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Capturing and Passing On Experiential Knowledge
We are seeking solutions that prevent experiential knowledge from leaving the company with individual employees, and instead make it visible and accessible.
Capturing and Passing On Experiential Knowledge
We are seeking solutions that prevent experiential knowledge from leaving the company with individual employees, and instead make it visible and accessible.
Key Challenge Partner
Our partners want to secure the experiential knowledge of long-standing experts before it is lost through turnover or departure. Implicit experiential knowledge of individual employees sits in the minds of experts who have been with the company for years. They know long-standing customers personally, know which tricks really help in everyday work, and know the machines inside out. This knowledge is often insufficiently documented, hard to capture, and is irretrievably lost through turnover, absence, or departure.
Final Blueprint
The solution makes visible who in the company holds which experiential knowledge, whether customer knowledge in sales, troubleshooting knowledge in service, or machine knowledge on the shop floor, and helps to capture, structure, and accumulate this knowledge (on an ongoing basis) and pass it on. At the same time, it reveals where knowledge is concentrated in the company and where gaps exist. This allows employees to learn from the most experienced, regardless of their availability, and knowledge stays in the company even when people leave.
Industry Bottlenecks
Experiential knowledge is tied to individuals, unstructured, and hard to capture, and looks different in sales, service, and production.
By 2030, an estimated 186,000 German companies will be looking for a successor, many of them unprepared.
Skills shortages and turnover accelerate the loss of knowledge when experienced employees leave.
The company only has access to the knowledge as long as the person works there. Knowledge gaps usually become visible only once the knowledge holders have already left.
Why founders choose LOVEDIS
Our ecosystem gives you real connections, lab space, and industrial infrastructure to test what you’ve built. We bridge the gap between ideas and implementation so you can grow faster and with less risk.
Direct access to industry
Work with partners who open doors to infrastructure, expertise, and real use cases, accelerating your path toward market readiness.
Access to real resources
Labs, workshops, machinery, network, data, and operational setups - it’s all here. Use what you need to validate and scale faster.
Equity-Free & Zero Cost
Our program is free of charge, and we take no equity.
Tailored 1-to-1 support
No copy-paste coaching. Individual mentoring and support that makes real progress possible.
APPLICATION
Apply now
Apply now as an industry solution / team. Application deadline: August 22, 2026.
Any questions?
If you have any questions or need clarification, please reach out directly to our Venture & Innovation Manager, Polina.
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Industry Challenges
Real-World Industrial Challenges
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Operating Support and Onboarding
We are seeking solutions that make operating knowledge for machines available in a standardized and structured way right where it is needed: when training new employees or upskilling the existing workforce, as well as when training the customers' employees.
FAQs
Find answers to the most common questions about our program and application process.
No. Participation in LOVEDIS is free for startups — including access to infrastructures, expert teams, and program resources.
Our program is two-tiered and results-driven. All teams begin with the three-month Base Accelerator. High-performing teams then qualify for the subsequent 1:1 Accelerator, where we spend an additional three months working intensively and individually on your scaling strategy.
Yes — if you are a tech startup with a prototype or MVP and a clear goal to validate or scale together with industry partners.
The Base Accelerator works well in a hybrid format. The 1:1 Accelerator includes on-site phases with our hub partners to validate and develop your solution in real environments.
We focus on teams beyond the pure idea stage. You should have a prototype, MVP, or early product that can be tested, validated, and further developed with partners.
No. Incorporation is not required for application. A GmbH or similar structure is helpful later — but not a condition to enter the program.
Yes. We welcome European and international teams — as long as they’re willing to collaborate with our industry and hub partners.
We focus on technologies with strong industrial relevance, particularly in LifeScience, Construction, and Industry & Automation. Cross-industry solutions are explicitly welcome.
No — LOVEDIS does not take equity.