START-UPS WITHOUT BORDERS
WORLDFACTORY International makes the world a marketplace
Innovation knows no borders – and entrepreneurial spirit is not a question of nationality. That’s why internationally viable business models need access to markets at home and abroad.
“WORLDFACTORY International” crosses borders in the minds and on the map. It bundles the international start-up and transfer activities at Ruhr-Universität Bochum and uses global networks and partnerships to create space for start-ups without borders. Joint research makes all participants more visible on the world stage. Above all, it allows them to shape the world of tomorrow together. That is more than one good reason!
“Our goal is to become an international hotbed of innovation and entrepreneurship.”
- Marc Seelbach, Managing Director at the WORLDFACTORY
Expanding the Network and the Horizon
WORLDFACTORY abroad
How do start-ups work on the other side of the world? What does the innovation landscape look like in Europe or North America? What spin-off trends and new ideas do they have? Different formats such as workshops and coaching sessions with experts from the network, as well as international networking trips or visits to start-up trade fairs abroad provide an opportunity for exchange and the expansion of global networks.
INternationals at worldfactory
The WORLDFACTORY also serves as a meeting point for international students and scientists interested in starting a business.
International scientists with an affinity for start-ups or application-oriented scientists as well as founders from abroad will find advice and support at the WORLDFACTORY, for example through networking in the relevant research areas at RUB or in the local ecosystem of the Ruhr area.
International expertise
The International Board for Transfer and Entrepreneurship is a top-class panel of experts and advises the Rectorate of Ruhr-Universität Bochum on the strategic development of these areas.
The five members of the Board are appointed for three years by the Rectorate and can be reappointed once. They come from university and non-university science and industry, where they hold leading positions, and have particular expertise in the areas of transfer and entrepreneurship.
More infos
For regular updates on the activities and news of WORLDFACTORY international, please visit the LinkedIn page of WORLDFACTORY international.