Germany Prepares Rules to Foster Stock Options for Startups

  • Legislation will be introduced in a matter of days: Kukies
  • Government also plans to offer incentives for venture capital

Joerg Kukies said the government plans to offer incentives to venture capital investors who come to Germany.

Photographer: Giulio Napolitano/Bloomberg
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Germany is introducing draft laws in the next several days to encourage startups to offer stock options, a practice common in the U.S. that’s seen as a way to create a virtuous circle of investments and talent.

The government also plans to offer incentives to venture capital investors who come to Germany, Deputy Finance Minister Joerg Kukies said at the #NotOptional conference on European innovation Thursday.