Best Accelerators & Incubators Companies in Germany
The 245 best Accelerators & Incubators companies in Germany in 2026, ranked by funding and momentum. Funding, investors, founders, valuation, tech stack and live signals. Top: Scalable Capital.
Germany's Accelerators & Incubators scene is sharper and more concentrated than most people realize. Our directory tracks 245 companies with $387M in total disclosed funding, and one name explains nearly all of it: Scalable Capital sits at $375M, leaving every other player fighting for the remaining slice. That's not a balanced ecosystem, it's a funding pyramid, and you should know that going in.
So what's actually moving beneath that top line? AI is the answer. Hot themes this quarter are ai accelerators, edge ai deployment, and ai-specific chips, and I'd argue Germany is quietly becoming a serious node for that infrastructure conversation. Flagship Founders ($4M) and EIT Health ($2M) are the next-tier names worth watching, while backers like Europa and the European Union keep the mid-market alive. The sustainability question is real, though: as one pointed critique notes, many accelerators can't keep burning cash without a clearer returns model. But the community-building case for this sector remains strong, and with coverage rising this quarter, the conversation is only getting louder.
Ranked: Best Accelerators & Incubators companies in Germany
| # | Company | Disclosed funding | Last round | Stage | Founder | Founded | Tech stack | Recent signals |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Scalable Capital 🦄 Founded in 2014, with offices in Munich and London, we are a young financial technology startup with… | $375M | 30 mo ago | Series E | — | 2014 | Apple iCloud MailGoogle WorkspaceBootstrap+15 | — |
| 2 | Flagship Founders Provider of strategic advisory, logistics, and technology consulting services | $4M | 38 mo ago | Seed | Fabian Feldhaus Co-Founder | 2020 | — | — |
| 3 | EIT Health Startup accelerator and incubator focused on the Healthcare sector | $2M | 41 mo ago | Funding Raised | Filipa Santos Board Member | 2015 | WordPressMySQLPHP+30 | — |
| 4 | UnternehmerTUM Accelerator and VC firm focused on multiple sectors | $2M | 63 mo ago | Funding Raised | Helmut Schonenberger Co-Founder & CEO | 2002 | Craft CMSApple iCloud MailGoogle Workspace+19 | 1 partnership |
| 5 | Start2 Startup studio and accelerator firm | $1M | 65 mo ago | Funding Raised | Annika Pierson Co-CEO | 2008 | WordPressApple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365+28 | — |
| 6 | Startup Colors Provider of startup incubation, hackathons, and innovation programs and services | $820K | 68 mo ago | Funding Raised | Maren Lesche Founder & CEO | 2018 | — | — |
| 7 | Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship University backed startup incubator & accelerator | $624K | 77 mo ago | Funding Raised | Falk Strascheg Founder | 2002 | TYPO3 CMSPHPApache HTTP Server+9 | — |
| 8 | Next Media Accelerator Media focused startup accelerator backed by German Press Agency | $570K | 68 mo ago | Funding Raised | Nico Lumma Managing Partner | 2015 | — | — |
| 9 | SpinLab Startup accelerator | $562K | 44 mo ago | Funding Raised | Eric Weber Founder & CEO | 2014 | HubSpot CMS HubMaterial Design LiteFlickity+15 | 2 partnerships |
| 10 | TransMarTech Maritime technology incubator | $332K | 48 mo ago | Public | Nele Dageförde CEO | 2020 | — | — |
| 11 | BRYCK Sector-agnostic accelerator focused on startups | $166K | 31 mo ago | Funding Raised | Philipp Herrmann Co-Founder & Co-CEO | 2021 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365GSAP+6 | — |
| 12 | RootCamp Provider of incubation programs for the developing startups in the agriculture industry | $133K | 28 mo ago | Funding Raised | Eric Weber CEO | 2020 | HubSpot CMS HubPreactjQuery+11 | — |
| 13 | Blockchain Founders Group Provider of blockchain advisory & consulting services | $107K | 36 mo ago | Funding Raised | Ulrich Spindler Board of Directors | 2021 | WordPressMySQLPHP+15 | — |
| 14 | Merck Accelerator Healthcare sector focused accelerator program | — | 34 mo ago | Unfunded | — | 1668 | Adobe Experience ManagerJavaChart.js+13 | — |
| 15 | Beiersdorf Startup accelerator firm backed by Beiersdorf | — | 89 mo ago | Unfunded | Vincent Warnery Group Chief Executive Officer | 1882 | Apple iCloud MailMicrosoft 365UIKit+10 | — |
Top 12 Accelerators & Incubators companies in Germany
#1
Series E · Munich, Germany · founded 2014 · 547 employees$374.8Mraised▾
Founded in 2014, with offices in Munich and London, we are a young financial technology startup with excellent funding by prominent VCs. Please visit our website www.scalable.capital for more information.
