German Startups Association

The Bundesverband Deutsche Startups (German Startups Association) is a membership corporation (“Eingetragener Verein”) based in Berlin and an association of the German startup industry. It was founded in 2012 to represent and function as a voice of startups vis-à-vis politics, civil society and the established economy. The association is committed to a founder-friendly Germany, promotes innovative entrepreneurship and wants to carry the startup mentality into society. As a network, the Federal Association of German Startups connects founders, startups and their networks. Founding The Bundesverband Deutsche Startups was founded in September 2012 by 18 startup entrepreneurs with the aim to establish an association as the political representation of startups in Germany. The concrete reason for the foundation was the Bundesrat's plans for an "anti-angel law" that was supposed to tax free-float dividends. In 2015, the association had already grown to over 500 members. Today, the association has about 750 member companies. In addition, the Bundesverband Deutsche Startups also owns 36 student initiation initiatives. More than 20 full-time employees work at the Berlin headquarters. Structure