DGAP-Ad-hoc: German Startups Group GmbH & Co. KGaA / Key word(s): Development of Sales/Change in Forecast German Startups Group GmbH & Co. KGaA: German Startups Group realizes a value gain of almost 1.6 million euros or 0.13 euro per German Startups Group share for one of its focus investments 23-Jul-2018 / 11:27 CET/CEST Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Article 17 MAR of the Regulation (EU) No 596/2014, transmitted by DGAP - a service of EQS Group AG. The issuer is solely responsible for the content of this announcement. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- NOT FOR DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE, DIRECTLY OR INDIRECTLY, IN OR INTO THE UNITED STATES, CANADA, AUSTRALIA OR JAPAN OR ANY OTHER JURISDICTION IN WHICH THE DISTRIBUTION OR RELEASE WOULD BE UNLAWFUL. OTHER RESTRICTIONS ARE APPLICABLE. PLEASE SEE THE IMPORTANT NOTICE AT THE END OF THE AD-HOC RELEASE. +++ ad-hoc announcement +++ Disclosure of an inside information acc. to Art. 17 Sec. 1 of the Regulation (EU) No. 596/2014 (Market Abuse Regulation - MAR) German Startups Group realizes a value gain of almost 1.6 million euros or 0.13 euro per German Startups Group share for one of its focus investments Berlin, 23 July 2018 - German Startup Group GmbH & Co. KGaA, a publicly listed, leading venture capital investor in Germany and at the same time also a digital agency with 150 employees based in Berlin, realizes a value gain of almost 1.6 million euros or 0.13 euro per German Startups Group share for one of its focus investments. The shares of the portfolio company are being valued significantly higher than before as part of a noteable share acquisition transaction. The German Startups Group records such book value adjustments usually on the occasion of such external objectivisation events. They strengthen its profit and loss statement and its equity. After completion of a share buyback in the last weeks, German Startups Group owns 230,285 own shares (almost 2% of the companies' registered share capital). Investor relations contact German Startups Group Marcel Doeppes [email protected] www.german-startups.com German Startups Group - We Love Startups! The German Startups Group, a publicly traded company comprises one of the leading VC providers in Germany with a digital agency employing 150 staff in Berlin. With a focus on Germany's young, fast growing companies - so called startups - the company acquires majority and minority shareholdings by providing venture capital. The core investment focus is on those tech companies whose products or business models include disruptive innovation, allow for a high degree of scalability and are run by strong entrepreneurial management teams. Since it commenced operations in 2012, German Startups Group has built a diversified portfolio of stakes in such companies and has become the most active private venture capital investor in Germany (CB Insights 2015, Pitchbook 2016). With the launch of G|S Market(TM) via a wholly owned subsidiary German Startups Market GmbH, the company operates a secondary market platform for tech assets since June 2018. Its majority holding, German Startups Asset Management GmbH, will launch its own novel type VC funds in the future and provide SPVs for G|S Market(TM) on the acquirer side in order to enable several investors to acquire larger investment opportunities through pooled investments. More information at www.german-startups.com. Disclaimer This release may not be published, distributed or transmitted in the United States, Canada, Australia or Japan. 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Actual results, performance or events may differ materially from those described in such statements due to, among other things, changes in the general economic and competitive environment, risks associated with capital markets, currency exchange rate fluctuations and competition from other companies, changes in international and national laws and regulations, in particular with respect to tax laws and regulations, and other factors. German Startups Group does not assume any obligations to update any forward-looking statements. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23-Jul-2018 CET/CEST The DGAP Distribution Services include Regulatory Announcements, Financial/Corporate News and Press Releases. Archive at www.dgap.de --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Language: English Company: German Startups Group GmbH & Co. KGaA Platz der Luftbrücke 4-6 12101 Berlin Germany Phone: +49.30.6098890.80 Fax: +49.30.6098890.89 E-mail: [email protected] Internet: www.german-startups.com ISIN: DE000A1MMEV4 WKN: A1MMEV Indices: Scale 30 Listed: Regulated Unofficial Market in Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt (Scale), Tradegate Exchange End of Announcement DGAP News Service --------------------------------------------------------------------------- 706909 23-Jul-2018 CET/CEST