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| Negotiate Like the FBI: Sales Psychology for Startup Founders | 27 May 2025 | 00:46:42 | |
What happens when an FBI-trained negotiation coach brings elite sales psychology into the startup world? You get a masterclass in influence, integrity, and investor persuasion. Today’s episode of Startuprad.io features Matthias Bullmahn, a crisis negotiation expert, former Accenture executive, and storytelling coach — here to show founders how to negotiate like pros and scale without manipulation. What You'll Learn:
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| Why Europe’s Venture Capital Needs a Mindset Reboot | Andy Goldstein | 22 May 2025 | 00:40:05 | |
🎧 Opening: Why do Europe’s startups scale slower than their U.S. counterparts? In this raw, revealing episode, Andy Goldstein uncovers what’s really holding back the European venture capital scene—and what we can do about it. 💡 What You'll Learn:
Andy Goldstein, Managing Director Europe at VU Venture Partners and Co-Founder of the German Accelerator, is a serial entrepreneur, ecosystem builder, and innovation catalyst. With decades of experience across the U.S. and Europe, he’s reshaping how VCs invest—and how startups scale. 🎯 Give Us a Review:Loved this episode? Help others discover it! 👉 Struggling with small biz finances? Tide’s free account + up to €400 cashback makes it a no-brainer: tide.co/Podcastsde – use code STARTUPRADIO ✅ Show NotesGuest Name: Andy Goldstein, Managing Director Europe, VU Venture Partners Relevant Resources: Timestamps:
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| 🎧 From Marine Biologist to Biotech Powerhouse – Annick Verween’s Mission to Redefine Planetary Health | 17 Apr 2025 | 00:36:28 | |
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Annick shares how Biotope scouts and selects biotech startups using:
“Don’t just focus on VC. Combine grants and investments into a smart, hybrid funding model.” – Annick Verween #biotech #biotechstartup #biotechfunding #scalingbiotech #biotechhub #planetaryhealth #agrifoodtech #founderadvice #startupeurope #venturecapital #seedround #EITFood #innovation #IPstrategy #startups #VCfunding 🔗 Resources & Links: Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - October 2022 Wrap-Up | 26 Oct 2022 | 00:25:40 | |
Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights:Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding.
Let’s talk startups:
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Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/
This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here:
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Europe’s largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco
learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview
Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write:
Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| Meet Tvarit - Hidden Industrial AI Champion Making Manufacturing Sustainable | 19 Oct 2022 | 00:34:10 | |
Executive Summary The industrial ai startup Tvarit is focused on optimizing the process of casting metals. This process is abundant for parts in robots, cars, all kinds of machines, and heavy equipment. With their approach they help their clients save up to 18% of their energy bill, increase production quality and lower the wastage of the process. Tvarit has raised almost 3 million in funding since our 2019 interview and is looking for Series A funding. Suhas founded 17 startups prior to Tvarit, with this being startup №18, for which he sees the potential to become a unicorn. We’re excited to see how Tvarit will develop industrial ai further and help factories across the world save money and produce better quality products. Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what’s best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help!
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Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/
This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here:
Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital
Suhas is a serial entrepreneur who has founded 18 startups, including his last one Tvarit in Frankfurt. Tvarit is an industry 4.0 AI startup that Startuprad.io has been following since 2019. Suhas is an engineer by training (ISEP in Paris). Suhas has worked for more than 12 years for Qualcoom and other companies before becoming an entrepreneur. He has been (co)founding industrial companies and startups in Europe and India already in the past, so this is nothing new for him.
In this interview we focus more on the development of Tvarit, for everyone who likes to learn more, we will also link the October 2019 interview in our blog post.
As industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) continue to evolve, so too does the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. Manufacturers are already using AI-powered robots for tasks like welding and fabricating, and the technology is quickly being adopted across the industrial sector. One area where AI is making a big impact is in metal casting. By analyzing data from the casting process, Tvarit can help to optimize production and improve quality control. As a result, factories that adopt AI-powered metal casting solutions are able to produce parts more efficiently and with fewer defects and less energy. Tvarit is one company that is leading the way in this area, and its industrial AI software is helping manufacturers around the world to improve their operations.
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| Berlin-based Green Startup Trilleco is on a Mission to help Businesses Analyze and Manage their Environmental Impact | 13 Oct 2022 | 00:34:16 | |
Executive Summary
Berlin-based green startup Trilleco is on a mission to help businesses analyze and manage their environmental impact, with their industrial IoT data platform. The startup's non-code data platform makes it easy for companies to see how they can reduce their carbon footprint and make positive changes for the environment. Female co-founder Miriam Janke is passionate about helping businesses operate in a more sustainable way and contribute to the goal of limiting global warming. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Trilleco is also working towards a circular economy where resources are reused instead of being thrown away. Through its innovative platform, Trilleco is helping businesses make meaningful progress towards a more sustainable future. This interview is part of our female entrepreneurship track, where Joe is sick leave cover for Johanna. Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help! https://linktr.ee/startupradio Our Sponsor StartupravenA startup's journey can be a tough one, but it doesn't have ́to feel like you're alone on your quest! Invest in others' success with us by joining our community of entrepreneurs who are building amazing things every day - no matter how big or small their ideas may seem at first glance. The best way to find investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up here: https://startupraven.com/ Our Sponsor YouniumYounium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ The FounderMiriam Janke (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-janke/) is an inspiring young female founder who has co-founded green startup trilleco to work on a better future. She is currently with her startup in the Paris TechStars accelerator, where she is working on developing her green business goals. Miriam is a TEDx speaker on environmental protection and has spoken widely about the need for more female entrepreneurs in the green business space. Her work with trilleco is helping to make the world a cleaner and more sustainable place, and she is an inspiration to other young women who are looking to make a difference in the world. We can all learn from Miriam's example and be inspired by her commitment to making a difference. The StartupTrilleco (https://www.trilleco.com/) is a green startup based in Berlin that has developed a data platform to help industry 4.0 become more sustainable. The platform makes data from the company accessible and makes the environmental impact visible to enable the company to manage it. The company's goal is to help reduce the environmental impact of industrial IoT by making it easier for companies to adopt green practices. Trilleco is one of the first companies to offer a no-code data platform that makes it easy for companies to get started with green practices. The company has ion the EIT Manufacturing program and is currently part of the TechStars Accelerator in Paris. Trilleco is HiringThey have offices in Finnland, Germany and Spain. They also operate in Austria, Switzerland and Italy. You can learn more about them here: https://www.trilleco.com/careers ... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - September 2022 | 28 Sep 2022 | 00:25:53 | |
Our highlights:
Germany is preparing for a potentially rough winter, in many ways. Now Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe): Asked Germans not to put up any Christmas lights this season. Startups in GSA keep laying off staff, but also raising significant funds. We have our usually shortened list a bit longer this month, to show that it is not all gloom and doom here. You will also notice that the M&A activity is up, totaling 55 bn US$ in summer 2022 (for all of Europe), and is still going strong. Let’s talk startups: Subscribe HereFind all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel, or listen to our internet radio station here: The Authority on German, Swiss and Austrian Startups | Linktree Our Enablers Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Startupraven.comThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Blog PostFind all links, news and show notes here: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-september-2022-53339fae6ca7 Top News Berlin’s Everphone extends Series C to $232MEverphone started with their first fundraising for Series C in December 2021 and now make an additional closing of 32 mn Euros, which totals — according to PitchBook 232 m US$ Series C for their device-as-a-service model Crypto Boom is slowingEuropean crypto app downloads have almost halved from 2021 amongst the biggest drops are Blockchain.com and unicorn Bitpanda. Sifted writes “Beleaguered Austrian crypto trading platform Bitpanda saw a 65% decrease in app downloads from 563k in H1 2021 to 197k in H1 2022. In June, the company laid off a third of its employees, admitting that it had hired too fast and needed to cut back expenditure amid the crypto market rout.” VCs keep an eye on their investments and the app downloads are a proxy for growth here for them. Insolvencies hit household namesYes, they are not startups, but it gives you a great overview of the current environment, also for the startups
Podcast monetization is getting serious with international involvement Lots of mergers in monetizing podcasts, the first Julep from Munich was bought by Libsyn and now London-based Auddy buys Vienna-based Audiomy More firings :-(Keep in mind here, that most startups are likely not in financial trouble, but they rather try to extend the money they have already raised. The consensus seems to be cutting 15–20% of the workforce for most startups.
