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Three-month acceleration program for five innovative startups
Intensive collaboration with industry partners from the construction value chain
Funding, office space, experts and coaching
Broad media coverage provided by us and the Handelsblatt
Batch starts February each year
Based in Frankfurt, Germany
hybrid format
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Our approach: innovating through the entire value chain

Raw Materials
Supplier
Planning & Financing
Construction &
Modernization
Usage & Maintenance
Dismantling & Recycling
Distribution
Raw Materials
Supplier
Production / Manufacturing
Distribution
Retail
Consumption
Waste Management/Recycling
Raw Materials
Supplier
Production/
Manufacturing
Distribution
Retail
Consumption
Waste Management & Recycling

Partners

Initiators

Program Partners

Your benefits of joining THE MISSION...

Start-ups
Corporates

A total package, worth +100.000 EUR, consisting of:

10.000 EUR funding for your startup
Individual coachings by Bain & Company (business), Osborne Clarke (legal), e:fs TechHub GmbH (data), WSL Patentanwälte (IP) and more
Media campaign and package provided by Handelsblatt Media Group (exclusive featuring, advertorial and more)
Office space in Frankfurt and fully-fledged three-month acceleration program
Matching with great team-members from our talent pool, if you are looking for additional support

Priceless:

Close collaboration with 10+ market leading industry partners from the whole value chain
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Startup and technology scouting: Access to the most relevant startups in your industry (report and longlist)
Collaboration and piloting with selected startups within the program
Holistic solution development together with industry players from the whole value chain
Broad media coverage and campaign by Handelsblatt Media Group for all our partners
Industry insights: Co-publishment of the "Trend Radar", co-host of the "Sustainable Innovation Day", participation at "THE MISSION Summit"
Talent Acquisition: Find your new employees within our talent pool consisting of more than 4.000 young talented people through dedicated formats
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Key dates

Application Deadline

October 2023

You have a startup idea that fits into the value chain and innovation fields? Or you like to contribute to an idea? Then apply for our program next year!
Demo Day

November 2023

The best 10 teams pitch in front of a jury (consisting of the participating corporate partners). Together we select the most promising 5 teams who will start the program.
Kick-Off

February 2024

The program is launched in a big kick-off event with all participating corporate partners and teams.
Interim

March 2024

Together with corporate partners, experts from the whole value chain and of course our startups, we check on their progress during the first half of our acceleration program.
Final Pitch

April 2024

In a big final pitch the teams will present the final results and have the opportunity to negotiate follow-on options with the partners.

Our highlights & success stories

GreenSignal

''The program THE MISSION Construction exceeded our expectations in so many ways and we were delighted to be surrounded by so many kind and dedicated people, all looking to enable solutions that can contribute to tackling the defining challenges of our generation.''
- Gregory, Team GreenSignal

OneSpot

OneSpot brings commercial mixed-use hubs to downtown locations in medium to large cities. Our main customers are sustainability-conscious companies that manufacture, store and deliver products to their end users in the city via last mile delivery or want to do so in the future. The idea is based on the problem that an ever-increasing demand for space from e- and q-commerce meets an ever-decreasing supply of logistics space.

Bain & Company

„Sustainability is a topic in every board room. We as Bain & Company do very much in the areas of social impact. The startups from THE MISSION have great business ideas in sustainable business fields and by supporting them we can create direct impact. That’s why we give the teams access to our expertise and to our methods.”
- Lars Dingemann, Partner at Bain & Company

Knauf

“Knauf doesn’t think in quarters or annual accounts. We think in generations and this long term orientation is why we want to support the THE MISSION startups. We recruit talents, participate in innovative ideas and we want to set an example by taking on responsibility.”
- Lars Klodwig, Group Commercial Officer at Knauf

Handelsblatt Media Group

''THE MISSION unites again and again very different people: experienced market leaders from an industry and rising talents with fresh ideas and this focused interaction creates ideas, which can’t be found elsewhere.''
- Dr. Jan Kleibrink, Director Business Development at Solutions by Handelsblatt Media Group

GOLDBECK

''With THE MISSION we have all the possibilities and all the levers in our hand to actually do something great now. We are living in challenging times overall on the world and especially also in our sector, the construction industry. That is, why we are glad as GOLDBECK to be one of the major partners of THE MISSION.''
- Jan-Hendrik Goldbeck, Managing Director at GOLDBECK

IFFcon - Unlocking the potential of digital tools in the construction sector

THE MISSION environment not only sparked our curiosity to deal with various stakeholders. By providing us with valuable workshops and methodologies to enhance our idea and mindset, it also allowed us to experience a steep learning curve throughout the entire program. A big thanks to Futury!“
- Bernard Kirschbaum, Co-Founder IFFcon

How THE MISSION works

With THE MISSION Construction, we connect top construction startups with leading companies and experts from the industry to jointly work on sustainable solutions of tomorrow. THE MISSION Construction offers four solutions:

Accelerator Program

Co-develop and test new and sustainable business models with leading industry partners and selected early-stage start-ups.

Talent Matching

Get access to a constantly growing pool of +4.600 talents and start-ups to position yourself in the industry or to find your next co-founder.

Media & Events

Position your company/startup as an industry leader/disruptive change maker through our year-around media campaign, trend radars and corporate networking events.

Sustainability Challenger

Challenge your sustainability programs and activities with partners across the value chain.

Accelerator Program

Co-develop and test new and sustainable business models with leading industry partners and selected early-stage start-ups.

Talent Matching

Get access to >4.600 talents and start-ups to position yourself in the industry or to find your next co-founder.

Media & Events

Position your company/startup as an industry leader/disruptive change maker through our year-around media campaign, trend radars and corporate networking events.

Sustainability Challenger

Challenge your sustainability programs and activities with partners across the value chain.

Our Focus Topics for 2023:

Labor Productivity & Efficiency
Energy Storage & Management of Buildings
Green Building Materials
Reuse & Modernization
Dismantling & Circularity

THE MISSION: Podcast

Interested in sustainability and economics? We produce different podcasts to exactly those topics – Check them out!

THE MISSION: Media

Do you want to deep-dive into the trends in the THE MISSION topic construction? Read what industry shaping personalities have to say about that. Take your time and read our trend radar & Interview booklet!

THE MISSION: YouTube

You missed our last live-event or you want to relive this one great keynote you heard with us? Check out our final pitch of the construction batch 2022.
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