Pre­viously, we high­ligh­ted how bold­ness is a vital intan­gi­ble asset for change. Spea­king (or in this case wri­ting) about some­thing is one thing; demons­t­ra­ting it is another.

So how did we put words into action at bm|t?

During the first six months of 2025, in close part­ner­ship with our trus­ted stake­hol­ders, Thu­rin­gia-based com­pa­nies within bm|t’s port­fo­lio secu­red circa € 40 mil­lion in total fun­ding across fif­teen finan­cing rounds. Fur­ther­more, we wel­co­med five new com­pa­nies into our port­fo­lio.

This not only con­firms our com­mit­ment to sup­port­ing bold foun­ders, it also pro­ves the depth of talent being cul­ti­va­ted in Thu­rin­gia – a reward for years spent nur­tu­ring the ecosystem.

Buil­ding upon last quarter’s call for bold­ness, in this edi­tion we would like to high­light how intent can be tur­ned into motion – through focu­sing on the importance of dri­ving change. The importance of level­ling up local, regio­nal and pan-Euro­pean com­pe­ti­ti­ve­ness in an ever-chan­ging world can­not be over­sta­ted. The ques­tion thus is not why do we need change, but ins­tead how can we deli­ver it?

This pro­cess of tur­ning intent into motion starts intern­ally through honest self-assess­ment – that in turn starts to drive posi­tive change. High­light­ing and cele­bra­ting wins is easy (and neces­sary); dis­sec­ting missteps is transformative.

It is only through can­did con­ver­sa­ti­ons regar­ding what hasn’t worked as hoped that we can unco­ver the levers for impro­ve­ment as indi­vi­du­als, teams and orga­ni­sa­ti­ons. This initial cri­ti­cal assess­ment is the first step towards dri­ving change, pushing for­ward and ulti­m­ately level­ling up.

Over the years, bm|t has sup­ported mul­ti­ple start­ups through every stage of growth – inclu­ding the chal­len­ging one where a com­pany first rea­ches its cei­ling, is ope­ra­ting ‘at capa­city’ and must examine missteps in order to keep sca­ling. Thus our role goes bey­ond sim­ply pro­vi­ding capi­tal – but in pushing foun­ders (and our­sel­ves) to lean into change, to refine and to turn fric­tion into momentum.

To para­phrase the Roman phi­lo­so­pher Seneca: suc­cess is what hap­pens when pre­pa­ra­tion meets oppor­tu­nity. Vola­ti­lity may be the ‘New Nor­mal’, but fresh oppor­tu­ni­ties are on the hori­zon – from the newly laun­ched MFT II fund to the Fede­ral Government’s new infra­struc­ture fund. Orga­ni­sa­ti­ons best posi­tio­ned to use these oppor­tu­ni­ties effec­tively will be those who con­front weak­ne­s­ses early, con­vert them into strengths, and thus turn intent into motion – inside the com­pany and across the market.

Tog­e­ther with our team and stake­hol­ders, bm|t is com­mit­ted not only to streng­thening the Thu­rin­gian eco­nomy, but also lea­ding by exam­ple. We encou­rage you and your team to start now.

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