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| Meet COMPREDICT, the Startup Where Blackberry and Michelin Invested | 08 Sep 2022 | 00:20:28 | |
Executive Summary
COMPREDICT is a Darmstadt, Germany-based deep tech startup, offering virtual sensors for cars. They already convinced Michelin and Blackberry to invest, so we thought it would be about time to catch up with the team around Rafael. Virtual sensors in a car take data from physical sensors and fuse them to generate additional measurements.Rafael Fietzek, MD and Co-Founder COMPREDICT Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below.We want to make sure that we provide what’s best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help! Startuprad.io - Global Top 125 Tech Podcast | LinktreeGlobal Top 125 Tech Podcastlinktr.ee Our Enablers Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://techstartups.sounder.fm/ A normal car has four physical wheel speed sensors to measure each wheel. With us, you need only two physical sensors and save money.Rafael Fietzek, MD and Co-Founder COMPREDICT FeedbackWe are always looking for ways to make the show better. Please take this opportunity and share your feedback with us! You can also suggest topics or interview partners that you’d like featured on future episodes by leaving a comment below — we would love to hear from YOU!!! https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA Blog Post with Links and Show NotesFind it here: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/meet-compredict-the-startup-where-blackberry-and-michelin-invested-15b6f4aa6c70 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Startup News GSA - Summer Wrap-Up (July & August '22) | 04 Sep 2022 | 00:38:44 | |
Our Highlights
Startups in GSA did better than expected. We had a few insolvency filings, but also amazing fundraisings like Celonis 1 bn US$ combination of equity and debt funding. Insuftech Wefox raises 400 m. One can already see the signs of a downturn, M&A activity going up, as well as the news about insolvencies or job cuts/ hiring freezes. But — according to a Bikcom survey — 8 out of 10 startups are still hiring. Deal time our recent guest Qonto buys former guest Penta and there was more in a B2B neobank deal week. Even Allianz had to learn, that one can not buy fintech success and there is more news on Wirecard. We will also bombard you with funding data on Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as global numbers. Keep in mind you can read all our news on our blog https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-summer-2022-wrap-up-603e2c1939ae Top News Celonis Secures 1 bn US$ FundingCelonis remains a success story with a 400 million Series D extension and a 600 mn US$ credit facility, at a valuation of nearly 13 bn US$. They are cementing their spot as Germany’s most valuable startup as well as its only decacorn. They do process mining and help to identify unrealized efficiencies. Right now, they’re helping with supply chain issues, for example. Despite Market Conditions, WeFox Closes 400 m US$ FundingWefox, the Berlin-based insurtech, closes USD 400 million Series D round at 4.5 bn Dollar valuation One Former Guest Has to File for Insolvency
Neobrokers Facing Headwinds
B2B Neobanks Had a pretty big Deal Week Qonto Announces Plan to Acquire Penta https://buff.ly/3zwPCI3 as we have predicted two weeks before https://buff.ly/3zxUSeH we have extensive coverage of Penta from the past linked in the article, as well as an interview with Qonto’s head of Germany. Also Kontist was selling itself at a pretty hefty discount https://buff.ly/3c9pmuF Viability of Quick Delivery Business Model still Questioned
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| Asvin Provides Cybersecurity for the Internet of Things | 27 Jul 2022 | 00:34:18 | |
Starwars fans may remember that death star was destroyed due to a data leak.Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk Executive SummaryWe interview Mirko, CEO of Asvin a cybersecurity startup. During the interview, we touch on data leaks in Star Wars, vulnerabilities in IoT, IoT devices, software, supply chains, distributed systems, and even in space (think cube satellites). ASVIN provides many tools to uncover and fix these vulnerabilities. Mirko is also a cybersecurity podcaster at Hackwerk, which you can also hear on our internet radio station www.startup.radio. Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which we can help! https://linktr.ee/startupradio Botnet operators can take over millions of devices by simply scanning the internet and following up with a brute force attack.Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk Our Sponsor StartupravenA startup's journey can be a tough one, but it doesn't have ́to feel like you're alone on your quest! Invest in others' success with us by joining our community of entrepreneurs who build amazing things every day - no matter how big or small their ideas may seem at first glance. The best way to find investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up here: https://startupraven.com/ Find all Links and Show Notes on our BlogThis podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Instigo Started on its Way to Become an Autonomous Growth Hacking Ad Platform for Digital Marketers | 13 Jul 2022 | 00:29:55 | |
Executive Summary
Instigo is a multi-platform marketing tool, based in Vienna. Dror has been a marketing manager, working across multiple platforms. With this experience, he set out to create a platform that allows advertising frictionless, with consistent data across as many platforms as possible. They already made the first steps and convinced the first investors. Managing marketing platforms across 6–7 platforms is very challenging. … We wanted to create a growth marketing tool for marketeers like us.Dror Hasman, Co-Founder Find all the links and show notes here: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/instigo-started-on-its-way-to-be-the-one-ads-platform-to-rule-them-all-5228649504e5 This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - June 2022 | 30 Jun 2022 | 00:29:11 | |
Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in June 2022 by Startuprad.io. My co-host is again Chris from New York. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, and our partner station IBGR.Network. We recorded this new episode on Monday, June 27th, 2022. Keep in mind, that we will have a summer break and be back for you with another news episode on Labor Day, which is September 5th, 2022. In this episode, we will wrap up July, and August. As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode in September. We will also slightly change our publication schedule for this July and August, mostly going to one publication every two weeks. You can keep up to date with our Google Calendar for all publications. Our highlights:Startups in GSA also shedding headcount, including unicorns that recently raised money. All signs point towards them extending their runway, expecting a recession. Some startups face a challenging fundraising environment, but others like WeFox want to almost double their valuations. Also, Personio and Trade Republic raise additional funds. In our “stay ahead of the curve” section, we have a lot of articles an entrepreneur should read to prepare for the potential downturn. German economic minister Habeck is unveiling his new startup strategy, considering even a minimum investment in VC Funds for German insurers and pension funds. The fast delivery startups seem to hit a wall and even formerly mighty Gorillas now explores strategic options. Let’s talk startups: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-june-2022-2651b2b64fe This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - May 2022 | 25 May 2022 | 00:29:55 | |
Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in May 2022 by Startuprad.io — in a news recording with Christian Fahrenbach from New York City and Jörn Menninger, from Frankfurt. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, and our partner IBGR.Network. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, May 19th, 2022. The next news will go live on June 30th. Keep in mind, that we will have a summer break afterward and be back for you with another news episode on Labor Day September 5th, 2022. In this episode, we will wrap up July, and August. As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode in June. We will also slightly change our publication schedule in the summer — as we have done before. For July and August, we will only post a new episode every other week (July 14th, 28th, and August 11th, as well as August 25th). We will be back to normal at the start of September. We also partner with Artic 15 you get a discount with our code in the show notes at www.medium.com/startuprad-io
Our Highlights: We can proudly announce unicorn No 29 Taxfix, No 30 Onefootball and on the downside, RaisinDS loses its unicorn valuation. Really bad news for car sharing: BMW and Mercedes pull the plug on their joint venture. Our 2018 guest ProGlove is sold in a 500 m € deal (525 m US$) and Orderbird is sold in a 100 m € deal (105 m US$). Other unicorns are currently on the hunt for new capital and feel the heat of the current funding environment. Let’s talk startups: Our Enablers Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Startupraven.comThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Find all news and show notes here: https://medium.com/startuprad-io/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-may-2022-de23cf4942e3This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| 🎙️ AI-Powered Angel Investing: DACH Secrets Revealed | 15 Apr 2025 | 00:58:07 | |
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| This Month in GSA Startups - April 2022 | 29 Apr 2022 | 00:28:54 | |
Welcome to This Month in GSA Startups in April 2022 by Startuprad.io — in a news recording with Christian Fahrenbach ”Chris” from New York City today and me Jörn Menninger “Joe”, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, the blog Fundscene, and our partner IBGR.Network. We recorded this new episode on Monday, April 25th, 2022. The next news will go live on the 26th of May, the day we celebrate fathers day in Germany. For this reason, we have at this date two publications: the news and an episode on men’s health. As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode. We also partner with the EU-Startups Summit and Artic 15 you get a discount at both events with our codes in the show notes www.medium.com/startuprad-io. You can meet Joe in person in Barcelona at the EU Startups Summit on May 12th and 13th. The discount codes are:
