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Matthieu Voss wants to develop the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre into a public space:
The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) recently saw a change of leadership. Matthieu Voss moved in, bringing his ideas with him. Who is the new boss, and what vision does he have for CHIC? Voss reveals that he…
The future of work: When machines become colleagues
Tomorrow’s world of work is being shaped at the “Zukunftsorte” locations in Berlin:
The world is changing. Innovations like chatbots, virtual realities, and smart robots have arrived in the workplace and will bring about fundamental changes in the years ahead. At Berlin Science Week in November 2024,…
The liberators of manufacturing
The EchoRing system from R3 Solutions enables wireless, highly reliable and extremely fast data transmission:
The Götterflug rollercoaster at Belantis, an amusement park in Leipzig, is THE attraction. This thrill ride is controlled, monitored, and secured by R3 solutions, a company based in Berlin-Charlottenburg, and its…
Digital twins
A new platform pools data from eleven different sites in Berlin generating future innovation:
Berlin’s Zukunftsorte, German for ‘places of the future’, are pivotal sites generating future innovation in technology across the German capital. They are made up of 2,200 companies and 42 scientific institutions,…
CHIC is starting up businesses in the heart of Berlin
The Charlottenburg Innovation Centre offers more than 60 young companies a home in Berlin’s City West:
Since it opened in early 2011, the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC) has been offering a home to start-ups in Berlin’s City West. More than 60 young companies with 708 employees are currently working here to…
Collaborative and well-connected
CHIC location manager Olivia Budek supports female founders and strengthens their networking in the capital region:
More than 80 percent of all start-ups in Germany are backed by male founders. Against this backdrop, Olivia Budek, the manager of the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC), is paying special attention to female…
More attractive than working from home
WISTA is testing new spatial concepts for hybrid working:
Performing knowledge-based work decentrally – be it in a home office, on the road, or at a café – can be convenient. But it also has its disadvantages. It makes teamwork, social interaction, stimulating discussions,…
An eye on the future
The Zukunftsorte Business Office aims to network Berlin's research and development locations more closely and create free space for innovation:
“The best way to predict the future is to create it.” Alan Kay is credited as the inventor of the term “personal computer” and was one of the computer scientists who always kept in mind the practical use that their…
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…
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…
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…
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…
Charlottenburg Innovation Centre is looking forward to new young companies
Eight-year incubation period ended with successful departure of the first founder generation:
2019 saw a turning point at the Charlottenburg Innovation Centre (CHIC). Young companies are eligible to stay there for eight years. Now that CHIC’s first eight-year period expired, some companies, including Virtenio…
New Chemistry Lab for Start-ups
Inauguration of the Inkulab at the TU Berlin’s Charlottenburg Campus:
On 25 January 2017 the Inkulab – a laboratory container system, fully equipped with a ventilation system, and laboratory and safety facilities – was inaugurated at the TU Berlin’s Charlottenburg Campus. It provides…