Patrick Andrae

How do I actually get proper money as a founder? I spoke about this in the Für-Gründer.de Podcast with editor Elena Todeva. What financing options are there? How do I find the VC that really suits me? When should I bootstrap? Which financing has which consequences in the end? My personal tip for founders: Do some real networking, exchange ideas with other founders, get tips and advice from everywhere, be brave, talk to experienced founders and ask really deep questions and learn always from the experiences of others. Please listen and feel free to write me feedback. https://lnkd.in/de_ZmdZq

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Ep.17 Drop #20Angel 🎙 The one & only Philipp Moehring, Co-Founder of Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company, joined me in the hot seat for a rare public appearance 🔥 👉 Introducing Tiny Supercomputer Investment Company FUND III ✍ 👉 Higher valuations = higher expectations 💣 👉 Giving Founders the freedom to be extreme 🤪 👉 Your access gives you your price 💰 Some Founder References on Philipp: dennis müller (Amie): "More than most, pmoe is a cheerleader. The journey is already hard enough, some VC's make it harder by sending unsolicited articles with "seen this?". He's the opposite. always fun to brainstorm ideas with him. Differentiated intros relative to others." David Budde (trawa): “He‘s been a great sparring partner and has a ton of experience. I remember, the night before our Pre-Seed closing, we found a minor but important error in our cap table. Unsure what to do, we called Phil late that evening for guidance. To me, it‘s super important to know that I can reach my investors, if it actually matters, and that they‘ll be able to help! + he’s just a really nice guy.” Milos Rusic (deepset): “Phil is amazing! He was actively involved in assembling each of our funding rounds - even in the first round where he committed before we had settled for a lead investor. He actively helped to construct our favourite setup of lead investors for that initial round. He knows everyone and his support is not limited to great intros - he really helps founders to assess and identify which investor could be a right fit for them. 100% reliable, massive value for every company. What they do is really unique.” This was a special one to do, hope you enjoy 🍿 https://lnkd.in/gTRT_SmJ 20VC, #AngelInvesting, #technology, #podcast, #entrepreneurship, #VC, #Founder, #Investing

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Start-ups in Europe: a light at the end of the tunnel - finally!    This article by Nadine Schimroszik in Handelsblatt gives reason for hope for the tech ecosystem, as it summarises a development that has been tentatively emerging for some time: The number of new #start-ups in Germany is growing again, by 17 per cent, as shown by a comparison of the first quarter of 2024 with the same quarter of the previous year.   💡It is particularly interesting to see that most investments are being made in AI. An unmistakable sign that they continue to be a driver of innovation for the German startup ecosystem.   We recently came to a similar conclusion with my team, as part of our analysis of the German startup landscape. Our conclusion: more and more funding are being mobilised for ♻️ #Greentech business ideas that are based on AI-based technologies and have a positive impact on our planet. More info on our research at IRIS can be found in Startup Insider`s Investors Report 2024: https://lnkd.in/dU-5AMPz More info on Nadine’s insightful article here: https://lnkd.in/depicwGA

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Guide to Marketing for VC Funds📝 If you are an emerging GP and wondering how to market your new Fund, then this is for you. 👇 My colleagues at AlphaQ Venture Capital have created a marketing guide in collaboration with expert lawyers HEUKING. To find new LPs you can create a profile on invite-only AlphaQ Venture Capital's Discovery platform, which will increase your visibility and facilitate your fundraising. DM me for a warm introduction.🤝 ✅ Looking to raise capital for your #VCfund and increase the international pool of your LPs?   🤝 Need warm #LP introductions?   📝 Selling #secondaries to increase liquidity?   🧐 Looking for co-investments (Series A/Series B)?   ▶ G+QUANT's link for inquiries and fund decks: https://lnkd.in/gjC_EuTE #VentureCapital #VentureFunding #VentureDebt #Fundraising #Innovation #Technology #Entrepreneurship #Investing #Network #Investors #LPs #GPs #EmergingManagers #FamilyOffice #Markets #Economy #Business #Founders #Startups #StartupFunding #ai #artificialintelligence #unicorn #secondaries #secondarydeals

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Great to see what Jan Thomas and his team at Startup Insider did with the new Investors Report 2024 for the DACH region! Anyone who wants to learn more about the German #venturecapital ecosystem and its investors, go get the report: https://lnkd.in/ehiVqmX6

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Check out our latest ‚Guide to Marketing for VC Funds‘! 🚀 Enhance your understanding of marketing regulations by exploring the distinctions between marketing, pre-marketing and non-marketing activities. Gain insights on how to avoid compliance breaches and refine your skills in sharing information without inadvertently engaging in marketing practices. #aqvc #venturecapital #capitalformation

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VC-Markt im DACH-Raum: So sieht die "neue Normalität" aus https://buff.ly/45vkOpn The VC market in the DACH region reflects the changing landscape of the "new normal." Companies are focusing on online presence, e-commerce strategies, cloud technologies, and data analytics for decision-making. Cybersecurity investments have increased, and remote work setups are crucial for business continuity. Adaptability and resilience are shaping the current VC market in the DACH region. #VCtrends #DACHregion.

