IBB Business Team

Name

IBB Business Team

Legal name

IBB Business Team GmbH

Website

https://ibb-business-team.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

1997

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Government Funding Administration

NAICS

Grantmaking and Giving Services (81321), Religious, Grantmaking, Civic, Professional, and Similar Organizations (813), Professional Organizations (81392)

SIC

Services-Membership Organizations (8600), Federal & Federally-Sponsored Credit Agencies (6111)

akta.pro primary industry

Results-Based Financing (RBF) & Performance-Based Grants (BPADAOAF)

akta.pro secondary industries

Corporate Foundations & CSR Grantmaking (BPAGAKAC), Export Credit Agencies (ECAs) & Official Export Finance (FSABAKAC)

Keywords

• Government funding administration
• Public grant programs
• Startup subsidies
• Energy renovation grants
• Economic development services

Headquarters

HQ city

Berlin

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Revenue model

1. Government Funding Administration: As a 100% subsidiary of IBB Gruppe, IBB Business Team implements funding programs on behalf of the State of Berlin and IBB. The organization does not generate traditional revenue but rather distributes government subsidies and grants to eligible recipients including start-ups, SMEs, and property owners.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

IBB Business Team GmbH administers and implements public funding programs on behalf of the State of Berlin and Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB). The company distributes grants and subsidies across four categories: start-up support and consulting, innovation and digitalization, commercial e-mobility, and energy and sustainability. It serves as the single point of contact for Berlin-based start-ups, SMEs, and property owners seeking state-subsidized financing, managing the entire funding lifecycle from information and advisory through to application review and final execution.

Product overview

IBB Business Team GmbH operates as a grant/funding management platform offering multiple distinct programs across five main categories: Existenzgründung & Beratung (startup support), Innovation & Digitalisierung (innovation), Mobilität (mobility), and Energie & Nachhaltigkeit (energy & sustainability). The platform implements various subsidy programs on behalf of the State of Berlin, including deGUT (exhibition), BPW (business plan competition), GründungsBONUS Plus, Transfer BONUS (with Gamification & XR variant), Berliner InvestitionsBONUS, ProValid, ProNTI, WELMO, ENEO, GründachPLUS, SolarPLUS, ReparaturBONUS, and Coaching BONUS. These are not a unified software platform but rather individual grant programs administered by the organization.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• deGUT: Deutsche Gründer- und Unternehmertage (deGUT) - Germany's largest start-up and entrepreneur expo organised by IBB Business Team GmbH.
• BPW
• GründungsBONUS Plus
• Transfer BONUS
• Berliner InvestitionsBONUS
• ProValid
• WELMO
• ENEO
• GründachPLUS
• SolarPLUS
• ReparaturBONUS

Products and services

• Deutsche Gründer- und Unternehmertage (deGUT) Germany's largest start-up and entrepreneur expo organized by IBB Business Team, providing young entrepreneurs and founders with reliable knowledge and advice on all areas of running their own business, along with a comprehensive seminar and workshop program.
• Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg (BPW) Business plan competition awarding over €50,000 in prize money to the best concepts over three phases. Founders receive professional support, free seminars, workshops, consulting services, and networking opportunities.
• GründungsBONUS Plus Grants for newly founded companies or companies in the process of getting established that offer novel or not yet market-available applications, products and services. Provides subsidies for initial costs of innovative new companies.
• Transfer BONUS (with Gamification & XR variant) Grants for cooperation between business and science, designed to strengthen the innovativeness of the Berlin economy and establish innovative business ideas. Includes a Gamification and XR variant.
• Berliner InvestitionsBONUS (BIB) Grants for business future investments primarily aimed at gastronomy, tourism, stationary retail, service and craft enterprises affected by the pandemic. SMEs and freelancers can apply for subsidies up to 30%, with an additional 5% for sustainability criteria.
• ProValid Grants for research innovations. Supports universities in validating the marketability of research results as part of the Berlin-Brandenburg 2025 innovation strategy.
• ProNTI Funding program supporting start-ups and SMEs in the implementation of non-technical innovations as part of the Berlin-Brandenburg 2025 innovation strategy.
• Wirtschaftsnahe Elektromobilität (WELMO) Grants for commercial e-mobility designed to electrify Berlin's commercial traffic and incentivize commercial operators to transition to low-emission drive systems. Focus on light commercial vehicles and electric small vehicles.
• Energieberatung für Effizienz und Optimierung (ENEO) Grants for energy surveys which highlight renovations that will make buildings more energy efficient. Supports property owners with subsidies for creating energy assessments.
• GründachPLUS Grants for roof and facade greening. Enables property owners to receive subsidies for green roof installations that contribute to improved urban climate and reduced CO2 emissions.
• SolarPLUS Grants for photovoltaic projects. Includes SolarPLUS S (for smaller installations) and SolarPLUS L (for larger installations), with additional support for energy storage systems.
• ReparaturBONUS Micro-grant program offering subsidies for repair of standard household electrical or electronic devices. Follows Berlin's zero-waste strategy to motivate repair of defective products instead of disposal.
• Kongressfonds für nachhaltiges Tagen (KNT)

