Bitkom report on the German government's startup policy

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The CDU/CSU and SPD have written 25 activities for startups into their coalition agreement. Now, at the end of the legislative period, only a little more than half of them have been fully implemented. A total of 15 announcements have been implemented, 7 are still in progress or have only been partially fulfilled, and nothing has happened with 3. This is the result of a review by the digital association Bitkom on the federal government's startup policy, which was presented today. "Especially in view of the extremely fast-moving startup scene, the coalition program should have been completed after two years at the latest," said Bitkom President Achim Berg. "It must be acknowledged that the federal government has prevented the feared demise of startups in the undoubtedly difficult Corona period."

The fully implemented measures include the initiation of a large national digital fund , which is a future fund made up of several individual measures and, israel gambling data with a volume of 10 billion euros, primarily addresses startups in the growth phase. A new Tech Growth Fund and the continuation of the INVEST funding program have also further increased the supply of venture capital. The promises that have been kept also include easing startups of bureaucratic requirements and the introduction of tax-based research funding.

The plans to improve the exchange between startups and medium-sized companies or to create a nationwide "one-stop shop" for start-ups have only been partially completed. The tax allowances for employee participation have also been increased, among other things, but fundamental obstacles such as the "dry income" problem have not been resolved in the new regulation.

Startups will also have to wait for their own contact persons for data protection issues and for the introduction of a start-up period similar to family care leave, which was already planned in the last legislative period. Berg: "Not much will happen in startup policy in the next six months due to the federal elections. This makes it all the more important to pick up the pace quickly and, among other things, to involve startups more in public tenders, to improve the financing situation for startups in all stages of development and to massively reduce the bureaucratic effort involved in founding and managing a company."