Become one of the first in new markets –
We are your innovation consultancy for this.
When new technologies and applications change entire markets or create new ones, we are your strategy consultants and implementation partners - in short: your innovation consultants. We support you in successfully positioning your company or your economic region in changing markets and in developing new business.
The path to your pole position can be the realignment or the complete rebuilding of a business field - or the spin-off, the initiation of joint ventures as well as the investment in suitable start-ups. We also set in motion the development of an entire market as a complex ecosystem for you, in order to position you as a central market player within it: We develop new business for you through market activation with new sales potential.
Become one of the first to enter new markets - and not just in terms of time. We balance the advantages of a first mover and a smart follower for you in such a way that your company or your economic region remains one of the market and innovation leaders in the long term.
In the Digital - New Energies - Hightech markets, we have specialized in the following sectors and networked closely with relevant market players:
- Digital: B2B Industrial Tech & Services with technologies like IOT, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, Robotics, VR/AR et al for cloud platforms, enterprise applications and industrial marketplaces.
- New Energies: Digital innovations as drivers of new solutions and end-to-end value chains in wind, solar, hydrogen and climate protection.
- Hightech: Laser Technology, Semiconductors & Microelectronics, Quantum Computing and New Space with current research initiatives and startup funding projects especially in NRW.
The management team of our innovation consultancy consists of experienced experts for future-oriented, technology-based business with special competencies from the combination of start-up, corporate, university and investor worlds. We develop new tech business for you with agile start-up methods, highest possible scaling potential and clear investment criteria. For 12 years.
When new technologies and applications change entire markets or create new ones, we are your strategy consultants and implementation partners - in short: your innovation consultants. We support you in successfully positioning your company or your economic region in changing markets and in developing new business.
The path to your pole position can be the realignment or the complete rebuilding of a business field - or the spin-off, the initiation of joint ventures as well as the investment in suitable start-ups. We also set in motion the development of an entire market as a complex ecosystem for you, in order to position you as a central market player within it: We develop new business for you through market activation with new sales potential.
Become one of the first to enter new markets - and not just in terms of time. We balance the advantages of a first mover and a smart follower for you in such a way that your company or your economic region remains one of the market and innovation leaders in the long term.
In the Digital - New Energies - Hightech markets, we have specialized in the following sectors and networked closely with relevant market players:
- Digital: B2B Industrial Tech & Services with technologies like IOT, Big Data, AI, Blockchain, Robotics, VR/AR et al for cloud platforms, enterprise applications and industrial marketplaces.
- New Energies: Digital innovations as drivers of new solutions and end-to-end value chains in wind, solar, hydrogen and climate protection.
- Hightech: Laser Technology, Semiconductors & Microelectronics, Quantum Computing and New Space with current research initiatives and startup funding projects especially in NRW.
The management team of our innovation consultancy consists of experienced experts for future-oriented, technology-based business with special competencies from the combination of start-up, corporate, university and investor worlds. We develop new tech business for you with agile start-up methods, highest possible scaling potential and clear investment criteria. For 12 years.
