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Beneath the headline here (the number of new companies founded in Germany went down by 5% over 2022), note: in the energy sector, there was an increase last year, not a decrease. Energy prices and the continued transition to clean energy are still driving innovation.

💥 Good news! For the second time running, the Accounting Summit audience of finance, accounting, and legal experts have spoken - ContractHero is their favourite choice for the best startup 2023. 🏆🏆👏 Would you like to find out why the industry experts voted for us? Book a free demo and let's unlock the full potential of your contracts together. Click the link in the comments to get started. 👇 Thank you Tjorve Steffen and Inken Meyer-Hess for the support! 🙏 #AccountingSummit #PitchWin #ContractHero #Finance #Legal #Innovation #BookADemo

Interview Time 🎙 Together with Alexander V. from Coinpanion, I spoke to Dominik Meisinger from brutkasten about our newly launched newsletter FounderForge, our companies, and consumer #investing in general. 🥜 In a nutshell, we covered: 👉 Our newsletter, FounderForge, shares actionable advice, guides, and templates for startup founders in Europe. ➡️ Hint: Probably the best newsletter you can subscribe to. Subscribe now to receive the next edition on Thursday: https://lnkd.in/dARbGYXg 👉 The general state of the startup landscape. ➡️ Hint: It doesn't look too good and we will probably see more bankruptcies in the near future. 👉 How Coinpanion and Brickwise are holding up in times of low consumer investment interest: ➡️ Hint: We are adapting and preparing for the next upturn. 👉 The general state of the consumer investment market and what companies are doing to survive. ➡️ Hint: Most are going into B2B or looking at high-yield savings accounts to grow their AUM for the subsequent uptick. 👉 The comeback of crypto. ➡️ Hint: MiCA will finally allow the technology to be used with real assets instead of just building DeFI exchanges to exchange other cryptocurrencies. 👉 The empty promises of 2020-2021. ➡️ Hint: There was a lot of buzz and FOMO for little actual adoption. We see some similarities again in the AI market. Real adoption takes time, and we humans tend to get too excited too quickly (replacing a lawyer with ChatGPT won't happen tomorrow - at least not yet). It was a good one! ✌️Tune in if you want to learn more (German only! 🇩🇪). Thanks for the invite, Dominik! #startup Brickwise

2023 was a challenging year for the #Germanstartup ecosystem due to the macroeconomic conditions. We are therefore all the more happy to be included in the list of "Top VCs for German startups 2023", which lists the most active startup supporters in Germany. #starthubventures #startup #venturecapital #venturebuilding #startupecosystem https://lnkd.in/ekkQ8YX4

3 Things I learned while teaching 10 Startups from all over North Europe to shape a wonderful Pitch and performe it on stage in front of the whole Hamburg Startup-Ecosystem: 1. German Titels (Dr., CEO…) are bragging in other countries. So take them out when Pitching somewhere else than Germany. But here many people still want them. 2. Everybody everywhere in the world suffers from Impostersydrom. So make shure you feel your value and that you are the right person beeing on stage. 3. The brain is everywhere the same lazy stoneage processor, so get rid of the facts and tell a compelling story although it might feel as if you are loosing important details. If you feel the need of learning how to do this with more easy - hook me up.

Onward & Upward: Joining vloxq as Investor and Chairman of the Board I'm thrilled to announce my new role as an investor and chairman of vloxq, an innovative CPQ company. Having launched one of the first SaaS companies in Sweden, I'm now on a mission to elevate vloxq to be among the nation's best. In our modern business world, the tools we use are pivotal. Companies generate quotations worth billions annually. However, many remain tethered to Excel, a tool not built for intricate quotation processes. This reliance often results in a manual, error-prone approach, leading to financial missteps and unsatisfied customers. So, why vloxq? We're at the forefront of CPQ innovation. vloxq empowers companies to swiftly generate accurate quotations, sidestepping the pitfalls of manual Excel-driven methods. No more tedious spreadsheet management, no more copy-paste blunders. Just streamlined, precise quoting that sets your company on a trajectory for success. Our dedicated team is poised to make a mark, and with vloxq's proven capabilities, significant growth is on the horizon. I'm particularly excited to collaborate with the brilliant Alexander Isacson, Andreas Granstedt, Emil Westrin, Max Thoursie, and Wilma Eriksson. To companies still wrestling with Excel's limitations for quotations: The future is here. With vloxq, you achieve precision, efficiency, and a roadmap to enhanced profitability. Upgrade your quotation process. Choose vloxq.

"Investing in top VC funds is like getting into Berghain." 🚀 Key Takeaways from the 2024 VC Report for DACH 👇 ✅Germany saw $6.9 billion VC funding in 2023, led by sectors like #robotics and #climate tech. ✅Despite a global downturn, the #DACH region VC market remained resilient. ✅#Cleantech and #AI received significant attention, notably through major funding rounds like Atlas Agro and Aleph Alpha. ✅IPOs may re-emerge in 2024, offering potential exits. The report provides detailed insights and trends for navigating Germany in 2024 successfully. 📈 🌐 For a deeper dive into these insights check out the full Report by Startup Insider: https://lnkd.in/gE-EgjFv #Tech #Investment #VC #Startup #VentureCapital #Startups #Entrepreneurship #Germany #Austria #Switzerland #StartupInsider sparksense

Bootstrapping vs. external financing Many people believe external capital is the only way to success. 💰 In an interview with Chris Lunday from Gründerszene, the best-known magazine for founders, start-ups and investors in the digital economy, I had the opportunity to disprove this! You can read in the article how we achieved millions in revenue with self-financing (#bootstrapping) as well as what I would do better next time and which strategies worked well: https://lnkd.in/e3MbMGX6 Here are a few sneak peaks: 🔎 Revenue through SEO in the financial sector as a start to bootstrapping 👥 Community engagement as one of the central pillars of the corporate strategy 💵 Our biggest challenge being frugality What is your experience? Have you financed your company with debt or equity? #equity #success #financing

🌟 What are the challenges of leading a climate startup? Astrid Aschenbrenner, founder of Einzelstück, and Katharina Herzog, co-founder & CEO of money:care, shared their interesting insights in this conversation with Amelie Lütkemeyer from Deloitte, Diego Heatherman from our team at Impact Hub Vienna, and brutkasten. 😎 Some insights: 🌟 Entrepreneurs and startup founders don't have to do everything; experts can help. 🌟 Financial support can be challenging to find, but accelerator programs like Grow can assist. Applications are open follow this link: https://bit.ly/Grow-2023 🌟 Listen to more in the original post!

We have been following Yamo from the beginning, writing about its successes and challenges and how the team overcame them. The final challenge was one too many. A funding round that was necessary for survival could not be closed. With yamo, another well-known startup had to give up. This shows once again that the fate of a start-up is always on a knife's edge, no matter how good the team is and no matter what you have already achieved.  yamo #food #setback https://lnkd.in/d8VrsSgy