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📈 The latest startupdetector report couldn't have been better for me. - the number of newly founded German startups increased in Q1 2024 - a trend reversal we waited for some time new! - Leipzig and Dresden were the cities with the biggest increase of new startups (+41%, +36%), while Jena had the most financing rounds per capita - while many regions had a smaller number of new startups, Saxony increased most by 35% - the energy sector saw the strongest increase from all industries - our Smart Infrastructure Ventures ('SIVentures') portfolio company traide AI GmbH with their founder Leonie Althaus got featured next to SpinLab - The HHL Accelerator alumnus Dr. Jannik Lockl from inContAlert - our partners from TGFS Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen are ranked #5 in the most active VCs list. Smart Infrastructure Ventures ('SIVentures') among the top investors in AI All in all a great job Arnas Bräutigam & team

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A comprehensive report on the german speaking VC investors

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📰 My Cofounder is featured in two leading newspapers this morning!👏👏 My cofounder at Footprint Technologies, Carolin Kleinert, gave two interviews for #Sueddeutsche and #Tagesspiegel about a recent study of Startup-Verband that investigated the socio demographic background of #startup founders. It clearly proofs founders typically are originating from families with academic backgrounds or from parents who are entrepreneurs themselves. The majority - but not all of them. Carolin is a great example of this minority who also made it without academic parents or without entrepreneurial role-models within their core families. I am sharing a similar family background, both of my parents do neither have an academic education, nor are they entrepreneurs themselves. It is possible, but it needs more visibility and sharing of such positive examples, so that more and more #Arbeiterkinder are considering becoming entrepreneurs as a career option. This would be a benefit for themselves as well as for our society and economy! For that reason I am celebrating the two articles about Carolin's personal story! 😍 👏 👉 Please check the articles and share them! 🙏

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Thanks to the efforts of Stefanie Strümpfler, partner of dextrae Rechtsanwälte · Fachanwälte, who customised for German founders the Cofounder Agreement template – German founders can now use the dynamic equity split based on Mike Moyer’s Slicing Pie method for their projects until incorporation. This is great news for German early-stage founders, as it gives them the opportunity to use the ‘fairest equity split tool’ and avoid many potential issues that are caused by fixed equity split in too early stages. Read more: https://lnkd.in/gHQzWtgv

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𝐄𝐱𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐯𝐞 𝐏𝐑𝐎𝐅𝐄𝐒𝐒𝐈𝐎𝐍𝐀𝐋 𝐒𝐀𝐋𝐄𝐒 𝐓𝐑𝐀𝐈𝐍𝐈𝐍𝐆 (incl. AI GPT Sales Prompt Engineering & Supporting tools) Our successful facts: - 350 German & Austrian clients within 15 years in Europe - 280 German & Chinese Clients in whole China within 3 years - 500+ projects successful done - 5 new projects every month in sales pipline 𝐘𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐂𝐡𝐢𝐧𝐞𝐬𝐞 𝐒𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐬 𝐓𝐞𝐚𝐦 𝐰𝐢𝐥𝐥 𝐥𝐞𝐚𝐫𝐧: - Top sales and business development secrects - Sales Pitch & Practical Role Playing - Sales Action Plan to achieve the Monthly Goals - Cross-culture sales & business ethics - European Business Etiquettes to get not rejected - NLP and Body language - Sales AI Prompt Engineering - etc... Next open training slots middle of June 2024: contact@hackltech.com #sales #nlp #success #salesai #crossculture #salespitch #topbusiness #bd

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You want to implement the new tax beneficial EIP for your German startup? I many times get question about transferring a VESOP/ESOP to the new EIP setup. The most important answer: Yes it is possible to transfer a VESOP or an ESOP into an EIP. It just requires some legal and administrative work. What is really important to keep in mind is that it makes a difference when you do this. Some have the idea that they simply transfer their existing programs into an EIP right before an exit. This won't really help, as you the shares only benefit from capital gains taxation after they have been issued. The complete value up until this point is still subject to regular income tax! 💡 Interested in Learning More About EIPs? Visit our dedicated EIP page at https://lnkd.in/eYYKN_gT to discover how you can benefit from these changes and how we can assist your company in making this transition. Or read our latest blog article about EIP here: https://lnkd.in/e9MANZ5f 👥 Any questions? Join the conversation in the comments below where I will answer any open topics. #EmployeeIncentives #HR #GAIALaw #EIP #FutureFinancingAct #Innovation #StartUpCulture #LegalTech #GAIA

