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Deal Flow 5.0: How Is Munich Leading Innovation?
1 minute watch | March.26.2025
Munich stands out as Germany’s hub for innovation and venture capital growth.
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OLNS#14: Growth and Hurdle Shares in German Start ups – Structures / Practical Implementation / Empirical Data
2 minute read | March.24.2025
With special attention on the sale of venture-backed tech companies, this playbook provides buyers and sellers a guide to approaching M&A ...
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Deal Flow 5.0: 5 Things We Learned About European Tech Deal Terms in 2024
2 minutes | March.20.2025
Orrick’s Deal Flow 5.0 reveals European tech deal term trends from 375 venture capital and growth equity investments our clients completed in 2024.
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OLNS#13 – M&A in German Tech: A Playbook for Buyers and Sellers
4 hour read | January.16.2025
The German tech ecosystem matures and achieving exits is arguably one of the last missing ingredients to supercharge the German tech ecosystem.
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OLNS#12 – Advisory Boards in German Start-ups
3 hour read | November.06.2024
OLNS#12 explains the role, duties, and best practices of advisory boards in German start-ups, and presents findings from the OLNS Board Study ...
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Legal Ninja Snapshot: Your Checklist for Convertible Loan Agreements in Germany
by Dr. Johannes Rüberg, EMBA and Kjell Tönjes
12 minute read | September.06.2024
Breaking down the essentials of convertible loan financings with a handy checklist of terms you need to negotiate combined with our best practice ...
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OLNS#7 – Flip it Right: U.S. Holding Structures for German Start-ups
June.20.2024
We are often asked by founders and investors of German start-ups whether they should have a US holding company for their start-up, be it by flipping ...
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Deal Flow 4.0: 5 Things We Learned About European Tech Deal Terms in 2023
2 minute read | March.05.2024
Orrick’s Deal Flow 4.0 reveals European tech deal term trends from 350+ venture capital and growth equity investments our clients completed in 2023.
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Future Financing Act and ESOPs – Really a Big Hit?
by Dr. Johannes Rüberg, EMBA, Carsten Bernauer and Dr. Stefan Schultes-Schnitzlein
7 minute read | November.21.2023
On November 17, 2023, the German Bundestag passed the so-called Future Financing Act (Zukunftsfinanzierungsgesetz).
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OLNS#11 – Bridging the Pond – U.S. Venture Capital Deals from a German Market Perspective
3 hour read | August.08.2023
Venture financings and deal terms in the U.S. and in Germany have many similarities but there are also some differences. To help navigate these ...
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Deal Flow 3.0: 5 Things We Learned About European Tech Deal Terms in 2022
2 minute read | March.07.2023
Despite a shift to economic headwinds, investors injected more than $95 billion into the European tech market in 2022, the second-largest amount ever.
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OLNS#9: Venture Capital Deals in Germany – Pitfalls, Key Terms and Success Factors Founders Need to Know
October.19.2021
Founding and scaling a tech company is a daunting challenge. OLNS#9 summarizes our learnings from working with countless start-ups and scale-ups.