STARTPLATZ

Hub-to-Hub Partnership Proposal

Your members are welcome at ours. Ours at yours.

A simple, reciprocal coworking-access partnership between [PARTNER HUB] and STARTPLATZ — so founders from either hub always have a desk and a friendly face when they land in the other’s city.

Let’s set it up

Reciprocal    in kind    one page to sign

01 The idea

One desk away from each other’s cities.

Members and alumni of each hub get up to [X] coworking days per [month/year] at the other’s space — free, subject to availability. It’s reciprocal and in kind: we don’t invoice each other, and it doesn’t depend on how big either hub is.

[PARTNER HUB]
STARTPLATZ

02 Why it works

A small yes that pays off for both sides.

A soft landing

When your startups visit our city, they get a desk, quick intros and orientation from people who know the ecosystem — and ours get exactly the same from you.

A real perk, near-zero cost

The desks already exist. You hand your members a genuine international benefit without adding budget.

A natural first step

Start small, build trust. Reciprocal access opens the door to joint programs, two-way referrals and corporate matchmaking.

No budget, no risk

No money changes hands. One page to agree on, and we’re live.

03 How it works

Three steps. That’s the whole thing.

We each name one contact

One person per hub — the friendly door for visiting members.

A member books a desk

A visiting member emails that contact and books a hot desk, showing their hub membership.

Up to [X] days per [month/year]

They work from the other hub for up to [X] days per [month/year], subject to availability. That’s it.

04 The fine print

Clear and friendly.

Who’s covered

Active members and alumni of each hub — not the general public.

What’s included

Hot-desk access and the community around it — not dedicated or locked offices.

Going deeper

When a startup wants to seriously enter the other market, deeper support — investor intros, local partners, funding programs — is available as a separate track.

05 About STARTPLATZ

NRW’s largest startup hub.

Locations in Cologne and Düsseldorf. We’ve been building the Rhineland’s startup ecosystem since 2012 — connected to what comes next.

1,500+
startups supported
250
events a year
€1.5bn
invested in our alumni
AI Hub
& state-funded AI Accelerator

Let’s set it up

Shall we make our members welcome in each other’s cities?

[NAME], [ROLE] hub-cooperation@startplatz.de

Email us

Happy to send a one-page agreement to formalize it.