Founding in Lower Saxony:JUST DO IT

Taking off with every fibre.
Michelle, Merit, Julian and the entire team at eco:fibr are ensuring greater sustainability in the paper industry. The startup has developed a resource-saving process for producing pulp from pineapple waste. The support of Niedersachsen.next Startup and several startup grants has enabled them to come one step closer to their dream of a sustainable world.

Kristina Nikolaus and her co-founders are ensuring sustainability in space. Their start-up OKAPI:Orbits has developed software that avoids collisions in space and thus ensures less space debris.
Find out how she met her co-founders and what tips she has for startups here.

Jacob Bussmann and Jan Ritter were determined that their startup should leave a lasting impression and ensure regenerative agriculture worldwide. Learn how they achieved this and what helped them most during the founding phase here.

What started as a research project for a final thesis led to a successful startup. Alica Lammerskitten and Oleksii Parniakov provide new worlds of taste with their freeze-dried fruits and more snacking pleasure. You can find out how here.

There is still a lot to be done for equal opportunities and social and cultural participation. Iyabo Kaczmarek and Alexandra Faruga are making an important contribution with their initiative Unter einem Dach (Under One Roof). Find out how Unter einem Dach is changing society for the better and what potential the two founders see in the startup scene.

With vegan antibodies, Dr. Laila Al-Halabi-Frenzel from Abcalis in Braunschweig ensures the well-being of humans and animals.