Our highlights: Despite slightly declining global VC investments GSA still generates Unicorns. This time we welcomed Grover and Choco officially into the league. Swiss Beqom is not confirmed, but also a massive investment. Apple and Porsche are rumored to work together on joint projects. Gorillas is looking for funding again, after raising a billion US$ (850 m Euros) in September 2021. Germany’s second most valuable fintech Mambu had to publish numbers. The corona patron registration app Luca first boomed during the lockdown, then their data protection was questioned, now they pivot to a fintech with the backing of investors including the Wefox founder. Let’s talk startups: Find all the links and show notes on our blog www.medium.com/startuprad-io This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| CO2BIOCLEAN turns CO2 into Biodegradable Fiber That can be used in Clothing | 13 Apr 2022 | 00:26:19 | |
CO2 is a very clean way to produce biopolymers.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean This is our first in-person interview since the breakout of the corona pandemic in early 2020, made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-In-Hessen.com. Subscribe HereFind all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: We start with CO2 and at the end of our process … there are polymers that can be used like plastics.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean Our Enablers Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: When you have something biodegradable, it will be lasting less than 6 months in the water.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean Startupraven.comThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ The FounderWe interview Fabiana Fantinel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiana-fantinel-33a24110/), an Italian, who founded her company CO2Bioclean (https://co2bioclean.com/) in Frankfurt. She has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and her Post-Doc at the Max Planck Institute brought her to Germany. She also holds an MBA. Our process is already patented. … currently, our efforts are in working on the scalabilityFabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean The StartupThe startup CO2Bioclean is a green startup. They use CO2 to turn it into polymers that can be used like plastics but are biodegradable. The startup just received EU funding to start a small-scale plant to improve its patented process and work on its scalability. Our material will last less than one year in the environment.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean Venture Capital FundingReceived 6.6 mn Euros in total from European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator https://www.deutsche-boerse-cash-market.com/dbcm-de/newsroom/fokus-news-list/EU-Accelerator-f-rdert-drei-Bio-konomie-Start-ups-2914060 They will use the funding to start a first production facility to demonstrate the technology at industrial scale. There will be additional funding round to start the production at an industrial stage, likely starting in 2023. There is no microplastic from our material lasting for years in the ocean.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean Find all links and show notes on our blog www.medium.com/startuprad-io This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| This Month in GSA Startups - March 2022 | 30 Mar 2022 | 00:34:06 | |
Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian (GSA) Startups in March 2022 by Startuprad.io — in a news recording with Chris — not from New York City today and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio and our partner IBGR.Network. We recorded this new episode on Monday, March 21st, 2022. The recording is one week earlier than usual, due to the travel schedules of Chris and me. As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode. Our Enablers Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://techstartups.sounder.fm/ Startupraven.comThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ Our highlights: We have the 100 most influential women in startup and venture capital in Europe. There are two new unicorns to announce in GSA. Unicorn Personio set up a charity fund and Germany’s largest fintech exit (at approx 1 bn US$) is in the making. We have an exclusive interview with the CEO in charge for almost 40 minutes from July 2021. We try to touch on the Russian invasion in Ukraine as lightly as possible, only when it impacts the GSA startup scene since you get more than enough news about this tragedy on ANY OTHER outlet. Please note that this does not mean we don’t care, but it is not our area of coverage. We are also talking about delivery startups and again Wirecard. Not surprisingly, Wirecard will keep the German courts busy for years to come. Let’s talk startups: Find all links and show notes here: https://medium.com/startuprad-io This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Inside of the Mind of a Blockchain Investor | 17 Mar 2022 | 00:36:55 | |
People talk today about the crypto winter, but I went through the time after the Dotcom Bubble burst and there are a lot of similarities here. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor Subscribe HereFind all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio A few years ago, I was attracted by the opportunities the blockchain offers. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor Our Sponsor StartupravenThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ As a blockchain investor I am currently looking at … 1) Everything that is happening in the DeFi space, especially the new ways of money transfer. 2) The Gaming Sector. It is a market with 3 bn people 3) Metaverse… it maybe a big failure or a big success. There is a fair chance it becomes huge 4) IoT security. For example, a car currently has more than 200 IoT devices. 5) The whole world of financial services, including insurance. Just look at the back offices of asset managers. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor The InvestorWolfgang Männel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-maennel/) has been working for 30+ years. He was born and raised in Franconia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia), close to Nürnberg in Germany. Wolfgang started out in sales, started an agency and joined a consultancy (today Capgemini Invent). Surprisingly he had also a stint at a radio station, focused on classical music called Klassik Radio (https://www.klassikradio.de/). Klassik Radio is also the only public listed radio station in Germany. In between he was also an investor with 3i Group, at the time active in venture capital and private equity. He has also been an investor in turn-around cases during the subprime crisis. If you have seen many crises before, you know how to react. I remember the 1987 Russian crisis, the Dotcom Crash, and more. … It was always followed by a long phase where it as difficult for startups to get any kind of financing. It took years to recover … but the only way after all the crisis was up. The valuations always went up after the recovery Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor He is the co-founder (senior partner) of Blockchain Founders Group BFG, a company builder and venture capital investor. You can apply here: https://www.f6s.com/ look for block rocket. We are looking to be the first or second money in, even pre-revenue. Most companies we invest in have an MVP. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor Further Readings / Additional Resources· 1987 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union · Dot-com bubble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble · Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis · Here is the personality test 16 personalities: https://www.16personalities.com/ I turned to turn-around investing at the time of the sub-prime crisis. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor FeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback,... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| Qualifyze Makes Supply Chains in Life Science And Chemical Industry More Transparent | 03 Mar 2022 | 00:35:22 | |
"We buy the on-site data from a good auditor and re-sell the data to other customers of this supplier."David Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder Qualifyze Our Enabler Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://techstartups.sounder.fm/ "I approached the company for an investment, and they sent me the chief of staff to vet the company. Over a few beers he decided to join me as co-founder, but the company never invested."David Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder Qualifyze The FounderThis time our guest is David Schneider (https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%A6dr-david-schneider-1100a066/), Founder and CEO of Frankfurt-based Qualifyze (https://www.qualifyze.com/), a startup that helps in the chemical and pharma industry with audits. David did see a lot of places while studying in the Netherlands (Maastricht, Rotterdam), National University of Singapore and Università Bocconi in Italy. He was also and intern with JP Morgan in investment banking in London, Rothschild in Frankfurt, or BASF in Ludwigshafen. Before starting his own company, he was working as a consultant for more than 3 years. He tried to attract investment from a steel trading company, and he convinced the person the company sent to become his co-founder. The StartupQualifyze (https://www.qualifyze.com/) started out as a marketplace for commodity chemical products, called ChemSquare in 2017. They soon realized that in the chemical and pharma industry the required suppliers’ audits are a big hassle and they pivoted to help their clients with digitizing them. These audits are essential for supply chains in the chemical and pharma industry, where faulty ingredients can lead to deaths or damage to equipment or nature. "We decided to get the supplier qualification on our platform to make the chemical platform work and it turned into a new business model." David Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder Qualifyze Venture Capital FundingThey raised a Series A funding round, led by HV Capital of 14 mn US$, which was disclosed in November 2021. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in GSA Startups - February 2022 | 24 Feb 2022 | 00:29:59 | |
