"The FAV was founded in Berlin in 1997 as an initiative of the Technology Foundation, the Berlin Senate and the Berlin University of Technology to support innovation transfer from research to technology-oriented small and medium enterprises and to support short- and medium-term measures for the participation of the economy in growth intensive areas of transport system technology. Its main tasks include:

• Positioning the capital region as one of the leading markets for science and economy in Germany and Europe (promoting regional development)

• Initiating, moderating and enhancing innovation networks from science, economy and politics (networking)

• Strengthening the transfer of ideas, know-how, technologies and applications from science to economy (technology transfer)

• Initiating, developing, attending and managing regional, national and international R&D projects"