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Top 25 Startup accelerators based in Germany

Name: Startup accelerators based in Germany
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Compiled by the RevenueBase Data Team Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026 580 companies tracked

RevenueBase identified 580 startup accelerators headquartered in Germany as of September 2026 and tracks 5,188 professional contacts across them, including 1,157 with verified work emails. Berlin is the largest hub.

This list covers startup accelerators headquartered in Germany, matched on what each company actually does as described in its own words. Ranked by team size, largest first. Every row shows the company's own description, its RevenueBase Smart Search rating, and when it was last checked. Data refreshed September 22, 2026.

Published by RevenueBase, a B2B data infrastructure company. This list was built with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search RevenueBase customers use to build their own targeted lists and unlock verified emails and direct dials at the companies on them. How these lists are built and judged.

How to read this list HQ checked on every row RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row Refreshed Sep 22, 2026 86% judged on-target in blind review

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The 25 largest startup accelerators based in Germany

Ranked by team size

Top 25 of 580 startup accelerators based in Germany, ranked by team size, largest first. Data refreshed Sep 22, 2026. RevenueBase Smart Search rates how each company's information relates to startup accelerators: strong evidence (its own description names it), partial (names part of it), indirect (matched on the rest of its profile rather than the description shown). Click a contact count to view that company's people.
#	Company	RevenueBase Smart Search	Headquarters	Employees	Contacts
1	Unternehmertum	Indirect evidence	Garching (munich), GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	343 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “At UnternehmerTUM, visions turn into value.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
2	Innovis VC	Indirect evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	280 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We are Innovis VC - Europe’s largest student-led Venture Capital organisation, with Hubs in Amsterdam, Berlin, Istanbul, London, Madrid, Milan, Munich, St.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
3	Start2 Group	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	265 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Start2 Group is a global innovation leader and one of Europe’s top-ranked startup hubs (#2 by Financial Times and Statista;#1 for Hub Network and Alumni Track Record).” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
4	EWOR	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	237 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “EWOR is a fellowship for outlier founders building transformative tech.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
5	Young Founders Network E.V	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	1,001-5,000	93 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Founded by alumni of leading German entrepreneurship competitions, the Young Founders Network e.V.(YFN) is the largest non-profit community for young founders under 25 in Germany…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
6	Cyberforum	Indirect evidence	Karlsruhe, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	60 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Das CyberForum e.V.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
7	The Delta	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	201-500	51 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Delta is a venture ecosystem helping ambitious founders build industry-leading ventures.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
8	Startup-Verband	Partial evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	51 contacts →
	Partial evidence “As a representative and voice of startups in Germany we are committed to establishing a founder-friendly environment.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
9	Baystartup	Partial evidence	Nürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	47 contacts →
	Partial evidence “OUR OFFER TO STARTUPS: With intense feedback and financial coaching, we prepare startups for discussions with interested investors, and to develop the right financing strategy.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
10	Spinlab	Partial evidence	Leipzig, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	45 contacts →
	Partial evidence “SpinLab based in Leipzig, Germany has been repeatedly recognized as one of Europe’s leading startup hubs.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
11	Zollhof Tech Incubator	Partial evidence	Nürnberg, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We make entrepreneurship happen – for ambitious startups who want to successfully market their idea, for corporate innovators looking to future-proof their business and for…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
12	Next Mannheim	Partial evidence	Mannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Partial evidence “NEXT MANNHEIM ist die Dachmarke, unter der die Stadt Mannheim ihr Startup-Ökosystem, Gründungsinitiativen und Innovationsförderung bündelt und aktiv gestaltet.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
13	Startplatz	Strong evidence	Köln, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	43 contacts →
	Strong evidence “STARTPLATZ is a startup incubator and accelerator with branches in Cologne and Düsseldorf and functions as a hub for the Rheinland ecosystem and the local founders’ scene.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
14	Strascheg Center For Entrepreneurship Ggmbh	Indirect evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	40 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship (SCE) of the Munich University of Applied Sciences offers training and research programs in the field of entrepreneurship, and encourages…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
15	bryck.com	Indirect evidence	Essen, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	37 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “BRYCK is the new innovation hub and future factory at the heart of the Ruhr area.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
16	Techquartier	Partial evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Since 2016, TechQuartier has been the place to meet the right people through events, programs, and Accelerators in our coworking space in Frankfurt.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
17	Werk1 The Most Startup-Friendly Place In Munich	Partial evidence	Munich, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	36 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We are the high-performance center for digital tech startups in Munich.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
18	Westerwelle Foundation	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	35 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “We empower entrepreneurs in Africa.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
19	Futury	Partial evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Partial evidence “Futury ist Europas führendes industriegetriebenes Startup Ökosystem mit Sitz in Frankfurt am Main.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
20	German X	Indirect evidence	Heilbronn, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Do you want to lift innovation to the next level?” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
21	Hubraum	Indirect evidence	Berlin, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	31 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “hubraum is Deutsche Telekom’s tech incubator.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
22	Digihub	Indirect evidence	Dusseldorf, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	28 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “Wo Gründungen wachsen & die Welt verändern.* Hast du eine Idee, bist du GründerIn Mit unserer starken Community unterstützen wir GründerInnen und schaffen neue Möglichkeiten.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
23	TEG The Entrepreneurial Group	Indirect evidence	München, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	27 contacts →
	Indirect evidence “The Entrepreneurial Group (TEG) is a non-profit organization founded in 1986 with the involvement of board members from eleven German companies – among them BMW, Siemens, BP…” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
24	Q-Summit	Partial evidence	Mannheim, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	51-200	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “We believe that great success can only be achieved by creating bonds between corporates, startups, investors, students as well as researchers.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026
25	Launch Rhein-Main	Partial evidence	Frankfurt Am Main, GermanyHQ checked Sep 22, 2026	11-50	25 contacts →
	Partial evidence “LAUNCH Rhein-Main is a startup incubator dedicated to fostering entrepreneurial spirit in the Rhein-Main region.” Source: RevenueBase Database · checked Sep 22, 2026

RevenueBase Smart Search

RevenueBase Smart Search assesses information from a company’s LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website, and other publicly available sources. It uses that information to rate how closely the company relates to this list’s category: startup accelerators. Every row carries its rating and the description the rating was read from, so each one can be checked rather than taken on trust.

