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aws i2 Business Angels

i2 Business Angels Austria (on behalf of Austria Wirtschaftsservice) matches start-ups with seed and early stage investors. The service was…

Subsidiaries: Vienna

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BANE Business Angel Network Europe GbR

BANE is a platform that brings together business angels and other investors with companies seeking capital – and vice versa.…

Subsidiaries: Frankfurt/Main

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BayStartUp GmbH

BayStartUP is one of the most important contact points for start-ups looking for venture capital and supports innovative start-ups from…

Subsidiaries: Munich · Nuremberg

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BioM Biotech Cluster Development GmbH

BioM has been the network organization of the biotechnology industry in Munich and Bavaria for over 25 years, commissioned by…

Subsidiaries: Martinsried / Munich

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BÖAG Börsen AG

BÖAG Boersen AG is the operating company of the stock exchanges Duesseldorf, Hamburg and Hanover, including their electronic trading platforms…

Subsidiaries: Börse Düsseldorf: www.boerse-duesseldorf.de Börse Hamburg: www.boerse-hamburg.de Börse Hanover: www.boerse-hannover.de

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Bundesverband Alternative Investments e.V. (BAI)

The association has made it its duty to comprehensively promote all persons and companies involved in the field of alternative…

Subsidiaries: Bonn

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Bundesverband Beteiligungskapital (BVK)

The German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) is the representative of the German private equity industry, covering private…

Subsidiaries: Berlin

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Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND)

Business Angels Deutschland e. V. (BAND) is the federation of Business Angels and their networks. As the voice of the…

Subsidiaries: Essen

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Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V.

Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V. is one of the most active business angel networks in Germany, with over 150 members and…

Subsidiaries: Frankfurt/Main

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Der Entrepreneurs Club

The Entrepreneurs Club is a service provider for entrepreneurs and family businesses in strategically relevant topics such as the placement…

Subsidiaries: Munich · Activities world-wide

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Deutsche Börse Venture Network

Deutsche Börse Venture Network® is the pre-IPO initiative of Deutsche Börse to support striving growth companies and unicorns on their…

Subsidiaries: Berlin · Frankfurt/Main

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exchangeBA AG

exchangeBA AG operates one of the leading capital marketplaces for start-ups and SMEs in German-speaking countries and brings together companies…

Subsidiaries: Duesseldorf

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Fraunhofer Venture

For more than 20 years, Fraunhofer Venture has been the central contact point for comprehensive spin-off support and investment management…

Subsidiaries: Munich

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German Mittelstand e.V.

We are committed to the future. And to all those who want to shape the future with us. This requires…

Subsidiaries: Munich · Berlin · Stuttgart · Hamburg · Nuremberg · Brussels · Tokyo · New Delhi · Vienna

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GründerRegio M e.V.

GründerRegio M is an initiative of the science and business region of Munich fostering knowledge-based spin-offs and start-up companies linked…

Subsidiaries: Munich

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Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB)

The Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB) is the business development agency of the state of Rheinland-Pfalz. Based in Mainz, ISB…

Subsidiaries: Mainz

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Investitionsbank Berlin

Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) is the development and structural bank of the Federal State of Berlin focusing on the development of…

Subsidiaries: Berlin

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LfA Förderbank Bayern

LfA Förderbank Bayern, established in 1951, is the specialized stateowned development bank for the promotion of the economy of Bavaria…

Subsidiaries: Munich · Nuremberg · Hof

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NRW.BANK

NRW.BANK is the promotional bank of North Rhine-Westphalia. In close partnership with its owner, the State of North Rhine-Westphalia, it…

Subsidiaries: Düsseldorf · Münster

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NRW.Global Business GmbH

The state-owned trade and investment agency NRW.Global Business is partner for all companies when it comes to investment projects and…

Subsidiaries: Duesseldorf · China · India · Israel · Japan · Poland · Turkey · UK · USA

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Private Equity Forum NRW e.V.

The Private Equity Forum NRW sees itself as a platform and catalyst for venture capital and private equity in North…

Subsidiaries: Duesseldorf

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Science4Life e.V.

Science4Life is an independent German initiative that supports founders of start-up companies and young entrepreneurs in the areas of life…

Subsidiaries: Frankfurt/Main

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SECA Swiss Private Equity and Corporate Finance Association

The Swiss Private Equity & Corporate Finance Association (SECA) is the representative body for Switzerland‘s private equity, venture capital and…

Subsidiaries: Rotkreuz (Switzerland)

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Startbahn Ruhr GmbH

Startbahn Ruhr GmbH supports start-ups in the future-oriented industries of climate, environment and energy as well as medical and health…

Subsidiaries: Essen

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Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship gGmbH

We see ourselves as a thought leader, facilitator and well-connected partner for shaping an entrepreneurial future worth living in through…

Subsidiaries: Munich

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Venture Capital Club e.V.

The Venture Capital Club e.V. Munich was established in 1983. The aim of the association is to promote communication between…

Subsidiaries: Munich

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Venture Capital-Stammtisch Düsseldorf

The VC Stammtisch Düsseldorf is a platform that has been in existence since 1996 for investors, entrepreneurs, and those interested…

Subsidiaries: Duesseldorf

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Zentrum für Weiterbildung und Wissenstransfer (ZWW) der Universität Augsburg

Theory and practice – Since 1974, the Center for Continuing and Executive Education at the University of Augsburg, Germany, has…

Subsidiaries: Augsburg