The metropolitan region
Rhein-Neckar
“Around 160.000 companies make the Rhine-Neckar region one of Germany's economic engines. Ten of the 100 strongest listed companies are based here. In addition to global corporations such as BASF, SAP, Roche, HeidelbergCement, KSB and Fuchs Petrolub, the region is home to many medium-sized companies, hidden champions and innovative start-ups.
The economy in the Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region is characterized by a healthy, future-oriented mix of industries. The focus is on:
Plant and mechanical engineering, automotive, chemistry, information technology, energy, biotechnology, life sciences and health. Companies from Rhein-Neckar occupy top national or international positions in all industries. "
(Source: https://www.m-r-n.com/zahlen-und-fakten )
In addition to a large number of research and scientific institutions, the region has an excellent infrastructure, a diverse range of cultural and leisure activities, but also numerous offers for the startup scene.
This is Rhein-Neckar

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“Our region is a real hotspot for the German start-up scene. It is always impressive how diverse and creative the ideas are that arise here in our region. "
The Rhine-Neckar metropolitan region

Contact points for founders in the region

Mannheim
- Altes Volksbad - creative business
- C-HUB Creative Industry Center Mannheim
- CUBEX41
- gig7 Competence Center FeMale Business
- MAFINEX Technology Center Mannheim
- Mannheim Music Park
Business start-up center for the music industry - NextMannheim
- Pro Social Businesses Mannheim
- Mannheim suburban hub
- Textilerei start-up center for fashion & textile industry
Ludwigshafen
- BGZ Rhein-Neckar advisory and start-up center
- chem2biz
- Digital Hub Rhein-Neckar GmbH
- TZL Regional Innovation Center Ludwigshafen
Heidelberg
Rhein-Neckar district
- innoWerft technology and start-up center Walldorf Foundation GmbH
- Lorsch start-up center
- Pro Social Businesses Neustadt

- Federation of Independent Baden-Württemberg eV
- Federation of the Independent Rhineland-Palatinate & Saarland eV
- Federation of the Independent State Association of Hesse eV
- BDÜ Landesverband Baden-Württemberg eV
- BDÜ Landesverband Rheinland-Pfalz eV
- Federal Bar Association
- Federal association of women entrepreneurs in the craft sector
- DEHOGA Baden-Württemberg - Heidelberg branch
- Hotel and catering association DEHOGA Hessen eV
- DEHOGA Rhineland-Palatinate eV
- Point of single contact for the State of Rhineland-Palatinate, Structural and Approval Directorate South
- Freelancer International eV
- Karlsruhe Founders Alliance
- Founding institute of the SRH University Heidelberg
- Start-up center in Heidelberg
- Heidelberg Startup Partners eV
- Baden-Wuerttemberg Trade Association, Stuttgart office
- Trade Association of Hesse
- Rhineland-Palatinate trade association
- Chamber of Crafts of the Palatinate
- Chamber of Crafts Mannheim Rhein-Neckar-Odenwald
- Chamber of Crafts Rheinhessen
- Chamber of Commerce Darmstadt Rhein Main Neckar
- IHK / HWK starter centers in Rhineland-Palatinate
- IHK Rheinhessen
- IHK Rhein-Neckar, starter center
- Institute for Liberal Professions (IFB) at the Friedrich-Alexander University Erlangen-Nürnberg eV
- RKW Baden-Württemberg
- RKW Rhineland-Palatinate eV
- Senior citizens of the economy - Arbeitskreis eV
- Speyr Nestwerk
- Chamber of Tax Advisors Hesse
- Chamber of Tax Advisors North Baden
- Rhineland-Palatinate Chamber of Tax Advisors
- Association of German Women Entrepreneurs
- Business Juniors Mannheim-Ludwigshafen

Baden-Württemberg
- Office for Economic Development and Science City of Heidelberg
- District Office Rhein-Neckar-Kreis
Business Development Office - Mannheim Economic Development Agency
- Economic development agency (WINO) Neckar-Odenwald-Kreis
Hesse
Rhineland-Palatinate
- Mittelstandsberatungs- und Betreuungsgesellschaft Südliche Weinstrasse mbH
- WEG: WirtschaftsEntwicklungsGesellschaft mbH (Ludwigshafen)
- Economic Development Company Neustadt an der Weinstrasse mbH (WEG)
- Business Development Bad Dürkheim
- Economic development company Frankenthal (Pfalz) mbH
- Economic development company for the city of Worms mbH
- Business development Landau in the Palatinate
- Economic development in the district of Germersheim
- Economic development agency Rhein-Pfalz-Kreis
- Business Development Speyer

- Bauteil.b coworking space in the MAFINEX technology center
- Coworking Jungbusch
- Co-working staytion
- DOCK3 the port workers *
Coworking and network agency in the C-HUB - Entrepreneurship HUB Dock at the Park
- Ponderosa Coworking Mannheim
- room divider Mannheim
- Salon - creative collective
- 1000 satellites coworking - a Chemovator Venture
- WorkRepublic
- Action House
- B_Factory
- CoWomen Heidelberg
- Co-working D16
- Department 16
- Window Square Heidelberg
- Hall 02
- Heidelberg Colors
- Tink tank
- ZGC innohub
Mannheim
Heidelberg
Ludwigshafen