Don't kid yourself. Germany is much less than optimal for startups. I know, I'm German, I had one here. The German mentality and refusal to advance technologically is another huge problem. I live in Bavaria currently, deep into beer county, where the hops for most of the worlds beer come from. People who can reinstall Windows call themselves "specialists" here, their success is largely dependent on social skills and honestly, narcissism. The more narcissistic you are, the more you think you're the shit, people will believe it immediately. Actual skill is not so much important, knowing each other from drinking together, what other people say about you and inflated self-image is much more highly regarded. It makes me wanna puke on a daily basis and I have absolutely no hope for this part of Germany. A few days ago, I found out how incredibly badly the Windows server at our secondary location had been set up by a contractor before my time. No security, no logical file structure, all the good stuff. This contractor was paid 200/hour and selected because he met my boss at the local watering hole and told him about how he is the best technician in a big radius. My boss believes it to this day. I have no hope. Northern Germany is a different topic all together, they have been making some nice advances but yet still the whole foundation around them is stuck in time.