This was reported by the German portal Gründerszene, citing several sources within the company. According to the report, only a small two-digit number of people will remain employed for the time being to support the imminent liquidation of the young company. A week ago, it still looked like the company would be rescued. Wirtschaftswoche reported that a takeover was imminent and ‘only’ 200 jobs were on the redundancy list.
However, KPMG’s auditors and the responsible trustee, Ivo-Meinert Willrodt, were apparently unable to finalise a deal. According to Gründerszene, the most promising potential investor could not prove within the deadline that it had the necessary liquid funds. And time is running out for Lilium, as the…