Around 29.7 percent of German startups were in the information and communication technology industry. The source defines startups as being younger than ten years, highly innovative in terms of technology and/ or their business model aiming for significant growth in revenue and employee numbers.
The start-up scene
German states varied in their startup density. Based on recent data, Berlin had the highest number of startups on its territory, followed by North Rhine-Westphalia and Bavaria. The most money was invested in software and analytics, at over 3.2 billion euros. Recently, investment volume in German startups saw a drastic increase but 2022 saw a decrease compared to the previous year. While information and communication technology was booming as far as startups were concerned, fintech is another area that has seen success in Germany.
Female entrepeneurs
Unfortunately, Germany did not fare well when looking at male and female entrepreneur numbers. In fact, European countries generally disappointed. Germany had a 7.1 percent rate of female entrepreneurship, followed by Poland with 1.6 percent.
Distribution of startups in Germany in 2023, by industry
The data comes from the German Start-Up Monitor (DSM) for which high-quality data sets are collected annually from founders and managing directors of start-ups. The founders or managing directors (members of the executive board e.g. chief level) of start-ups received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent through selected DSM network partners. After adjusting the datasets, DSM 2023 had 1,825 datasets from founders and CEOs between May 17 and June 20, 2023.
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