German Startups Group KEY CORPORATE FACTS / KPIS INVESTOR DESCRIPTION Offices Berlin German Startups Group, a Berlin-based investment company and venture capital provider for Germany’s flourishing startup scene, finances young growth companies and also supports their set-up, funding acquisition, development, and – when the time is right – exit by providing them with business expertise. By analysing technology trends and market developments, the team of German Startups Group identifies, across a wide range of Active Markets Austria, Germany, Switzerland sectors, talented entrepreneurs with disruptive products or business models and high scalability, to which they have early access thanks to their close connections in the startup ecosystem. Their active investments, of which there are currently nearly 40, constitute a stage-agnostic cross- Founded 2012 section of, in their view, promising “startups made in Germany Employees 4 – 10 (of which all in Europe) Current Fund Size n/a SELECTED PORTFOLIO COMPANIES Use of Debt No Ayondo is an online platform that provides its users with stock trading and investment information AUM n/a Target Investment Size €100k - €1m Chrono24 is an online marketplace connecting buyers and sellers of luxury watches Target Geographies Austria, Germany, Switzerland Online store that sells various brands of glasses in Germany Target Sectors E-Commerce, Software, Mobile, FinTech, German Engineering Full Portfolio • www.german-startups.com/index.php/about-us/#holdings Investment Style Active KEY CONTACTS Deal Structures Control, Joint Control, Minority Christoph Gerlinger • Founder and former CEO of Frogster Interactive Pictures AG, which he took Key Investment Criteria Entrepreneurial talent, scalability, pu- blic. Former Head of German operations Infogrames/Atari. Former CFO disruptive potential CEO of CDV Software Entertainment. External expert for CDU on “Digitalization” Website www.german-startups.com Contact Email [email protected] Contact Phone +49 30 609889080 INVESTOR BOOK 45