Welcome to This Month in GSA Startups - meaning Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for February 2022 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, our partner station IBGR.Network and the Fundscene blog. We recorded this new episode on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. Today we bring you everything from a new Switzerland-based unicorn to a new take on quick delivery - pardon the pun. We start out with mega-deal in Gaming: ESL Gaming is sold for 1bn US$, Munich-based Fintechsystems is sold for 120 mn € and Aachen-based Next Ego may accomplish THE turnaround of the whole year, coming out of insolvency, they are looking to list via SPAC, valued at 1.5 bn €. Switzerland has a new unicorn, congratulations to Scandit, Gorillas wants to buy a french competitor and is thinking about a SPAC deal. Also, we have a large update on neobanks in Germany, and they are not all doing well. Let's talk startups: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/this-month-in-gsa-startups-february-2022-44520c52b1eb This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| What We Have Learned from Atomico's State Of European Tech Survey | 10 Feb 2022 | 00:36:01 | |
A Joint Audio-Only Podcast
This is the first joint radio program and podcast of IBGR and the Startuprad.io podcast with its radio program Startup.Radio. You may know that IBGR and Startup.Radio are syndication partner, almost from the start of Startup.Radio. I, therefore, welcome William Eastman, founder of the IBGR Network, everybody calls Bill. Subscribe HereFind all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio Our Sponsor StartupravenThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ What we have learnedToday we bring you insights from Atomico’s State of European Tech 2021 - an annual survey of startups all over Europe taking place annually since 2015. This survey may be the most comprehensive, repeated overview of the European startup and tech scene. This survey is a joint endeavor by Atomico, a London-based VC and PE fund, as well as the annual Slush tech festival in Helsinki, Finland. And, guys, you know a tech festival has to be good, if it can lure people to the freezing cold Helsinki in December. They also add data from providers like S&P and Dealroom in the mix. Startuprad.io had Dealrooms Founder in an interview btw. This is just a startThis is just a starting point for you to discover the whole report on your own. It spans more than 350 pages, so we can not give you all the information here. The bottom line is … I would say: The whole continental ecosystem all over Europe has been lacking behind the US and China for quite some time. It looks like they have started to catch up in a big way, despite corona. We see this in increases in the number of investors, startups, fundings (number and size), and the increase in the uni/decacorn herds. The authors see a potential for the whole ecosystem that is now worth 3 Trillion US$ to be worth 24 Trillion US$ in 2030. Learn More here: Feedback is always welcome:Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” Google Form for Feedback This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Solytic Helps the Small Solar Investor to Play With the Big Guys | 02 Feb 2022 | 00:29:38 | |
We focus on everything, besides the large solar parks, which is actually 99% of the overall market. Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio Our Sponsor Startupraven The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ The inefficiencies of small solar installations … kind of smacked me in the face. Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC The Founder We talk to Johannes Burgard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannesburgard/), CEO and Founder of Berlin-based SaaS startup SOLYTIC (https://www.solytic.com/). Johannes started out with studying engineering, with stints in Chile and London. After graduation he worked at Airbus, did an MBA and then started out with his entrepreneurial journey. Johannes had his first contact with solar cells during his graduate studies, which really did not let him go afterwards. He worked in a large corporate in project efficiency, which made him aware of all the inefficiencies in small solar installations. To help the small solar owner he decided to found SOLYTIC. We analyze the performance and efficiency of small solar installations with our analytics software. Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC The Startup SOLYTIC (https://www.solytic.com/) is a software-only company. They provide analytics services to small PV installation owners as Software as a Service, to improve effiency. The company merged early on with another solar software company, which lead to five founders in total. Solytic focuses on decentralized solar installations (everything except large solar parks). We want to provide an end-to-end solution. We offer a marketplace with suppliers connected to the analytics software. Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC Venture Capital Funding Solytic has already raised 6,5 mn Euros Venture Capital. They closed their first round in December 2017. They closed their Series A funding in February 2020. At the time of the interview Solytic is fundraising and they intend to close the round at the end of Q1 2022. We work B2B. We don’t approach customers directly, but we are working with the service providers of the small installation owners. Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German Startups - January 2022 | 26 Jan 2022 | 00:30:40 | |
This Month in German Startups - January 2022 Happy New Year guys! Welcome to This Month in German Startups in January 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio and our partner IBGR.Network. We recorded this new episode on Monday, January 24th, 2022. All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode. There will also be a special episode on Atomico’s State of European Tech 2021 together with Bill, the founder of the IBGR Network, as an audio-only podcast. This is a new year with 365 blank new pages, so let's write the best story possible. Our highlights: The last year was amazing for the German startup scene, there are now officially 25 unicorns and we feel that there will be more. 60 mn for sunfire from the federal government, Go Student’s tutors and students start to critique the company, Tado is looking to IPO via a SPAC. Also Cherry Ventures had been good in snatching up stakes in unicorns early. Now Cherry raises their 4th fund. Let's talk startups: Tune in to our Internet Radio Station here: Startuprad.io is globally a Top 75 Science Podcast, Top 125 Tech Podcast, and Top 650 Business Podcast (Chartable.com) Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Our EnablersInvest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany Startupraven.com The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ All show notes and news links are here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-germany-austria-switzerland-january-2022/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Meet Read-O, the Spotify for Books | 19 Jan 2022 | 00:25:33 | |
We try to do for books, what Spotify is doing for music and Netflix is doing for movies: A personalized recommendation. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O Tune in to our Internet Radio Station here: https://www.startup.radio/ There are over 70.000 newly released books in Germany alone each year. How can you find the next book to read? Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio There were years in my life – around the Harry Potter time – I read a lot of books. I stopped because I could not find more books to read. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O Our Sponsor Startupraven The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ We assume there are more than one million reviews for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) alone. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O Partnership with CONTENTshift This interview is in association with CONTENTshift, the accelerator program of the Association of the German Book Publishers & Booksellers. You can learn more here https://www.contentshift.de/. The winners are announced during the Frankfurt Book Fair each year https://www.buchmesse.de/en. The accelerator program aims to push the boundaries of publishing. The next application phase is just around the corner. Have a look: https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/two-startups-share-first-prize-at-contentshift-2021-congratulations-to-bottalk-and-read-o We tried to find out, why do you read? … You want to feel emotions. … So, we want to find out which emotions are stimulated by which books. That is why we came up with an emotional profile. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O The founder We interview Ben Kohz COO (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-kohz-547024137/) and Co-Founder of READ-O (https://read-o.com/), one of the two winners of the 2021 CONTENTshift accelerator program. Ben studied political sciences but ended up in the food industry after graduation. He started to put up vending machines for farm produce in Munich. We are currently working in German, but our AI can analyze more languages. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O The Startup The startup READ-O (https://read-o.com/) is an app, that allows you to discover new books, based on administration. The app does this by applying AI. The AI of READ-O deduces an emotional profile of a book from the reviews on the internet. With their technology, they can establish a profile with even 10 reviews. Each review for us has the same value, from a normal person or the New York Times. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O Venture Capital FundingREAD-O is currently raising close to 1 mn US$ in new funding. Half is already committed. They want to finish fundraising end of March. Our AI analyzes the reviews and the contained emotions. Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| 🎙️ Scaling a Cybersecurity Startup: Lessons from Link11’s Journey (Part 2) | 03 Apr 2025 | 00:35:45 | |
