In the fourth episode of the podcast series "Road to IPO" Peter Möllmann, lawyer and VC-specialist, Eric Leupold, Head of Pre-IPO & Capital Markets at Deutsche Börse and the podcaster Joel Kaczmarek talk about how well-suited German start-ups from the digital sector are for a an initial public offering.

The following questions are being discussed amongst others:

How many German companies consider an IPO? When is an IPO feasible? Does the digital mind-set of the investors play a crucial role? Are German start-ups even interested in a listing on a stock exchange? How many German companies think about an IPO? And how do investors react to this topic?

Listen to the full discussion between Eric Leupold, Head of Pre-IPO & Capital Markets at Deutsche Börse Group and Peter Möllmann, lawyer and VC-specialist here (German only).

Joel Kaczmarek, chief editor at digital kompakt, presents the show and moderates the discussion.

Background

In the series “Road to IPO”, we are going to have more podcasts sessions on topics related to finance for young companies in the pre-IPO sector and also on how to prepare for an IPO exit.

Previous sessions:

“What are investment platforms and how do they work?”

“Matchmaking – How do investors and start-ups find each other?"

“Series A – and then? Players and dynamics of the expansion phase”

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This podcast was created in cooperation with digital kompakt, an online magazine for digital business models, companies and developments in the digital scene.