Saxony supports almost 80 potential start-up founders

1,000 euros and a network: that's what the InnoStartBonus funding programme in Saxony offers. 377 people came forward with ideas and concepts, and the state is now funding 78 of them.

After a two-year model phase, the InnoStartBonus funding programme in Saxony draws its conclusion: 78 people interested in founding a company were selected for funding. Among them are 35 female founders. So far, 35 grants have already been implemented - and someone has also thought of the children: 40 dependent children are also supported by the funding program with 100 euros per month.

The support otherwise consists of 1,000 euros for twelve months and the integration into the network futureSAX. "Not only the impetus in the context of the approximately 100 individual support appointments made by futureSAX, but also the feedback of the "expert panel" help the interested parties," says Marina Heimann of futureSAX.

In four calls, 377 interested parties submitted 173 start-up concepts from twelve different industries. Expectations were thus completely exceeded, writes Martin Dulig of the Saxony Ministry of Economics. The special thing about this is that two of the calls took place during Corona and more applications came in during these rounds than before. "The great response inspires me and shows me that the optimism and courage to start up are unbroken," says Dulig. A continuation is planned for next year, but dependent on the 2021/2022 budget. Most projects will be implemented in Chemnitz, Leipzig and Dresden.