Around 600 German startups raised venture capital already in 2019, some of them several times. This was the result of the startup barometer of the EY audit. Overall, the founders received 4.57 billion euros – almost seven percent, or 290 million euros more than the year before. Most of the…
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Jochen Kalka’s “StartUp lie” (Econ) explains how business startup euphoria is abused – and who benefits from it Jochen Kalka’s new book The StartUp Lie (Econ) aims to be an eye-opening book for anyone involved with StartUps. The author confronts the fad StartUp with reality and explains how the business…
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The Federal Government is on an exam and puts digitization at the top of its list of priorities. That’s important and right. With an interjection: “It’s Entrepreneurship, Stupid!” The Federal Government today launched its two-day retreat. In addition to the planned tax reform, digitization has also been communicated in advance…
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The Federal Government’s response to a “small inquiry” on fintech in Germany shows that already in 2019 42 new companies were founded in this area. This indicates a significant decline compared to previous years. In the year 2017 96 fintechs were founded, in 2015 there were still 160 companies. In…
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To say it straight away: Fintech is not playing the big role nowadays. For this purpose, blockchain and crypto currency topics are increasing and people may be caring more about success in those areas. Fintech maturing in context Fintech does not appear as a Topic on the first Agencies level.…
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The success story started at the Technical University of Berlin. Kostas Tzoumas, now CEO of Data Artisans, was a researcher there after earning his doctorate in computer science. At university he met his co-founders Stephan Ewen, Ufuk Celebi, Fabian Hueske, Aljoscha Krettek and Robert Metzger. Together with a TU professor,…
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The company behind cryptoactive XRP Ripple, reported that five new financial platforms will start using cryptocurrency to make cross-border payments. The startup highlighted that JNFX, SendFriend, Transpaygo, FTCS and Euro Exim Bank will use XRP to “obtain liquidity” and “send payments on behalf of their clients”. Ripple also announced that…
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Every beginning is difficult. Surely most startups are not surprised that winning new customers is one of the toughest tasks of the day. It is therefore all the more important to establish contacts that can become customers. Instagram helping founders In this context, Instagram has established itself as an important…
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“Make it in Ulm – Do it in Ulm” is the slogan with which the city, together with Neu-Ulm and the districts Neu-Ulm and Alb-Donau, want to become more attractive for founders. “There are people with good ideas, but they go to Berlin instead of pursuing their projects because the…
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Austria’s start-ups collected a quarter more money from investors last year. The amount of publicly-known financing rose from € 138 million (2017) to € 173 million (2018), according to a study published by the consulting firm EY (Ernst & Young). Important info for startups: Which are the most interesting markets?…
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