We’ve teamed up with STARTPLATZ — one of the biggest startup homes in the Rhineland. For nine years they’ve helped founders turn ideas into real companies. Now that door is open to our community too.
Good news: STARTPLATZ is joining the Creative AI Mastermind as a cooperation partner.
If you haven’t come across them yet — STARTPLATZ is one of the largest startup hubs in the Rhineland. They started in 2012, and since then they’ve become the place where founders in the region meet, learn, and build.
The numbers say a lot. Over nine years they’ve backed 1,130 startups. Most are still going strong today, they’ve raised €327 million between them, and they’ve created more than 4,000 jobs along the way.
Same region, same energy, same goal: build the next wave of companies right here in NRW. We’re glad to do it together.
The short version
- —Founded in 2012, with spaces in Cologne and Düsseldorf
- —1,130 startups supported — over 70% still active today
- —€327 million raised by its founders
- —Home of the Rheinland-Pitch, with 20,600+ attendees
- —A community of 1,441 members from around the world
Why this works
For the Mastermind
STARTPLATZ is a serious home for building companies. Our members get real entrepreneurship support, seasoned mentors who’ve seen it all, and standout spaces in Cologne and Düsseldorf — right at the epicenter of the AI movement in NRW.
For STARTPLATZ
STARTPLATZ gets a direct line to the creative industries moving into AI — the studios, agencies, and founders using these tools to build what’s next. That’s exactly the kind of new company the region is looking for.