{"id":58696,"date":"2020-03-23T12:01:31","date_gmt":"2020-03-23T11:01:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/?p=58696"},"modified":"2020-03-23T13:34:39","modified_gmt":"2020-03-23T12:34:39","slug":"flex-capital-felix-haas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.munich-startup.net\/en\/58696\/flex-capital-felix-haas\/","title":{"rendered":"Flex Capital: 120 million euros for tech SMEs"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\">\n<p><strong>Six investors are launching Flex Capital, a fund for German mid-sized tech companies. Two Berlin-based entrepreneurs, Christoph Jost and Peter Waleczek, are managing the investments. The Bits &amp; Pretzels organizers are also involved. <\/strong><a href=\"\/en\/day\/felix-haas\/\"><strong>Felix Haas<\/strong><\/a><strong> and Munich-based investors Andreas Etten, Jan Becker, and Robert Wuttke participated in the tech fund. The first investment has already been completed.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>The six entrepreneurs have launched a \u20ac120 million fund called Flex Capital. They aim to use their investments and expertise to support medium-sized software companies.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>According to the investment company, the approximately 11,000 medium-sized software and internet companies in Germany generate annual revenues of 152 billion euros and employ half a million people. The two managing founding partners <strong>Christoph Jost <\/strong>and <strong>Peter Waleczek <\/strong>say: <\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p>&quot;There are numerous medium-sized internet and software companies that have developed into true tech champions in recent years through their own efforts. Without a business plan or venture capital. We want to support these tech pioneers when they reach structural growth limits. 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