Silicon Allee
Also known as Silicon Allee venture lab at Fraunhofer HHI
Incubator Berlin, Germany Run by Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute Since 2011 siliconallee.com
Overview
Berlin startup organization founded in 2011 as an international tech community. It later ran a startup campus and created the Berlin Founders Fund in 2019. Since 2023 it has been the venture lab at the Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute, building deep-tech startups around the institute's research in AI, photonics, wireless and video.
What startups get
Twelve months of in-kind support valued at up to €500K: Fraunhofer HHI employs up to three founders or team members, and provides office space, lab and research access, and licences to HHI technology. In return HHI takes about 10% virtual equity (a share of exit or dividend proceeds, not shares), rising about 2.5% per extra quarter if support is extended.
Details
- Type
- Incubator
- Run by
- Fraunhofer Heinrich Hertz Institute
- Headquarters
- Berlin, Germany
- Format
- Venture lab, quarterly demo days
- Who can apply
- Germany-registered deep-tech startups with an MVP and a 2-3 person team, built on Fraunhofer HHI research; no prior private funding; one member full-time in Berlin
- Stages
- Pre-seed
- Sectors
- deep tech, AI, photonics
- Started
- 2011
- Status
- Active
- Website
- siliconallee.com
Venture funds
Silicon Allee also invests through venture funds managed by Berlin Founders Fund.
Notable alumni
About this data
Compiled from the program’s website, announcements, and press reports as of October 9, 2026. Terms, credits, and eligibility change between cohorts; confirm them with the program before applying. Alumni are examples, not a complete list.