Zukunfts Agentur Brandenburg GmbH is the one-stop-agency supporting investors, existing enterprises and other stakeholders in the federal state of Brandenburg. It is a commercial company owned by and receiving subsidies from Brandenburg.
As main partner of the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs, ZAB coordinates the technology transfer system in Brandenburg and is able to shape the system in collaboration with regional government and other relevant authority bodies. ZAB is fully responsible for development and monitoring of the Berlin-Brandenburg innovation strategy in which the two Länder work jointly towards five future sectors and cross-sectoral topics such as the internationalization of regional business-networks. ZAB is responsible for the technical evaluation of proposals for regional RTD-funds and offers support for national RTD-funds to the benefit of regional companies.
About 100 employees work in branch and service teams offering advice in location development, investments and innovation support. Personnel consist mainly of skilled (academic) consultants with significant experience in their specific sectors. ZAB’s offer comprises:

• Advice on all aspects of corporate establishment
• Support for innovative, technology-oriented, complex start-up projects
• Promotion of innovation and technology
• Technology transfer between science and business
• Advice on subsidies and help with processing of applications
• Participation in regional, national and international trade fairs
• Energy consultancy and energy management
• Support for foreign marketing activities