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May 12, 2021

The most active angel investors in Germany in 2021

Meet the angel investors in Germany who invested in the most startups in 2020 — and find out which companies they backed.


Verena Pausder, image by Patrycia Lukas

Germany’s business angels — who plug their own cash into fledgling companies — may not be writing huge cheques, but they are playing a critical role in getting the country’s startups off the ground. 

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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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