Innovative region report: DACH

Germany (Deutschland), Austria and Switzerland (Confœderatio Helvetica) make up the DACH economic region, which has a unique innovation landscape ranging from the entrepreneurial hub of the German capital of Berlin to the Swiss city of Zug, nicknamed Crypto Valley.

The DACH venture capital ecosystem recorded €7.5bn ($8.4bn) of deal value distributed across more than 700 transactions last year, according to data provider PitchBook’s Venture Ecosystem FactBook. Corporate venturers contributed to more than 200 deals whose volume stood at €4.6bn ($5.2bn).

Edison Fu

Edison Fu is a reporter and Asia liaison at Global Corporate Venturing.