Tag: financing
Softbank is losing almost a quarter of its value
Tokyo In May, the founder of the Japanese investment group Softbank, Masayoshi Son, celebrated a record profit. “And I was so proud of the result and talked about a rainbow…
Europe is bursting with new start-ups
Web Summit Chief Paddy Cosgrave At this year’s edition of his huge trade fair, he sees promising developments in Europe above all. (Photo: imago images / NurPhoto) Hardly anyone noticed…
Start-ups: Despite the currency crisis: Turkish tech companies collect record sums
Economic crisis? Not in the Turkish tech sector. Start-ups on the Bosphorus received more than a billion US dollars in 2021. This is also due to the weak lira. .source…
Why many are currently collecting millions
Yokoy founder The founding team with Philippe Sahli (second from left) and Melanie Gabriel (center): On a growth path in Germany. (Photo: Oliver Hochstrasser / yokoy) Zurich For a long…
Lakestar toying with package tours after Hometogo-IPO
Berlin After the IPO of its portfolio company Hometogo, the finance company Lakestar, led by Klaus Hommels, is again looking for investment targets in the travel industry. “We are currently…
The founders lack the staff
Start-up The shortage of skilled workers is increasingly becoming a problem for young entrepreneurs. (Photo: imago images / MASKOT) Berlin The “German Startup Monitor” has good news and bad news…
The founders lack the staff
Start-up The shortage of skilled workers is increasingly becoming a problem for young entrepreneurs. (Photo: imago images / MASKOT) Berlin The “German Startup Monitor” has good news and bad news…
The founders lack the staff
Start-up The shortage of skilled workers is increasingly becoming a problem for young entrepreneurs. (Photo: imago images / MASKOT) Berlin The “German Startup Monitor” has good news and bad news…
About the debt brake, KfW and the traffic light coalition
Lars Feld advises against making public investments in climate protection or digitization through the Reconstruction Loan Corporation (KfW). A KfW transformation fund is a mistake. “Because – most of the…
World Fund wants to put 350 million euros into sustainable companies
Dusseldorf Most funds look to their investments for the chance of high returns. In the emerging market for air conditioning technologies, however, many are pursuing a completely different strategy. Like…
Federal budget: All-purpose weapon KfW – How the development bank should save the traffic light plans
There is not enough money for important plans of the future traffic light coalition because taxes are not to be increased and the debt brake is to be adhered to.…
Start-ups in Germany: Funding could unleash entrepreneurial spirit
How does Germany become a start-up country? The McKinsey experts call for better use of the potential of start-ups. Her thesis: If things continue as before, only around 2,900 start-ups…
Getsafe: Insurance start-up Getsafe receives Bafin license
Getsafe founder Christian Wiens The Heidelberg start-up has received the green light for its property insurer. (Photo: press photo) Frankfurt The digital insurer Getsafe has received approval for property and…
Creditors of bankrupt Chinese HNA approve recovery plan
HNA In Germany, the Chinese company HNA also got on board at the Hahn regional airport. (Photo: dpa) Shanghai The creditors of the insolvent Chinese aviation and tourism conglomerate HNA…
Tech start-ups offer the quality that was there in Germany
Dusseldorf Erotic shop founder Lea-Sophie Cramer, heating engineer Max Viessmann and soccer world champion Mario Götze have one thing in common: They have entrusted their money to the Visionaries Club.…
The Invisible War: The Editor-in-Chief’s Weekly Review
Good morning dear readers, My colleagues from companies of all sizes have been hearing about cyber extortion for months. Sometimes there are small attacks, sometimes larger parts of the company…
The technologies of the future lack capital
Berlin CO2 storage, synthetic kerosene, chargers for e-cars – many political hopes rest on the technologies of the future. Fighting climate change describes the exploratory paper by the Greens, FDP…
This is how the financing of public investments in the future succeeds
ICE in Berlin Central Station Deutsche Bahn could finance additional investments by borrowing. (Photo: dpa) After successful exploratory talks, the traffic light parties begin negotiations on the coalition agreement. In…
Evergrande declares the planned sale of shares to have failed
Evergrande headquarters in Shenzhen The group depress liabilities of more than 300 billion dollars. (Photo: Reuters) Hong Kong The clammy Chinese real estate company Evergrande has failed with its plans…
“We should remove climate-damaging subsidies”
Berlin The Vice President of the SPD Economic Forum, Matthias Machnig, calls for clarity on the financing of the planned projects with a view to the upcoming coalition negotiations for…