Paderborn’s incubation and innovation centre became active one year ago to help drive startup formation and entrepreneurial activity.
Garage33, the incubation and innovation quarter supported by University of Paderborn, generated a total of 35 businesses and 156 new local jobs during its inaugural year, Focus reported today.
The initiative launched last year to provide students and local entrepreneurs with services including co-working space, networking and startup training to help progress their ideas to the market.
Garage33 is affiliated with University of Paderborn’s Technology Transfer and Start-up Center (TecUp), with support from Paderborn’s city government.
Training exercises on offer include “Disrupt” workshops which partner students and employees of existing companies to search for innovations that challenge existing technologies, products and services.
Garage33 has so far facilitated the development of 133 business models based on the activities of Disrupt sessions.
Otto Drosihn, chairman of Paderborn Überzeugt, the city’s promotional agency, said: “This place has emerged as somewhere young entrepreneurs can work together with experienced entrepreneurs to develop new ideas. This mix unlocks new potential. “
