Schwäbisch Gmünd: Founder Center on the market square for fresh ideas!

Schwäbisch Gmünd: Founder Center on the market square for fresh ideas!

Schwäbisch Gmünd, Deutschland - In Schwäbisch Gmünd, the start -up landscape is raised to a new level! Mayor Richard Arnold revealed exciting plans to support start-ups in the city. The city administration is aiming for a cooperation with the University of Design (HfG), the University of Education (PH) and the Aalen University of Applied Sciences to create a newly founded company under the name "In: IT Innovation Society". This initiative, which also includes the research institute for precious metals (FEM) and the Ostalb district administration, aims to promote founders in Schwäbisch Gmünd under optimal conditions. This information comes from the Remszeitung .

The existing "In: It Co-working Lab" will move to the site of the Gmünder Hof on the market square, where 920 square meters of space are available for office space and innovative ideas. The move is planned for 2026 and promises a central location as well as more individual offices, which primarily ensures calm working atmosphere. According to Alexander Groll, the urban economist, the current premises are almost fully occupied, and many companies from different industries have already started successfully. In the new structure, the city of Gmünd is involved in the company with 50 percent of the share capital of 25,000 euros, the universities and the FEM share the remaining shares evenly. Here, too, there is a broad support of the city councilors who enjoy this positive development. Martin Bläse from the CDU described the project as an important step for start -ups in the region when the reported.

The space that the city of Schwäbisch Gmünd wants to offer the founder can be characterized as a "ecosystem for founders". The various educational institutions plan to bundle their offers in order to create even better conditions for entrepreneurs. With a clear financing strategy in which the city will cover the personnel costs and the Ostalb district should also contribute, the start -up center will soon play an outstanding role in the regional economy. The positive response of the city councils indicates that the plans are received with open arms. Gmünd will take a central place in the German startup scene in the long term and establish the start-up scene as a real location factor.