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STAKEH
OLDER REPORT
KONTAKT
FinTech Community Frankfurt GmbH
– TechQuartier –
Platz der Einheit 2 | 60327 Frankfurt am Main
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Every once in a while, a new technology, an old problem, and a big idea turn into an innovation.–– Dean Kamen
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01 A word from our co-founders 3
02 Our partners 4
03 About
A few words about TQ 9
Vision & mission 10
About the de:hub Initiative 11
Guiding beliefs & values 13
04 Our community
Our team 15
Our startups 17
05 Activities 2018
2018 at a glance 21
TQ in action 23
Special visits 25
Success stories 27
Our programs 29
06 What to expect in 2019 48
CONTENT
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A WORD FROM OUR
CO-FOUNDERSOUR
PARTNERS3
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FOUNDING PARTNERS
PLATINUM PARTNERS
GOLD PARTNERS
Dr. Thomas FunkeCo-Director
Dr. Sebastian SchäferManaging Director
DEAR COMMUNITY,
what a journey it has been since TechQuartier opened
its doors, just about two years ago. Back then, with
the smell of the freshly crafted wooden furniture still
in the air, our little team of four embarked on a journey
to create a startup hub that could rival the ones from
other global cities, while also tracing its own path.
Two years in, the furniture has lost a bit of its original
luster, but our determination to make the vision a
reality is as strong as ever. What fuels this fire is the
belief in our goal, to truly have an impact on a large
scale and to empower entrepreneurs to change the
world. It is also the support we get from all our sta-
keholders, community members & partners, without
whom this ship would have simply never sailed.
We owe it to you, those who want to see TechQuartier
succeed, those who believe in the entrepreneurial
spirit and its potential to alter the course of history,
to tell the story. This yearbook will become an annual
tradition from now on. In it, we highlight important
milestones and success stories, and share the pro-
gress we have made towards our goals, as determined
now as we were on Day 1. Because it always is.
Truly yours,Sebastian, Thomas and the TQ Team
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GLOBAL PARTNERSSFA
Singapore Fintech Association
STONE & CHALKSydney
PLUG AND PLAYSunnyvale
FINANCE IN MOTION
Frankfurt am Main
LEVEL39London
FINTECH DISTRICT
Mailand
MINDSPACEFrankfurt am Main
FINOLABTokyo
“Basically, a development bank such as WIBank serves as a
platform for its customers, aiming at enabling customers to
reach their goals and successfully realize their projects.
Therefore, we also open our broad network of stakeholders to
our customers. Even in the digital era people need locations
to personally meet each other and, thus, we co-founded
TechQuartier. TechQuartier is a tremendously successful
connecting point for our customers and stakeholders and
widens our platform exponentially.”
–– DR. MICHAEL RECKHARD, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, WIBANK
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It’s not about ideas. It’s about
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happen.making ideas
“TQ is the place to be in Frankfurt’s
ecosystem. For us at Aareal it is a great
opportunity to exchange with other
corporate digitization and innovation
teams and startups from around the
world regularly.”
–– DANIEL HÖFELMANN, DIRECTOR, INNOVATION MANAGEMENT, AAREAL BANK
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT TECHQUARTIER
Founded in 2016, TechQuartier (TQ) is
a Frankfurt-based startup hub and
cross-industry innovation platform.
Now established as the main access
point to the local FinTech cluster, it
is the reference point both for local
startups wishing to grow their business
and for corporates aiming to collaborate
and leverage their disruptive potential.
TQ offers a complete innovation ex- perience made of flexible coworking
spaces across multiple locations, ac-
celeration programs, community events,
matchmaking with corporates and
investors, along with access to an
international network of partner hubs.
OUR VISION
We imagine a world in which every person is empowered to master technology and drive innovation
to serve humanity.
OUR MISSION
Our mission is to unleash entrepreneurial forces with the most accessible and impactful innovation experience.
AT THE HEART OF
INNOVATIONABOUT
TechQuartier and Frankfurt were together
named Germany‘s FinTech Hub as part of
the Digital Hub Initiative (de:hub), run by
the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs
and Energy.
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AI HUB The AI hub, announced in September by Minister Tarek Al-Wazir, will
comprise of four main elements:
The aim is to integrate and further develop activities and institutions
on AI in the Rhein Main region, to showcase the existing strong AI
expertise in the region and build new expertise, and to successfully
facilitate the commercialisation of AI expertise.
