News from the CHIC
CHIC start-up develops history lesson of the future
The Historicity agency wants to use playful learning to teach about history:
The aim is to inspire new users for historic content by using apps and tablets. The two founders agree that good storytelling helps to make knowledge stick. The young boy with the messy red hair is a bit cheeky. But…
Smart cushions
VISSEIRO GmbH is realising sensor systems for vital data monitoring at the CHIC Charlottenburg Innovation Centre:
Based at the CHIC Charlottenburg Innovation Centre, VISSEIRO GmbH is realising sensor systems to monitor vital data that can be integrated into seat cushions and mattresses. Having recently grown to a staff of 12, the…
Software for the healthcare sector
Curamatik GmbH from the CHIC Charlottenburg Innovation Centre offers digital support for health issues:
Anyone seeking information on health issues today typically does more than simply asking doctors and pharmacists. In the era of smartphones and the internet, the range of digital tools has grown rapidly in the past…
Digital, diverse, and integrated
Diversity in two exciting digital tools:
Diversity in two exciting digital tools: Open Deutsch, based at the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC), combines learning German with integration. Inclusify is also a digital tool. Developed by the Federal…
“Everybody feels more comfortable”
How diversity impacts on a positive company culture:
A stronger focus on diversity can be fruitful for an entire company. Two companies, Freudenberg Sealing Technologies GmbH and Helmholtz-Zentrum Berlin, have also experienced this, albeit in different ways. Jennifer…
Meet your prejudice
Employees of WISTA Management GmbH met people who share their experiences with prejudice and social exclusion:
For its work in site development and business promotion, WISTA Management GmbH (WISTA) relies on a diverse team, coexistence and tolerance, and the individual development of its staff. This process is supported by the…
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Peppermint Group takes stake in new R3 Solutions
Together they want to further advance industrial real-time wireless networking:
Highly available and fast-response wireless technologies are an indispensable core component of the further automation of industry and the Industrial Internet of Things. With EchoRing from R3, such a technology is…
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German Contech Champion Sablono raises EUR 5.3M Series A investment by Thomas Bachmaier
The funding will be used to further expand the Next-Gen Lean Construction platform:
Sablono, the market leader for digital lean technology for construction enterprises, has raised €5.3M Series A to accelerate international growth and execute on their first-to-market advantage to establish Sablono as…
Nostos Genomics enters into partnership with Genomenon
Jointly, the companies aim to accelerate the diagnosis of genetic diseases:
Nostos Genomics, a company based at the CHIC Charlottenburg Innovation Centre, announced a partnership with Genomenon, which includes integration of the Mastermind® Genomic Search Engine into the company’s…
Researchers starting companies
Berlin pools its start-up activities in the Science & Startups network to promote science spin-offs:
The economic potential of science spin-offs is indisputable. Despite government incentives, however, their number remains comparatively low. Berlin is now pooling together all its start-up promotion activities in a…
New formats for the exchange with start-ups
The coronavirus pandemic has also affected the work of start-up and innovation centres:
These are turbulent, crazy times. Rarely has an issue dominated all areas of work and life as much as the coronavirus. Start-ups and other developing companies are being hit particularly hard by the resulting…
Using 3D printing effectively
3YOURMIND is one of today's leading providers of software solutions for industrial 3D printing:
From start-up to big player: 3YOURMIND offers software solutions for additive manufacturing. The company now had to leave the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC). The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) is…
POLYLINE Lighthouse Project: Navigating Uncertainty and Redefining Factory of the Future
3YOURMIND provides software to manage the project:
The POLYLINE project brings together 15 industry and research partners from Germany to establish a landmark automated factory for additive manufacturing (AM). The 3YOURMIND Agile Manufacturing Suite will be the…
WISTA launches B2B-Platform during the corona crisis
Support with personnel, equipment, material, know-how etc...:
The economic situation during the Corona pandemic is a huge challenge for many companies. Some companies have to go on short-time work while others work extra shifts. In this difficult situation, we want to offer a…
From founders to entrepreneurs
Interview with Lars Hansen, the head of CHIC:
The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre CHIC is now home to nearly 60 start-ups. The building complex close to Berlin’s Ernst-Reuter-Platz is part of Berlin Campus Charlottenburg, one of the largest inner-city university…
WISTA Magazine
In Potenzial, we highlight current topics from the WISTA Future Sites every two months, including the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC):
