INSTANT IPO SE, a leading provider of stock exchange shell companies in the German-speaking region, is seeing a steadily increasing demand for financing among companies. Topics such as digitalization, artificial intelligence, expansion, or acquisitions require additional sources of capital. At the same time, bank financing is becoming increasingly restrictive due to regulatory requirements.
Against this background, the capital market is becoming increasingly important for growth-oriented companies. On one hand, a stock exchange listing serves the purpose of raising capital, while on the other, it can increase company valuation, boost awareness, and facilitate future acquisitions.
The experience of recent years shows that more and more companies now view the capital market as an integral part of their corporate growth. Consequently, the relevance of shell company transactions is rising in particular.
Shell companies: The preferred route to the stock exchange
While global IPO activity stabilized in 2025 compared to 2024, the number of worldwide SPAC transactions almost tripled in 2025 compared to the previous year. By May 2026, 66% of the previous year's figures had already been reached, so that the current calendar year, extrapolated, could become the strongest SPAC year since the boom year of 2021.
Shell companies, SPACs, and reverse IPO structures benefit from their high transaction security, especially in volatile market phases. Growth-oriented companies, in particular, are increasingly seeking the advantages of exchange-traded shells, as these allow for the implementation of an efficient, predictable, and cost-effective access to the stock market.
Reiner Ehlerding, Managing Director of INSTANT IPO SE, on the modern path to the stock exchange: "Especially in times of fluctuating capital markets or geopolitical tensions, high transaction security is of fundamental importance for entrepreneurs. The traditional IPO is too time-consuming, too expensive, and associated with too many uncertainties for many companies. Shell companies, on the other hand, offer a proven, pragmatic path to the stock exchange. Germany has thousands of innovative companies with attractive business models. Many of these companies are ready for the capital market, and that is precisely where shell companies come in, creating an efficient and modern access to the stock exchange."
In summary, this indicates a clear trend reversal in favor of shell company, SPAC, and reverse transactions, which have become an integral part of modern corporate financing. As a result, this marks a paradigm shift in the way companies go public today. Capital market experts expect this trend to strengthen further in the coming years.
INSTANT IPO SE possesses the largest and highest-quality platform of exchange-traded shell companies in the German-speaking region, thereby offering companies professional, structured access to the capital market.