German Startups Group Berlin GmbH & Co. KGaA

German Startups Group Berlin GmbH & Co. KGaA
Traded as GSJ
ISIN DE000A1MMEV4
Industry Venture Capital
Founded May, 2012
Founder Christoph Gerlinger
Headquarters Berlin, Germany
Key people
Products Investments
Website german-startups.com

German Startups Group Berlin GmbH & Co. KGaA is an entrepreneurial holding company that supports the set-up, development, funding, and – at the appropriate time – exit of young growth companies by providing them with business expertise and capital to create shareholder value. Since the second half of 2013, German Startups Group also engages in acquiring secondary shares from founders and business angels.[1][2] German Startups Group was founded by Christoph Gerlinger[3][4] in May 2012. The operating business was launched in June 2012, and the public release was on 27 July 2012.[5] In July 2014, Nikolas Samios joined German Startups Group as Managing Director and Chief Investment Officer.

German Startups Group went public on November 11, 2015 and became listed on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange.[6]

With their efficient evaluation and investment processes as well as swift decision-making, the company wants to allow startups to proceed full steam ahead.[7] In terms of investment criteria, German Startups Group is on the lookout for "disruptive innovations for products or business models, high scalability, and entrepreneurial talent".[8][9]

Holdings

German Startups Group considers 25 of their 47 minority stakeholdings in operationally active companies to be of particular significance to the group. Together they comprise 89% of all 47 active minority stakeholdings.[10][11] These stakeholdings are:

References

  1. ↑ gruenderszene.de
  2. ↑ deutsche-startups.de
  3. ↑ deutsche-startups.de
  4. ↑ vc-magazin.de
  5. ↑ www.german-startups.com. German Startups Group provides Berlin with breath of fresh capital – press release 27 July 2012
  6. ↑ . Going Public, German Startups Group debütiert an der Börse über Platzierungspreis - 11 November 2015
  7. ↑ venturevillage.eu
  8. ↑ techcrunch.com
  9. ↑ siliconallee.com
  10. ↑ holdings
  11. ↑

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