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Berlin's hub for impactful innovation with a full range of innovation services

We help corporates, SMEs and non-profit organisations solve internal challenges, adapt to changing markets, integrate impactful strategies and scalable solutions, and become leading innovators in their industry.

We help you make impact work – and remove the risk of innovation.

Internal Innovation

Innovation starts from within. Upgrade how your teams think, collaborate and create together.

Our flagship internal innovation programme is designed to power up innovation culture and spirit of entrepreneurship within your company. With our tested frameworks and formats, empower your team to stay ahead of the market and enable them to translate market insights into business results.

External disruption isn’t slowing down. Stay ahead by building the internal capacity to respond now.

Find out how.

Trend and futures workshop for the Berlin ecosystem to identify future-ready innovations for climate adaptation.
Strategically-aligned Ideathon for Lufthansa Group to solve 5 cross-company ESG challenges.

WORKSHOPS AND COACHING

Receive structured workshops and coachings from our in-house experts and equip your team to cross the bridge from industry insights into sustainable action.

IDEATHONS AND HACKATHONS

Solve specific organisational challenges in a high-energy event which leverage the collective expertise of your organisation and innovative entrepreneurs to generate rapid prototypes, ready to test.

Mimbiosis pitching their upcycling material solution for textile manufacturers at the Climate Action Accelerator pitch night.
Facilitated connection with one of our startups, SkoneLabs, as part of venture clienting for Rentenbank.

MARKET ACCESS PROGRAMMES

Bring impactful ideas to market in Germany/ Berlin with structured venture programmes designed to embed your business into the local ecosystem and connect with relevant stakeholders.

VENTURE CLIENTING

Power up your innovation goals by letting us matchmake you with high-potential and strategically aligned startups from our ecosystem from first meeting to signed LOIs.

AI and automation experts from n8n connect with impact innovators and entrepreneurs on the terrace of our circular house.
Curated branded evening dinner and event for Armedangels & Client Earth.

IMPACT IMMERSION

Spend an inspiring offsite in our circular house and explore the impact innovation ecosystem – filled with guided team alignment exercises and in-depth conversations with founders and “do-ers”, to spark the spirit of ideation and innovation within your team.

FULL SERVICE EVENTS

Customised events, from first idea to agenda design and the final day – completely designed and executed by our team according to your vision and strategic outcomes, with the unique Impact Hub human-centric approach.

Impact cannot happen in isolation, it requires collaborative action. We’re the collaborator to make it happen.

Why work with us

Access to innovation

Connect directly with new-wave innovators to stay ahead of industry disruptions and gain exclusive access to emerging trends and market opportunities. 

Cultivate an innovation culture

Equip your teams with new-work skills that catalyse creative thinking and innovative solutions within your organisation.

Future-proof your organisation

Engage with our innovation and sustainability specialists to navigate challenges and gain valuable strategic insights into emerging trends and regulatory changes.

Fast-track innovation

Accelerate the development and implementation of impacful solutions to differentiate your company in today’s rapidly evolving business landscape.

 

Integrated with your systems

Customised services and tailored support ensure alignment with your strategic goals and seamless integration into existing business processes and organisational structures.

Innovation risk mitigation

Reduce investment risks by co-developing solutions within a facilitated ecosystem and pilot new concepts with vetted startups before committing to full-scale implementation.

Gobal relevance

We help ensure your innovative solutions are ready to deliver at scale by leveraging our unique global network of impact innovators and entrepreneurs. 

Continuous evaluation

Our experienced consultancy team takes care a thorough evaluation process, from the first milestone, to evaluating the effectiveness of outputs and monitoring impact. 

Our partners in collaborative action

As the frontrunner in the impact innovation sector and more than a decade of experience, we’ve collaborated with a wide range of organisations to increase their innovation capabilities and impact.

From international corporations, to family-owned businesses, public bodies and non-profits, we’re the trusted partner for impact transformation.

Bethmann Bank
Alexandra Vitt-Krauß, Head of Communications & Marketing
For many years, the Impact Hub Berlin has been one of the startup sponsors that are most intensively concerned with the topic of sustainability and social entrepreneurship. We found this mix of different disciplines very exciting and, above all, the network for our customers.
Miele
Christoph Wendker, Vice President Corporate Sustainability and Regulatory Affairs
In order to keep improving in terms of sustainability, we also need strong partnerships and exchanges with innovative minds outside the company, and that's exactly what the collaboration with Impact Hub Berlin offers.
Rentenbank
Alexander Engelke, Innovation Strategist
For us, it is important to co-create, collaborate, and find solutions - especially between Rentenbank and Impact Hub.
enpact
Chiara Kadelka
I had the pleasure of collaborating with Impact Hub Berlin on the Berlin Founders Program. While the online module was full of real-life examples and thoughtful assignments, perfectly engaging our program participants, the live session complemented this, combining expert insights, interactive elements, and a highly relevant guest speaker. The subsequent in-person day in Berlin exceeded our expectations. The team's thoughtful approach created a dynamic, inclusive atmosphere, and an invaluable experience for all involved.
SOS Children’s Villages International
Martin Schmidt
Working with Impact Hub Berlin has brought fresh energy and perspective — an invaluable asset, especially as we can too easily become caught up in our own ways of thinking.
Italian Trade Agency
Gabriella Coppola
The collaboration has been positive and fruitful, leading to meaningful synergies and concrete results.

Latest updates

20 December

As part of Germany's Nachhaltig Wirken initiative (2024–2027), Impact Hub Berlin set out to strengthen the climate innovation ecosystem in Germany.
15 November

As part of a five-year partnership, Bank of America and Impact Hub Berlin expanded their collaboration into a targeted Investment Readiness Programme.
1 September

Facing structural industry shifts, we helped PIN AG identify new growth pathways beyond its traditional business model.
15 April

A tailored programme to increase internal innovation and impact across Lufthansa group.
15 January

Discover how Bethmann Bank transformed traditional private banking into a catalyst for social change through a multi-year partnership that bridges the gap between private investors and the global impact entrepreneurship ecosystem.

Ready to make an impact?

Together, we can increase our collective impact and empower the innovators shaping the future.

Enquire now and our Head of Partnerships, Janna Schlender, will match you with the perfect services to meet your strategic needs.

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