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Executive SummaryIn this episode of Startuprad.io, host Jörn "Joe" Menninger interviews Maximilian Wühr, the CEO of FINN Auto. Maximilian shares his motivation for starting Finn, which stemmed from a frustrating car-buying experience in the San Francisco/Bay Area. He discusses the fundraising process and emphasizes the importance of being persistent and solving a problem. Maximilian also highlights the differences between the US and German markets, particularly in terms of product-market fit and logistics. He shares his journey from finance to startups and discusses the advisory board experience. Maximilian concludes by sharing his vision for Finn's future, including the possibility of going public.

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The FounderMaximilian Wühr, CEO and Co-Founder of FINN Auto began his journey in economics with the aspiration of becoming a financial investor. In pursuit of the best education, he recognized Bocconi as one of Europe's top finance universities and decided that studying there would be a valuable experience. Despite the lack of an existing partnership between LMU and any Italian university, Maximilian was determined to study in Milan. Taking matters into his own hands, he navigated the process of organizing the exchange and securing a scholarship that covered his expenses.

For six months, Maximilian immersed himself in the Italian culture, enjoying both the university and the unique approach to teaching economics, which relied less on numbers and data. His time in Milan not only broadened his academic horizons but also gave him a newfound appreciation for the vibrant city. He later attended CDTM the Center for Digital and Technology Management, which also took him to UC Berkeley with their exchange program. In California, he bought a car, which turned out to be a not-so-pleasant experience. This gave him the trigger to join the founding of FINN Auto.

Today, as the CEO of FINN Auto, Maximilian leverages the skills and knowledge he acquired during his studies and exchange program. His passion for finance and his experiences in Italy continue to shape his leadership style and drive him toward success in the automotive industry. Maximilian became CEO when his predecessor had to step down from the position.

The StartupFinn Auto, the startup co-founded by Maximilian Wühr, has made significant strides in revolutionizing the car-subscription industry. They have successfully raised multiple rounds of funding, including a recent funding round that secured several millions of dollars. In total, they raised close to one billion US$ (935 M). This financial backing has allowed Finn Auto to expand its operations and continue to enhance its innovative platform.

What sets Finn Auto apart from its competition is its focus on providing a seamless and user-friendly experience. Their platform streamlines the entire process, alleviating the pain points that individuals often encounter when renting or purchasing a vehicle. By leveraging the power of technology and data, Finn Auto offers personalized recommendations, transparent...

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Welcome to our summer 2023 wrap-up with vital news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in around 30 minutes sometimes less 🙂.

This time we wrap up July and August. We came up with the summer news because the September news has always been very long, overcrowded, and covered 3 months. That was a bit too much of a break and too much news in one piece. So we looked to wrap up summer and since the US is an important market and Labor Day is the unofficial end of summer it seems like a good fit.

This summer has been a bit different and there has been a lot of news, so we focus more on the most recent ones and we have cut a lot of news here.

For everybody in the US who celebrates it: Happy Labor Day!

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Our Highlights:Binance has not - yet - gotten permission to operate in Germany from BaFin, Nextwind raises 750 m US$, Bitpanda surpasses 1 M customers in Germany and Germany sets a new record in new founders. We also shared that SAP wants to invest in Aleph Alpha, they confirmed this and two more.

Germany's law for legalizing cannabis falls short of the expectations of cannabis entrepreneurs. Europe dominates climate fintech funding and the overall fintech funding shows a sign of life. Bafin also stopped mini VC investments - trashing the business model of some fintechs - AND we found newly closed VC funds in excess of 2.8 bn US$ that are open to European founders.

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Top News Du kommst hier ned rein 🙂 Is the usual saying in Frankfurt if a Bouncer won't let you in a ClubFintech blog Finance Forward reports German finance oversight BaFin signals no license for Binance for Germany. So they can neither advertise nor expand in Germany. To be clear, this is not a final NO, but rather a "Binance keeps trying, but BaFin signaled a No"

750 M US$ for Wind EnergyWind Energy in Germany: StartUp Nextwind raises 750 M US$ Venture Capital investors include Sandbrook Capital, Canadian funds Public Sector Pension Investment Board (PSP Investments), and Imco

Bitpanda - The Austrian UnicornSurpasses 1 million customers in Germany alone https://buff.ly/44mMyKP it is not sure how many of them are really active, but that is always a tough question, even for the startups. But the question is important since one only makes money with active users.

Germany Sets a New Record in FoundersDespite the current economic situation, Germany has the highest share of founders in 24 years!!! According to the Global Entrepreneurship Monitor Germany had a larger than 9% founder quota, meaning people from 18–64 who (co) founded a new business within the last 3,5 years (Young...

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Executive SummaryIn this episode of Startuprad.io, host Joe Menninger interviews Max Koziolek, co-founder of Spectrm. They discuss the importance of making strategic decisions and pivoting in business, sharing insights from Spectrm's journey. They explore the challenges of seed-stage investments, the benefits of messaging apps for brands, and the impact of AI technology in their industry. Max shares his experiences in politics and media, highlighting the need for quality content distribution. The episode also delves into Spectrm's successful pivot to targeting brands and their impressive growth from pre-seed to series B, acquiring as pivoted startup clients like Zalando, UberEats, Premier Leauge, HelloFresh, Deichman, Breitling or Ford.

The FounderMax, the guest on this episode of Startuprad.io, is a co-founder of Spectrm, a company that leverages AI-powered messaging to help brands connect with their customers more effectively. With a background in law and politics, Fabian brings a unique perspective to the startup world. He shares his experience of campaigning for public office, competing against Frank Walter Steinmeier. At the time the reigning foreign minister of Germany, now Germany’s president. He also shares his story of pivoting his company and the challenges they faced in finding their niche in the market, that was large enough to survive and how to communicate this to their investors. Fabian's determination and strategic thinking allowed Spectrm to not only survive but thrive, securing partnerships with major publishers and leading brands. His passion for AI technology and its potential for the future is evident in his vision for Spectrm's continued growth and success.

The StartupSpectrm (https://spectrm.io/), is a Potsdam - Berlin Area-based startup, co-founded by Max Koziolek. It has made significant strides in the field of AI-powered messaging for brands. The company has successfully raised multiple rounds of funding, starting from a pre-seed stage all the way to a series B round. This demonstrates the confidence investors have in Spectrm's innovative approach and their potential for growth.

What sets Spectrm apart is not only their ability to help brands effectively engage, but also to pivot. They started out as a tool for sharing great journalism and realized that their market was not big enough. We take the journey with them to evaluate new options, and communicate the pivot to their investors and how to get them to agree.

Max also shares his experience with their customers by leveraging messaging apps like WhatsApp, Messenger, and more. With a specific focus on solving the problem of reaching audiences, Spectrm's platform enables brands to have meaningful conversations with their customers, ultimately driving conversions and revenue. Their impressive client portfolio includes renowned publishers such as CNN, Financial Times, and Business Insider, highlighting the trust and confidence their solution has garnered from industry leaders. With their strategic pivot, strong financial traction, and cutting-edge technology, Spectrm has positioned itself as a key player in the increasingly competitive AI messaging space.

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Topics Discussed in this InterviewIn this interview, we are talking about

strategic decisions, pivoting, business, starting from scratch, thinking everything through, launch new products, validate pivot, communicate plan to investors, board meeting, panic, seed stage investments, messaging, customer queries, social media, pre-purchase inquiries, financial benefit, direct links, email engagement, filtered tabs, push notifications, messaging apps, follow-ups, vouchers, memory, quality content, journalism, distribution problem, WhatsApp, city council member, positive impact, the national parliament, campaign work, major platforms, AI technology, training models, business opportunity, signing contracts, record-breaking contract, validation, first-time founder, bad design, chatbot, AI scientists, book recommendation, large publishers, market size, revenue growth, cash flow positive, Next Media Accelerator, expansion, Facebook Messenger, unofficial API, rapid growth.

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Executive SummaryIn this episode of Startuprad.io, our guest is Florian Brokamp, CEO and Co-Founder of Thinksurance. Brokamp discusses the positive economic state of the company, the importance of smart investors analyzing macroeconomic trends, and the growing industries of AI and insurtech. He emphasizes the stability of the insurance industry and the need for digitalization. He shares insights on their fundraising journey and the different parts of their company's offerings. Florian also highlights the importance of proper risk valuation, data transparency, and providing value to distributors, customers, and insurers. Overall, Thinksurance's vision is to connect insurance carriers, distributors, and customers through its technology platform.

Questions Discussed in this Interview:How did Thinksurance navigate the fundraising process and secure funding for their business?

What were some of the challenges Thinksurance faced during the fundraising process, and how did they overcome them?

How does Thinksurance differentiate itself in the B2B commercial insurance space in Germany?

How does Thinksurance use data to address the lack of transparency in the insurance industry?

What is the importance of properly pricing risks in the insurance industry, according to Thinksurance?

How does Thinksurance define their target user and how do they cater to the needs of different types of users?

How has Thinksurance's market coverage and relevance increased through onboarding large associations and brokers?

How does Thinksurance aim to streamline the consultation process and provide value to distributors, customers, and insurers?

What is Thinksurance's approach to hiring and maintaining a strong company culture?

How does Thinksurance plan to further penetrate sales channels and collaborate with partners to address their digitalization needs?

The FounderIn this episode, our guest is Florian, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thinksurance, an insurtech startup from Frankfurt, focused on revolutionizing the commercial insurance industry through their technology platform. Throughout the episode, Florian shares insights into the economic landscape, the challenges of fundraising, and the growth potential of industries like AI and insurtech. He highlights the importance of finding investors who believe in the long-term vision and emphasizes the need to update legacy systems in the insurance industry.

The StartupThinksurance is a German insurtech company that provides digital insurance solutions for businesses and brokers. As mentioned by Florian Brokamp, the CEO and Co-Founder of Thinksurance, the company focuses on updating the legacy systems of the insurance industry, enabling a seamless and efficient consultation process between customers, insurers, and brokers. They offer a comprehensive suite of services including core consultation, Consult Direct service, and a data suite that collects and analyzes market data, providing...

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Executive SummaryIn this episode, our guest Kimmo discusses the concept and potential of Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) in part two of our series. We highlight the need for government control of the monetary system and the risks posed by private currencies. We explore various use cases and mechanisms that can encourage the adoption and success of CBDCs, including simplifying cross-border transactions and optimizing liquidity. We also dive into the idea of purpose-bound money and the importance of simplicity and convenience in utilizing CBDCs. As always we emphasize the role of entrepreneurs in developing new use cases and analyzing consumer behavior to drive CBDC adoption. Analytical approaches and network analysis play a crucial role in this process.

The Potential of Programmable Money: “I think these new use cases and thinking about new use cases of programmable money, for example, is definitely something that I think there’ll be loads of different opportunities for companies to start to provide new ideas, new services to people.” — Kimmo Soramäki

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The Importance of CBDC for Financial Stability: “But the crypto showed that, hey. Actually, you can run this in a distributed multi multi-asset international environment relatively smoothly. So I think that was an enabler for the conversation.” — Kimmo Soramäki

Three Key Developments in CBDC in The Last YearWe had our last update with Kimmo almost a year ago and since there have been three important developments:

1) CBDC does not have to be on blockchain anymore, the discussion has shifted to other cryptographic means.

2) The conversation has also shifted to tokenization for bank deposits and inter-bank lending for Central Bank Digital Currencies

3) CBDCs have been launched in other countries, especially in China. We do not see a large-scale adoption there yet, since there is a real use case missing.

Central Bank Digital Currencies: “In many countries, the driver has, of course, also been, like, in the Euro system or in China, the sovereign control of money. So if you think of emperors, they always wanted to put their heads on the coins. So, like, that’s been a goal of the government or an objective for a long time to have control of the monetary system.”

— Kimmo Soramäki

Questions Discussed In This Interview:How successful do you think the speaker's experiment of living a cashless life has been so far?

Do you believe that Central Bank Digital Currencies (CBDCs) will become widely adopted in the future? Why or why not?

What are some potential advantages of using CBDCs over traditional payment methods like cash or credit cards?

How do you think purpose-bound money could simplify consumers' lives and improve payment processes?

What are some potential use cases for CBDCs that have not yet been explored by entrepreneurs in the fintech industry?

How can CBDCs help drive financial inclusion, especially in countries with large unbanked populations?

What role do you think consumer behavior and payment networks play in the adoption of CBDCs?

