top of page

17 August 2023

Full throttle with the EXIST start-up grant

Vaarhaftige News: EXIST logo with 'Existenzgründungen aus der Wissenschaft', and logos of BMWK and the European Social Fund.

State funding for VAARHAFT sets new standards

VAARHAFT has been receiving government funding since June 2023. We are proud and grateful to announce that we have received the EXIST start-up grant from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection (BMWK) for 12 months.

Aim and support of the program

The aim of the program is to improve the start-up climate at universities and non-university research institutions and to increase the number and success of technology-oriented and innovative start-ups in Germany. EXIST is co-financed by the https://www.esf.de/portal/DE/Startseite/inhalt.html (ESF). The ESF is one of the European Structural and Investment Funds.

Attractive opportunities for VAARHAFT

The scholarship offers us at VAARHAFT a very good opportunity to further develop our business model and prepare for the company foundation under attractive conditions. With financial and non-material support through tailored coaching, we can now all work intensively on our product full-time and give it our all to establish and develop VAARHAFT.

Support from Startup Bridge

As part of the BMWK's EXIST start-up grant, we are actively supported by the Startup Bridge at Wedel University of Applied Sciences . The Startup Bridge is the university's start-up and innovation platform and supports us with organizational tasks and budget management during the funding period. In addition, it offers us valuable advice on topics related to starting up and developing a company and gives us access to a broad network in the Hamburg metropolitan region.

More information about the EXIST start-up grant

For further details and comprehensive information on the EXIST start-up grant, we recommend taking a look at the official website of the program:

https://www.exist.de/EXIST/Navigation/DE/Gruendungsfoerderung/EXIST-Gruendungsstipendium/exist-gruendungsstipendium.html 

We at VAARHAFT are excited about this opportunity and are fully committed to further advance and realize our innovative product within the EXIST program. We look forward to keeping you updated as we continue to develop.

bottom of page