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Get the knowledge and expertise of an entire region for your start-up! At Startup Port, you get everything from a single source. Regardless of whether you already have a concrete start-up idea or simply feel the entrepreneurial spirit within you – we will support, coach and network you.

The Startup Port bundles the support services of ten universities and research institutions from the Hamburg metropolitan region for students, researchers and graduates in preparing their technology and knowledge-oriented start-ups.

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26. 11. 2025
Photo by Christine Tiedemann, Network Manager Startup Port
Founding is not witchcraft – Christine Tiedemann in a hei.expert:inneninterview

“Founding is not witchcraft – it’s heart, brain and attitude. And anyone can learn it. You just have to get started,” is the quintessence of Christine Tiedemann ‘s appeal to founders in an interview with the hei.Hamburger Existenzgründungsinitiative. Christine is...

20. 11. 2025
Die drei Gründer von Lunar: Alejandro Poiqui, Lukas Ganss und Timon Pitz
Lunar: AI-powered visual aid for blind and visually impaired people
With its innovative AI-supported visual aid, Hamburg-based startup Lunar aims to make everyday situations easier for blind people and promote inclusion. To this end, the three alumni of the University of Hamburg, Lukas Ganss, Alejandro Poiqui, and Timon Pitz, have received EXIST funding from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWE), co-financed by the European Social Fund (ESF), and can now concentrate on further developing their portable AI device.
29. 10. 2025
Next step: pickz ai receives EXIST funding for AI-supported eyewear consulting
pickz ai has reached the next milestone on its start-up journey: The Hamburg-based start-up has been awarded the EXIST start-up grant and will be funded by the program for one year from 1 November. The young company has developed a solution for opticians and their customers that digitizes the entire consultation process for finding the right glasses. The AI-supported application provides support from the initial search for preferred models, through the needs analysis for the respective eyes and individual eyesight, to the purchase of glasses.