Launched in November 2018 in partnership
with leading impact investment advisor
Finance in Motion, the GreenTech Hub is the
first satellite hub of TechQuartier. Its aim is
to strengthen the green startup ecosystem in
the Rhein Main region and establish itself as
the region’s foremost innovation platform and
co-working space for startups in the green
tech, clean tech, green finance and sustainable
development sectors. The objectives for 2019
include:
Community building, including events, research conferences and workshops
Implementation of programs, for example accelerators, matchmaking and awards
Set up of a dedicated fund
Set up of a Data Lab based on a shared data pool.
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Building a strong community of startups, impact investors, mentors, corporates, academics, and public institutions through events,
meetups, networking opportunities etc.
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Co-create a clear identity for Frankfurt’s green startup ecosystem by leveraging the expertise and experience of the community in
identifying areas of high impact potential.
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Create a collaborative culture on green innovation in the identified areas through the arrangement of acceleration programs, work-
shops, matchmaking etc.
ABOUT THE INITIATIVE
Frankfurt am Main is an international financial centre
boasting a high concentration of outstanding univer-
sities. The FinTech Digital Hub Frankfurt builds upon
these locally founded strenghts as it unites players
from the financial sector and the entrepreneurial scene.
Innovative ideas are developed into market-ready
products, with de:hub acting as a catalyst between
local and international actors.
“Hessen offers young companies an
excellent basis for developing their
potential (.. .) TechQuartier is at the
centre of this and acts as a moderator,
catalyst and hub for many initiatives.
We value TechQuartier as a committed partner
and work closely with TQ, notably in the context of
Deutsche Börse‘s FinTech Hub, in order to strengthen the
Frankfurt Rhine-Main location together.”
–– HAUKE STARS, MEMBER OF THE EXECUTIVE BOARD, DEUTSCHE BÖRSE
Logistics
IOT & Fintech
Smart Systems &Smart Infrastructure
Fintech & Cybersecurity
Digital Health
Future Industries
Mobility & InsurTech
InsurTech
Logistics
MediaTech
Artificial Intelligence & Digital Health
Artificial Intelligence
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OUR GUIDING
BELIEFSOUR
VALUESWE BELIEVE entrepreneurial thinking and acting is the core competency of humanity in the 21st century.
WE WALK THE TALK
We deliver on our promises and we
deliver 100%. Authenticity, straight-
forwardness and transparency are
our key personal values.
WE BELIEVE in the power of community and collaboration. Across industries, technologies and borders.
WE BELIEVE innovation is vital and should be guided towards greater personal, organizational and societal achievements.
+ WE DON’T TAKE OURSELVES TOO SERIOUSLY.
We‘re low maintenance. It‘s about
your success. It‘s about the innovation
experience.
WE’RE ENTREPRENEURS FOR ENTREPRENEURS
We understand where you‘re
coming from. And we want to
get you where you want to go.
WE’RE BOLD AND WE THINK BIG
To us, ideas are about freedom
and wide open spaces. We won‘t
fence you in. We will challenge
you to think bigger.
WE’RE CONSTANTLY ON THE MOVE
We embrace uncertainty. We
know we have to adapt to
succeed. We never get tired of
learning and experimenting.
WE’RE HUMAN
We believe in the power of people
and talent. We see diversity as
a source of strength. We unlock
potential and empower.
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OUR
TEAMTHE PEOPLE BEHIND THE IDEA
TechQuartier’s team has grown leaps and bounds in
2018, both in numbers and experience. With diversity
and member dedication at our core, we intend to take
the TQ innovation experience to the next level in 2019.
