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Kai Schimmelfeder

More success in business through public funding, grants and subsidies!

Kai Schimmelfeder, also known as "Mr. Grants", is one of the leading experts on public funding in Germany. With over 14,500 consultations and an impressive success rate, he helps companies strategically utilize grants and subsidies. His lectures and seminars are characterized by practical knowledge, clear implementability, and motivating passion. As a sought-after speaker for entrepreneur conferences and business events, he provides impulses for investments and future security. Book Kai Schimmelfeder for keynotes with substance and genuine added value for entrepreneurial growth.

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Kai Schimmelfeder – Mr. Funding for Your Entrepreneurial Success

Kai Schimmelfeder is an entrepreneur, multiple-time author, and one of Germany’s most renowned experts in public funding. Known as "Mr. Funding," he captivates audiences with measurable knowledge, impressive experience, and a clear mission: to help businesses of all sizes achieve success through public grants and subsidies.

Leverage Grants – Secure Investments, Shape the Future

With more than 14,500 consultations, countless investment project support cases, and a success rate that speaks for itself, Kai Schimmelfeder shows in his talks, seminars, and consulting sessions how companies can strategically access grants, subsidies, and funding – practical, understandable, and immediately actionable.

Expertise Meets Passion – Motivating, Concrete, and Confident

Whether for start-ups, SMEs, or large corporations – Kai Schimmelfeder provides clarity in the funding jungle. His speaking style is described by clients as intense, focused, future-oriented, and masterful. He seamlessly combines real-world expertise with inspiring motivation – a true asset for any business event.

Why You Should Book Kai Schimmelfeder for Your Event

Germany’s leading public funding expert – "Mr. Funding"
Over 14,500 consultations and multiple award-winning specialist
Highly practical advice and keynotes with concrete examples and lasting impact
Insights into investments, growth, and securing the future through public funding
Ideal for business congresses, finance forums, economic networks, and SME events

Are you looking for a speaker who inspires your audience, provides actionable advice, and opens new paths for investment? Then Kai Schimmelfeder is your first choice: Keynotes with substance, clarity – and real added value for entrepreneurial growth.

Topics

Into the funding jungle for more success in your company!

Artificial intelligence gets a grant
Company succession and subsidies
Energy efficiency receives funding
Space innovation and subsidy
Real estate as a funding project

Funding as a success factor - How to use public funding programs for your business growth!

Today, tomorrow - your future!
Willingness to perform and success
Give up, keep going, become a champion!
Growth investments and public funding programs
Concretization, speed, energy
Exponential growth with public funding - that's what the state wants!
If you don't invest, you start to die!

Rules of the game for the financing success of start-ups

Start-ups always need funding
Scalable products and funding - MVP and more
Liquidity for exponential growth
Valve solutions from public funding
Pre-seed, seed and start-up phase and then the path to exit
Let's build a unicorn!

Further topics:

Company acquisition, M&A, MBI, MBO - How the sale of a company can be successfully structured with public funding
Artificial intelligence, digitalization and the future - How to successfully use the right funding
The L.O.C. principle - recognizing, using and realizing business opportunities

References & Press

“More exciting than cinema!”
Amberger Zeitung

“Star of his industry!”
Oberpfalz Media

“Funding world champion”
Peter Härtling, President of the BDRD

“He is the god of funding!”
Max Scheurer, Managing Director

“Kai Schimmelfeder is THE funding expert!”
Karen Heinrichs, Sat. 1

“He is the pope of funding!”
Daily newspaper: Der neue Tag

“The billionaire man!”
TV program, Scherer Daily

“He creates enthusiasm among our customers!”
Jörg Rositzke, Managing Director, TV station Hamburg 1

Company references:

TV station WELT/ N24, Federal Economic Senate, Gothaer Versicherungen, Deutsche Bank, EDEKA, Economic Council of the CDU, German Business Exchange, European Financial Forum, DEHOGA, Federal Association of Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes (Brussels), Tax Consultants Association SH and Berlin-Brandenburg, Federal Association for Tanning, TV station Hamburg 1, Zeitungsverlag Oberpfalz Medien, Impulse Medien, Haufe-Medien Group, state guild associations, Jörg Löhr GmbH, Business Club Hamburg, Messe Hamburg-Schnelsen, Wirtschaftsjunioren, Bundesverband der Sachverständigen für das Versicherungswesen, BVMW, Telekom, Zukunft Handwerk, VORORT Steuerberatungsgruppe

Awards:

Top Finanzcoach (02/2022 supplement), among others
TOP SERVICE PROVIDER 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, among others
TOP RECOMMENDATION 2023, 2022, 2021, 2020, among others
TOP EXPERT 2024, 2023, 2022, 2021
Excellence Experience 2024, 2023
Top Consultant 2020, 2016, 2014/15

Publications

Erfolgsfaktor Fördermittel: Wie Sie europäische Förderprogramme für Ihr Unternehmenswachstum nutzen!

ISBN : 3752824719

49.95 €

Amazon: Erfolgsfaktor Fördermittel: Wie Sie europäische Förderprogramme für Ihr Unternehmenswachstum nutzen!

Unternehmenskauf erfolgreich finanzieren: Fördermittel-Geheimnisse die erfolgreiche Käufer nutzen

ISBN : 375282381X

27.95 €

Amazon: Unternehmenskauf erfolgreich finanzieren: Fördermittel-Geheimnisse die erfolgreiche Käufer nutzen

Podcasts

Fördermittel-Podcast - Zukunft Unternehmen

Fördermittel Podcast - Fördermittel, Zuschüsse und Förderprogramme für Unternehmen

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Kai Schimmelfeder

18. September 2019

Funding for less stress in the company?

Grant funding for small and medium-sized enterprises can solve various business problems and offer growth opportunities. A lecture in Hamburg on September 26, 2019, will discuss how companies can utilize grant funding for investment and innovation projects. The event is organized by Hamburg's TV channel "Hamburg Eins" and supported by various partners. Tickets are available at www.bit.ly/Hamburgeins.

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Kai Schimmelfeder

More success in business through public funding, grants and subsidies!