Impact Hub Berlin
A global community of social innovators collaborating to take entrepreneurial action to solve the world’s biggest challenges.
An innovation lab. A business incubator. A social enterprise community centre. We offer you a unique ecosystem of resources, inspiration, and collaboration opportunities to grow your impact. Our diverse community will inspire, connect, and enable you to develop your best work every step of the way.
Impact-driven Community
Learn and connect
Join monthly programmes and events aimed at supporting your work, finding an opportunity to collaborate and also learn from others, sprinkled with a dose of networking socials and fun feasts. Members also benefit from pro bono business clinics to tackle your challenges.
Pira
Pira is a creative studio founded by three friends from Brazil. They combine graphic design, motion, video, web design, illus…
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Pira
Pira is a creative studio founded by three friends from Brazil. They combine graphic design, motion, video, web design, illustration and also gaming with social issues.
Their creative consultancy and studio is about making things elegant, touching and interesting.
German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility
Innovative Logistics Solutions @Urban Freight Lab
Outline The Urban Freight Lab discussed urban freight innovations and their applicability in the developing countries …
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German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility
Innovative Logistics Solutions @Urban Freight Lab
Outline
The Urban Freight Lab discussed urban freight innovations and their applicability in the developing countries context. Different stakeholders underlined the highly disruptive effect of smartphone-based solutions, small distribution hubs and cargo bikes.
Approach
Design the workshop
GPSM invited different stakeholders from the urban logistic sector
Moderation and documentation of the workshop
Outcome
Exploration of urban freight innovations.
Partner
GPSM – German Partnership for Sustainable Mobility
Vio
Startup Weekend for Social Innovation
Outline 54h bootcamp to develop tech-based business ideas to solve the most pressing problems of our times. Participan…
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Vio
Startup Weekend for Social Innovation
Outline
54h bootcamp to develop tech-based business ideas to solve the most pressing problems of our times. Participants gathered for inspiring pitches, business clinics, one-on-one mentoring and work in interdisciplinary teams.
Approach
- Tailor, design and organize the Startup Weekend together with MakeSense
- Scout and brief mentors, experts and inspiring professionals
- Run the Startup Weekend
- Empower start ups to pitch their impact
Impact
Empower participants to further develop their idea, work in interdisciplinary teams, and collaborate with like-minded others.
Partners
Vio
MakeSense
Sense Cube
GreenCycle, Schwarz Gruppe
Reducing Packaging Waste in Supermarkets
Outline GreenCycle Academy empowered students to create solutions to reduce packaging waste in supermarkets. A 2,5 day…
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GreenCycle, Schwarz Gruppe
Reducing Packaging Waste in Supermarkets
Outline
GreenCycle Academy empowered students to create solutions to reduce packaging waste in supermarkets. A 2,5 day innovation bootcamp enabled them to create innovative solutions, receive feedback from industry experts, and pitch their solution to the management level of GreenCycle in Neckarsulm.
Approach
- Create a call and scout for students passionate to reduce packaging waste
- Design and run a 2,5-day innovation bootcamp together with industry experts
- Nominate the top 5 teams and invite them to GreenCycle’s headquarter
- Facilitate a two-day business clinic at the HQ to improve their ideas and pitch in front of the management team.
Impact
Students created powerful solutions to reduce packaging waste in supermarkets. Students received real industry feedback to improve their solutions. Students and GreenCycle learned from each other.
Partners
Climate-KIC Germany
GreenCycle, Schwarzgruppe (Lidl & Kaufland)
Impact Stories
Hear from peers
Our Stories section is home to member blogs and news from Impact Berlin. Click through to read about learnings from peers on their impact journeys. You can also catch up from events and see what exciting things the Community is working on.
#HumansofImpactHub: Kiezbett, the neighbourhood bed!
| Marnie Williams
Inspiring Events
Make meaningful connections
Impact Hub is a global network of over 12.000 members in over 60 cities, with a shared focus on creating real impact. Members benefit from guidance, resources, and opportunities shared from all Impact Hubs around the world.Serendipitous Space
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Impact Hub Berlin is the perfect space for your meeting, event or workshop for up to 110 guests. Visit our event rentals page to determine what might be the best fit, and don't hesitate to contact our events team with further questions!