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Financial Times Ranking: SpinLab and RootCamp among Top Startup-Hubs in Europe

SpinLab and RootCamp are positioned among the top Startup Hubs in Europe, as highlighted in the recent ranking...

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SpinLab Alumni, myo, secures €10.5 Million in Series A funding round

myo was part of the 8th SpinLab class. Photo: myo

TVM Capital Life Science, a leading transatlantic venture...

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SpinLab Alumni Energiekoppler closes Series A funding round

Energiekoppler, an innovative software company specializing in energy management solutions and born from the...

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SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator welcomes 10 international startups to its Accelerator program

Startup accelerator SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator is entering the next round with a record number of over 500...

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Exit for SpinLab alumni we - do. ai.

Our partner Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) announces the exit of SpinLab alumni we-do.ai. The Leipzig based...

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SpinLab Startup Granular Energy raised 7.5 Mio. €

In 2022, consumers worldwide spent 24 billion USD on green energy, often with little information about its source. ...

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Exit for SpinLab Health Startup aidhere

We're delighted to share the news of aidhere, a standout from our 10th SpinLab class, successfully acquired by...

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SpinLab alumni inContAlert closed its pre-seed funding round with 1.5 Mio. €

Startup inContalert was part of the 14th SpinLab class.

The MedTech startup inContAlert has successfully closed its...

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Summer School For Diverse Startups Batch #3

From July 24 to 28, 2023, HHL DIGITAL SPACE and SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator is joining forces to support diverse...

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SpinLab announces 10 promising startups in energy, health, and smart city

SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator, one of Europe's leading startup programs, today announced ten of the most promising...

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SpinLab alumni Reverion secured €8.5 million funding

Startup Reverion from SpinLab class 14th secured €8.5 million investment from UVC Partners, Green Generation Fund,...

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SpinLab alumni Magnotherm closed its seed funding round with 6.3 Mio. €

The German climate tech startup MAGNOTHERM, working on sustainable refrigeration technology, has just closed its seed...

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SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator strengthens female entrepreneurship in Europe

SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator is part of the European initiative "Womenture", which aims to create an international...

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SpinLab alumni startup memodio secures €400K to tackle dementia

1.6 million people in Germany suffer from dementia and gradually lose their mental abilities. At the beginning of the...

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SpinLab recognised again as one of the best accelerators in Europe

UBI Global, the Stockholm-based innovation intelligence company and community known for the assessment and mapping of...

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SpinLab alumni Digitail raises $11M in series A round

European VC fund Atomico led the round. The fund joined previous investors byFounders, Gradient Ventures, and Partech....

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Actemium becomes innovation partner of SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator

SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator gains Actemium Germany, the VINCI Energies brand for industrial process solutions, as new...

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Prodlane raises 760k EUR to digitalize product management

Prodlane, the SaaS platform for data-driven product management in the manufacturing industry, has raised an EUR 760,000...

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SpinLab's 14th Startup Class Kicked Off

With around 400 applications from all over the world, we reached a new record. The freshly incoming 14th class startups...

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SpinLab wins University of Leipzig Medical Center as innovation partner

More than any other service sector, the healthcare industry is facing the challenges of demographic and digital change....

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Exit for SpinLab digital health startup mementor

California-based medical equipment company ResMed today announced the acquisition of  mementor. The first product...

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Follow up funding for AI startup we.do-ai

In a follow-up funding, SpinLab partner Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) increases its investment in the AI...

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International Exit for SpinLab mental health startup Stresscoach

The founders Philipp Omenitsch and Manuel Kraus first launched in 2019 with a chatbot for the US market, and then...

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Leipzig Summer School For Diverse Startups Batch #2 in the house

The next Summer School For Diverse Startups will kick off soon! This time we teamed up with the incubator HHL Digital...

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SpinLab startup suena raises 1.2 MIO EUR to accelerate energy transition

EIT InnoEnergy, the world’s largest sustainable energy engine, has invested alongside Vireo Ventures and Raakwark...

