Investor Shelf

DACH Reports & Market Data (2026)

Key number
€67.6bn
Preliminary fundraising H1 2026. Invest Europe p.8
Key number
-35.8 points
VC business climate indicator. KfW p.1
Key number
29.7%
Q2 Exit Value QoQ Growth. PitchBook p.13
Key number
1.7 EUR billion
German VC Deal Volume Q1 2026. KfW p.3
Key number
€1.7 billion
German VC Investment Volume Q1 2026. KfW p.3

40 documents

Digital Finance & Insurance 2026

ReportBitkomJanuary 202639 pages

85% of online banking users conduct their banking exclusively or predominantly online, whereas only 12% mainly use a bank branch.

Venture Capital Dashboard Q1 2026

ReportKfWJanuary 202618 pages

Funding across stages in Germany was evenly split, with the start-up segment raising EUR 726 million and the scale-up segment raising EUR 714 million.

Venture Capital Dashboard Q1 2026

ReportKfWJanuary 202618 pages

Funding was evenly distributed across development stages, with €726 million invested in startups (Series A/B) and €714 million in scale-ups (Series C+).

KfW SME Panel 2025

SurveyKfWOctober 202531 pages

Total turnover of German SMEs grew moderately by 2% in 2024 to EUR 5,179 billion, while average turnover growth per enterprise stood at 1.2%.

Banking Barometer 2025

ReportSwiss Bankers AssociationAugust 202544 pages

In 2024, Swiss real gross domestic product (GDP) growth slowed to 1,0 %, while the State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) forecasts a slight recovery to 1,3 % for 2025.

Startup Barometer Germany 2025

PresentationEYJanuary 202526 pages

Bavarian startups raised EUR 2,331 million in 2024, outperforming Berlin startups at EUR 2,177 million for the first time.

University Startup Index 2025

ReportRedstoneJanuary 2025155 pages

The study evaluates 905 higher education institutions across 35 European countries with a combined annual budget of nearly €250 billion creating over 14.000 startups annually.