Seedhouse
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Growing
Ideas

Discover your founder gene in the Seedhouse Startup School and learn more about the Tinyhouse and Startup Playbook. 

Growing
Startups

Our program focuses on you and is tailored to your status quo.

Growing
Networks

We are the link between start-ups and SMEs and use our networks far beyond our focus on agri-food and digital.

we are more than an accelerator

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Startups

36

Shareholder

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Investments

FROM THE STARTUP WORLD:
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Osnabrück | 28.07.2025

Incubator launches at Seedhouse

Last week, Minister for Economic Affairs Grant Hendrik Tonne visited Seedhouse in Osnabrück – with a symbolic funding check for €500,000 per year, provided by the state of Lower Saxony and co-financed by the ERDF program.

Osnabrück & Frankfurt | 01.07.2025

innovate! zukunftsdialog

The dfv Media Group and Seedhouse are merging their two events, “innovate!convention” and “Future Dialogue on Agriculture and Nutrition.” For years, “innovate!” has brought together the most innovative start-ups in the AgriFood scene in German-speaking countries.

Osnabrück | 13.06.2025

We've moved!

Seedhouse has a new location – and it's more central than ever. The move to downtown Osnabrück marks the beginning of a new chapter for us. More space, more visibility, and more opportunities: The new Seedhouse is not just a place to work, but a meeting place for startups, research, and business in the region.

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Upcoming Event 
Innovate! Zukunftsdialog

Look forward to inspiring talks by renowned experts, take part in engaging discussions, and experience interactive workshops that challenge your thinking and open up new perspectives.

Don’t miss the chance to build new connections, meet potential partners, and develop ideas together that will shape the future.

 

We can’t wait to see you there!

OUR Recent
startups

NUNOS offers a treatment plant for liquid manure so that farmers have fewer nutrient losses and can fertilise more efficiently with their resources using their own bioreactor.

FluIDect enables state-of-the-art bio-analytics in food production

We offer IT services in process automation. Our focus is on customised solutions in the field of machine vision for the automation of optical object recognition.

Prefiro is pioneering the automation of selective harvesting in over 50 % of vegetable cultivation through modular, cost-efficient robotic units.

The UMYNO Suite is an AI work suite that is specially tailored to the needs of product developers in the food and beverage industry.

Learn more about simmetry.ai - precise AI models through synthetic data for agriculture and agri-food.

Our Network
An Alliance
of 36 Companies

The Seedhouse is supported in a unique model by currently 36 equal shareholders who form a joint ecosystem with start-ups. The focus is on mutual development assistance: start-ups stand for innovation, while mid-sized companies stand for networks and experience.

who stands behind the Seedhouse?

Even the best ideas need start-up support in order to develop into something big. Our unique network of shareholders from the mid-sized sector gives start-ups extensive access to know-how, support and contacts. Medium-sized companies benefit from the exchange of experience with start-ups, from a breath of fresh air and new ideas.

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WE FOR HERE - As a district savings bank, we are at home in northern Osnabrück and know the region. We not only provide the people here with understandable financial services, but are also committed to social, economic and ecological sustainability.

L.Stroetmann is a 6th generation family business. The core business covers the areas of food, agriculture, pet food and real estate.

As a commercial law firm, we see ourselves as entrepreneurs with the aim of providing our clients with first-class legal advice in all areas of commercial law. Our work is as international as the corporate landscape itself.

Slashwhy specializes in individual, user-centric software, advises in early development phases and uses agile methods for IT solutions.

KRONE is an innovative manufacturer of agricultural machinery and a specialist in forage harvesting - a family business based in Spelle in the Emsland region.

MSS Holding invests in exceptional management teams with promising ideas.

Globally active specialty paper manufacturer with headquarters in Osnabrück

As a medium-sized family business and global player, we develop, produce and sell innovative components and wear parts for harvesting machines.

