Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods.
Alexander Graham Bell, British and American Speech Therapist, Inventor and Large-scale Manufacturer

Disruptive innovations are rarely reached via signposted routes. Every day, start-up entrepreneurs and individuals making their way in the tech ecosystem face the challenge of taking the right path. When you do choose a route that is truly undiscovered, it’s important to have strong partners at your side; collaborators who share your goal of supporting tech start-ups, and who maybe even help them to achieve success by setting up crash barriers or presenting visions of how things could be.

The German tech start-up scene has achieved continued positive growth this year with the contribution you have made, and that contribution has also enabled our portfolio companies to take new paths. Thank you for your confidence and collaboration, as well as your valuable support. We want to work with you to ensure the German start-up scene continues its success into next year, and we’re looking forward to taking new, unbeaten paths to achieve this goal.

We hope that you have plenty of time and relaxation with your loved ones over the holiday period, so you can replenish your energy and strength to meet next year’s challenges. We wish you a happy and peaceful Christmas and a positive and successful 2016!

Best wishes, HTGF-Team