Thomas Funke
Gemma Ferst Melanie Borst Alina Kilian
Pascal Di PrimaKevin Bauer Mert Ozenay
Hugo Paquin Susan Ranchber Dominik Zborek Sanja Simon
Sofia MalkovaMeriam BelhabibMunique RossoniMakayla DaSilva
Sebastian Schaefer
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OUR 136 STARTUPS DEC 2018
ART TECH
SENSES Strategy Creatives
smart-collectors
BIG DATA & ANALYTICS
1A Robotics
Aisoma
CONTURN Forward Data Science
Frankfurt Data Science
iNNOVO Cloud
Intelligent Data Analytics GmbH & Co. KG
Neo Analytics
SMART DATA Deutschland
CONSULTING
1789 Innovations AG
Agile Data Innovation
Agora Innovation
candylabs GmbH
Go Big UG / Pitch Club
iAdvisory
mediaman GmbH „Next Mobility Lab“
micobo
proAXIA
CYBERSECURITY
IDNow GmbH
AUTHADA
eperi
NVISO GmbH
VERIMI GmbH
WebID Solutions
E-COMMERCE
BeWooden GmbH
ED TECH
Repetico
FINTECH
AS2 GmbH
Blue Logix
CAPITAL FACTSHEET
CAPTIQ
CASHLINK Payments
CCEX Cloud Commodities Exchange
Compraga GmbH & Co. KG
Connectica
Contovista
CreditLinks
creditshelf
DCCP Deutsche Credit Capital
Debitos
Easyfolio
econsus
emformx
entrafin
EVA PAY UG
FastBill
Fiduciam
figo GmbH
Finanzguru
fino Digital
Finspira
FinTech Cube GmbH
Fintiba
Firamis
frontmark
Ginmon
GIROMATCH
Giroxx
GlaDIS AG
IIS Asset Management
Integration Alpha Services GmbH
JoS QUANTUM
Komuno
LBRM
Modular Financial Technologies
paydirekt
PostCapitalism - Flep Holding B.V
Quickspend
riskl.io
Santiment
SD-M GmbH
Smartkarma
smartsteuer
Social Ventures e.V.
Tradeshift
transaction factory AG
Traxpay Inc.
United Signals GmbH
vaamo
FOOD TECH
Pakery UG
VINAMY
GREEN TECH
ecoligo
Energiespeicher-Online
node.energy
HR TECH
Bluebird Co.
Global {M}
Lessor GmbH
Mobilehead Holding
IT & DEVELOPMENT
2VizCon
Agile Systems
Alpha Zetta
Cashew UG
ChemSquare
Conwotec S.A.
dCentra UG
Dr. Hornecker Softwareentwicklung
HighQ
Industry List
medveDEV Software Solution
MindLike UG
MyCraftnote Digital GmbH
OpSuccess Inc
Primelephants
SBI Simplify Business Innovators AG
ScanVid
SONEAN
Thinkport
TM Systems
we {code} it
Yisela.com
Zuora
LEGAL TECH
Lexemo LLC
LOG TECH
Falcon Onboard Logistics GmbH
MARKETING & ADVERTISING
42medien
AsiaFundManagers.com
DigitalMadness GmbH
JinnyJo Media
Scompler Technologies
MED TECH
Fosanis GmbH
PROP TECH
Allthings
blackprint Booster GmbH
cunio
ROOMHERO
Solo Florentin / ConvertChamp / Rentflats
Vonio
SPORTS TECH
SeatX
Speed Academy Frankfurt
spobi.net
TRAVEL TECH
Airgreets
EveryAir AG
Hotelico
COMMUNITY
SNAPSHOT INVESTORS
CORPORATE MEMBERS
ACADEMICMEMBERSHOCHSCHULE DARMSTADT // FRANKFURT
UNIVERSITY APPLIED SCIENCES // GOETHE
UNIVERSITÄT // TECHNISCHE HOCHSCHULE
MITTELHESSEN // TECHNISCHE UNIVERSITÄT
DARMSTADT
INVESTMENT & DEVELOPMENT AGENCY OF
LATVIA (LIAA) // BANKHAUS METZLER //
FINTECH GROUP AG // FRANKFURTER
SPARKASSE // WISAG FACILITY SERVICE
HOLDING GMBH // EUROPEAN BANKING
INSTITUTE E.V. (EBI)
LIAMONT GMBH // WAHTARI GMBH //
ACXIT CAPITAL MANAGEMENT GMBH //
ATHANOR CAPITAL PARTNERS GMBH //
CATALPA VENTURES // CREATHOR VENTURE
MANAGEMENT GMBH // FIVE VENTURES
GMBH // BLUE DYNAMIC GMBH // KREAXI
VENTURE CAPITAL // POGGENDORFF INTERIM
// ICONIQ LAB
SUCCESS IS NO ACCIDENT.
It is hard work, perseverance, learning, studying,
sacrifice, and most of all, love of what you are doing.
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“As a regional bank in Hessen we are very proud to be
based in one of the world‘s major finance hot spots.
We feel a responsibilty for the econo-
mic advancement and quality of life in
Frankfurt, our home base and find it of
utmost importance to commit ourselves
to ensuring that the most talented
brains in the financial sector stay
in Frankfurt to further develop their
careers and ideas. The heart of the digital
start-ups must be in Frankfurt. This is
what we believe in and support.”
