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| 🎙️ AI-Powered Angel Investing: DACH Secrets Revealed | 15 Apr 2025 | 00:58:07 | |
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| 🎧 The AI Revolution in Banking: Paolo Sironi on What’s Coming in 2025 | 10 Apr 2025 | 00:40:48 | |
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| How Cloud-Based ERP Transforms Startups: Insights with Weclapp’s Ertan Özdil | 12 Dec 2024 | 00:42:41 | |
Are you ready to revolutionize how your startup or SME operates? This episode of Startuprad.io is your ultimate guide to understanding the transformative potential of cloud-based ERP systems. Join host Jörn 'Joe' Menninger as he sits down with Ertan Özdil, the CEO and Founder of Weclapp, to explore how this cutting-edge technology empowers startups to scale efficiently, streamline operations, and stay competitive in a fast-evolving market. What’s in This Episode:
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| Meet NECT – Germany’s Most Downloaded Self-Identification App | 27 Apr 2021 | 00:27:58 | |
"Tech in insurance … is not on the cutting-edge of technology, but what one does has a great impact on a lot of people." Benny Bennet Jürgens, CEO & Co-Founder NECT 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 "We thought video ident is great but let us put in some AI magic." Benny Bennet Jürgens, CEO & Co-Founder NECT The Founder We talk to Hamburg-based Founder Benny Bennet Jürgens (https://www.linkedin.com/in/bennybennet/), the CEO and Co-Founder of NECT (https://nect.com/de/) Germany’s most downloaded self-identification app in 2020. Benny has a past history with insurance companies and found their need for self-identification – required by law – to be a major pain point for them. So he set out to provide a convenient solution, which turned out to be NECT. "My co-founder and I pushed our children in strollers, and we talked about what is next in life for us." Benny Bennet Jürgens, CEO & Co-Founder NECT Affiliate Links
"We got accepted at Insurrect Accelerator Munich and we had to start two weeks later, which did not give us a lot of time to think twice." Benny Bennet Jürgens, CEO & Co-Founder NECT https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-nect-germanys-most-downloaded-self-identification-app/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| homefully Offers Co-Living in Germany and Switzerland and is Looking to Expand | 14 Apr 2021 | 00:28:24 | |
The Founder This time we talk to Sebastian Wuerz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastianwuerz/) the founder and CEO of the co-living startup homefully (https://homeful.ly/), a proptech headquartered in Frankfurt, offering furnished apartments across Germany and Switzerland. This trend is called co-living and offers a convenient way for ex-pats to relocate to a new city and have instant social connections. Sebastian graduated with an international MBA, which took him to Warsaw University, DUFE (Dongbei University of Finance and Economics 东北财经大学), and the University of North Florida. Before starting homefully Sebastian also had stints in wealth management in Singapore and investment banking in Frankfurt. We have roughly 50% international tenants. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully 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 We started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully Enabler This recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ You can also find the podcast we run together here: iTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bfl Spotify https://spoti.fi/3wUshwv Deezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rl TuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpznWe started homefully as a side business, but it grew and grew. So, I had to make a decision. And I went all in. Sebastian Würz, CEO and Founder homefully --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| How to keep your Cryptos Safe? | 12 Apr 2021 | 00:18:55 | |
How to keep your Cryptos Safe? I recommend to be always a bit paranoid. Alessandro Avagliano, Head of Security at Bitwala 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 If you have a considerable amount of money in crypto, make sure the least number of people knows about it. Alessandro Avagliano, Head of Security at Bitwala The Head of Security In this interview, we walk to Alessandro Avagliano, the Head of Security and Infrastructure at Berlin-based crypto challenger bank Bitwala (https://www.linkedin.com/in/aavagliano/). Allesandro has been with companies like Sun Microsystems, Oracle, or Rocket Internet before, but joined Bitwala 2019 as head of security. One of the safest solutions is still a paper wallet, stored in a safe place, … maybe even across locations. Alessandro Avagliano, Head of Security at Bitwala Affiliate Links
For retail investors, the safest way may be paper-based storage, with some liquidity in a wallet. Alessandro Avagliano, Head of Security at Bitwala The Challenge In this interview, we are talking about best practices on how to keep your cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets safe as a private investor. We talk about different levels of safekeeping and even have an idea how Elon Musk could keep his cryptos safe. You can learn more in the blog post here: https://www.bitwala.com/blog/knowledge/ Other Interview We already published our interview with Bitwala’s founder in April 2020. We talk to Benjamin about his life, the idea behind Bitwala, and solve the secret behind its name. Learn more in this interview here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-berlin-based-cryptocurrency-challenger-bank-bitwala/
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| What are Non-Fungible Tokens – NFTs? | 01 Apr 2021 | 00:31:00 | |
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 Subject Matter Expert This is one of our Subject Matter Expert interviews, where we try to bring you some specialized knowledge. Christian Flasshoff (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christian-flasshoff/) was a founding member of the International Token Standardization Association (https://itsa.global/). In this interview, we talk to him about what NFTs are and how they may impact the music industry, the art market, and many more aspects of life. Tune in to learn more … https://www.startuprad.io/blog/what-are-non-fungible-tokens-nfts/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| This Month in German Startups - March 2021 | 25 Mar 2021 | 00:22:49 | |
Today we are wrapping up March 2021 for you. We talk about Austria’s first unicorn Bitpanda, a Samwer attempt at a German Tesla, SPACs, indoor farming, open positions at N26, and much more. --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| We are nothing like Greensill says Frankfurt-based Traxpay | 23 Mar 2021 | 00:30:12 | |
We are nothing like Greensill says Frankfurt-based TraxpaySupply chain financing became a bit shady with Greensill, but it is totally not. It supports the whole economy. Markus Rupprecht, CEO Traxpay The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Markus Rupprecht, (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markusrupprecht/, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/markus-rupprecht) CEO of Frankfurt-based supply chain financing fintech Traxpay. Markus has vast experience, even before his time at Traxpay, for example, he has been with Deutsche Bank, Software AG, or Hitachi Consulting. This is kind of a follow-up because one of the first interviews of Startuprad.io was with Markus’s Co-CEO (at the time) and one of their investors, published in October 2014 here on Startuprad.io.
You have on the supplier and buyer side ERP systems, but in payments, many of the information is lost. Markus Rupprecht, CEO Traxpay
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| Flash Update on Startuprad.io | 19 Mar 2021 | 00:01:40 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io Flash Update Hey guys, we are posting this short podcast just to keep you up to date on what Startuprad.io is doing. You may know that we have special interest podcast (link to subscribe below) like Fintech, Deep Tech, Blockchain and for our Startup News? We are also a YouTube Blog (link below). We also launched with our friends from Starting Y, Laptop Radio, Radio Free Enterprise and the IBGR Network the worlds first internet radio station dedicated to startups and tech companies on February 18th 2021. We are currently still in beta, but our Alexa Skill should be ready soon, as well as our listing on several radio directories.
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| PaceUp Invest Helps Women to Create and Manage Wealth – Founded by a Woman | 02 Mar 2021 | 00:30:51 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io PaceUp Invest Helps Women to Create and Manage Wealth – Founded by a Woman90% of the clients of robo advisors in Germany are still men. This has not changed. The interfaces look all the same. They are not targeting women properly. Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment Don’t Miss Any Blog Post, Video, or Audio PodcastSubscribe to our newsletter on Substack here: https://startupradio.substack.com/subscribe The FounderRakuyyat Kalowole (https://www.linkedin.com/in/rukayyat-modupe-kolawole-cfa/) is originally from Nigeria but had already very interesting life. Since her regular visits to her grandmother, who was an active trader, she is fascinated with the fast pace of trading in capital markets. She studied at Georgetown University in the US, Tongji University in China, as well as Mannheim Business School in Germany. Being fascinated by capital markets all her life, it comes as no surprise, that she joined Goldman Sachs in London, as well as Bloomberg in Reuters in London as well. When she relocated to Germany, to study in Mannheim, she also set up a shop there with her hybrid Robo advisor for women.
Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn On our platform there will be a lot of impact investing, so women can choose how they want to invest according to their values and needs. Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment The StartupPaceUp Investment (https://www.paceupinvest.com/) is a hybrid Robo advisor headquartered in Mannheim Germany. We have talked about Mannheim before, but a short wrap-up: It is the only city in Germany set up in squares. Mannheim is the first city in the world, where a car drove (Carl Benz lived close by https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carl_Benz) and the place where the world’s first electric elevator was installed here in 1880 (Werner von Siemens). Rakuyyat set up her company PaceUP here to help women build wealth with a hybrid approach, combining remote investment advice with a Robo advisor. PaceUp provides women the tools to understand the basics. Then they offer advisory and coaching, before investing with their Robo advisor. Full service with LicensePacUp will be able to offer its full service only after regulatory approval. They are currently looking at Q4... | |||
| This Month in German Startups - February 2021 | 25 Feb 2021 | 00:27:01 | |
This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust.