🔊 This episode is brought to you by Vanta 🛠️ Made possible by HTAI and the Enterprise Europe Network Hessen, supporting startups with grants, international networking, and innovation resources. Learn more: htai.de | een-hessen.de 🎙️ Scaling a Cybersecurity Startup: Lessons from Link11’s Journey (Part 2) Link11 has emerged as a leader in DDoS protection and cloud-based security solutions. Jens opens up about the funding strategy, leadership mindset, and innovation roadmap that helped build one of Germany’s most respected cybersecurity scaleups. 🚀 In this episode: 💡 Who should listen? 📌 This is Part 2 of our Link11 feature. If you haven’t heard Part 1 yet, be sure to check it out for the founding story and early growth lessons. 🎧 Subscribe & follow Startuprad.io for weekly interviews with Europe’s most exciting founders, investors, and innovators. Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| AskBrian is the Digital Assistant All Busy Professionals Need | 13 Jan 2022 | 00:24:43 | |
"If you can order a pizza with an AI bot, … you should also be able to order the analysis of a company with an AI bot." Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio Our Sponsor Startupraven The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ "The first skill was actually “AskBrian, tell me a joke”" Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai Our Cooperation with the German AI Association (KI Bundesverband) This is the first interview in our series with the KI Bundesverband (https://ki-verband.de/en/), Germany’s association for artificial intelligence. The association has 350 members consisting of startups, experts, and corporates. KI Bundesverband is therefore one of Germany’s largest associations dedicated to AI, with members from AgTech, Fintech, BioTech, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Logistics, and many more fields of business. In the interview series, we will have members of the association giving you a glimpse in what is going on in AI in Germany. The Founder Our interview guest this week is Pavol (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavol-sikula/), CEO and Founder of AskBrian (https://www.askbrian.ai/) a virtual AI assistant for professionals. The idea of AskBrian stems from Pavol’s background in management consulting, where he spent more than a decade with Roland Berger and Stern Steward & Co, in restructuring. In his spare time, Pavol is also a kid’s soccer coach. "All of our data is securely hosted, GDPR compliant, in Germany." Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai The Startup AskBrian is the AI assistant for busy professionals like management consultants or investment bankers. It helps by automating everyday tasks like listed and private company profiles, translations in multiple languages, making PowerPoint more attractive, and converting documents e.g. PDFs and Pictures to the format of your choice e.g. Word.
Venture Capital Funding AskBrian closed already two funding rounds, for undisclosed amounts. They intend to raise another funding round in Q1 2022. Original Post Find all links and show notes on the original post here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/askbrian-is-the-digital-assistant-all-busy-professionals-need/ This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| This Month in German Startups - December 2021 | 23 Dec 2021 | 00:30:37 | |
HoHoHo Welcome to This Month in German Startups in December 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on Monday, December 20th. All news not included here will be published in our next news episode. There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. Happy Holidays! We are not there yet, so let's get started: Today we bring you another new unicorn, a monster funding of 266 mn US$ at Mambu, Volocopter calls off its SPAC IPO and gets a backlash from its early crowd investors, also Jokr is now the 3rd quick delivery unicorn - in record time - and we have an update on Sono Motors. We also take a look at the State of European Tech survey by Atomico and several news pieces on the German Venture Capital Market, as well as VC in general. Let's talk startups: Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Enablers Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany Startupraven The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ Find all links and extensive show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Cogia Just IPOed And Wants to Use the Access to Capital to Drive Market Consolidation | 14 Dec 2021 | 00:26:27 | |
“To accelerate our growth, we need to buy companies” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia Our Sponsor Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany “My goal is 10 mn Euros revenue. To reach this we need to keep buying [companies]” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia The Founder Pascal Lauria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascallauria/) has a very diverse background, raised in the Rhine-Main-Area his studies took him to Canada. He later worked in Taiwan, Silicon Alley (New York’s startup hub) and in Silicon Valley. He took his experience to go back to Frankfurt and set up Cogia there (https://www.cogia.de/?locale=en_us). “Acquisitions are not always successful. We are very aware of that. We are working on it. For example, in our last acquisitions, we did not lose even one employee.” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia The Startup Cogia Intelligence (https://www.cogia.de/?locale=en_us) is a big data, ai startup. It provides in its current setup innovative products and solutions in the areas of web and social media monitoring, market research, and open-source intelligence. The company Cogia GmbH is the startup, the company Cogia AG is the listed entity. Pascal started Cogia in 2010 but listed Cogia AG only in 2021 in Düsseldorf. Then the two entities merged and so Cogia GmbH got listed. You can learn more about the listed entity here: https://cogia.ag/de/investor-relations/ “With the access to capital markets I want to do one to two acquisitions per year.” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/cogia-just-ipoed-and-wants-to-use-the-access-to-capital-to-drive-market-consolidation/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German Startups - November 2021 | 25 Nov 2021 | 00:23:36 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups in November 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on Friday, November 19th. All news not included here will be published in our December News (to be published on December 23rd). There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. We are not there yet, so let's get started: Today we have escooter Tier’s newest funding and acquisition, N26 pulling the plug on their US operations already in January 2022, and the amazing IPO of Sono Motors on NASDAQ. There are also new unicorns, we proudly present Frankfurt’s first unicorn, the insurtech Clark.de. Also, Razor Group (an Amazon shop buyer) becomes a unicorn with a 125 mn US$ fundraising. In November, there is no unicorn tracker. We will keep our eyes open and maybe the next news will have a unicorn tracker companion. Happy Thanksgiving to our US audience! Let's talk startups: Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2021/ Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Enablers Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany Startupraven The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/ News Text and Show Notes Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| LUBIS EDA Maybe a Game Changer for the Semiconductor Industry | 04 Nov 2021 | 00:20:40 | |
Our software can assure, that the chip design you approve for production is correct. … we can guarantee that there are no bucks. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio I started with HTML and worked my way through to PHP and everything related to web. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. The faster you can get the chips in production, the higher are your profit margins. The first company takes almost all of the profits in this industry. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA The Founder We interview the founder Tobias Ludwig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-ludwig-5b1274a0/), CEO and founder of LUBIS EDA (http://lubis-eda.com,https://www.linkedin.com/company/lubis-eda/). Tobias has developed software since he was 14, starting out writing websites. Ever since he was working, developing software, and studying. He also spent one year at Michigan State University on an exchange program. The company is an early-stage startup, providing software for the semiconductor industry, likely a game-changer for the industry. If you have a problem with the design of your chips is faulty, you may only find out after you started production. Than you have to trash all the newly produced faulty chips Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA The Startup The software of LUBIS EDA helps semiconductor producers to accelerate their production of new (http://lubis-eda.com,https://www.linkedin.com/company/lubis-eda/). In the chip industry, the first company to offer a new chip gets almost all the profits. Therefore, it is very important for semiconductor producers to be fast. The software of LUBIS EDA helps you to save up to 2 months in your development and assures your chip design is fault-free. With LUBIS EDA there is no need for starting over the chip development shortly before the production is about to start, since an error was discovered. Conservative time savings estimate with our tool is 10%, which can go up to 20%. This may add up to two months in time savings. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/lubis-eda-maybe-a-game-changer-for-the-semiconductor-industry/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| This Month in German Startups - October 2021 | 28 Oct 2021 | 00:20:56 | |
