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September News and Germany's most extensive Startup Survey

Today we bring you a wrap-up of the startup news for September 2022 for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as insights into Germany's most extensive startup survey. Let's dive right in.

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Highlights: Germany is preparing for a potentially rough winter, in many ways. Now Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe): Asked Germans not to put up any Christmas lights this season. Startups in GSA keep laying off staff, but also raising significant funds. We have our usually shortened list a bit longer this month, to show that it is not all gloom and doom here. You will also notice that the M&A activity is up, totaling 55 bn US$ in summer 2022 (for all of Europe), and is still going strong.

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Results of the German Startup Monitor 2022 (Deutscher Startup Monitor DSM)

This year’s survey — the 10th — was especially interesting because it allowed researchers to see how the German startup community has changed over time. Note that the data was collected in cooperation with the German startup association and other partners, but the survey itself and the analytics were left to researchers. It seems that despite some major setbacks — which have caused many businesses their hiatus or close entirely-the country still remains an important part of European business culture. This time almost 2.000 startups, as well as 4.800+ founders and close to 35.000 startup employees participated. As always the survey was conducted in the spring of 2022, without knowledge of the current situation (Ukraine, Gas, Heating, Inflation, …). The survey is not representative. It can not be used for rankings and comparing cities. 

North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany’s most populous state was home to the largest number of participants. Berlin came in second with Bavaria third as both contribute heavily towards new business creation throughout Europe’s technology hub. It is important that we understand these statistics and what they mean for your industry or potential investments.

Find our highlights for more than a dozen aspects of the survey in our blog post.

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