I looked a bit into the gGmbH (gemeinnützige Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung) you guys are trying to set up and have few concerns if it's the right choice for your company. This is not intended as fud and please correct me if I'm totally wrong:
A gemeinnützige Gmbh is roughly translated a "limited non-profit company" or "non-profit limited liability company" which intends to act in a social manner and which is not profit oriented. This would put "Lisk" in the category of Social Entrepreneurship with the intent to develop, fund and implement solutions to social, cultural or environmental issues. Now I guess your main goal by forming a gGmbH is to get tax advantages (which are very high in Germany). gGmbHs are mainly charitable organizations focusing on philanthropic goals or social well-being ( educational, religious, cultural, scientific).
So my main concern is: How does Lisk fit into this category? Lisk may be scientific and research oriented. But at the same time a lot of aspects are for profit oriented (offering cryptocurrency, being listed on several exchanges etc). Are these aspects the reason for the delay?
I hope you could clear this up in your next blog post or meeting.
Thx
Edit: I guess that's also why the ICO investments had to be declared as "donations"
A gGmbH first and foremost is simply a non-profit company (focus on company, not foundation!). Reasons for being non-profit are often "to develop, fund, and implement solutions to social, cultural or environmental issues". However, there are also other examples of non-profit companies like various tech foundations show. Being a company puts it a little bit more into the commercial aspect while all profits go back into the company.
The reason for delay is that Germany knows relatively little about blockchain technology. We will post an update.
Cheers,
Max