This Month in German Startups - October 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups in October 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on October 25th. Note that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode in order to keep the news brief. Today we have to announce that N26 reclaimed the title of Germany’s most valuable fintech (but not startup, that is still Celonis), Sono Motors is filing for an IPO in the US - ahead of even delivering their first car -, corona is leaving the first traces in the startup scene, less startups, but more funding for the surviving ones. Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. Find our extensive collection of links, sources, and the whole show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-october-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| GSA Unicorn Tracker - October 2021 (Bonus) | 28 Oct 2021 | 00:11:17 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main). Guys, it is October, it is getting colder outside and cozier inside, so we bring you another “Doppelpack”of our news recording! We bring you another bonus news episode as part of our news coverage of the German startup scene. We recorded this episode on October 25th, 2021, wrapping up October. This is a Bonus Episode following our special coverage of the unprecedented creation of unicorn startups in the German speaking startup scene! Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. Find all the links to our sources and the show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/gsa-unicorn-tracker-october-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| A Look Inside the World’s First Law Regulating Autonomous Driving (Bonus Episode) | 26 Oct 2021 | 00:29:35 | |
A Look Inside the World’s First Law Regulating Autonomous Driving (Bonus Episode) The law should be the first one to govern autonomous driving globally. Jan-Philipp “JP” Günther-Burmeister, Lawyer Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. The Expert This is another episode in our subject matter expert interviews. This time we are joined by Jan-Philipp “JP” Günther-Burmeister (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-philipp-g%C3%BCnther-burmeister-4b3421106/), a Lawyer practicing for more than 5 years in Germany. The New Law The Federal Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure published a press release: Germany will be the world leader in autonomous driving https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/DG/act-on-autonomous-driving.html Together with JP, we are talking about the newest update/amendment / Novellierung of an already existing traffic law. As we will see in the interview, not all aspects are covered yet and complete autonomous driving is not yet permitted, BUT the law allows for semi-autonomous driving with a remote controlling human taking over control if needed. Lawyers are not sure yet about how many vehicles such a remote operator could control, but more than one is certain. This may open up opportunities for fleets for remote-controlled trucks, buses, cabs, and delivery vans steered by a handful of people with a normal workday, working in shifts from a control center, or even from home. Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/a-look-inside-the-worlds-first-law-regulating-autonomous-driving-bonus/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Meet Edupression a Vienna-Based App on Prescription | 14 Oct 2021 | 00:26:14 | |
Meet Edupression A Vienna-based App on Prescription A friend of mine suffered from depression and committed suicide. That is what got me started with Edupression Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio The Founder In this interview, we talk to Daniel Amann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-amann-4a1b0711a/), the CEO and Co-Founder of Edupression (https://edupression.com/). Edupression is an anti-depression app from the greater Vienna area. Daniel has a background in financial services, where he held a lot of different positions with companies like Allianz or Raiffeisen International. One of his friends committed suicide, which drew his attention to depression. So, he co-founded Edupression. When you have a depressive episode, there is a 50% probability, that you will have another depressive episode. Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. The Startup In total the founding team of Edupression (https://edupression.com/) are 4 co-founders, which spent approx. three years working on Edupression before the interview, including advice from the Medical University Vienna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MedicalUniversityof_Vienna). Edupression is a certified medical product, as a stand alone therapy for mild to medium depression symptoms, stand alone or in combination with drugs or psychotherapy. The company plans to have the app available on prescription in January 2022 in Germany and Austria. In the German-speaking area (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) there are approx. 8 million people suffering from depression. … It is also the same in the US, Canada or developing countries, around 7-8%. Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression App Download Apple’s App Store (https://apps.apple.com/app/id1562982041) Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proappdev.edupressionwebmobile_app) Venture Capital Funding Edupression is currently looking to raise Series A funding for its international expansion in 2022. They would like to close the round end of 2021 or early in 2022. Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-edupression-a-vienna-based-app-on-prescription/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| This Month in German Startups - September 2021 Unicorn Tracker (Bonus) | 30 Sep 2021 | 00:15:49 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).
Guys, it is fall and we are back from the summer break! We bring you another bonus news episode as part of our news coverage of the German startup scene. We recorded this episode on September 28th, 2021, wrapping up July, August, and September. This is a Bonus Episode following our special coverage from June! Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-september-2021-unicorn-tracker-bonus/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| 🚀 Scale Your Startup & Beat DDoS Threats (Link 11 Part 1) | 01 Apr 2025 | 00:41:23 | |
Link11 CEO Jens Philipp Jung joins Startuprad.io to reveal his blueprint for hypergrowth, cybersecurity dominance, and surviving massive DDoS attacks. 👉 Vanta automates security and compliance, save 1.000 US$ with us by signing up with this link: vanta.com/startupradio 🎯 Learn how to: 💡 Whether you’re a founder, exec, or tech investor—this one’s for you. 👤 Guest: Jens Philipp Jung (CEO, Link11) #Cybersecurity #StartupGrowth #DDoSProtection #AI #FounderTips Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German Startups - Summer Wrap-Up (July, August, September) 2021 | 30 Sep 2021 | 00:29:49 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups in September 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on September 28th. Not that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode. Have a look. This will be a bit longer recording. Best get a snack and a drink right now. The summer was hot here in Germany in terms of startups, but not so much in terms of temperature. Since we have the weather out of the way. Let's talk startups: Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database:https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-summer-wrap-up-july-august-september-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Entrepreneur Tools #6 – How to Start Thinking About Your Corporate Culture | 08 Sep 2021 | 00:45:31 | |
Entrepreneur Tools #6 – How to Start Thinking About Your Corporate Culture You, as a founder will impact the culture, which than becomes a brand. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host Entrepreneur Tools This is a new series, within Startuprad.io’s YouTube Blog. We meet a lot of people and of course, we talk with some of them about the typical entrepreneur problems. We are looking forward to your feedback. I learned that humans are basically good. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host The Entrepreneur Michelle Tsing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laptopradio/) is an investor and entrepreneur. She hosts a weekly show on the Stanford University Campus radio, called Laptop Radio. She used to work at PayPal, Samsung, Cisco, and eBay. She is also a podcast host at Starting Y, based in Silicon Valley. In addition to that Michelle works with several startups as an advisor. She shares in our 6th episode of entrepreneur tools her thoughts about company culture and how to start thinking about it. Company culture is a very complex topic and we are just scratching the surface here, but it is a good point to start. The culture is usually the founder … think about your vision, your mission, and the values you care about. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host Further Readings / Additional Ressources
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Every aspect of your company should correlate to your values. Embrace it not only in words but also in action. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host Helpful Books (Affiliate Links)
The Entrepreneur Tools Playlist https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NlF4aBwTomo&list=PLUbiCAQc22WtWCZ1yTVMvh56CcUbjC1bV Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/entrepreneur-tools-6-how-to-start-thinking-about-your-corporate-culture/ --- Send in a voice message: Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| Minutes Left German Startup Awards 2021 – Special Award for Lukasz Gadowski | 05 Sep 2021 | 00:40:14 | |
