Many innovation questions don’t need an agency – they need the right person who truly knows the subject. As a STARTPLATZ client you are automatically part of the Trusted Advisor Program: we connect you with vetted experts and partners from a network grown over more than 13 years – curated, transparent and with no search effort on your part.
No form, no tender: you describe your topic to us, and we take care of the rest.
From tool rollout to your own AI project: implementation partners from the AI Hub environment – and, for in-depth training, the STARTPLATZ AI Academy.
Experienced entrepreneurs and mentors for business-model, innovation and transformation questions.
Data protection, IT law, contract design with startups – law firms and experts with a tech focus.
Funding programs for digitalization and AI projects, access to investor networks.
When an idea should become a product: vetted implementation partners from our ecosystem.
And everything in between: if we don’t know the right person, our network does – that’s the whole point.
We only refer partners with whom we have framework agreements and whose work we know. We say so openly – including the fact that STARTPLATZ receives a partner commission for successful referrals. This creates no extra cost for you.
You won’t get a list of twenty names from us, but one or two fitting recommendations – chosen by topic, industry and way of working. If it’s not a fit, we match again.
If we do not know a genuinely suitable partner, we say so honestly – we do not make introductions for their own sake.
After every referral we ask for your feedback. Partners who don’t deliver leave the network – so “vetted” stays a promise with substance.
The Trusted Advisor Program is not a subscription and not an add-on package – it’s our promise to every client.
After your AI day we support the rollout – with the right experts for your use cases.
After the scouting, partners support you with the pilot project, integration and contract design.
Community, accelerator and pitch partners use the network for all innovation questions.
As a sponsor too, you have a direct line into our expert ecosystem.
Not a client yet? Then an initial conversation is the easiest way: together we find the entry point that fits your goals – and from then on the network is open to you.
Since 2012, STARTPLATZ has been NRW’s largest startup hub — and, with the STARTPLATZ AI Hub, also the state’s AI hub and meeting point. Over 13 years, a network of startups, experts, mentors, law firms and implementation partners has grown here, which we open up for our clients. That is exactly what the Trusted Advisor Program draws on.
Tell us your topic – and we’ll tell you honestly whether and whom we have for it in the network.