Optimism on the Berlin tech start-up scene – Hengeler Mueller ...

<strong>Optimism</strong> on the Berlin tech start-up scene – Hengeler Mueller hosting Venture
Capital Conference “Capital On Stage”
The Capital On Stage conference will take place for the first time in Germany on Thursday 16
May 2013. The conference, which has already been held in Amsterdam, London and New York,
brings together top-tier investors and founders of technology start-ups.
This year more than twenty venture capital and business angel investors are expected. They will
meet more than 200 invited start-up founders. The investors will present themselves to the startup
founders seeking capital: Their views on the market, what they add besides capital, and what
they are looking for in their next VC investment.
Arjen Strijker, the co-founder of Capital On Stage, said about the Berlin event: “I expect the tech
start-up scene in Berlin to produce some great companies with global brands in the next 18
months. We are delighted by the great interest in attending in our event.”
Malin Gustafsson and Nina Faulhaber from Index Ventures: “We are very positive about
developments in the German start-up scene. Not only the quantity but also the quality of
German start-ups is extremely promising. Berlin and other German locations too have an active
ecosystem, a growing talent pool, increasing investor activity and experienced start-up teams, so
we are really looking forward to Capital On Stage.”
Kai-Steffen Scholz, a partner at Hengeler Mueller in Berlin: “Fast growing tech companies often
change shareholders frequently, raise their own capital or borrow money using various
instruments. It's important to take this dynamic into account in all the relevant contracts.”

The investors attending include:
• Pawel Chudzinski, Point Nine Capital
• Christian Stein, Creathor Venture
• Piotr Kulesza, RTA Ventures
• Rob Moffat, Balderton Capital
• Andreas Schlenker, Partech
International
• Christian Thaler-Wolski, Wellington
Partners
• Kurt Mueller, Target Partners
• Thomas Preuss, Neuhaus Partners
• Dr Christian Nagel, Earlybird
• Eugene Mizin, Mangrove Capital
• Dr Tobias Johann, Rheingau Founders
• Malin Gustafsson, Index Ventures
• Uwe Horstmann, Project A Ventures
• Bill Earner, Connect Ventures
• Andreas Hoffmann, JMES Investments
The conference includes sections on fundraising and open-office meetings, enabling start-ups to
arrange 15-minute sessions to get to know all the investors of their choice.
Link to the event: http://capitalonstage.com/conference/berlin-2013/.
Partner- und Pressekontakte
Dr. Kai-Steffen Scholz
- Partner -
Hengeler Mueller
Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwaelten
Behrenstrasse 42
10117 Berlin
Germany
Tel.: +49 30 20374 118
kai-steffen.scholz@hengeler.com
Dr. Christian Seidenabel
- Director Communication -
Hengeler Mueller
Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwaelten
Bockenheimer Landstrasse 24
60323 Frankfurt
Germany
Tel.: +49 69 17095 207
christian.seidenabel@hengeler.com
Till Ohrmann
- Managing Director Events -
Agoracs GmbH (Capital on Stage)
Schipfe 2
CH-8001 Zürich
Schweiz
Tel.: +41 44 586 93 77
till@capitalonstage.com
8 May 2013