Tag: Company formation
What Germany can learn from Harvard & Co
Universities with a legendary reputation The large universities in the USA strongly support young companies. (Photo: Imago, Getty Images [M]) Boston, New Haven, New York A coat of arms adorns…
Will start-ups soon discover self-dismissal?
The author Tillmann Prüfer is a member of the editor-in-chief of “Zeit-Magazin”. In Berlin, there is currently more complaining about start-up founders than about real estate speculators. The solvent young…
“Downturns are a very good time to build things of value”
Dusseldorf Times of crisis are good times for new and sustainable products, as serial entrepreneur Phil Libin has observed time and again in his career: “When the economy is very…
Johannes Vogel: FDP politicians on the lack of start-ups
Berlin The German start-up scene is weakening: while more than 400,000 new companies were founded in 2011, in 2021 it was just under 240,000. The federal government wants to bring…
Berlin’s start-up scene is experiencing a setback
Berlin skyline According to EY, there were 219 financing rounds in the capital in the first half of 2022. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Frankfurt The consequences of the war in Ukraine, rising…
Johannes Vogel: FDP politicians on the lack of start-ups
Berlin The German start-up scene is weakening: while more than 400,000 new companies were founded in 2011, in 2021 it was just under 240,000. The federal government wants to bring…
Boom in photo albums – sales increase significantly
myposter Marc, René and Anna Ruhland (from left to right) run the start-up for photo and poster printing together. Munich Many people used the lockdown to take a look at…
Mario Götze & Co. invest in fintech
Investing in ride capital Christine Kiefer’s company (centre) is supported by Verena Pausder (on the left) and Lea-Sophie Cramer, among others. (Photo: Ride Capital) Frankfurt The virtual asset management Ride…
Mario Götze & Co. invest in fintech
Investing in ride capital Christine Kiefer’s company (centre) is supported by Verena Pausder (on the left) and Lea-Sophie Cramer, among others. (Photo: Ride Capital) Frankfurt The virtual asset management Ride…
Company value of the Swedish fintech Klarna collapsed
Klarna In May, Klarna announced that it would cut ten percent of its jobs. (Photo: picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com) Frankfurt Klarna is no longer Europe’s most valuable unlisted start-up. The…
Company value of the Swedish fintech Klarna collapsed
Klarna In May, Klarna announced that it would cut ten percent of its jobs. (Photo: picture alliance / ZUMAPRESS.com) Frankfurt Klarna is no longer Europe’s most valuable unlisted start-up. The…
Venture capitalists rely on greentech and cybersecurity
Frankfurt The war in Ukraine and the change of course in energy policy towards renewable energies are causing venture capitalists to reorient themselves. For example, the sharp rise in energy…
Warning about investors who let down founders
difficult tasks Many start-ups have to save massively – and are sometimes let down by investors. (Photo: IMAGO/MASKOT) Germany’s youngest generation of founders has to learn some ugly vocabulary: The…
Start-ups are taking out loans again
San Francisco skyline In late financing rounds, start-ups want to avoid their valuation stagnating or falling. Frankfurt For years, the young entrepreneurs in Germany and Europe have been spoiled with…
Berlin holiday real estate company Myne collects fresh money
sharing economy Owning a house on Mallorca, in Vorarlberg or on Rügen is “neither good for your wallet, the environment nor the local community,” says co-founder Fabian Löhmer. (Photo: E&V…
How Sono Motors plans series production
Munich The solar cells extend over the entire car – over the roof, the door, the tailgate and the fender. Sono Motors installed a total of 456 half-cells in the…
Ex-Tesla engineer Berdichevsky on the battery cell of the future
Dusseldorf “Overall, by the end of the decade, we’re seeing an improvement in energy density of about twice the current state of the art,” says Gene Berdichevsky. He predicts that…
Elizabeth Holmes’ ex-boyfriend convicted of cheating
Theranos had promised to revolutionize the healthcare industry with cheap blood tests. A wide range of medical tests should be possible with just a few drops of blood. At one…
Former Vice Balwani convicted of cheating
Theranos had promised to revolutionize the healthcare industry with cheap blood tests. A wide range of medical tests should be possible with just a few drops of blood. At one…
Nephews of Olaf Scholz fail with fintech
The team behind Rubarb: Fabian Scholz (CEO, left) and Jakob Scholz (CPO) The founders wanted to democratize saving. (Photo: Rubarb) Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt Fabian and Jakob Scholz, the Chancellor’s nephews,…