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Companisto

Companisto GmbH
Company typePrivate
IndustryFinancial services
FoundedBerlin, Germany (June 2012 (2012-06))
Headquarters
Berlin
,
Germany
Number of locations
2
Key people
David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge, CEO
ProductsVenture capital
Number of employees
57 (2019)
Websitecompanisto.com

Companisto is a German equity-based business angel network. It allows investors to invest in startup companies. In return, they become shareholders and are entitled to a share of any profits, as well as potentially benefiting from an exit.

As of 2019, Companisto had over 175.000 investors (including the biggest Business Angel Network in Europe with over 4.000 members) from 92 countries. It was Germany's largest network for investments in start-ups and growth companies.[1][2][3]

History

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Companisto was founded by the lawyers David Rhotert and Tamo Zwinge in June 2012, in Berlin. Companisto investors funded 18 startups in the first twelve months.[4] As of April 10, 2014, 29 startups were funded with a collective amount of 5 Million € by investors from 47 different countries.[5][6][7]

In July, 2014 Weissenhaus raised 1.2 Million € in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding.[8][9] In August, 2014 it reached 4 Million €, making it the biggest crowdinvesting in Europe.[10][11] Since March, 2014, the English-language site has allowed submissions from any business based in Europe, and investments from anywhere in the world.[5][12]

In December 2015 Companisto exceeded €25M in funding,[13] in December 2016 Companisto exceeded $36M in funding[citation needed], in Mai 2018 Companisto exceeded €50M in funding.[14]

All Companisto supported Startups together created over 1200 new jobs.[15][16] Companisto is market leader in D-A-CH (Germany, Austria and Switzerland).[17]

In March 2019 Companisto announced Equity Investment, meaning that investors can now become real company shareholders. Investors are no longer limited to €10,000 and total investment is no longer limited to $2.4 million.[18]

As of August 2025, 430 startups were funded with a collective amount of 300 Million €.

References

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  1. ^ Erin Hobey (2015-10-06). "Seeking Industry Transparency, Companisto Publishes Its Equity Crowdfunding Performance Data, Focusing on Germany, Austria and Switzerland | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  2. ^ "3 Jahre Crowdinvesting: Erstmals werden Performance-Daten veröffentlicht | Pressemitteilung Companisto". Presseportal.de. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  3. ^ "Dropbox - Error". Dropbox. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  4. ^ "Start-ups | Choose Your Start-up | Companisto Start-ups". Companisto.de. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  5. ^ a b "Companisto Launches Pan-European Platform for Equity-based Crowdfunding". Companisto.com. 2014-03-09. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  6. ^ "Germany's Powers Of Innovation Turn To Crowdfunding". Forbes. Retrieved 2014-03-13.
  7. ^ Andreas Riedel (2013-01-17). "Crowdfunding für Startups". Companisto. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  8. ^ Nikolas Samios [@BerlinVC] (18 July 2014). "#weissenhaus raised 1.2M€ in first 3.5 days in Europe's first ever real estate crowdfunding via @companisto @CoopHQ" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  9. ^ Samantha Hurst (2014-07-24). "Weissenhaus Grand Village & Spa raises over €1.7m on Compansito | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  10. ^ "WEISSENHAUS Sets New European Crowdfunding Record". Companisto.com. 2014-08-28. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  11. ^ "Companisto: Luxus-Hotel stellt neuen Europa-Rekord beim Crowdfunding auf - WSJ Tech - WSJ". Archived from the original on 2015-07-03. Retrieved 2015-07-02.
  12. ^ David Meyer. "German crowdfunding platform Companisto expands across Europe". money.cnn.com. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
  13. ^ Erin Hobey (2015-12-08). "Companisto Exceeds €25M, Milestone Exemplifies Growing Crowdfunding Sector | Crowdfund Insider". Crowdfundinsider.com. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  14. ^ "Companisto: Plattform für Crowdinvestment knackt Marke von 50 Millionen Euro". Gruender.wiwo.de. 23 May 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  15. ^ ""Der stärkste Sicherheitsmechanismus ist die Crowd" - Interview mit Companisto CEO Tamo Zwinge". Crowdfunding.de. 2017-11-30. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  16. ^ Andreas Riedel (2013-01-17). "Crowdfunding für Startups". Companisto. Retrieved 2017-12-29.
  17. ^ "Eigenkapital-Investments in Startups". Companisto.com. Retrieved 20 February 2022.
  18. ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2019-03-06. Retrieved 2019-03-06.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
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