chemstars partners with visionary founders, established corporations and leading investors to accelerate the sustainability transformation of the chemical industry. Our two-fold mission: To increase the number of startups and to help entrepreneurs built successful chemical-related ventures. We do this by offering startups strategic advice and a world-class network of experts from the chemical industry and venture capital.
chemstars is a joint initiative of Bayer, Braskem, Currenta, Evonik, Henkel, Siemens and the Chemical Industry Association of North Rhine-Westphalia (VCI NRW) and the RAG-Stiftung. Our activities are co-financed by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy and by the State Ministry of Economic Affairs, Industry, Climate Protection and Energy of North Rhine-Westphalia.
„The global challenges of the climate crisis require the chemical industry to innovate at an unprecedented speed. The next ten years will be decisive. Successfully driving the transformation process towards a circular economy requires open collaboration across organisations and disciplines and an innovation ecosystem that makes it easy for scientists to test new ideas, technologies and business models.”
Martin Bellof & Stefan Weber, Lead of chemstars
