Start-up support

 

Start-up consulting

The path from idea to implementation is often complicated. The start-up department at weißensee kunsthochschule berlin offers various consulting and support formats for students and graduates. 

 

See_Women Scholarships

With See_Women, the KHB provides a platform for female graduates and students to further develop their start-up ideas as part of the EXIST Women programme. Female artists and designers at the university are given the opportunity to acquire and deepen essential skills for their entrepreneurial practice, for example in the areas of financial management, legal basics or business model development.

The programme, which is funded by the Federal Ministry of Economics, offers a 3-month scholarship programme, a material costs budget and a workshop programme:

  •  3-month scholarship: graduates €2,500 gross/month; students €1,000 gross/month (expected start date 1 May 2026) plus a monthly child allowance
  • Budget for material costs: €2,000 per scholarship holder
  • Workshops on creative entrepreneurship, coaching/mentoring and peer learning by the KHB start-up department
  • Submission of applications in PDF format by 15 March 2026

To apply: please fill out one of the two PDFs and send it to us: gruenden(at)kh-berlin.de

If you have any further questions or would like advice on the programme, please contact us at: gruenden(at)kh-berlin.de, Hanna Wiesener 

Programme conditions:

  1. You have not yet received any EXIST funding or start-up funding (e.g. Designfarm, Berliner Startup-Stipendium, SeeWomen).
  2. You are a graduate, employee or student of the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin or the partner institutions of the Cluster of Excellence ‘Matters of Activity’ at Humboldt University in Berlin.
  3. You have time for independent project work for approximately 20 hours per week during the programme period (May-July 2026).
  4. You are interested in future self-employment.

Further information on the EXIST Women programme and the conditions can be found at:
Website: exist.de/programm/exist-women

Project funding and third-party funding

If you would like to launch a research or larger cooperation project in collaboration with the art college, the weißensee kunsthochschule berlin will be happy to support you in developing your concept and finding funding sources.

EXIST Start-up Grant

The EXIST Start-up Grant supports students and graduates who want to realise their start-up ideas. Start-up projects should be innovative, design- and technology-oriented or knowledge-based projects with significant unique selling points and good prospects for economic success. The weißensee kunsthochschule berlin has been part of the EXIST start-up network since 2017.

Website:
exist.de/programm/exist-gruendungsstipendium
exist.de/programm/exist-forschungstransfer

 

Contact person

Contact persons

SeeWomen 2026

EXIST Start-up Grant

See Women