CashLink Wants To Digitalize Venture Capital

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CashLink is a tokenization platform based in Frankfurt The startup helps other startups to issue securities in the form of security tokes Their idea comes from their own experience in raising venture capital they still remember the pain of raising venture capital in an all paper-based environment They also lower the transaction cost for each VC round based on their platform So they decided to take on that minor challenge of digitizing the German venture capital scene CashLink is currently offering its service for startups in Germany and investors from the European Union but they are working on extending their service to startups all over the European Union nbsp In this interview we talk to Michael Duttlinger https www linkedin com in duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK https cashlink de Joe interviewed Michael at the Fintech Hub of Deutsche B rse https www venture-network com dbvn-de fintech-hub here is the view or parts of it https www instagram com p Bno9mWQBRp0 which is located in the borough of Bornheim https en wikipedia org wiki Bornheim Frankfurt am Main nbsp in Frankfurt During the interview Michael and Joe talk about GmbH German Version of an LTD https www investopedia com terms g gmbh asp which is currently the standard legal form for startups in Germany Stock Options https www investopedia com terms s stockoption aspPhantom Shares Virtual Stock Options o nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp https en wikipedia org wiki Phantom stock nbsp o nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp nbsp https www investopedia com terms p phantomstock asp Primary Market https www investopedia com terms p primarymarket aspJoe talks about the German Commercial Registry https en wikipedia org wiki German Trade Register nbsp The interview was conducted in February 2019 that s where the snow references come from Originally this interview was intended as a video interview but the autofocus did not work Quotes The irony is that investors must go through a long and tiresome process to invest in a startup to get digitization started J rn CashLink Interview nbsp We want to digitize venture capital In our legal framework you can sell your startup shares basically at any time at very low transaction costs because it is now digital In the near future we will see more hybrid financed startups wo have tokenized and non-tokenized shares Our framework is only for professional investors who ware used to invest in startups nbsp With us you can onboard investors very easily on the go Michael Duttlinger CEO Co-Founder CASHLINK Startuprad io – All right reserved Folge direkt herunterladenClick here to visit this podcast episode