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ICYMI: Speedinvest was granted a full AIFM licence by FMA Finanzmarktaufsicht Österreich. 😎 🙏 Another milestone on our journey of pioneering VC in Austria🇦🇹: 🔸 2011 first VC fund launched in a decade (AuM 10m) 🔸 2015 first EuVECA fund (AuM 100m) 🔸 2024 first VC fund with AIFM licence (AuM 1b) A big step in our efforts of further professionalizing VC in Austria: There are only 22 other domestic firms with such a licence and we are the only VC in this group. This puts us on the same level with firms such as Allianz Invest, Erste Asset Management GmbH, Gutmann KAG, IQAM Invest GmbH, KEPLER-FONDS Kapitalanlagegesellschaft m.b.H., Lansdowne Partners, LLB Invest KAG, Raiffeisen KAG, Schoellerbank Invest AG, 3 Banken-Generali Investment-Gesellschaft m.b.H. invest.austria Invest Europe Industriellenvereinigung #venturecapital #risikokapital

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I love working with Version One Ventures and love this investment thesis. When I talk about Kobalt.io, I often talk about the fact that we're trying, effectively, to "create a new category" in security. That is, delivering proven, repeatable security programs to small and mid-sized organizations. Many of the elements look the same - advisory support, compliance with standards like SOC2 leveraging tools like Vanta, conducting pentests, etc. But predictable, positive security outcomes, at scale, for smaller businesses requires solving all sorts of other problems and working on things that many others don't care about when they're selling software or dealing with a point problem. I love the idea of category creation - it's sort of a "the world was different before X existed, and now it's forever changed for the better".

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Today I visited the GREENTECH FESTIVAL in Berlin with my dear friend Andreas. 💚 To make it short: Good vibes, busy floors and a big startup space. But tbh I wondered if it's really worth it for startups. I remember from my active time as an exhibitor that we weren't honest about the hard costs per lead. We argued a lot: being there is everything, you have to be seen, brand building is important, it's where the industry meets, serendipity happens, if we just get one big order it will pay off... not to forget the parties! That's all true, but the opportunity cost of attending a trade show is very high, especially for startups. And while this isn't meant to be a trade show bashing at all, here are a few suggestions from my experience, on how to make the most of it... - Train your team to proactively approach people. - Initiate a challenge to see who can get the most leads. - Prepare in advance and market your attendance by actively inviting customers. - Consider a small side event, such as a VIP dinner. - Try to book a package with a speaking engagement at the conference, that has always paid off for us. - Use the exhibitor directory for your own prospecting. - Calculate cost vs. lead conversion after the show with real data and decide whether to repeat. - Push your presence on social in real time. Good luck to all exhibitors and happy selling 🚀 ____________________________ Sharing my experience as an entrepreneur and angel investor. Investing in early stage B2B SaaS startups. Happy to connect 👋

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supersummit #1: New speaker announcement 🚀 The preparations for our first #supersummit, which will take place June 17th in Munich, are in full swing! 🙌🏼 While we are already counting down the days, let`s reveal some more amazing #superspeakers, sharing their unique insights from the startup and investment scene exclusively with us: 🌟Johannis Hatt / Serial entrepreneur & investor JVH Ventures & superangels 😇 : Johannis is serial founder of highly successful companies like Productsup, FaceAdNet GmbH, and myprinting limited. Backed with his outstanding experience as entrepreneur, Johannis switched sides and is now one of the most successful and active business angels in Germany and beyond. With his investment company JVH Ventures, Johannis has 60+ startup investments under his belt, focusing on angel and seed-stage investments in highly scalable startups of tomorrow. Johannis is also one of our rockstar investors at hashtag #superangels and we have already done many amazing deals together 💥 🌟Florian Huber / Serial entrepreneur & investor EWOR, Signature Ventures & superangels 😇 : Florian is a true “veteran” in the startup scene with decades of experience as founder, entrepreneur, and tech investor. He was a co-founder of united-domains AG and neubau kompass AG, the leading real estate marketplace for new construction projects in Germany. He has early-stage investments in over 50 technology startups and is also a co-founder and venture partner at Signature Ventures, a VC fund that invests in Web3 startups. Since 2022, he is co-founder and Chief Investment Officer of EWOR, an entrepreneurship university and talent investment fund. There, he supports the next generation of technology entrepreneurs in building impactful companies. And last but not least: Florian is also one of our amazing #superangels, supporting us from day 1 with his great dealflow and network in the startup & investment space 🙏🏼 We are #superexcited having them on stage and sharing their experience with us! 🤩 If you are as curious about unique insights from the startup & investment scene…tickets are selling fast, but you can still reach out to us personally via Linkedin and we will send you a personal invitation link. #networking #startups #investors #businessangels #investwiththebest #superangels #entrepreneurs #innovation #speakers #techstartups #supersummit 🌟Anna Alex, Manuel Bönisch, Rudy Rüdiger Fajen, Marc Schuler, Matthias Helfrich, Christoph Zoeller, Conny Hörl, Raffaela Rein, Sebastian Johnston, Björn Jopen, Stefan Menden, Jan Dzulko, Prof. Dr. Roland Fassauer, Dr.-Ing. Claudia Nagel, Martin Ostermayer, Volker Rofalski, Marc Müller, Hanna Marie Asmussen, Katja Ruhnke 🌟

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