NRW.Bank works together with "Matchmaker.Ruhr"

The bank wants to advise users of the "Matchmaker.Ruhr" platform on the topics of financing and funding. The aim of the collaboration is to strengthen the Ruhr region as a location for innovation.

NRW.Bank is a new partner of the "Matchmaker.Ruhr" platform and advises users of the platform on their funding options in order to find suitable financing. The new cooperation also facilitates networking and advisory events.

"Matchmaker.Ruhr accelerates the transfer of knowledge between start-ups, companies and universities. This is an interface where NRW.BANK uses its financial expertise to initiate and promote many collaborations," explains Julia Frohne, Managing Director of Business Metropole Ruhr, which operates "Matchmaker.Ruhr". "NRW.BANK's involvement in Matchmaker.Ruhr is therefore an important building block for initiating start-ups and projects even more successfully," Frohne is pleased about the collaboration.

"Matchmaker.Ruhr" was launched in September 2020 and now has almost 5,000 users and ten regional partners in the Ruhr region. Start-ups, companies and universities can create a profile and exchange knowledge, find new partners or start projects. An algorithm assigns potential business partners on a weekly basis.

The cooperation between NRW.Bank and "Matchmaker.Ruhr" came about at the Ruhr Conference, where ideas for promoting innovation in the region were developed in workshops. In addition to this cooperation, further steps are to follow in order to "further promote structural change in the region", as stated in a press release.