Measu­res of Start­bahn Ruhr range from finding suita­ble foun­ders to support in setting up busi­ness plans and initial steps toward entre­pre­neur­ship all the way to help find solu­ti­ons for finan­cial problems. An important core compe­tency is the quali­fi­ca­tion in all ques­ti­ons of foun­ding and estab­li­shing the company. Start­bahn Ruhr supports the asso­cia­tion pro Ruhr­ge­biet e.V. in the execu­tion of the “AXOLOTL German Med&Health Busi­ness­plan Compe­ti­tion”, which is aimed at young start-ups throug­hout Germany, and in “KUER.NRW | Grüne Grün­dun­gen in Nord­rhein-West­fa­len”, which provi­des inten­sive support for start-ups from NRW that have foun­ded or would like to found compa­nies in the climate, envi­ron­ment, energy and resource conser­va­tion sector on their way to market.