Our club network
The innoclub's great strength is its cross-industry network of companies, mentors and institutional partners.
Together, we promote innovation and entrepreneurship and want to actively shape the transformation of the economy in Dortmund and the Westphalian Ruhr region.
Corporates & SMEs
Thanks to the annual contributions of committed partner companies, the innoclub is able to support innovative start-ups as part of the one-year innoclub Fellowship and pursue other activities to drive innovation.
innoclub Fellows
The innoclub awards a one-year fellowship to innovative start-ups to help them grow in Dortmund. These seven start-ups are currently being supported with individual services with a total value of €10,000.
The admission of further fellows is possible on an ongoing basis. Interested start-ups can apply for an innoclub Fellowship at any time.
Start-ups
The innoclub supports a curated selection of mature start-ups and scale-ups that already have several employees and have reached the growth phase. Graduates of the innoclub Fellowship remain club members free of charge after completing the accelerator program until the tenth year after founding the company.
Mentors
As part of the fellowship, our start-ups are accompanied by experienced mentors who share their knowledge and contribute their personal networks to innoclub.
This is where diverse expertise meets an open culture of making mistakes, so that everyone benefits from the individual experiences and learnings of one person.
Institutions
The innoclub is a project of the Dortmund Chamber of Industry and Commerce, which is backed by the local supporters Economic Development Agency Dortmund, TU Dortmund, FH Dortmund and ISM Dortmund and was developed as part of the Masterplan Wissenschaft.
In addition to the initiators, numerous other public and scientific institutions in Dortmund are active in the innoclub network to support start-ups, SMEs and corporates in the transformation of the economy.