How might the integration of distributed ledger technology (DLT) or other cryptographic methods impact the success of CBDCs?

What are some potential challenges that central banks and governments may face in implementing CBDCs?

How can network analysis and modeling of consumer behavior help guide the successful adoption of CBDCs?

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Management Summary In this episode, our guest is Fabian Peltzl, co-founder of KNOWRON. He is here to discuss the importance of augmenting blue-collar workers in the software industry, which is primarily focused on white-collar workers. KNOWRON aims to bridge this gap by providing generative AI technology to assist service organizations and technicians. They emphasize the underdeveloped software space for blue-collar workers and highlight the potential market size including large industries like logistics, machine building, engineering, and services. The team shares their experiences working with European languages and their plans for expansion. They also discuss the transformative power of NLP advancements and their mission to revolutionize enterprise search and customer support and what the co-founders learned during their studies at Stanford and MIT.

Key Topics Covered- The need for augmenting blue-collar workers in the software industry

• Underdeveloped software space for blue-collar workers compared to white-collar workers

• Potential market size with 80% of the global population being blue-collar

• Current focus on scaling and product development

• Targeting service organizations and encouraging them to reach out

• Use of transformers systems in the background

• Sales technicians' problems with limited access to information and inadequate documentation

• Advantage of having knowledge of AI systems

• Importance of data collection for AI systems

• Focus on mechanical data and document processing

• Satisfaction with starting work before technology transformation

• Speaker's background in studying NLP networks and transformers at Stanford

• Work experience with manufacturing companies in supporting the blue-collar workforce

• Working with manufacturing companies, particularly in mechanical engineering and semiconductors

• Reference client ASMPT and their decision to sell the company's product to their own customers

• Mission to support collaboration across industries

• Belief in the potential of AI to revolutionize enterprise search and customer support

• Personal assistant to help with simple questions and guide users through tasks

• Focus on doing things differently than traditional startup advice

• Targeting hidden champions - manufacturers with global service operations

• Importance of multilingual capabilities for international success

The FounderFabian is one of the co-founders of KNOWRON, a revolutionary company in the software industry. With a passion for supporting blue-collar workers in the manufacturing sector, Fabian has embarked on a mission to bridge the gap between white-collar and blue-collar software solutions. Drawing upon his experience working for manufacturing companies like KUKA and Ostrom, Fabian has a deep understanding of the challenges faced by service organizations and technicians in accessing and documenting crucial information. His dedication to improving collaboration across industries has propelled KNOWRON to international success, and his multilingual capabilities have played a vital role in expanding the company's reach to global service operations. As a member of an international team, Fabian's diverse background and expertise contribute to the ongoing development of KNOWRON's cutting-edge product.

The StartupKNOWRON (https://www.knowron.com/) is a groundbreaking startup that is pioneering the utilization of generative AI and NLP technologies to support the blue-collar workforce in the software industry. With a focus on sectors such as manufacturing...

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Welcome to our June 2023 wrap-up with vital news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less 🙂.

We follow our top-down structure in the news.

Welcome to our startup news wrap-up for June 2023 by Startuprad.io with Chris from New York and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on June 27th, 2023. All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode. Find all links to the quoted news on our Medium blog link below.

Note: We will now go into the summertime: In July and August we will only publish content every other week AND the next startups news will be our summer wrap-up, to be published on September 4th, in the US celebrated as Labor Day.

Our Highlights:1 Komma 5, a Greentech startup, becomes a unicorn after only 23 months. We are wondering if this is the rise of climate tech startups already? Switzerland has a record funding with Teylor of 275 m €. GetYourGuide shows travel tech is back in favor of VCs with 194 m US$ funding. Germany and Intel agree on subsidies and investments for a new mega chip factory worth more than 30 bn Euros. Fernride, a pioneer of autonomous electric trucks, gets a 30 M US$+ Series A funding.

Let’s talk startups:

Top News The Rise of Climate Tech Startups Has Begun, So It SeemsHamburg’s 1KOMMA5° has raised €430 million — and just become a unicorn at just 23 months old

Related: 1KOMMA5 buys danish solar company Viasol

Related: 430 mn debt funding

A Record Funding for SwitzerlandSwiss-based SME lending fintech Teylor raises 275 m Euro, gaining Barclays as a new investor. Other investors include M&G Investments …

Traveltech Startups Seem to Be BackGetYourGuide raises $194 million to fuel curated travel experiences and global expansion

30 bn For a New Chip FactoryIntel, Germany strike record €30B deal for chip mega-factory

Do You Know Fernride?FERNRIDE a German pioneer of autonomous, electric trucks, raises 31 M USD in Series A funding

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Startups, Venture Capital, Unicorn, New Unicorn, Europe, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Scaleups, Tech News, Venture Capital News, Startup News,

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Executive SummaryOn this episode of Startuprad.io, host Jörn “Joe” Menninger interviews guest Daniel Alfon on how to optimize your LinkedIn profile to generate leads for your startup. They discuss the importance of having a professional-looking profile photo, creating engaging educational content, and utilizing the “Featured” section and Experience section to showcase your work and personality. The speaker emphasizes storytelling as a crucial factor in creating a compelling user profile and suggests turning on creator mode on social media platforms to enable followers and add hashtags. They also recommend checking the privacy settings on your profile photo and customizing your banner to enhance your company’s online presence. Tune in to discover practical tips for effectively marketing your startup on LinkedIn.

The Importance of Individual Profiles: “Don’t neglect your individual profiles. And one of the most common mistakes is that customer facing executive the VP, marketing, the co founders, the CTO, the Vprnd their profile will often be under optimized.”

— Daniel Alfon

Questions Discussed1. What are the key takeaways from the episode in terms of optimizing one’s LinkedIn profile?

1. How does early engagement on important posts improve visibility on LinkedIn?

2. What is the value of evergreen content in generating leads for startups?

3. How important is storytelling in creating a compelling user profile for a startup?

4. What are the advantages of turning on creator mode on social media platforms, and how can it benefit startups?

5. Why is having a professional-looking profile photo that is visible to everyone important on LinkedIn?

6. What is the “Featured” section on LinkedIn, and how can it be used to enhance one’s profile?

7. How can startups effectively promote educational content on LinkedIn?

8. How do you strike a balance between promoting your own brand on LinkedIn and connecting with potential clients or investors?

9. Why is it important to have at least two active administrators for a LinkedIn company page?

Maximizing Your Company’s LinkedIn Presence: “Engagement early on can give that post a lot of extra exposure.”

— Daniel Alfon

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Creating Evergreen Content: “Yes, there is some type of content that’s evergreen, so you could have content that will generate leads for you years down the road.”

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Executive SummaryIn this episode of Startuprad.io, Joe Menninger interviews Philip Jonitz, co-founder of Klink Finance, who talks about his company's mission to encourage the mass adoption of cryptocurrencies. Offering an easy-to-use investment wallet with an interest-generating-like feature, Klink combines gamification into personal finance by providing liquidity to different players in the crypto space and generating random prizes for its users. Jonitz also speaks about the impact of regulation and institutional adoption on the crypto image problem and shares his experiences and lessons learned from investing in cryptocurrencies. They are also planning to set up a decentralized insurance company. Tune in to learn more ….

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Main Themes Discussed1. Crypto Image Problem: regulation, institutional adoption

1. Crypto Investing: diversification, multiple wallets/exchanges

2. Clink Finance: gamification, easy entry to crypto markets

3. Price-Linked Savings: incentivizing holding assets, gamification

4. Crypto Insurance: a decentralized, new type of insurance.

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The FounderPhilip is a fintech entrepreneur with a passion for innovation and solving problems with technology. He has extensive experience in the fintech space, venture capitalism, and working with accelerators. Philip noticed the lack of gamification in the personal finance space and decided to explore the possibility of incorporating gamification to make personal finance more engaging and accessible for consumers. In 2016/17, Philip got involved with the crypto space, initially attracted to the potential of becoming wealthy quickly. However, he ended up losing most of his funds due to his lack of education about the market. This experience has taught him to be wiser about crypto investing and motivated him to build his own crypto project, Clink. Through Clink, Philip aims to provide an easy entry into the crypto markets by generating interest in users' deposited funds and incorporating gamification to incentivize users to hold onto their assets. He hopes to make investing in cryptocurrency more accessible and understandable for everyone.

The StartupKlink Finance is a company that aims to bring gamification to the world of personal finance and accelerate the adoption of cryptocurrencies. The company provides an easy-to-use wallet application that allows users to invest and earn interest on their deposited funds. Klink Finance generates interest on the users' funds by providing liquidity to other players in the crypto space through decentralized lending and tokenized treasury bills. The interest generated powers prices paid back to users and insurance for the jackpot prize. The company plans to expand and offer additional currencies with prices powered through staking, where users can provide liquidity to validate transactions and earn interest.

Klink Wants to Start a Decentralized Insurance CompanyKlink Finance is also pioneering a new type of crypto insurance space with decentralized ways of generating and selecting winners fully on chain, ensuring the jackpot prize. Overall, their vision and innovative solutions have the potential to change the way people perceive and invest in personal finance.

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Executive SummaryAre you looking to create an innovative startup hub? Learn how Munich became a global center for deep tech and find out what your city can do to create its own thriving ecosystem with UnternehmerTUM in the center. This is part two of a series within our Sub-Podcast European Startup Pulse with DEEP Ecosystems. In part one we saw Odense in Denmark, becoming a global powerhouse in robotics, spanning from the success of just one company. Tune in to learn more

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About the Pulse of the European Startup EcosystemThe European startup scene is changing fast. There are new players, old ones fading away, and even more to come in their place- all vying for a piece of this growing pie! To avoid getting left behind, you need regular updates on what's going on so that our entrepreneurs can stay one step ahead when building or investing in companies here. That's why we started the "Pulse of the European Startup Ecosystem" which will provide you with quarterly podcasts chronicling different aspects related to startup activity across European Hubs, supported by the data from the specialized analytics company DEEP Ecosystems.

Example Munich, GermanyHere one of the centerpieces of the success of Munich is the institution of UnternehmerTUM, part of Technical University Munich (TU München or TUM) which trained entrepreneurs from its own students but also has programs for all interested. The hub in Munich focused on deep tech and it really blossomed when deep tech became sexy.

Also, many large companies do have a large presence in Munich, training capable employees, managers, entrepreneurs, investors, and engineers including, but not limited to Google (with a development center), IBM (Watson Center), Apple, Cisco Systems, HP, Intel, McAffee, Amazon Web Services, Airbus, Adobe, Microsoft, Nokia Solutions and Networks, NTT Data, Oracle, T-Systems, VMware, Attos Systems, Siemens, BMW, Check24, EOS, Epcos, Fujitsu Technology Solutions, Infineon, MTU, Scout24, Telefonica Germany, Travian Games, and Osram just to name a few.

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Welcome to our May 2023 wrap-up with important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less 🙂.

We follow our top-down structure in the news: First, the top news, then we look with a bird's eye view at the startup ecosystem in the German language countries, dig deeper by looking at exciting startup cities and end with general news. And for those serious about startups, there is even a collection called: "Stay Ahead of the Curve," where we share in-depth reads, articles, studies, and podcasts.

Our next news episode will be published on June 29th, and then we are - for the news - in summer break.

Our Highlights:Germany is now officially in a recession, but one with barely any unemployment. Also, we still track many startups going out of business, BUT the overall picture is improving. The German VC and PE Barometer - which captures the mood of many German investors - is showing an uptick. This shows especially in the massive amount of new funds raised; they promise a bright future for startups! We tracked at least 3,4 bn Euros of newly raised funds, which will be invested entirely or partially in startups in Europe and GSA. Look at our medium blog; we have more information on what the investors are looking for and how to pitch them. We also have investments and exits worth at least 5,4 bn Euros and news in this episode, including WeFox, Tier Mobility, Infarm, Blinkist, Bitpanda, Aleph Alpha, Sono Motors, and many more.

