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HAMBURG

While most of the world sees Berlin as the hottest startup city in Germany, insiders claim that Hamburg is where it happens. Hamburgers have defied the odds by building a startup ecosystem in a city of the oldest opera house, old money, old ideas, and old people. You can use any one of its 2,300 bridges to navigate to Hamburg’s shopping centers, such as its urban promenade Jungfernstieg. Hamburg saw more new startups in 2015 than any year previous, with FinTech a huge employer in the northern German city.

VENTURE ACTIVITY Q4’15 - Q3’16

VC FUNDING: $231.1M

DEALS: 33

EXITS: 18

5 YEAR YoY FUNDING GROWTH: 72.3%

5 YEAR YoY DEAL GROWTH: 36.4%

Source: CB Insights

 

HAMBURG AT A GLANCE

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Power Breakfast

Pauline Café and Bistro

Savory

Coffee Shops to Start Up In

Balzac Coffee

Betahaus

Daily Coffee and Food Co.

Eclair au Café

Best Bar

Le Lion

Local Beer/Shot

Brewcifer

Ratsherrn

“Must Be At” Local Events

Christopher Street Day Parade

Hamburg Dom

Hamburg Harbor Birthday

MS Dockville

In the Know

“Mors Mors” translates into “kiss my ass” but is Hamburg sports fans’ friendly way of cheering for their home teams.

THE TOP

ANGELS

Lars Hinrichs

Nils Regge

Philipp Schroeder

Rolf Mathies

Stephan Uhrenbacher

Ulrich Hegge

VCs

DS Investment

e.ventures

IFB Innovationsstarter

iVenture Capital

Shortcut Ventures

Tru Venturo

ACCELERATORS

Airbus BizLab

Comdirect Startup Garage

Dynport GmbH

Greenhouse Innovation

Hanse Ventures

Next Media Accelerator

New Commercial Room

ENTREPRENEURSHIP EVENTS

Founder Academy

Founders Talk

Hamburg Innovation Summit

Ideensturm

LaborX Series

NEUMACHER Conference

Real Time Hamburg

Q4’15 - Q3’16 TOP FUNDING ROUNDS

Kreditech—$103M

FinanzCheck—$37.5M

Deposit Solutions—$16.4M

Exporo AG—$9.1M

Topas Therapeutics—$4.5M

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