Digital Start-Up Center “Einstein1”

The Digital Start-Up Center Einstein1 is located directly on the campus of Hof University of Applied Sciences. It is the contact point for founders and start-ups from Upper Franconia and the Vogtland region. The focus lies in Big Data and its potential applications for industry as well as in the energy and healthcare sectors.
Einstein1 provides many services for upcoming new Start-ups in the digital sector:
Start-Up consultancy, Coworking Space with 30 worksations, fully furnished offices of 30m² providing up to 4 workstations each, rooms for seminars, meetings and conferences, a modern Business-Event location for i.e. Networking events or conferences as well as offering rentable business addresses. In addition, Einstein1 proactively promotes networking opportunities with key players in business, science, education and politics through events and networking activities.
Beneficiaries of this Good Practice are digital entrepreneurs, who want to start their business in the Upper Franconia region. Einstein1 has close ties with the Patent Center in Hof, the Institute for Information Systems and the Volkshochschule Hofer Land. In addition, relevant and established companies in the region are supporters of the Einstein1, which also serve as possible cooperation partners for newly founded companies.
Overall, Einstein1 ensures and enforces the fact, that the Upper Franconia region and the city of Hof is an attractive location for starting and successfully establishing a business.