The decision from the Federal Ministry of Economics to honor the Futury initiative as a start-up factory is an important impulse for the Rhine-Main region-and comes at the right time. In a phase of profound economic and social transformation, there are more than ever places where entrepreneurial thinking, scientific excellence and economic implementation are systematically brought together. In the Rhine-Main area there are already numerous founding initiatives and enormous potential for talents, ideas and capital. What has been missing so far is a connecting platform to bundle the diverse activities, to make it more visible, to create synergies and to translate the huge strength of what is created at the universities every day. The initiative in which the Frankfurt School and the universities from Frankfurt, Darmstadt and Mainz have been rejected, which can take over this role. It has collected ten million euros for five years from more than 20 industrial partners and raised a double-digit million amount for a fund that should also ensure the financing of growth. Value and employment clerk is only in midfield in Gründer-Rankings International. For many years, the country has rested too much on its strong structure of corporations and excellent medium -sized companies. But especially in view of the rapid change of the economy, driven by digitization and artificial intelligence, ideas are necessary today that take care of value creation and jobs tomorrow. More on the subject of success in the federal lighthouse competition and the establishment of Futury can only be a start, nothing more. It is important that a platform is created here that combines the long -term science and economy in the region in order to quickly and efficiently transfer research results into economic use. If this succeeds, the problem can also be solved that start -ups in Germany often lack capital for rapid growth. The goal of producing 1,000 new start-ups from the four universities within five years sounds ambitious. But it is precisely this ambitious approach that the Rhein-Main region now needs to become a model for a new start-up culture in Germany.
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