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New startup strategy: Help shape it now!

The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy is asking the startup community for ideas for its new startup and scaleup strategy. Founders can submit proposals until September 8, 2025…

Social Entrepreneurship Monitor

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Social Entrepreneurship Monitor 2024: Participate now

Your opinion as a social entrepreneur is in demand. In the current survey for the German Social Entrepreneurship Monitor (DSEM) conducted by SEND…

Digital Industry Fintech Capital Responsible Leadership Migrant Founder Monitor 2021

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Ifo survey: Business climate for self-employed is deteriorating

Self-employed people currently assess their situation as significantly worse than a month ago. This is according to the current Jimdo-Ifo Business Climate Index…

Deals

Bitkom survey: Investors are too cautious

The majority of German startups currently need fresh capital – but are experiencing greater reluctance on the part of investors due to the…

staff

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Bitkom study: Startups are increasingly looking for staff again

After the crisis year of 2022, German start-ups are now thinking about growth again and want to expand their workforce. This is shown by a survey…

KfW Award Gründen German Venture Capital Barometer

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KfW Start-up Monitor 2023: Decline in start-ups in Germany

The number of start-ups in Germany fell significantly by 57,000 (-9 percent) to 550,000 in 2022, according to the…

German Startup Monitor

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German Startup Monitor: Your input is needed

The German Startups Association wants to know how the startup landscape in Germany is doing and is collecting voices from those…

Survey Munich

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Survey: SME-friendly administration

How can Munich's city administration become more SME-friendly? What administrative barriers need to be removed from the business perspective? Munich companies and…

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Employee participation is making slow progress in startups

According to Bitkom, every second startup (50 percent) in Germany now gives its employees a stake in the company. Compared to the previous year, this represents...

Metaverse

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Bitkom survey on the future of the Internet

Are metaverses, non-fungible tokens (NFTs), and Web3 short-term hype or long-term trends that will shape the internet of the future?…

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Bitkom survey: Startups remain confident

Despite everything that has happened in the past two years, the situation for startups in Germany has not changed significantly during this…

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Bitkom survey: Startups expect successful financing rounds

A recent Bitkom survey of 148 tech startups from Germany shows that 8 out of 10 startups (79 percent) are within…