XSF — JUNI

The startup factory for technology-driven startups in the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region

JUNI (formerly UNITE) is a startup factory for technology-driven startups in the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region. It combines scientific excellence with entrepreneurial implementation and supports startups with programs, mentoring, capital and networks. JUNI accompanies start-up teams from the early idea phase through to market launch and scaling.

Vision

JUNI pursues the vision of developing the Berlin-Brandenburg capital region into a leading innovation and start-up ecosystem for technology-driven start-ups. The aim is to systematically transform scientific excellence into marketable solutions, thereby promoting long-term economic growth, social benefits and technological progress.

Bridge between science and business

JUNI acts as a central interface between research, business and society. The Star-tup-Factory supports founders from universities, research institutions and scientific projects and provides them with access to experts, mentoring, infrastructure and funding.
This close networking enables scientific findings to be further developed in a practical manner and translated into scalable, marketable products and services.

Mission and goals

The aim is to develop start-ups into scalable and commercially successful companies and to strengthen the regional ecosystem in the long term. JUNI supports technology-driven spin-offs throughout the entire start-up phase by:

A new startup every day (commercial register entry)

A new spin-off every week (commercial register and IP)

Qualification of 50,000 entrepreneurial talents per year

Increasing the success rate from seed to Series A

Promotion of science-based start-ups in the fields of artificial intelligence, health, greentech and related technology fields

Accelerating the transfer of research results into marketable products and business models

Building a strong network of industry partners, investors, universities and mentors

Strengthening the innovation and start-up culture in the Berlin-Brandenburg region

Performance measurement & KPIs

These KPIs illustrate how JUNI specifically activates talent, scales start-ups and further develops the capital region as a high-performance innovation location. JUNI works with clearly defined KPIs to make its reach, impact and economic impact measurable. JUNI's KPIs form the foundation of a long-term strategy with the aim of sustainably achieving the following annual milestones from 2030 onwards:

>50.000

activated talents per year

>3.500

Participants in programs annually

~500

supported teams in early phases

~365

newly founded startups per year

30%

Proportion of female founders

15%

science-based spin-offs

10 million € Valuation

for 60 % of the startups after the first financing round

~3.500

new jobs created per year

500 million €

mobilized capital annually

People behind JUNI

Laura Möller

CEO

She originally comes from the venture capital sector and worked at IBB Ventures and Burda Principal Investments for ten years. The business economist completed her Master's degree in European Studies. As CEO of JUNI, she pursues the vision of making the capital region an international hotspot for deep-tech start-ups by connecting infrastructure, capital and minds. She was included in Manager Magazin's list of the 23 most important AI women in Germany. As the former director of K.I.E.Z., she was also instrumental in the development of AI Nation.

Christoph Krüger

COO

He is an entrepreneur and executive with over 25 years of experience in building, scaling and internationalizing companies - both self-financed and investor-backed. He has led companies from start-up to successful exit, taking on roles as COO, CFO, CSO and Co-CEO, with a particular focus on B2B software, digital business and data-driven marketing. Among other things, he built up ngn-new generation network internationally as a SaaS provider for B2B publishers and trade fairs and led the company to its exit to Vogel Communications Group in 2010. At UNITE, he brings his experience in strategy and company building to support science-based startups on their way to the market and to strengthen the connection between research, startups and business.

Website of JUNI