ABOUT COMPASS
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Kompass has been the hub for a regional and international start-up scene in Frankfurt am Main for over 20 years.
Compass…
- is an incubator and accelerator that promotes the business potential of founders, start-ups and young companies.
- supports the development of innovative business ideas and scalable business models.
- offers a platform for current trends and future topics.
- acts as a seismograph of the economy and enabler of an interdisciplinary startup ecosystem.
- contributes to economic and sustainable urban development.
- is committed to a creative, social, sustainable and digital future - regionally and globally.
FOR WHOM DO WE DO THAT?
With our multilingual, intercultural team, we accompany…
- People interested in founding a company, solo entrepreneurs, young companies and start-ups.
- international founders:inside.
- Start-ups that want to expand internationally and grow across countries.
WHAT DO WE?
We…
- inform, advise and qualify founders from the start-up phase to international market entry.
- arrange customized offers, workshops, seminars and programs on topics such as financing, business plan, market presence, digitalization, marketing and more.
- act as guides through the municipal funding jungle.
- impart entrepreneurial know-how, innovative tools, practice-oriented start-up knowledge and important business networks.
- pave the way to sustainable, scalable and resilient business models.
- promote rapid, cross-border growth.
HOW DO WE DO THAT?
Through our specially developed phase model, we accompany you from the start-up idea to the international scale-up.
In the orientation phase, we support founders with idea, trend and future workshops in the development of sustainable and innovative business models. With our Entrepreneur Check, we shed light on the aptitude of potential founders, analyze their entrepreneurial skills and identify individual and economic potential. We provide access to funding, conduct opportunity and risk analysis, and assist in the creation of a professional business plan.
During the start-up phase, we support founders with individual consulting and coaching services on topics such as financing, market presence, digitalization and marketing. We help with all formalities around the foundation and build up first business networks.
In the qualification phase, we support entrepreneurs in testing and modifying the marketability, scalability and sustainability of their ideas and business models. We accompany the development of innovative and resilient business ideas and check their economic and financial plausibility.
In the growth phase, we help start-ups that are already established on the market to scale up. We help to optimize existing processes, develop growth strategies, identify growth opportunities and realize international market entry. We also train young companies in resilient crisis management.
WHY DO WE DO THAT?
We have the vision of a creative founder:inside scene that…
- forms an interdisciplinary and holistic start-up ecosystem.
- The company supports founders, start-ups and young companies in the development of innovative and scalable business models.
- promotes rapid, international growth.
- Founder:inside support and sustainable urban development combined.
- an optimal networking and a lively exchange of different actors is realized.
- creates an urban and international space for innovation, sustainability and creativity.
in the best of company
We are moving the future – and in the best of company.
With our many partners, we have been strengthening a creative start-up scene and promoting innovative and forward-looking ideas for over 20 years.
- Partner
- Bund/Land
- International
- Region
- Stadt
You have a business idea and want to start your own business?
Arrange a free and non-binding initial consultation now.