–– MICHAEL WEIDMANN, MEMBER OF THE BOARD OF MANAGEMENT & CHIEF SALES OFFICER, SPARDA-BANK HESSEN EG
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2018 AT A GLANCE
STARTUP COMMUNITY EVENTS
BANKATHON by figo STARTUP SAFARI TALENT NIGHT MILESTONE NIGHT GROWTHCON VISIT by Frans Johansson LAPTOP & LEIBCHEN
with Eintracht Frankfurt
POLITICAL VISITS
CHRISTIAN LINDNER; member of the Bundestag & leader of the liberal Free Democratic Party of Germany (FDP)
GOVERNOR PHIL MURPHY (New Jersey) visits TechQuartier BRIGITTE ZYPRIES; Ex-Federal Minister for Economics
and Energy BUSINESS FRANCE DELEGATION visits TechQuartier; OLAF SCHOLZ; Vice-Chancellor & Minister of Finance / Germany BUSINESS FRANCE FINTECH TOUR VISITS FRANKFURT MINISTER AL-WAZIR announces the
CREATION OF FRANKFURT‘S AI HUB at TechQuartier
ECOSYSTEM BUILDING
TECHOBSERVER PLATFORM CREATED FRANKFURT STARTUP
ECOSYSTEM REPORT MASTERPLAN UNVEILING Launch of the FRANKFURT AI HUB Launch of the GREENTECH HUB
in partnership with Finance in Motion
PROGRAMS & ACCELERATION
PLUG AND PLAY / SELECTION & EXPO DAY 1 & 2 FIRST EDITION OF COMPLIANCE NAVIGATOR GROWTH ALLIANCE AGTECH WITH RENTENBANK GROWTH ALLIANCE FINTECH - AI EDITION
PARTNERSHIPS
VISA JOINS AS PARTNER SIGNING OF MOU WITH FINOLAB (Tokyo) EINTRACHT FRANKFURT AND TQ
ANNOUNCE PARTNERSHIP SIGNING OF MOU WITH
FINTECH DISTRICT (Milano)
2300+APPLER CONSUMED
36INTERNATIONAL DELEGATIONS
10,000+EVENT ATTENDEES
Our second year was not one for the faint of heart.
TechQuartier was bustling more than ever, and as our
audience grew exponentially, so have the opportunities
to connect, to empower and to have deeper impact.
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SOCIAL MEDIA PRESENCE
1454 TWITTER MENTIONS IN 2018
671 102 % 1356
94 % 19391000
36 % 22921682
Newsletter
115 % 1587738
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Bankathon 2018
TECHQUARTIER
IN ACTIONLaptop und Leibchen 2018
Startup Safari
Talent Night 2018
GrowthCon
“We value the TechQuartier as a place
of exchange and cooperation with the
Rhine-Main financial community. The
relocation of our innovation LAB to the
TechQuartier will enable the DZ BANK
Group to work even more closely with
the FinTech scene.”
–– FRANZ WELTER, HEAD OF DEPARTMENT INNOVATION AND DIGITIZATION, DZ BANK
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SPECIAL
VISITS SEPTEMBER 7TH, 2018
CHRISTIAN LINDNER,
BUNDESVORSITZENDER DER
FREIEN DEMOKRATISCHEN
PARTEI DEUTSCHLAND
SEPTEMBER 25TH, 2018
FRANS JOHANSSON,
SWEDISH-AMERICAN ENTREPRENEUR
AND AUTHOR OF “THE MEDICI EFFECT”
& “THE CLICK MOMENT”
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OCTOBER 18TH, 2018
PHILIP DUNTON MURPHY,
56TH GOVERNOR OF NEW JERSEY
FEBRUARY 26TH, 2018
BRIGITTE ZYPRIES,
GERMAN POLITICIAN (SPD);
FORMER MINISTER OF
ECONOMICS AND ENERGY
“Banks can be the driving force of a
revolution – if they manage to imple-
ment the right innovations swiftly and
vigorously. What this requires is an
environment that fosters creativity and
entrepreneurship – the TechQuartier is
a step in the right direction to create
such an environment in Frankfurt, too.”
–– DR. MARKUS PERTLWIESER, CDO FOR THE PRIVATE, WEALTH & COMMERCIAL CLIENTS DIVISION, DEUTSCHE BANK
“TechQuartier offers a unique program plat-
form for startups in Frankfurt / Rhein-Main
to facilitate collaboration with corporates
and investors. Via our PwC UX Accelerator
and Compliance Navigator programs we
support startups enhancing their services
and readiness for the market and so finally
become stronger collaboration partners.”
