
German venture: A ghost town?

At the very peak of the economic boom in 2007 the German venture market looked set to take off and regain much of the ground it had lost following the dotcom crash, with large sums of capital flowing into the hands of entrepreneurial businesses. However, with the onset of the financial crisis and ensuing recession, the market has become eerily quiet, which could hamper innovation in the future.
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