Tag: Venture capital
Ladesäulen-Betreiber Wirelane will nach Übernahme Marktführer werden
München Constantin Schwaab will nicht weniger als „eine Art Shell des Ladens“ schaffen. Schwaab ist Gründer des Elektroladesäulenbetreibers Wirelane und verfolgt den Plan, „ganz klar der größte Ladesäulenbetreiber in Deutschland“…
KfW Capital beteiligt sich an Klimainvestor World Fund
Daria Saharova Die Partnerin des Klimainvestors World Fund sieht in einem schwierigen Finanzierungsumfeld weiter gute Chancen für Klimaschutzinvestments. (Foto: Privat) Berlin Der Klimainvestor World Fund hat trotz der schwierigen Zeiten für…
Wie sich die Finanzierungsprobleme der Wagniskapitalfonds auf junge Unternehmen auswirken
Loft in Berlin Junge Unternehmensgründer sind oftmals auf das Geld von Wagniskapitalgebern angewiesen. (Foto: Getty Images/Westend61) Berlin. Frankfurt Stockende Finanzierungsrunden für Start-ups, verspätete Zahlungen, Rückzug von Risikokapitalgebern. Die Lage am Markt…
Volt Storage erhält frisches Kapital für die Eisen-Salz-Batterie
Verena Graf, Jakob Bitner, Michael Peither Das Management-Team von Volt Storage mit CCO, CEO und CTO: Das Start-up kann mit frischem Kapital die Produktionskapazitäten ausbauen. (Foto: VoltStorage) München Volt Storage will…
Venture capital: US financiers avoid European start-ups
avocado The cargo bike provider failed when trying to raise fresh money. (Photo: Avocargo) Berlin The energy start-up Efficient Energy tried unsuccessfully, as did the food delivery service Alpakas and…
Inflow of money to the founders is halved
Frankfurt The golden days for the German start-up scene are not coming back anytime soon. The total volume of investments in the first six months of this year fell by…
That’s how much the USA depends on Europe when it comes to AI investments
new York 2023 is the year of the AI hype. At the end of November 2022, the Microsoft partner OpenAI ChatGPT went online. Anyone could use the text robot, which…
These German startups could become unicorns
Berlin The Hamburg energy start-up 1Komma5 has already done it. In June, despite the financing crisis, Philipp Schröder’s company became a unicorn after only 23 months, i.e. a company valued…
Disappointment over weak recovery spooks investors
Stock exchange board in Shanghai Global investors are pulling out of China. (Photo: Bloomberg) Beijing China’s bumpy recovery and rising geopolitical tensions caused international investors to withdraw the equivalent of…
Fitness provider Egym collects up to 200 million euros
Munich The corona pandemic plunged the growth-spoiled fitness industry into a deep crisis. “When the studios were closed for so long, we feared for our existence,” says Egym founder Philipp…
Fintech industry has entered a downward spiral
Joachim Wuermeling The Bundesbank board of directors believes that the fintech sector’s low will continue. (Photo: IMAGO/Hannelore Förster) Berlin The German fintech industry has had a true year of crisis,…
Fintech industry has entered a downward spiral
Joachim Wuermeling The Bundesbank board of directors believes that the fintech sector’s low will continue. (Photo: IMAGO/Hannelore Föster) Berlin The German fintech industry has had a true year of crisis,…
This drone is designed to rescue wounded soldiers
A Cricket The rescue drone flies with eight rotors. It is named after the insect it resembles. Manchester Munich scientists have built a drone to rescue injured soldiers. The “Cricket”…
Helsing and Saab develop electronic warfare
Bundeswehr Eurofighter The combat aircraft is to be modernized for electronic warfare. (Photo: Bundeswehr/Markus Schulze) Dusseldorf One of the most mysterious German start-ups to date is facing an order from…
AI start-up Mistral: 105 million euros
Mistral founders Guillaume Lample, Arthur Mensch and Timothée Lacroix The French founders promise their potential customers more transparency when developing their AI language model. Paris Your company has hardly any…
German and European start-ups receive significantly less venture capital
Berlin The pressure in the start-up industry has intensified again. This is shown by the current report by venture capitalist Atomico. Accordingly, German and European start-ups have significantly less money…
US special forces order drones from start-up
Reconnaissance drone from Quantum Systems The Vector drone was developed for military purposes: Ukrainian soldiers are already using it, and a special unit of the US armed forces has now…
Klaus Hommels: Lakestar investors had no disadvantage
Klaus Hommels The start-up investor is fighting for its reputation. (Photo: Hometogo, Revolut, Lakestar, Getty Images [M]) Dusseldorf Klaus Hommels found himself in need of explanation. Over the years, the…
Investors for start-ups are taking courage again
Frankfurt The financiers of the German start-ups are regaining confidence for the future. This can be seen from the investor barometer, which is compiled jointly by the KfW development bank…
Are Thousands of Crowd Funding Platform Contracts Ineffective?
Berlin An investor in the Hamburg cloud start-up Protonet has won a victory in the Dresden Regional Court that could have far-reaching consequences. The operator of the crowd-funding platform Seedmatch,…