Financing opportunities for founders increase

After a pause in invest­ment at the begin­ning of the year, German venture finan­ciers inves­ted more heavily again in the second quar­ter of this year. This is the result of the Venture Capi­tal Panel, which is surveyed quar­terly by VDI nach­rich­ten and the Munich-based consul­ting firm FHP Private Equity Consul­tants. — As a result, the rising number of invest­ments was mainly attri­bu­ta­ble to private venture finan­ciers. Berlin once again proved to be a mecca for high-tech foun­ders: More than one in four compa­nies that recei­ved fresh money is based in the capi­tal. Which indus­tries are in trend and who are the play­ers, 3 ques­ti­ons to: