free encyclopedia jump to navigation search german startups group berlin gmbh & co. kgaa traded as gsj isin de000a1mmev4 industry venture capital founded may 2012 founder christoph gerlinger headquarters berlin germany key people christoph gerlinger chief executive officer nikolas samios chief investment officer products investments website german startups.com german startups group berlin gmbh & co. kgaa is an entrepreneurial holding company that supports the set up development funding and at the appropriate time exit of young growth companies by providing them with business expertise and capital to create shareholder value . since the second half of 2013 german startups group also engages in acquiring secondary shares from founders and business angels . 1 2 german startups group was founded by christoph gerlinger 3 4 in may 2012 . the operating business was launched in june 2012 and the public release was on 27 july 2012 . 5 in july 2014 nikolas samios joined german startups group as managing director and chief investment officer . german startups group went public on november 11 2015 and became listed on the frankfurt stock exchange . 6 with their efficient evaluation and investment processes as well as swift decision making the company wants to allow startups to proceed full steam ahead . 7 in terms of investment criteria german startups group is on the lookout for disruptive innovations for products or business models high scalability and entrepreneurial talent . 8 9 holdings edit german startups group considers 25 of their 47 minority stakeholdings in operationally active companies to be of particular significance to the group . together they comprise 89 % of all 47 active minority stakeholdings . 10 11 these stakeholdings are amorelie exit armedangels auctionata ayondo book a tiger ceritech customer alliance crx markets delivery hero dr. z exozet majority holding fiagon friendsurance fyber exit itembase juniqe mister spex onefootball rebuy remerge savedo scalable capital service partner one simplesurance soundcloud tictail tvsmiles references edit gruenderszene.de deutsche startups.de deutsche startups.de vc magazin.de www.german startups.com . german startups group provides berlin with breath of fresh capital press release 27 july 2012 1 . going public german startups group deb tiert an der b rse ber platzierungspreis 11 november 2015 venturevillage.eu techcrunch.com 2 siliconallee.com 3 holdings 4 external links edit german startups group berlin gmbh & co. kgaa german startups group on facebook german startups group on twitter crunchbase.com retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title german startups group berlin gmbh % 26 co. kgaa & oldid 739199488 categories companies of germanycompanies based in berlinventure capital firmshidden categories use dmy dates from february 2014 navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk variants views read edit view history more search navigation main pagecontentsfeatured contentcurrent eventsrandom articledonate to wikipediawikipedia store interaction helpabout wikipediacommunity portalrecent changescontact page tools what links hererelated changesupload filespecial pagespermanent linkpage informationwikidata itemcite this page print export create a bookdownload as pdfprintable version languages add links this page was last modified on 13 september 2016 at 10 09 . text is available under the creative commons attribution sharealike license ; additional terms may apply . by using this site you agree to the terms of use and privacy policy . wikipedia is a registered trademark of the wikimedia foundation inc. a non profit organization . privacy policy about wikipedia disclaimers contact wikipedia developers cookie statement mobile view