FiberFlow Receives SAB Technology Start-Up Grant

At the start of 2026, FiberFlow has been awarded the Technologiegründungsstipendium by the Sächsische Aufbaubank (SAB). The grant, co-funded by the State of Saxony and the European Social Fund Plus (ESF+), supports the founding of innovative technology companies in Saxony and provides the founders of FiberFlow with up to twelve months of personal scholarship funding.

What the SAB Technology Start-Up Grant Is

The Technology Start-Up Grant is a Saxon state programme for founders building genuinely new technology out of a scientific or academic background. Unlike project grants, it is awarded directly to the founders as individuals, recognising that in the early stages of a deep-tech company, the people and the idea are inseparable. It is designed to cover living costs so that founders can focus entirely on the company without taking on external work alongside it.

For FiberFlow to qualify, the founding concept had to demonstrate a credible technical product or process innovation with clear market potential. The SAB's decision to award the stipendium is an independent confirmation that the separation technology FiberFlow has spent the past year proving in the lab meets that bar.

Where FiberFlow Stands

The EXIST Gründungsstipendium, which FiberFlow received in October 2024, covered the lab phase. That phase is now complete: every process step has been built and proven to work. The prototypes are done.

The SAB stipendium arrives at the right moment. FiberFlow's immediate challenge is scaling up production, moving from validated lab results to a throughput at which recycling customers can receive and test sample material.