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Shaping the future: Rhine-Main region plans 1,000 startups by 2030!
Future initiative: UNI Mainz and partners establish Future Factory to promote start-ups in the Rhine-Main region until 2030.
Shaping the future: Rhine-Main region plans 1,000 startups by 2030!
On March 24, 2025, the Future Factory was launched, an initiative in which the Goethe University Frankfurt, the Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz, the Technical University of Darmstadt and the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management work together with the Futury startup ecosystem. The aim of this cooperation is to strengthen the entrepreneurial spirit at German universities, to support students and researchers in their entrepreneurial endeavors and to transform innovative business models into marketable companies such as University of Mainz reported.
A central element of this partnership is the transfer of 45% of the shares from the Frankfurt School to the three Rhine-Main universities, meaning that each university now holds 15%. Futury has set itself the ambitious goal of establishing at least 1,000 new businesses in the Rhine-Main region by 2030. In this context, Futury supports startups in particular in developing marketable solutions that are based on university-related and science-based ideas.
Achievements and support
Since its founding in 2015, Futury has already helped around 120 startups bring their ideas to market, including high-profile companies such as Formo, a FoodTech startup that develops animal-free dairy products using precision fermentation, and Recyda, which provides digital tools to assess the recyclability of packaging. Circolution, on the other hand, is a company that develops a digital system for reusable packaging in food retail, such as Technical University of Darmstadt feldt.
In addition, Futury Capital has provided around 80 million euros in investment capital since 2018 and supports numerous technology-driven startups, including Energy Robotics, specializing in autonomous inspection solutions, and Wingcopter, which is active in drone-based medical delivery. The startup Magnotherm, which was spun off from TU Darmstadt and focuses on heat storage, also benefits from this support.
An advanced ecosystem
Futury emphasizes the essential importance of networks between science, industry and the startup ecosystem to promote the development of sustainable companies. With the commitment of over 100 industry partners, including big names like Bain & Company, Deutsche Bank and Procter & Gamble, Futury is well positioned to pave the way for innovative founders.
The initiative also takes part in the federal “Startup Factories” competition run by the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) to strengthen innovation hubs in Germany. The final application for this competition will take place on April 30, 2025.
The federal government also developed a comprehensive start-up strategy to improve the framework conditions for innovative companies in Germany. This includes measures to improve access to financing and to digitize start-up processes, as shown on the website Federal Government explained. The goal is to mobilize a total of 30 billion euros in private and public capital for Germany as a venture capital location by 2030 and to create a digital funding portal to centralize support for startups.
The combination of Futury's initiatives with the federal government's strategic goals creates a promising environment for founders and points the way to a thriving innovation landscape in Germany.