#2
Funding Raised · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2015 · 472 employees$2.1Mraised▾
EIT Health is a startup accelerator and incubator focused on the Healthcare sector. It offers the following acceleration programs: LaunchLab accelerator, which is a two-month long program that provides a funding of €15K. EIT Health VentureLab is a 16-week-long acceleration program and CaixaImpulse is an 8-12 month long accelerator program which provides funding up to €70K.
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$86.7K
- Jan 2023Grant (prize money)$30.1K
- Dec 2022Grant (prize money)$11.8K
- Jul 2021Grant (prize money)$1.2M
#3
Funding Raised · Hannover, Lower Saxony · founded 2020$132.7Kraised▾
Provider of incubation programs for the developing startups in the agriculture industry. They provide an acceleration curriculum for early-stage startups. They also offer on-site virtual workshops and on-demand e-learning resources. Offers financial support for taking up accelerator programs.
- Feb 2024Grant (prize money)$132.7K
#4
Seed · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2020$3.8Mraised▾
Provider of strategic advisory, logistics, and technology consulting services
- Mar 2023Seed$3.8M
#5
Funding Raised · Essen, North Rhine Westphalia · founded 2021$165.8Kraised▾
Sector-agnostic accelerator focused on startups. Inspires and connects startups, corporates and investors to help innovative ideas succeed. Offers a variety of startup programs to address the individual needs and challenges of each team.
- Nov 2023Grant (prize money)$165.8K
#6
Funding Raised · Neustadt An Der Weinstrasse, Rhineland Palatinate · founded 2021$107.4Kraised▾
Provider of blockchain advisory & consulting services
- Jun 2023Grant (prize money)$107.4K
#7
Funding Raised · Leipzig, Saxony · founded 2014 · 53 employees$561.7Kraised▾
SpinLab is a startup accelerator that provides business acceleration services in collaboration with Leipzig Old Cotton Mill and Leipzig Graduate School of Management. The acceleration program runs over the course of 6 months. It accepts tech startups engaged in Digital industry space. The firm provides €6K in funding and expects no equity in return.
- Oct 2022Grant (prize money)$256K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$305.7K
#8
Funding Raised · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2002 · 173 employees$1.8Mraised▾
Accelerator and VC firm focused on multiple sectors
- Mar 2021Grant (prize money)$296K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$377.2K
- Jan 2019Grant (prize money)$367.7K
- Jan 2017Grant (prize money)$127.2K
#9
Public · Germany · founded 2020$331.7Kraised▾
Maritime technology incubator. It is focused on fostering innovation, knowledge transfer from science to industry, and sustainable ocean solutions, connecting stakeholders, promoting new technologies, and supporting startups in the blue economy.
- Jun 2022Grant (prize money)$331.7K
#10
Funding Raised · Munich, Bavaria · founded 2008$1.4Mraised▾
Startup studio and accelerator firm. It offers services like funding management, market discovery, business model management, and more. It also offers accelerator programs for businesses.
- Jan 2021Grant (prize money)$872K
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$476.9K
- Mar 2019Grant (prize money)$22.2K
#11
Funding Raised · Berlin, Berlin · founded 2018$820.3Kraised▾
Provider of startup incubation, hackathons, and innovation programs and services. The company supports tech talents in building sustainable solutions. It offers intrapreneurship programs based on startup incubation. The company curates innovation journeys by screening and scouting relevant startups.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$396.9K
- Jan 2020Grant (prize money)$423.4K
#12
Funding Raised · Hamburg, Hamburg · founded 2015 · 6 employees$570.2Kraised▾
Next Media Accelerator is a media-focused startup accelerator, initiated by German Press Agency(DPA) which runs 6 months long accelerator program for the media industry across Europe. The portfolio companies include AdBooker, Attention insight, Ceretai etc.
- Oct 2020Grant (prize money)$315.5K
- Sep 2020Grant (prize money)$254.8K
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