Services & Events. According to your needs.
Roadmap for the internationalisation of startups and SMEs
From compelling training programmes and access to global talent to market research in Asia, we're here to help you succeed in new markets.
Discover our offerings specifically designed to support start-ups and SMEs on their internationalisation journey!
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Online Marketing Challenge - OMC
In the OMC, companies work together with foreign business administration students from Saxony to develop a digital sales campaign in order to acquire new international customers. With an advertising budget of €500 (provided by the company), the teams find out which online channels are best suited to promote and trade the brand and products. They also gain valuable insights into the approach, behaviour and preferences of the foreign target groups from the campaign. The challenge lasts three months. The team with the most effective and creative campaign wins.
Export Management Advanced Training - EMAT
The EMAT is a practice-oriented programme that supports start-ups in implementing international business and export strategies. The aim is to expand the international participants' knowledge of export management by teaching skills in areas such as international business model development, negotiations, export planning and customs issues. The participating start-ups bring in their own business cases, which serve as case studies to develop an international business model and market entry plan step by step during the training.
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Vietnam Hub
The International Startup Campus organises and supports matchmaking and partner searches via its hub in Vietnam and provides you with all the information you need about the Vietnamese market. The International Startup Campus maintains an office in Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), which participants can use as a contact point.
Japan Hub
We support German startups entering the Japanese market through matchmaking and partner search. Participants receive access to local premises and information on funding programmes in cities such as Kobe and Tokyo. We organise networking events and trade fair appearances to promote contacts with customers and partners. In addition, startups can take advantage of long-term business opportunities through cooperation with universities and staff exchange programmes with Japanese companies. In this way, we create ideal conditions for international success.
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Inbound Delegations & Matching
We support German startups entering the Japanese market through matchmaking and partner search. Participants receive access to local premises and information on funding programmes in cities such as Kobe and Tokyo. We organise networking events and trade fair appearances to promote contacts with customers and partners. In addition, startups can take advantage of long-term business opportunities through cooperation with universities and staff exchange programmes with Japanese companies. In this way, we create ideal conditions for international success.
Global Talent Ignite
With the programme "Global Talent Ignite - Empowering International Academics for Startup Careers in Germany" (GTI), which is part of the Profi Plus funding initiative, Leipzig University aims to strengthen the startup ecosystem in Leipzig and the surrounding area and to integrate skilled workers from abroad into startups. GTI will offer qualification adjustments and formats to improve the employability of international graduates and promote their integration into young companies and startups in Germany. The programme focuses not only on teaching technical and language skills, but also on integrating participants into the startup ecosystem.
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Services
Our local teams offer a wide range of services to support you and your startup or company. We address startups and teams interested in making contacts to establish their startup in the region or further develop their products. Teams from Central German universities can be matched with international co-founders. International startups get access to local companies and the innovation ecosystem. For this purpose, the universities contribute as door openers for research-based startups. The universities base their network on established academic and research relationships with other universities and their startup ecosystems, international institutions, and companies.
Events & Trade Fairs
Every year, the International Startup Campus team participates in national and international startup events and trade fairs. We provide a platform for your founding team and startup to interact with like-minded people, supporters, and investors. To join current events and trade fairs, please check our calendar or contact your local team.
We also provide you with a comprehensive trade fair support service. Find out more about it.
Born Global Startup Festival - Our community event
The Born Global Startup Festival is an annual event that supports "Born Globals", startups founder, international students or researchers from Central Germany/ Mitteldeutschland and from the Universities Leipzig, Jena, and Halle. The festival combines inspiring keynotes, workshops, expert panelists that give insights to startup ecosystem in here and beyond horizon.
Born Global Startup Festival is our annually event for the global-minded startup community.
Be part of our network and stay informed! Visit our website regularly to make sure you don't miss the exact date and exciting programme highlights!
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Find Us In Our Region
Do you want to learn more about the specific opportunities offered by each International Startup Office (ISO)? Get In Contact!
ISO Leipzig
SMILE – Die gründungsinitiative, University of Leipzig
smile.uni-leipzig.de/international-startup-office/ | Write an email
ISO Jena
Servicezentrum Forschung & Transfer, University of Jena
International Startup Office (uni-jena.de) | Write an email
ISO Halle
Transfer- und Gründerservice, University of Halle-Wittenberg
transfer.uni-halle.de/ | Write an email