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SpinLab Alumni PLANTED raises 1 million EUR for climate protection

The fresh capital comes from Smart Infrastructure Ventures ('SIVentures'), who invested alongside neoteq ventures,...

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Seed funding for SpinLab ehealth startup eCovery

SpinLab Alumni eCovery has closed another round of funding. The insurtech fund 1750 ventures, adesso ventures as well...

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Applications open for our accelerator Program

Innovative startups can apply for the 14th SpinLab class until 05 July 2022. An intensive program, long lasting ...

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SpinLab Startup IO Dynamics closes seed funding and is planning a 2nd base in Leipzig

Very good news for SpinLab startup IO Dynamics and the Smart Infrastructure Hub Leipzig. The e-mobility startup has...

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SpinLab Alumni Aumio raises 3 Million EUR in seed funding

The round was led by Partech and byFounders and backed by existing investors capacura and Business Angels Club...

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SpinLab Alumni MotionsCloud raised $2 Million dollars

MotionsCloud raised around US$ 2 million with its AI insurance claim solution in the latest round. The startup was...

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SpinLab has made the first acquisition

SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator acquires BITROAD and strengthens its management team: as of today, SpinLab has grown by a...

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SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator takes off with 10 new startups

With more than 300 applications, the run for the 13th class was huge. Ten promising startups were welcomed to the...

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Exit for Spinlab Alumnus Infrasolid

Innovative Sensor Technology IST AG, a Swiss sensor specialist and part of the Endress+Hauser Gruppe announced the...

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First startup podcast from central Germany

Together with Basislager Coworking Leipzig and Startup Mitteldeutschland we present to you the brand new Werkbank ...

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International exit for Spinlab Alumnus Replex

The startup Replex is acquired by the US IT corporation Cisco. The world market leader in network infrastructure and...

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SpinLab alumni startup Flynex secures millions of euros to fuel its growth

FlyNex recently closed another financing round worth millions of euros to develop new business areas and expand its...

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Apply now for SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator batch #13

SpinLab, one of the top 3 accelerators in Germany, is once again opening its application phase for startups. Ambitious...

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SpinLab wins SachsenEnergie, the biggest municipal energy utility in eastern Germany, as new partner.

The partnership contract between the Leipzig Graduate School of Management (HHL), SpinLab-The HHL Accelerator and...

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Meet SpinLab on the 16th and 17th of September at the Impact Festival

With the motto "Let's collaborate. Innovate. Act." this year's Impact Festival will be held from 16th to 17th...

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SpinLab Milestone: More Than 100 Mio € In Funding

We are happy to announce that we recently cracked the €100 million mark! So far, our startups have raised more than...

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That was batch #1 of the SpinLab Summer School for diverse Startups

The first SpinLab Summer School for diverse Startups is over and we are still overwhelmed by all the impressions. From...

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Our new class has finally kicked off in real life again

Today, the SpinLab team already welcomed its 12th class in Leipzig. Many of the entrepreneurs found themselves back on...

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SpinLab Alumnus Maviance PLC Closes Seed Round to Fund Expansion Within Central African Economic Region

Maviance PLC, a Cameroon-based fintech, announced today that it has closed its Seed investment round of USD 3 million...

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Podcast: B2B Sales in E-Health, Smart City and Energy

Our CEO was invited by Florian Kandler to join his "Gründer + Zünder" Podcast to talk about how to go about B2B sales...

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SpinLab Exit From Class 2: Rhebo

Swiss utility Landis+Gyr has acquired 100% of the shares in our class 2 alumni startup Rhebo for a low double-digit...

SpinLab Alumnus memoresa secures six-figure investment round

memoresa, one of SpinLab's alumni teams from class 10, secured a six-figure investment round: Ophthalmologist Dr. Felix...

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Event: Leipzig Career Hacks – Startups

What is it like to work for a startup?

LeipGlo organizes the series "Leipzig Career Hacks". In the third session of...

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Building startups with Thelen, Flores Willers and more: SpinLab- The HHL Accelerator launches 11th grade with its own learning platform

In January, the SpinLab team once again welcomes ten new startups to the award-winning Accelerator program. Among them...

