A networking space, designed as a venue for collaboration between start-ups, industrial companies and partners from the global innovation ecosystem Cube has been opened in Berlin.
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The Cube Cooperation Space was opened between life science enterprise Bayer and Cube, as well as other representatives of industry and politics.
The space offers selected start-ups the chance to work with companies in the space on cross-industry digitisation projects in the areas of life sciences, digital health and Industry 4.0. Through the launch Cube aims to expand and promote innovation partnerships between industry leaders and innovative B2B start-ups. Bayer intends to expand the open innovation activities worldwide via its partnership with Cube.
Daniel Hartert, chief information officer at Bayer AG and co-initiator of Cube said: Cube offers Bayer a wide variety of options for collaborating with industry-relevant, international start-ups. We combine our expertise with the inventiveness of talented people outside of Bayer to identify innovations as well as digital solutions in the fields of health and agriculture."
For Dr. Torsten Oelke, executive chairman of Cube said: "The do-it-yourself mindset is finally a thing of the past. Through Cube, companies can make use of groundbreaking innovations from the best B2B start-ups in the world. The cooperation space in Berlin offers the ideal platform for this."
Relevant start-ups can apply for membership in the Cube network. Cube has also launched a competition with a prize of one million euros - one of the most generously endowed start-up awards worldwide. The award will be presented during the Cube Berlin Tech Fair in May 2017. The prize money is intended to give the winner a high degree of independence and enable it to develop and expand partnerships with companies without having to seek further investments and investors in advance.