German start-ups unique opportunity to join major high-tech industrial campus with funding from City of Ludwigsburg
Ludwigsburg / London, March 10, 2026 – Patron Capital, the pan-European institutional investor focused on property-backed investments, and its partner INBRIGHT, the specialist light industrial and logistics investor, developer, and asset manager, announce high-tech start-ups have the opportunity to be part of their 100,000 sqm Ludwigsburg Industrial Centre operated under the brand LIZ, as The City of Ludwigsburg offers startups the chance to benefit from €100,000 of funding in the form of subsidised rents.
LIZ is a new state-of-the-art light industrial campus located in Ludwigsburg north of Stuttgart. Upon completion it will provide 100,000 sqm GLA of ESG compliant industrial campus space for high-tech manufacturing, R&D, electronics, automotive and logistics companies. LIZ is the largest construction project of its kind in the Baden-Württemberg region and the third largest in Germany.
Image: BFK Architekten, Stuttgart.
LIZ will encompass LIZZY, an area dedicated to production, laboratory, and development space for rapidly scaling innovative start-ups. To mark LIZZY’s launch, the City of Ludwigsburg has initiated a nationwide competition for start-ups, offering the winning company €100,000 in subsidised rent for space at LIZZY for two years. The initiative is designed to attract start-ups helping foster a vibrant business ecosystem at LIZ.
LIZZY will encompass highly flexible spaces ranging from 300 sqm to 3,500 sqm. The scheme will be welcomed by early-stage businesses in the Stuttgart area where there is a shortage of high-quality business space. LIZZY will also help ensure Ludwigsburg’s businesses, people and wider communities can be part of and benefit from LIZ. LIZ represents a significant investment in Germany at a time when the government is driving the country’s reindustrialisation strategy anchored by the €18 billion High-Tech Agenda investment programme.
Lord Mayor Dr. Matthias Knecht, City of Ludwigsburg, said: “Affordable industrial space is currently scarce in the Stuttgart region. Through this unique collaboration between us, as a start-up-friendly city, the developers of LIZ, and with support from the Verband Region Stuttgart, we can help growing companies in future-oriented technologies find a home in an exciting and supportive environment.”
Christoph Ignaczak, Senior Partner and Investment Director at Patron Capital, said: “A key part of our vision for LIZ is to enable start-ups to directly benefit from a new tailored high-tech environment, supported by a robust network of established SMEs and companies across both traditional and emerging industries. This partnership with the City of Ludwigsburg ensures we are exceptionally placed to do this, giving start-ups the opportunity to move into space where they join a new business ecosystem.”
Dr. Till Meister, Project Lead LIZ at INBRIGHT, said: “LIZZY is more than a development – it is a hub for innovation and future industries. Start-ups will benefit from professional support, flexible production-ready spaces, and direct access to growth networks. The platform is designed to accelerate the next stage of scaling for ambitious companies.”
Formerly a manufacturing site for German industrial group MANN+HUMMEL, Patron Capital and INBRIGHT are transforming 44,500 sqm of existing buildings to create LIZ with pioneering energy efficient future proofed modern R&D and light industrial space with flexible spaces across units of multiple sizes ranging from approximately 300 sqm to large-scale spaces of up to 75,000 sqm. The project targets DGNB Gold certification.
LIZ is already attracting highly innovative businesses. German space-tech start-up ISPTech, a LIZZY tenant, recently secured €5.5 million in seed funding and plans its first small-satellite launch in 2026. The company develops green satellite propulsion systems, and the fact it is a LIZZY occupier demonstrates the scheme provides the infrastructure and networks high-tech firms need to scale and innovate.
LIZ positions Ludwigsburg as a national benchmark for Germany’s industrial transformation, showing how German cities can leverage industrial heritage, municipal agility, and international capital to create future-proofed space that fosters high-tech ecosystems, supports production-driven innovation, and drives economic growth. The city is also close to where global German industrial leaders such as Bosch, TRUMPF, and Dürr AG are located. Ludwigsburg is ranked number one in Baden-Württemberg for start-up friendliness.
About INBRIGHT
INBRIGHT develops light industrial and logistics properties in economically strong locations with excellent transport connections. Since its founding in 2020, the company has initiated projects with a total investment volume of over €550 million and approximately 300,000 square meters of rental space in Germany. With the establishment of INBRIGHT Portugal, the company has recently expanded into the Portuguese market. Today, INBRIGHT employs 25 team members, all dedicated to implementing sustainable and innovative real estate solutions.
www.inbright.deINBRIGHT Development GmbH
Erasmusstr. 14
10553 Berlin
+49 (0) 30 4036862-0
info@inbright.dePress Contact INBRIGHT
Yvonne Hoberg
GLOWING MIND | Communications & Transformation
M +49 151 54 750 169
yvonne.hoberg@glowing-mind.comAbout Patron Capital
Patron represents approximately €5.2 billion of capital raised across several funds and related co-investments, investing in property, corporate operating entities whose value is primarily supported by property assets and distressed debt and credit related businesses.