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Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! https://s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now: https://raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ https://radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO https://buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut https://buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires https://buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner | |||
| Iconic holding wants to be the largest Crypto Asset Manager in Europe | 11 Feb 2021 | 00:34:05 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io Iconic holding wants to be the largest Crypto Asset Manager in Europe The idea for Iconic Funds came from investor demand, to invest in cryptocurrencies with more traditional vehicles. Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding The FounderMaximilian Lautenschläger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-lautenschl%C3%A4ger/) grew up in the beautiful city of Heidelberg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg). He stayed in the Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan Area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine-Neckar) to study in Ludwigshafen and took every opportunity to study abroad. After university he started out working in consulting and found his passion in alternative investments. He started as analyst of private equity funds, moving to a venture developer position. Before joining Iconiq Lab, he has been a startup investor himself.
I am not the guy who said in 2014 Bitcoin is the thing. Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding The StartupIconic Holding is the parent company of Iconic Funds. Iconic Holding originally started out as Iconiq Lab, an accelerator for ICOs, based in Frankfurt. After the end of the ICO craze, they decided what to do next and so they evolved into a crypto asset manager and Blockchain VC. The new structure was renamed to Iconic Holding (no more q). The crypto asset manager is called Iconic Funds (https://funds.iconicholding.com/invest/) and the blockchain venture capital arm is called Iconic Lab (https://lab.iconicholding.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/iconiq-lab). You can find their blog on Medium here (https://iconicholding.medium.com/). Iconic Funds offers to accredit investors hedge funds, a fund domiciled in Malta and also exchange-traded notes, to get exposure to cryptocurrency.
There was this craze about a thing we have never heard before, an ICO. Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding
Venture Capital FundingIconic Holding is currently preparing the series B round.
Bitcoin for me is digital gold Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding
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Further Readings / Additional ResourcesUCITS https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/ucits.asp WM Daten is a financial service provider, a competitor of Bloomberg and S&P, amongst others, with a strong focus on the German-speaking area: https://www.wmdaten.de/index.php Asset Manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asset_management_firms Custodian https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/custodian.asp
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| Startup News November 2024: Insights on Tech, Funding, and Trends in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland | 28 Nov 2024 | 00:38:08 | |
This November, the startup ecosystem in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (DACH region) is abuzz with critical updates that shape the future of technology, entrepreneurship, and innovation. Whether you're a founder, investor, or a startup enthusiast, this episode of Startuprad.io delivers everything you need to stay informed. Dive into the latest tech news, explore major funding milestones, and uncover the challenges impacting the region’s most innovative startups. What’s in This Episode?1️⃣ Germany: Startups Facing Turbulent Times
2️⃣ Austria: Triumphs Amidst Challenges
3️⃣ Switzerland: Big Wins in Funding
4️⃣ European Tech Trends
This episode offers a comprehensive snapshot of the startup world in the DACH region, helping you stay ahead of trends, funding opportunities, and regulatory impacts. Whether you’re exploring investment opportunities or seeking inspiration, we’ve got you covered with actionable insights and expert perspectives. Links to Explore More:
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| Tangany Offers a White-Label Custody Solution for Crypto Assets | 02 Feb 2021 | 00:28:23 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io Tangany Offers a White-Label Custody Solution for Crypto AssetsOur clients do not need to apply for a license to become a custodian, we already are and offer our service. Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the FinTech Forum (http://www.fintechforum.de/). The FinTech Forum - launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main - is the first and largest hub for FinTechs in Continental Europe, with a community of more than 12.000 companies. With more than 17 events, with more than 270 startups on stage, and more than 1.000 investors and financial institutions. FTF alumni have raised $310mn+ in funding and resulted in exits worth $300mn+ .
Our level of paranoia level is right at the top. The security for crypto assets must be even on a higher level than for banks. Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
The FounderWe talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Martin Kreitmair (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kreitmair). He is not only with Tangany, but also a member of the Board of Germany’s blockchain association called Bundesblock (https://bundesblock.de/). He has a master’s in computer science and has been working at a startup for more than seven years, where he was hired as the 7th employee and saw the company grow.
First, we were two founders, …joined by former colleagues from an agency. Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Martin became interested early in Blockchain and Bitcoin but was no miner – which he partly regrets now 😊. He felt like it was the right time to start his company after many years as a startup employee.
Security is key for crypto custody. Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany The StartupTangany (https://tangany.com/) is the all-in-one cloud suite to easily offer crypto and digital asset custody to your clients and customers. They do not offer services for retail customers, but rather to fintechs and financial institutions for save keeping of digital and crypto assets (including, but not limited to cryptocurrencies). They are a regulated custodian. The product of Tangany is a white-label tool (via API) to enable their customers like startups, so they can offer crypto wallets to their (retail)-clients. The big advantage of Tangany for their clients is that they don’t need to get a license since the company is already regulated under German law to be a custodian.
It took us a very very long time to design our architecture … to the highest thinkable level of security. Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Excited about a Digital EuroTangany would be quite happy if a digital Euro, based on Blockchain is realized, this would be a huge opportunity for them. Since every citizen would need a digital wallet as Tangany could provide.
I am very convinced that a digital Euro will come, one way or another. Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany Venture Capital FundingTangany raised a venture capital round in January 2020 and currently, they are in preparation for another round.
Further Readings / Additional Resources Custodian https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/custodian.asp
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| This Month in German Startups - January 2021 | 28 Jan 2021 | 00:22:26 | |
This Month in German Startups - January 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review.
Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany.
Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English https://buff.ly/39S3qyR
Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS https://buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation https://buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management https://buff.ly/2YgKm7W Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each https://buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros https://buff.ly/2MPUt11 Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth https://buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros https://buff.ly/3bxbWWx Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 https://buff.ly/3bW0Mur
Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here. Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing. Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency https://buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke https://buff.ly/39eVNDz Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 https://buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world https://buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and... | |||
| Tencent backs insurance startup Clark in $85US round. We talk to Clark’s CEO | 26 Jan 2021 | 00:31:00 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io
[A Ping-Pong table, a PlayStation or a table football] don’t help that much if the [corporate culture] is broken. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark
In this interview we are talking to a previous guest. Christopher Oster is the CEO and co-founder of Frankfurt-based insurtech clark. In the past we talk to him about the appearance of Clark on Bloomberg’s list of startups to watch, back in 2017. Now they raised an 85 m US$ series C venture capital round, with noteworthy investor Tencent from China. We talk to him about the funding, the way to the funding and their plans.
Insurance has still not really penetrated by technology … you have unhappy customers … this is a great opportunity for a founder. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark
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In 2015 there was almost no funding for insurtech startups, it all started in 2016 Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark
The Founder In this interview we are talking to Christopher (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-christopher-oster-3158802/) the CEO and co-founder of Frankfurt-based insurtech clark. In the past we talk to him about the appearance of Clark on Bloombergs list of startups to watch, back in 2017.
You have a paper folder with your insurance policies, but nobody checks if the insurance policies still matches your life. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark
The Startup
The startup was built by a group of four friends, who to together, since they could not find the help they wanted with their insurance needs. The whole founding team is still on board, more than 5 years after the company was set up Crunchbase (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/clark-2), company website (https://www.clark.de/).
An average German has six insurance policies with 4 different insurance carriers. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark
The Interview from 2017
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For our series a, we talked to 300 VCs or so. There was a lot of uncertainty and many other companies started as well. Christopher Oster, CEO and Co-Founder Clark
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| Meet CommneX a Market Place For Public Finances | 21 Jan 2021 | 00:27:38 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.ioMedia PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the FinTech Forum (http://www.fintechforum.de/). The FinTech Forum - launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main - is the first and largest hub for FinTechs in Continental Europe, with a community of more than 12.000 companies. With more than 17 events, with more than 270 startups on stage, and more than 1.000 investors and financial institutions. FTF alumni have raised $310mn+ in funding and resulted in exits worth $300mn+.
The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Friedrich von Jagow (https://www.linkedin.com/in/friedrich-von-jagow-9778bbb8/), a lawyer by training. He also holds a degree (LL.M.) in Law & Economics, since he was always interested in economics. During his training as a lawyer, he also chooses a station at the German Chamber of Commerce in Shanghai, China. After his final examination, he started with Wirecard but then left to set up his own company. This company turned out to be Commnex, the idea which he has developed with a friend and a professor over a glass of wine.
The StartupThe Munich-based FinTech CommneX (https://www.commnex.de/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/commnex-gmbh) established the digital platform as an online-marketplace for the Public Finance market. Public entities such as municipalities, cities, districts, or enterprises such as utility works or public transport may tender their financial needs on CommneX. Banks and other financial partners submit offers and the best match is found. CommneX provides an all-in-one platform for all financial needs from loans and credits to fund deposits of any size and term, saving products, and public subsidy programs.
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| This Month in German Startups - 2020 Review | 19 Jan 2021 | 00:21:58 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io This Month in German Startups - 2020 Review Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is an annual tradition, where we look at the past year and forward into the coming one. Not to mention, we have been totally wrong last year with the outlook, so we are more sticking to the review this year.
