GSG, Investments

Hello majority stakes! Hello Exozet!

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Anyone reading today’s press release may be a little surprised at first glance: majority stakes? Isn’t German Startups Group a venture capital firm that only acquires minority stakes like other VCs?

Well, no. For a start, we’ve never been a typical venture capital fund. We’ve always gone off the beaten track, looking for new paths in the VC industry – an industry that, ironically enough, is relatively lacking in innovation.

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Berlin

Berlin is the center of investments in startups

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Whether Munich, Hamburg or Berlin, they all stand for the current founding era in Germany. Gratifying is that the investments in startups rise again on a constant level and start-ups "Made in Germany" (e.g. Zalando, rebuy, Mister Spex or Amorelie) have again become an attractive investment in Germany. New studies show that a large proportion of the amount invested within last year has flowed to Berlin. Read On >>

Politics

Coalition for a German IT Location?

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The coalition talks in Berlin running now for several months. CDU and SPD in Berlin wrestle about important cornerstones of a possible government. Family, finance, health. But also the importance of the start-up ecosystem Germany is now in focus and becomes increasingly important. A own secretary of state, a venture capital act, a new high-technology stock exchange in Germany? These are decisive days in Berlin to improve the conditions for the IT location Germany, to attract new investors and thus to optimize the environment for founders. Read On >>