Startup communities in Leipzig

In-Person

Monthly community meetup for biotech and life sciences founders, researchers, and students featuring founder stories, Q&A sessions, and open networking hosted at Basislager Coworking.

In-Person

Recurring networking community for international students, graduates, and aspiring founders exploring entrepreneurship, freelancing, and funding in Germany-organized by SMILE at Leipzig University.

In-Person

Impact Hub Leipzig, based in Leipzig, offers coworking spaces, consulting, and networking opportunities for startups and companies actively engaged in sustainable transformation. The target group includes in particular innovative founders and small to medium-sized enterprises that are committed to social and ecological challenges. Impact Hub Leipzig also supports circular transformation and significantly promotes the development of future-proof business models. In doing so, a community is created where like-minded people come together and support each other.

Hybrid

Leipzig tech nonprofit running FLINTA workshops, the hackerinnen.space role-model project, and Open Tech community meetups for underrepresented groups in IT.

In-Person

Open interdisciplinary meetup community for quantum computing, sensing, and materials, bringing together students, researchers, founders, and industry for monthly talks and networking in Leipzig.

In-Person

Smart Infrastructure Hub, based in Leipzig, supports startups in the field of smart infrastructure, particularly in the areas of energy, smart city, and e-health. The target group includes innovative startups and aspiring founders in these technology areas. The hub offers coaching, mentoring, networking with companies, and support across different growth stages. It initiates collaborations and projects and provides access to investors, supporters, and research networks.

In-Person

Social Impact Lab Leipzig, based in Leipzig, supports socially innovative founders and social startups in the startup and founding phase with qualification, consulting, coaching, mentoring, and networking. The services offered include individual coaching, workshops, co-working space, and networks. The target group consists of all socially innovative founders who want to become self-employed or implement innovative ideas. Support is provided free of charge and intensively, in order to find economic, social, and ecological answers for the future.

Hybrid

Alumni community for SpinLab, RootCamp, and ExciteLab founders offering HubClub networking, coaching, investor access, events, and discounted workspace after accelerator programs.

Hybrid

Non-profit alliance of ten Saxony and Thuringia universities pooling startup support, shared infrastructure, and joint teaching formats to strengthen deep-tech founder communities across Central Germany.