–– MARC BILLEB, PARTNER FINANCIAL SERVICES, PwC
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SUCCESS STORIES
TRADESHIFT RAISES $250 MILLION
Tradeshift, a leader in supply chain payments
and marketplaces, raised $250 million in a
Series E funding round led by Goldman Sachs
and PSP Investments, bringing the company’s
valuation to $1.1 billion.
“For Helaba, as a Landesbank pushing digitali-
zation forward, TechQuartier is an ideal place to
connect with innovative Internet entrepreneurs.”
–– DR. GERHARD KEBBEL, BEREICHSLEITER STRATEGIEPROJEKT DIGITALISIERUNG, HELABA
AUTHADA RECEIVES 7-DIGIT FINANCING FROM MAIN INCUBATOR AND FINLAB
Darmstadt-based cybersecurity startup AUTHADA
received funding from Main Incubator ( subsidiary of
Commerzbank) and FinLab AG. Comdirect also became
in December the first online bank to use Authada’s
solution live.
IDNOW INCREASED FUNDING TO $12 MILLION TO CREATE GLOBAL SOLUTIONS FOR SECURE DIGITAL IDENTIFICATION
Munich-based IDnow partnered with G+D Mobile
Security and raised $12M+ to develop their AI-
driven biometric and security technologies
FIGO COLLABORATES WITH DEUTSCHE BOERSE TO LAUNCH FINTECH ACCELERATION PROGRAM; HOSTS BANKATHON #6 AT TECHQUARTIER
Hamburg-based Figo had a big 2018; now officially
regulated as a payment institution, it partnered with
Deutsche Boerse and hosted yet another memorable
edition of the Bankathon in Frankfurt.
FINANZGURU RECEIVES ONE MILLION EUROS FROM CARSTEN MASCHMEYER ON HIT TV-SHOW “HOEHLE DER LOEWEN”
Finanzguru, a popular personal finance planning app,
was given one million euros in funding and increased
its user base 10x following their TV appearance.
FINCITE LISTED IN “TOP 10 BANKING TECH COMPANIES IN EUROPE” BY BANKING CIO OUTLOOK
Banking CIO Outlook named Fincite as one
of the top 3 banking tech companies in
Europe that leverage innovative technologies
and strategies to enhance today’s banking
processes
SMARTSTEUER PARTNERS WITH ING
Smartsteuer announced partnership with ING to facilitate how its
clients submit tax returns. Later in September, SmartSteuer announced
it was buying fellow startup Steuerbot GmbH in order to integrate the
popular app in their software.
CREDITSHELF RAISES €16.5M THROUGH IPO; BECOMES PART OF GERMANY’S 1ST AND LARGEST DIGITAL SME FINANCING
In July, German mid-market lending platform
Creditshelf AG successfully closed its IPO on
the Frankfurt Stock Exchange. In addition,
they launched the first digital securitisation
of SME loans in Germany.
VAAMO IS ACQUIRED BY MONEYFARM
Vaamo, Germany’s first digital wealth manager, was
acquired by Moneyfarm in November. Founded in 2013,
Vaamo was a pioneer in the field of robo-advice, and
notably partnered with n26 back in 2016 to enable users
to make stock-market investments through the app.
SINGAPORE EXCHANGE (SGX) PARTNERS WITH SMARTKARMA, ROLLS OUT PILOT PROGRAM
The cloud-based platform enables SGX-listed
companies to streamline their communication and
data reporting to the institutional, analyst and
investor communities.
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FINTECH PROGRAMS 2018
“TechQuartier is an integral part of our
FinTech collaboration strategy. Especi-
ally this year, we were able to take full
advantage of the numerous opportunities
to meet interesting startups, which can
innovate our digital banking business.”
–– LIESA HEIDL, FINTECH CONSULTANT, ING
At TechQuartier, FinTech is our bread and butter. Al-
ready the top financial center of continental Europe,
Frankfurt is now building a reputation as one of the
most dynamic Fintech Ecosystems in the world.
Through these programs, we help build the future of
finance and banking, one collaboration at a time.
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AI EDITIONA unique micro-accelerator program that leverages the
combined power of TechQuartier’s corporate network.
Banks identify key AI challenges and opportunities they
want to tackle, then international FinTechs are selected
and invited to Frankfurt to take part in a three-day mat-
chmaking event with financial institutions, investors,
experienced founders, experts and regulators.
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“It was great to be part of the Growth
Alliance FinTech edition. TechQuartier
offered an excellent platform where
innovation and corporates can meet.”