Today we bring you an overview of the German startup corona aid, an overview of the German startup scene, lists of top startup stories, a few outlooks on 2021, and a bit of wine :-)
Ecosystem European Startup Scene 2020 - Snapshothttps://2020.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapter/state-european-tech-2020/article/exec-sum/
8 crucial takeaways from Atomico's recently-launched The State of European Tech 2020 report | via Silicon Canals https://buff.ly/3m6MxVg ‘Megarounds’ helped European Tech ecosystem growWhile many founders found it more challenging to get funding, 2020 is on track to be a record year, with potential to surpass $41B invested, driven by more $100M+ deals.Germany is projected 23 bn US$Low capital, pivoting the product, and sales decline hit founders hardest in 2020International investment hasn’t dried upFrance is the only one of Europe’s three largest markets to grow in 2020. London remains the biggest investment hub in 2020Travel sector gets notably low investmentsInvestment in purpose-driven tech companies soarsGender and racial inequality still prevails in the European tech ecosystem List: 10 biggest healthtech stories of 2020 https://buff.ly/3aQlnjv The guinea pigs of Germany’s new healthcare revolutionBioNTech: the German biotech startup behind the coronavirus vaccine Hot or not: Where European VC funding went in 2020 by Pitchbook https://buff.ly/3nMSzf7 - Difference to Atomico ⇒ Different source for data ... UK still has the largest VC market in total (13.7 bn $), but Germany (6.8 bn $) grew three times as fast with 10.9% vs UK’s +1.7% BUT this may also be due to Brexit. We will see what 2021 brings. According to Pitchbook France grew by an astonishing 25.4% to a total of 6.1 bn $. The other markets in Europe surpassing 1 bn $ are Sweden (3.2 bn$), Spain (1.4 bn$), and Finland (1.2 bn$).
These are the 10 largest funding rounds of Europe in 2020 https://buff.ly/2W1KGX8 including AUTO1 Group, Tier Scooters and Lilium from Germany
German Startup Scene 2020 - Snapshot Deutscher Startup Monitor https://deutscherstartupmonitor.de/ This is an annual survey by the German startup association, this year more than 1.900 startups participated.The largest share of the - participating startups - (note, there is a bias here) have been inBerlin 17,7%Rhein-Rhur (Cologne, Düsseldorf, …) 12.8%Munich 6.5%Hamburg 5.8%This is one of the reasons we try to highlight so many startups from different areas, since not only every 5th startup is in Berlin. Please note that we try to have approx. 20% of our interviews from Berlin, to give these startups also a fair representation.On average a startup in the survey employed 14.3 employees, up from 13.3 in 2019 and 12.3 in 2018. Despite Corona, 90% were planning to hire people. 15.9% of founders are female in this survey, slightly up from the previous years (15.7% in ‘19 and 15.1% ‘18)Universities play a central role as a core for a startup cluster, especially Germany’s Technische Hochschule (technical universities aka TU) e.g. TU München, KIT, RWTH... | |||
| Meet Epap.App, they want to re-invent receipts | 14 Jan 2021 | 00:28:51 | |
Meet epap.app, they want to re-invent receipts In Europe you can pay with your phone or your watch, but you will still get a paper receipt. Jannis Dust, CMO and Co-Founder epap.app The FounderJannis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jannisdust/, https://twitter.com/jannisdust, ) is in his early 20s, but already the co-founder of Hannover, Germany based fintech Epap (https://epap.app/). Originally Jannis was working on a freelance basis for eCommerce startups, but in 2018 he met his co-founders during a startup event.
In Germany the tax code demands to print a receipt for every transaction. This leads to a lot of waste. Jannis Dust, CMO and Co-Founder epap.app
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With the app you could also track your spending. It is a companion of your spending. … with the app you get an evaluation on your spending. Jannis Dust, CMO and Co-Founder epap.app
The StartupThe startup is young, it was registered in the Hannover Commercial Registry in April 2020. None-the-less epap.app (https://epap.app/) wants to digitize recipes. In Germany, the tax regulations were changed at the start of 2020. This is called “the obligation to print receipts”. So for each transaction in a store or shop, the merchant needs to provide a receipt, mostly paper-based. This leads to a lot of waste and searching if one needs to find an important receipt in order to claim the warranty. Here the digitalization of epap comes in, since one has all receipts (digital and scans of paper-based ones) in one place, even with little reminders for warranties.
The Epap AppYou can download the epap app in the Apple and Google Stores here: Google Play and App Store
With the app you can also claim the warranty, where you can use epap … we make it easier. You get little reminders for your warranty. Jannis Dust, CMO and Co-Founder epap.app Venture Capital FundingEpap is looking to expand to German-speaking Europe and willing to try other European countries if the opportunity presents itself. They had their first seed investment round in April 2020 and are planning to raise the next financing round in the first half of 2021, but it will be an extended seed round, they do not plan to scale that fast. Currently, the team is eight people strong.
Our goal is to provide you with a very comprehensive and granular analysis of your expenses. In a normal finance apps, you see the category. In our app the analysis is based on the digital receipt. Jannis Dust, CMO and Co-Founder epap.app
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| Meet Berlin-based Fintech Bitbond, the Company Behind Germany's First Regulated Security Token Offering | 07 Jan 2021 | 00:28:45 | |
Meet Berlin-based Fintech Bitbond, the Company Behind Germany's First Regulated Security Token Offering In spring 2019 we issued our tokenized bond and with that, we established tokenized securities in Germany. Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the Crypto Assets Conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center. You can learn more about the conference here: https://www.crypto-assets-conference.de/ You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/ What we are most interested in is to speak to companies, who are interested in tokenization. … to partner up with Bitbond to enhance their tokenization capabilities Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond
The InterviewFind all the links, show notes, and the automated transcript here on our blog post: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/podcast-meet-berlin-based-fintech-bitbond-the-company-behind-germanys-first-regulated-security-token-offering/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| Fintech Review 2020 | 25 Dec 2020 | 00:25:45 | |
The Fintech Review is one of the annual traditions of Joe, established in 2014. Ever since shortly before Christmas we get together with Fintech entrepreneurs, event organizers, and thought leaders to look back at the year and forward to the new one in our fintech review. You can find the ones in English here on YouTube:
https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUbiCAQc22WsxyePUkzBI-LKh1y4yy0sq
In this Fintech Review, we talk to Paolo Sironi, Fintech Thought Leader, Author (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepsironi/) Frank Schwab, Co-Founder Fintech Forum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankschwab/) Luka Ivicev, Fintech Entrepreneur, Forbes 30 under 30 (linkedin.com/in/luka-ivicevic/)
Paolos Top 3 News Ant Financial IPO https://www.npr.org/2020/11/03/930799521/regulators-squash-giant-ant-ipo?t=1607260457756
Singapore allows fully digital bank license
3b Starling digital bank posts first profit
Paolo's 2020 impact Digitalization increases, evaluations declining
Franks Top 3 News Cash is still increasing ⇒ Cash in circulation in Germany increasing ⇒ Virtual ATM Songmic Pandemic ⇒ All becomes digital Moving from CrowdFunding ⇒ Government Help for Startups: Capilendo --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| This Month in German Startups - December 2020 | 17 Dec 2020 | 00:21:13 | |
This Month in German Startups - December 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Welcome to the Chris-mas edition :-)
Today we are wrapping up December 2020 for you. Please keep in mind that due to the holidays and the current lockdown in Germany we are recording this news on December 15th. All news not included here will be part of our January warp-up and there will be a 2020 review 2021outlook as well.
Today we bring you news about the 10 bn investment package of the German government, the new DAX, Peter Thiel’s investments in Germany, Taxes, AI, and much more.
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Find all options to subscribe here: 💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliate LinksThe current situation with the Coronavirus-related lockdown is frequently compared to severe economic recessions including, but not limited to the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Stock Market Crash of 1929. If you want to know more, consider these books below. “Galbraith was asked by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. if he would write the definitive work on the Great Depression that he would then use as a reference source for his own intended work on Roosevelt.” (from Wikipedia) - The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith https://amzn.to/3cl41sAEssays on the Great Depression https://amzn.to/2VvEsht by former Fed Chairmen Ben S. Bernanke “an American economist at the Brookings Institution[3] who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014” (from Wikipedia)From John Kenneth Galbraith as well: A Short History of Financial Euphoria https://amzn.to/2VxngbgA great book on crashes, bubbles, and economic uncertainty, in general, is “Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation” by Edward Chancellor https://amzn.to/2VaUDSlAll the news and links here https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2020/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| The BISON App Allows Uncomplicated and Reliable Trading of Cryptocurrencies on the Smartphone | 15 Dec 2020 | 00:28:05 | |
The BISON App Allows Uncomplicated and Reliable Trading of Cryptocurrencies on the Smartphone
We were the first to provide crypto buying and selling from an in Germany licensed institution. Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart Media Partnership This podcast is in media partnership with the Crypto Assets Conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center. You can learn more about the conference here: https://www.crypto-assets-conference.de/ You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
The Chief Digital Officer This time we talk to Ulli Spankowski (https://de.linkedin.com/in/ulli-spankowski-08652916, https://twitter.com/uspankowski?lang=en, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/ulli-spankowski ) a fintech and blockchain entrepreneur, who sold his company to the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, which than promoted him to be the CDO (Chief Digital Officer). He is an economist by training, who did his PhD in market microstructure. He co-founded his fintech startup with co-founders from Slovenia.
