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 support more than 35 start-up teams at the University of Cologne: B2B, B2C, social start-ups, consumer goods and tech start-ups. Our focus is on the knowledge- and technology-based concepts.

We provide our start-ups not only with advice and support from our start-up coaches and mentors. They are also offered workplaces at two of our incubator locations.

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Demo Day 2023 (in 🇩🇪)

Paving ways from research to impact
Knowledge and technology transfer as a third mission of universities is becoming increasingly important for solving societal challenges, but how can it be implemented?

Campus Competition Cologne - C3 (in 🇩🇪)

We now have a brand-new startup competition! We are looking for the top eight more advanced start-ups. Start your business off right in the C3 competition for a chance to win a €100,000 investment. A spot in the Gateway Accelerator is included!

Bringt eure Idee zum Leben! (in 🇩🇪)

Der Ideenwettbewerb der Kölner Hochschulen geht in die fünfte Runde! Ob Produkt oder Dienstleistung, deine Gründungsidee kann bis zu 2.500 Euro gewinnen. Jetzt Idee einreichen!