1,828 data sets from founders as well as managers¹
Supplementary notes
The data comes from the German Startup 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 startups received a special questionnaire link by email which was sent through selected DSM network partners. In 2024, 1,828 complete data sets were collected for the survey between June 6 and August 12, 2022.Â
In 2024, around ** percent of startup founders in Germany had foreign nationality, Almost **** percent were born in Germany but both parents were born abroad.
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