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July 10, 2025

Germany doubling down on startup creation with 10 new startup factories

Today, the 10 winners of the federal government’s “Startup Factory” competition were announced

Germany is to pour millions into 10 startup factories across the country as it looks to create thousands more startups by the end of the decade and double down on research commercialisation from its universities.

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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