Communities in Stuttgart

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Research campus innovation platform bringing together 50+ industry and science partners for mobility and production startups, coworking and open innovation events.

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Statewide hightech business network of ~700 members linking startups, industry, investors and research with coaching, financing access and networking formats.

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Local networking and mentoring community for founders, self-employed professionals and aspiring entrepreneurs with regular Meetups in German and English.

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EO Germany - Southwest is the southwestern German chapter of the global Entrepreneurs' Organization (EO), covering the Baden-Württemberg region around Stuttgart. It provides a peer-to-peer network of business owners with confidential forums, learning and mentoring sessions, and local, national, and global EO events. The target group is founders and owners of established businesses that meet EO's membership qualification, and chapter activities are held primarily in person in the southwest of Germany.

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Baden-Württemberg's federally funded Startup Factory consortium connecting KIT, universities, Mittelstand and deep-tech founders via programs, funding and ecosystem events.

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Regional university spin-off network with ~50 partners offering free founder advice, campus agencies and connections for science-based startups in the Stuttgart region.

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START Stuttgart is the Stuttgart chapter of the international START Network of student entrepreneurship initiatives. It organizes around three large events per year plus 50+ community meetups in its region and runs smaller project groups, connecting students with the local startup ecosystem. The target group is entrepreneurially minded students in and around Stuttgart; membership is application-based and activities take place in person in Baden-Württemberg.

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Open innovation platform matching startups with automotive and industrial corporates for pilots, proof-of-concepts and annual EXPO networking.

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Nonprofit founder community connecting startups, founders and supporters across the Stuttgart region through thematic Circles, Gründergrillen and ecosystem events.