Tag: financing
Four ways investors can invest in startups
calculation For private investors, investments in start-ups are associated with certain risks. (Photo: Mauritius Images ) Frankfurt. Hardly any asset class is as closed to private investors as the venture…
Alternative Investments: How Small Investors Can Benefit
View of containers in the Port of Liverpool Infrastructure investments belong to the field of alternative investments. There, however, they only make up a comparatively small proportion. Private equity and…
BMW invests in charging specialist Heycharge
Heycharge system Billing data is transmitted and stored offline via Bluetooth. Online again, the cloud data is synchronized. (Photo: PR) Munich The charging infrastructure is one of the major everyday…
Home Loan Interest: Worse Credit Conditions Expected
Real estate market has run hot. Apartments in particular are quickly finding buyers at the moment. (Photo: dpa) Frankfurt, Berlin Anyone looking for an apartment or a home in recent…
Energy company Steag secures high millions for electricity transactions
Steag headquarters The Essen-based group follows competitors and reacts to the price explosion. (Photo: dpa) Dusseldorf The price explosion for electricity and gas is not leaving its mark on the…
Fintech Qonto expands business in Germany
Qonto headquarters in Paris The French fintech primarily wants to win over freelancers and medium-sized companies as customers. (Photo: Alexis Leclercq Photographie / Qonto) Berlin After a successful round of…
Become a unicorn in just two years
Nicolas Cohen, Pierre-Louis Lacoste, Nicolas d’Audiffret and Mathieu Alengrin (from left) The founders of Ankorstore want to digitize retail purchasing. Dusseldorf The French wholesale platform Ankorstore has secured further financing…
McMakler with financing round: Signs of planned IPO?
Felix Jahn The CEO and founder of McMakler. (Photo: McMakler) Düsseldorf, Frankfurt According to Handelsblatt information, the Berlin real estate start-up McMakler will receive a further 50 million euros from…
How investors can benefit from alternative investments
Series “Create 2022” Alternative investments like private equity could do well in 2022. Frankfurt The year 2022 will probably no longer be a sure-fire success on the stock market. The…
BMW is intensifying its search for start-ups
Munich The BMW Group is increasing its pace in the search for innovative start-ups. The venture capital division BMW i Ventures is to give the car company even more access…
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum reaches valuation of $ 800 million
Sygnum boss Mathias Imbach The Swiss founded Sygnum in 2017, one of the first crypto banks with a banking license. (Photo: Sygnum) Zurich The Swiss Krytobank Sygnum has raised $…
Swiss crypto bank Sygnum reaches valuation of $ 800 million
Sygnum boss Mathias Imbach The Swiss founded Sygnum in 2017, one of the first crypto banks with a banking license. (Photo: Sygnum) Zurich The Swiss Krytobank Sygnum has raised $…
Why the NFT platform Opensea inspires investors
Virtual work of art Beeple collage “Everydays: The first 5000 Days” (Photo: picture alliance / ASSOCIATED PRESS) Denver Opensea is one of the hottest blockchain startups in Silicon Valley. It…
Family entrepreneurs against the sell-off of talent
Bonn Alex von Frankenberg, a veteran of the scene, has been active in German start-ups for 21 years. As managing director of the semi-state High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) in Bonn, he…
Private equity opens up to private investors
Private equity There are three approaches to the private equity asset class: funds of funds, listed private equity companies and virtual platforms. (Photo: Getty Images) Frankfurt A few days ago,…
Sebastian Kurz joins tech investor Peter Thiel
Sebastian Kurz Kurz resigned as Chancellor at the beginning of October because of allegations of corruption. (Photo: Reuters) Munich From the Chancellery to a billion-dollar investor: According to media reports,…
Tech regulation doesn’t deter China’s founders
The tighter control of the tech sector in China has not yet deterred venture capitalists and start-ups. On the contrary: 146 new unicorns were created in the People’s Republic in…
Christian Miele is the start-up investor of the year
Christian Miele In addition to his professional success, his political and social commitment makes him the start-up investor of the year. When Christian Miele speaks, it’s not just the German…
German companies are making up ground
Jet by Lilium (illustration) The air taxi should someday fly autonomously over cities like New York. (Photo: lilium) Munich Most of the inventions relating to air taxis still come from…
Entrepreneurs want to change the world
Dusseldorf “What are we going to do with Grandma?” Steffen Preuss and his three co-founders asked themselves this question five years ago. Some of them were still studying, but were…