We met with the CIO of Börse Stuttgart - back then - and discussed what can be done with financial markets in the future, if you completely rethink it, based on blockchain technology. Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
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Bitcoin was much bigger in Slovenia. When my co-founder told me to do something in bitcoin, I said … Bit-What? Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
The Startup Back in 2013, Ulli founded his startup Sowa Labs together with co-founders from Slovenia, which he met during an EU funded project during his Ph.D. Thesis. The idea of aggregating data from across the web and social media on cryptocurrencies evolved into cryptocurrency trading. They then sold the startup to the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in 2017 and developed what has become their BISON app: https://bisonapp.com/en/ (App Store, Google Play Store). This was not a bad move, since Börse Stuttgart is the market leader in Europe as a trading venue for retail structured products and one of the 10 largest stock exchanges in Europe.
We started out with cryptocurrencies, but we are planning to move gradually into security tokens. Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
When I was attending conferences [at the beginning of cryptocurrencies] I always said “The biggest problem of cryptocurrencies is that no one cares about them” Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
Further Readings / Additional Resources Market Microstructure: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_microstructure Börse Stuttgart: https://www.boerse-stuttgart.de/en/ Multilateral trading facility: | |||
| Top GSA Startup News October 2024: Unicorns, Fintech, and Sustainable Tech Trends | 31 Oct 2024 | 00:21:39 | |
Welcome to the October 2024 edition of "This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian Startups," where we bring you essential insights into the GSA startup ecosystem. Join hosts Jörn “Joe” Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach as they unpack the month’s top stories, from groundbreaking funding rounds to unicorn achievements and major pivots in tech and innovation. Episode Highlights: 1. Lilium’s Financial Struggles and eVTOL Innovation Setbacks 2. Egym and Orderfox Join the Unicorn Club 3. Austria’s Gropyus Secures €100 Million for Sustainable Housing 4. EU’s Deep Tech Initiative with Trusted Investors Network 5. SolarisBank’s €178M Loss and Restructuring Efforts 📍 Useful Links:
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| Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset Legally | 10 Dec 2020 | 00:44:10 | |
Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset LegallyMedia PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with crypto assets conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center. You can learn more about the conference here: https://www.crypto-assets-conference.de/ You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/ The asset can be located anywhere, as long as it is legally owned by the SPV. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
The Interview PartnerWe talk to Nicolas Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas97weber/), in charge of business development Germany for Amazing Blocks (https://my.amazingblocks.io/).
Blockchain has the ability to disrupt every aspect of business. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Liechtenstein implemented the Token Act as a complete new law, other than for examples Switzerland, which is currently looking at adding to existing laws. Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks Find all the links and show notes on our blog here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/amazing-blocks-can-tokenize-any-asset-legally/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| Learn from Maria – Investor in several of Germany’s renowned startups | 01 Dec 2020 | 00:34:11 | |
Learn from Maria – Investor in several of Germany’s renowned startupsNormally you want to invest in people who you already know. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor
The EnablerThis interview is part of our series of startups and investors in the startup scene in the state of Hessen. The whole series is sponsored by Hessen Trade and Invest, you can learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com Startup investment is a very risky business Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor
The InvestorIn this interview we talk to Maria Pennanen, she is known to our established audience as co-founder of Accelerator Frankfurt, but she is also a Business Angel with more than 10 direct investments. Directly and indirectly, she is or was invested in many renowned startups like Solarisbank, Clark, Bankify, Savedo or Finance Ads. You can learn more about Maria here: Twitter: https://twitter.com/pennanenmariaLinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariapennanen/Accelerator Frankfurt: https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/Mindclip: https://www.mindclip.com/ The best thing to start is joining a business angel organization Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor
The AuthorMaria is also the author of the book “how to f*ck up your startup” in which she helps entrepreneurs to learn from failures. You can find the eBook here https://amzn.to/3oa2Stw
Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYnIt is very rare that you invest in an idea from people you just met, especially in seed. Maria Pennanen, Startup Investor Find all information and an automated transcript here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/learn-from-maria-investor-in-several-of-germanys-renowned-startups/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable -... | |||
| This Month in German Startups - November 2020 | 26 Nov 2020 | 00:29:22 | |
This Month in German Startups - November 2020 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a potential digital Euro
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Find all options to subscribe here: Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio PodcastiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify https://spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! Affiliated Links Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found. · Recommended by: Bill Gates “Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” https://amzn.to/2XAENlB · Recommended by: Jeff Bezos “Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” https://amzn.to/2RGKGKe · Recommended by: Elon Musk “Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” https://amzn.to/2REbHhw · Recommended by: Tony Hsieh “Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” https://amzn.to/34KgraQ · Recommended by: Warren Buffet “Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” https://amzn.to/2K92z06 · Recommended by: Tim Cook “Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” https://amzn.to/3cjMMYn Show Notes, Links and more reading https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/ --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| This Month in German Startups - October 2020 | 30 Oct 2020 | 00:20:50 | |
This Month in German Startups - October 2020Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up October 2020 for you with a monster round in the making at N26, new information on the Wirecard insolvency and questions about published information of Heidelberg based insurance startup Getsafe. You can now join us on the entrepreneur network DueDash: https://buff.ly/2R90PYp with 5 Euros a month you support our work! Or become a Patron at Patreon: https://buff.ly/32bZ4zW Thank you! EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/
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| This Month in German Startups - Summer 2020 (July, August, September) | 24 Sep 2020 | 00:25:20 | |
This Month in German Startups - Summer 2020 Wrap-UpWelcome to this month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Today we are wrapping up summer 2020 for you. This is going to take a bit longer than normal, so grab a coffee and relax on the couch. You can now join us on the entrepreneur network DueDash: https://buff.ly/2R90PYp with 5 Euros a month you support our work! Thank you! EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/
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As a premier source for startup information from Germany, Startupradio was already a part of the US launch of podcasts on Amazon Music and is now in Germany as well. https://www.instagram.com/p/CFcAK3wj3Gn/ Video News - This video will go live on Thursday, September 24th 19.00 CET (Frankfurt, Zürich, Berlin, Milan)https://youtu.be/AQBKnWmxaTY
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Top NewsCoronavirus / Curevac Curevac was one of the biggest startup stories during the summer. They are a Tübingen, Germany-based biotech company, working on a coronavirus vaccine. They IPOed for more than 200 mn US$ (https://buff.ly/3iUsus6) They got visited by Elon Musk (https://buff.ly/3cjMdzf) And we already blogged about their government investment in June (https://buff.ly/3iY0y6Q) And they received a large investment pre-IPO by two international heavy weights: Pre-IPO: Qatar Investment Authority takes stake in vaccine-maker CureVac https://buff.ly/3jnYZzD Glaxosmithkline (GSK) pays 142 mn Euro for 10% stake in one of #Germany's most promising candidates for a #coronavirus #vaccine Curevac from Tuebingen https://buff.ly/3homvLk Coronavirus / Potential super spreader event in the Berlin startup scene?deutsche-startups reports in their podcast, that a super-spreader event took place in the Berlin Venture Capital and startup scene on Friday, September 11th https://buff.ly/2ElAxzc
Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here Wirecard's liquidator sends employees into garden leave without pay via email after 20.00 o'clock. Rumors talk about 50% of the more than 1.000 employees https://buff.ly/34wB7F6 Related: Wirecard scandal fallout sees 50% of German staff laid off | |||
| Follow-Up with the Bloomberg of Crypto – CoinAnalyst | 14 Sep 2020 | 00:27:20 | |
Follow-Up with the Bloomberg of Crypto – CoinAnalystAfter the interview in 2018, we entered the crypto winter. Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst The FounderThis interview is a follow-up to our interview in July 2018. At this time we talked with Pascal about the upcoming ICO of CoinAnalyst. Pascal Lauria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascallauria/) is the CEO and Co-Founder of CoinAnalyst (https://coinanalyst.tech/en/insights/), the Frankfurt-based startup still wants to be the “Bloomberg for Crypto.”
The last few years for Crypto has been extremely hard. Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
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During the Crypto Winter, no one wanted to talk or hear about Crypto. … I was advised to reflect that in my pitch deck. Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
The Startup CoinAnalyst (https://coinanalyst.tech/en/insights/), the Frankfurt-based startup still wants to be the “Bloomberg for Crypto.” They are themselves a spin-off of Frankfurt-based startup Cogia (https://www.cogia.de/de/), which was also founded by Pascal, where he is still the CEO. CoinAnalyst claims to have created a unique tool that helps crypto investors make more accurate predictions while trading. On their platform, they show Trends, Sentiment, Influencer talk about Crypto Currencies, Word Signals, Forecasts, and AI filtered high impact news. This all together is applicable to crypto coins, stocks and forex. They also have the COY token (https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/coinanalyst), which they issued during the ICO in 2018.
