Who we are

About beyourpilot

beyourpilot is pretty unusual: In Hamburg all the universities and research institutes cooperate and, in Hamburg Innovation, share a company that serves the whole of higher education and supports such cooperation.

„The three great essentials to achieve anything worthwhile are: hard work, stick-to-itiveness, and common sense."

Thomas Alva Edison was an American inventor (over 1,000 patents) and entrepreneur who was particularly successful due to the marketability of his inventions.
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Here’s who we are

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Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron

High-Tech founder wanted!

DESY is one of the world's leading research centres for particle accelerators and investigates the structure and function of matter - from the interplay of minute elementary particles to the behaviour of novel nanomaterials and vital biomolecules to the great mysteries of the universe.

A modern infrastructure for high-tech start-ups is currently being created around DESY with its large-scale high-tech research facilities. This infrastructure will comprise offices, laboratories and workshops and will be built parallel to the expansion of the campus into the Bahre...

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Hamburg Innovation GmbH (Operator)

Hamburg Innovation is a private-sector knowledge and technology transfer institution of Hamburg's public universities. At the interface between universities, companies and the public sector, the team is active with the aim of profitably networking entrepreneurial and scientific potential and creating sustainable values for science, politics, business and society. For "beyourpilot", Hamburg Innovation acts both as project coordinator and operator of the digital platform, assisting universities and research institutions.

"beyourpilot" gives founders access to current research results, know-ho...

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Hamburg Media School

At the Hamburg Media School, students can study in the degree programmes Digital and Media Management (MBA), Master in Film and Value-Oriented Advertising Film full-time as well as part-time in the EMBA in Media Management as well as Digital Journalism. In the full-time Digital and Media Management programme, students are given the opportunity to specialise in Start-up & Business Development, Data & Business Analytics or Social Media & Online Marketing.

These opportunities are offered in the second year of study after the essential media, management and business administration basics have b...

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Hamburg University of Applied Sciences

Developing sustainable solutions for the social challenges of the present and future: This is the goal of HAW Hamburg - Northern Germany's leading university when it comes to reflected practice. The focus is on the excellent quality of study and teaching. At the same time, HAW Hamburg is further developing its profile as a research university. People from more than 100 nations help to shape HAW Hamburg. Its diversity is its particular strength.
This is where the start-up service is at home. With 4 faculties, 17 departments and more than 70 courses of study, HAW Hamburg offers a wide variety ...

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Hamburg University of Technology / Startup Port @TUHH

The Startup Port @TUHH (formerly Startup Dock) has been promoting innovative start-ups from the university since 2013. We want to enable people to found socially valuable companies so that innovative solutions improve the lives of many.

We implement this mission at TUHH's Start-up Campus with a batch-oriented holistic support programme. In three so-called batches per year, cohorts of founding teams are not only strengthened with 1:1 mentoring, but also receive an extensive qualification programme, planning and preparation for funding, networking events, office space and a small workshop sp...

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Helmut-Schmidt-Universität / Universität der Bundeswehr Hamburg

Helmut Schmidt University (HSU) is committed to the ideal of a diversity of disciplines as well as scientific cultures and locates itself in an international research landscape through outstanding basic and applied research.
Highly innovative technologies and exciting business models are created in its diverse research areas, and the HSU Innovation Hub focuses on promoting these. Here, start-up and patent projects are methodically supported and consistently advanced in a variety of ways.
The start-up projects at HSU benefit from a network of a wide variety of transfer and start-up instituti...

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University of Hamburg

As a partner of the Hamburg Start-up Network, the University of Hamburg offers its founders and those interested in starting a business a wide range of support and services through its Start-up Service.

As the largest research and educational institution in northern Germany and one of the largest universities in Germany, the University of Hamburg combines a diverse range of courses with excellent research and offers a broad spectrum of subjects with numerous interdisciplinary focuses. Those interested in starting a business thus have the opportunity to gain expertise from around 170 degree...