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Top NewsDeal or No Deal?Getir is in talks to take over German grocery app rival Flink | Financial Times

But then: Flink's sale to Getir fell through. Now Flink is raising 150 M € from investors, including grocery giant Rewe and Doordash

Tier Mobility to Merge with CompetitorEuropean e-scooter giant Tier Mobility maps route to merger

Will Infarm Be Soon Outfarm?Infarm keeps shrinking and is leaving Europe, reports Handelsblatt. The greenhouse startup reportedly has only 80 employees in Europe left and will get an investment at an unknown valuation for their relocation - likely to the Middle East with low energy prices

Blinkist Makes a Large Exit!Berlin-based startup Blinkist is sold to Australian education startup Go1 for an undisclosed amount, reported to be "hundreds of millions." Blinkist offers short wrap-ups of nonfiction books as text or audio

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Executive SummaryIn this episode, Joe interviews Lukas, co-founder of Minds Medical, and Ingo, senior partner of SYNPULSE. The story follows the pivot of Minds Medical from a healthcare-focused AI startup serving hospitals to its services for fintech/insurtech companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discuss the challenges of extracting structured data from unstructured medical documents and the potential applications of this technology in the insurance industry. The conversation highlights the joint offering of intelligent document processing for the insurance industry and the acquisition process between the two companies.

When Corona hit, all hospitals stopped picking up the phone. So we had to focus all our energy on the insurance product.

Lukas Naab, Founder Minds Medical

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We discovered for example that one large hospital in Germany has more than 200 different forms just to discharge patients. [And there are more than 1.800 different hospitals in Germany]. This amount of unstructured data requires machine learning and AI to be useful.

Lukas Naab, Founder Minds Medical

The FounderLukas is the founder and CEO of Frankfurt-based AI startup Minds Medical. Since the acquisition of Minds Medical he is in the new company the principal product owner for SYNPULSE8. During the outbreak of corona, hospitals had many other things to do and just stopped picking up the phone, all at the same time. So Minds Medical had to focus completely on their insurance product. They eventually decided to join forces with SYNPULSE since they already had a joint offering for disability insurance providers.

The StartupMinds Medical was acquired by SYNPULSE, now known as SYNPULSE8. This becomes part of their offering to insurance companies and insurtech startups, active in the healthcare space. The problem these insurers are facing is the sheer amount of unstructured medical data they get bombarded with to make a simple medical decision.

SYNPULSE8 helps to structure this data and make it conveniently available for the insurance underwriters, who have to make the decision to insure the applicant or not.

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Executive SummaryLearn how to acquire competitive advantages in your eCommerce ventures with a buy & build strategy, unlock potential growth and add new capabilities: In this episode, Joe, interviews Peter, the founder of an AI startup called Pythia. Peter discusses his company’s buy-and-build strategy for acquiring e-commerce startups, which involves integrating them into their standardized processes and assigning brand managers or CEOs to oversee them. He also talks about the challenges facing companies in the current market, including rising prices, tighter financing, and more restrictive customers. Peter’s company is looking for profitable e-commerce companies with solid earnings and adjusted earnings, and they plan to continue buying until late 2027, with the goal of reaching €80 million in revenue and €20 million in profit.

There has been a kind of Bermuda triangle created by external forces for e-commerce companies recently. Financing becomes more expensive, inflation increases production prices and consumers are more restrictive with their purchases

Peter Hart — Founder and CEO DIPQ and Pythia

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Over the last 12 months, we looked at the demand for consumer products and made a buy or build decision, which always ended up to be a buying decision, due to the lower multiples.

Peter Hart — Founder and CEO DIPQ and Pythia

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We usually look at Shopify stores. If they are not, we move them over time to Shopify.

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The FounderPeter Hart is a young and exceptional entrepreneur. He appeared in Germany’s version of Shark Tank and got a deal for 200.000 Euros as a 25-year-old. Currently, he is not even 35 and already runs 12 brands simultaneously. You can learn more about how he achieves this in the Starting Y interview in the links on the blog post.

He started with a body aftershave brand called Dr. Severin and then went on to develop the software he used to forecast consumer trend tools into the AI startup Pythia. With this, he built and bought several consumer brands and now logically continues this approach by buying up profitable e-commerce shops with Dipq (no website).

Currently there are not many investors active. For all of our acquisitions we have been the only ones bidding.

Peter Hart — Founder and CEO DIPQ and Pythia

The StrategyPeter has with Pythia a competitive advantage in predicting trends and uses his knowledge of the market, as well as the cash flow of the existing businesses to buy up smaller ecommerce brands, to build them up further. The company has already many functions in place e.g. SEO, website design, logistics, and many more… using economies of scale and scope. So far they have acquired three companies.

They are taking advantage of the lower multiples for ecommerce brands which have come down almost 75% compared to pre-corona. The strategy is similar to the amazon shop consolidation plays.

They plan to continue buying until late 2027, to reach€80 million in revenue and €20 million in profit. Peter sees the most likely final goal at an IPO of the consolidated entity.

For the company we are buying we can offer the founder a “mic drop” if they want to get out with the closing of the deal.

Peter Hart — Founder and CEO DIPQ and Pythia

Open To Talk To External InvestorsPeter is open to talk to external investors, they are currently considering to build a private equity like fund to make more and larger acquisitions. You can reach out if you want to learn more.

Currently we get 30–40 pitch decks a month from companies that are up for sale, without

requesting them.

Peter Hart — Founder and CEO DIPQ and Pythia

Profile Acquisition TargetsDipq is looking for profitable companies. They are looking at their definition of adjusted earnings, especially for companies that are suffering from management mistakes that are easy to correct.

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Executive SummaryThe Startuprad.io podcast and YouTube blog covers the German-speaking startup scene and in this episode, Joe interviews Paulina Jänsch, co-founding partner at Leanox Impact Capital. Paulina discusses her seven-step approach to evaluating startups and fundraising as storytelling, emphasizing the importance of a financial model that reflects the startup's value drivers. She also talks about Leanox Impact Capital's investment criteria, which focus on impact innovation and solving environmental or social problems. The company invests in early-stage startups in Europe, with a focus on industry-agnostic but always impact-driven ventures, and prioritizes investing in female founders and LPs.

EU Startups SummitThis interview was recorded outside of the EU Startups Summit 2023 on April 20th in Barcelona. Thank you EU Startups for the great event.

The Founding PartnerPaulina is one of two founding partners at Leanox Impact Capital and a TOP 100 most influential women in the European VC and startup space. She holds a Bachelor of Science from Maastricht University School of Business and Economics and a Master of Science from Erasmus Universiteit Rotterdam, as well as a Master of Science from EADA Business School. She also spent time in Singapore (Nanyang) for an exchange semester.

Paulin also worked at EY Analytics, immostore, and participated in the CFA Research Challenge by Caixa Bank. Amongst being GP at Leanox, she is also invested as Business Angel in nine companies.

The InvestorLeanox.eu is looking to raise a new fund with not only 50% female (co)founded startups, but also 50% female LPs. Leanox is also looking for parity in itself, they have 50/50 GPs in Leanox. The VC is motivated to disrupt inequalities, to tackle social and environmental issues as an opportunity to improve the world we all live in.

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I was working in a startup in Shanghai, so I had my first real startup job in China.

Kilian Kaminski, Founder refurbed

Executive SummaryLearn about how refurbed, an innovative startup, could be the next Austrian unicorn. Learn more about their goal of providing pre-owned gadgets & tech at reasonable prices! Refurbed originally started as a marketplace where large companies can sell their refurbished electronics so that they don’t need to throw them away, think laptops and cell phones that are replaced. Now they offer a much wider range of products, from hand-picked refurbishers. Learn more in our interview.

Our goal is to be everywhere in Europe, as a mid-term strategy. Maybe also global in the future.

Kilian Kaminski, Founder refurbed

EU Startups SummitThis interview was recorded outside of the EU Startups Summit 2023 on April 20th in Barcelona. Thank you EU Startups for the great event.

The FounderKilian is the founder of Vienna, Austria-based soonicorn refurbed. A soonicorn is a startup, that is expected to become a unicorn soon. He is also a Forbes 30 under 30 and from Germany one of Capital’s 40 under 40. Kilian is originally from Hamburg but has been working in Brisbane, Australia as a marketing and brand manager in Germany and at a startup in Shanghai, China. He even got to meet Pink and Jennifer Lopez during their tours in Australia. After all those positions he joined Amazon as a key account manager and program lead for their certified refurbished marketplace in Germany. Leaving this position to found his marketplace for refurbished electronics in Austria, called refurbed. Kilian is one of three founders of refurbed.

The StartupRefurbed originally started as a marketplace where large companies can sell their refurbished electronics so that they don’t need to throw them away, think laptops and cell phones that are replaced. The company does not refurbish the devices, but they hand-pick the refurbishers on the platform. On average only two components are replaced during the refurbishment process. The marketplace originally was started for cell phones and notebooks, but now offers a much wider range of products, e.g. household electronics like a Thermomix, tablets, or smartwatches. Now even original producers are selling refurbished products on the platform.

Our goal is to be profitable at the end of the year [2023], which looks quite promising now. So we don’t need external investors, but we are open to talk.

Kilian Kaminski, Founder refurbed

Venture Capital FundingRefurbed is funded with more than 70 m US$, at the time of the interview, with backing from 20 investors including Kreos Capital, Alpha Associates, Seven Ventures, Hermes GPE, C4 Ventures, Expon Capital, Bonsai Partners, Evli Growth Partners, All Iron Ventures. They raised their first funding round in August 2017 and their most recent Series B funding in August 2021. The company is open to talk to new investors.

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Welcome to our April 2023 wrap-up with important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less 🙂.

Our Highlights:Considerable funding made headlines last month. We have more than 600 M euros in funding in our highlights alone. A potential large exit: Software AG, the Darmstadt-based listed software company, is close to a 2.4 bn US$ exit with an offer from Silverlake Partners. Also, Berlin-based Blinkist may be close to a 200 M € exit. Hundreds of millions of raised funds were announced by Enpal (via ABS), Isar Aerospace, IntegrityNext, Razor Group, and Tado. Also, SAP is close to investing in Germany’s hottest AI startup Aleph Alpha from Heidelberg. Diverging picture in Airtaxi space: Lilium is looking for new investors; Volocopter builds the taxis and expects them to fly in less than 500 days at the Paris Olympics.

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Top NewsSoftware AG Close to a Multi-Billion AcquisitionPrivate-equity firm Silver Lake Partners, based in Menlo Park, is close to buying Germany’s Software AG in $2.42 billion deal. The offer is already public, reported Reuters. Shares of listed Software AG jumped 53% at the announcement. The investor already knows the company: In February 2022, Silver Lake had invested 344 million euros in the software developer’s convertible bond, which upon conversion would represent nearly 9% of issued Software AG shares.

Enpal Raises More Than 300 M€Enpal raises up to €356 million via Securitization of Solar Receivables with first German residential solar ABS. ABS are asset-backed securities, that means if Enpal can not pay interest or pay back the final sum, the investors have the collateral (assets) backing the security

Blinkist Close to 200 M € ExitReports blog Deutsche-Startups, with an offer from an — yet unnamed — American company. The blog, with its founder Alexander Hüsing is usually pretty well informed and has been right before.

Isar Aerospace Closes €155 Million FundingIsar Aerospace closes €155 million Series C funding round, ignition sequence start, all engine running. Investors are 7-Industries Holding, Bayern Kapital via its Scale Up Fund Bavaria, Earlybird Venture Capital, HV Capital, Lakestar, Lombard Odier Investment Managers, Porsche Automobil Holding SE (Porsche SE), UVC Partners, and Vsquared Ventures

100 m € for IntegrityNextThe company has been bootstrapped for seven years, but now IntegrityNext takes €100 million from EQT Growth fund.

Razor Group Raises 88 M US$Berlin-based Razor Group, an e-commerce aggregator, closes Series C at $88M at $1.2B valuation, acquires Stryze to consolidate.

Tado Raises Money, As IPO Plans FalterSmart thermostat startup Tado wanted to IPO but then came Corona and Ukraine. They originally wanted to explore a sale or IPO after their 2021 fundraising, but the SPAC deal faltered and they needed to adapt. So they raised 46.9 M US$. Their existing investors already include Siemens, Amazon, and EON.

SAP To Invest In AI Startup Aleph AlphaGerman press reports that the software giant SAP is about to invest in German ChatGPT competitor Aleph Alpha, which also claims to have eliminated fake news from its software. As yet, the valuation and investment are not known.

Related: Heidelberg-based startup, a competitor of ChatGPT, claims to have eliminated fake news from its tool Luminous

Airtaxi Lilium is Looking for New Money, and Volocopter is Planning to FlyAirtaxi Lilium: 0 Euro revenue, 253 mn € losses. They are looking for new investors. Volocopter on the other hand, wants to start operating their drones as taxis ASAP. They also pledged to operate their air taxis in Paris, during the Olympic Games, in less than 500 days.

