The Steinbeis Foundation is an institute headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany dedicated to the transfer of academic findings and knowledge into the field of business.

Established in its current form in 1971, the foundation encompasses the Steinbeis-Hochschule Berlin, hundreds of Steinbeis Transfer Centres and Transfer Institutes which operate as stand-alone profit centres.

Many are based at German universities of dual education and applied sciences under the directorship of professors who also use the Steinbeis network to attract funding from industry into academic research and study.

Von Steinbeis set up a variety of vocational colleges in Baden-Württemberg aimed at fostering dual education.

In 2019, Steinbeis Foundation invested in Teylor, a Swiss-based a digital loan platform and developer of digital financial products and services for the financial services industry.