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Empowering Entrepreneurs Since 2016

Our Why

We are convinced that an entrepreneurial mind- and skillset are the core competencies of the future. They are the tools to shape any kind of active and positive change,

Our Vision

We shape a digital future that is worth living – for everyone. As envisioned by our foundation mandate, we start that process with focussing on the entrepreneurs of tomorrow. Because the people who launch companies and develop products have a huge influence on the shape of all our digital future.

Our Mission

The Founders Foundation trains the next generation of successful founders and builds an impactful and lasting startup ecosystem, right in the heart of the German Mittelstand.

How We Embody Our Mission

For Germany to remain competitive in the race for the digital future, we need a new generation of visionary founders. They are the ones who can secure that future. We at the Founders Foundation support aspiring tech entrepreneurs and connects innovators within a unique B2B startup ecosystem.

Empowering Entrepreneurs

As the leading foundry for talents in the heart of the German Mittelstand, we train the next generation of successful founders. Out of the region of Ostwestfalen-Lippe, we advance the digital future and the development of B2B startup ecosystems in Germany.

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As pioneers in the training of founders, we rely on our Founders Foundation Education Model, a holistic and methodologically profound model that seamlessly and systematically maps all stages of the startup lifecycle: from the original idea, through the development process to the funding stage.

Fueling Ecosystems

We are the soil in which successful entrepeneurs can grow! As a pilot project for Germany, we advance the creation of a B2B startup ecosystem that promotes startups and enables the successful union of New and Old Business.

NO EQUITY – PEOPLE FIRST​

As a non-profit subsidiary of the Bertelsmann Stiftung, we make the impact- and successful cultivation of tomorrow’s founders the core of our work. We do not take any shares in the ventures we help create.

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