Overview

• The Federal Ministry of Economics selected Unite as one of ten national Startup Factories, awarding €10 million over five years as seed financing.
• Organizers have secured over €10 million in private commitments from investors including Berliner Sparkasse, Bayer and Deutsche Telekom to meet the requirement for at least 50 percent private funding.
• Thomas Heilmann, former Berlin justice senator and entrepreneur, has chaired Unite’s supervisory board since April as the consortium finalizes its operational model.
• Unite is finalizing program structures for an early 2026 rollout aimed at launching science-based ventures in artificial intelligence, health and green technologies.
• Berlin’s Senate has advanced a streamlined IP strategy to limit technology transfers from research institutions to startups to three months, a process Unite will implement.