For startup founders in the Northern Germany 🇩🇪 

GATEWAY49 Accelerator — 9-month program offering up to €35,000 funding (early stage) or €5,000 (later stage) without equity, free office space, coaching, mentoring, and access to prototyping facilities. For innovative startups with scalable business models.

Deadline: January 15

For founders willing to crash test their pitch deck 🎤 

2hearts Pitch Roast — Get your pitch deck roasted by Iskender Dirik in front of Hamburg's tech community. Three founders selected for live feedback session with post-event networking.

Pitch deck submission deadline: November 20

November 20: Dev & Design Meetup (German) — Discover new software architecture and agile working methods from a freelance architect while networking with Hamburg’s developer & design community.

November 25: Agentic Coding Meetup Hamburg #3 (English) — Explore real-world agentic AI workflows with live demos and practitioner talks in Hamburg’s coding community.

November 26: 2hearts Pitch Roast w/ Chef Iskender (English) — Watch three founders get their pitch decks expertly roasted by VC Iskender Dirik and learn how investors truly evaluate your startup's potential.

November 14-15: DevFest (English) — Meet 500+ developers across 4 tracks covering Mobile, Web, and Cloud technologies at Hamburg's largest Google tech conference.

November 11: Faster to Market with AI: A Product That Convinces (German) — Discover how to validate your idea, identify paying customers, and shape a market-ready product with AI-driven methods.

November 13: Google Cloud Labs (English) — Experience hands-on labs on AI agents, Gemini and Data & AI with Google experts to build production-ready cloud-native solutions.

November 13: AI for Non-Data Scientists: Low-Code Path to Data-Driven Decisions (English) — Discover how low-code AI tools empower you to analyse data and generate actionable insights without heavy coding.

November 13: Your AI Café: Work on Your AI Projects with Expert Support (German) — Get hands-on guidance from AI experts to overcome project challenges and accelerate real-world implementation of your ideas.

November 11: Meet the Mentor@Chamber of Commerce (German/English) — Connect with volunteer mentors in the life-sciences sector and gain actionable insights for your startup via small-group discussions and expert advice. 

November 11: Aviation Start-Up Night Hamburg (Roadshow Stop)(German/English) — Discover how German aerospace startups like H2FLY, Beagle Systems and TALOS pitch innovations and connect with investors at a Hamburg-based networking session. 

November 13: HEALTH TECH PANEL (German) — Explore how healthcare innovation and data privacy converge by learning how to safely anonymize patient data for research and digital care solutions.

November 13: Fundraising Unfiltered (English/German) — Gain actionable insights into investor mindsets and fundraising essentials from PwC’s Venture Deals team, and connect with founders & VCs in Hamburg.

November 12: Building Sustainable Software at Airbus (German) — Understand how Airbus is optimising its application portfolio with eco-design techniques to cut IT-carbon and drive sustainable software development.

November 12: VDI Embedded Software Engineering: TDD in Action (English) — Dive into hands-on pair programming with C++ to master test-driven development in embedded systems. 

November 13: Microsoft Fabric Meetup | Customer Insights and SAP Integration in Fabric (English) — Gain actionable tactics for using Microsoft Fabric with SAP data and marketing insights to drive unified analytics and smarter business decisions. 

November 13: Apache Iceberg Europe Community Meetup (English) — Dive into hands-on talks covering REST Catalogs, real-world streaming pipelines and lakehouse migrations with Apache Iceberg.

November 14: Data & Drinks by Ubilabs (English) — Connect with Hamburg’s data-science community while gaining tangible insights into real-world analytics use-cases you can apply immediately.

November 10: Tech Showcase: Hamburg meets Korea Edition (English) — Engage with Korean deep-tech startups entering the European market across green-chemistry, mobility, biotech and more, and identify collaboration opportunities.

November 12: LogisticsTech Talks w/ Fastalyze, Logistica OS & REHAU (English) — Gain concrete insights into next-gen log-tech innovations from startups and corporates shaping Hamburg’s logistics scene.

November 13: 12MIN.ME | HAMBURG | IGNITE #113 (English) — Explore fast-paced 12-minute talks from innovators and entrepreneurs designed to spark actionable ideas and new connections.

November 15: Female Founders Meetup – Let’s Get Visible! (German) — Elevate your founder profile by learning how to craft a compelling story, boost your online presence, and attract your next collaborator or client.

Every Saturday: Founders Running Club (English) — Energize your weekend with fellow entrepreneurs during a judgment-free 5K run followed by coffee and meaningful networking conversations.