Venture Capital

Interviews Five questions for Hartmut Ruh: How Körber finds its start-ups The man responsible for M&A and venture capital at the billion-dollar Körber Group reveals his secrets and no-go's when it comes to start-up collaborations.
Reports These are the five largest fintechs in Germany There are now more than 900 financial startups, so-called fintechs, in Germany that develop and market technology-driven financial innovations. Startbase has taken a look at the five largest of them.
Interviews Knowledge "I don't want to be led around by the nose" As someone who has been a part of the VC world for a long time, Holger Witte has experienced quite a few things. In this interview, he explains what makes a good pitch these days - and what founders should rather not...
News Katjes Greenfood starts crowdfunding Be a part of making the food world more sustainable and greener - that's the promise of Katjes Greenfood to small investors who can participate in the company via crowdfunding. Katjes Greenfood invests in early-stage...
Magazine Knowledge The ultimate tips for the perfect pitch deck If you want to convince investors, you need a good pitch deck. All the important information belongs here - but the presentation should not be too long. A few tricks of the trade.
News High-Tech Gründerfonds enters the fourth round High-Tech Gründerfonds has started fundraising for its fourth fund. HTGF IV is designed to provide early-stage financing to start-ups in the digital tech, industrial tech, chemicals and life sciences sectors. HTGF...
Interviews "The logistics industry still comes across as conservative" In this interview, Tanja Rosendahl, Managing Partner at Logtech-VC F-LOG, talks about the potential of the logistics industry and explains why start-up founders in the sector tick a little differently.
News VC market starts the new year strongly The business climate indicator of KfW and BVK is approaching its best values again. One reason for this is probably the controversial shell companies.
News Ant Group builds a 100 million euro fund The money of the Alibaba subsidiary is to flow primarily into fintechs from Europe. The Chinese want to invest up to five million euros per start-up.
News New 250 million euro fund from Endeit The VC has filled its third fund to the brim. Endeit wants to use it to support scale-ups.

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