Related: Volocopter starts production — founders magazin

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Executive SummaryGet exclusive insights into the latest patent filings of GSA/DACH startups. Discover where they’re going and what impact they may have on your business. QuantIP is an analytics company that offers data and analytics on patent data and, for us, went through 460 categories and more than 16.000 patent filings. With their tools, we get you an exclusive insight into the patent filings of 2022. Tune in to learn more about the industries and areas startups are filing patents in.

Patent databases are the best man-made databases that ever existed. … a collection of all potential economically viable technical information, collected over the last 200 years.

Lucas von Reuss, CEO and co-founder QuantIP

The FounderLucas is the CEO and co-founder of QuantIP. He held multiple positions, including in journalism, before co-founding the startup. His positions include editor-in-chief at €uro, a magazine for sophisticated private and professional investors (a German equivalent of Barron’s Finance and Investing News). He also held positions with Axel Springer Financial Media before. He was always working around investing and asset management. He holds degrees from Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU), Axel Springer School for Journalism, and an MBA from Stockholm School of Economics.

Part of the success of a company can be forecasted with their patent and patent filings. There are a lot of other important factors, depending on the industry, but for many future industries patents play a big role.

Lucas von Reuss, CEO and co-founder QuantIP

The StartupQuantIP is a Munich-based big data startup, exclusively focused on patent analytics. The startup is already closing in on breaking even in the next 6–12 months.

QuantIP currently offers three products.* Data feeds tailored to the needs of systematic and quantitative equity investors. * Thematic search tailored to themed-driven asset managers, e.g., deal sourcing. * The pre-produced company reports on companies, available via platforms like capital iq from S&P, or AlphaSense

Patents are a very hard read. The main purpose of the filing entity is to protect their IP in a way that no one can really figure out how to reproduce it.

Lucas von Reuss, CEO and co-founder QuantIP

Exclusive DataQuantIP went deep into its database with more than 16.000 patents and dug through to find the 2022 filings from startup companies in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Large companies file many patents, and there are somewhere between two and three million every year. This report defines startups as companies that filed their first patent before 2018. They also have only 3–9 inventions (an invention is a novel idea, and the patent is only the protection of it so that an invention can be patented in several markets).

For 2022 we look at almost 8.000 patent filings from a bit over 1.500 startups for GSA/DACH:

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Executive SummaryLearn how CreditShelf, a leading German fintech company, secured 100 million euros of investment from Goldman Sachs and what that means for businesses seeking credit.

CreditShelf recently received 100 mn € from Goldman Sachs to lend out via their platform; Goldman joins other investors like the European Investment Fund. The fintech works with Raisin Bank to get SMEs loans within four weeks. They IPOed already in 2018 in Frankfurt as the first pure-play fintech in Germany.

The FounderDaniel is a returning guest. We interviewed CrediShelf shortly after their IPO in 2018 (link below). Daniel holds an MBA from the University of Mannheim and a Ph.D. from the University of Düsseldorf. He has experience s a management consultant from Kienbaum and Bain & Company. He has also been an executive director for Swiss banking giant UBS for eight years in their investment bank (Fixed Income, Currencies and Commodities (FICC)) in Zürich and Singapore. He is one of the three co-founders of CreditShelf, which was set up in 2016, and currently acting as the CFO of the company.

The StartupCreditShelf is a credit platform connecting institutional investors and German Mittelstand (German small and medium enterprises). They provide corporate loans using a licensed bank (Raisin Bank). The loans work as a fast stand-alone solution (can be paid out within 4 weeks) or part of a more significant credit, involving other parties and banks. The company has successfully developed an online credit marketplace platform whose processes are supported by proprietary, data-driven risk analysis software. On their platform, they offer loans for companies located in Germany from 100.000 € to 5 M €, stretching up to 5 years for supplies, scale-up, real estate, and M&A. The CreditShelf platform models the entire credit process, from the loan application through credit analysis and risk management to loan disbursement and servicing.

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Executive SummaryLearn the secrets of how to create an effective startup ecosystem with Thomas' insights from DEEP Ecosystems. Discover what made Odense, Denmark such a successful start-up hub, and find out more in our blog post. This interview is part one of a series of two videos, where we discuss Munich in part two. There is much more to learn in the presentation we link to in our blog.

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About the Pulse of the European Startup EcosystemThe European startup scene is changing fast. There are new players, old ones fading away, and even more to come in their place- all vying for a piece of this growing pie! To avoid getting left behind, you need regular updates on what's going on so that our entrepreneurs can stay one step ahead when building or investing in companies here. That's why we started the "Pulse of the European Startup Ecosystem" which will provide you with quarterly podcasts chronicling different aspects related to startup activity across European Hubs, supported by the data from the specialized analytics company DEEP Ecosystems.

The Boulder ThesisOne of the starting points of DEEP Ecosystems is The Boulder Thesis. It was poropesed by Brad Feld (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brad_Feld). He formulated it as a basis to explain the success of the local Boulder, CO startup community.

Entrepreneurs must lead the startup community

The leaders must have a long-term commitment

The startup community must include anyone who wants to participate in it

The startup community must have continual activities that engage in the entire entrepreneurial stack

Example Odense, DenmarkOdense is with around 200.000 people only the 4th largest city in Denmark, but still managed to become a hub for Robotics companies and raised more than 860 mn € since 2015. It is world-class in robotics, raising 2020 alone 50 mn € for companies in this cluster. Companies located there include Universal Robots, Cabinplant, senmatic, MiR, ODICO, Shape Robotics, purple robotics, SCAPE, and many more. It all started out with Universal Robots founded in 2005 and exited in 2015. The three founders decided to invest in robotics startups locally. This cluster is a public-private partnership. Over time they had seven exits and three IPOs, very impressive for such a small town. They currently have 292 companies in robotics or related to it with 3,74 bn € annual revenues.

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IntroWelcome to our March 2023 wrap-up with important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less 🙂.

We follow our top-down structure in the news: The top news, followed by a bird’s eye view at the startup ecosystem, next deeper looking at fascinating startup cities, and we end with general information. And for those serious about startups, there is a collection called: Stay ahead of the curve, where we share exciting reads, articles, studies, and podcasts.

Welcome to our startup news wrap-up for March with Chris from New York City and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on March 27th, 2023. A little disclaimer: You may have noticed a lot of stress in February here at Startuprad.io. We should have remembered a few news items in our backlog and added them to this episode.

All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode for April, to be published on April 27th. Find all links to the quoted information on our Medium blog link below.

If you celebrate it: Happy Easter! We also try to bring you a bit of culture from Germany here.

Our Highlights:Good news and bad news for Fintechs Raisin and N26. Raisin gets its unicorn status back and gets a lot of new business, so much in fact that the complaints at Bafin are mounting. N26 generated 200 mn € revenue in 2021 but has to deal with a senior employee uprising. Neobank Ruuky is saved last minute. Startup Bonify reportedly makes a 20 mn € exit, but employees only get invited to a barbeque. GoStudent is a no-go with courts, and the first Goldman-backed fintech in Germany struggles. Bavarian Airlines may be just a hoax, and Grover shows the first signs on their way to an IPO.

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Top NewsGood News and Bad News at RaisinThe rising interest rates are good for deposit broker Raisin. They were driving an increase in business and helped them to get a unicorn valuation with their most recent fundraising. It seems they even got a bit overwhelmed by the new business. Let’s have a look at the news:

We reported about Raisin’s (then) ongoing fundraising and that they are about to get their unicorn horn back. This is now confirmed: Deposit broker, fintech Raisin, raises 60 m Euros in VC funding, reclaiming its formerly lost unicorn status

The bad news: It seems complaints are piling up so that BaFin takes notice

N26 Good News and Bad News — As wellIn February 2022, six high-ranking managers of N26 wrote an email warning the founders the company was turning dysfunctional. This became news about a year later when the Chief Risk Officer stepped down. Most of the managers backing the email left already.

First: N26’s top executives warned co-founders over ‘dysfunctional’ leadership

Second: Thomas Grosse, our guest from the past, became Chief Risk Officer and reportedly sent the email to the N26 founders. This month he stepped down: Thomas Grosse steps down for personal reasons, reports Börsenzeitung. Note also that his position was required by BaFin, to get N26 out of regulatory troubles.

Third: Some Good News: N26 increases revenues due to rising interest rates. They are looking at 200 mn € income for 2022 (+67%)

Neobank Ruuky Saved Last MinuteFirst, we told you: Bad news for Hamburg-based neobank Ruuky first had to file for insolvency. Now the service will be terminated

We shared that the insolvent neobank Ruuky was supposed to be liquidated. Now it appears they have found a buyer

Millions or just a BBQ?Germany’s largest credit bureau bought German startup Bonify SCHUFA, for 20 m €, and the employees only go to a BBQ. The problem was the company did a down round, and with the liquidation preferences (meaning who gets paid first) there was nothing left for the employees with stock option plans.

GoStudent gets Legal HeadwindsGoStudent gets another court ruling against them. First, a Cologne court agreed GoStudent showed anti-competitive behavior. Now they get a setback with an Austrian ruling against them for automated contract extensions.

Related: Austrian unicorn Gostudent partially sentenced by Cologne Regional Court in a competition dispute.

Goldman Sach’s Backed Startup has to FightWe had them as a guest in 2017, and they made headlines as Germany’s first startup investment by Goldman. Now they have to fight: Fintech Elinvar loses a third reference customer. MM Warburg ends the cooperation after five years. They also lost since September Fürstlich Castellsche Bank and DKB.

Bavarian Airlines Crashed Before First Flight?We have shared reports of an upcoming new airline called Bavarian Airlines — Now, questions arise. For example, the founder claimed to be 18 but is only 15 years old. The required paperwork to establish German companies has yet to be filed. The (not so long past) of the founder is littered with websites of financial services companies that are offline now. … It seems nothing of the story was true. Also, a complaint with the legal authorities has been filed.

Unicorn Grover Preparing for an IPO?Grover, the unicorn gadget renting company, lures the experienced CFO away from Lilium. Such a move could be a first step towards an IPO a few years down the road

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Executive SummaryGermany has adopted a startup strategy for the first time. One should pay attention if Europe's largest economy makes such a step. The ten bn € Future Fund and others are part of the program, which channels billions in investments to startups in Europe and especially Germany. Therefore, this episode has a special guest, the Commissioner for Startups and Digital Economy for Germany, Dr. Anna Christmann, a Bundestag (the German federal parliament ) member (MdB). We touch on some of the ten points of the strategy and their criticism. The money comes from the ten bn € startup program (aka Future Fund) we covered with her predecessor in June 2021 (YouTube: https://youtu.be/kZxoEUa_6Uk) during the Merkel government. We also brush the topics of the German Deep Tech and Climate Fund, worth one bn €, and the European Tech Champion Initiative, a fund of funds worth four bn €, and how they fit into the programs.

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The Commissioner for Startups and Digital EconomyOur special guest is the Commissioner for Startups and Digital Economy for Germany, Dr. Anna Christmann, a Bundestag (the German federal parliament) member. This video follows her predecessor's interview from June 2021, where we explored how Germany will spend ten bn € in the newly set up startup program (YouTube: https://youtu.be/kZxoEUa_6Uk). She is a Green Party (Die Grünen) member, one of the three parties forming Germany's coalition government under Chancellor Olaf Scholz.

The Startup StrategyIn broad terms, the strategy has 10 points in our show notes, links to further readings, and the full policy document in English. (Link below).

1. Strengthen financing for startups
2. Help startups to attract talent, including through improved employee ownership opportunities.
3. Develop a spirit of entrepreneurship and facilitate the setting up new digital businesses.
4. Strengthen female entrepreneurs and support diversity in startups
5. Facilitate startup spin-offs from science and universities
6. Improve the policy environment for startups that serve the common good
7. Mobilise startup competencies for public contracts
8. Make it easier for startups to access data
9. Strengthen regulatory sandboxes and facilitate access to them for startups
10. Put the focus on startups

Ten Billion Euro Future FundWe already covered the ten bn € startup program (aka Future Fund) with the predecessor of Mrs. Christmann in June 2021. This fund is the source of money to be invested in different initiatives, some mentioned in the interview and shortly covered below (DTCF and ETCI). You can learn more in this interview here on YouTube https://youtu.be/kZxoEUa_6Uk.

Deep Tech and Climate Fund (DTCF)The one bn € deep tech and climate fund is newly set up as part of the government program.

