Post by UVC Partners

The capital to fund Europe's next startups already exists. It just has an allocation problem, one we are now working to solve. 💶 German institutional investors manage more than 3 trillion euros. Barely any of it reaches venture capital. Shifting just one percent of it would be enough to close the financing gap. By comparison, the United States invests around 0.8 percent of its economic output in venture. Germany stays under 0.2 percent. Capital that is waiting to back Europe's founders. To change that, last week 24 of Germany's leading venture and growth funds launched the German Venture and Growth Forum, together with a playbook that gives institutional investors a practical way into the asset class. Across five chapters, it shows how to allocate to venture and growth, build a portfolio, support companies over more than a decade, and assess today's market. The aim is to mobilize 15 billion euros a year for the next generation of European champions. UVC Partners is one of the 24, alongside HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds, Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital and many more. Managing Partner Dr. Ingo Potthof was at the launch in Berlin, where he joined a roundtable with Federal Economics Minister Katherina Reiche and Martin Blessing. The talent and the technology for a new founding era are here. We are glad to help make sure the capital is too. 🚀 Link to the playbook in the comments. 🔗 Photos by Beto Ruiz Alonso and Dirk Enters #GVGF #Startups #Germany #VentureCapital #UVCPartners