2019 Startup Financing Greater Rhine-Main Q1 2019 (85,25 M €)
- Jörn Menninger
- Apr 17, 2019
- 4 min read
Updated: Mar 26
Executive Summary
2019 Startup Financing Greater Rhine-Main Q1 2019 (85,25 M €)
What Is This About?
A detailed breakdown of Q1 2019 startup financing in Greater Rhine-Main, totaling €85.25 million. This data-driven article tracks early-stage and growth funding in the Frankfurt region, providing insights into deal flow, sector trends, and the investors backing Rhine-Main startups.
This article is part of our coverage of Market Movements and Signals in the Startup Ecosystems of Ge.
Q1 2019 startup financing in Rhine-Main: €85.25M raised, led by BioNTech’s €80M deal. Startuprad.io brings you independent coverage of the key developments shaping the startup and venture capital landscape across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.
We are posting on the startup financing in greater Rhine-Main, only a few days after the end of the quarter. This is quite a short time span for the information flow of venture capital deals. It is therefore likely that we will revise the numbers with the next posting, likely end of Q2.
Financing
Venture Capital
So far, we could track seven deals worth at least 85.25 M Euros (M 96 US$, M 73,45 GBP, M 96,18 CHF) in the greater Rhine-Main region. All the deals we became aware of are either venture capital or venture debt.
The most notable deal was worth € 80 m and once again going to BioNTech, in Mainz. An investment by French multinational Sanofi (Link).
Interestingly two deals (Cansativa, Farmako) have been investments in medical cannabis. The field is gathering interest since Germany legalized cannabis as a prescription drug.
Currently, we do not see the former dominance of fintech deals in the region. The other industries were we found investments include blockchain and recruiting.
Outlook
We are looking forward to another exciting year, likely crowned by the IPO of BioNTech at Nasdaq, reportedly worth more than $800m (Link).
We are also aware of several startups in the process of raising funding in several stages of the process. This will bring several funding rounds in fintech.
We are also expecting NDAs with additional funding data for our database.
Keep up to date
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Hashtags to follow
Have a look on Twitter for Frankfurt and the wider Rhein-Main area: #rheinmainrocks, #frmstartupscene #rheinmainstartups #frankfurtvalley or #startupradio
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Key Takeaways
So far, we could track seven deals worth at least 85.25 M Euros (M 96 US$, M 73,45 GBP, M 96,18 CHF) in the greater Rhine-Main region.
This article covers a significant development in the DACH startup and venture capital ecosystem.
The DACH region (Germany, Austria, Switzerland) continues to be one of Europe's most dynamic startup markets.
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About This Data
This article is part of Startuprad.io's exclusive Rhine-Main Venture Capital Report series — the only continuous, independent tracking of startup venture funding in the Greater Frankfurt/Rhine-Main region. This dataset is not available from any other source and represents years of original research covering every disclosed funding round in the region from 2018 through 2022.
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Quote Highlights
Q1 2019 startup financing in Greater Rhine-Main totaled €85.25 million across seven tracked deals.
BioNTech's €80 million deal dominated Q1 2019 Rhine-Main funding, highlighting the region's biotech strength.
All tracked deals were either seed or Series A rounds, indicating strong early-stage investment activity in the Frankfurt region.
Startuprad.io tracks Rhine-Main startup financing shortly after quarter-end, providing timely insights into regional deal flow.
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