European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI)Germany also invests one bn € in the European Tech Champions Initiative. Five EU Member States launched the European Tech Champions Initiative (ETCI), a Fund of Funds that will channel much-needed late-stage growth capital to promising European innovators. At the time of the recording, four bn € have been committed to the initiative.

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Executive SummaryThe European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) is a venture capital fund consisting of both public and private investors. It focuses on driving the transformation to a bio-based, sustainable economy throughout Europe. This venture underlines the EU's commitment to its Green New Deal and sets higher standards for venture capital projects. Backed by venture capital, those companies funded must not only demonstrate economic growth potential but also uphold principles of environmental, social, and governance through their work. This fund stands as one part of a larger and definitive effort by the EU to become carbon neutral by 2050.

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The General PartnerMichael is one of the three founders and General Partners of the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF). The German entrepreneur wrote and executed the business plan of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the most active early-stage fund in Europe, investing in innovative technologies and business models since 2005. As the first managing director, he led HTGF until 2019. Michael has 25 years of experience in investment and management in the venture capital industry.

The ECBFThe European Circular Bioeconomy Fund (ECBF) is an impact investment fund. Initiated by the European Union, it contributes alongside others as a financial instrument to achieve the goals of the European Commission's (EC) EU Green Deal.

The European Investment Bank (EIB) is the main investor in the ECBF with EUR 100 million. Additional funds were invested by another public investor, NRW.BANK, as well as numerous private investors such as Nestlé, Neste, Corbion, BÜFA, Koehler Group, Volkswohlbund, Hettich, Invest NL, Telos, Heino, and more.

The fund invests the available capital of 300 Mio. euros in ambitious and visionary companies that advance the bio-economy and circular economy with innovative technologies or business models and thus have a sustainable impact on the European economy. The goal is to accelerate the growth of bio-economy companies and create pan-European, global players. The goal of generating a very high return on investment is directly linked to this and is on the same level as the impact goal.

The regional focus of the investments includes the EU-27 countries and the 16-Horizon2020 associated countries.

Current PortfolioThe current portfolio includes (amongst others) the following companies:

Peel Pioneers

ProLupin

Aphea.Bio

Nuritas

Elicit Plant

InOvo

Protix

Biosyntia

Trapview

Pitch the ECBFECBFs Vision is to build up a prosperous economy realigned with nature. To get there they aim to identify the most promising investment targets in the European Bioeconomy, with both good financial returns and a huge impact on the environment. Thus, ECBF is interested in connecting with entrepreneurs, investors, and business promotion stakeholders with robust business networks in the bioeconomy. Find all requirements and the email to pitch in our show notes on our medium blog.

Hiring!You can learn more about the investor, that is still hiring (link on our blog).

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Executive SummaryWe are back with quarterly cooperation with DEEP Ecosystems research from Munich. Today we talk about a few highlights of their extensive 2022 report. Our current impression is that the VC market could start a new cycle from the lows of Q4 2022. We already see a new uptick in seed investments in Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm. Also, London is losing some of its edge as a European Startup Ecosystem compared to the other hubs. For VCs, the next hot sector to invest in Europe is cleantech. Despite the job cuts in 2022, at the year's end, there still have been more employees at startups across Europe than before Corona.

"The mood is down in the venture capital market. Startups definitely feel the crunch, but there is still dry powder available."

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About the Pulse of the European Startup EcosystemThe European startup scene is changing fast. There are new players, old ones fading away, and even more to come in their place- all vying for a piece of this growing pie! To avoid getting left behind, you need regular updates on what’s going on so that our entrepreneurs can stay one step ahead when building or investing in companies here. That’s why we started the “Pulse of the European Startup Ecosystem” which will provide you with quarterly podcasts chronicling different aspects related to startup activity across European Hubs, supported by the data from the specialized analytics company DEEP Ecosystems.

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Some HighlightsStartup funding took a hit on a European Level across the board regarding total investments, especially in Q4 2022. This matches what we have seen in our interview with kfw covering their VC and PE barometer.

On the excellent news site, there is a substantial uptick towards the end of the year 2022 in announced seed funding rounds. All large European Hubs, Barcelona, London, Paris, Berlin, and Stockholm, showed more seed funding rounds. Only Amsterdam did show a decline, which may be due to the available data.

Exits and large fundraisings have filled the coffers of VCs, who build up their teams during the good years. This leads to increasing pressure to invest on the VCs by their investors, called LPs (think insurance companies and pension funds).

Cleantech has also emerged as a new growth sector for VC investments - on a European level. In the last 6 months, compared to the last 3 years, cleantech investments have increased disproportionally.

Classic sectors for VC investments remained sexy in the 2nd half of 2022, including fintech, media, health, and AI & big data.

Hardware is also a sector - along with consumer apps - just on the edge of becoming a growth story for VC investments.

Despite the job cuts announced in recent weeks or months, there is still net positive job growth in the European Startup Ecosystem - compared to before corona.

Meetup participation shows strong interest in startups and tech topics across Europe. Here Berlin took over London in the process.

2022 London in decline- Q3 London lost its prime position to Stockholm - for the first time, they are tracking the cities.

• London is losing its edge

• Connection to the entrepreneur survey. London is less popular than Berlin. Investments are a lagging factor

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Executive SummaryThe kfw surveys each quarter around 450 investors for this barometer, so it is one of the broadest and most reliable indicators of the current mood of private market investors in Europe's largest economy. In this episode, we have Dr. Fritzi Köhler-Geib, the chief economist of kfw, as a guest. She introduces us to the barometer that has 3 main components: business climate, (current) business situation, and business expectations (for the next quarter). There are also 12 subcategories covering areas like fundraising, entry evaluations, exit opportunities, new investment, deal-flow quantity, deal-flow quality, and even the taxation framework. Tune in to learn more.

The Chief EconomistDr. Friederike "Fitzi" Köhler-Geib is the chief economist (https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/KfW-Research/KfW-Chief-Economist/Koehler-Geib-vita.html) of kfw. Dr. Köhler-Geib has studied at HEC in Paris, the University of Michigan in the US, the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland, and Pompeu Fabra University in Barcelona in Spain. She is still a fan of Michigan's Wolverines by the way. She holds a Ph.D. in Economics from Ludwig Maximilian University Munich and Pompeu Fabra University. Before becoming the chief economist, she spent many years in Washington D.C., working for the international monetary fund and the world bank. She was at the world bank the lead economist for Central America and the Senior Economist for Latin America. In these functions, she also traveled quite frequently to Central and South America.

The kfwkfw (https://www.kfw.de/kfw.de-2.html) is a wholly government-owned development bank, based in Frankfurt am Main. The bank has a public mandate to assist federal and state governments with administrating (mostly loan) programs.

According to the total size of its balance sheet, it was Germany's 3rd largest bank in 2018. The whole kfw group includes several specialized units, including kfw capital (https://www.kfw.de/microsites/Microsite/kfw-capital.de/en/) to promote innovation and growth, which also administrates multi-billion euros in VC investments, mostly as LP in other funds.

The Venture Capital and Private Equity BarometerFor the VC and PE index (https://www.kfw.de/About-KfW/Service/Download-Center/Konzernthemen/Research/Indikatoren/German-Private-Equity-Barometer/) the kfw research department surveys around 450 investors quarterly. They are members of Germany's PE and VC Association (https://www.bvkap.de/) and part of the Deutsche Börse Venture Network (https://www.venture-network.com/dbvn-en/) on many dimensions of their outlook for the next quarter and business in the last quarter.

Not all data is available on the website in English, but the index has now a history of more than 80 quarters.

The index has three main components and 12 subcategories. The main categories are business climate, (current) business situation, and business expectations (for the next quarter).

The subcategories cover areas like fundraising, entry evaluations, exit opportunities, new investment, deal-flow quantity, deal-flow quality, deal-flow innovativeness, taxation framework, write-downs, economy (overall), interest rates, and funding.

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Welcome to our February 2023 wrap-up with the important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less 🙂.

We follow our top-down structure in the news: First the top news, then we look with a bird’s eye view at the startup ecosystem in the German language countries, dig deeper by looking at interesting startup cities and end with general news. And for those of you who are really serious about startups, there is even a collection called: Stay ahead of the curve where we share interesting reads, articles, studies, and podcasts.

Welcome to our startup news wrap-up for February 2023 by Startuprad.io with Chris from New York City and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on February 21st, 2023.

All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode. Find all links to the quoted news on our Medium blog, link below.

Our Highlights:Rising interest rates are leading to an interest rate war between the neobrokers. We covered the troubled company Windeln.de, which is now liquidated. Farewell! Moonfare extended it’s Series C funding to more than 130 m US$, but we are not sure who invested in the last batch, since a fund is mentioned, that was also founded by Moonfare’s founder. The City of Mainz goes live with its quest to become a world-class biotech hub. N26 was reportedly in advanced talks to buy dutch broker Bux, but buxed out shortly before the closing. AAAAAAnd, we like to end on a high note: Raising is in the process of reclaiming its unicorn status with new funding. We have also some event recommendations for you and discounts from 20% to 100% for the events listed in our show notes.

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Top NewsNeobrokers Just Started — What May Be An Interest Rate War (Chris)After german unicorn Trade Republic had a smashing success with offering 2% interest for money deposited there now also fellow unicorn Scalable offers even 2,3%, BUT only from 100k € on and only if you are a subscriber (4.99/month)

Farewell Windeln.deWe have often talked in our news about the precarious position of windeln.de. Now it is finally liquidated

Who Extended Moonfare’s Series C?Moonfare is a fintech from Germany, allows individuals to invest in Private Equity Funds, founded by former KKR Germany Head Steffen Pauls. They cap their Series C extension round at about $15M, bringing its Series C funding to $130 million+the Berlin-based fintech allows HNWI, family offices, banks, and their advisor's access to top-tier private markets investments. BUT German business magazin Manager Magazin reports that for this extension the only investor mentioned by name is one that Mr. Pauls has co-founded.

You can find his profile at 7 Global Capital here on their website as Managing Partner and Founder.

City of Mainz Starts to Invest some of Their Billions in the BioTech HubYou may remember that we told you the story of Mainz? A lovely city with a normal annual budget of 100 million Euros, the capital of one of Germany’s states. Since they are also the headquarters of BioNTech they got flooded with tax revenues as soon as the corona vaccine was rolled out. They showed more than 1 bn € profit as a city in 2021 alone and they want to invest the money to become a world-class biotech hub. Now the company they want to use to drive this initiative is operational: biomindz | Newly established company to promote Mainz as hub for life science and biotechnology now operational and supporting the city of Mainz.

Here is the interview with the person in charge of the BioTech Hub:

The City of Mainz Just Started on Its Way to Becoming a World-Class BioTech Hub

N26 Bux(ed) Out?According to a press report, N26 was in discussions to acquire Dutch broker Bux, but backed out shortly before the deal was closed. The price tag is also reported as around 100 m €, but N26 feared too much complexity with the deal and the post-merger integration.

Raisin Get It’s Horn BackNot everybody is suffering from higher interest rates. The deposit broker fintech Raisin is in the process of raising 50 m € venture capital at a 1,5 bn € valuation reports Boersenzeitung. We talked about them losing narrowly their unicorn status in our news before, but apparently, they are on their way back to reclaim it.

We had Raisin in an interview before many people outside of Germany knew they existed. Have a listen at our interview form 2017 here (https://buff.ly/3IrLDQc)

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Executive SummaryDaniel has a vast experience as a banker with UBS, and Goldman Sachs, as well as a headhunter. His headhunting experience leads him to semi-automate the matching of startups and potential (advisory) board members at Board Owl. The startup is based in Zürich, Switzerland. The potential members are from Germany, Switzerland, the US, and the UK, as well as the Middle East and Africa, where there is no limitation of sector or seniority. The knowledge of potential members is also a very diverse background with a strong emphasis on tech. Their know-how ranges from fundraising, to team set-up, to former CTOs, former fashion industry executives, as well as former healthcare executives.

Investors will be very happy to see a high caliber of experienced people on your advisory board.

Daniel Aghdami, Co-Founder and CEO — Board Owl

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The FounderDaniel is the CEO and co-founder of Zürich, Switzerland-based HR tech startup Board Owl. The startup helps other startups and companies to find suitable members for supervisory boards or advisory boards.

Daniel has past experience as an analyst with UBS, a technology analyst at Goldman Sacha, and several positions as a headhunter, including in Dubai. He also had a brief stint in structure products as well.

