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German Startups Group Berlin GmbH & Co. KGaA: German Startups Group records multiple positive developments in shareholding portfolio in the first half of 2016 - Seite 3

opportunities of the 175 million monthly users, according to the company's
records.

Delivery Hero, another core holding of German Startups Group, has achieved
a revenue increase of 91% to 72 million Euros in the first quarter of 2016,
according to a statement by one of its investors (Q1 2015: 38 million
Euros).

The MedTech company Fiagon, one of the shareholdings significant to German
Startups Group, successfully received essential FDA approval in the first
half of 2016, required for access to the North American market, for several
of its navigation instruments. According to the company, it now sells its
products in over 50 countries worldwide.

Another increased valuation can be recorded by Juniqe, a shareholding
significant to German Startups Group, as a result of the 14 million Euros
raised from noteworthy investors such as Highland Capital Partners Europe,
Vorwerk Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Redalpine. The company wishes
to use the additional funds for continued growth in Europe.

Simplesurance, a further shareholding significant to German Startups Group,
was recently able to win Allianz, one of the largest global insurers, as an
additional cooperation and investment partner. From now on, the Berlin-
based company will also distribute Allianz products in 28 European
countries via customer portals like Schutzklick.de as well as some 1,500
online shops. Simplesurance recorded a significant valuation increase as a
result of this financing round. Furthermore, Simplesurance was awarded a
"very good" grade by a leading finance magazine in a test of 20 mobile
phone insurers.

The portfolio company eWings, an online flight booking platform, was one of
the four companies alongside Lufthansa that was awarded the German Aviation
innovation prize 2016.

The technology-based market research company Dalia Research, also a
portfolio company of German Startups Group, was named "Newcomer of the
Year" in the area of market research at the p&a Insights 2016 conference
held by the media trade-magazine Horizont.

The portfolio company Savedo received the "Zins-Award", which is awarded by
the news channel n-tv, FMH Financial Consultants, and the German Institute
for Service-Quality. The FinTech startup was recognised in the category
"Best EU Fixed Deposit" over one and three years.

Furthermore, within the German Startups Group portfolio, further increases
in valuation were achieved as a result of the share price paid in the
course of the most recent financing rounds. However, these can only be
published once the relevant portfolio company has made the information