Analysis

February 11, 2025

German VCs speak out ahead of snap election: ‘The time to be non-political is over’

Weeks before the nation heads to the polls, German VCs are pushing for startups to remain firmly on the government's agenda


From left to right: PT1 managing partner Nikolas Samios, CDU politician Thomas Jarzombek and DWR eco founder David Wortmann.

As Germany heads towards a snap election on February 23, the country’s VCs are ramping up their political activism, courting sympathetic lawmakers and pushing forward the startup agenda.

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A PT1 event with Dr Franziska Brantner from Die Grüne
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington is a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covers the DACH region and the future of work, and writes Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup. Follow her on X and LinkedIn

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