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SpinLumni "DieEnergiekoppler" won Science4Life Energy Cup

97 startups participated at the Science4Life competition which awards the best business ideas in life sciences,...

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SpinLab Alumni Myo secures seven-figure financing round

Last week, BonVenture Group announced its investment in Myo, a SpinLab Alumni startup focussing on digital...

The Leipzig Glocal Job Fair

If you are interested in working at a startup, don't miss the chance and get to know us! Once again, SpinLab will join...

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Six-figure seed financing for mementor

The digital health startup mementor GmbH and SpinLab Alumni has completed a financing round in the higher six-figure...

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New Media Partner: Gruene-Startups.de

In the course of encouraging sustainable startups to apply for SpinLab’s accelerator program, we have decided to team...

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First Hybrid Investors Day

SpinLab and HHL Leipzig Graduate School of Management once again joined efforts to host a hybrid event format that...

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AI & Advanced Analytics: Smart City Meetup with Startups and DELL

How can Artificial Intelligence and Advanced Analytics help to build smarter cities? Which technologies help us make...

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Last call for application round at SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator

SpinLab, one of the top 3 accelerators in Germany, is once again opening its application phase for start-ups. Startups...

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SpinLab expands: RootCamp, the new incubator in Hannover

Big news: SpinLab expands to Hannover and initiates a new incubator program within the FoodTech and AgriTech scene: ...
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Corona aid initiative RE-START

VNG AG and Smart Infrastructure Hub establish Corona aid initiative RE-START: Small enterprises, self-employed...

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SpinLab complements its partner portfolio with PTSGroup

In May, SpinLab was able to win over another partner: Bremen-based PTSGroup brings with it 25 years of experience in...

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A few days after joining SpinLab, memoresa launches its platform

Just a few days after joining SpinLab – the HHL Accelerator, memoresa launches its new online platform with...

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SpinLab wins SIGNAL IDUNA as new premium partner

Despite the global crisis, SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator, was able to win a strong partner for itself. The SIGNAL IDUNA...

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Class 10 has virtually arrived at the SpinLab

The new class of SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator was received virtually in the rooms of Leipzig’s historical cotton mill...

Mindance secures a seven figure seed finance round

There's not shortage of awesome startups out there looking to improve the the fitness arena. Our class 6 alumni Mindance

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Innovative and ambitious, get ready for the ninth class in the SpinLab

Another round has arrived. Class 9 arrived this past Monday here in the SpinLab, and they're determined to keep pushing...

Announcing Smart Infrastructure Ventures

We're happy to announce there's a new player in the investment scene, based right here in Leipzig! Smart Infrastructure...

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SpinLab is ranked as the No. 2 Best Startup Accelerator in Germany

In the first quarter of 2019 an independent study was carried out by the staff at Venioaire Capital in Austria to...

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New innovation partner: LEAG cooperates with SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator

This week, SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator has officially partnered up with Lausitz Energie Bergbau AG and Lausitz...

Better@Home secures their first financing round!

30 January 2019

Just founded in the Summer of 2018, Berlin-based Startup, and class 7 SpinLumni, Better@Home, just...

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The HHL Mothership is on the rise!

21 December 2018

What an awesome way to close out 2018! Just before reaching the break for the holidays, our parent...

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SpinLab teams up with the Mobilus Consortium

07 December 2018

We're pleased to announce that we're being listed as an affiliate partner in the Eastern...

Mindance: Pre-Seed Investment for digital mental training

08 November 2018

We're super happy and excited to announce that one of our class 6 startups, Mindance, who have...

SpinLab named as one of the top 10 finalists in the European Enterprise Promotion Award

21 October 2018

We're honored to have been named one of the top 10 finalists for this prestigious competition! For...

Class 1 SpinLumni JobUFO closes a two million Euro financing round

09 October 2018

Awesome news to have this Tuesday, but one of our Class 1 SpinLumni, JobUFO - an online portal that...

TGFS and VNG are both investing in our Class 6 SpinLumni INFRASOLID

06 Aug 2018

Two SpinLab partners, TGFS & VNG, are both investing in our class 6 SpinLumni, INFRASOLID. INFRASOLID was...

