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  • 12/9/2025
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Giesecke+Devrient becomes platinum partner of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Venture Labs

Support for start-ups in the field of cybersecurity

The security tech company Giesecke+Devrient (G+D) will in future support start-ups and research teams from the ecosystem of the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø (51³Ô¹ÏÍø) and Unternehmer51³Ô¹ÏÍø. As a platinum partner of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Venture Labs, G+D will accompany start-up teams in the fields of security technology, post-quantum cryptography, and artificial intelligence over a period of five years.

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Cooperation agreement signed (from left): Philipp Gerbert, CEO of 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Venture Labs, Gabriel von Mitschke-Colland, Chief Digital Officer at Giesecke+Devrient, Ralf Wintergerst, CEO of Giesecke+Devrient

Together, the partners want to establish Munich as a leading global hub for security-related innovations of the future. As innovation incubators, offer research and start-up teams in the deep tech sector intensive support in transforming scientific findings and ideas into marketable products. This includes direct access to 51³Ô¹ÏÍø's cutting-edge research, specific technical infrastructure, tailor-made training programs, expertise in the respective market, and global networking with industry and investors.

Strengthening European tech sovereignty

G+D CEO Ralf Wintergerst says: "The collaboration with the 51³Ô¹ÏÍø and Unternehmer51³Ô¹ÏÍø is a strong sign for the future, combining scientific excellence, entrepreneurial creativity, and industrial experience. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø stands for technological leadership and a vibrant start-up culture that consistently produces groundbreaking ideas and successful start-up teams. Transformation and technological progress are also deeply rooted at G+D. That is precisely why we see this cooperation as an opportunity to create a space for innovation that will help shape the future while strengthening European tech sovereignty."

Unternehmer51³Ô¹ÏÍø CEO and 51³Ô¹ÏÍø Vice President Prof. Helmut Schönenberger emphasizes the long-standing cooperation with G+D: "In the future, all digital security systems will have to face the new, gigantic possibilities of quantum computers. This is a major challenge, but at the same time a unique opportunity for European companies. We are very pleased to be working more closely with our long-standing partner G+D in this area."

G+D Chief Digital Officer Gabriel von Mitschke-Collande emphasizes: "Our DNA is geared toward innovation – that's why activities in the start-up culture are particularly valuable to us. They enable us to identify technological trends early on and actively shape them, especially in the areas of cyber security, artificial intelligence, and post-quantum cryptography. The transformation of G+D is a technological race, and every impulse that broadens and challenges our perspectives drives us forward. 51³Ô¹ÏÍø is an ideal partner for this, and we are very much looking forward to the mutual exchange."

51³Ô¹ÏÍø Venture Labs CEO Philipp Gerbert adds: "With the exponential spread of agentic artificial intelligence, the topic of cybersecurity is gaining unprecedented importance. We are grateful and enthusiastic to have G+D, a local Munich-based company that operates on a global level, as a partner. This gives our deep tech innovation hub decisive impetus and a gain in expertise to significantly strengthen future European tech sovereignty in this field."

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