Daniel Pokorzynski

Andi Klein recently discussed his outlook for 2025 with Unternehmer Edition. The interview covers why he remains confident in Germany as an attractive market, despite global uncertainties and economic challenges highlighting the resilience of the German economy owed to its stable foundation and strong industry. Andi also points to the importance of sustainable growth, the trend towards corporate carve-outs, and the focus on energy transition, digitalisation, and infrastructure.   Read the full interview here (German): https://lnkd.in/ddPfbWYd   Find out more about Triton here: https://lnkd.in/eTtyEy-z   #BuildingBetterBusinesses

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𝐂𝐚𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐨𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬: 𝐝𝐞𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧 𝐲𝐨𝐮𝐫 𝐜𝐨𝐥𝐥𝐚𝐛𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭-𝐮𝐩𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐫𝐨𝐮𝐠𝐡 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠! The Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung reports on a study published by Speedinvest in collaboration with Bits & Pretzels on the topic of 𝐯𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞 𝐜𝐥𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠. This is an truly important aspect for a sustainable start-up ecosystem, as corporations are the most important partners on the market for most start-ups due to their large customer base, second only to venture capital firms. According to the study, German companies invested more than 90 billion euros in research and development (R&D) in 2023. However, at more than 85 percent, a significantly higher proportion of innovation spending remained within internal structures than was the case with the largest American R&D investors. Companies such as Google, Amazon and Meta, on the other hand, spent twice as much on external innovation, at around 30 percent of their R&D budgets. This includes, for example, investments in start-ups or even acquisitions. Venture clienting units can be an efficient approach for many companies to leverage the advantages of a start-up and are already increasingly replacing start-up accelerators in the corporate environment, since they are superior: - Direct business impact: Start-ups deliver immediately usable solutions to existing problems within the group – not just ‘learning’ or ‘innovation theatre’. - Market-driven validation: The group becomes a customer, not an investor or coach. The start-up must deliver real added value in order to win the contract. - No equity commitment: Unlike accelerators or CVCs, no investment is required. This reduces risk and increases speed. 𝐃𝐨𝐰𝐧𝐥𝐨𝐚𝐝 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐭 𝐧𝐨𝐰. 𝐬𝐞𝐞 𝐥𝐢𝐧𝐤 𝐢𝐧 𝐜𝐨𝐦𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐬𝐞𝐜𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧!

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🚀  A big step towards more growth capital for startups in Austria: The “𝐒𝐜𝐚𝐥𝐞𝐮𝐩 𝐅𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬” – also known in the startup scene as the “𝐃𝐚𝐜𝐡𝐟𝐨𝐧𝐝𝐬”– has officially been announced! This has long been a key recommendation of AustrianStartups. Why? Because through this fund-of-funds model, capital from institutional players such as pension funds and insurance companies can finally be channeled into startups. Here’s what we already know: 💰 𝐅𝐮𝐧𝐝-𝐨𝐟-𝐟𝐮𝐧𝐝𝐬 𝐬𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐜𝐭𝐮𝐫𝐞: investments go into VC funds, not directly into startups 💰 𝐓𝐚𝐫𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐬𝐢𝐳𝐞 €500 million 💰 𝐏𝐮𝐛𝐥𝐢𝐜 𝐚𝐧𝐜𝐡𝐨𝐫 𝐢𝐧𝐯𝐞𝐬𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭, with the majority of capital coming from institutional investors 💰 𝐈𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐩𝐞𝐧𝐝𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐦𝐚𝐧𝐚𝐠𝐞𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐫𝐧𝐚𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐞𝐱𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐢𝐞𝐧𝐜𝐞 AustrianStartups, invest.austria, and the Startup-Rat have contributed recommendations. Soon, EcoAustria - Institut für Wirtschaftsforschung will also publish a study on how the Scaleup Fonds should be structured, drawing from international best practices. Now it’s all about execution. Federal Ministry of Economy, Energy and Tourism – this can become a major milestone for the Austrian startup ecosystem 𝐢𝐟 𝐰𝐞 𝐠𝐞𝐭 𝐢𝐭 𝐫𝐢𝐠𝐡𝐭.

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