Day: KfW
Inside Stories
Digitalization boost or innovation brake? How the Corona crisis is affecting SMEs
Home office and digitalization on the one hand, lack of money for investments on the other: The Corona crisis is creating ambivalent effects on...
Inside Stories
More and more students want to start a business
More and more students prefer professional independence. The proportion of all people in Germany who would like to work independently is...
Inside Stories
Number of startups in Germany remains constant
According to the development bank KfW, there were 70,000 startups in Germany last year. The number of young companies remains…
Competition
KfW Award for Starting a Business honors handling of the Corona crisis
Since 1998, the KfW Banking Group has been honoring companies with the KfW Award for Starting a Business. This year, the prize money totals…
Inside Stories
KfW Start-up Monitor: Number of start-ups increases again
For the first time in five years, start-up activity in Germany has increased again. This is according to the KfW Start-up Monitor for…
KfW Startup Report 2019
“The startup scene in Germany lacks women”
More startups in Germany, but too few women founding startups — the KfW Startup Report 2019 paints a mixed picture of the...
Deals
Business climate on the German venture capital market is clouding over
While Munich-based startups can hardly complain about a lack of investment, investors are less optimistic about the near future. A KfW index, which…
ecosystem
Startup association criticizes coalition decision
The governing coalition wants to support startups with a new KfW fund and higher tax allowances for employee share ownership. The Federal Association of German…
study
KfW Start-up Monitor 2019: Number of new business founders hardly changed
KfW Start-up Monitor 2019: The declining number of new business start-ups has stabilized. They fell by only 2 percent compared to the previous year. The…
ecosystem
Venture Debt: KfW provides 50 million euros annually
Venture debt for young companies: as part of the "Tech Growth Fund Initiative," KfW and the German Federal Government are expanding the offering…
Inside Stories
KfW study: Digitalization and the future of work
Digitalization is changing the world of work. That much is certain. But how concerned should we be about it? This question is addressed by a…
Inside Stories
Fear of failure inhibits start-up activity
Fuck-up nights and fail culture—failure doesn't seem to be a problem in the startup scene. Upon closer inspection, the fear of...
