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+++ #StartupTicker +++ STARTUPLAND: Law & Taxes: The biggest startup pitfalls +++ Startup of the week: Fintalo +++ UVC Partners raises 150 million in growth capital +++ Ventech: Nicolas Barthalon becomes partner +++ A look behind the scenes at Meteomatics +++
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#STARTUPLAND – 2 more days!
STARTUPLAND: Founders. VCs. Visionaries
+++ In two days, on March 18th, our third STARTUPLAND Conference will take place at the RheinEnergieStadion in Cologne. A fascinating journey into the startup scene awaits you again – with lectures from successful founders, educational interviews and pitches that inspire. More about STARTUPLAND
Masterclass at STARTUPLAND: Law & Taxes: The biggest startup pitfalls
Contracts, investments, ESOPs, financing rounds, international structures – many legal and tax mistakes do not occur due to ignorance, but rather due to incorrect timing or a lack of preparation. And they often only become expensive years later. In this master class, Justus Groß and Yannik Heiß from RSM Ebner Stolz show where the biggest pitfalls for startups lie – from founding through the first round of financing to scaling. It’s about typical mistakes in partnership agreements, cap tables, employee participation and tax structures – and about how founders set the right course early on. A practical session for anyone who wants to understand – and avoid – legal and tax risks.
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Fintalo
+++ The young company Fintalo is our startup of the week! The Munich-based B2B startup, founded by Marius Fischer, Philipp Zirn and Jakob Wilhelm, relies on an “all-in-one infrastructure for modern investment banking”. Above all, the team wants to “improve communication between everyone involved – from making contact to signing NDAs and documents.” There are more new startups in our startup radar
UVC Partners
+++ Even more money! The Munich-based early-stage investor UVC Partners, which has invested in emerging startups such as Flix, Aleph Alpha and Isar Aerospace in recent years, is raising another 150 million for its fourth fund. “This brings the total capital raised for tech founders to 400 million. The fund was originally closed at the end of 2024 in a record time of six months,” it said in a press release. UVC Partners invests “in technology-based startups in Europe”. The focus is on B2B start-ups. UVC Partners initially invests between 1 and 10 million euros and up to 39 million in total per startup. “The new Growth Fund enables UVC Partners to invest more in existing portfolio companies and at the same time build investments in promising late-stage companies in Europe,” the team announces about the expansion. UVC currently manages around 750 million. More about UVC Partners
Ventech
+++ Rise! Nicolas Barthalon, who has been on board since 2016 and thus since his junior days, is promoted to partner at the French early-stage investor Ventech, which has been in Germany for years. In the future, he will continue to invest in emerging German startups from Munich. The French early-stage investor recently announced the final closing of its sixth fund (175 million euros). Typically, Ventech invests between 1 million and 5 million in startups. With the new fund, the team wants to “support around 35 European tech startups from the seed and Series A phase to the exit”. A particular focus is on Germany. One of Ventech’s best-known active investments in Germany is the Cologne-based company The Customization Group (Picanova and Co.). More about Ventech
Meteomatics
+++ Worth reading! Handelsblatt takes a look behind the scenes at Meteomatics. The article says: “The Swiss start-up sells companies access to fast and highly precise weather data. Such data is becoming increasingly economically valuable, especially for energy companies.” Armira Growth from Munich and existing investors recently invested 22 million euros in Meteomatics. (Handelsblatt) More about Meteomatics
PR
+++ How do you transform curiosity into trust and how do you use communication to not only be heard, but to retain the right minds in the long term? An excerpt from the book “From Corporate Children to Market Masters” by Eva Friese and Markus Mayr (Storypark). More in the reading material
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