In 2010 he co-founded executive search company DART, where he realized that finding board members could be much less labor intensive and therefore cheaper for younger and smaller companies. This was the birth of Board Owl.

The StartupBoard Owl is a spin-off of Daniel’s executive search company. It enables matching companies looking for board members with potential board members.

The people available on the platform are from very diverse backgrounds, work experience, and very diverse geographies. Half of the potential board members are from either Germany or Switzerland. The rest is equally spread across the UK, the US, Asia, and the Middle East, as well as Africa. The platform works for all sectors.

Supervisory boards in Germany and Switzerland are required by law (given a certain size of a company and legal form). Companies from other countries are looking to fill positions on advisory boards e.g. for their network, know-how, or geographical knowledge.

Venture Capital FundingBoard Owl is currently raising a seed round. A Berlin-based VC fund will join this round. You can reach out to Daniel directly about the fundraising on LinkedIn or talk to us.

Consultants will get in and after the project is done get out. An advisory board stays with you for a longer period of time. Daniel Aghdami, Co-Founder and CEO — Board Owl

Board Owl Is Hiring!Board Owl is hiring. You can learn more about the link below. They are hiring for Zürich, Barcelona, or remote globally.

Learn more about the team and reach out via our blog post on medium.

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Executive SummaryReverse.supply is a startup that offers second-hand shops for fashing brands, not only the technical shop but also the logistics behind it. We interview one of the three co-founders Konrad, the CTO, who has extensive experience from ImmobilienScout24, insurtech FRI:DAY, and Solarisbank. Reverse.supply is already working with companies like Globe Trotter, Armed Angels, and Bergzeit. Starting in 2024 there will be a legal requirement to take the clothing back, this is a massive opportunity for reverse.supply.

Right now are could sell more 2nd hand clothes, than we get. There is a big demand there.

Konrad Hosemann, CTO & Co-Founder reverse.supply

The FounderToday we’re thrilled to have Konrad as our guest. He’s the co-founder and CTO of the recommerce startup reverse.supply, a company he formed to help bridge the gap between buyers and sellers of clothing, on behalf of brands. Previously, Konrad was Lead Developer at ImmobilienScout24, Head of Engineering at insurtech FRI:DAY, and Principal Developer at Solarisbank; his career is marked by long-standing success in the engineering sector. We can’t wait to discuss what Konrad has achieved thus far as the founder of reverse.supply!

The StartupReverse.supply (https://www.reverse.supply/) is not only a SaaS startup. The company runs a large logistic center in Berlin, where they accept delivery of clothing for their clients. There they grade the received items. They add it to the online shop of the fashion brand and store the 2nd hand items to be sold yet again. They do this for several companies. Their disclosed clients include Globetrotter, Armed Angels, Bergzeit, and many more.

Currently, many processes are manual and the startup is working on the automation and scalability of these processes.

Reverse.supply is the winner of the German EcoDesign Award category “Service”.

Venture Capital FundingThe company is open to talking to new investors. They are looking to further scale their operations, having already raised a business angel round, pre-seed funding, and seed funding. The investors include Capnamic, Dutch Founders Fund, and several business angels. Reach out to learn more.

They Are Hiring!You can find the link to their careers page on our medium blog.

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Immer.App is a startup that has been chosen for the 2022 CONTENTshift accelerator, whose impressive and unique technology is set to revolutionize the way we read in the digital age. Through their development of an innovative mobile, tablet, and web-based reader experience, Immer.App are strongly positioned to impact both smartphone users and publishers alike. Although they have initially pivoted away from a consumer app to market their innovative reading technology, they are actively reaching out to producers of mobile apps, websites, and publishing companies who could significantly benefit from the use of their advanced system. Keep reading if you want to stay up-to-date with this exciting startup's journey!

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Niels is an entrepreneur and writer. He even wrote in the past background material for video games and articles for newspapers and magazines. Since he is so passionate about reading, he works really hard to re-invent reading for tablets, e-readers, and smartphones.

The Startup

Immer had a proof-of-concept app in the Netherlands with 10.000 users. During its development since its founding in 2020, it pivoted away from a reading app to its solution making text easier to read and easier to understand. This in turn makes all reading apps and e-readers potential partners, instead of competitors.

Venture Capital Funding

Immer.App is currently funded in an angel round of 600.000 €. They are looking for a pre-seed round. Currently, they have many dutch investors and look for more international investors to get their feedback and input as well. On our blog, there is a link to their pitch deck.

Immer is Hiring!

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This interview is part of our continued partnership with the CONENTshift Accelerator, the accelerator of Germany's association of book publishers and book printers (Börsenverein des Deutschen Buchhandels). If you are interested in learning more you can visit their website here: https://www.contentshift.de/en/ or just have a look at all the winners since 2017 here in our playlist: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6b0cn5X_xWE&list=PLUbiCAQc22Wu5mU4YqS7oWWEjqrdG1Kul&ab_channel=Startuprad.io

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Happy 2023, as well as a happy Chinese New Year of the Rabbit. 2023 Chris and Joe will again bring you startup news once a month (with a small summer break) wrapping up what was going on — and we found noteworthy — in the GSA / DACH startups scene.

Our Highlights:WeFox is under fire for growing with acquisitions of insurance broker pools, BioNTech makes largest acquisition in its history, DeepL confirms unicorn status and snipes at Grammarly, Solarisbank in trouble with BaFin, Trade Republic has to disclose numbers and Sono Motors gets longer runway with EU money.

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Top NewsWeFox got some splaining to do 🙂Extensive, but not favorable coverage of insurtech Wefox came out this month. The main complaints are that the growth is basically driven by acquiring existing pools of insurance brokers (not really what you would associate with an insurtech startup). They made that way 600 million Euros in revenue in 2022. But these pools do not get innovative systems from WeFox, or innovative insurance offers from them, they just keep working. Also, there has been no innovative product that really drove the growth at WeFox as an innovative unicorn

BioNTech makes the largest acquisition to dateBioNTech may be one of Germany’s most successful startup companies. We talked about it in our news before, the company alone is responsible for approximately half a percentage point of Germany’s GDP Growth in 2021 — Keep in mind that Germany is the 4th largest country in the world by nominal GDP.

Here is the new piece: Mainz-based pharma company BioNTech (famous for their corona vaccine) makes the largest acquisition in its history with UK-based AI startup Instadeep

Related: BioNTech’s founder on the future of mRNA technology

Cologne-based DeepL confirms unicorn status and snipes at GrammarlyDeepL takes aim at Grammarly with the launch of Write, to clean up your prose.

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Cologne-based translation tool DeepL confirms unicorn valuation for their 2022 fundraising of 100 mn US$

Solarisbank joins N26 in Troubles with BaFinBafin is Germany’s bank oversight body (think FSA or SEC). They have already limited the number of customers N26 can acquire due to lapses in following regulations (especially AML), now Solarisbank is in too: “Solarisbank in Germany can now only get new partners (fintech clients) with permission of German finance oversight BaFin, due to continuing problems. BaFin also sends an “observer”

Trade Republic UpdatesTrade Republic generates more than 1 bn Euros inflows of new client money with 2% interest rate offer and a lot of favorable press coverage.

Also, Trade Republic has to publish their numbers: There is a legal requirement in Germany to publish your balance sheet 12 months after your business year ends. Now it was the Republic’s turn: Berlin-based neobroker unicorn Trade Republic triples revenue and losses

Sono Motors gets more runwayemobility startup Sono Motors gets additional 1,4 million Euros from EU Horizont Program reports Der Spiegel

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Executive SummaryIn this episode, we have the privilege to explore fintech and banking in 2023 alongside Paolo, Global Research Leader for Banking and Capital Markets for IBM. He offers his insight into fintech and banking twenty years from now. We examine the strategies important for capital markets, fintech, and banking and the forces shaping their future. Paolo shares with us that these players need to be cognizant of their strategy choices, as well as how different successful platforms will be in the future. Last but not least, he impresses how imperative it is to start reasonably preparing for quantum computing today. It is a must-listen episode that provides tremendous insight into fintech growth and innovation.

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The ExpertPaolo is a fintech entrepreneur and thought leader who stands out from the crowd. He has been at the forefront of innovation in banking and fintech for nearly two decades. He has served as an experienced banker and risk manager, having held senior positions in major firms. In 2008, he founded Capitecs, an innovative startup based in Frankfurt that would eventually be acquired by IBM in 2012. Since then, Sironi has continued to innovate and lead the global research efforts for the IBM consulting institute, particularly in banking, fintech, and capital markets. He has also released five bestselling books on various fintech-related topics that have further established him as an authority figure. Paolo Sironi serves as a testament to success resulting from fintech expertise gained through experience in traditional banking institutions.

His most recent one is "Banks and Fintech on Platform Economies: Contextual and Conscious Banking (The Wiley Finance Series)" you can buy it and learn more here: https://amzn.to/3XC3OIU (AL)

His other books are:* FinTech Innovation: From Robo-Advisors to Goal-Based Investing and Gamification https://amzn.to/3IOHqrM (AL) * MiFID II: Value-Generation for Investors https://amzn.to/3iFtQML (AL) * Modern Portfolio Management: From Markowitz to Probabilistic Scenario Optimisation https://amzn.to/3iFtQML (AL) * Financial Market Transparency: Essay on Financial Markets Theory https://amzn.to/3Wi7z5j (AL) * 金融科技创新 (Fintech Innovation Mandarin Edition): https://amzn.to/3Wi7z5j (AL)

Thoughts To PonderPaolo, a fintech entrepreneur, banker, and thought leader in risk management, believes that banks are unable to compete on the level of volume needed to match that of tech giants. In order to stay competitive and provide value for their customers, fintech must set their sights on delivering superior service rather than chasing the same levels of scale. With his books and writing, Paolo has created a framework through which bankers and fintech entrepreneurs alike can better target value-based services in order to gain an advantage over tech giants. With his books, Paolo tries to come up with a definition of value to enable banks and fintechs to target it.

Some of his thoughts:- Banks and fintechs often start from the wrong end when it comes to helping their clients solve problems. Rather than start with isolating the actual issue of the client (which may or may not have anything to do with finances), they focus on transactions alone without considering other factors, rendering many solutions ineffective. Instead, they should start by formulating a strategic impetus - focusing on what the client needs in order to achieve their desired future objectives - and only then move forward to transactional solutions that best fit the strategic plan. Such an approach, where financial solutions are shaped around a client's problem-solving needs rather than vice versa, is essential for them to succeed in the future.

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Executive SummaryIn this bonus episode of our expert interview series, Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics at INSEAD, joins us to provide insights into the current situation with FTX. We've gathered a good deal of information about the collapse so far but there is still much that remains unknown. We delved into some of the known facts surrounding FTX and pondered together on what could happen in the future. It's clear from our discussion that FTX was not a regulated financial institution, and also had its own unique challenges. We'll be keeping an eye out for more developments related to FTX as time goes on to see what other lessons we can learn.

I do believe there are other places where entities are insolvent, we just have not seen it yet.

Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics

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FTX suffered from bad management and likely fraud as well

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BackgroundAs crypto continues to grow into a new and important market, the digital asset industry has been rocked by the sudden collapse of one of its biggest crypto exchanges - FTX. Led by crypto personality Sam Bankman-Fried, FTX had previously been ranked as the world’s third-biggest crypto exchange in terms of trading volume, so its downfall came as quite a shock to crypto investors. This news is sure to cause ripples throughout the crypto industry for a long time, and it serves as another reminder that despite its rising popularity, crypto remains an unpredictable and high-risk gamble.

Regulators may now have a different view on the risks and regulations of crypto.

Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics

This event echoed Mt Gox’s downfall although the underlying problem was quite different. Unlike Mt. Gox which fell victim to hack, FTX merely could not keep up with the sudden demand for withdrawals caused by investors who were losing faith in the platform. The resulting effect sent FTT, their native token, tumbling and kicked off a domino effect causing customers to rush out of the exchange and further crippling its ability to sustain itself, leading inevitably to its demise.

I find it very revealing that these tokens that are supposed to work with high inflation, because the central banks are all crazy but this is the way to hold on to your purchasing power. Now that we have inflation, they are collapsing. That to me is a really red flag.

Antonio Fatas, Professor of Economics

Bitcoin crashed, Ethereum crashed, and almost every other major token did the same. Then Binance stepped in, with the world’s number one exchange announcing it would buy FTX and ensure everyone gets repaid. But just as soon as the market settled, Binance announced a U-turn, saying the situation at FTX was beyond recovery.

