Frankfurt School acquires Futury GmbH

‍Frankfurt School of Finance & Management acquires Futury — largest ecosystem for start-ups and sustainable entrepreneurship is being created in the Frankfurt Rhine-Main metropolitan region

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- With Futury and its subsidiary FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation, Frankfurt School is strengthening its focus on the transformation issue of sustainability and is joining the top group of universities for founders

- One of the most significant innovation and start-up ecosystems is being created with over 100 corporate partners and more than 60 spin-off and funded start-ups

- Synergies with all Frankfurt School business areas, particularly in the areas of research, teaching and executive training

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Frankfurt am Main, February 6, 2024

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On January 1, 2024, Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH acquired Futury GmbH, founded in 2015, and its subsidiary FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation from the Values Foundation based in Frankfurt am Main.

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The business school is thus opening up a unique innovation ecosystem in which start-ups and companies work together on the topics of entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainability. The takeover of Futury creates a network from Frankfurt with nationwide appeal and impact. With its programs and initiatives, it strengthens the business school's previous activities, offers additional areas of growth and makes Frankfurt School one of the top German universities for founders.

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With Futury as a leading platform for start-ups and companies in the four selected focus industries of construction and real estate, packaging and waste industry, food industry and cyber security, as well as its strong industrial network of over 100 corporate partners, Frankfurt School complements its strengths in the areas of finance, banking, real estate and management.

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The FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation, which is part of Futury, will seamlessly continue its mission of making academic knowledge more effective for business. Together with Frankfurt School's activities in the area of sustainability, the aim is to create a lighthouse for the sustainable transformation of the economy in Germany.

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Current partner companies of Futury and the FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation include Schwarz Group, Bain & Company, Procter & Gamble, Nestlé, Metro, McDonald's, Vonovia, Goldbeck and Siemens Energy.

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Together, Frankfurt School and Futury want to expand their existing offerings and strengthen three subject areas: The first field is expanding the leading innovation ecosystem in the Rhine-Main region through a market-oriented, industry-oriented innovation approach. The second field is expanding activities in research, teaching and consulting on the topics of sustainability and sustainable entrepreneurship. The third field is the development of new, innovative offers for managers and companies.

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“I am delighted to welcome the Futury team to Frankfurt School,” says Professor Dr. Nils Stieglitz, President and Managing Director of Frankfurt School. “The successful takeover marks an important milestone in the implementation of our strategic goals of strengthening the positioning of our business school firstly in the transformation topic of sustainability and secondly in the area of entrepreneurship. Here, we can tap into many potentials across all of our business areas and combine excellence in entrepreneurship and sustainability with excellence in research, teaching and executive training. ”

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“As a Values Foundation, we are particularly pleased that we can hand Futury over to the best of hands. The original idea of supporting value-based entrepreneurship and sustainable innovations has resulted in a great ecosystem that can now continue to grow and implement real changes with the new “mother” Frankfurt School,” says Carolina Roever, Co-Chair of the Values Foundation's Board of Trustees.

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Charlie Müller, founder and managing director of Futury GmbH, says: “We are proud and excited that we have gained one of the most established private universities as a new owner with Frankfurt School. ” Melissa Ott, Managing Director Futury GmbH adds: “Based on our common set of values, we have developed a clear vision: We want to establish FrankfurtRheinMain as a central hub for entrepreneurship, innovation and sustainable transformation — for companies and start-ups alike. ”

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In April 2024, Futury GmbH and its subsidiary will move into premises on the Frankfurt School campus. They remain as separate companies with their own brand presence.

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About Futury & the FUTURE Institute

The current network and ecosystem was launched in 2017, when Futury GmbH, founded in 2015, began working under the Values Foundation based in Frankfurt am Main. The aim is to anchor value-based entrepreneurship and corresponding ideas in the German start-up landscape and to drive sustainable innovations together with established industrial companies. Futury offers innovation programs in the food, waste/packaging, construction/real estate and cyber security industries, in which new sustainable products and business models are brought to market together with corporate partners and young founders.

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In 2022, at COP26 in Glasgow, the FUTURE Institute for Sustainable Transformation was founded as a subsidiary of Futury GmbH with the aim of translating scientific findings from the field of sustainability into a corporate context and supporting managers and employees on the path of sustainable transformation.

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About Frankfurt School of Finance & Management

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH (FS gGmbH) is a private business school that is accredited by AACSB, AMBA and EQUIS. It specializes in financial, economic and management topics and offers bachelor, master, MBA and doctoral programs as well as executive education and seminars for professionals and trainees. Frankfurt School regularly achieves top positions in renowned university rankings. For example, it is 26th in the current Financial Times (FT) European Business School Ranking, and it is listed as the best German business school in the Times Higher Education Global University Employability Ranking. In addition, the FT has currently ranked Frankfurt School's Master in Management in 37th place worldwide and the Master of Finance in 33rd place. In the WirtschaftsWoche university ranking, Frankfurt School ranks third among all German universities for business administration.

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Frankfurt School also stands out for its consulting services. One focus is on advising companies and organizations in emerging countries, in particular in the area of ESG.

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In addition to the Frankfurt Campus, the Frankfurt School has study locations in Hamburg and Munich as well as offices in Ankara, Amman, Istanbul, Nairobi and Tbilisi. With over 125 partner universities, it is a globally networked business school. More below www.frankfurt-school.de.

Press contact

Frankfurt School of Finance & Management gGmbH
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60322 Frankfurt/Main

Nicole Clos

‍Junior Manager Corporate Communications

+49 69 154008-175
Mobile: +49 171 4168241
n.clos@fs.de

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Christian Kronberger

‍Senior Manager External Communications

+49 69 154008-322
Mobile: +49 1590 4196201
c.kronberger@fs.de

Futury GmbH and Future Institute for Sustainable Transformation
Paul-Ehrlich-Strasse 51
60596 Frankfurt/Main

Charlie N. Müller

‍Managing Director

Futury GmbH
Mobile: +49 163 7857540
Charlie @futury.eu

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Jörn Soyke

‍Managing Director

Future IfST GmbH
Mobile: +49 172 1930665
joern.soyke@futureinstitute.berlin