Tag: Venture capital companies
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…
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…
How Gothaer Versicherung wants to become more innovative
Oliver Schoeller The CEO of Gothaer sees the digital transformation of the insurer as a core element of his strategy. Frankfurt According to experts, German insurers made progress in digitization…
Traffic light: Start-up representative wants to change financing methods
Start-up representative Anna Christmann Her parents ran an IT company. Christmann studied mathematics, politics and economics. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Berlin If the position of a new start-up officer had…
COO Marcelo Claure leaves the group
Tokyo Deutsche Telekom has to look around for a new candidate for the supervisory board. Marcelo Claure, the chief operating officer of Japanese tech investor Softbank and head of Softbank…
COO Marcelo Claure leaves the group
Tokyo Deutsche Telekom has to look around for a new candidate for the supervisory board. Marcelo Claure, the chief operating officer of Japanese tech investor Softbank and head of Softbank…
How Europe is becoming the leading biotech location
Innovative mRNA technology has clearly won the race for an effective vaccine against Covid-19 and impressively demonstrated the potential of biotechnology in medicine to the world. The development of vaccines…
New fund for start-ups in the seed phase
The partners of Cherry Ventures (from left to right): Filip Dames, Alexander Langholz-Baikousis, Christian Meermann, Thomas Lueke and Sophia Bendz run one of the best-known German venture capital firms. Berlin…
Role model Tesla? Why tech companies are leaving Silicon Valley
Dusseldorf For decades, Silicon Valley was considered the most important high-tech location in the western world. For tech giants like Apple, Google or Facebook, the bay in the southern part…
Whether an investment is worthwhile and how it can be successful
Dusseldorf Never before have founders in Germany collected as much money as they did last year. According to the management consultancy Ernst & Young, investors invested almost 17.4 billion euros…
Take my money, whatever the price”
The European market is highly attractive for US venture capitalists. In a global comparison, the valuations of start-ups still seem low here, but the opportunities for returns are all the…
The most valuable start-ups in Germany, Europe and the world
The most valuable startups Meanwhile, a few unicorns have cracked the $100 billion valuation mark. (Photo: Top left to bottom right: Bloomberg, AP, Global Switch, Sportsfile/Getty Images, Celonis, picture alliance/photothek)…
Alasco relies on digitization of controlling
Munich Increased raw material prices are currently driving up the costs of many construction projects. “Many builders only realize late that the costs are getting out of hand,” says Benjamin…
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…
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…