The implications from the complase of FTX will be felt for crypto for the coming years in more an thougher regulations. That is why we will follow the story. We start with a discussion of the situation with our guest. Professor Fatas.

The ExpertAntonio is an influential professor of economics with an impressive set of credentials. With a Ph.D. in Economics from Harvard University and a research fellowship at the Centre for Economic and Policy Research in London, he brings broad expertise to his job as a Professor of Economics at INSEAD. His influence reaches beyond academia, working as a consultant for international organizations such as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), and the World Bank. Thanks to his insight and knowledge, Dr. Fatas has been able to shape economic policies on a global scale.

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Management SummaryWelcome to a Startuprad.io tradition, airing on December 25th. A review of the most important events in Fintech from the perspective of our guests for the 8th year in a row right now. The most important development in the fintech world was for most guests the FTX collapse. During the recordings agreed that fintech investments have seen a peak — there will be a valley behind it, but there will be new investment records achieved after the expected recession. As next hot topics emerged embedded finance and crypto. Not all crypto will be hot again, only with a sustainable business model, there is a future according to our guests. Actually, some guests welcomed a shakeout of the market — albeit it should not have been that violent and long.

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Introduction to our Fintech ReviewFor years Startuprad.io makes an annual fintech review, where practitioners, investors, and fintech folks get to wrap up their year. The focus is on GSA, but it seems to be more and more the case that markets get more interconnected and trends follow each other in much shorter time spans. It is also a tradition that we publish it on December 25th.

Keep in mind that since the first fintech review the field has changed and broadened a lot! Really a lot. Where it used to be only payment apps, now there are fintechs in insurance, crypto, proptech, banking, SME banking, capital markets, and much much more. So we thought we would invite guests from a diverse range of backgrounds to give you their perspective on the time of corona, the year 2022, and the outlook for next year.

Our guest this year:

• Meeri Savolainen, CEO and Co-Founder of Insurtech INZMO
• Luca Frignani, CEO and Co-Founder of Credit Platform Exaloan
• Henrik Gebbing, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of Crypto Custody Bank Finoa
• Frank Schwab, Co-Founder of the Fintech Forum and multiple supervisory board member

Our questions to the guests:

• What was the most important development in the fintech world in 2022?
• Do you think fintech has peaked in terms of investments — as some data suggests?
• What is the next hot topic in fintech? Is crypto making a comeback or are we all focusing on API tools for embedding finance functions?
• If you have one: What was the most interesting fintech development for you during corona?
• If you have one: What was the most important piece of news in 2022?

Thank you very much for your valuable time and insights. We wish you much success in 2023 and happy holidays!

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Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups, our startup news wrap-up for December 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from New York City and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on December 19th, 2022. Keep in mind, this news episode covers everything since our last news episode.

As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode, which will be January 2023, the first news for 2023. Guys, another year is over! Find all links to the quoted news on our Medium blog, link below

Our Highlights:Enpal makes huge fundraising in the current environment, more than 800 mn €. Sennder doubles its valuation in the next funding round to 2 bn US$ and has already 60 mn commitments. The funding environment may be bleak, but investors announced new funds for VC and PE investments worth 3.1 bn US$ targeting startups and scaleups in GSA or Europe. One blog asks if the time of Rocket Internet is over, Matter Labs raises 200 mn, a big heist drives a startup into insolvency and Getir buys Gorillas for 1,2 bn US$, a far cry from Gorillas' former 3 bn US$ valuation.

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Top News Enpal FundraisingEnpal could double its valuation in the new funding round. Berlin-based unicorn Enpal closes €855 million in debt funding to accelerate the adoption of solar energy.

Sennder Raises New Funds At Double ValuationDigital forwarder unicorn Sennder is raising new money, at a 2 bn US$ valuation. According to the report, they already have 60m commitments.

Fundraising For VCs Went Quite Well - More Than 3.1 bn Euros Worth of New Investment Funds Have Been ClosedThe largest is EQT Ventures. It has Money if your startup needs it: EQT Ventures III closes Europe's largest venture capital fund committed to early-stage tech startups. The money will go to early-stage startups in Europe and North America. For more funds, wait for our later section with new fund announcements.

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Has Rocket Internet Already Seen Its Best Years?"Mucho trouble over at Rocket Internet," wrote Robin Wauters in his readworthy newsletter for Tech.eu. The article asks if their era is over. Staff cuts and investment stop point in that direction.

Startup Brand RankingJung von Matt publishes their annual GERMAN STARTUP BRAND RANKING

Some of the top 50 startup brands are known from our news: About You, Flink, Numa Group, getquin, Vivid, Flaschenpost, Tier Mobility, Zolar, Enpal, Sono Motors, Trade Republic

Matter Labs raises 200 mn US$Matter Labs, the Berlin, Germany-based developer of zkSync, a solution that reduces the cost of Ethereum transactions, raised $200M in Series C funding https://buff.ly/3UorChp

Not Oceans Eleven, But Still BIGBerlin-based luxury watch marketplace Watchmaster was one of the largest marketplaces of its kind. After a spectacular robbery where 10 m € worth of watches have been stolen the company has to file for insolvency https://buff.ly/3Fi3qsG

Getir Buys Gorillas And It Is Not Going Well For the Gorillas FounderFirst, this kind of news appeared: Getir will take over Gorillas soon - according to press reports. The negotiations have been dragging on for some time now.

Then, we got the confirmation: Getir acquires German competitor Gorillas in $1.2 billion deal - where Gorillas was once valued at 3 bn US$

Housekeeping & Time to Brag We will be back in the new year 2023 with the first new episode towards the end of January, as far as we can tell right now. Our schedule got a bit screwed up. Sorry!

Joe got featured on TopTierStartups.com: Want To Know About German-Language Startups? Joe Menninger Is Your Guy | https://buff.ly/3gJtbZB

Oh, one more thing: We got our wrap-up from Spotify and it turns out that we are in the global top 5% of most shared podcasts on Spotify. Thank you audience!

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Executive Summary9am.works is a startup platform explicitly designed for freelancers. Founded by Marc, a serial entrepreneur formerly with Team Europe Ventures and the founder of Sommelier Prive, Huus, code control, and 9am.works. The platform makes it easy for freelancers to find jobs, invoice clients, and get paid quickly and securely — most for free! It also helps companies work with freelancers, from searching and hiring to payment processing. Bootstrapped since its launch in 2016, 9am.works is transforming how freelance work is being done.

We take a lot of the pain points from companies that work with many freelancers.

Marc Clemens, Founder and CEO 9am.works

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Marc Clemens, Founder and CEO 9am.works

Executive Summary9am.works is a startup platform explicitly designed for freelancers. Founded by Marc, a serial entrepreneur formerly with Team Europe Ventures and the founder of Sommelier Prive, Huus, code control, and 9am.works. The platform makes it easy for freelancers to find jobs, invoice clients, and get paid quickly and securely - most for free! It also helps companies work with freelancers, from searching and hiring to payment processing. Bootstrapped since its launch in 2016, 9am.works is transforming how freelance work is being done.

The FounderMarc is originally from Schwaben (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Swabia), an area rich in entrepreneurial culture and home to some of the most iconic German companies, like Bosch and Benz. The Würth family is also from this same region, famous for their products related to screws, nails, and other construction items. He chose to pursue higher education abroad by studying at St. Gallen in Switzerland, UC San Diego, and later HEC in Paris. This exposure helped equip him with the skills needed to be a successful startup founder - something he has since become known for. His roots may have provided him with an initial spark of inspiration, but Marc's hard work has allowed him to carve out his own place in the business world.

A serial entrepreneur, he has a wealth of experience not only with Team Europe Ventures (now team global, founded by Lukasz Gadowski https://teamglobal.net/) and also in founding his own startups. Unfortunately, his venture Sommieler Prive did not succeed, leading to a period of tiredness and burnout. Thankfully, this entrepreneur is sharing his learnings from this experience in interviews to help others avoid the pitfalls of a similar situation. His advice provides powerful insights into how to navigate entrepreneurism without suffering excessively from burnout.

After this, he was freelancing for some time. This leads him to the idea of Code Control (which he still runs), a community for IT freelancers. This again developed into the idea of 9am.works, for all freelancers, not only for IT talent.

In between, he co-founded with his wife the HUUS soundproof phone booths startup (you may have seen them in a coworking space before) https://en.huus.io/.

The StartupIf you are a freelancer in need of assistance with the various steps of working with a company, 9am.works is the perfect platform for you! They provide sales solutions, and project management services free of charge for all freelancers and offer to work along any other steps needed for successful contracting. They also offer a payment solution, but this one is not for free. Thanks to their subscription software options as well as chargeable services on an à la carte basis, companies can enjoy 9am's personalized range of packages. 9am.works is the ideal solution when it comes to making sure that everything related to contracting with companies is seamless and stress-free; in addition, its 'freelancer' feature enables knowledge workers to easily search and find employment opportunities that match their needs and goals.

9am has revolutionized the way companies find freelance services. By using a Software as a Service model, 9am provides comprehensive tiers of services to companies on the lookout for affordable contracting and compliance solutions. Not only that, but 9am also makes it easier and faster to pay freelancers since they provide businesses with one consolidated invoice, eliminating the need to onboard individual freelancers. With 9am, service delivery has never been simpler or more straightforward.

Venture Capital Funding9am.works is finance with the cash flow from code control. They are interested in investors who can invest 8 digit tickets. They may look for funding mid to end of 2023.

"We have unlimited holidays for employees at 9am.works"

Marc Clemens, Founder and CEO of 9am.Works

9am.works is HiringYou can learn more about the company, that is still hiring and gives you unlimited vacation learn more on our blogpost.

All Links and Show NotesHere is our blog post: https://medium.com/startuprad-io/9am-works-is-the-operating-system-for-freelancers-147aa19d6679

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Executive SummaryJochen Engert won the German Startup Award 2022 as German Entrepreneur of the Year. He is the co-founder of Munich-based Flix a unicorn recently valued at 3 bn US$ and the owner of Greyhound Lines. He shares in this interview his entrepreneurial journey, and his experience in winning 90% of the local long-distance bus market in less than a decade, without owning even one bus. We talk about the rough times during COVID when the service was shut down for 8 weeks, their expansion into different countries, acquisitions, and investments. He also shares some experience from his business angel investments.

“We are getting to profitability pretty soon”

Jochen Engert Co-Founder Flix

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“Our families, even our girlfriends thought we were crazy leaving our consulting jobs to start this ‘bus thing’.”

Jochen Engert Co-Founder Flix

German Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022

You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already.

“Our initial hypothesis was that you need one central player to orchestrate in order to put up a national network.”

Jochen Engert Co-Founder Flix

The FounderOur guest today is Jochen, the Supervisory Board Director (formerly CEO) and Co-Founder of Munich-based mobility unicorn startup Flix (formerly Flixbus). Jochen studied at the University of Ottawa, Canada, as well as at Stuttgart University and in Koblenz at WHU. He has also been a consultant at Boston Consulting Group for 5 years, prior to starting Flix.

“If you want to be a founder, you are always on sales, to clients, investors, and also people you want to hire”

Jochen Engert Co-Founder Flix

The trigger of Flix was the 2009 coalition government contract, where the ruling parties stated they wanted to de-regulate the bus service in Germany, for the first time permitting long-distance buses. Before the de-regulation there was a law in force forbidding long-distance bus connections, competing with train service. So they founded GoBus, later re-branded to FlixBus, then to Flix.

“ … for all operational complex businesses: Operational excellence, passion for detail and laser focus on customer centricity and ultimately customer technology … that is something that compounds, …. Building ultimately a competitive advantage, that is very hard to impossible to replicate ”

Jochen Engert Co-Founder Flix

The StartupFlix started as GoBus, later FlixBus (https://global.flixbus.com/). Today they operate FlixBus, FlixTrain, FlixCar, Kâmil Koç in Turkey, and Greyhound Lines in the US. They were valued at 3 bn US$, when they raised their last VC round (Series G published in June 2021). They raised in total more than 1,2 bn US$ from 17 investors, including General Atlantic, TCV, Silver Lake HV Capital, Permira, BlackRock, European Investment Bank, UVC Partners, Mercedes Benz Group, LMU Entrepreneurship Center, and Cherry Ventures (you can find an interview with Filip, the founding partner of Cherry Ventures here).

