Innovative region: Germany

“The uniqueness of Germany’s innovation ecosystem comes, if at all, from cultural and historical consequences and the geographical realities,” said Crispin Leick, managing director of EnBW New Ventures (ENV), Frankfurt-listed energy utility EnBW’s corporate venture capital (CVC) arm.

“Germany is low on natural resources, the climate is ambient and allows for good working conditions and many of the largest German companies are direct descendants of a strong founder generation 100 to 150 years ago.

“Compared with other German-speaking European regions,…

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Edison Fu

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