In April 2026, five startups were officially accepted into the funding programmes of IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH: pampa farms, ReDo, Voltpark, XRBT X Robot Battery Technology, and Gradient Technologies.
pampa farms
Self-sufficiency is becoming an increasingly relevant topic, and not just because of rising food prices. However, many people lack the expertise to realise it. The InnoImpact-funded startup pampa farms wants to bridge this gap. It is developing a digital learning platform that outlines all the steps involved in regenerative vegetable farming, from planning to harvest. Founder Lucas Grunhold has set goals of greater biodiversity, healthy soils, and food sovereignty.
ReDo
Also new to the InnoImpact programme is ReDo. This startup aims to provide a platform for people who want to develop innovative products with a focus on sustainability and present them to the public. They can gather feedback from potential customers, receive suggestions for product improvements, and attract the attention of business partners. Both InnoImpact startups are still in the project phase and hope to use the funding to accelerate their market launch.
Voltpark
Already a few steps further along is Voltpark, a new addition to the InnoFounder programme. The marketplace for renewable energy projects has been live since February. The startup brings project developers and investors together. It standardises and simplifies processes and accelerates transactions that would otherwise be slowed down by excessive bureaucracy or would not have taken place at all due to a lack of suitable business partners. Voltpark has already launched its first projects.
XRBT X Robot Battery Technology
The startup XRBT X Robot Battery Technology is also contributing to the energy transition. One of the biggest challenges in this area is energy storage, for example in electric vehicles. XRBT’s batteries offer a solution to this problem; they owe their high performance to a new manufacturing process for electrodes that is not only effective but also cost-efficient and environmentally friendly. Funding from the InnoRampUp programme is now enabling the launch of pilot production.
Gradient Technologies
Stock prices often follow a roller-coaster trajectory; anyone who wants to invest money professionally, responsibly, and profitably needs in-depth analytical data. This is provided by the InnoFinTech-funded startup Gradient Technologies, which also adds a certain human element. This is made possible by artificial intelligence that not only focuses on numbers but also connects unstructured data from a wide variety of sources and uses it to generate hypotheses for investment strategies.
