Tag: Venture capital companies
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…
Young companies in crisis – investors announce funds
Dusseldorf Although the start-up scene is currently in crisis after years of unchecked growth, numerous venture capitalists are starting up new investment funds. The internationally active company Headline announced three…
Start-ups and medium-sized companies: this is how cooperation works
Berlin It sounds like the perfect symbiosis: A medium-sized company with experience and financial strength brings in the innovative ideas of a start-up. A cooperation between two economic forces that…
Venture capitalist Wenger on sustainable investments: “ESG is bullshit”
Albert Wenger in conversation The partner at Union Square Ventures continues to believe in crypto “as a fundamental innovation.” (Photo: picture alliance / Andreas Gebert) new York Sustainability is one…
How to get digitization into administration
Dusseldorf, Berlin After a year and a half of processing, Marc Hodapp lost his patience. As an architect and project developer, he had to wait that long for a building…
How to get digitization into administration
Dusseldorf, Berlin After a year and a half of processing, Marc Hodapp lost his patience. As an architect and project developer, he had to wait that long for a building…
How to get digitization into administration
Dusseldorf, Berlin After a year and a half of processing, Marc Hodapp lost his patience. As an architect and project developer, he had to wait that long for a building…
How to get digitization into administration
Dusseldorf, Berlin After a year and a half of processing, Marc Hodapp lost his patience. As an architect and project developer, he had to wait that long for a building…
Ex-GE boss: investments in ailing medium-sized companies
Munich “In difficult times there are always great investment opportunities”, “Nani” Falco Beccalli is convinced. Since 2019, the former European boss of General Electric (GE) has been investing in small…
Corona worries are causing business start-ups in China to collapse
Beijing Due to the corona lockdowns and stricter regulation, start-ups and start-up financing in China collapsed in the first five months. Almost 30 percent fewer companies were registered in the…
How Seoul courts founders with funding programs
Gangnam District in Seoul Most of the country’s start-ups are based in the capital. (Photo: IMAGO/YAY Images) Tokyo “German Startup Night” flickers across displays in a hall in South Korea’s…
Network wants to increase the proportion of women in start-ups
Tina Müller (right), Stephanie Bschorr (left), Ina Schlie The founders of Encourage Ventures want to bring investors and founders together and move them forward. They draw a first positive balance.…
High-Tech Gründerfonds braces itself against the impending crisis with record numbers
Munich Dark clouds are also gathering over the German start-up scene. The Ukraine war, supply chain problems and stock market setbacks are having an impact. In the midst of the…
Hannover Finanz is cautious about new investments
Frankfurt Goetz Hertz-Eichenrode, head of the medium-sized investor Hannover Finanz, is becoming more cautious when it comes to new investments in view of the Ukraine war, inflation and rising interest…
Porsche is on the hunt for start-ups in the USA
Dusseldorf The sports car manufacturer Porsche is increasingly looking for new start-ups in the mobility sector. To this end, the Stuttgart Volkswagen subsidiary is cooperating with the start-up incubator UP.Labs…
This start-up wants to pay out GHG premiums faster
Dusseldorf The topic of greenhouse gas quotas creates covetousness. Since the beginning of the year, every owner of an electric car has been able to receive an annual bonus. Anyone…
Comment on Robert Habeck: Start-up strategy lacks priorities
Robert Habeck The Economics Minister wants to get his start-up strategy through the departmental vote by the summer. (Photo: dpa) “Wow!” – the reactions to Robert Habeck’s new start-up strategy…
Neobroker Trade Republic collects another 250 million euros
Christian Hecker The Trade Republic co-founder wants to expand further. (Photo: Trade Republic) Frankfurt Berlin-based neobroker Trade Republic is expanding its latest round of financing by EUR 250 million. The…
Bosch is investing an additional 250 million euros in tech companies
Bosch The automotive supplier is now also successful as a technology investor. (Photo: dpa) Stuttgart The world’s largest automotive supplier, Bosch, has been providing venture capital to start-ups for almost…