Tag: Venture capital
“The next 1000 unicorns will be green tech companies in the broadest sense”
Better Ventures co-founder Tina Dreimann “I’m convinced the next 1000 unicorns will be green tech companies in the broadest sense.” (Photo: Better Ventures) Frankfurt The venture capital market has come…
German family businesses join forces with venture capital companies
Dusseldorf The Berlin medium-sized business network Maschinenraum has joined forces with nine of the most important German venture capital companies. The network wants to offer a platform on which start-ups…
Venture capitalists around the world are developing emissions standards
Battery start-up custom cells The start-up develops and produces high-performance battery cells for air taxis and electric aircraft. (Photo: obs) Berlin Investing is about returns. Dozens of venture capitalists in…
Fresh money for start-up Koro – Pro Sieben Sat 1 gets involved
Nut butter from Koro The company specializes in large packs of healthy food. Berlin In the middle of the currently very difficult financing environment for start-ups, the Berlin food company…
European investors could raise less money than they have since 2015
Enpal provides a ray of hope with a cash injection The German solar start-up Enpal collects 215 million euros from investors in the spring. (Photo: Enpal ) Berlin Not only…
Artificial intelligence from Aleph Alpha should stop talking nonsense
Dusseldorf At the German start-up Aleph Alpha, artificial intelligence (AI) should now have to explain itself: Like the US company OpenAI, the Heidelberg-based company has developed a language model that…
Air taxi company at risk of being kicked out of Nasdaq
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The air taxi company Lilium is threatened with a “blue letter”: The US tech stock exchange Nasdaq is likely to inform the company from Wessling in Bavaria in…
Air taxi company at risk of being kicked out of Nasdaq
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The air taxi company Lilium is threatened with a “blue letter”: The US tech exchange Nasdaq is likely to inform the company from Wessling in Bavaria in the…
Air taxi company at risk of being kicked out of Nasdaq
Dusseldorf, Frankfurt The air taxi company Lilium is threatened with a “blue letter”: The US tech exchange Nasdaq is likely to inform the company from Wessling in Bavaria in the…
Start-up investor opens office in Berlin for the first time
Greenhouse by Infarm The German start-up is one of Atomico’s holdings. (Photo: Infarm) Berlin The European start-up investor Atomico is increasing its involvement in German-speaking countries and is opening an…
German fintechs are again attracting increasing interest from venture capitalists
Berlin skyline The capital is in demand with German fintechs. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Frankfurt German fintechs are currently attracting significantly more interest from venture capitalists. In the first quarter of this…
How new delivery service startups plan to survive
Berlin, Hamburg Nikolas Bullwinkel receives in the kitchen. The CEO of the start-up Circus is in one of his first branches in a commercial area in Hamburg-Barmbek. Linoleum floor, cold…
How Germany could create its own ChatGPT
Artificial intelligence Germany is strong in research into artificial intelligence, and more start-ups are also forming. There are problems with financing and computing capacity. (Photo: Moment/Getty Images) Berlin, Dusseldorf ChatGPT,…
Flink is looking for fresh investor money – lower valuation possible
Promotional poster by Flink According to financial circles, the delivery service is negotiating with financiers about a capital injection. (Photo: mauritius images / Norbert Neetz / imageBROKER) Frankfurt, Berlin According…
Isar Aerospace collects 155 million euros and wants to start at the end of the year
Dusseldorf, Berlin, Frankfurt The first rocket launch is still pending, but the German aerospace start-up Isar Aerospace already wants to invest heavily in additional production capacity: “In the long term,…
Start-up Integrity Next receives new capital
Munich Transparency in supply chains is becoming increasingly important for companies in view of their own climate and sustainability goals and regulatory requirements. “It’s no longer enough to just select…
Venture capital: painful turning point: venture capital funds are threatened with high write-downs
Berlin start-up scene In 2022, the German capital was by far the most important German start-up location. (Photo: Stone/Getty Images) Frankfurt Venture capital (VC) funds have been spoiled with success…
BMW and Continental join the start-up Deep Drive
Deepdrive dual rotor motor Electric cars with this light motor should have a longer range than with conventional electric motors. (Photo: Deepdrive) Munich In order to improve the efficiency of…
BMW and Continental join the start-up Deep Drive
Munich In order to improve the efficiency of electric cars, there has been great progress in recent years, especially with batteries. “But especially with the engine itself, major leaps in…
Biotech has to adjust to a dry spell in terms of financing
DNA experiment In view of the declining inflow of capital, rapid successes are required in research. (Photo: imago images/Westend61) Frankfurt The collapse of the Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the…