{"id":34969,"date":"2018-04-08T08:00:03","date_gmt":"2018-04-08T06:00:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/cms.stage.munich-startup.gmbh\/?p=34969"},"modified":"2022-06-20T11:24:11","modified_gmt":"2022-06-20T09:24:11","slug":"comfylight-insolvent","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cms.stage.munich-startup.gmbh\/en\/34969\/comfylight-insolvent\/","title":{"rendered":"Bei ComfyLight gehen die Lichter aus"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry-content\"><p><strong>Schlechte Nachrichten aus dem Hause ComfyLight. Das M\u00fcnchner Startup hat \u00fcber seine Kickstarter-Seite das Ende des Unternehmens verk\u00fcndet.\u00a0 Mitte M\u00e4rz wurde das Insolvenzverfahren eingeleitet.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>R\u00fcckblickend auf die <a href=\"\/en\/tag\/comfylight\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">ComfyLight-Historie<\/a> hatte das Team um Co-Founder Marcus Koehler drei gro\u00dfe H\u00fcrden zu nehmen, an der letzten scheiterte das Startup. Zun\u00e4chst habe es Probleme mit der Hardware-Produktion gegeben. Man musste den Hersteller wechseln und verlor durch diesen langwierigen Prozess wertvolle Zeit. Dennoch konnte man Anfang 2017 einen funktionierenden Prototypen pr\u00e4sentieren.<\/p>\n<h3>Ohne Kunden kein Investment<\/h3>\n<p>Nachdem das Thema Finanzierung zun\u00e4chst vor allem &#8222;<em>durch einen gro\u00dfen institutionellen Investor<\/em>&#8220; gestemmt worden sei &#8212; sowohl 2015 als auch 2016 &#8212; sprang dieser Mitte 2017 unerwartet ab, die Insolvenz drohte. Durch die Hilfe zweier Business Angels sei man dieser nur knapp entkommen.<\/p>\n<p>Als es jedoch darum ging, sich eine langfristige Finanzierung zu sichern, konnte ComfyLight keine passenden Geldgeber finden. Auf seiner Kickstarter-Seite beschreibt das Unternehmen den Teufelskreis der Investorensuche, der ihm letztendlich das Genick brach:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>&#8222;In der Folge versuchten wir, eine stabile langfristige Finanzierung zu sichern. Da wir jedoch noch nicht am Markt verf\u00fcgbar waren, gestaltete sich dies schwieriger als gedacht. Jeder Investor, mit dem wir gesprochen haben, w\u00fcnschte sich einen Beweis, dass sich ComfyLight verkaufen wird. Dummerweise l\u00e4sst sich dies mit einem Endkundenprodukt wie ComfyLight nur beweisen, indem man es verkauft. Und daf\u00fcr (insbesondere f\u00fcr die Produktion) ben\u00f6tigten wir ein Investment.&#8220;<\/p><\/blockquote>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Schlechte Nachrichten aus dem Hause ComfyLight. Das M\u00fcnchner Startup hat \u00fcber seine Kickstarter-Seite das Ende des Unternehmens verk\u00fcndet.\u00a0 Mitte M\u00e4rz wurde das Insolvenzverfahren eingeleitet. R\u00fcckblickend auf die ComfyLight-Historie hatte das Team um Co-Founder Marcus Koehler drei gro\u00dfe H\u00fcrden zu nehmen, an der letzten scheiterte das Startup. 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