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Recent award for the SpinLab attracts a new partner

06 Aug 2018

Early this month, we proudly announced that the SpinLab was named one of the top three startup...

SpinLab is named one of the TOP 3 Startup Accelerators in Germany!

06 Aug 2018

The Cologne University of Applied Sciences recently conducted a study on startup accelerators in...

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Round 7: Let's Go! There's a new group of founders in town.

06 Aug 2018

Despite the blazing heat Leipzig and the rest of the world has been experiencing this summer, we've...

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Six, yes, SIX million Euros are going to XAIN!

06th Jun 2018

In 2017 we hosted the first-ever Porsche Innovation Contest. The goal was simple, find the best...

Rhebo closes another financing round

04th Apr 2018Rhebo, a class 2 Spinlab Alumni startup, just closed another financing round! The company was founded in...

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DELL continues to push and support startups in the Smart Infrastructure Hub Leipzig

28th Feb 2018

DELL has been a great technology for us for quite some time, and we're very happy to announce that...

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uniVersa Insurance is now a partner of the SpinLab

09th Feb 2018

Effectively immediately we are able to say that our startups can benefit from the unbeatable corporate...

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Trending Partnership: con|energy and SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator

02nd Feb 2018

Since the start of the month we've officially partnered up with con|energy to further our focus on the...

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Business Angel round for Neuronade

22nd Jan 2018

End of 2017 was very intensive for our alumni team Neuronade! Besides increasing their sales of their...

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Our 6th class has finally arrived

11th Jan 2018

This week we warmly welcomed our 6th class into the SpinLab, and as already mentioned, this class hosts...

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Welcoming enviaM-Gruppe to the Smart Infrastructure Hub Partner Network.

12th Dec 2017

The enviaM-Gruppe is one of the driving forces for the digitalisation of energy sustenance and...

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The SpinLab Core Team Expands!

11th Dec 2017

Happy to welcome two new members to our team.

Since our founding in 2014 we've experienced some...

Sengi locks in their investment contract.

16th Nov 2017

In October 2017, Sengi GmbH signed the contract with their HMS Holding GmbH. The new investor will cover...

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Schnell, einfach und schön: Vizzlo, das Online-Tool für Geschäftsgrafiken, schließt Investitionsrunde ab

18th Oct 2017

Mit einer Minderheitsbeteiligung am Leipziger Viztech-Startup bauen die Kapitalgeber Bellevue Holding und...

DOCYET won the VERIMI Hackathon in Berlin

22nd Sep 2017

The team of DOCYET participated in the VERIMI Hackathon in Berlin last Wednesday and convinced the jury...

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eHealth service startup, DIPAT, closes an investment round of 3 million Euros.

04th Sep 2017

In April 2017 DIPAT opened its first Investment Round. Between the Technologiegruenderfonds Sachsen and...

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New strategic partners for SpinLab

29th Aug 2017

As announced earlier this year, Leipzig has been chosen by the German Ministry of Economic Affairs...

FlyNex acquires massive investment

17th Aug 2017

We're super happy to announce that our class 5 startup, FlyNex, recently acquired a Million Euro...

Start-up Binee wins HHL Best Founders Award

22nd Jun 2017

Class 3 SpinLumni, binee, dominated the HHL Investors Day this year, and came home with the HHL Best...

Xain AG wins “Porsche Innovation Contest”

21st Jun 2017

In 2017 we hosted our first ever Porsche Innovation Contest to find startups around the world who are...

Sensape places 1st in the Fujitsu Startup Award Competition!

24th May 2017

Sensape co-founder, Matthias Freysoldt, pitched this week at the Fujitsu Startup Award Competition, and...

replex secures 1,500,000€!

12th May 2017

The replex team from Duisburg recently secured a 1,5€ financing round and were featured in Gründerszene....

OKIKO collects a 150,000€ Seed Investment

04th May 2017

Team OKIKO, a new Fin-Tech startup in our recently started 5th class, is wasting no time getting down to...