Since it was established in 1999, Patron has undertaken more than 200 transactions across 1117 investments and programs involving over 9 million square metres in 17 countries, with many of these investments realised.
Investors represent a variety of sovereign wealth funds, prominent universities, major institutions, private foundations, and high net worth individuals located throughout North America, Europe, Asia and the Middle East. The main investment adviser to the Funds is Patron Capital Advisers LLP, which is based in London, and Patron has other offices across Europe including Barcelona and Luxembourg; the group is comprised of 66 people, including a 42-person investment team.
Further information about Patron Capital is available at www.patroncapital.comMedia Enquiries Patron Capital:
Henry Columbine/James Carnegie/Laurence Hill
SEC Newgate
t: +44 t: +44 (0)7827 486224
e: patron@secnewgate.co.uk
Our Contribution to the sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by the member states of the United Nations. They set a road map for the sustainable social, economic and environmental transformation of our world by 2030.
The SDGs also offer us as a company a framework for contributing to a positive future for the world. Our ESG strategy is our contribution to tackling the greatest worldwide challenges, especially to achieving the following SDGs:
We respect diversity, a fair pay and participation structure and the indivdual promotion of out team members, thus contributing to equality of opportunity.
Economic success and a profitable investment strategy are for us the foundation for securing attractive jobs in the long term and contributing to healthy economic growth.
We promote a low-emission infrastructure by locating our properties close to existing residential areas, offering our tenants access to public transport. We modernise and reposition old industrial and commercial properties to make their use lower in emissions, cleaner and more flexible, thus making a noticeable contribution to sustainable industry.
When building and repairing our properties, we are careful to use innovative and engery-efficient systems so as to aviod unnecessary environmental pressures on the surrounding area. Wherever compatible with legislation and the comfort demands of our users, we reduce technical equipment to a minimum to promote the longevity of our properties.
We align both our company and our property projects to ESG criteria. This includes planning our properties in a way that is sparing of resources and ensures them a long useful life with maximum flexibility. We also maintain open interactions in the spirit of partnership with all those involved – from planners and building firms through to the eventual user.
Reducing emissions, especially CO2 emissions, has a high priority for us within our ESG strategy. We as a company aim to reduce and compensate for our CO2 footprint to make the most effective contribution we can to protecting the climate.
How we derived Our ESG strategy
In an initial workshop, we first developed core values for our company. The development of an ESG strategy for INBRIGHT is based on this: main topics were determined and validated based on a fixed evaluation scheme in a two-day workshop. On the one hand, the topics result from the requirements of national and international industry standards and frameworks, such as DGNB, LEED and GRESB, and, on the other hand, from general sustainability standards, such as the Global Reporting Initiative (GRI), the Sustainability Accounting Standards Board (SASB) and the Sustainable Development Goals. The list of topics was ultimately supplemented by specific industry requirements from the Light Industrial area. The collection of topics was classified based on a fixed evaluation scheme in a materiality assessment using a two-dimensional matrix with the dimensions “Relevance to business” and “Effects on the government and society”. The topics with the highest values in both dimensions, and hence being above the materiality threshold, form the basis of our ESG strategy or our sustainability programme. The materiality assessment is revalidated annually with the participation of internal and external stakeholders and the assessment of the topics is adjusted accordingly.
Our Contribution to the sustainable Development Goals of the United Nations
The 17 Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) were adopted in 2015 by the member states of the United Nations. They set a road map for the sustainable social, economic and environmental transformation of our world by 2030.
The SDGs also offer us as a company a framework for contributing to a positive future for the world. Our ESG strategy is our contribution to tackling the greatest worldwide challenges, especially to achieving the following SDGs:
We respect diversity, a fair pay and participation structure and the indivdual promotion of out team members, thus contributing to equality of opportunity.
Economic success and a profitable investment strategy are for us the foundation for securing attractive jobs in the long term and contributing to healthy economic growth.
We promote a low-emission infrastructure by locating our properties close to existing residential areas, offering our tenants access to public transport. We modernise and reposition old industrial and commercial properties to make their use lower in emissions, cleaner and more flexible, thus making a noticeable contribution to sustainable industry.
When building and repairing our properties, we are careful to use innovative and engery-efficient systems so as to aviod unnecessary environmental pressures on the surrounding area. Wherever compatible with legislation and the comfort demands of our users, we reduce technical equipment to a minimum to promote the longevity of our properties.
We align both our company and our property projects to ESG criteria. This includes planning our properties in a way that is sparing of resources and ensures them a long useful life with maximum flexibility. We also maintain open interactions in the spirit of partnership with all those involved – from planners and building firms through to the eventual user.
Reducing emissions, especially CO2 emissions, has a high priority for us within our ESG strategy. We as a company aim to reduce and compensate for our CO2 footprint to make the most effective contribution we can to protecting the climate.
