Build your collaboration strategy

Build your collaboration strategy

Find and level with the best partners in the textile supply chain to grow your business.

Collaborations between social enterprises and established businesses in strategic partnerships is a complex, risky and challenging process. However, it also has huge benefits to make more impact faster, smarter and cheaper.

In the Impact Nation program, we have developed a methodology together with ABN AMRO and TNW to support social enterprises and established businesses to identify opportunities to collaborate and make more impact faster.

In our session, we invite social entrepreneurs and established companies from the Dutch textile industry to join us for an interactive session to uncover the secrets of successful strategic partnerships.

As a social entrepreneur, you will also learn to speak the language of medium-sized companies from this industry and use this in your sales strategy. As an established business, you can meet innovative entrepreneurs and explore potential collaborations.

After this session you have:

1) New inspiration on the latest impact trends in textile

2) Knowledge on what Open Innovation is and how it can support you in tackling your impact challenges

3) New ideas based on talks with potential partners to actually solve your biggest impact challenges

Hosted by: Impact Hub Amsterdam, ABN AMRO (Impact Nation and ABN AMRO Social Impact Fund)

Pictured: By Rockland, which designs, produces and supplies fully customised sustainable workwear in collaboration with well-known and up-and-coming Dutch designers. The company uses materials such as GOTS-certified cotton while considering wear resistance and washability criteria. Rockland’s production occurs in Europe’s slow fashion studios.

Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Impact Stories is Impact Hub Berlin’s monthly meetup to connect leading changemakers

We are excited to bring to you Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Every month, Impact Hub Berlin hosts a series of engaging evenings at our Impact Stories series. Picture this: two or three amazing changemakers from our community and beyond sharing their personal tales of impact. Leaving behind the traditional business pitches, we strive to open the stage for real, lived, and unique stories from our inspiring changemakers & impact innovators.

Each speaker will give a rapid 5-minute presentation, followed by an audience question round. The evening will wrap up with drinks and networking to give everyone an opportunity to connect with each other.

Join us to get inspired by the stories of impact changemakers and widen your network in Berlin!

September 20 – Impact Stories: Voices of FINTA* Founders 🌈

🎤 Genefer Baxter from Aula Future will tell their journey of revolutionizing education with sustainable design

🎤 Earenya Guerra from The Lovely T will shine a light on pioneering Germany’s first ever trans guest house

October 26 – Impact Stories: Voices of Circular Building Designers 🏠

🎤 Dominik Campanella from Concular will share how digitization can tackle climate change in the construction sector

🎤 Matthias Haber from the Berliner Hochschule für Technik will speak about circular building design and how our existence is linked to inventory

🎤 Special guest from CRCLR Haus

November 30 – Impact Stories: Voices of TBD

***Speakers tbc***

Have any questions?

Please email: [email protected]

🚨PLEASE NOTE: If you are using a Google Calendar integration, it may show you an incorrect time. Please always use the time used in the event description.🚨

This is a barrier-free event.

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Register now to secure your spot!

This event is brought to you by Impact Hub Berlin – where change goes to work. Sign up for our monthly newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events.

Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Impact Stories is Impact Hub Berlin’s monthly meetup to connect leading changemakers

We are excited to bring to you Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Every month, Impact Hub Berlin hosts a series of engaging evenings at our Impact Stories series. Picture this: two or three amazing changemakers from our community and beyond sharing their personal tales of impact. Leaving behind the traditional business pitches, we strive to open the stage for real, lived, and unique stories from our inspiring changemakers & impact innovators.

Each speaker will give a rapid 5-minute presentation, followed by an audience question round. The evening will wrap up with drinks and networking to give everyone an opportunity to connect with each other.

Join us to get inspired by the stories of impact changemakers and widen your network in Berlin!

September 20 – Impact Stories: Voices of FINTA* Founders 🌈

🎤 Genefer Baxter from Aula Future will tell their journey of revolutionizing education with sustainable design

🎤 Earenya Guerra from The Lovely T will shine a light on pioneering Germany’s first ever trans guest house

October 26 – Impact Stories: Voices of Circular Building Designers 🏠

🎤 Dominik Campanella from Concular will share how digitization can tackle climate change in the construction sector

🎤 Matthias Haber from the Berliner Hochschule für Technik will speak about circular building design and how our existence is linked to inventory

🎤 Special guest from CRCLR Haus

November 30 – Impact Stories: Voices of TBD

***Speakers tbc***

Have any questions?