German Startup Awards 2021 – Special Award The secret to winning is to have the right vision. To bet on the right pattern. … the execution is a lot about the nitty gritty details. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio It is not desirable to sell a company. … there may be instances where it makes sense. … there are exceptions to every rule. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Media Partnership This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards (GSA21) honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interview and on our website: https://germanstartupawards.de/ It always starts with a general pattern. … if you want to get ideas in a specific area, expose yourself to this area. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards The Founder In this interview, we talk to Lukasz Gadowski (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukaszgadowski) (known as one of the co-founders of Delivery Hero (Lieferheld) or Mr Spex). He received a special award for his special merit with and for the German startup scene. Among his many ventures, he co-founded or is invested in are Spreadshirt, studyVZ, Point Nine Capital, brands4friends, Aroundhome, Vertical Media (Gründerszene), the escooter startup Circ, Volocopter, Enpal, Mr. Spex and of course, Delivery Hero. He works with his private investment company Team Europe https://www.teameurope.net/ During his interview he also shares insights in big enablers shaping the future, which will opening up opportunities for entrepreneurs. He also shares advice for entrepreneurs on how to win, even if you are entering a market late. Congratulations to Lukasz! Tune in to the interview to learn more. I think Circ went from zero to 1.000 employees in 15 months. That is what I would call hypergrowth. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Keep Up to Date Here is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startup-awards-2021-special-award-for-lukasz-gadowski/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| Meet the Person in Charge of Germany’s €10 bn Startup Program | 28 Jul 2021 | 00:28:29 | |
The Commissioner for Digital and Startups In this interview we talk to Thomas Jarzombek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-jarzombek-a4227183/) a member of the German Parliament Bundestag, also the Commissioner for Digital and Startups of Germany and in charge of the newly started 10 bn startup program. Thomas is a member of the CDU, Christian Democratic Union, the party of chancellor Merkel. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christian_Democratic_Union_of_Germany). Thomas has also been an entrepreneur before he was an elected official. He started out with implementing Windows 95. Note: In the name tag in the YouTube video, we shorted this to “Digital commissioner”, due to the available space. We want to get better in the commercialization of German innovations. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups How the money will be invested Note: There is a general election coming up in Germany on September 26th, 2021. This will lead to a new government since chancellor Merkel will retire. Therefore, another government may change this allocation. We also invest in rocket technology. We have been looking at what Elon Musk does with SpaceX and adapted some of his strategies. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups Investing Indirectly (as LP) The new investment program is looking to invest 50% together with private investors, who also chip in the other half. The program will invest in European VCs, focusing on Germany. They are looking for VCs, investing in Germany approx. the money they receive from the program. The largest single investment will be as LP of the European Investment Fund, which will get 3 bn Euros (https://www.eif.org/). HTGF will start the 4th fund with money from the program. Look in our show notes below for the interview with the CEO of HTGF. They raise funds with half of the money coming from the Government and half from private investors, which include already household names like Bosch, BASF, B. Braun, Boehringer, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post DHL, Lanxess, RWE, SAP, and many others. You can learn more about HTGF in our interview, see links below. We have patient money and I expect the money to be spent over the next 10 years. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups Investing Directly: Deep Tech Future Fund The Deep Tech Future Fund (https://deeptech-future-fonds.de/) is aiming to commercialize innovations from Germany. They are even investing in startups directly, who do not have a business model yet, for example working in quantum computing. 2 bn Euros will be managed by KfW in discretionary accounts to set up specific investment vehicles and their subsidiary Coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/). Part of the money will be managed in discretionary accounts. These vehicles can invest directly in startups. We expect with our investment to double – with private investors approximately 2x – in the German startup scene. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-the-person-in-charge-of-germanys-e10-bn-startup-program/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder -... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| swisspod wants to build a Hyperloop underneath the Alps | 08 Jul 2021 | 00:36:11 | |
Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio The Founder In this interview, we talk to Denis Tudor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-tudor-5737a394/) he is the CEO and Co-Founder of Switzerland-based swisspod (https://swisspod.ch/), a startup that aims to develop hyperloop tracks underneath the Swiss alps. Denis is a Forbes 30 under 30. He graduated valedictorian with a degree in engineering and went on to the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (https://www.epfl.ch/de/), to get his Ph.D. Denis has always been fascinated by the Hyperloop idea from Elon Musk to a level, where he participated with a team in one of Hyperloops competitions. They won the best non-student design award out of more than 3.000 teams, who initially registered. The idea kept fascinating him, which triggered him to founding swisspod. Is your Startup in Need of A bank Account? - Affiliate Links
The Startup swisspod (https://swisspod.ch/) is working on getting the Hyperloop underneath the Swiss Alps, transporting passengers with capsules of approx. 30 passengers. SwissPod got a grant from the Swiss Government to set up the first testing facility for Hyperloops in Europe. Therefore their next step is to get this facility up and running and testing the idea and technologies needed Is your Startup in Need of an Office? - Affiliate Links
Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German Startups - June 2021 | 01 Jul 2021 | 00:22:03 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups June 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We announce two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis, valued at more than 11 bn US$. The 2019 Unicorn Wefox raises large funding of 536 mn € (650 mn US$). About You IPOs for 23 €/share at 4 bn Euro (4.85 bn US$) AND Austria becomes a new most valuable startup with GoStudent (1.4 bn €, 1.67 bn US$), after they had their first unicorn only last month. Plus SolarisBank is rumored to be in talks of a 100 mn Euro VC Deal, which would make them a unicorn as well, to buy up a competitor. Especially active in this frenzy of unicorn creation is Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China. We have a special episode on the unparalleled unicorn creation, which is available on the same channels. If you want to know more about the new Decacorn and unicorns in Germany and Austria you want to listen to this episode as well. We keep here the coverage of unicorns to a minimum. Note: This will be the last news recording before the summer break. There will be no regular news in July or August, but we will be back with news at the end of September, wrapping up the summer news. We are soooooooooo looking forward to the summer that Joe even wears a Hawaii shirt. Be happy for your eyes if you are only listening to this podcast :-) Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Linkhttps://linktr.ee/startupradio Find all links, texts, and show notes here on our blog post: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-june-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Bonus: This Month in German Startups – Unicorn Stampede | 01 Jul 2021 | 00:16:49 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main). This is a Bonus Episode covering the Unicorn Stampede in German-speaking countries. This recording is from June 29th, 2021 and all-new unicorns, formed afterward will be covered in our next news podcast, to be published End of September! You may remember that we had another bonus episode last month covering the rise of Berlin-based fintech Trade Republic to become Germany’s most valuable startup? There is already a new king in the country with Celonis becoming Germany’s first Decacorn (valuation above 10 bn US$, here even 11bn US$). We also see that all of these monster fundings are driven by international investors, especially Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China. Find all links and show notes on our blog post here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-this-month-in-german-startups-unicorn-stampede/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Meet Palturai – The Google of Business Data | 24 Jun 2021 | 00:24:12 | |
Meet Palturai – The Google of Business Data We used to store data in paper-based handwritten cards. We bring this to the 21st century … so you can get some great insights from it. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio You can use our tool for example in the KYC process. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai The Founder We talk in this interview to Tilo Walter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilo-walter-18b90567/), the CEO and Founder of Frankfurt-based business intelligence platform Palturai (https://palturai.com/?lang=en). Tilo first started out with an apprenticeship at a bank, after studying industrial engineering he was a consultant and then spent quite some time working in Germany’s largest credit bureau called Schufa. This gave him the idea of Palturai, which allows one to aggregate important business data to companies. We have data from more than 7 mn companies, from public sources, building a graph with more than 1 bn relations. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai Is your Startup in Need of a Bank Account? - Affiliate Links
The Startup Palturai (https://palturai.com/?lang=en) is a business intelligence platform, aggregating important data about companies in their database. The company provides the information as a business graph. The name also originates form a Hungarian mathematician named Pál Turán, who contributed a lot to graph theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Tur%C3%A1n). The company was founded in 2014, but re-branded in 2020 with the opening of its first international location close to Philadelphia. We have been bootstrapped, but with the international expansion we needed a proper funding round. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai Funding Round Palturai raised 4 mn Euros Series A investments, and their investors include a German bank and SBI Holding (Softbank’s Berlin entity). Is your Startup in Need of an Office? - Affiliate Links
