Analysis

May 6, 2020

Germany’s coronavirus aid for startups starts to flow

But confusion still remains as to who will get the money and when.


Christian Kedzierski of Firma.de

The German government is finally ready to start delivering its €2bn package of state aid to startups, according to ministers, but confusion still reigns over which startups will get the money and when.

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