Disclaimer on Coins and TokensPlease seek professional advice, before jumping into the risky crypto space. You may want to talk to your investment advisor, as well as your tax advisor. The investments in crypto-assets are always very risky and could lead to a loss of all of your investments in a very short time. Please make your research and due diligence! This podcast provides no investment advice.
Initial Exchange OfferingAt the time of publication, the COY token will have made its debut on a new crypto exchange, called an IEO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_exchange_offering) at LaToken Exchange (https://latoken.com/). Additionally, they are going to “burn” one billion COYs from the hard cap (https://academy.binance.com/glossary/hard-cap). In Equities, this would be called a “reverse split” (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reversesplit.asp) two for one.
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| Legal Tech AI Startup NAIX redacts Contracts with AI for Companies in M&A Transactions | 10 Sep 2020 | 00:46:03 | |
NAIX redacts Contracts with AI for companies in M&A Transactions “Companies tended to accept the [GDPR] fines since they are not as high as the costs of the manual redaction of data, but now we are here” Ramin Karbalaie, CEO and Founder NAIX Technology Media PartnershipNAIX Technology is Frankfurt Forward's (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/) Startup of the Month September 2020. Congratulations. As part of our media partnership, we are bringing you the interview with its astrophysicist CEO and Founder Ramin. The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Ramin Karbalaie (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ramin-karbalaie-b9022a185/), CEO, and Co-Founder of Frankfurt and Cologne-based NAIX Technology (https://naix.de/en). The AI startup and legal tech help do anonymize documents for large companies and corporations, e.g. in case they need to be put in a data room. More on this later. Ramin is highly gifted, he started to study astrophysics at university already during high school (in Germany highly gifted student can do that) and finished several semesters worth of course work before graduating from high school. His mother is a linguist and so he was early exposed to linguistics, which sparked his interest in computer linguistic and later natural language processing (NLP). This is where the legal part, the ai, the natural language processing, and the quantitative training come together to form NAIX Technologies. The startup counts among its mentors one of the managing directors of the private investment office of Rothschild & Co.
“When I was studying astrophysics I had to work, so I took any job. I used to work as a working student in a big international law firm. … There I talk to lawyers about their pains. … so, things evolved” Ramin Karbalaie, CEO and Founder NAIX Technology
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“We anonymize contracts, so lawyers and consultants are not violating data protection law in due diligence” Ramin Karbalaie, CEO and Founder NAIX Technology
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“We work for investigative committees of the German parliament, which is pretty cool at least for us” Ramin Karbalaie, CEO and Founder NAIX Technology
The StartupThe startup is providing anonymization and pseudonymization for contracts and other legal documents. This is needed due to European data protection laws. If a company is sold, a buyer will want to look deep in the books and contracts of an entity he or she buys. Such a phase in a transaction is called Due Diligence. Due to data protection, the contracts with all personal information cannot be shared, but the buyer needs them to evaluate the company, so NAIX comes in and takes out all private information so contracts and other information can be shared, without violating the law. The system of NAIX is based on AI technology. They are not only... | |||
| The German Bill to Permit Crypto Securities | 07 Sep 2020 | 00:36:58 | |
The German Bill to Permit Crypto SecuritiesIn terms of large countries, Germany is a fast mover in blockchain legislation Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert Labor Day SpecialSince the USA are one of our biggest markets we publish some specials on federal holidays. This is one of those occasions. Despite this we stick to our publication of Video on Thursday and podcast the following night, so you all have the content on your devices the next morning. Our GuestCurrently, there is a piece of legislation in the law-making process, to permit securities issued on the blockchain in Germany. Due to this step, we talk to Philipp Sandner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippsandner/), a blockchain expert, Professor of Frankfurt School of Management and Finance, Head of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center, Member Fintech Council (FinTechRat) of the German Federal Ministry of Finance, and member of several expert groups on the blockchain. The Bill to become Germany's Crypto Securities LawWe are talking about a bill to revolutionize the German capital market since you could move existing securities on the blockchain, as well as emit securities completely without "paper" on the blockchain. The new system is designed so that also startups also could run blockchains for crypto securities. You can find the proposed bill in German here: https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Gesetzestexte/Gesetze_Gesetzesvorhaben/Abteilungen/Abteilung_VII/19_Legislaturperiode/2020-08-11-einfuehrung-elektronische-wertpapiere/0-Gesetz.html The US is lagging behind in terms of legislation, but they have some great startups in terms of crypto trading and crypto securities. Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert The Video interview will go live on Labor Day 2020 (September 7th) at 19.00 CEThttps://youtu.be/uPaea39mDig The Audio Interview is set to go live on the same daySubscribe to our podcast(s) here Current SituationDuring our interview, Philipp refers to an already existing law in Germany, for which you can find an article here on the website of the German finance oversight body BaFin. The small country of LiechtensteinLiechtenstein, a country of fewer than 50.000 people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein), nestled in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. The whole country of Liechtenstein is just 2.7 times larger than the Island of Manhattan (http://www.comparea.org/LIE+r2552485#:~:text=Liechtenstein%20is%202.7%20times%20larger%20than%20Manhattan%20(NYC%20borough).&text=Liechtenstein%20is%202.7%20times%20larger%20than%20Manhattan%20(NYC%20borough)). The capital Vaduz has a population of fewer than 6.000 people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaduz), but you should not underestimate them. Liechtenstein is leading in Europe in Crypto-LegislationPhilipp takes a few minutes in our interview to bring the point home, but Liechtenstein and Switzerland are leading in Europe in Crypto Legislation, followed by countries from Baltic states. Not far behind in Germany with the bill we discuss. For further reference, here is the Liechtenstein Token Act: https://impuls-liechtenstein.li/en/blockchain-act-liechtenstein/
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| NGRAVE offers the most secure end-to-end solution in the world for managing digital assets | 27 Aug 2020 | 00:41:09 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io NGRAVE offers the most secure end-to-end solution in the world for managing digital assetsYou cannot brute force our private keys. You cannot predict our private keys. The private key is generated on the spot, even we as the manufacturer do not know your private key. There are no back-doors in our device. Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The FounderThis time we talk to Ruben Merre, the CEO and Co-Founder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-merre/, https://medium.com/ngrave) of NGRAVE (https://www.ngrave.io/), which offers a highly secure solution to manage one’s digital assets. Ruben originally stared out with a business engineering degree. He not only worked as a strategy consultant, contributor to Hackernoon (https://hackernoon.com/u/ruben.merre) but also is a bestseller online investment instructor at UDEMY (https://www.udemy.com/user/rubenmerre/). This interview is part of our ongoing media partnership with Accelerator Frankfurt (https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/).
In 2019 a record 4.5 bn US$ in cryptocurrencies was stolen… we still see the same trend. Hacks are increasing in size and in frequency … Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
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There are no solutions to own your crypto, how it should be. Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The StartupOfficially the startup NGRAVE (https://www.ngrave.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ngrave´), based out of Brussels, Belgium. The story started as the former project of one of the three co-founders was hacked and approximately 10 million US$ worth in Ethereum was stolen. The old project was shut down and NGRAVE was founded to provide a secure way of storing digital or crypto assets. Venture Capital FundingNGRAVE is looking for funding in the second half of 2020.
There are no backdoors in our product. Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Indiegogo CampaignAt the time of the interview, the campaign was not yet launched. At the time of the publication the campaign already ended, but they raised more than 380.000 € (more than 450.000 US$), achieving more than 1.500% of their goal of 25.000 € (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zero-the-most-secure-easy-to-use-crypto-wallet#/).
