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The Future Forest Initiative connects and supports visionaries and pioneers to develop innovations in harmony with nature - with an intact forest as a symbol of a healthy planet.

Future Forest
REAL-LABORATORY
We are pioneers of innovative solutions for the forest of the future and initiate sustainable flagship projects with the help of the innovative power of a strong network.
Future Forest
ACCELERATOR
As Europe's first sustainability hub for forests and climate, we accelerate innovations to market maturity in our startup accelerator!

Future Forest
INNOVATION-CAMPUS
SAVE THE DATE: 05-06 SEPTEMBER 2025
The most important event for innovations in the context of forest and climate at Blankenburg Castle (Harz)!

Our stakeholders

Startups

As Europe's most important accelerator for Planetary Health start-ups, we promote innovative business models from the pre-seed to the growth phase.

Forestry

We support and accompany practice with the latest innovations.

Investors

With over 200 start-ups, we offer an attractive environment for investors looking for new deals in the Bioeconomy, NBS, Biodiversity and Nature&ForestTech sectors.

Corporates

Transparency, sustainable impact and a new innovation ecosystem are our value proposition for FFI cooperation partners!
Mission Statement

Forests as focal point of our activities

The Future Forest Initiative connects committed people and organisations who have recognised that nature and human needs must be reconciled. Together, we support visionaries and pioneers with expertise and capital to test innovations in a real environment and drive them forward vigorously.

News

Unser Batch#2 steht fest!

Keynote Speaker Forum 2025

From Richard David Precht to Christian Felber, initiator of the Economy for the Common Good, and Dr Christian Patermann, father of the European bioeconomy, to Joey Kelly. Our speakers are among the leading voices when it comes to innovation in the regenerative forest economy. 

Get to know our speakers!

 

Future Forest Forum 2023

Future GreenTech Incubator

Official launch of our new incubation programme, the Future GreenTech Incubator! In cooperation with the AWS Institute and DIGIT, we will be combining scientific excellence with entrepreneurial expertise to drive forward (digital) solutions for industrial decarbonisation.

Get to know the program

Community Event

Events

Keypartners

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Supported by Landwirtschaftlichen Rentenbank on behalf of the Federal Ministry.

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Innovationpartners

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You too can become a driver of real innovation!

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Since September 2024, the Future Forest Innovation Hub is part of the Digital Hub Initiative of Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Protection.

The new Digital Hub Life Science & Bioeconomy with locations in Halle (Saale) and Blankenburg (Harz) combines the strengths of research, development, start-up funding, business and financing into an integrated transformation system along the industrial value chains on a shared platform. In line with the mission statement ‘Healthy ecosystems and healthy people for a future-proof and sustainable economy’, the hub accelerates digital solutions for complex systems and combines the infrastructure of the metropolitan region with the potential of rural areas.

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