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Grants vs Unternehmenswerk for business plan + funding advisory
Unternehmenswerk bundles business-plan writing with Gründungszuschuss advisory - ideal for ALG-funded founders. Grants is built for innovation grants instead.
At a glance
Unternehmenswerk is a Germany-wide consulting firm specialising in business-plan writing bundled with founder coaching, grant-application support (Gründungszuschuss), and financing guidance. They deliver a bank-compliant plan in ~14 days. Their special angle: many founders coming from ALG-1/ALG-2 unemployment can use the AVGS-Gutschein from the Arbeitsagentur to cover most or all of the consulting fee - effectively free for the founder. That makes Unternehmenswerk a great fit for necessity-driven founders writing a bank plan + Gründungszuschuss application. Grants doesn't fit that flow - we don't write the document for you, and we don't handle AVGS billing. We're a workspace for innovation grants (EXIST, IGP, KMU innovativ, BMBF, Horizon) where the document, reviewer, and criteria are completely different. Pick by which money you're after.
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