As a medium-sized company with a long tradition, we have been closely associated with the Osnabrück region for 95 years and are the leading supplier of heating oil, fuels, lubricants, AdBlue® and technical gases.

heristo aktiengesellschaft is a family-run group of companies operating in the meat processing, delicatessen, pet food and food wholesale and export sectors on the German and international markets.

The Wernsing Food Family (WFF) is a Europe-wide, responsible family of companies that produces and sells good food.

Think global, act local: Big Dutchman develops pioneering housing equipment for laying hens, fattening poultry and pigs according to this motto - and recently also for insect breeding and greenhouse construction.

We are the Windel Group: 600 people in four companies working together to bring more joy, enjoyment and diversity to life.

The CiTEX Group promotes and develops innovative, cross-sector technologies for the industry with a particular focus and specialist knowledge for extrusion. Research, coaching, target market analyses and many other services are used to work on the future with subsidiaries, customers and partners.

A medium-sized family business that has been offering catering solutions for communal and individual catering for more than 60 years.

The partner for potato, beet and vegetable cultivation.

We are the leading bank for private, corporate and real estate customers in the Osnabrück region. At our 42 locations, we help you to realize your dreams. We also offer our individual solutions digitally or by telephone.

The family-owned company LEMKEN is a leading manufacturer of efficient machines for soil cultivation, sowing and mechanical weed control.

We are one of Germany's largest, most innovative and most efficient companies in the field of outdoor vegetables with over 30 different products.

coffee perfect is a leading supplier of professional fully automatic coffee machines, water dispensers and snack machines as well as high-quality filling products such as coffee and cocoa.

The SIEVERS-GROUP offers holistic IT architectures for strategic corporate management - from business software and infrastructure solutions to telecommunications systems.

Development, production and marketing of a wide variety of beverage concepts for diverse consumer needs in the spirits, non-alcoholic beverages and fresh juice systems segments.

Conditorei Coppenrath & Wiese is Germany's market leader for frozen pies, cakes and rolls and combines classic baking tradition with modern production.

As a medium-sized family business, we develop sustainable products for hobby gardeners and professionals in horticulture and agriculture worldwide.

Building customer-centric companies: MUUUH! is convinced of the power of customer-centricity, which drives startups and tech giants worldwide and enables them to achieve top performance.

AGRAVIS Raiffeisen AG is the parent company of the AGRAVIS Group and is majority-owned by around 100 regional primary cooperatives. It was formed in 2004 from the merger of Raiffeisen Hauptgenossenschaft Nord AG in Hanover and Raiffeisen Central-Genossenschaft in Münster.

The PHW Group can now look back on over 90 years of history. A small agricultural trade with a hatchery has grown into a successful group of companies consisting of more than 45 subsidiaries.

The Osnabrück-based sausage and ham manufacturer has dedicated itself entirely to the fine art of good taste. Gabriele and Bert Mutsaers are continuing the tradition of their father, Piet Mutsaers, for whom quality was the most important measure of his work from the very beginning.

We are three brothers from Osnabrück who have been investing in early-stage start-ups since 2017. Third Level is our investment company.

At Kreissparkasse Melle's corporate customer advisory service, you will find the right contact person for the entire business spectrum: from setting up a business to securing a business and company succession.

As an owner-managed consulting firm, we support family businesses, freelancers and private individuals as equals. In addition to auditing, tax and legal advice, we offer a holistic portfolio for all relevant issues, from corporate transactions and digitalization topics to HR management.

MSS Holding invests in exceptional management teams withHomann Feinkost, founded in 1876, produces sauces, dressings and mayonnaises. The company in Bad Essen operates one of the most modern dressing factories in Europe and attaches great importance to quality, innovation and sustainability.t promising ideas.

Our Projects
at a glance

 

The Seedhouse is more than just an accelerator! We offer support along the entire startup lifecycle. A comprehensive ecosystem in the farm, food and digital sectors offers diverse programs for and with startups. 

 

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