Otto Krahn New Business

Vielen Dank für das Interview, hy – the Axel Springer Consulting Group! Es war uns eine Freude, mit euch über Innovationen und über unsere Zusammenarbeit mit Startups zu sprechen. #CVC #Innovation #Startups #OttoKrahnGroup #Circularity 

Thrilled to have attended the Hello Tomorrow Investor Day once more, building on the great experience from last year. Engaging with innovative startups and forging valuable connections has been truly enriching. Looking forward to nurturing the new connections we've established and exploring potential collaborations. With that, there is only one thing left to say: Au revoir Hello Tomorrow. #InvestorDay #OKNB #Networking #Innovation #NewBusiness #StartUps 

Deutschlandweit finden derzeit Demonstrationen gegen Rechtsextremismus statt. Auch wir beziehen klar Position und lehnen Rassismus, Diskriminierung und Ausgrenzung kategorisch ab. Vielfalt und Toleranz sind die fundamentalen Säulen unserer Gesellschaft und daher nicht verhandelbar. Rechtsextreme Ideen finden auch in unseren Unternehmen keinen Platz. Wir verurteilen dieses Denken und setzen uns für Menschenrechte, Demokratie, eine liberale Gesellschaft und Gleichbehandlung ein.  Als international agierende Unternehmensgruppe sind wir stolz auf das friedliche Miteinander von 1.800 Mitarbeitenden an 40 Standorten weltweit. Unsere Stärke liegt in unserer Vielfalt und Offenheit gegenüber anderen. Jede und jeder Einzelne, unabhängig von Herkunft, Glauben, Geschlecht, Alter oder sexueller Orientierung, trägt zu unserer Kultur und unserem Erfolg bei. Gemeinsam können wir einen Unterschied machen und Vielfalt, Gleichberechtigung und Respekt fördern.  #niewiederistjetzt 

... with that we leave 2023 and start the year 2024! It was an exciting year with many new impulses, contacts and experiences. Our year began with the launch of Otto Krahn New Business, we had our first investment FibreCoat GmbH in the second half of the year, we were attending various and diverse events and had many more start-up collaboration opportunities enriching our last year. Now after a short break, we are looking forward to the coming year with new topics in the pipeline and curiosity about what the year has to offer for us. This much is certain, we want to pick up where we left off last year and scale it even more. We are looking forward to new contacts, experiences and fruitful start-up collaboration. Cheers to the new year 2024! #oknb #startups #cvc #ottokrahngroup #events #collaboration #innovation #2024

2023 – a successful start for OKNB! We proudly look back on our first official year as business incubator and CVC unit of Otto Krahn Group: Many partnerships were formed and first investments made with great founding teams, initiatives and networks - be it with focus on (sustainable) material innovations or even the smallest building blocks for the transition towards a more circular economy. We look forward to continuing our exciting new business and innovation endeavors in 2024. But now, it’s time to have a short break and enjoy some time with our families. We wish you and your loved ones happy and relaxing holidays and a good start into 2024! #oknb #innovation #cvc #startups #merrychristmas #happynewyear

Another great opportunity to have a cross-industry exchange two weeks ago at the Circularity Tour of CIRCULAZE. Our MOCOM Compounds colleague Daniel Hamburger joined the insightful panel talk and discussion about textile recycling followed by a guided tour at the ISPO Munich 2023. We at OKNB are happy – not only as being one of the supporting partners of CIRCULAZE in 2023 but also because of multiple circular economy events and start-up impulses our team and our colleagues from the Otto Krahn Group businesses experienced. #circulareconomy #cantdoitalone #startups #innovation #OttoKrahnGroup

That was fun – a big thank you Dennis Niederhagen for the invitation to your podcast!   In episode #50 of the German-speaking DigitalValley® #SeedTalk, Matthias Schulz, our Director New Business & Innovation, talked about innovation in our family-owned group of businesses and the activities of us at OKNB – the business incubator of Otto Krahn Group.   Learn more about our approach to innovation and collaboration with start-ups and how we tackle our search fields – ranging from sustainable material innovations to services to drive the circular economy: https://lnkd.in/g9YbbDWi   #OKNB #innovation #startups #podcast

Our first visit at Slush in Helsinki - and we were excited to see a circular economy business model and German start-up team as Slush 100 winner!    Congratulations to Faircado! We saw your great pitch already some weeks ago in Munich as partner of CIRCULAZE Night and Summit!   Overall, the whole event was great. Laura Savoca and Matthias Schulz were super happy about creating many new connections with like-minded investors and amazing start-ups – ranging from new and sustainable materials to innovations driving circularity and sustainability.

Since the beginning of the year, we are joining CIRCULAZE by Curaze, the Circular Economy Initiative, as one of their partners. After having the initial idea and a first award night last year, they developed the initiative further and organized a great CIRCULAZE Night & Summit 2023 this year. At the two-day event, start-ups, corporates, experts, students and multipliers met to join forces in the movement towards Circular Economy (#cantdoitalone) and #ConnectToCreate. The Summit was filled with workshops, inspiring key-notes, panels and a lot of networking opportunities we exchanged ideas, discussed new trends and talked about how to tackle the challenges of the time. One of the multiple highlights for Laura Savoca and Matthias Schulz was the speech of Dr. Auma Obama reminding all attendees that “It is not about saving the planet. It’s about saving ourselves”. Congratulations to the amazing start-ups that have been awarded in 7 different categories – from Mobility to Fashion & Textiles – or pitched during the Summit day. More about the top 21 start-ups can be found here: https://lnkd.in/dFDmJUrH And a big thank-you to Natascha Zeljko, Claus Schuster and the entire Curaze team! #cirsum23 #cirnight23 #circulaze #circulareconomy #startups #oknb #cvc #ottokrahngroup

Last week, Matthias Schulz was attending another great episode of the HIGHTECH VENTURE DAYS. 1,5 days in 3 amazing locations in Dresden full of networking with like-minded investors and #deeptech founders. Thanks to the HTVD team for organizing such an extraordinary event! #HTVD23 #startups #oknb #cvc #ottokrahngroup