The young companies were able to collect more than 670 billion euros from investors, as confirmed by a study by the auditing and consulting firm KPMG. Accordingly, the start-ups were able to earn almost twice as much money as in the crisis year 2020.
Austria also shone: 2021 was by far the most successful year for young companies. The young Austrian companies received more than 1.2 billion euros from investors. GoStudent (company founder: Felix Ohswald) 275 million euros in the past year alone. In addition, the online tutoring company recently secured 300 million euros, which gave the company a valuation of three billion euros: This makes GoStudent Europe’s most valuable start-up in the field of “Education Technology”.
Source: Nachrichten
