Growing together
Very few companies can keep up with the diversity and speed of technological progress on their own. That is why we have founded the ACENT Innovation Hub. A partnership in which young technology consultancies with fresh ideas benefit from our experience and market access.
Starting a business is incredibly difficult. Many of us support start-up companies or have founded businesses ourselves and firmly established them in the market. We have learnt one thing in the process: A stable financial basis is important, but the success of a company is ultimately determined by its people, the services offered and its access to the market.
The ACENT Innovation Hub is a completely new path in the world of investment companies. We combine our expertise and resources with those of young technology consultancies to form a joint service offering that would never have existed without this partnership. We manage sales, projects and portfolio development together. Our focus is not on the financial exit, but on a long-term perspective: growing faster together than any company could alone. This kind of trust-based collaboration gives you plenty of room for individual development – both inside and outside the ACENT Innovation Hub.
Shape your entrepreneurial future with us!
Our unique partnership model
Our investment in your company is the key to a strong partnership. It fosters a close relationship as it is based on trust and long-term objectives. The core of our model is the development and marketing of a joint service portfolio. We aim for a balanced distribution of project tasks so that we grow equally.
Shape the future of your business with the ACENT Innovation Hub – a platform that shapes the path to success of innovative ideas.
Long-term collaboration
We enter into long-term partnerships with innovative technology consulting firms in order to grow together. Therefore, the start-up phase is particularly important to us. Before starting our cooperation, we will discuss what the partnership could look like in a practical context and when both sides will consider it a success. If our cooperation criteria match and the team spirit is right, we will create a joint offer of services in several workshops. During this process, we focus on synergies from which we benefit equally in our cooperation. On this basis, we create a roadmap for the first 18 months. If this is suitable for both parties, we will invest and start working together.
Let´s discuss the opportunities of a partnership!
Why you are the right partner for us
Company
You are a technology consulting firm and your business model complements our consulting portfolio.
Innovation potential
You complement our portfolio with innovative know-how and a sufficient market demand.
Industry focus
Your focus fits our market access and customer orientation.
Founding team
You are a strong founding team with complementary skills and a clear focus on technology consulting.
Values
Your values and way of working match our own.
Scalability
Your competencies are sufficiently scalable to enable mutual growth.
Why we are the right partner for you
Growth
Our goal is mutual growth, not a financial exit
Market access
We offer a unique network of companies and decision makers.
Experience
We know how to establish new consulting areas and position them firmly in the market.
Success story
Design the future of industrial production
The Industrial Analytics Lab (IAL) focuses on consulting for industrial companies. The portfolio includes topics such as factory structure planning, fully digital process monitoring and AI-supported quality management. The IAL focuses on innovative data analytics solutions providing the basis for data-driven production. As part of its digital machine services, the young company creates minimum viable products for the analysis, quality control and management of production machines.
IAL has been a company of the ACENT Innovation Hub since 2024. Further information: www.ial.ruhr