Our device looks like a small smartphone. The device is completely disconnected from the world, so no hacker can access it. …. Nobody can ever steal the private keys, because they are never exposed. Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE Pre-order the Device (NGRAVE Zero)For everybody... | |||
| Biweekly publication in summer break | 13 Jul 2020 | 00:02:16 | |
Our founderA summer message from our founder Jörn “Joe” Menninger (LinkedIn, Twitter, Crunchbase) in times of Corona. https://www.instagram.com/p/CCGvgRhIKAw/ Hello and welcome, everybody, this is Joe – Founder and Host – of Startuprad.io. It is the beginning of July and I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to you. First, I wanted to wish you a great summer – as great as it can be under the current circumstances. Second, I wanted to let you know that for July and August we take some time off. Our news is in the regular summer break – Enjoy your summer in New York Chris! We will also publish interviews only every other week. We normally used summer to publish interviews from our backlog, but since there have been almost no events we attended in person, there is less backlog. We will be back to a weekly publishing schedule in September. Until then, enjoy your time and thank you to all our listeners, who made us reach the podcast charts in now 35 countries across the world. The last ones added have been Hong Kong and Kuwait. If you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon. Have a great summer and see you again in September! PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content. Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3d Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here http://bit.ly/2w01Zye Feedback – Suggest Interview Partners and moreReach 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 Video – Enjoy the summer – As much as you can and stay safehttps://youtu.be/cmCgRkvO7xY --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| September 2024 Startup News: Intel Halts €30B Project, Magic AI Raises $320M, Flink Expands in Europe | 03 Oct 2024 | 00:48:20 | |
Welcome to the September 2024 Startup News from Startuprad.io! This episode covers the most impactful developments in the startup scenes of Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Stay informed about key trends, funding rounds, and industry shifts that could influence your business or investment decisions. Key Highlights:
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| This Month in German Startups - June 2020 | 29 Jun 2020 | 00:19:16 | |
This is the fintech track of Startuprad.io. Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/fintech_germany Learn more about us at www.startuprad.io This Month in German Startups - June 2020IntroToday we are going to talk about German startups, in the process of producing vaccines for Covid19, the potential accounting fraud at Wirecard, startups in Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne and Berlin, and the 110th Birthday of Konrad Zuse, the inventor of the modern-day computer. Welcome to this month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. Reach out to usOur audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)Christian “Chris” Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)PatreonIf you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startupradio EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Find all options to subscribe here: 💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes https://apple.co/2M8ZxKJThe Video Interview is set to go live on Thursday, June 25th 2020https://youtu.be/xRNMoOSm28Y
The Audio Interview is set to go live on June 30th, 2020The Audio Podcast will be published next week. Subscribe to our podcasts here Housekeeping - Time to brag Now it is official, Startuprad.io passed several milestones. We reached more than 200.000 subscribers for our podcasts alone! 206.014 as of today! We count subscribers, who return at least once in 7 days to our RSS feed over 90 days.We managed to score more than 1.000 days in podcast charts (iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and Chartable), actually, we made 1.026 days so far. https://www.startuprad.io/blog/startuprad-io-ranked-now-in-33-countries-and-1-000-days-in-podcast-charts/We now scored with PR China, Croatia, and Singapore in three more countries and now we made it in 33 countries in their respective podcast charts. We are also a steady member of chartable.com’s science and tech podcast charts, for the US as well as globally. https://www.startuprad.io/blog/startuprad-io-ranked-now-in-33-countries-and-1-000-days-in-podcast-charts/And again we have several interviews and blog posts for you. We will also have on July 1st our first live stream after corona. https://www.meetup.com/Startup-Couch-TV-Talks/events/271395382/ Coronavirus / Covid19 80% of Berlin-based startups see their very existence threatened by the coronavirus https://buff.ly/2UYMi3P CureVac is the first German biotech to receive a direct investment from the German government, an astonishing 300 mn Euros. The reason behind this is the Trump... | |||
| News Wrap-up developing Wirecard story | 24 Jun 2020 | 00:10:26 | |
Find all further Links and show notes on our blog post: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/news-wrap-up-developing-wirecard-story/ PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon https://www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content. Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3dLooking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here http://bit.ly/2w01Zye --- This episode is sponsored by · Anchor: The easiest way to make a podcast. https://anchor.fm/app --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/fintechgermany/support This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy | |||
| Ginmon provides automated and personal online wealth management | 15 Jun 2020 | 00:38:26 | |
Ginmon provides automated and personal online wealth management We build a platform, that totally automizes the wealth management process. Lars Reiner, CEO and Founder of Ginmon The founderJoe from Startuprad.io talks to Lars (https://www.linkedin.com/in/larsreiner/), the CEO and Founder of the Frankfurt-based rob advisor Ginmon (https://www.ginmon.de/en/). Lars started out as a management consultant inside of Deutsche Bank, in their unit called in-house-consulting, focusing on their retail business.
Our clients are wealthy, but not wealthy enough to qualify for traditional wealth management. Lars Reiner, CEO and Founder of Ginmon
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There was no one at my company interested in what is today robo advisors, so I started my own and do not regret it until this day. Lars Reiner, CEO and Founder of Ginmon
Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3dLooking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here http://bit.ly/2w01Zye The StartupGinmon (https://www.ginmon.de/en/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ginmon-gmbh) is a Robo Advisor, catering to the mass affluent. They are wealthy enough to have money to invest, but in Germany, the normal threshold to enter the wealth management services of large banks is 2 million Euros, and they do not qualify yet. Ginmon wants to be the online financial advisor for this clientele. Therefore, they became fully licensed as a wealth manager in 2017, by German financial services oversight body BaFin. They now have an investment volume of more than 100 mn Euros for approx. 5.000 clients, according to their website. According to Lars, they have approx. 15% of the share of wallet of their clients, which they aim to increase.
After our business model has been proven with a couple of hundred customers on our platform, we raised our first funding with Passion Capital from London, known for their investments e.g. in Monzo Lars Reiner, CEO and Founder of Ginmon
Video Interview (available on June 11th 19.00 Frankfurt, 1 pm New York, 18.00 London)
The Audio Podcast will go live on June 16thThe Audio Podcast will be published next week. Subscribe to our podcasts here
Six Million Venture Capital FinancingGinmon published (at the day of the recording) a Series A funding worth 6 mn Euros, including old investors and a new investor from Russia. During the interview, we talk about what the new investor did right https://www.ginmon.de/presse/robo-advisor-ginmon-schliesst-weitere-finanzierungsrunde-ab/
Further Readings / Additional ResourcesRobo Advisor Talk (hosted by Joe, in German from October 2016) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=akCaXmFfgMQETF https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exchange-traded_fundStock Index https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stock_market_indexModern Portfolio Theory | |||
| This Month in German Startups - May 2020 | 01 Jun 2020 | 00:21:48 | |
This Month in German Startups - May 2020If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Reach out to usOur audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)Christian “Chris” Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)PatreonIf you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon: https://www.patreon.com/startupradio EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as an audio and video podcast. Yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here: 💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes https://apple.co/2M8ZxKJVideo Recording - YouTube (the video will premiere on Thursday, May 28th 19.00 CET / 1 pm Eastern)https://youtu.be/Yu_rojiz9mw Housekeeping - Time to brag The current situation looks a bit better, so we feel ok with a tiny bit of bragging :-) We made it in Russia's Apple Tech Podcast Charts (up to #121) and PR China Apple Tech Podcast Charts (up to #485). This gets the total to 30 countries! We are also now on Patreon. If you like your podcast, become a patron! (www.patreon.com/startupradio)We published again some cool interviews, where we wanted to highlight especially this month’s interview with IDA, where we talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Hamedo Ayadi of Intelligence Data Analytics. At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, 70% of their employees worked related to aviation, which was completely stopped by one phone call. He tells the story of how they changed strategy fast to survive: https://www.startuprad.io/interviews/ida-pivoted-fast-during-corona-before-70-of-their-employees-worked-with-aviation-companies/ Coronavirus / Covid19German government approves the corona aid package for startups. A two billion fund will add to private funding from the package (30% private, 70% public) this is called „Corona-Matching-Fazilität“ (CMF). The package was put together quite fast since the first announcement has been in mid-April. https://buff.ly/2zFr4jL There will be another pillar, called “Startup-Schutzschild” (startup shield), which will assist the instruments of Germany’s 16 states for startups, who have no backing by investors yet. Related we found news about... | |||
| Mainstage Incubator helps to build World-Changing Startups right in the heart of Europe | 06 May 2020 | 00:35:01 | |
We called our initial offering “Sales as a Service.” Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator Mainstage Incubator helps startups to conquer EuropeWhether your startup is from India, Bangladesh, Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Korea, South Africa, or even New Zealand, you can start exploring the German and European Market with the digital program of Mainstage Incubator. The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Swen Wegner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/swenwegner/), Founder and CEO of Mainstage Incubator (https://www.mainstage-incubator.com/), which is a relatively new incubator headquartered in Frankfurt, in the heart of Europe. Swen is half Indian, half German, and spent parts of his life in both countries. He spent his time in India for example in Kerala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala).
The interview was remotely recorded during a time of partial lockdown in Germany, due to Covid19.
