle of quantum physics and tests the limits of what can be measured. The PTB’s Institut Berlin, or IB, is based in a thriving neighbourhood in Charlottenburg.:
Whenever something requires high precision, the PTB comes into play. As the national metrology institute, it is also the highest authority in Germany for all issues related to correct and reliable measurements.…

The more you know, the more you grow
Start-ups Xploraytion and eGovCD market highly specific knowledge at CHIC:
Despite their wildly different business ideas, the two Berlin-based start-ups Xploraytion and eGovCD have more in common than just being sixth-floor neighbours at the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre CHIC. Both…