JEROME FLINT & XAVER LEHMANN, E-BOT7
“The goal here in Frankfurt is to bring on 10
to 15 additional financial institutions in order
to bring the best ecosystem together from
venture capital, corporations, and startups.”
AMIR KARIMPOUR, DIRECTOR GERMANY, PLUG AND PLAY TECH CENTER
PARTICIPANTS:Alegra Artificial Intelligence // Algodynamix
// commitly // E-bot7 // Fincom.co Ltd. //
Minna Technologies // Riskl.io // Smartcredit
02Sourcing startups from across the world to participate
in two, 12-week batches per year, the platform also
offers corporate partners, some of the world‘s leading
player of the financial industry, to partner up with the
most promising Fintechs.
PARTICIPANTS:AdviceRobo // Alcméon // Algodynamix // BigID //
Cred //DocumentationHQ // DreamQuark // Exquance
// Giromatch // Handcheque // NoPassword //
OpenLegacy // Optiopay // Paygilant // Sonarax //
Valoo // Verrency // Voxo
“This event is, for us, an opportunity to talk to
many banks and many large institutions to
pitch our solution and to try to get business
out of it. So for us, it is the perfect opportunity”
ROSALI STEENKAMER, CCO AT ADVICEROBO
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EVERYWHERE INITIATIVE
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“Winning the Future Ecosystem for
Payments Challenge and the Audience
Favorite Award at Visa’s Everywhere
Initiative D/A/CH is a huge success for
MotionTag. It proves the need for seam-
less ticketing options in an extremely
dynamic mobility market, and it provides
great opportunities through a collabora-
tion with Visa and their incredible network.”
STEPHAN LEPPLER, CO-FOUNDER & CEO OF MOTIONTAG
Visa’s Everywhere Initiative is a global innovation
program that invites startups to solve two specific
challenges : Daily Customer Experience in Payments
& Future Ecosystem for Payments. It comes with a
monetary prize of €50,000.
FINALISTS SELECTED FROM OVER 250 APPLICATIONS:ClaimAir // Bankify Ltd // Circula // Grover
// IDEE GmbH // MotionTag // Parkbob //
Quickwy // RoomAR // Zuper GmbH
PARTICIPANTS:CAPTIQ // Connectica // CreditLinks GmbH //
CyNation // DACEBOOK Digital Asset Class //
Data & Software Inc. // emformx // EXCON //
Information Management // Scanovate
WINNERS:
Circula for Daily Customer Experience in Payments Award & MotionTag for Future Ecosystem for Payments Challenge (and Audience Award)
“We want to find new ways to make innovative
payment possible. That‘s why Visa is working with the
start-up and Fintech community worldwide and, of
course, also in German-speaking countries. Congra-
tulations to the winners Circula and MotionTag.”
ALBRECHT KIEL, REGIONAL MANAGING DIRECTOR CENTRAL EUROPE AT VISA
“The Compliance Navigator program, developed in collaboration with
equensWordline, TechQuartier and our partner PwC, is a fantastic new
start-up program designed to help FinTechs manage compliance with Eu-
ropean banking and regulatory standards in our work with major financial
institutions to accelerate the launch of their new services and products.”
REMCO NEUTEBOOM, SVP CHIEF DIGITAL OFFICER, GLOBAL FINANCIAL SERVICES, ATOS
“Winning Visa’s Everywhere Initiative D/A/CH is a
proof point for our company and the business model
behind it. Now we will take the discussion even
further on how Visa, its issuing partners and Circula
can work together in order to achieve a truly seamless
experience for business travel expenses by leveraging
Visa‘s global API platform and customer reach.”
NIKOLAI SKATCHK OV, CO-FOUNDER AND CEO OF CIRCULA
COMPLIANCE
NAVIGATOR 04The first acceleration program of its kind, Compliance
Navigator is specifically designed for Fintech startups
aiming to demystify the European regulatory landsca-
pe and corporate compliance requirements, thereby
fast tracking their business relation with banks.
In partnership with:
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LANDING
PADIn just a few days, Landing Pad allows participants to
learn about the local economic players, regulators,
Fintech founders, the city and many other potential
partners, while also expanding their network.
