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Magazine
Opinion
These are the risks of the cash flood for the German start-up scene
A lot of money is currently flowing into German start-ups. This is not always a good thing, writes Bettina Engert.

Magazine
Knowledge
These are Germany's new unicorns
In 2021, more start-ups cracked the billion mark than ever before. An overview of the success stories.

Magazine
Opinion
Billion-dollar deals, scandals and a tenfold unicorn: a review of 2021
From the German Decacorn to a sexist start-up. The year had a lot to offer, a look back at the biggest success stories - and upsets.

News
Record year for start-ups in Germany and Europe
Never before has so much money been put into Europe's tech companies as in 2021. German start-ups received significantly more investment than in the previous year.

News
Earlybird launches fund for spin-offs
Earlybird sees universities as a breeding ground for unicorn founders. Now a fund is to promote more spin-offs.

News
Fastbill is sold to Canada
The start-up has a new owner. As the fintech announced, the Canadian start-up Freshbooks has taken over the Frankfurt-based company.

News
Agile Robots becomes a unicorn
The Munich-based robotics start-up receives money from Softbank, among others. Several Chinese industrial giants are also participating in the Series C financing round.

News
Berlin Brands Group becomes a unicorn
The private equity firm Bain Capital is investing a three-digit million sum in the online retail company. However, CEO and founder Peter Chaljawski and his team still hold the majority stake.

Reports
These are the five largest fintechs in Germany
There are now more than 900 financial start-ups, known as fintechs, in Germany that develop and market technology-driven financial innovations. Startbase took a look at the five largest of them.

News
Exactly one German unicorn is led by a woman
The Berlin agency Spreefreunde took a look at the German unicorns and their proportion of women on the board: it is 13 percent, and exactly one German start-up with a valuation of over one billion US dollars is led by...
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