Quantifiable outcome

• Businessplan-Wettbewerb Berlin-Brandenburg awards over €50,000 in prize money to the best concepts over three phases
• +1 more outcomes

Named customers3 records

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration4 records

Feature1 record

Partnerships

One partnership is on record.

• State of Berlin (Land Berlin)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerIBB Business Team implements various funding programs on behalf of the State of Berlin, including subsidies for start-ups, SMEs, and property owners. The organization acts as the primary implementation partner for Berlin's economic development and sustainability goals.

Scale indicators3 records

Recent moves10 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB): Parent organization of IBB Business Team and Berlin's state-owned development bank. IBB provides the underlying loan and grant capital that IBB Business Team administers, and shares overlapping mandate in financing Berlin-based companies and property owners.
• Wirtschaftsförderung Berlin (Berlin Partner): Berlin's official business development agency for attracting companies and promoting investment in Berlin. Shares overlapping target audience of Berlin-based startups and SMEs and collaborates with IBB Business Team on ecosystem promotion.

Broad incumbents

• NRW.BANK: State development bank of North Rhine-Westphalia with a comparable mandate to administer economic development subsidies, housing promotion, and municipal financing. Operates a similar model of state-owned development finance but at larger scale and broader scope.
• LfA Förderbank Bayern: Bavaria's state development bank offering low-interest loans and subsidies to Bavarian SMEs, startups, and property owners. Functionally analogous to IBB Business Team's mandate but serving a different state economy.
• KfW Bankengruppe: Germany's federal development bank offering nationwide funding programs for startups, SMEs, housing, and sustainability. Operates at national scale and competes for the same beneficiary pool (Berlin-based founders) with federal grants and subsidized loans.
• Bundesamt für Wirtschaft und Ausfuhrkontrolle (BAFA): Federal agency administering nationwide grant programs for energy efficiency, innovation, and SME support. Overlaps with IBB Business Team's energy/sustainability and innovation funding mandates at federal scale.

Regional players

• Hamburgische Investitions- und Förderbank (IFB Hamburg): Hamburg's state investment and development bank, offering grants and subsidized loans to Hamburg-based businesses, founders, and property owners. Direct functional equivalent operating in a different German metropolitan market.
• Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB): Saxony's state development bank administering EU, federal, and state funding programs for businesses, municipalities, and private individuals in Saxony. Operates a comparable grant administration model.
• Thüringer Aufbaubank: Thuringia's state development bank administering economic development subsidies for businesses and property owners. Functional equivalent to IBB Business Team but operating in a different German federal state.
• Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein (IB.SH): Schleswig-Holstein's state investment bank offering funding programs for SMEs, founders, housing, and municipal projects. Comparable mandate and structure to IBB Business Team operating in a different German state.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses3 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks4 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ibb-business-team-gmbh

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles5 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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