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October 17, 2019

German entrepreneurs call for €5bn government startup fund

German startups are not getting big cheques from local investors. They want a Macron-style scaleup fund.


Maija Palmer

3 min read

Frank Thelen

One of Germany’s best-known entrepreneurs is calling on the German government to create an investment fund for scale-up businesses similar to the €5bn fund announced by France last month.

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