Startbase
Startbase is a free web platform for exploring startups, investors, companies, and other participants in the German startup ecosystem.
What Startbase is
Startbase is a free web platform for exploring startups, investors, companies, and other participants in the German startup ecosystem. Its database includes more than 10,000 verified startup profiles, and an investor directory lists more than 350 venture capital funds, corporate venture funds, and business angels with filters. Users can search and sort records, follow selected companies through shareable watchlists, and browse news and events. Members may create or update startup, investor, and event entries without a paywall. The platform also offers a startup magazine with more than 5,000 articles, an event calendar, a startup and tech job board, and a knowledge database of guides, studies, and best practices. Startbase aggregates media coverage on relevant startup and investor profiles. It is an information service rather than an investment platform: users cannot raise capital or invest directly through it. The service focuses on innovative, growth-oriented, scalable companies founded or planned in Germany, or with a German branch, and may reject profiles outside its criteria.
Good
- Free plan with no paywall for member contributions
- More than 10,000 verified startup profiles
- Investor directory includes more than 350 funds and angels
- Search, filters, and shareable company watchlists
- Includes events, jobs, articles, and guides
Watch out
- Users cannot invest or raise capital through the platform
- Profiles may be rejected if they do not meet its criteria
- No export access
Who it suits
Startbase is aimed at people involved in or interested in the German startup ecosystem, including founders, investors, employees, managers, and journalists. It also serves companies and other ecosystem partners from Germany and abroad.
Verdict
Startbase combines company and investor discovery with news, events, jobs, and other ecosystem resources. It is for research and connection, not direct fundraising or investing.
The facts
Each one read from Startbase's own pages, with the date it was checked.
What it does
- Account security
- The privacy policy says account passwords are not stored in plain text and registration uses an email confirmation link.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Community contributions
- Members can create startup, investor, or event entries and add or update data without a paywall.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Editorial content
- Its startup magazine publishes news, analysis, and background articles, and the site says it has more than 5,000 articles.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Funding limitation
- Startbase says users cannot raise capital or invest directly through the platform, which describes itself as an information service rather than an investment platform or intermediary.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Intended users
- The FAQs say the platform is for people in or interested in the German startup ecosystem, including employees, managers, journalists, founders, and investors.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Investment limits
- Startbase says it is an information platform, not an investment platform: users cannot raise capital or invest directly through it, and it does not provide brokerage services.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Investor directory
- Startbase lists more than 350 venture capital funds, corporate venture funds, and business angels, with filters.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Media aggregation
- Startbase says its platform identifies media coverage of a startup and aggregates that information on the relevant startup or investor profile.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Other resources
- The platform also provides an event calendar, a startup and tech job board, and a knowledge database with guides, studies, and best practices.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Privacy
- The privacy policy says personal data is handled under the GDPR, the German Federal Data Protection Act, and other applicable data protection rules.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Profile screening
- Startbase reserves the right to reject company profiles that do not meet its criteria or intended audience.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Purpose
- Startbase describes itself as a digital platform to help startups, investors, companies, and other ecosystem partners find and connect with one another.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Registration
- The terms say interested users can register for free, create company profiles, and exchange information on the platform.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Search
- Users can search startups, investors, and companies, browse events and news, and filter or sort results by different criteria.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Startup eligibility
- Startbase targets innovative, growth-oriented, scalable companies founded or planning to be founded in Germany, or with a German branch, and says it may reject profiles that do not meet its criteria.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Startup profiles
- The site describes a database of more than 10,000 verified startup profiles that founders and users can update.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Support contact
- The imprint lists [email protected] as the website operator's email address.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Watchlists
- Users can create and share watchlists, track selected companies in a news-feed-like stream, and use lists for shortlists or longlists.checked 8 Oct 2026
- Who it serves
- Startbase says it is aimed at startups, investors, companies, and other relevant ecosystem partners, including organizations from Germany and abroad.checked 8 Oct 2026
The company
- Founded
- 2019checked 28 Sep 2026
- Headquarters
- Stuttgart, Germanychecked 28 Sep 2026
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