WISTA – your business partner in Berlin and Brandenburg

We support start-ups, connect science with business and support national and international cooperation.

As a public enterprise, we are committed to the promotion of the economic development. We build, operate, and let out technology centres and sell leasehold properties.

The Adlershof Technology Park and the Charlottenburg Innovation Center (CHIC) will soon be joined in Berlin Southwest by the FUBIC innovation campus.

We have also taken over site marketing for the Cleantech Business Park Marzahn and are preparing to build innovative business complexes at various locations in Berlin.

On behalf of Berlin’s Senate Department for Economics, Energy and Public Enterprises, WISTA is also running the business office of the “Zukunftsorte” project.

Our Services and Values

Business promotion

We are an efficient business promoter. At each of our locations, we provide framework conditions tailored to the needs of start-ups as well as established companies to help them achieve their goals and grow faster than they would elsewhere.

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Talent promotion and career

We support equal opportunities, sustainability and diversity. We are committed to fair and equal hiring and employment conditions. That is why we promote all persons in our teams regardless of gender, origin, religion, age, sexual orientation, skin color and disability.

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Commercial location development

We are an experienced and reliable site operator and developer with a high level of implementation expertise. In cooperation with our subsidiaries, we fulfil a broad spectrum of tasks and services at various high-technology locations in Berlin.

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Services for companies

We offer inspiring environments with tailored and cutting-edge infrastructures to technology-driven start-ups as well as established companies and successfully promote networking among stakeholders, especially between research and industry.

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Start-up support

We foster economic growth and facilitate meaningful work that helps talent to develop successfully. Our broad network creates ample opportunities for synergy between research facilities and technology-driven companies for advanced training and career purposes. They include start-up workshops and a flexible rental offers.

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Real Estate, Co-Working and “New Working Environments”

Rent, buy or build? You will find space for all your needs at our locations. The WISTA property portfolio includes offices, laboratories, production areas as well as long-term and short-term rental offers for modular spaces, modern coworking and shared offices.

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Bringing together research and industry

Our goal: To establish Berlin as one of the most attractive locations in Europe for innovation, research, and development. We are committed to transferring knowledge from research into businesses and contribute to the creation of innovative products and services based on scientific findings. Our actions are always geared towards long-term success.

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Facilities management

Cost-efficient, sustainable, and holistic services for buildings, land, and labs—WISTA.Service and its 90-strong team ensures best-possible conditions for your company and is currently looking after roughly 100 buildings and more than 350,000 m² of floor area.

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03.02.2025

Inspiring start of Workhier!

The Young Academics Career Programme for International PhD candidates and PostDocs in Adlershof:

On January 30, the Workhier! programme started with the first cohort of 23 young scientists, mainly from the Adlershof campus. Workhier! is designed to support international doctoral and postdoctoral researchers in…

09.01.2025

Adlershof Journal January/February 2025

Boosting STEM: Play your way to growth:

ESSAY by Matthias Gerschwitz: Tomorrow, children, joy awaits! IN CONVERSATION WITH Melissa Horchemer, who wants to inspire young people for scientific careers PORTRAIT The molecule splitter: Michelle Brown is…

07.01.2025

In conversation with Melissa Horchemer

The WISTA project manager wants to show young people career and academic opportunities in the natural sciences:

Coming from a non-academic family living in a socially disadvantaged area of Duisburg, Melissa Horchemer was far from predestined for a career in the STEM sector. Yet, this background didn’t hold her back—it inspired…

Woman with VR glasses and control units in her hands

07.01.2025

The future of work: When machines become colleagues

Tomorrow’s world of work is being shaped at the “Zukunftsorte” locations in Berlin:

The world is changing. Innovations like chatbots, virtual realities, and smart robots have arrived in the workplace and will bring about fundamental changes in the years ahead. At Berlin Science Week in November 2024,…