German Start-Up Provides “Doctor in Your Pocket”
The coronavirus pandemic has increased demands on GPs’ time and capacities while underscoring the advantages of hybrid and digital medicine. That’s a need Munich start-up Avi Medical wants to address.
Investors
It is always interesting and inspiring to read stories about foreign investors who have made successful investments in Germany. Read our reports on the best cases.
Investment Platform Scalable Scales Up Big Time
There’s a new member of the German unicorn club. Munich fintech Scalable Capital is now worth USD 1.4 billion according to business website deutsche-startups.de.
How Celonis Became Germany’s “Most Valuable Start-Up”
Among a spate of huge recent financing rounds, this one took the cake. Munich business software provider Celonis hauled in a cool USD one billion, taking the valuation of this innovative young company up to more than USD 11 billion.
Brexodus or Stay at Home? 2020 UK-to-Germany Foreign Direct Investment
We caught up with Robert Scheid, Director of GTAI’s London Office, and asked him about larger UK-to-Germany business trends. He predicts a massive investment backlog in the years to come.
German Fintech Increases Value Sevenfold
There’s exponential growth, and then there’s this. Berlin fintech and trading app Trade Republic has just concluded a USD 900 million round of funding and is now valued at USD 5.3 billion after being rated at USD 730 million at the end of last year.
Germany Trade & Invest’s FDI Reporting 2020
Every year Germany Trade & Invest (GTAI) compiles a report on all the foreign direct investment in Germany the previous year.
A Powerful Green Innovation
Across the country, there are hosts of start-ups developing cutting-edge solutions in the energy sector. Instagrid, a company from Ludwigsburg in southwest Germany which makes clean portable power solutions, is one example of German creativity in the area.
German Start-Ups Set Quarterly VC Record
Q1 2021 was one for the record books in terms of venture capital invested in German start-ups.
One to Watch: Why Simon Renard from France founded a company in Germany
He chose to locate in Jena, a small city in the eastern state of Thuringia, on account of its tradition of scientific innovation but also, he says, because “it’s a really nice place to live.”
Meet EVA – the latest member of Germany’s growing drone sector
EVA is a cutting-edge drone infrastructure company that recently set up shop just outside of Berlin. Here’s what they say about where they fit into the German unmanned aerial vehicle market and what Germany and its capital are like as business locations.
