Innovation and Entrepreneurship
Ideas and inventions from researchers and students at Goethe University lead to innovations that contribute to societal progress.
Ideas and inventions from researchers and students at Goethe University lead to innovations that contribute to societal progress.
INNOVECTIS, founded as a subsidiary of Goethe University, supports the entire process from invention disclosure and patenting to the licensing of research findings into the economy. INNOVECTIS provides access to funding opportunities for development projects and facilitates networking with businesses.
The Rhine-Main Universities (Frankfurt, Mainz, and Darmstadt) along with the Frankfurt School of Finance & Management jointly support Futury. The Future Factory assists startups by connecting them with investors and business partners.
The Goethe Unibator is essentially the incubator for spin-offs (startups, spinoffs) created by students and researchers. It provides them with personalized guidance, support programs, access to founding and funding networks, and helps them develop a scalable business model.

Michael Huth
|Vice President for Infrastructure and Technology Transfer
“The use of knowledge and the transfer of research into practice open up opportunities to address major societal challenges and serve the common good.”