In the past, he has worked for large multinational corporations, as well as small startups. He refers to a “founder you may know” to Emboled.io (we interviewed the founder Vishal Ray, at this time they were still called Acellere). You find both interviews, dating back to March 2019 below: Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3d Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here http://bit.ly/2w01Zye The Incubator As a pilot we positioned some Indian startups to German corporates. Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Mainstage Incubator is a distributed company. They have offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and India. They stared out, presenting Indian startups to German corporate customers. Now they help startups from all over the world to present themselves to German customers, to bridge the cultural gap. Their goals are To find clients in Germany, and from here in EuropeThe ultimate goal is to bring international startups physically to Germany, so they can expand all over Europe.Bring startup from Germany to IndiaThe Mainstage Incubator already signed partnership agreements with Argentina, Columbia, Japan Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and now the United States. Apply here for the Mainstage IncubatorYou can apply to the Mainstage Incubator right here https://bit.ly/ApplyMainstage
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We give the Indian startups hints on how to wrap up a meeting with a German corporate in 30 minutes with a sale. Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator Here you find the audio-only podcast of our interview - Subscribe so you won't miss another episodeThe interview will be published across our podcasts during the early morning of May 7th, so you have your episode on your device for your commute or morning coffee the next morning. You can subscribe to Startuprad.io here: YouTube http://bit.ly/2LK14oWiTunes http://apple.co/2xsHdaESpotify http://spoti.fi/2DfIt1OThe interview ill be published in our Sub-Podcasts... | |||
| This Month in German Startups - April 2020 | 04 May 2020 | 00:22:39 | |
This Month in German Startups - April 2020 If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
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
Find the hosts here: Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018) Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here: 💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes https://apple.co/2M8ZxKJ
Housekeeping - Time to bragA tiny bit of hope is back, so we do a bit a of bragging again: Wow, the days around Easter have been AMAZING for Startuprad.io. We retained our position in Chartable's Global Top 100 Technology and Global Top 100 Science Charts, but we also entered the iTunes Technology Charts in Vietnam for the first time. Again in the US and UK welcomed us to their Apple Technology Podcast Charts again in the Top 200 https://twitter.com/startuprad_io/status/1252523750123352066
You can subscribe to Startuprad.io here: YouTube http://bit.ly/2LK14oWiTunes http://apple.co/2xsHdaESpotify http://spoti.fi/2DfIt1OOur Sub-Podcasts: 💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: http://apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: https://apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: https://apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: https://apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8German Startup News (Video)iTunes https://apple.co/3agUim9 German Startup News (Audio)iTunes https://apple.co/2Jg2fMw Spotify https://spoti.fi/2UeZ3ah Housekeeping - tracking startups we interviewed... | |||
| Sono Motors Raised Money with "ONE Starter" and the tool is now free | 15 Apr 2020 | 00:24:55 | |
Sono Motors Raised Money with it and the tool is now freeWe challenged ourselves how we can help … as a small software developer in the current crisis for struggling companies…. So, we reduced the price of the funding tool to ZERO. Johannes Laub, CEO and Co-Founder CrowdDesk Covid19This interview is part of our ongoing coverage of Covid19 for the German startup scene. We talk to the startup CrowdDesk since we found their tool very helpful. Please note that CrowdDesk is neither paying for the interview nor are there affiliated links to sign up for their service.
The founderIn this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io talks again to Johannes Laub, CEO, and Co-Founder of CrowdDesk, the financing startup from Frankfurt. You can learn more about him in our other interview here: https://www.startuprad.io/interviews/the-fintech-crowddesk-offers-funding-as-a-service/
You only need a website and our software. Even our law firm is giving away the contract for free, for everyone affected by the Covid19 crisis. Johannes Laub, CEO and Co-Founder CrowdDesk
Affiliate LinksThe current situation with the Coronavirus related lockdown is frequently compared to severe economic recessions including, but not limited to the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Stock Market Crash of 1929. If you want to know more, consider these books below. “Galbraith was asked by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. if he would write the definitive work on the Great Depression that he would then use as a reference source for his own intended work on Roosevelt.” (from Wikipedia) - The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith https://amzn.to/3cl41sAEssays on the Great Depression https://amzn.to/2VvEsht by former Fed Chairmen Ben S. Bernanke “an American economist at the Brookings Institution[3] who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014” (from Wikipedia)From John Kenneth Galbraith as well: A Short History of Financial Euphoria https://amzn.to/2VxngbgA great book on crashes, bubbles and economic uncertainty in general is “Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation” by Edward Chancellor https://amzn.to/2VaUDSl The StartupThe fintech CrowdDesk offers Funding-As-A-Service. With the go-fund-me Button a company placed on its website, any company sticking to the local rules could raise funds this way. ONE StarterCrowdDesk gives away the ONE Starter package, with which startups can raise up to 400.000 Euros from friends, customers, fans, network and, website visitors: https://www.crowddesk.de/crowdvscorona/ Note: The tool is only available in Germany right now, due to legal constraints. The Munich-based startup Sono Motors raised more than 50 mn Euros in total and out of that they raised more than 2.5 mn Euros with the tool of CrowdDesk.
We all share the same fate at the moment. Johannes Laub, CEO and Co-Founder CrowdDesk
The ONE Starter is a software tool, which startups can use to raise funds in Germany
The startup has to activate their own network … so everybody knows about your campaign. Johannes Laub, CEO and Co-Founder CrowdDesk Observations in Fundraising during Covid19 When you come to the VCs when you need the money, you are too late. Johannes Laub, CEO and Co-Founder CrowdDesk
CrowdDesk is also currently raising venture capital. So Johannes also shares some insights on how fundraising is working right now: An urge to need the money now hurts your... | |||
| Meet Berlin-based cryptocurrency challenger bank Bitwala | 11 Apr 2020 | 00:36:40 | |
Meet Berlin-based cryptocurrency challenger bank Bitwala“We let people buy and sell bitcoin directly from their bank account” Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala This interview is our Easter Special. Keep safe, stay at home and enjoy the video. Please note at the very bottom of this post, there is a link where you can give us direct feedback. The founderIn this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io talks to Benjamin Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminpeterjones/), CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala (https://www.bitwala.com/). Bitwala is a challenger bank, based in Berlin which offers shifting from fiat currency (Euro) into Bitcoin and Ethereum on their app. Benjamin is originally from Bristol and studied Philosophy and Economics in London. He traveled one year in South America and became …as he says, “became a hippie.” An internship than took him to Berlin, where he worked in a startup. He tried out many things, including a company builder which aimed to become the “Rocket Internet of Cryptocurrencies.”
“Core banking is relatively unexciting. That’s not where the innovation is happening” Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
______________________________________________ Affiliate LinksLooking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Sign up with Bitwala here. Due to regulations, Bitwala can only accept customers resident in the European Economic Area (EU plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Lichtenstein), with a few exceptions like US citizens. ____________________________________________________ The Startup“A [bitcoin to cash] transaction takes usually 20 minutes” Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala The name Bitwala comes from a computer bit, and wallah. In India, you call someone who brings the, for example, the tea a chai wallah (https://chaipilgrimage.com/blogs/journal/8413337-what-is-a-chai-wallah). The company wants to be “the bringer of bits.” Bitwala is describing itself as a challenger bank. As is typical for many challenger banks, they don’t have a banking license, but rather work together with licensed banks.
“All startups need to focus in an extreme way” Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Bitwala is a challenger bank, founded in Berlin. Their USP is the ability to shift between Euros, Bitcoin and Ethereum in their app, without the need for a cryptocurrency exchange.
“What most people got excited about crypto currencies in the earlier times was their application in the developing world. …there is 1.7 bn unbanked.” Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Right now Bitwala does not have a third-party custodian for the crypto assets, they are offering non-custodian wallets. So the client has to take care of their crypto assets by themselves, but the client also holds her/his private keys. During the interview, we also talk about their former product, a bitcoin credit card, which they had to drop. This put Bitwala in a difficult position, in which they decided to build the world’s first cryptocurrency bank account. After the interview Bitwala published their number of customers, they had (at release) more than 50.000 clients in 32 countries (Link opens PDF).
The Video Interview is Our Easter Special – It is set to go live on April 10th 15.00 CET (10 am East Coast Time, 14.00 London)https://youtu.be/DuomByTCLKk
Venture Capital Funding Bitwala is looking to raise a Series B in Q3 2020 of 15-20 million Euros (up to 22 mn... | |||
| How to lure corporate talent to a startup? | 06 Apr 2020 | 00:43:10 | |
How to lure corporate talent in a Startup? I think most entrepreneurs will know that it never goes right … you see stories in the media of overnight successes … but most founders will know this is not the case. William Laitinen, CEO and Founder Exige The FounderWe talk to William Laitinen (https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-laitinen-93282/, https://twitter.com/WilliamLaitinen), co-founder of Exige International an executive search agency (https://www.exigeinternational.com/). During this interview, we are talking to him not only as a founder, who bootstrapped his company, sleeping on his cousins’ couch, but also who survived the global financial crisis starting in 2008.
A lesson to learn - from early on as possible - is: You are going to be facing problems in your team and your organization. William Laitinen, CEO and Founder Exige
Affiliate LinksThe hard thing about hard things https://amzn.to/2S62X30Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to lose his job to CEO of a company caught in the dotcom bubble to VC investorZero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future https://amzn.to/37H2MSpPeter Thiels, the famous investor tells you his mental framework to think about innovationBlitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies https://amzn.to/2Ob0xySReid Hoffmans, the founder of LinkedIn, advice on scale fast
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything Read-worthy book to familiarize yourself with economic theory, or learn more about how to apply it.Need a bank account? Try our partner Pentahttp://bit.ly/3bdHX3dNeed space to work? Try our partner WeWorkhttps://we.co/2GYbxvSLooking for someone to design a logo, do a transcript or a voice-over? Find all of it and more at our partner Fiverrhttp://bit.ly/2S0f2YFYou can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscription – you get the first month for free https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00NTQ6K7E?tag=startupradi0e-21 The Startup William started headhunting in financial services (Mergers and Acquisitions) and strategy consultancies during the early 2000s, with a laptop and a phone. He classically bootstrapped his company, starting crashing on the couch of his cousin and working his way up from there. He called it “the golden age of headhunting,” and like many others he thought it would always go on like this. So, he was in a great spot, just before the bankruptcy of Lehmann Brothers which almost froze hiring in Investment Banking and strategy consulting.
