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Bad reputation, good opportunity: An inside perspective on venture capital in Germany

Historically, those who have doubted the attractiveness of German venture capital opportunities have pointed to a lack of leading edge technologies, the inexperience of the country's entrepreneurs, a lack of worthy track record among venture capital firms and a scarcity of exits. Joerg Ueberla of Wellington Partners argues that while this may have been true in the past, it is in no way relevant to the current German venture capital landscape.

In this article, Ueberla claims that German venture capital firms have significant potential to outperform on a global stage as top teams produce returns comparable with top quartile US funds. In addition, he says, low levels of competition and equity capital shortage have lead to extermely attractive overall conditions.

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