1,828 data sets from founders, managers, and C-Level employees
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. The DSM 2024 is based on 1,828 data sets from founders and managing directors after the completion of the data set cleaning. The data was collected from June 6 to August 12, 2024.
In 2024, almost ** percent of people received state subsidies to finance their startup in Germany. Around ** percent of respondents received business angel capital. This data shows how startup founders in Germany financed their company.
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