Services
References
Startup & Trend Scouting
Startup scouting & screening for special industrial technology solutions incl. technology and market analysis | more
Hydrogen startup scouting and hydrogen startup ecosystem analysis | more
Cutting-edge ICT research: trend scouting and cooperation initiation | more
Startup Scouting & Screening for the Energy Market | more
Startup Accelerator Programs
Support of setup & operation of a corporate startup accelerator | more
Establishment of a startup accelerator program for Düsseldorf/Rhineland | more
Mentor and Senior Advisor for Corporate Startups | more
1stMOVER incubator with own startup projects | more
Conception and implementation of the first scaling program for high-growth startups from NRW | more
Mergers and Acquisitions Support
Open Innovation Hubs & Ecosystem Building
Establishment of the Digital Innovation Hub Düsseldorf/
Conception of a new, European hydrogen startup hub. | more
Partner acquisition and funding application for new, European hydrogen startup hub. | more
Initiation and operational test of the first European hydrogen startup hub. | more
Concept and application for hydrogen funding project with EUR 9 million budget | more
Matchmaking between startups, companies and investors | more
DIGITAL DEMO DAY - Establishment of a leading event for industrial tech startups in Düsseldorf | more
Supporting the operational launch of the new, international hydrogen startup hub H2UB | more
Potential and demand analysis for the startup ecosystem "Semiconductors & Microelectronics" in Europe | more
Startup ecosystem analysis and rough conception for new MedTech initiative | more
Feasibility analysis, rough concept and realization plan for new textile technology startup hub | more
New Business Development
Market Sizing with TAM–SAM–SOM for new B2B Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) | more
Product & business field planning for new B2B SaaS | more
Business & Investment Plan for German-Chinese Webshop | more
Joint Venture Design for a European Media House partnering with a Global Tech Company | more
Innovation & Product Management for a Mobile Service Experience Platform | more
Proposition Design and Business Development for a Mobile Service Delivery Platform (SDP) | more
Product Prototyping & Piloting
Rapid prototyping of new context-based mobile services. | more
Digitization of mobile operational communication in the energy supply sector | more
Product & Delivery Management for New Mobile Applications | more
Pilot development for the new operational communication in the operational network of an energy supplier | more
Strategic Advisory & Advisory Board Activities
Strategic Consulting for Digital Transformation | more
Advanced Big Data Analytics for more effective CRM | more
Mentor and Senior Advisor for Corporate Startups | more
Partner of 1stMOVER: German Digital Advisory Boards for classic advisory board tasks with a special focus on digitalization | more
Team
We are an experienced and complementary management team.
We have built companies & startups ourselves and invested in young teams and tech applications.
Dr. Ralf Lauterbach
30 years entrepreneur & manager: MD@1stMOVER, Director@ Vodafone, CTO@Versatel Internet Group, Vizzavi, trademark owner Deutsche Digitale Beiräte, Founder & Associate & Advisor, Expert for digital product and service development
Profile
Peter Hornik
26 years entrepreneur: Founder & MD@1stMOVER, Founder & CFO@a-better-tomorrow, cap-z-partners, epos24, Expert for finance & business operations
Profile
Dr. Klemens Gaida
28 years entrepreneur & manager: Founder & MD@1stMOVER, Manager New Service Dev@Vodafone Global, Partner@ICT Consultancy Eutelis Consult, Expert for product strategy & development
Book author, Profile
Lars Fiele
15 years entrepreneur, Consultant and investor: Partner@1stMOVER, Director Consulting@netSTART Venture, Manager@EON, Consultant@Plenovia, Expert for restructuring and management
Profile
Jobs
– (Senior) Consultants / Management Consultant –
1stMOVER seeks reinforcement!
Do you enjoy developing new, technology-based business areas, startups or entire markets? You want to develop and implement innovative business concepts that make our consulting clients the first in new markets? Then apply with us now!
– Backoffice Manager / Office Management –
1stMOVER seeks reinforcement!
Are you an organizational and communication talent in the office? Do you enjoy supporting your colleagues and keeping them happy? You stand for reliability and quality? Then apply with us now!
– Working Student (m/f/d) in Management Consultancy –
1stMOVER seeks reinforcement!
Do you enjoy developing new, technology-based business areas, startups or entire markets? Do you want to help develop and implement innovative business concepts that make our consulting clients the first in new markets? Then apply with us now!
News
07.03.2022
Mastering market upheavals with Open Innovation Hubs
Understanding and managing ecosystems and startup collaborations can make exponential innovation manageable.
29.10.2021
Hydrogen startup hub H2UB developed by 1stMOVER starts regular operation
Funding project approved in the amount of 9 million euros. Over a period of one and a half years, 1stMOVER analyzed the European hydrogen market for OGE, adapted the hub concept to the hydrogen market and applied for and implemented a first funding project.
12.10.2021
digihub wins tender for the Scale-up.NRW program
NRW is to be among the top 10 startup regions in Europe. In order to achieve this, the NRW Ministry of Economic Affairs and Digital published a Europe-wide tender for a scale-up funding program. Klemens Gaida and Peter Hornik have won the tender with digihub!
22.09.2021
The rise of the startup accelerator: how global players are building a worldwide accelerator industry
What makes the major US accelerators so successful? And what is the situation in Germany and NRW?
22.09.2021