Saxony and Thuringia combine forces: The Startup Campus Alliance” is here!

Saxony and Thuringia combine forces: The Startup Campus Alliance” is here!

Freiberg, Deutschland - On April 9, 2025, the “Startup Campus Alliance” was officially founded at the University of Leipzig. This merger of eight Saxon and two Thuringian universities has set itself the goal of sustainably promoting entrepreneurship and founding culture in the region. The founding members include renowned institutions: the University of Leipzig, the Technical University of Dresden, the Technical University of Chemnitz, the TU Bergakademie Freiberg, the Dresden University of Applied Sciences, the Dresden University of Applied Sciences, the University of Technology, Economics and Culture Leipzig, the HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management as well as the Friedrich-Schiller University Jena and the Ernst ABBE University Jena.

"Deep Tech" is the technical term that is central to this initiative. It refers to technologies and companies based on considerable scientific or technical innovations. The aim of the Startup Campus Alliance is to establish Saxony and Thuringia as the leading Deep Tech foundation region in Germany and to strengthen their visibility in public. TU Freiberg reported that almost 100 new startups were founded in Saxony, more than 60 from universities and research institutions.

common goals and strategies

A central component of the startup Campus Alliance is the strategic bundling of the forces of the universities involved to promote start -ups. The universities plan the establishment of joint apprenticeship formats and a shared infrastructure. In addition, the interdisciplinary cooperation between the universities is intended to be intensified in order to create innovative support offers for talents and teams interested in start -up. smile of Leipzig emphasizes that the alliance in the area Wants to significantly increase university expenses.

Utz Dornberger, Professor of Development Economics and Head of the Leipzig self-management initiative, was elected chairman of the new association. The organizational basis of the Allianz forms a non -profit association that serves as a coordinating platform for founding funding. This platform enables member universities to represent their interests together in the newly founded Business Opportunities Ost (Boost) Ecosystem gGmbH.

partnerships and perspectives

Another expansion of the network is created by partnerships with regional actors such as the Sparkassen in Saxony and the startup accelerator Spinlab in Leipzig. The association also plans to talk to additional private investors in order to further promote the start -up goals. Boost gGmbH is actively in the “Startup Factories” competition of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Climate Protection to receive support for knowledge -based outputs.

"The startup Campus Alliance will play an important role in increasing the region's innovative strength and promoting networking within the university landscape," emphasizes Prof. Dr. Eva Inés Obergfell, Rector of the University of Leipzig. Overall, the establishment of the Alliance is a significant step towards a more dynamic founding environment for profound technologies in Saxony and Thuringia. added that the opportunities for founders and innovative projects are to be significantly improved.