When Kevin Tscholitsch met Thomas Klir at a Founders Forum event at TechQuartier last year, something clicked. Maybe it was fate or luck that the two sat next to each other at this networking event and started to talk about a similar idea. Even though each was successful in his corporate career, Thomas and Kevin knew that they wanted to do more. Both are sustainability advocates and…

Increasingly faster digitization, competitive pressure, strict regulatory requirements — the finance sector has been undergoing a continuous process to digitize for years balancing various, sometimes conflicting requirements within given resources. At the same time, the sector is a popular target for cyberattacks. The range of threats in cybersecurity is broad…

Partners of safeFBDC, the research project of the Financial Big Data Cluster, joined the second Gaia-X hackathon to prototype the first Gaia-X use cases for the financial sector. In collaboration TechQuartier, spotixx, SAP Fioneer and Deloitte from the safeFBDC consortium with support of deltaDAO AG and Ocean Protocol explored Compute-to-Data…

Good ideas don’t happen at the drawing board or in a quiet room — thinking and working creatively requires inspiration, discussion and stimulation. The partnership between Aareal Bank and TechQuartier is a real-life example of how new life is being breathed into innovation management. As a platform for networking, inspiration and visibility in the startup scene, TechQuartier brings together startups, established corporates and young talent. Aareal Bank has also been on board since spring 2017, and not only has their collaboration changed since then — Frankfurt as a FinTech location has also become increasingly…

Big Data comes in many forms and is applied in various fields. Over the last years, there has been a big jump in acceptance and use of this data — even in important institutions such as Central Banks. Read on to learn how central banks define and use big data…

Leon Joost and Vincent Schramke are used to being disciplined, setting realistic goals and exercising teamwork. So, the fact that they are now promising startup founders shouldn’t surprise anyone. What’s less expected is that they’re 24 years old and determined to change the medical and dental customer service experience. Their…

More than words: ESG-reporting brings change for a better world. Or does it? And how does big data support this? “Our house is on fire!” with these epic words Greta Thunberg alerted the public in 2019 at the World Economic Forum in Davos. Even though many things were set in motion since the Paris Agreement in 2015, only recently, do we see that ESG-reporting is becoming gradually mandatory with the…

For Corporate Innovation and Venture teams, jumping into the investment game will yield greater rewards when everyone understands the rules and the field of play. Up-and-coming startups are an important and coveted source of innovation for mid-sized and large corporations. Many of the larger companies have established their Corporate Venture…

DZ BANK’s Innovation Lab at TechQuartier Home offices, Zoom meetings and that unmistakable ring tone of incoming virtual calls dominated work life over the past year. As a society, we are adjusting to more screen time and fewer face-to-face collaborations. The question — is this good for innovation? For the DZ BANK Group‘s Innovation LAB, which…