Deep Tech in Motion
Built in Berlin. Made for the world
You have built something real. The technology works, the team is ready, and international markets are the next logical step. What is missing is not ambition – it is the right doors, the right timing, and someone who knows the room. Deep Tech in Motion was built for exactly this moment.
You built real tech in Berlin. Now it's time to take it global.
Why you can't miss it
Deep Tech in Motion
Going global is rarely the hard decision. It is the hard execution. New markets mean new regulations, new relationships, and new risks. MotionLab.Berlin has spent years building the networks and on-the-ground experience that make international expansion real. Deep Tech in Motion is how we share that with you.
Based
Startups
Deliberately small, so every introduction counts. We select 7 – 10 Berlin-based deep tech, hardtech, and climate tech companies ready to take their next international step.
Tailored matchmaking with investors, corporates, and innovation hubs
Tactical workshops on market entry, regulation, and strategy
Exclusive visits to key labs, partners, and manufacturing leaders
Delegation Trips
Since launching, we have taken Berlin Deep Tech companies to New York, Japan, Paris, and Amsterdam. Next up: New York again — this time for Climate Week NYC.
Join our Delegation
Paris
Ecosystem Access & Market Insights
Three days inside the Paris deep tech ecosystem. Curated meetings, site visits, direct access to investors, corporates, and innovation leaders.
Amsterdam
Hello Tomorrow Summit
The delegation continues to Amsterdam for Hello Tomorrow, one of the world’s leading deep tech summits. Selected companies can apply for Hello Tomorrow’s Investor Day.
New York
CLIMATE WEEK NYC
Our delegation heads to New York for Climate Week NYC — the world’s largest climate event, with 1,000+ events across the city. One week of curated meetings where your climate, energy, and industrial solutions become pilots, partnerships, and purchase orders.
Applications close 7 July.
But why?
Benefits
Matchmaking in New Markets
Introductions to the corporate partners, public agencies, and investors in your target market who are actively looking for what you're building — matched to your sector and stage.
Pilot and Procurement Pathways
Engagement with the public agencies and city programs actively looking for technology partners — routes to pilots, reference customers, and procurement.
Market Entry and Expansion Support
Practical guidance — legal and compliance, pitch refinement, growth strategy — so expansion is a plan, not a leap.
Pre- and Post-Trip Workshops
Workshops before departure and after your return, built around your market entry goals—alongside a cohort of founders asking the same questions. Arrive prepared, leave with leads you can act on.
What founders say
Voice
Corporations
"For early-stage founders, having the right insurance coverage in place is one of the most important – and most frequently overlooked – tasks. Through our partnership with MotionLab.Berlin, we help the teams here get it right from the very beginning. MotionLab.Berlin brings together exactly the kind of committed, hands-on founders we want to support."
Björn Priewe
Startup Team Deutschland at Techniker Krankenkasse
Voice
Corporations
"MotionLab.Berlin is one of the most relevant deep-tech and hardware innovation ecosystems in Germany. For Dell Technologies, the partnership provides direct access to highly innovative startups, entrepreneurial talent, and emerging technologies shaping the industries of tomorrow. What makes it especially valuable is the strong hands-on mentality and the close exchange between startups, corporates, and technology experts."
Janos Körtge
Senior Business Development Account Executive & Lead Startup Program Germany at Dell Technologies
Voice
Corporations
"Developing hardware and electronics demands reliable partners, technical expertise, and hands-on collaboration. That is exactly why the partnership between Würth Elektronik and MotionLab.Berlin is such a strong fit. Their commitment to supporting startups goes far beyond supplying components – they actively help innovators solve challenges, accelerate development cycles, and bring products to market faster."
Thomas Waldmann
Innovation Management | Start-Up & Venture Manager at Würth Elektronik
Voice
Corporations
"We chose MotionLab.Berlin because of its dynamic and innovation-driven atmosphere. The space here allows us to build and test our newly developed vehicles with access to the right tools and machines to efficiently implement our projects. The inspiring work environment and innovative spirit help us significantly in achieving our goals."
Mubea U-Mobility Team
Voice
Corporations
"With MotionLab.Berlin we have access to a wonderful prototyping and working space in a top location. We enjoy a strong community of great people making things, facing similar challenges to us, and being on the same journey to build physical products."
Filip Wawrzyniak
Co-Founder and CEO at Berlin Green
Voice
Corporations
"MotionLab.Berlin is literally the only place in Berlin, and perhaps all of Germany, where hardware-based startups like ours can bootstrap, thrive and scale. It's the perfect hardware cradle."
Wachtang Budagaschwili
Co-Founder and CEO at Heatle
Our Partners
FAQ
Your Questions
Who can apply?
Deep Tech, hardtech, and climate tech founders and C-level leaders at Berlin-based startups, scale-ups, and SMEs ready to take their next international step. Each delegation has its own profile — for New York, we’re prioritising Seed to Series A companies that are pilot-ready.
Do I have to be based in Berlin?
Yes. The program is built on Berlin’s Deep Tech community and MotionLab.Berlin’s local network, so only companies registered in Berlin are eligible to take part.
What's included in the program?
Curated matchmaking, pre- and post-trip workshops, site visits, and the delegation program itself. Each trip adds its own elements — in Amsterdam, selected companies could apply for Hello Tomorrow’s Investor Day; in New York, the week is built around Climate Week NYC.
What does it cost?
Participating companies cover their own travel and accommodation. MotionLab.Berlin organises the program itself — curated meetings, workshops, and event access where included.
Can I join if I'm in other programs?
Yes. Deep Tech in Motion is a standalone program and works alongside other accelerator or membership programs.
How are companies selected?
We look at fit between what you’re building and the delegation’s destination — your sector, stage, and how concrete your international plans are. Around 10 companies join each trip, so introductions stay personal and every meeting is relevant.
This program is funded by
MotionLab.Berlin is Germany’s premier Innovation Hub & Makerspace – an ecosystem for Hardtech, art, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
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