Strong evidence: The company's own public description of its business names startup accelerators.
Partial evidence: Its own public description names part of startup accelerators, so it works in or next to the category without describing itself that way.
Indirect evidence: The description shown does not name startup accelerators. The match rests on the rest of the company's public profile rather than the one sentence quoted here, so this is the rating to check first.

RevenueBase Smart Search is how these lists are built: RevenueBase's data engine and AI assemble the companies that match a category defined in a user's own words, so a list can be about what companies actually do rather than about whichever industry code they were filed under.

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Startup accelerators based in Germany at a glance

As of Sep 22, 2026

22.3%Verified-email coverage

8.9Average contacts per company

1-10Median size (employees)

20.9%Largest-city concentration · Berlin

Sep 22, 2026Page data refreshed

Companies by employee count

1-10

378

11-50

143

51-200

201-500

501-1,000

1,001-5,000

5,001-10,000

10001+

Email recency for this list is measured worldwide rather than for Germany, so it is reported there. Company counts and contact totals on this page are exact for Germany, over 580 companies.

How this list was built

Company categories are rarely black and white. RevenueBase reads each company's own description of its business to decide whether it belongs among startup accelerators, so some rows will be adjacent to the category rather than pure plays. The description and RevenueBase Smart Search rating on every row are there so you can check each match yourself.

Source: The RevenueBase company graph: 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts resolved from primary sources, queried with RevenueBase Smart Search, the natural-language company search available to every RevenueBase user.
What qualifies: Companies headquartered in Germany whose own description of what they do matches “startup accelerators”. Matching reads each company's description, not its industry code or its name.
RevenueBase Smart Search: RevenueBase Smart Search is how this list is assembled and how each row is rated. RevenueBase's data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to a category defined in a user's own words. Each row is rated strong evidence (its own description names startup accelerators), partial evidence (it names part of the category) or indirect evidence (the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile). The description supporting each rating is quoted on the row.
What we exclude: Companies whose own description does not clearly place them among startup accelerators, and records with no verified work email. Companies headquartered outside Germany are excluded even when they keep an office there.
Match quality: In blind human judging of this matching method, 86% of matched companies were on target. Expect roughly 1 in 7 rows to be adjacent to the category rather than a pure play. Every row shows the company's own description and its RevenueBase Smart Search rating so you can judge each match yourself. Read the full methodology: how the lists are built, how the judging worked, and what the figure means.
Ranking: Team size, largest first: companies are ordered by the number of professionals RevenueBase tracks at each one. Employee ranges shown are reported bands, for context.
Verification: Every listed company carries at least one verified work email, 1,157 across the full list. Contacts re-verify on a rolling cadence, and each contact's own verification date is shown inside RevenueBase.
Refresh: This page's figures were pulled from the company graph on September 22, 2026. Lists refresh periodically as the graph is re-checked.
Corrections: Wrong category, wrong headquarters, or a company that has closed? Use “Report an issue” on any row. Reports go to the RevenueBase Data Team and feed back into the company graph.

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Frequently asked

What is RevenueBase Smart Search?

RevenueBase Smart Search is how RevenueBase decides which companies belong on this list and how strongly each one fits. Its data engine and AI assess a company's LinkedIn profile, information supplied directly by the company, its website and other publicly available information, then relate it to the category the list is about. Each row is rated strong evidence when the company's own description names startup accelerators, partial evidence when it names part of the category, and indirect evidence when the description shown names none of it and the match rests on the rest of the company's profile.

How many startup accelerators are there based in Germany?

RevenueBase identified 580 startup accelerators headquartered in Germany as of September 2026, matched on each company's own description of what it does rather than its industry code.

What is the largest company on this list?

Unternehmertum, headquartered in Garching, tops this list with the largest team on record.

Which city has the most startup accelerators?

Berlin leads with 121 headquartered companies, followed by Munich (29) and Hamburg (28).

How do I get contact information for these companies?

A free RevenueBase account lets you run this exact search and work the top results, verified emails and direct dials included. Upgrading unlocks all 1,157 verified decision-maker contacts tracked across these 580 companies.

How current is this list?

The list refreshes periodically as the company graph is re-checked. This page's figures were pulled on September 22, 2026.

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About this data

RevenueBase is a B2B data infrastructure company. Its company graph covers 60 million companies and 398.9 million professional contacts, with emails verified on a rolling cadence rather than scraped once and left to decay. These company lists are generated directly from that graph with RevenueBase Smart Search, the same natural-language company search every RevenueBase user has: describe a market in plain words, get the companies that match, and add verified emails and direct dials for the people at them. It is the same data that powers RevenueBase's B2B data products, and a free account includes 500 credits to start. How these lists are built and judged.