STARTUP WEEK AACHEN is the central event format for the innovation ecosystem of the Aachen region. Over the course of five days, the week bundles the concentrated expertise of founders, investors, and academia at numerous locations throughout the Aachen Area.
Organizational Structure & Responsibilities:
The week is based on a decentralized concept to reflect the diversity of Aachen's startup scene:
Central Coordination: The initiators handle the overall coordination and provide the technical platform.
Decentralized Execution: The individual program items are carried out independently by the respective partners and companies.
Legal Organizer: To identify the legal organizer of a specific event, please refer to the respective individual event description. There you will find information regarding the responsible party as well as the specific contact details for that particular format.
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STARTUP WEEK AACHEN is jointly initiated by:
digitalHUB Aachen e.V., RWTH Innovation GmbH, Gründungszentrum der FH Aachen, TVF Management GmbH, AGIT Aachener Gesellschaft für Innovation und Technologietransfer mbH, IHK Aachen, Collective Incubator e.V., AC.E Aachener Entrepreneurship Team e.V., Startup Village Jülich and in cooperation with Stadt Aachen.
Events in W 28, 2026 (06.07. – 12.07.)
- Pitch Mit Kind: A Mompreneurs Forum on Policy and the Maternity Penalty until Book now
- From Idea to Investor-Ready Business Case: Integrated Financial Planning for Startups with NS+P until Book now
- Not every idea belongs in the App Store until Book now
- Ask a Lawyer – Startup Consultation until Book now
- Copyright and AI – Who Owns the Content, Ideas, and Results? until Book now
- Kickoff – Founders, Matching & Growth Stories until Book now
- Think it. Shape it. Start it. until Book now
- Team of One - Agile Methods for Your Daily Work until Book now
- Summer AI Summit 2026 until Book now
- How to get smart money - Business Angel Talk until Book now
- FOUNDER ROULETTES – 5 FACTORS THAT DETERMINE YOUR SUCCESS: LAW. VISION. PRACTICE. STRATEGY. PERSONALITY until Book now
- From Vision to Experience – UX Strategies for Startups and Product Teams until Book now
- Entrepreneurship Day 2026: Female Empowerment & Kickstart-Prototypes until Book now
- F*ckup Stories - Startup Edition until Book now
- Ask Me Anything: 16 Years of Bootstrapping, a Private Equity Exit, and Building Two SaaS Companies until Book now
- Starting a Business and the Notary until Book now
- Ask Me Anything: MedTech Unfiltered until Book now
- Salevium: Strategy & Deals | Negotiate with a System until Fully booked
- Start-Up Pitch Competition: Mission to JUPITER until Book now
- SALES MATCH | Ask Questions, Listen, Close the Deal until Fully booked
- Collective Incubator Summer Fair until Book now
- Startup Breakfast: Connect the Euregio until Book now
- (Alp-)Traum Kunde Corporates? until Book now
- Consultation-Hour: Communication Strategy & Online Marketing by Anja Maaß until Fully booked
- Beyond conventional SaaS: Zoho consultation hours to scale your startup until Book now
- Consultation-Hour: Bringing Technological Ideas to Life by AGIT until Fully booked
- Consultation-Hour: From Idea to Intellectual Property Rights with HEILEIN IP LAW until Fully booked
- Consultation-Hour: Occupational Safety – Smart, Modular, and Cost-Effective until Book now
- Consultation-Hour: Start and grow with the IHK until Fully booked
- Consultation-Hour: “UX – Build the Right Thing” with heartwork until Fully booked
- Consultation – Insurable Risks for Startups with Provinzial until Book now
- Securely to the Cloud until Book now
- Your AI is hallucinating—and it’s your fault. Live analysis with Primonetik until Book now
- Stake & Stay: Legal Updates on Employee Participation until Book now
- Demo-Day - ZEBRA Programme until Book now
- Start-up Expo - Final Pitch from the Entrepreneurship Program for People with Refugee and Migrant Backgrounds until Book now