?? What's new in February?

Hello, dear changemaker. This month we got you covered with a sustainable food map of Berlin-Brandenburg, new acceleration programme, neurodiversity talk, and much more... Dive in!

? Hub Highlights ?

?? Impact Accelerator: Sustainable Food Systems

Brand new opportunity for impact startups to scale their businesses - our new Impact Accelerator: Sustainable Food Systems. The three-month programme, powered by Bank of America Business , is open to startups with a market-tested product working on sustainable food system solutions in the areas of AI, fair conditions, local empowerment, transparency, sustainable gastronomy, and others. More info on our website!

?? Rent an office at Impact Hub Berlin!

Looking for an award-winning office space for your team?We’ve got some team offices for rent! Make use of our modular-designed office spaces, which range in size and come with ready-to-move-in furnishings. Your team can also enjoy our shared coworking areas, meeting rooms, our beautiful café The Loop, and our event spaces.

??Sustainable Food Stakeholder Map of Berlin-Brandenburg

Our Sustainable Food Stakeholder Map of Berlin-Brandenburg is here! It features those collectively transforming the current value chain into a circular, regenerative, and interconnected food system. With this map, we hope to help enable, connect, and inspire stakeholders across Berlin and surrounds to drive innovation and impact at scale. Go ahead and download the free map now! Click on the logos to visit the website of each organisation.

Wonder how your organisation can too become part of the change? Learn more about our Sustainable Food ecosystem and let's shape your next innovation project or partnership together.

?? Join the Impact Hub Berlin community!

Our community is the heart and soul of Impact Hub Berlin and what makes it so much more than a beautiful space to work from. And we are welcoming new members!

? Come and do what you do best alongside over 600 social impact changemakers. Collaborate and let yourself be inspired.

? Need extra expert support? We have teamed up with partners and expert members to offer free sessions for you on everything from legal aid, strategic advice, investment readiness, somatic bodywork, and more.

? Work from other Impact Hubs around the world!

Check out all the details on our website, fill out the short form, and we'll get back to you soon!

??? Upcoming Events ???

?? Impact Talks: On neurodiversity, art, and inclusion

Ever wondered how art can celebrate and build awareness of neurodiversity and mental health? Join us next Tuesday as we hear from community member and founder Coco (Corinne) Stoppelli as part of our online Impact Talks series.

Coco is an incredible queer multiply neurodivergent (autistic ADHDer and more) visual artist and writer who creates beautiful artwork celebrating neurodiversity via their platform Cocomoino .

?? Impact Accelerator: Sustainable Food Systems - Open Office Hour

Want to learn more about the Impact Accelerator: Sustainable Food Systems? Join us for an informative online session on February 28 where our project team will answer all your questions and provide a brief introduction to the programme.

?? From the blog ??

Back in September we hosted our first ever Impact Entrepreneurship Forum with a special speaker - Vice Chancellor Robert Habeck . In our new blog post, we deep-dive into the learnings of the forum and identify the megatrends driving change in the sustainable food system in the DACH region right now. Dive in!

?? Congrats, Community! ??

This month we want to celebrate our Circular Together incubator alumni LOTTA LUDWIGSON for their feature in Tagesspiegel with their circular suits!

Massive congratulations also to our community members Julian Vogels and Laura Kleber from Crowd Impact for the amazing recognition by the German government - they've been awarded as Kultur- und Kreativpilot*innen Deutschland 2023/24!

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Until next month! ??

- from Kati and the rest of your Impact Hub Berlin team ??