Beside the traditional way of financing by outside capital or quotation on a German stock exchange, alternative methods of business financing are appearing increasingly in Germany. Especially going public in the course of a private placement is considerably gaining importance, since a well-balanced capital structure is the precondition for solid company growth.

For companies at home and abroad, raising equity capital by a capital market issue on the free capital market in Germany is an smart and forward-looking financing instrument with several advantages over traditional means of financing.