Corporations
MotionLab.Berlin is Germany's official Deep Tech Hub – where corporate innovation meets the people actually building new technology.
MotionLab.Berlin for Corporations
110+ startups, engineers, and makers build here every day, working on hardware, robotics, biotech, and AI. This is early-stage technology development at close range. We connect corporates and SMEs directly with the technologies, talent, and founders shaping what comes next, at the stage where partnerships actually make a difference.
Get close to the technology. Get close to the founders.
How we work together
Three ways to engage with MotionLab.Berlin's ecosystem.
MotionLab.Berlin for Corporations
Become a Partner
Join the ecosystem as a business service or product partner. Offer your services to 500+ innovators, startups, and makers.
Access Our Technology
Prototyping as a service, technology scouting, and in-house tech consultants – without building it yourself.
Host a Tech Challenge
Put a team of five top STEM students to work on your real engineering challenge for 12 weeks. 780 hours of R&D. 24 hours of your time.
Partnership at MotionLab.Berlin
Become a Partner
Business Service Partners
Organisations that offer services, knowledge, or affiliate benefits to the MotionLab.Berlin community. This includes legal and IP firms, insurance and HR providers, technology platforms, and strategic advisors. In return, partners get direct visibility to startups at the stage where decisions about legal structure, tooling, and service providers are being made.
Prototyping & Product Development Partners
Manufacturers, engineering firms, and hardware suppliers who integrate directly with MotionLab.Berlin's prototyping infrastructure. Your tools, materials, or manufacturing capabilities become part of the pipeline that 110+ startups use to build their products. This is the most direct route to early-stage hardware customers.
But why?
Benefits
110+ Active Startups
Direct access to deep tech companies at the earliest and most formative stages of their growth.
Startup & Technology Matchmaking
We actively connect partners with the startups and technologies most relevant to their business.
Demo Day Visibility
Present your brand to 400+ founders, investors, and industry leaders at our flagship annual event.
Talent Pipeline
Access the MotionLab.Berlin talent pool – STEM graduates, engineers, and makers actively looking for their next role.
100+ Yearly Events
Attend and co-host tech and business events that bring the hardtech ecosystem together throughout the year.
Early-Stage Deal Flow
First access to startups developing hardware technologies across robotics, IoT, advanced materials, energy systems, and more.
Germany's Deep Tech Hub
MotionLab.Berlin is Germany's official deep tech hub. Partnering here positions your brand at the center of the country's most active hardtech community.
Germany's Official Deep Tech Hub
MotionLab.Berlin is recognised as Germany's official deep tech hub – the central point of gravity for hardware innovation, prototyping, and deep tech entrepreneurship in the country.
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Tech Talent Program
Got an engineering problem worth solving?
Host a Tech Challenge in our Tech Talent Program. A dedicated team of five STEM students works on your real challenge for 12 weeks – in our labs, guided by industry experts. You invest 24 hours. You get 780 hours of engineering output back.
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What Partners 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
Let's Talk
Whether you are exploring a partnership, looking to use our technology, or want to host a Tech Challenge – René is your first point of contact.
René Giese
Director Corporate Partnerships at MotionLab.Berlin
MotionLab.Berlin is Germany’s premier Innovation Hub & Makerspace – an ecosystem for Hardtech, art, creativity, and entrepreneurship.
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