This is an overview of the Green Startups Focus Camp at SCB17 curated by Linda Bergset and Alexander Schabel.

1. FOCUS CAMP
Green Startups
April 7 & 8, 2017

2. FOCUS CAMP
Green Startups
Linda AlexanderConstanze

3. 1. Overview Focus Camp
2. Green Economy Facts & Trends
3. GreenUpInvest
4. StrartGreen & Award

4. 2:00-2:30 Valerian Seither – The next step: Raising
Series A for green startups
2:30-3:00 Matthias Wischnewsky –
How, where and why to look for angel funding
3:00-3:30 Cassi Welling - Real-life (funding) gaps and
(green) garages
3:30-4:15 Panel: Opportunities in green start-up finance
Financing Green Innovation

5. 4:30-5:00 Eva Brandt – Education & energy: inclusive
impact through solar education
5:00-5:30 Christoph Schmitz - Alienation of food – How
to solve a social problem with a business approach?
5:30-6:15 Panel: The age of impact entrepreneurs – why
green & social startups will be at the center of
tomorrow’s economies
Impact Entrepreneurship

6. 10:00-10:30 Laura Drexler – Circular economy: thinking,
connecting, acting
10:30-11:00 Ina Budde - With Collaboration and Transparency
towards the Circular Economy
11:00-11:30 Jürgen Fuchs - Good ideas need strong partners
11:30-12:15 Panel: Circular economy beyond waste:
opportunities for startups & investors
Focus: Circular Economy

8.  The Green Economy is not limited to specific sectors,
but is cross-sectoral
 Green start-ups have products and services with
proven positive effects on the environment
Green Economy Start-up
Monitor
by Borderstep and the University of Oldenburg

9.  In 2014 a total of 21.500 new firms were
founded in the Green Economy in Germany
 Today the Green Economy is the second
largest start-up field in Germany
 17,3% of all new firms have green products
and services
Green Economy Start-up
Monitor
Distribution of green start-ups according
to EGSS of Eurostat

10. Green Economy Start-up
Monitor
 EGSS: Environmental Goods and
Service Sectors according to Eurostat
 In 2014 a total of 21.500 new firms
were founded in the Green Economy in
Germany
 7.500 in the area of renewable energy
(36% of all green start-ups)
 6.400 in the area of energy efficiency
(32% of all green start-ups)
Distribution of green start-ups according
to EGSS of Eurostat

11. Green Economy Start-up
Monitor
Growing against the trend

12. Green Economy Start-up
Monitor
 EGSS: Environmental Goods and
Service Sectors according to Eurostat
 Figures: Averages 2006-2014
International comparison
14%
33%
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20%
30%
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100%
Germany California
Green Start-ups All Start-ups

13. Green Economy Start-up
Monitor
Opportunities:
Opportunity for differentiation!
Investment push in many sectors e.g.
energy and energy efficiency

14. Project Context
The German Climate Initiative
Timeframe
2015-2018
Goal
Improve the financing situation for
innovative green start-ups in Germany

15. GreenUpInvest: Partners

16. GreenUpInvest: Findings
Difficulties Green Startups face in obtaining financing:
Technology
Many startups are high tech and therefore have high expenses
Regulation
Many green startups are in sectors with high levels of regulation
(e.g. infrastructure, mobility, energy)
Knowledge based
Many startups have business models that require a high level of
investor expertise

17. GreenUpInvest: Activities

22. 16.11.2017
APPLICATION PHASE
01. JUN.-31.JUL

23. Thank You!
Have a great
#scb17

24. -Images:
Folie 1:
© Sara Berdon - Fotolia.com_S – Kopie
Folie 21+22: (© Rolf Schulten)
Folie 23: © elxeneize - Fotolia.com