“It would certainly be helpful if the topic of employee participation were vigorously revived in this country. It is less attractive in Germany for tax and bureaucratic reasons than in most industrialized nations of the world. We need a rethink for employee participation in start-ups, like in Sweden. Or like in France, where the importance of share options has already been recognized.”
– Christian Miele, partner at the Berlin venture capitalist Eventures, in “We need our Greta moment now”, Handelsblatt of December 09, 2019, page 5