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The Seedhouse is a start-up accelerator focussing on the agricultural, food and digital sectors. Start-up teams are supported and "accelerated" in their development towards a viable business concept.

The Seedhouse is a public-private partnership. The startup accelerator is supported and operated by Seedhouse Accelerator GmbH. With partnerships with regional business development agencies, the university landscape and other thematically related organisations, the Seedhouse offers a platform for innovations in which the start-ups are networked with the relevant stakeholders.

The Seedhouse is financed by funds from the state of Lower Saxony (Startup Niedersachsen) and by Seedhouse Beteiligungs GmbH. Seedhouse Beteiligungs GmbH brings together numerous well-known companies from north-west Germany, primarily from the agricultural, food and digital sectors.

As a multicorporate accelerator, the Seedhouse is supported by numerous, predominantly medium-sized companies. The companies are committed to fair dealings with each other and with the start-ups.

The Seedhouse gives you access to mentors at decision-maker level, some of whom are world leaders in the agricultural, food and digital sectors. You can contribute your own strategic considerations as to which mentors are best for you.

You do not give up any shares during the Seedhouse programme. Seedhouse Beteiligungs GmbH is available as a potential partner for selected start-ups for potential investments in the pre-seed and seed round.

We are primarily looking for early-stage start-ups. Most teams are either in the pre-seed / seed investment stage. 

All teams in the range between the idea and a valuation in the 8-digit range are right with us. 

Our programme includes start-ups from all over Germany. For individual appointments, such as an intensive kick-off and networking with relevant stakeholders, it makes sense to come to Osnabrück on an individual basis. We also organise all workshops and further support digitally. From Stuttgart, Magdeburg, Berlin, Göttingen, Bremen etc., everything has already been included.

The Seedhouse programme includes freely usable office and workshop space, coaching from our team, mentoring via the participating companies and professional advice. Our mentors are partners from the decision-making level of numerous, in some cases globally leading companies from the agricultural and food sectors, as well as from well-known IT companies. We also make your needs our own for our workshops and challenges!

No, the Seedhouse programme is free of charge! We provide you with rooms, coaching, mentoring and counselling. We can also support you with hardware.

The Seedhouse programme takes place in Osnabrück in the immediate vicinity of the college and university. Here you have direct contact with an absolute hotspot in the agricultural and food sector.

The Seedhouse is located in its own building in the neighbourhood of the Osnabrück Innovation Centre. Here you can make contacts with numerous other start-ups.