The study "Innovationskraft in Deutschland verbessern: Ökosystem für Wachstumsfinanzierung stärken" ("Improving Germany's innovation power: strengthening the ecosystem for growth financing") by Prof. Dr. Dr. Ann-Kristin Achleitner and Prof. Braun together with Thomas Lange and Jan Henning Behrens from the acatech was published yesterday and can be downloaded here (in German). For an overview, please also have a look at the acatech news site (in German).
In order for Germany as an innovation country, scarce of natural resources, to maintain and expand its good competitive position, innovative and successful growth companies are needed. These can profoundly change existing markets with their ideas and create entirely new markets. It is not just about the mergence of "unicorns" in Germany, so start-ups with a market valuation of over a billion US dollars. Growth companies that operate in business-to-business (B2B) markets especially innovative ecosystems and play a game changing role for the digital transformation of existing industry. The study gives a deep-dive into the status quo and derives action fields for further development of the German growth capital market.