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The Incubator for sustainable Materials

Turn your idea into a marketable innovation for sustainable materials! Are you a scientist with a ground-breaking idea in the field of sustainable materials? The Materials Lab Incubator offers you the right environment: resources, funding and expertise to turn your vision into reality. Join us and develop solutions that transform entire industries!

The Materials Lab Incubator

You are at the heart of our Incubator programme, which has been specially developed for talented scientists. We want to offer you the best possible starting conditions to turn your innovative research into a disruptive start-up.
Through targeted support, access to resources and a strong network, we will help you turn your visionary ideas into reality and actively shape the future of the region.
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From idea to problem-solution-fit

Spark-Fund

What you bring:


  • A pioneering idea in sustainable materials at an early stage

  • Your research background and team story

  • A short project summary: What’s the challenge? What’s your solution?

  • The drive to turn research into impact 




What you get from us:


  • Up to €100,000 in equity-free funding

  • Access to state-of-the-art labs and mentoring

  • Hands-on workshops and feedback from experts

  • A cohort of ambitious fellow innovators

  • A chance to pitch to investors and build your prototype

 

Why join?


Start your journey “from scratch to prototype” and accelerate your science toward realworld
solutions!



Download the application documents here

 

Apply now until 15.09.2026

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From problem-solution-fit to Product Market fit

Warpspeed

What you bring:

  • A validated concept: Problem-solution fit already shown
  • Motivation to reach the market and product-market fit
  • Detailed team profile and a comprehensive “reading deck” (19–25 slides: validation, team, MVP, market, plan)
  • A financial plan for the next 12 months (Excel format preferred)
  • No company yet founded (no market entry during the funding phase)


What you get from us:

  • Up to €100,000 equity-free funding
  • Intensive coaching to sharpen your MVP
  • Investor and industry feedback at every milestone
  • Access to full lab infrastructure and regional support


Why join?
Bridge the gap between lab validation and market entry with maximum support—and get your science into the hands of users!

Download the application documents here

 

Apply now until 15.09.2026

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Get in Contact

Ines Vogt & Maximilian Ruschmeier

info@materials-lab-incubator.com

Fon I.Vogt: +492418021280

 

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