Funding program StartUpSecure

The StartUpSecure funding program of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research supports innovative start-up projects in two phases.

The aim of the first development phase (Phase I) is to expand the technical feasibility of a start-up idea and to evaluate the market.

In the second start-up phase (Phase II), the focus is on the transfer to the economy, the testing of first application scenarios and the implementation of the pursued business model.

The team of the start-up incubator StartUpSecure is the central contact partner for all matters concerning the funding program and provides intensive support for innovative and promising projects during the successful application process and beyond.

Since the start of the initiative, nine start-up projects have already been supported by the StartUpSecure funding program.

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The following innovative IT security projects and/or start-ups have developed from the environment of ATHENE and were supported by the start-up incubator StartUpSecure I ATHENE. In addition to the start-ups already founded, the StartUpSecure funding program also supports other start-up projects that are in the development phase and will be founded in the near future. The selection makes no claim to completeness.

Sanctuary

Foundation takes place in the near future

In the Sanctuary project, a flexible and practicable security architecture for arm-based computer systems is to be developed. The Sanctuary security architecture is intended to make it possible for the first time to create any number of isolated execution environments for software so that they can be used exclusively by individual sensitive services.
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APPassay

Foundation takes place in the near future

The goal of the project "Assessment and Analysis of Apps for Improved Data Protection and Enhanced Security (APPassay)" is to develop an eponymous analysis platform that integrates various code scanners and thus enables advanced, in-depth analysis and comprehensive risk assessment of apps - even before an app is installed on a device.

Queryella's project is funded by the BMBF's StartUpSecure program.
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VUSC

These challenges are being met in the VUSC project with an "app scanner for a secure IT landscape". The scanner is intended to allow companies to check their apps, including all third-party components, for vulnerabilities during the development phase....
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Q-Sec-Pro

Foundation takes place in the near future

The project "IT security through entanglement-based quantum key exchange" (Quantum based Security Promise - Q-Sec-Pro) aims to ensure a new level of IT security through developments in the field of quantum communication. To this end, a protocol for quantum key distribution with suitable hardware and software is to be researched and implemented in the project..
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