April 6, 2016
In 2015, a total of 371 companies in Germany received Venture Capital. There were 205 new financing rounds in 2015, up by 85 % compared to 2014. Every second of those investments went to startups from Berlin. What does that mean in cold hard cash? Consider this: Over 3 billion Euros were spent on startups in Germany, of which 2.1 billion went to the scene in Berlin. Counting pennies, that’s a whopping 70% of all investments for the “poor” but sexy capital! Sorry, Paris, but all the love is up in here!
The Top 5 VC-Recipients in Germany 2015 were Delivery Hero, Kreditech, Zencap (now Funding Circle), Food Panda and HelloFresh, in that order.
Almost 12 billion Euro were poured into a total of 1433 investments in Europe in 2015. Of these, Germany gathered up 406. Hard facts comparing investments across European cities? Here’s the top seven:
Investment amounts in million Euro (in brackets: number of financing rounds)
58% (ca. 1.8 bn €) of the total investment volume went to Consumer Services & Online Trade, followed by Finance Services & FinTech (ca. 600 m €). In million Euro:
Investment amounts in million Euro (in brackets: number of financing rounds)
EY is currently running their Start-up-challenge accelerator at betahaus Berlin. Want to know which startups are participating? You can read about it here. Want to meet up with them? EY Start-up-challenge has their headquarters in a private office on the second floor, right wing in the back. Knock & see if they're in!
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Article written by Robin
