Casestudy: Capmatcher Cooperation with the Consulate General of Denmark in Munich
Innovation Centre Denmark and the Consulate General of Denmark in Munich are actively supporting Danish startups in gaining a foothold in Germany and working towards the next level of scaling. With various programmes, founders have several possible contact points, e.g. in Munich and Berlin.
Innovation Centre Denmark and the Consulate General of Denmark in Munich are actively supporting Danish startups in gaining a foothold in Germany and working towards the next level of scaling. With various programmes, founders have several possible contact points, e.g. in Munich and Berlin.
Current Situation
Innovation Centre Denmark and the Consulate General of Denmark are actively supporting Danish startups in gaining a foothold in Germany and working towards the next level of scaling. With various programmes, founders have several possible contact points, e.g. in Munich and Berlin.
As part of the Danish Startup Delegation, 5-7 selected founders of the Copenhagen Business School in Munich will join the Startup Programme to pitch in front of investors and discuss and exchange ideas about the German investor landscape together with their Startup Managers.
The CANUTE Startup Programme will be held at the Danish Embassy in the heart of Berlin. A total of ten Danish seed and series A startups are taking part in a three-day workshop. Among other things, they are aiming for a go-to-market in the D-A-CH region. In addition to a final startup pitch based on the TV format “Die Höhle der Löwen”, 30 to 40 investors will be available on site for questions and feedback.
The GOB2B_Munich format is another six-day workshop to be held at the Danish Consulate in Munich. The focus will be on B2B tech start-ups looking for strategic partners and investors in Germany. 10 startups were selected for the event.
Challenge
In order to make start-ups “investor-ready”, a basic understanding of the venture capital industry as well as a sure instinct for the presentation of a start-up is necessary. Relevant investor questions should not only be known, but should also be penetrated and meaningful answers prepared in advance.
It is also a challenge to quickly find suitable founders from the variety of startups that fit into one of the programs offered. Necessary steps therefore include:
Defined steps
In addition to qualitative scoring, a complete categorization according to customer focus (B2B, B2C, B2B2C, etc.), stage (pre-seed, seed, series A), industry and vertical, internationalization, composition of the founding team and much more is necessary.
Startup Screening
Startup Qualification
Filtering
Startup Selection
Education
Startup Data
Solution
Facing the various challenges, Capmatcher actively supports the selection of start-ups as well as the follow-up, i.e. the subsequent training and mediation of the start-ups.
Onboarding Startups
Danish startups use the free opportunity to go through the Capmatcher onboarding process and sharpen their understanding of investor-relevant issues in an educational questionnaire. The startups also receive individual feedback on their project as well as a free three-page exposé summarising the key data of the startup in a compact format.
Startup Qualification
Education
Startup Screening & Selection
Capmatcher offers a swift selection of suitable start-ups that are currently looking for capital on the basis of extensive and up-to-date data. In a three-page exposé, the respective key data is well-organized and summarized, which considerably accelerates the screening process.
Startup Screening
Filtering
Startup Selection
Challenge & Support Startups
In several workshops, Capmatcher supports pitches and provides experiences regarding the German investor landscape on the basis of more than 5,000 startup applications by imparting best practices in the area of investor pitches, avoiding frequent mistakes in addressing investors and providing active feedback on the respective business models.
Education
Leveraging decision-making processes
The Innovation Centre Denmark and the Consulate General of Denmark will receive copies of the exposés in order to be able to provide further support to start-ups from Denmark and to obtain an initial basis for decisions on suitability. On request, Capmatcher will also provide objective ratings of the start-ups.
Startup Selection
Startup Data
Lina Gandløse Hansen
Consul General of Denmark to Germany Royal Consulate General in Munich“The entrepreneurial ecosystem in Denmark is continuously in need of capital so we therefore work with companies like Capmatcher that helps to build bridges between Danish startups and foreign investors.”
Jesper Christrup Jensen
Responsible for Startup Activities in Germany, Innovation Centre Denmark, Office for Internationalization, Startups & Innovation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark“At Innovation Centre Denmark, we support the best Danish entrepreneurs and startups to scale internationally and raise foreign capital through our international accelerator programmes. Working with Capmatcher enables our startups to continue their search for international partners and investors upon completion of our programmes.”
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Lina Gandløse Hansen
Consul General of Denmark to Germany Royal Consulate General in Munich“The entrepreneurial ecosystem in Denmark is continuously in need of capital so we therefore work with companies like Capmatcher that helps to build bridges between Danish startups and foreign investors.”
Jesper Christrup Jensen
Responsible for Startup Activities in Germany, Innovation Centre Denmark, Office for Internationalization, Startups & Innovation at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of Denmark“At Innovation Centre Denmark, we support the best Danish entrepreneurs and startups to scale internationally and raise foreign capital through our international accelerator programmes. Working with Capmatcher enables our startups to continue their search for international partners and investors upon completion of our programmes.”
Further Info
Capmatcher.com connects potential startups and investors to create something new together.