Team InnoImpact der Innovationsstarter GmbH

IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH is a 100% subsidiary of the Hamburg Investment and Development Bank (IFB Hamburg). As an operational unit, it designs and manages, in cooperation with IFB Hamburg, a variety of funding programs for founding teams and young companies in Hamburg. The Team InnoImpact is responsible for the funding program "InnoImpact," which supports innovative startups in the field of social entrepreneurship during the pre-foundation and foundation phases with lump-sum, person-related grants. The focus is on common good-oriented, sustainable business ideas that address at least one of the UN Sustainable Development Goals.

Our mission is to specifically support Hamburg-based social entrepreneurship startups and thereby strengthen the innovative capacity of the location. We create incentives for sustainable, socially impactful founding projects, accompany founding teams with individual consulting, pitch training, and access to one of Hamburg’s largest startup networks. In doing so, we contribute to the implementation of the social entrepreneurship strategy of the Free and Hanseatic City of Hamburg and to the achievement of global sustainability goals.

The InnoImpact funding program is aimed at founders and founding teams of innovative, socially-oriented startups from all sectors that are in the pre-foundation or foundation phase. Eligible are natural persons or legally capable partnerships (e.g., GbR) with a maximum existence of one year, legal entities (e.g., (g)GmbH, e.V.) generally with up to two years of existence, fewer than ten full-time equivalents, and an annual turnover or balance sheet total below €2 million. The projects must predominantly take place in Hamburg, make a clear contribution to social or ecological goals, and be managed transparently according to social impact criteria.