I was in the worst place you could be in the financial crisis … I didn’t do a deal for 18 months. William Laitinen, CEO and Founder Exige
William used the global financial crisis to change his focus and now is working primarily with insurance companies in Western Europe, specifically in Switzerland, as well as with insurtechs.
You will face a whole heap of problems and challenges starting a company … Who you want to hire is really really important in overcoming the problems you will be facing. William Laitinen, CEO and Founder Exige Advice in Hiring People leave their job for just two reasons: Logic and emotions. William Laitinen, CEO and Founder Exige
William talks about hiring for startups, especially about the importance of... | |||
| This Month in German Startups - March 2020 | 30 Mar 2020 | 00:52:44 | |
This Month in German Startups - March 2020If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
FeedbackReach 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
Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018) Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018) Note that Chris decided to stay in New York to be able to report from there, which is the epicenter of the US corona outbrake! Thank you for that! EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/ Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here: 💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes https://apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer http://bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn http://bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes https://apple.co/2M8ZxKJ______________________________________ Our affiliate partners:Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3d Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: http://bit.ly/2w01Zye Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork https://we.co/2GYbxvS Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: http://bit.ly/2S0f2YF You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: https://amzn.to/2pGzseh ______________________________________HousekeepingNo bragging this time. Now there is 💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: http://apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: https://apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: https://apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: https://apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8German Startup News (Video)iTunes https://apple.co/3agUim9 German Startup News (Audio)iTunes https://apple.co/2Jg2fMw Spotify | |||
| Summer 2024 Startup News: DACH Funding, AI Trends, & Ecosystem Insights | 02 Sep 2024 | 00:49:13 | |
Welcome to the Summer 2024 Startup News Wrap-Up from Startuprad.io! In this special Labor Day episode, we cover the most crucial updates from the vibrant startup ecosystems in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Whether you’re an entrepreneur, investor, or tech enthusiast, this episode is packed with insights into the latest trends, funding rounds, and ecosystem developments shaping the future of innovation in the DACH region. 💼 New Sponsor Alert: We’re excited to announce our new partner, ModernIQs.com! Did you know an SEO-optimized blog post can generate significantly more traffic than a social media post? Startuprad.io listeners can create two free SEO-optimized blog posts per month in less than a minute. Sign up using the link in the episode notes. Sign up here. 🔍 Episode Highlights:
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| This Month in German Startups - Covid19 Flash - Changes to Insolvencis in Germany | 27 Mar 2020 | 00:22:34 | |
Covid 19 Coverage of Startuprad.io Our affiliate partners:Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3d Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: http://bit.ly/2w01Zye Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork https://we.co/2GYbxvS Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: http://bit.ly/2S0f2YF You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: https://amzn.to/2pGzseh
WelcomeWelcome to the 2nd episode of our special covid19 coverage for the German startup scene. This is a special issue with an attorney at law Tim, focusing on special legislation in Germany for the shutdown of public life and the consequences for a business. Our GuestTim Wullbrandt (Attorney at Law) http://www.wullbrandt-rechtsanwaelte.de/heidelberg-based-law-firm-experienced-attorneys-for-criminal-defense-family-law-insolvency-law-in-germany/ Article by Tim (German) about the new legal rules: Neue Gesetze wegen Corona-Krise - was ändert sich? https://buff.ly/2xltPp4
Our ScopeEverything we discuss here only holds true in GERMANY since Startuprad.io is focused here. The rules, laws, and regulations do not apply anywhere else.
Give us FeedbackReach 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
Find the host here: Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Keep in mind, there are many people out there looking for help AND THERE WILL BE SCAMMERS, so validate your sources, start from associations and government pages. Be wary of potential scams. There is an explicit warning on the official portal for insolvency filings in Germany - Insolvenzbekanntmachungen https://buff.ly/2J7RM62 Normal insolvency filings and proceedingsReasons for insolvencyInsolvency / IlliquidityImminent illiquidity (time frame unclear)Overextension, you have more depth than assets Insolvency applicationExamination of applicationOpening of insolvency proceedings Upfront tax payments / prepaid taxes https://www.sapling.com/8419090/prepaid-taxes Shareholder loans https://www.financierworldwide.com/shareholder-loans-under-german-insolvency-law#.Xno2T4hKhhE
Special about this situation with Covid19, as of March 2020Here is the link to the current bill/draft law on the homepage of the German Federal Ministry of Justice https://www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Gesetzgebungsverfahren/DE/FH_AbmilderungFolgenCovid-19.html Content: Under certain conditions, there is no obligation to file for insolvency until September 30th, 2020. There is a restriction for termination of rental contracts (think offices) There is also relaxation for decision making for legal entities ⇒ Talk to your lawyer about it!
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| Acomodeo helps companies to find serviced apartments worldwide | 24 Mar 2020 | 00:25:03 | |
Acomodeo helps companies to find serviced apartments worldwideThe EnablerThis is a video interview from our podcast Tech Startups Germany. All the recordings on this channel are made possible by Invest in Hessen (learn more here https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/home).
Our first clients know us and trust us, and they do these bookings [28.000 – 35.000 Euros] on a cell phone. Eric-Jan Krausch during his Startuprad.io interview
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We see that there are a lot of professional suppliers in the market and we digitize them. We make them online bookable. Eric-Jan Krausch during his Startuprad.io interview
The FounderIn this interview for Invest-in-hessen.com we are talking to Eric-Jan Krausch (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ejkrausch/), Founder and CEO of Frankfurt-based proptech and business travel startup ACOMODEO (https://www.acomodeo.com/en-us/). Eric is born in Frankfurt and originally worked in a radio station. He even studied music business in Mannheim (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Popakademie_Baden-W%C3%BCrttemberg). He also worked for innovation departments at large and established companies. After that Eric became a freelancer, working as consultant for several companies.
Our global footprint is supported by our location in Frankfurt. Eric-Jan Krausch during his Startuprad.io interview
Our affiliate partners:Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3d Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: http://bit.ly/2w01Zye Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork https://we.co/2GYbxvS Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: http://bit.ly/2S0f2YF You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: https://amzn.to/2pGzseh The StoryEric developed the idea of Acomodeo together with his roommate, during his graduate studies. The company provides on its platform multinational companies with apartments all around the world. This is a great service for multinationals since they must provide housing for their employees on international assignments. One can book apartments on Acomodeo from four days to two years. The goal is to get the client a seamless travel experience, so the startup sees itself more like a startup in the travel industry (traveltech), rather than a property startup (proptech).
For a B2B startup this [Frankfurt] is a better location. Eric-Jan Krausch during his Startuprad.io interview
Acomodeo vets the suppliers before they get on their platform. They focus on other points that a hotel platform would like the question: Is there a fully equipped kitchen, including a toaster? ... | |||
| This Month in German Startups - Corona Flash - March 19th 2020 | 19 Mar 2020 | 00:07:52 | |
This Month in German Startups - Corona Flash - March 19th, 2020This is a special format for our startup news. We will keep you updated on the developing Covid19 story and its impact on the German startup scene. If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
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IntroHi there, This is Joe from Startuprad.io. Since the Corona outbreak in Europe, we surpassed 150.000 subscribers. I would like to thank you all and keep you up to date with the current development. Public life in Germany is now greatly reduced. In most of Germany’s sixteen states the opening hours of bars and restaurants are severely limited and only selected stores (think groceries, pharmacies, …) remain open during normal hours. This has a great impact on startups in Germany, from changing to remote-only work, to a heavy drag on revenues, to finding emergency funding. We thought we would give you an overview, as a short flash update. We want to provide you with collections of links and reports, that point you where to find information, help and can read more.
German Startup Association's Link Collection“This is a list of *public* coronavirus // Covid-19 communications/measures and resources. Disclaimer: The content below is crowdsourcing content, so it is not independently verified. It is intended as a resource for founders and management teams who are currently discussing their own actions on SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and want to learn from the ecosystem. “ SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups Association https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UKRxxg3SiOH7hBUnS8Tn81zAqoG4KcWBpSPBTpfidzk/preview Some highlights from the document: Guide to support measures for startups affected by coronavirus | Sifted https://buff.ly/2QqjAXhCOVID-19 Symptoms and what to do, incl. list of links and phone numbers in relevant geographies - 15.3.20Kurzarbeit is in Germany short term measures to support companies, where part of the employees pay is taken over by the government. Find more information here: Very Detailed Frequently Asked Questions on Kurzarbeit - 17.3.2020Obligation to file for insolvency due to corona suspended for companies in Germany - 16.3.2020Global collection of VC resources, measurement lists, blog posts and other communications - 18.3.2020 | |||