Day: KfW

German startups raised €1.7 billion in the first quarter of 2026. According to KfW Research, the volume increased by 6 percent.

Saskia Müller May 15, 2026

KfW is launching the KfW Award for Startups 2026. Startups and successors can win a total of 35,000 euros in prize money.

Deadline: July 1, 2026

The German Growth Fund has already invested four-fifths of its total volume, thereby strengthening the European VC ecosystem. New investors, clear…

Saskia Doll December 8, 2025

The KfW Start-up Monitor 2025 shows that founders in Germany are on average 34.4 years old – the lowest value since the beginning of…

Regina Bruckschlögl August 13, 2025

After a significant decline of nine percent in the previous year, the number of new businesses founded in Germany rose slightly again in 2023.…

Saskia Doll June 27, 2024

The business climate on the German venture capital market remains subdued, but is improving slightly compared to the end of last year. The…

Saskia Doll May 25, 2024

With the latest analysis of the KfW Venture Capital Dashboard, KfW looks back on the final quarter of last year.…

Maximilian Feigl February 17, 2024

The Federal Government's Future Fund is being expanded with a new program: The "Emerging Manager Facility" is intended to support women and diverse teams in the startup…

Regina Bruckschlögl October 31, 2023

Startups and smaller medium-sized companies, which are not usually the focus of venture capital funds, will be able to benefit from RegioInnoGrowth in the future…

Regina Bruckschlögl August 17, 2023

According to the German Private Equity Barometer, the business climate cooled significantly again in the second quarter of 2023.

Saskia Doll August 4, 2023

Once a quarter, the development bank KfW collects data on the business climate for the German Venture Capital Barometer. The current analysis shows:…

Saskia Doll August 3, 2023

The number of new businesses fell by 57,000 to 550,000 last year, representing a decrease of 9 percent.

Simon Tischer April 10, 2023