Berlin \u2014 YPOG provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice to Berlin-based AI Venture Studio Meran\u00adtix (MX AG) on the struc\u00adtu\u00adring of its venture funds and the rela\u00adted invest\u00adment by the worl\u00add\u2019s largest tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor Soft\u00adBank, which is parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting through its Vision Fund 2. Seed invest\u00adments are to be finan\u00adced from Meran\u00adtix\u2019s estab\u00adlished in-house venture fund.
\nAt the same time, Meran\u00adtix and with Soft\u00adBank Invest\u00adment Advi\u00adsers (SIBA) announ\u00adced a stra\u00adte\u00adgic part\u00adner\u00adship to promote AI tech\u00adno\u00adlogy in Germany.<\/p>\n
Both compa\u00adnies are convin\u00adced that arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence will be the most signi\u00adfi\u00adcant tech\u00adno\u00adlogy of our time. Soft\u00adBank has also inves\u00adted globally in the past and has taken a leading role in this field. Meran\u00adtix was foun\u00added in 2016 by Adrian Locher and Rasmus Rothe and sees itself as the worl\u00add\u2019s first AI venture studio. The company addres\u00adses the worl\u00add\u2019s most pres\u00adsing problems by turning cutting-edge AI rese\u00adarch into products. This is done through a sophisti\u00adca\u00adted venture-buil\u00adding process.<\/p>\n
For exam\u00adple, Meran\u00adtix has alre\u00adady foun\u00added seven AI compa\u00adnies to date, inclu\u00adding Cambrium, Kausa, SiaSe\u00adarch and Vara. Accor\u00adding to the company, up to ten more compa\u00adnies are to follow in the next few years. In April 2021, Meran\u00adtix opened a 5,200-square-meter AI campus at Berlin\u2019s Nord\u00adbahn\u00adhof, where start\u00adups with arti\u00adfi\u00adcial intel\u00adli\u00adgence-rela\u00adted busi\u00adness models can rent space. In addi\u00adtion, Meran\u00adtix\u2019s own spin-offs are also loca\u00adted there.<\/p>\n
YPOG\u2019s compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice covered all tax, regu\u00adla\u00adtory and corpo\u00adrate law issues rela\u00adting to the Fund. In previous years, the Berlin office of the law firm has alre\u00adady regu\u00adlarly advi\u00adsed Meran\u00adtix, inclu\u00adding in the context of the over\u00adall restruc\u00adtu\u00adring, in various invest\u00adments and also in the struc\u00adtu\u00adring of a \u20ac 25 million fund in 2020.<\/p>\n
Advi\u00adsor Meran\u00adtix: YPOG<\/strong> About YPOG Berlin \u2014 YPOG provi\u00added compre\u00adhen\u00adsive advice to Berlin-based AI Venture Studio Meran\u00adtix (MX AG) on the struc\u00adtu\u00adring of its venture funds and the rela\u00adted invest\u00adment by the worl\u00add\u2019s largest tech\u00adno\u00adlogy inves\u00adtor Soft\u00adBank, which is parti\u00adci\u00adpa\u00adting through its Vision Fund 2. Seed invest\u00adments are to be finan\u00adced from Meran\u00adtix\u2019s estab\u00adlished in-house venture fund. At the same [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":38038,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1367,1368,1369,1372,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-40285","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-lawyers-tax-advisors-auditors-en","category-lawyers-tax-consultants-auditors","category-investors","category-consultant","category-venture-capital-en"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nYPOG is a specia\u00adlist tax and commer\u00adcial law firm, opera\u00adting in the core areas of corpo\u00adrate, funds, liti\u00adga\u00adtion, tax, tran\u00adsac\u00adtions, IT\/IP and nota\u00adrial services. The YPOG team advi\u00adses a wide variety of clients. These include emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies and family-run medium-sized enter\u00adpri\u00adses as well as corpo\u00adra\u00adti\u00adons and private equity\/venture capi\u00adtal funds. Since its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2017, the firm has become one of the leading addres\u00adses for venture capi\u00adtal, private equity and fund struc\u00adtu\u00adring in Germany. The firm and its part\u00adners are natio\u00adnally and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnally ranked by JUVE, Best Lawy\u00aders, Legal 500, Focus, and Cham\u00adbers and Part\u00adners. Today, YPOG employs more than 70 expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced lawy\u00aders, tax advi\u00adsors, tax specia\u00adlists and a notary in three offices in Berlin, Hamburg and Colo\u00adgne. www.ypog.law as well as www.linkedin.com\/company\/ypog.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"