Please email: [email protected]

🚨PLEASE NOTE: If you are using a Google Calendar integration, it may show you an incorrect time. Please always use the time used in the event description.🚨

This is a barrier-free event.

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Register now to secure your spot!

This event is brought to you by Impact Hub Berlin – where change goes to work. Sign up for our monthly newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events.

Food Waste Track: Startups Showcase 2023

Meet the scaling teams from the ImpAct Accelerator: Food Waste Track and how they are tackling with food waste!

Join us for an exciting evening of innovation and sustainable food at our Startup Showcase Event, which also serves as the closing event of the Impact Accelerator program!

Meet some outstanding startups that have been working hard for 6 weeks in the Impact Accelerator’s Food Waste Track to make a difference in tackling food waste.

🌟 What to Expect:

Pitches & showcase: Witness passionate founders pitch their game-changing ideas in a fast-paced, dynamic environment.

Networking & Tasting: Test & taste some products while connecting with like-minded individuals, potential co-founders, investors, and mentors.

Q&A Sessions: Get in-depth insights into the startups’ visions and strategies.

Diverse Industries: Explore startups from food waste, sustainable food, sustainability, and more.

🌟 Agenda:

17:00- 17:25 ImpAct Accelerator

17:25- 18:20 Showcases & short pitches

18:20-18:50 Keynote Spech by scale up

18:50-19:30 Taste & Test mingling & networking

Der ImpAct Accelerator von Impact Hub Berlin wird im Rahmen des Programms ConnACT with Impact durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz gefördert

About Impact Hub Berlin

Impact Hub Berlin empowers impact-driven entrepreneurs and organisations to realise, develop and scale their solutions. By providing innovators with tailored support, a collaborative coworking community and connection to our growing global network, we help shape a more equitable future for people and the planet.

Sign up for Impact Hub Berlin’s monthly newsletter to be the first to hear about our events, programmes and opportunities.

Investor Matchmaking: Spotlight on Sustainable Food (Virtual Event)

Investor Matchmaking: Spotlight on Sustainable Food (Virtual Event)

Join an afternoon of action-packed speed-dating event for investors and seed & pre-seed startups addressing sustainable food.

If you are an investor (angel / VC/ family office / CVC / others) and are open to investing in startups adressing sustainaable food, this event is for you!

In partnership with Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection, we proudly present a cohort of promising startups singularly focused on tackling the pressing problem of food waste. These dynamic ventures, carefully selected for their potential to make a significant difference, scale through ImpAct Accelerator: Food Waste Track. 🌱

Furthermore, we are proud to host pre-seed stage startups that have made significant strides in our 6-month incubator program, Feeding the City. These innovative ventures focus on a broader range of food-related solutions linked to nourishing a growing urban society, and are ready to grow their business and impact.

The startups have a big goal: to change how we deal with the current food system. They have smart ideas, strong plans for growing, and really care about keeping things sustainable. They put in a lot of effort for 6 weeks, and now they’re prepared for the next big opportunity.

The event is designed to bring together these promising startups and savvy investors who are interested in exploring investment opportunities in the sustainable food space.

If you’re an investor, please sign up to view the complete list of participating startups. From there, you will select the ones you’re interested in matching with.

HOW IT WORKS:

Before the event

Kindly sign up for this invitation-only event by registering yourself. Once you’ve completed the registration, we’ll send you short summaries about each team and provide a form to indicate your preferences for the startups you’d like to meet. All this will be shared via email.

We will then create a grid and send you a detailed briefing of the event. We try our best to give you your exact matches, but in interest of all requests, you might also be matched with a similar startup.

During the event

You will speed-date startups in Zoom breakout rooms, and will have 30 minutes per startup. Depending on interest, there might be more than one investors in a room, but at no point would there be more than two investors in each room.

After the event

After the event, we are happy to introduce you to other startups that you have been interested in, but didn’t get a chance to interact, but we leave it to you and startups to take the relationship forward.

Important:

If you prefer, you can also choose to not pre-select startups, and let us choose and match-make for you.

For any questions, feel free to reach out to [email protected]

Der ImpAct Accelerator von Impact Hub Berlin wird im Rahmen des Programms ConnACT with Impact durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz gefördert.

About Impact Hub Berlin

Impact Hub Berlin empowers entrepreneurs and organisations to create innovative solutions for people and the planet. Since 2014, we’ve worked to connect, enable and inspire our network to scale their ideas for a future that works for all. We coordinate a community of impact-driven members, host a creative space for engaging events, and run a consultancy for business innovation and sustainability.

Sign up here for news on our upcoming events.

ImpAct Accelerator Sustainable Packaging Track: Open Office Hour

Project team will be online to answer questions you might have or to help with the application. Drop in anytime during your lunch break 🙂

ImpAct Accelerator: Sustainable Packaging Track – Applications Open!

Impact Hub Berlin is thrilled to announce the launch of our newest acceleration program, the ImpAct Accelerator: Sustainable Packaging Track! 🎉

If you are working on sustainable packaging solutions and consider scaling your startup up, ImpAct Accelerator: Sustainable Packaging Track is an excellent fit for you.

Program Highlights:

  • Suited to startups working on packaging alternatives incl. bio-positive materials
  • Suited to startups with tested products which have hit a first inflection point (investment, client, IP) in Germany or running operations in Germany
  • Matchmaking with Miele and other corporates with advanced pilot conversations to test your market and scale your offering & access to a global community of IHB of 25,000 members
  • No equity, compensation up to €800 for travel & accommodation
  • 6 week long virtual & in person opportunity in Berlin with a free membership at Impact Hub Berlin
  • Customized program and networking with industry specific mentors to expand your network

We welcome applications from individuals of all genders, religions, ethnicities, backgrounds, and experiences. In line with our commitment to inclusivity, we actively work on ensuring representation at all levels within the acceleration program.

📅 Join Our Online Office Hour Session:

Want to learn more about the ImpAct Accelerator? Join us for an informative online office hour session where our project team will be available to answer your questions and provide a brief introduction to the program.

🗓️ Date: August 11th, Wednesday

🕒 Time: 13:00-14:00 CET

📍 Location: Online (Link will be provided upon registration)

👉 Program details & application link is here: https://www.f6s.com/impact-accelerator-sustainable-packaging/apply

👉 More details: https://berlin.impacthub.net/program/impact-accelerator/

We can’t wait to see the difference we can make together through the ImpAct Accelerator: Food Waste Track! 🚀

Der ImpAct Accelerator von Impact Hub Berlin wird im Rahmen des Programms ConnACT with Impact durch das Bundesministerium für Wirtschaft und Klimaschutz gefördert.

About Impact Hub Berlin

Impact Hub Berlin is a team of visionaries helping entrepreneurs and their partners to create products and services that make the world a better place, since 2014. With a focus on strategic partnerships, community building and networking, Impact Hub Berlin provides tailored support, so impact ventures succeed in building socially, financially and environmentally sustainable businesses. In its incubator programmes, community events, matchmaking-formats and within its circular coworking space, Impact Hub Berlin fosters radical collaboration between startups, corporates, and public organisations to build an impact economy in service of people and the planet. Sign up here for news on our upcoming events.

Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Impact Stories is Impact Hub Berlin’s monthly meetup to connect leading changemakers

We are excited to bring to you Impact Stories: Voices of Changemakers

Every month, Impact Hub Berlin hosts a series of engaging evenings at our Impact Stories series. Picture this: two or three amazing changemakers from our community and beyond sharing their personal tales of impact. Leaving behind the traditional business pitches, we strive to open the stage for real, lived, and unique stories from our inspiring changemakers & impact innovators.

Each speaker will give a rapid 5-minute presentation, followed by an audience question round. The evening will wrap up with drinks and networking to give everyone an opportunity to connect with each other.

Join us to get inspired by the stories of impact changemakers and widen your network in Berlin!

September 20 – Impact Stories: Voices of FINTA* Founders 🌈

🎤 Genefer Baxter from Aula Future will tell their journey of revolutionizing education with sustainable design

🎤 Earenya Guerra from The Lovely T will shine a light on pioneering Germany’s first ever trans guest house

October 26 – Impact Stories: Voices of Circular Building Designers 🏠

🎤 Dominik Campanella from Concular will share how digitization can tackle climate change in the construction sector

🎤 Matthias Haber from the Berliner Hochschule für Technik will speak about circular building design and how our existence is linked to inventory

🎤 Special guest from CRCLR Haus

November 30 – Impact Stories: Voices of TBD

***Speakers tbc***

Have any questions?

Please email: [email protected]

🚨PLEASE NOTE: If you are using a Google Calendar integration, it may show you an incorrect time. Please always use the time used in the event description.🚨

This is a barrier-free event.

