Tag: financing
Confusion over interest payments on Russian dollar bonds
Russia’s Finance Minister Anton Siluanov Finance Minister Anton Siluanov has repeatedly stated that the country will pay its debts in rubles. (Photo: imago/ITAR-TASS) Frankfurt The guesswork about a possible state…
Andreessen Horowitz joins Fintech in Berlin
Emre Talay, Orkhan Abdullayev and Nicolas Thouzea (left to right) The Payrails founders were largely responsible for processing payment transactions at Delivery Hero. Now they are starting their own company.…
The Ukraine war and shaky stock markets are affecting financial start-ups
Frankfurt Neobank Penta needs money again. The Berlin company wants to collect 40 million euros. But it could be one of the first financial technology start-ups to feel that money…
Building interest rates are rising unexpectedly quickly – that’s what experts advise
A new development area near Cologne Buying real estate is becoming more expensive given poorer financing conditions. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt It is a development that experts had foreseen – but…
Lilium wants to simplify high-flyers significantly
Frankfurt The German air taxi company Lilium wants to simplify its planned electric VTOL aircraft. “By designing a slightly larger and more powerful engine, we will reduce the number of…
Despite rising interest rates, many billion-dollar deals are expected with financial investors
Financial district in Frankfurt The activities of financial investors in Germany have been increasing for years. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt. The prospect of rising interest rates will not have a significantly…
Otto and Beiersdorf support impact funds
Dusseldorf With his platform, Christian Albrecht offers a possible solution to an urgent problem in the health sector. Few clinics are digitized, the processes mostly outdated and slow with paper…
Amber Group Reaches $3 Billion Valuation After $200 Million Financing Round
Crypto finance provider Amber Group has raised $200 million in its B+ series financing round, reaching a valuation of $3 billion. Amber Group, February 22 in his statement on 3…
Trading oracle or insider knowledge? Nancy Pelosi under criticism
Dusseldorf US Democrat Nancy Pelosi outstrips Warren Buffett. At least those traders who frolic in the online forum Reddit are convinced of this. Without further ado, they named the Speaker…
The unicorn becomes a herd animal – Europe’s start-up scene becomes an alternative to big tech
After that, Europe has a good chance of becoming the new shooting star in the AI sky. We still have significantly fewer unicorns on the continent than the USA or…
Alpacas want to become green gorillas
Alpacas Founder Antony Roczek, Tomy Eitner and Simon Chorzelski (from left) rely on a returnable deposit system for their new delivery service. Dusseldorf Delivery services for groceries are booming, and…
Flixbus investor HV Capital launches first “continuation fund”
Dusseldorf The start-up investor HV Capital is bringing a new financing model to the German venture capital market: His company has “set up the first continuation fund in the German…
Softbank profit plummets 87 percent
soft bank The Japanese tech giant is currently going through difficult times. (Photo: AP) Rio, Tokyo The global slump in tech stocks has hit Softbank, the world’s largest tech investor,…
Start-up financing: millions for German venture capitalists
Start-up Funding Measured in terms of economic power, the market for venture capital in Germany and Europe is significantly smaller than in the USA or Great Britain. (Photo: imago images/MASKOT)…
Private equity investor KPS is looking for targets in German medium-sized companies
Exhaust with exhaust gases from an internal combustion engine Many suppliers are finding it difficult to switch to electromobility. (Photo: imago/Michael Weber) Frankfurt The US holding company KPS goes where…
Toshiba just wants to split into two companies
Toshiba headquarters in Tokyo The conglomerate, founded in 1875, has been struggling from crisis to crisis since an accounting scandal in 2015. (Photo: AP) Tokyo The Japanese conglomerate Toshiba is…
Financial investor CD&R like German machine builders
Production of printing machines CD&R is hoping for a boost in innovation among German machine builders. (Photo: obs) Frankfurt The investment company Clayton, Dubilier & Rice (CD&R) has expansion plans…
How the major investor Softbank is struggling for trust
soft bank Softbank is considered a “kingmaker” that turns start-ups into global corporations. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Getty [M]) Berlin, Tokyo, London, New York “Stop, stop, stop!” David Nothacker and Nicolaus…
Five unicorn founders invest in the software start-up
Munich The list of investors in the software company Remberg reads like a who’s who of the German start-up scene. After the latest round of financing, five founders of start-ups…
How the major investor Softbank is struggling for trust
soft bank Softbank is considered a “kingmaker” that turns start-ups into global corporations. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Getty [M]) Berlin, Tokyo, London, New York “Stop, stop, stop!” David Nothacker and Nicolaus…