»Lower Saxony's economy needs people who try new things, spot opportunities and turn their ideas into successful innovations and companies. That makes startups a significant part of our business location and a decisive factor in Lower Saxony's future.

We are proud of our thriving startup scene, and we will continue to support it in ways that are up to date and meet its needs.«

Grant Hendrik Tonne
Lower Saxony Minister of Economic Affairs, Transport and Building

Your contacts at the Lower Saxony startup initiative

Offices at Niedersachsen.next Startup & NBank

Tobias Wedler

Member of the Management Board Niedersachsen.next

Johanna Kallenbach

Head of startup initiative at Niedersachsen.next

Ralf Borchers

Head of startup initiative at NBank / CEO NBank Capital

Kevin Bruns

Manager innomatch / Venture Clienting

Antonia Bührig

Manager Startup strategy / PR and Social Media

    Katarina Hartje-Törber

    Manager Startups

    Nora Hesse

    Manager Spin-off

    Necla Kadah

    Startup funding NBank

    Paul Kurze

    Manager PR and Social Media

    Lena Oesterlin-Meret

    Manager Life Science

    Hannah Raatschen

    Manager Startup strategy / Spin-off

    Samir Roshandel

    Manager Entrepreneurship Education

    Lisa Schnabel

    Manager Female Entrepreneurship / Impact

    Florian Spiegelhauer

    Startup funding NBank / Manager Internationalization

    Our mission

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    Lower Saxony Startup Advisory Board

    Advisory body of the Lower Saxony startup initiative

    Olaf Lies

    Chairman of the Advisory Board and Prime Minister of Lower Saxony

    Grant Hendrik Tonne

    Lower Saxony State Minister for Economic Affairs, Transport and Building

    Joachim Schachtner

    State Secretary, Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony, Assessor

    Andreas Lenz

    Founder t3n Magazin, Hannover

    Dörte Roloff

    Lecturer for Innovation & Entrepreneurship, founder of Prototypenparty, Hanover

    Jan-Philipp Mai

    Founder JPM Silicon, Braunschweig

    Johanna Heß

    Founder TRAFO Hub, Braunschweig

    Karin Schnitker

    Professor of Corporate Management (specialising in Strategic Leadership, Entrepreneurship and Innovation Management), Osnabrück University of Applied Sciences

    Matthias Hunecke

    Founder Brille24.de, Oldenburg

    Patrick Pietruck

    Founder webnetz GmbH, Lüneburg

    Philip Mertes

    Initiator Startup Göttingen e.V., Göttingen

    Tobias Ortmaier

    Founder Yuanda Robotics, Hannover

    Wolf Goertz

    Founder Netrocks GmbH, Osnabrück