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Lufthansa

Startup Gate

Berlin, Germany

About Lufthansa

Lufthansa Group: Europe’s largest airline group, spanning Lufthansa, SWISS, Austrian, Brussels Airlines and Eurowings.

How Lufthansa works with startups

Startup Gate is the group’s venture clienting arm, launched 2024 out of the Lufthansa Innovation Hub in Berlin: 12-week, KPI-driven proof-of-concepts at a fraction of the cost of traditional implementation, drawing on a network of 3,000 startups. Four partnerships concluded since launch.

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

Reported program details

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Collaboration process

  1. Opportunity mapping
  2. Startup scouting
  3. 12-week PoC with clear KPIs
  4. Scale across the group

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

Areas of interest

Open calls

Applications open via the Startup Gate form

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Selected startup collaborations

Ottonomy

Robots serving Munich Airport T2

Autonomous robots deployed at Munich Airport Terminal 2 for gate and baggage-area passenger services.

Source: lh-innovationhub.de

These are selected publicly described collaborations, not a complete procurement record or a measure of spending.

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