05PARTICIPANTS:Agile Automations Ltd // amalend //
Assure Hedge // Cappitech Regulation //
GRC Agent Inc // KnowYourCustomer //
mobilityView Inc. // Monest // Moneythor
// Pingal Technologies Private Limited //
Prive Technologies // SPIN ANALYTICS //
SuperFluid Labs
“I came here to really explore the possibility of doing busi-
ness in Frankfurt but more importantly locating a sales
and support center here. This program has been really
good because it gave the opportunity to, not only get into
contact with customers in the form of large banks and
regulatory institutions, but also tying into the community
to understand, “What is the quality of living? How are the
transportation channels? What is the infrastructure like?” ” CALVIN LIU, CEO, GRC AGENT INC
“The Landing Pad, with its unique
format, allows us to show our conti-
nuous support of the international
FinTech-community and serves as a
bi-annual corner stone in the
fast-paced, ever-evolving digital
financial industry.”
SVEN KORSCHINOWSKI, PARTNER, KPMG GERMANY
“Well balanced curriculum
to introduce FinTechs to
the local environment and
how to be successful.” DAVID LEE, PRIVÉ TECHNOLOGIES
In partnership with:
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BEYOND FINTECH PROGRAMS
Innovations rarely come from thinking inside the
box. Using the diversity of ideas as guiding principle,
these programs, in industries as diverse as profes-
sional sports, urban planning and agriculture, are
great examples of how we are trying to crack the
innovation code through collaboration.
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MONEY MEETS IDEAS
MMI 01For the first time, a main player of the German
Bundesliga and the premium start-up- and tech hub
in the metropolitan region of Frankfurt, Eintracht Frankfurt and TechQuartier, are joining forces to create innovative solutions for today’s challenges.
– SPORTS TECH
PARTICIPANTS:9ine Sports // Athlyzer // Game On //
Optikick // Quipe // PlayersVote // SeatX
// Skillcademy // Spobi // Sportmember //
Streetkickers // Sywos // Testspielportal
// ticketh // Toni.ai
“TechQuartier is the most important start-up and
tech hub in the region and thus a strong partner
for long-term cooperation. The establishment of
a joint startup program in the SportsTech sector
will provide both TechQuartier and Eintracht with
great added value and is also an important con-
tribution to strengthening FrankfurtRhineMain as
a digital location for us as Eintracht Frankfurt.” AXEL HELLMANN, BOARD MEMBER OF EINTRACHT
FRANKFURT FUSSBALL AG
“The program gave us a good
3rd, 4th, 5th opinion to know
where we are [in terms of ent-
ering] the market. I think that
getting a very open and direct
feedback from the Eintracht
guys was very valuable as well
as TechQuartier. It has been
a great experience so far.” ALEX PINTER, CO-FOUNDER,
PLAYERSVOTE
In partnership with:
GROWTH ALLIANCE
AGTECH 02Growth Alliance AgTech is TQ’s first acceleration bootcamp specifically tailored to startups which
can benefit the agricultural sector. The program,
designed in cooperation with Landwirtschaftliche
Rentenbank, will connect transformative & trendset-
ting startups as well as progressive organizations
to accelerate multiple industry innovations.
WINNER: MonitorFish
PARTICIPANTS:dropnostix GmbH // DULKS GmbH // Exatrek // H.A.I.P
// HelioPas AI // House of Crops // KUHdo GmbH //
logic26 GmbH // SEAWATER // SeedForward //
SMART CLOUD FARMING // YOUKI GmbH
“We want to set new
impulses within the agri-
cultural value chain.” L A N D W I R T S C H A F T L I C H E
RENTENBANK
In partnership with:
“The bootcamp offered us, not only professional
input from highly competent experts and experienced
companies, but above all the opportunity to network
with other technology-oriented start-ups as well as
the agricultural and food industries. This constellation
is unique in Germany.”
DOMINIK EWALD, MONITORFISH
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UX ACCELERATOR03
A three-month program where early-stage startups
attend various workshops with PwC experts, for free,
to better understand the fundamentals of User Ex-
perience. Using the latest lab equipment (eye-track-
ing technology) and vetted methodologies, it enables
the startups to conduct their own UX research and
design studies with users.
PARTICIPANTS:Creative Learning Space //
Go Crush // Flyingshapes //
Mobilehead // Neon Swit-
zerland GmbH // Roomhero
„We applied for UX Accelerator with the goal of
optimization of our usability and accessibility
experience for customers and we want to make
our products as ‘real’ and ‘natural’ as possible“ JOHANNAS MATTMANN, CO-FOUNDER, FLYINGSHAPES
“We hope to become the
N26 of Switzerland. Our aim
is to become THE simplest
and fastest payment option
for our customers – quicker
than cash. We want to find
ways to differentiate our-
selves in the marketplace.” SIMON YOUSSEF, CO-FOUNDER,
NEON SWITZERLAND AG
“The reason behind our application for UX Acce-
lerator was mainly focused on finding the pinpo-
ints of why more people are not using [our app].
