German Startups Group Berlin KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIs INVESTOR DESCRIPTION Offices 2 German Startups Group is an investment company based in Berlin that focuses on young, fast-growing companies, so-called startups. The company acquires majority and minority shareholdings mainly by providing venture capital. Its focus is on companies whose products or business models represent a disruptive innovation, Founded 2012 allow for a high degree of scalability to be expected, and in which it has a great deal of trust in the entrepreneurial abilities of the founders. Since it commenced with operations in 2012, German Startups Group has in its opinion built up a diversified portfolio of investments in young companies and become the second most Employees 18 (of which 18 in Europe) active venture capital investor in Germany since 2012 (CB Insights, Germany Venture Capital Overview). According to German Startups Group, its investment portfolio reflects a cross-section of extremely promising German startups of various maturity stages and includes some of the most successful and best-known German Current Fund Size N/A startups. Use of Debt No SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES AUM N/A • SoundCloud Target Investment Size €100k – €3m • Delivery Hero Target Geographies German-speaking region E-commerce, software, mobile, FinTech, • Mister Spex Target Sectors German Engineering Investment Style Active Full Portfolio • www.german-startups.com/about-us/#holdings Deal Structures Control, joint control, minority KEY CONTACTS Entrepreneurial talent, scalability, disruptive • Christoph Gerlinger • Founder and former CEO of Frogster Interactive Key Investment Criteria potential • CEO Pictures AG, which he took public. Former Head of German operations Infogrames/Atari. Former CFO of CDV Software Entertainment. Website www.german-startups.com/about-us/ • External expert for CDU on “Digitalisation” • Nikolas Samios • Founder and CEO of Cooperativa Venture Services Contact Email [email protected] • Chief Investment Officer • Former CEO of Brandenburg Ventures Contact Phone +49.30.6098890.80