Kapital folgt Struktur
The German-language capital handbook for growth companies: how to convince investors, structure your financing and secure millions. Rated 5.0 out of 5 on Amazon, 250 pages of practice.
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Kapital folgt Struktur (Capital Follows Structure) is the German-language capital handbook by Lucas E. Roemer for founders and managing directors of growth companies. It explains how technology companies convince investors and prepare funding rounds from EUR 1 million in a structured way.
The book is divided into six parts:
- Part I: The new capital era
- Part II: The DACH ecosystem and how investors think
- Part III: Investor types and forms of capital
- Part IV: The structural maturity test, including the difference between creditworthy and investable companies and the Capital-Ready checklist
- Part V: The fundraising process in four phases, from equity story, financial model and valuation to term sheet, due diligence and closing
- Part VI: Strategy beats effort
At its core are the five levels of investor readiness: strategic clarity, financial transparency, operational maturity, a clean legal structure and due diligence readiness. The book is published as a hardcover, first edition 2026. On the book page you can get the exit chapter as a free PDF in advance.