We hope to increase its user-base and improve the
app to fit with consumer needs more accurately.” STEFANIE M., GRAPHIC DESIGN AND UX DESIGN INTERN, GO CRUSH
In collaboration with:
STARTUP ACADEMY
The EY Start-up Academy is an annual initiative that
aims to support early stage startups through meetings
with numerous mentors from EY and large companies
as well as experts, start-up supporters, investors and
financing partners. In more than 30 workshops and
training sessions, founders receive detailed information
on topics including business planning and management,
financing and subsidies, corporate and tax law, super-
vision and IT.
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PARTICIPANTS:Flexvelop // Kruzr // Livello // Mapstar // Othermo
“We do EY Startup Academy for a number of rea-
sons. First is just to foster the startup ecosystem.
We really want to and like to help startups grow,
we want to give startups the opportunity to find
investors in a shorter period of time by educating
them. That is why we do around 30 workshops
with our startups to educate them on things like
“How do I speak to an investor? How do I negotia-
te?”plus contract courses, “How do I have to dress
up my business case to appear to an investor?”
CHRISTOPHER SCHMITZ, PARTNER, FINANCIAL SERVICES / FINTECH LEAD GERMANY, EY
“EY really helped us to focus
on the necessary steps. We got
a lot of help tailoring the busi-
ness model and the product to
the market need and to really
find out “Where do we start and
where do we go next?” an also
because we did a few financing
rounds and EY was very, very
helpful providing us with the le-
gal advice and also with all the
contracts, we got a lot of help.”
JONATHAN GAUGER, CO-FOUNDER, MAPSTAR
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INNOVATION DAYS &
#HACKFRM05
24-hour hackathon where participants compete over challenges to reinvent
the city, like the use of virtual reality in
museums or booking and occupancy
platform for sports facilities.
PARTICIPANTS:Docestate // FinCite Ventures //
IDA // Frameless // GotCourts //
Komuno // Polyteia
“I’m here to meet new,
nice people and to learn
more about programming
and design thinking.”
TEAM - PEGASUS PAY
“We got in contact with other
coders and got inspired,
plus we learned a lot and
worked on innovation pro-
jects which was really cool.”
TEAM - PEGASUS PAY
“We are making a new app for
a booking system. The next
step is to draw a lot of papers
and do a lot of visualization.”
TEAM - MAGIC APP
“We are in the middle of the process
right now trying to make one combi-
ned idea from all of our ideas. We want
to set up the basic programming and
discussing what language we will use.”
EAM - CASH CONNECTS
In collaboration with:
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WE’RE FLEXIBLE
ABOUT OUR METHODS
BUT STUBBORN ABOUT OUR GOALS.
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EXPANDING INTO INSURTECH Insurance is an industry ripe for disruption.
Starting with the Global InsurTech Roadshow
in March, we are expanding into this industry
and looking to garner partners along for the
journey. On the back of the Roadshow, an Insur-
Tech program will also be created.
ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE As use cases start to emerge and industry is
now fully aware and interested to explore its
possibilities, AI is seeing serious traction. TQ
is now working on building the AI Hub; it has
bolstered its team and is orienting its efforts
along the four previously stated strategic axis.
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2019INNOVATION ON DEMAND Talking with – and listening to – our stakehold-
ers, and running ten innovation programs in
2018 gave us some ideas on how we can provide
even more value. By customizing our offering
to address specific pain points, or specific
product development stages, and by fully be-
coming an innovation marketplace where TQ
act as the curator, the traditional acceleration
program model is about to get revamped and
upgraded.
SCALING In February, we are publishing ‘’Scaleups in
Europe’’, a study conducted with Goethe Uni-
versity and Yi Shi Foundation where we unveil
some of the key success factors of European
unicorns. The findings will guide us as we help
our own startups become the next big thing,
and as we ourselves, are digging deeper into
FinTech, looking to expand to new industries,
and growing our partner network globally.
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WE WILL BE CUSTO MER-OBSESSEDWE WILL IMPACT HUMANITYWE WILL BUILD A FU NDWE WILL BE CARBO N NEUTRALWE WILL RIDE UNIC ORNSWE WILL CREATE A DATA-FIRST CULTURE