Additional or alternative investors in Germany can be found on the webpages of BVK e.V., of the German state-owned bank KfW or of the German Business Angel Association An overview of international investors is provided by Invest Europe and by the European Business Angel Association. Funds, that primarily invest in social matters are for example Bonventure or Ananda. Several cities and large companies have accelerators and incubators where founders can get support in starting their business. An overview can be found here: https://www.eu-startups.com/2016/02/startup-accelerators-in-... To get additional support in founding a company please have a look at the Enterprise Europe Network. • Webpages like www.entrepreneur.com or www.eu-startups.com offer some insights and tips when starting a company and writing a business plan. To find a co-founder there are several start-up weekends all over Europe and platforms like www.cofounderslab.com or www.founder2be.com.
Believe me, I've wasted years filling out forms and proposals for investors who only want a sure profit. There's nothing you can do when the fear is on the other side.
The only need for any kind of investors in this case is really due to scaling as time goes, both in regards to infrastructure and employees.
Truth be told, the Sales or Business Development in this case is something that is key in order to break the ice in terms of B2B so that it would get others potentially interested in trying it out and using it.
Believe me, as European, too much bureaucracy and administration is something that is killing industry here.
With that said, I am open to any financing outside of Europe that invests in European startups/companies.
London has decent investors and while they are not as risk-taking as SF ones, they are still quite reasonable.
EU investors, with some tiny exceptions, are terrible in that regard.