With the outbreak of corona, all of our US expansion plans have been blown to pieces. We had to change our strategy fast. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai Learn more here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-palturai-the-google-of-business-data/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Onetool Helps to Cut Your SaaS Costs | 15 Jun 2021 | 00:29:41 | |
The Founder In this interview, we talk to Gordian Braun (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordianb/?locale=en_US), the CEO and co-founder of onetool (https://onetool.co/), a Berlin-based cloud startup. The startup is also a Y-Combinator Alumnus ( https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/onetool ), and an alumnus of the German Accelerator program (https://www.germanaccelerator.com/companies/#onetool). Gordian already had great experiences in his life before he even started onetool. He founded companies before, including one in Austin, TX. He worked at a VC, as an investment scout and is currently a member of the Forbes Technology Council. Other solutions allow you to do similar stuff, after up to 6 months of working to integrate them. Our tool only takes you about an hour. Gordian Braun, CEO and co-founder onetool The Startup onetool (https://onetool.co/) was founded by Gordian since he always ran into the same problem: What accounts did the employee use, that just left. How can I make sure I don’t overspend and no one has access to my customer's data, that is not working here anymore? Our customers usually use only cloud-based tools, so basically all modern startups. Gordian Braun, CEO and co-founder onetool Venture Capital Funding The company already counts amongst its investors HTGF. They have already raised more than 1.6 mn Euro in Venture Capital. Likely they will look for a new funding round “very soon” according to Gordian. We got an email “You are invited to the final interview for Y-Combinator”. Oh, yeah it looks like we applied Gordian Braun, CEO and co-founder onetool Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/onetool-helps-to-cut-your-saas-costs/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| Meet Nanostrcut, They Are Listening To Molecules | 03 Jun 2021 | 00:25:52 | |
Meet the Startup NanoStruct, they are listening to Molecules We are working in structures the size of nanometers. The average piece of paper is about 100.000 nanometers thick. Henriette Maaß, CEO and Co-Founder NanoStruct Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio The Founder We talk to Henriette Maaß (https://www.linkedin.com/in/henriette-maa%C3%9F-608792142/), co-founder and CEO of the startup NanoStruct. During her Ph.D. in solid-state physics, she looked at the electronic state of materials. She founded NanoStruct (https://www.nanostruct.eu/en/home-english/)during her post-doc at university. Henriette went on record here to admit that she is a Star Wars and Star Trek fan. Looking to enter the German or European market? - Affiliate Links
The reproducibility of nanostructures is normally not good. We can re-produce them more reliable. Henriette Maaß, CEO and Co-Founder NanoStruct The Startup The idea of NanoStruct came when Henriette talked to her co-founder, who pursued his Ph.D. using spectroscopy as well, but another method. They are working on nanostructures like normal antennas but in nanometer sizes. The antennas function for frequencies of visible light, for which they have a reliable way to produce them over and over (which is not common for nanostructures). Their product can be used to search for contaminations like in biotech, pharma, or the food industry. You can learn more on their company website https://www.nanostruct.eu/en/home-english/ They are planning to do the production themselves since their production is neither expensive nor complex. Don’t be scared of physic, it is actually a lot of fun Henriette Maaß, CEO and Co-Founder NanoStruct Venture Capital Funding NanoStruct is currently running on a federal grant for transferring research results into feasible products. They are looking for similar follow-up funding, until mid-2022, when they would rely on external investors. They are currently just starting to reach out. Affiliate Links
Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-the-startup-nanostruct-they-are-listening-to-molecules/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder -... Folge direkt herunterladen | |||
| DACH Startups: AI, VC, & Fintech Trends - March 2025 | 27 Mar 2025 | 00:38:53 | |
Sponsor Section 👉 Vanta automates security and compliance, save 1.000 US$ with us by signing up with this link: vanta.com/startupradio Introduction Dive into the DACH region's startup scene! This episode covers the latest trends in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Liechtenstein, recorded with Chris Fahrenbach in New York City. Key Highlights
Fintech: A Sector in Motion Fintech sees Coorsair's IDNow acquisition and stablecoin growth. The ECB's digital Euro plans are also significant. Venture Capital: Navigating the Landscape Toma Bravo's fund shows investor confidence, but "zombie VC" and insolvencies pose challenges. AI and Technology: Innovation Germany's AI research faces implementation hurdles. Volocopter and BioMed demonstrate other tech advancements. Startup Ecosystem: Challenges and Successes Funding for companies like Tectile contrasts with layoffs and insolvencies. Acquisitions continue. Regional Highlights
Conclusion The DACH startup scene is dynamic, with innovation and challenges across sectors. Call to Action Subscribe to our podcast for DACH startup updates! Share your thoughts below. The music used in our intro is "MF-297 : First Hero" licensed from Musicfox.com: https://www.musicfox.com/detailsuche/?searchtext=297&submit=search All rights reserved - Startuprad.io™ Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| This Month in German Startups – May 2021 | 26 May 2021 | 00:25:00 | |
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in Germany) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up May 2021 for you. We talk about the massive Trade Republic funding, making them Germany's most valuable startup. We are talking about SPACs again, Germany’s institutional funds investing in crypto, and 3 bn shots of the corona vaccine. As always, we have a great show for you! Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!
Top News Trade Republic is now Germany’s most valuable startup with 5.3 bn US$ SPACs In the US the largest wave of SPAC IPOs is already behind us, but in Europe, it is just gaining speed. Frankfurt Stock Exchange expects up to 20 SPAC IPOs in 2021. In all of Europe, they expect more than 30 https://buff.ly/3h0mMqS Amazon Shops are still HOT Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400M to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/2PVJULY Germany rumored to open flood gates to Crypto Investments - Think again 'Damn Huge': Germany Opens Up to Institutional Crypto Funds - Decrypt https://buff.ly/3vvX3dU Joe will talk about this soon - as soon as he gets to it - but the main point one has to understand in German institutional funds is that the investors are regulated and not so much the vehicles. 3bn Shots are coming Corona vaccine producer BioNTech is looking to produce 3bn shots https://buff.ly/2RHzXlA We just passed a small moment in History 80 years ago, on May 11th, 1941 german inventor Konrad Zuse started his Z3. This was one of today's first - maybe The first - modern-day computer. He developed it, to take over statistical calculation he found tiresome https://buff.ly/3eEJ3sB Find all other show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-may-2021/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||
| eye2you Converts Smartphones in Simple Medical Retina Scanners | 25 May 2021 | 00:28:00 | |
Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our podcast, listen to our internet radio station, or follow us on social media here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio (you also find a link to our audrec board, where you can suggest startups) The Founder We are talking to Jörn-Philipp Plies (https://www.linkedin.com/in/plies/) CEO and Co-Founder of eye2you (https://eye2you.ai/). Philipp started out his professional life with an apprenticeship and moved to study at Technical University Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Darmstadt) computer science and robotics. While working on his final diploma thesis, he became interested in visual recognition and finally the eye. This led him to take on his Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen, studying how the brain processes visual information. Affiliate Links
The Startup The story of eye2you (https://eye2you.ai/) started at Korea University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_University), with a project for development aid projects in Ethiopia. Now the company is incorporated in Tübingen Germany and works on AI algorithms to recognize diseases in pictures of the retina. They are working on empowering general physicians, nurses, or caretakers to perform a basic checkup with their software. Groups at risk for retina diseases are people with high blood pressure or diabetes. Here is an explainer video for more details: https://youtu.be/nWFbvuYC2PY Venture Capital Funding The startup already closed the pre-seed funding round, currently having 5 FTEs and one working student. Affiliate Links
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| We bring the German speaking startup scene to you in English | 20 May 2021 | 00:00:39 | |
Welcome to Startuprad.io, we cover the German-speaking startup scene since 2015 with our franchise. Since 2019, we eased access to the German-speaking startup scene further with our special interest podcasts Fintech Germany, Blockchain Germany, Deeptech Germany, and German Startup News. We have been called "The Authority on German Startups" and are a Top 0.5% global podcast, according to Listen Notes. Chartable.com scored us in 2020 a global Top 100 Science Podcast, a global Top 150 Tech Podcast, and a global Top 750 Business Podcast. You can learn more here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm | |||