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Tom Schmidtgen

Recent articles by Tom Schmidtgen

News German government's Future Fund takes shape The German government wants to invest 10 billion euros to support start-ups.
News Joko Winterscheidt founds chocolate start-up Joko Winterscheidt wants to sell chocolate in the future, and the bars already have a bizarre name.
News Stories that are meant to move - really The Hamburg-based start-up Tapster Media, which aims to make books a digital experience, has a new customer. Weltbild is offering "Lively Stories" in its online store. Founder Jasmin Wollesen calls her idea "Lively...
News European tech start-ups receive record investments The Swedish investment firm Atomico expects investments of 41 billion US dollars for European start-ups. However, less was invested in German companies. Despite corona, 2020 could be a good year for start-ups in...
News Eastern Germany still has a lot of potential for start-ups The commission "30 Years of Peaceful Revolution and German Unity" still sees a lot of catching up to do for the East German federal states. It hopes that the capital Berlin will have a pull effect. Start-ups in...
News BDI plans for the Future Fund do not go far enough The Federation of German Industries criticizes the fact that start-ups in the growth phase too often lack financing options. The German government's planned future fund would only benefit companies that already have...
News Rubin Ritter resigns from the Zalando Management Board The fashion mail order company Zalando is losing one of its three co-CEOs. Rubin Ritter announced on Sunday that he will be leaving the company next year.
News Two-billion-euro bailout for start-ups is extended The Federal Ministry of Finance has continued the coronavirus aid for start-ups and small and medium-sized enterprises to the tune of two billion euros until the middle of next year.

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