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Register now to secure your spot!

This event is brought to you by Impact Hub Berlin – where change goes to work. Sign up for our monthly newsletter to be the first to hear about upcoming events.

Inner Development Goals Lunchtime Insight Session

Inner Development Goals Lunchtime Insight Session

An informal way to learn and experience Inner Development Goals (IDG) and to nourish your mind, body, and soul. Intro to IDG & Networking

An informal way to learn and experience Inner Development Goals (IDG) and to nourish your mind, body, and soul.

The Inner Development Goals (IDG) framework is fundamental in our work to reach the Sustainable Development Goals. By focusing on inner growth, we believe we can create a better world, one individual at a time.

Swiss IDG Hub is a non-profit organization dedicated to inner development. We educate, practice, and communicate science-based skills and qualities that empower individuals to live purposeful, sustainable, and productive lives.

What to Expect:

  • Introduction to IDG: Discover what Inner Development Goals are and how they apply to sustainable leadership
  • Micro Practices: Experience guided micro-practices that can be easily incorporated into your daily routine.
  • Networking: Connect with like-minded individuals who are also on a journey of inner development.
  • Bring Your Own Lunch: Enjoy your lunch in a relaxed, welcoming atmosphere.

Whether you’re looking to discover new perspectives in leadership and sustainability or simply want to connect with a community of individuals dedicated to personal growth, this event is for you! :blossom:

Spaces are limited, so be sure to reserve your spot now.

Learn more about IDGs and this event at

Storytelling & Making Yourself Heard – Girls Getting Started Basel #1

Storytelling & Making Yourself Heard – Girls Getting Started Basel #1

The Impact Hub Basel, FHNW, and the FEMtrepreneurs (Unibasel) welcome on-stage communication expert & female founders sharing their stories.

What can you do to rise above the noise? How do you stay true to yourself rather than catering to outside voices? How do you represent yourself in an authentic and true way?

Telling a captivating story is a bedrock skill to improve personal relationships, to share a vision for the future, and to ultimately power your voice when feeling pushed aside by self doubt. Holding to some guiding principles from a communication expert and inspiring founders will help you convey your ideas and get your voice heard. Join us for an insightful morning that celebrates and amplifies the stories of female entrepreneurs. Through a keynote and roundtable discussions, connect with inspiring female founders who will share their experiences, highs, lows and resilience stories as entrepreneurs! Ask them your burning questions in the roundtables, discuss your ideas with like-minded peers and connect with supportive players from the Swiss start-up ecosystem during a networking brunch.

About the Girls Getting Started: Do you want to get started with your own business or project? Do you love to design, to be creative or do you even want to change the world? But you don’t have a plan yet on where to start? Girls Getting Started promotes entrepreneurship among young women and individuals who identify as women. The program is free and is geared toward female university, college and vocational students, and allies of women-led entrepreneurship.

Partners: Impact Hub Basel, FHNW, and FEMtrepreneurs (Innovation Office of the University of Basel)

Future Founders Day | Oceania

Future Founders Day | Oceania

Are you an Impact Hub Founder to be? Then this event is for you! Join us and learn everything about bringing Impact Hub to your city!

Welcome to the second edition of our Future Founders Day – a free online event for entrepreneurs, innovators, and business leaders ready to open an Impact Hub in their cities.

Impact Hub is a global network of over 25,000 individuals working together to drive positive change in 110+ locations worldwide. For more than 18 years, we have supported Impact Makers and cultivated valuable insights on how to build and operate businesses that prioritize our planet and its people. We are seeking aspiring founders who share our passion for creating a sustainable future and are interested in opening an Impact Hub in their city.

Join our Future Founders Day on July 20th, where we will provide you with all the essential information you need to kick-start your journey toward building a successful Impact Hub. During the event, you’ll gain an exclusive glimpse into the Impact Hub Business Model and Vision. You’ll also hear inspiring stories from successful Impact Hub co-founders who are making a real difference in their cities! Here’s what’s on the agenda:

  • Welcome: Let’s get to know each other!
  • Insights: Impact Hub Network Vision and Business Model with the Impact Hub Network Development Manager, Beate Weinzinger
  • Impact Hub Experiences: learn from two IH Co-founders about their local experience
  • Questions and Closing

We are looking forward to seeing you on July 20th! If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to reach out to our team at [email protected]