Make ideas work.

Welcome to Gateway Excellence Start-up Center. We are your partner for consulting and coaching in all aspects of founding and start-ups.

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We have already supported over 150 start-up teams at the University of Cologne: B2B, B2C, Impact, Consumer Goods and Tech Start-ups.

We focus on knowledge- and technology-based concepts.

We offer our start-ups not only advice and support from our start-up coaches and mentors. We also provide workspace at Innodom Cologne and offer support through our Gateway Incubator and Gateway Accelerator programmes.

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04.04.2025

C3 - Campus Competition Cologne

Your path to the Gateway Accelerator and investment offers of €300,000. Apply now!

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04.03.2025

Top 3 in the start-up radar 2025

Students and researchers who found a start-up at the University of Cologne are exceptionally well qualified and supported. This is the result of the Stifterverband's Start-up Radar 2025.

04.03.2025

Top 3 in the start-up radar 2025

Students and researchers who found a start-up at the University of Cologne are exceptionally well qualified and supported. This is the result of the Stifterverband's Start-up Radar 2025.

Upcoming events

Thu 26. Jun 2025

Finale C3 - Campus Competition Cologne

CONNECT. COMPETE. CONVINCE. The path to the Gateway Accelerator and investment offers of €300,000.

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Thu 26. Jun 2025 Wolters Kluwer

GovTech Prompt-a-thon 2025

how can artificial intelligence be used in public administration to help tackle current challenges such as digitalization, demographic change, and data protection?