FULL STACK GMBH

Their core work

Full Stack GmbH is a Berlin-based private company that operated at the intersection of EU startup policy and practical ecosystem building. Their EU project work focused on supporting the Startup Europe initiative — mapping web entrepreneurs, connecting startups with investors and corporates, and building shared infrastructure (online repositories, best-practice guides) to help startups launch and scale across European markets. They acted as a bridge between early-stage digital companies and the commercial actors — accelerators, corporates, procurement channels, investors — that determine whether startups survive or die. Both projects suggest a company with operational knowledge of how startup ecosystems actually work, rather than purely academic or policy expertise.

What they specialise in

How they've shifted over time

Both projects ran concurrently in 2015-2016, so this is not a true longitudinal shift — it reflects two complementary workstreams rather than years of evolution. The WELCOME project concentrated on the supply side: activating web entrepreneurs, promoting the startup manifesto, and building ecosystem visibility. SEP moved toward the demand side: structured matching with corporates, procurement channels, investment pipelines, and acquisition processes. The implied direction is from ecosystem promotion toward transactional intermediary — a company increasingly focused on making deals happen, not just building communities.

Their work points toward structured intermediary services between startups and corporate buyers — procurement, investment, and acquisition facilitation — rather than community-building or policy advocacy alone.

How they like to work

Full Stack GmbH has participated exclusively as a consortium partner — never as a project coordinator — across both of their H2020 projects. With 13 unique partners from 5 countries across just 2 projects, they operated in moderately large, multi-national consortia typical of Startup Europe network activities. This pattern suggests they contribute specific operational knowledge and network access (connections to startups, accelerators, investors) while leaving overall project coordination to others.

Their consortium network spans 13 unique partners across 5 countries, built entirely through 2015-2016 activity in the Startup Europe ecosystem. The geographic spread is consistent with pan-European startup network projects rather than deep bilateral partnerships with any single country.

What sets them apart

Unlike universities or consultancies participating in the same Startup Europe projects, Full Stack GmbH is a private commercial company — which means their startup-corporate matching work is grounded in commercial reality, not academic theory. Their name and profile suggest a company with hands-on digital product experience, making them credible as a bridge between web entrepreneurs and corporate technology buyers. For consortium builders, they bring a Berlin-based private sector perspective to ecosystem projects that often skew heavily toward public bodies and NGOs.

Highlights from their portfolio

• WELCOME
  Their largest-budget project (EUR 255,684), directly targeting pan-EU web entrepreneurship and mobile startup ecosystem development as part of the flagship Startup Europe initiative.
• SEP
  The Startup Europe Partnership was a high-profile EU initiative connecting startups with major corporates for procurement and investment — giving Full Stack GmbH exposure to top-tier corporate and investor networks.