Germany
Dr. Stefan
Franzke
CEO
Berlin Partner for Business and Technology
stefan.franzke@berlin-partner.de
Biography
As CEO, Dr. Stefan Franzke promotes the growing business and technology location Berlin. He supports local companies and convinces investors from all over the world of the German capital’s potential.
After graduating in mechanical engineering from the University of Hanover, Dr. Stefan Franzke became managing director at the Institut für Integrierte Produktion in Hanover. As the head of the Innovation Center Lower Saxony beginning in 2003, he intensified his know-how in in the field of strategy consulting for innovations and key technologies and advised international investors in their relocation process. Additionally, as the managing director of Innovatives Niedersachsen, he was responsible for the national and international marketing of the federal state starting in 2006.
Since July 1, 2014 Dr. Stefan Franzke is the CEO at Berlin Partner for Business and Technology.
Areas of Interest
Economic development,
Entrepreneurship,
Technology transfer,
Research and development,
Establishing business in Berlin,
Support for companies,
Investors and scientific institutions in Berlin.
Offer:
Connections with Berlin innovation and entrepreneurial ecosystem, collaboration programs for research and development in Berlin, companies’ soft-landing services in Berlin, experience with our unique business model public-private partnership (https://www.berlin-partner.de/en/about-us/leading-the-way/),
Start Alliance (http://www.startalliance.net/about) experience in building up a new type of city partnership designed to accelerate entry into new markets for international startups,
experience in a systematic innovation policy as part of the joint innovation strategy of the states Berlin and Brandenburg (innoBB), we support and encourage the sectors Healthcare Industries, ICT/Media/Creative Industries, Transport/Mobility/Logistics, Energy Technologies and Photonics to develop further as regional clusters in order to position the German capital region as a leading international business and technology location.
contact to 230 business and science partners (https://www.berlin-partner.de/en/capital-city-marketing/berlin-partner-network/)
Ask:
Exchange of experience and knowledge transfer in topics such as economic development, research and development, entrepreneurship, business creation and development, technology transfer
Learn about programs connecting companies, investors and scientific institutions exchange of experience and knowledge transfer in Berlin’s innovative growth sectors and future fields (Healthcare Industries, ICT/Media/Creative Industries, Transport/Mobility/Logistics, Energy Technologies and Photonics)