Scaleup Hamburg bringing greentech innovations to Hamburg

28 March 2025

Hamburg Invest now helping five international growth companies with sustainable innovations

The Scaleup Hamburg service, offered by Hamburg Invest, is bringing five international greentech growth companies from Vietnam, Singapore, France, Belgium and Italy to Hamburg. Initiated by the Ministry of Economics and Innovation, the aim is to establish sustainable innovations in the region and facilitate co-operation with companies in Hamburg.

Collaboration with international innovation teams

"Our soft landing scheme enables Hamburg-based companies to work with international innovation teams in a low-threshold and targeted manner," said Sascha Jacobi, Head of Scaleup Hamburg. "The qualification and support of scaleups by Hamburg Invest ensures that only really suitable solutions are brought to our partners in Hamburg. The scheme removes barriers to co-operation between established companies and startups so that they can succeed." Participating startups are also helped manage their business and setting up a local branch. Their sustainable business models can then be scaled up accordingly. A matchmaking scheme brings them together with established companies in Hamburg. The five growth companies with innovative green tech solutions were selected from an international pool of applicants.

Stimulating new solutions on site

Vietnam's NetZero Planet develops sustainable, environment-friendly pallets made from coconut fibres that reduce costs and take up less space. Singapore's N&E Innovations produces ViKang99, the world's first totally natural, non-toxic antimicrobial agent made from recycled food waste. This prevents antimicrobial resistance and replaces harmful chemicals in agriculture, the food industry and wastewater. France's Releaf Paper produces an alternative to paper from green waste, which preserves natural ecosystems and reduces the carbon footprint. Another French company, Sopht, a Software as a Service (SaaS) IT decarbonisation platform, helps various IT teams to measure, analyse and lower their emissions. Companies can then align their IT with sustainability goals and lower their costs at the same time. The Belgian maritime deep-tech scaleup, Toqua on the other hand, aims to accelerate the decarbonisation of shipping using big data and AI.

More innovation potential for Hamburg

The Italian company, Eoliann, and the Belgian company, Teleraam, hold considerable potential for Hamburg and were honoured for a free, customised market study of the Hamburg Metropolitan Region. Eoliann helps financial and infrastructure companies to assess climate risks using AI. Telraam‘s innovative traffic monitoring system uses low-cost AI technology and citizen participation to collect real-time data about road users to optimise urban planning, mobility and road safety.
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