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Good news from New York: My investor meetings and a conference confirmed it again: There is so much dry powder here, billions of dollars in tech growth equity and private equity capital are waiting to be deployed into innovative, high-potential European technology companies. The tech market's flywheel is accelera…

Greetings from London, that’s where the money is. ​There is a massive amount of Venture Capital and Private Equity dry powder based here, waiting to be invested into Europen and specifically Germany-based companies. ​But here is the hard truth: There is a real shortage of excellent German companies with the scale…

Wishing my network a healthy, successful, and prosperous start to 2026! Looking back, 2025 was a strong year for Drake Star and me. I’m proud to work with such a powerful and globally connected team, led by Ralf Philipp Hofmann, Julian Ostertag, and Gregory Bedrosian. And more is to come in 2026: We enter the new y…

Good news from New York: My investor meetings and a conference confirmed it again: There is so much dry powder here, billions of dollars in tech growth equity and private equity capital are waiting to be deployed into innovative, high-potential European technology companies. The tech market's flywheel is accelera…

I’m happy to share my 4th transaction of the year: Drake Star acted as the exclusive financial advisor to AI and video pioneer simpleshow on its sale to D-ID, the leading platform for generating digital humans. With over 15 years of experience in AI-driven video creation, simpleshow serves a global enterprise cust…

With Oktoberfest closed today for security reasons and no Bits & Pretzels table-captain session, I finally have a moment to share this: Drake Star wins the Equity Financing of the Year award for leading global aviation software deal Flightkeys – Insight Partners! We’re honored to receive the Equity Financing of…