Flixbus operates buses or, in many cases, just handles marketing, pricing, and customer service for a commission on their software platform, on behalf of bus operators.

In 2018 — just 6 years after its founding — the company had a 90% market share of intercity bus travel in Germany. This was a result of mergers and acquisitions in the country. At the time and to this day, they don’t own a bus in Germany. They have a long success story of acquisitions:

• 2014: Meinfernbus
• 2016: Megabus in Central Europe
• 2016: Postbus of German mail operator “Deutschen Post”
• 2017: Hellö from Austrian Railway Operator “Österreichischen Bundesbahnen”
• 2018: Swebus in Sweden
• 2018: Polskibus.com in Poland
• 2019: Eurolines with European routes
• 2019: Kâmil Koç, in Turkiye
• 2021: Greyhound Lines in the USA

Their clientele is also interesting, as of February 2018, 60% of the company’s customers were female and 33% were between the ages of 18 and 25.

“ We now operate more than 5.000 destinations. That would be impossible with the right scalable software.”

Jochen Engert Co-Founder Flix

Venture Capital FundingTheir last published funding was published in June 2021, raising 650 m US$ at a 3 bn US$ valuation.

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Executive SummaryUniApp is an ed-tech startup from Germany, that helps international students to prepare for their study abroad and helps in the application process, both on their platform. They help students to find the right place to study for undergraduate and graduate programs, as well as online-only programs. Their portfolio includes now universities and colleges in 27 countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Germany, France, Spain, Switzerland, Singapore, and Canada. The tool also works as a CRM for universities and colleges to streamline their international applicants.

“We bootstrapped in less than 2 months to more than 20.000 users”

Fahed Jaarah, Founder and CEO UniApp

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“We created a search engine for education that is not manipulated by ads.”

Fahed Jaarah, Founder and CEO UniApp

The FounderOur guest today, founder and CEO of UniApp Fahed, brings a wealth of experience in entrepreneurship to the table. Having studied at universities across Europe (Cologne, Paris, Buckinghamshire outside of London), he has worked on various projects with notable organizations such as private rating agencies and investment advisers a small investment boutique. After 3 years working within this sector, he decided to take his newfound knowledge and apply it to the world of ed-tech by founding UniApp — creating a modern platform to support students during the process of looking for study abroad by matching students with mentors at universities around the world. With his expertise in launching successful businesses aiding college and university students, Fahed is quickly becoming a prominent figure in the international education community.

The StartupUniApp (https://uni-app.com/), started out as Udrus.com and was initially designed to enable Arabic-speaking students to study abroad. However, the team soon expanded its vision to provide study-abroad opportunities for international students from all over the world, under the new name of UniApp. Using a unique application process that takes into account 600+ data points for each individual student, UniApp has become a leader in ed-tech by making the complex college application process easier and smoother for its users. With a platform that eliminates language barriers, UniApp is paving the way for study abroad programs around the globe. By focusing on the needs of the study seeker and their future potential, UniApp is playing a huge role in making study abroad accessible to everyone — whether it's internationally or from within their own region. UniApp also can match you with institutions for an undergraduate degree, advanced degree, or even an online degree.

For institutions of higher learning, the application helps them to get matched with better-fitting students and don’t have to click through many ads on search engines. The tool works as a kind of CRM program and communication tool for the institutions.

Venture Capital FundingUniApp raised 1 mn Euros in Seed Funding in Q2 2022. They are also currently in fundraising mode again.

UniApp is HiringYou can learn more about them on their website here: https://uni-app.com/about-us/ and reach out via the website.

All Links and Show NotesHere is our blog post: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/uniapp-helps-students-to-find-the-best-international-university-for-them-and-apply-there-71a3ecbe20f2

Topics Discussed in this InterviewIn this interview we are talking about studying abroad, studying in a foreign country, London, Hongkong, Singapore, new york, college, graduate school, university, online university, education, undergraduate education, graduate education, online education, venture capital, edtech, education startup, study in the us, study in the uk, study in germany

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Executive SummaryFilip is a founding partner of Cherry Ventures, one of Germany’s most important seed investors. Their portfolio includes unicorns like Flixbus, Auto1 Group, Forto, Infarm, and well-known startups like Amorelie, Kitchen Stories, Flaschenpost, Spryker, and Superlist. Their portfolio also includes our former guests: Qualifyze, Sanity Group, and Rows. Filip has a background as an entrepreneur himself, so he and Cherry approach startup investing differently. Tune in to learn more about him and the VC.

“We have software helping us to find good startups, for example, if you are head of product at a good startup and change your title to ‘working on something new’ we get notified.”

Filip Dames, Founding Partner Cherry Ventures

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“I really believe an investor should be stage focused”

Filip Dames, Founding Partner Cherry Ventures

The FounderFilip Dames has had an accomplished career, starting out as an intern in Malaysia with DaimlerChrysler, at BCG, and Sony BMG in New York City. Following his venture into the corporate world, he then founded a collectible marketplace called Tamundo. There he went on to oversee the international expansion of Zalando and become the founder and CEO of Zalando Lounge (Zalando’s shopping club). The venture was a success, helping Zalando to go public in 2014. He decided to leave the company, making his 30th birthday also his Zalando farewell party.

From there Filip decided to venture off and focus on venture capital; so it came as no surprise when he started Cherry Ventures in 2013 in Berlin as business angel and startup investor. With tickets of 10.000–50.000€ they are dedicated to helping Germany, Europe, and beyond with investments for entrepreneurs wanting to make their visions reality.

“We invest almost exclusively in Europe”

Filip Dames, Founding Partner Cherry Ventures

Cherry VenturesCherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) is an early-stage venture capital fund founded and led by former entrepreneurs. They are focusing on European seed-stage companies in the B2B and B2C space. Cherry invests there at the pre-seed- and seed stage with initial tickets between €500k and €5M.

“Founders first and investors second” is the motto of Cherry Ventures

They started out with their first fund with their own money and the money of close friends, much less than 10 m €. From there they build a portfolio of 30 companies, of which some did really well. This in turn enabled them to raise an institutional fund, worth 150 m Euros. In the second fund, successful entrepreneurs from the first fund invested like the founder of Amorelie or the founders of Flixbus.

Their portfolio is already pretty impressive and includes names our frequent followers will recognize, unicorns like Flixbus, Auto1 Group, Forto, Infarm. But they are also investors in well-known startups like Amorelie, Kitchen Stories, Flaschenpost, Spryker, and Superlist.

Their portfolio also includes former guests, Qualifyze, Sanity Group, and Rows, for which you can find the interview link in the show notes.

Further Readings / Additional ResourcesQualifyze (audio only) https://player.captivate.fm/episode/220f49cc-2ef1-471a-bd5b-504d9235e892

Sanity Grouphttps://player.captivate.fm/episode/6c8572f9-ef9c-43c0-9bd1-3641a787a3bc

Rowshttps://player.captivate.fm/episode/9beec601-bfc6-4921-b1ec-05ca641d7959

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Executive SummaryMilan graduated in 2022 from Highschool and is the founder of QiTech, a company that recycles bottle caps to create the plastic filament used in 3D printers. He was recently awarded the Newcomer of the Year at the German Startup Awards 2022. Milan has been working hard to grow QiTech into a successful business. In addition to selling the ink for 3d printers call filament, QiTech also sells the machines they use to produce the filament. This innovative approach to recycling has earned Milan recognition as an outstanding young entrepreneur. With his creative solution to the problem of plastic waste, Milan is positively impacting the environment and paving the way for a more sustainable future.

In plastic recycling you have to get down to the details, there is a lot of ‘greenwashing.’

Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTech

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“We produce (next to recycled filament) lab scale machines, where you can throw in the right kind of plastic on top and get 3d printing filament out at the end.”

Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTech

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This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022

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“What we do is really recycling, not downcycling.”

Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTech

The FounderMilan is a young entrepreneur who is already making waves in the business world. In March 2022, he won the German Startup Award, and in the summer of the same year, he graduated from high school. Von dem Bussche started his career at the age of 16 with 3d printing phone cases. He soon realized that there was more potential in recycling phone cases and turning them into 3d printing filament. The filament is the ink of a plastic 3d printer; it is a type of plastic that is heated and then layered on to create a 3d shape. Von dem Bussche and his team soon recognized that the filament business held much more potential than the phone case business, so they pivoted their focus. Their hard work has paid off; today, their company is one of the leading producers of 3d printing filament in Germany. von dem Bussche is proof that with a great idea and a lot of determination, anyone can succeed. As of December 2022, the team has not taken in outside investors, but they funded their startup with award money and a government stipend.

The StartupMilan von dem Bussche is a young entrepreneur who founded the startup QiTech. The company started out by 3d printing cell phone cases but later realized that there was a much bigger market in recycling plastics to 3d printing filament. So they pivoted. After being asked to sell their machines for sorting and recycling, QiTech also offers these machines at a laboratory scale.

The recycling machines used by QiTech are able to sort and recycle plastics into 3d printing filament. This filament can then be used to produce various products, including cell phone cases. The recycling process is environmentally friendly and helps to reduce the production costs of 3d printed products. You can learn more here https://en.qitech.de/recycling

The Jarvis Machines are produced by QiTech. They are designed for industrial recycling applications. They are able to sort and recycle plastics. The machines have a high throughput rate and are capable of working on a laboratory scale. You can learn more here https://en.qitech.de/industries.

Venture Capital FundingQiTech is so far bootstrapped. They won prize money and are currently receiving a stipend from the German government, to help start off their company.

If you want to talk to them, reach out and we will connect you with Milan.

QiTech is Hiring for Both BusinessesHave a look at their website: https://en.qitech.de/team

All Links and Show NotesHere is our blog post: https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/qitech-recycles-plastic-waste-in-3d-printing-filament-gsa22-835963f87267

Topics Discussed in this InterviewIn this interview, we are talking about recycling, downcycling, plastic waste, 3d printing, industrial 3d printing, young entrepreneurs, entrepreneurship, German Startup Awards, best newcomer, newcomer award, german startup association, Rheinhessen, Oppenheim, Westhofen, Germany, machine building, recycling machines, startup, scaleup, bootstrapping, venture capital

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Executive SummaryUnternehmerTUM helps experienced entrepreneurs and students to start, accelerate or fundraise to build world-class companies including but not limited to Flix, Celonis, Blickfeld, Isar Aerospace, Konux, tado, e-bot7, ProGlove or Lilium. At the 2022 German Startup Awards, UnternehmerTUM won the Special Award for their work. Therefore we interview Stefan, its COO in our series with the German Startup Association, and learn more about him and their programs.

German Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022

You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already.

The Award WinnerThis time we have a very special case since the legal entity UnternehmerTUM won the German Startup Awards’ 2022 Special Award. UnternehmerTUM itself is attached to the Technical University of Munich (TUM). It is also one of the cradles of Munich’s world-class startup talent and a light tower in the education of entrepreneurs in Germany. We, therefore, talk to Stefan Drüssler.

Stefan , COO of UnternehmerTUM, is no stranger to entrepreneurism. As a past consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), he has advised startups and Fortune 500 companies alike on how to grow their businesses. But when he joined UnternehmerTUM 5 years ago, he found his true calling in helping entrepreneurs bring their startups to life.

Located in Munich, UnternehmerTUM is one of the world’s leading incubators and accelerators for startups. It is also a hub for entrepreneur education, providing programs and resources to help founders get their businesses off the ground. Recently, UnternehmerTUM was honored with the German Startup Awards’ 2022 Special Award. This recognition is a testament to the incredible work that Stefan and his colleagues are doing to support startup growth in Germany.

Looking to the future, Stefan is excited about the potential for UnternehmerTUM to continue supporting more founders as they turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses. With the right mix of resources and support, there’s no limit to what German startups can achieve.

The InstituteUnternehmerTUM was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Susanne Klatten as a non-profit organization. With more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups each year and its unique offering, it is the leading center for innovation and business creation in Europe. It is an institute attached to the Technical University of Munich (TUM).

Mrs. Klatten was raised in a successful entrepreneurial family and her family owns jointly the controlling stake in BMW. The organization’s goal is to promote entrepreneurship among students and scientists, and it offers a variety of programs and resources to support entrepreneurs and its members. In addition to providing educational opportunities, UnternehmerTUM also offers mentorship and networking programs to help its members connect with potential investors and customers. As a result of its efforts, UnternehmerTUM has helped to launch numerous successful businesses.

UnternehmerTUM helps founders from the idea stage to financing, they are also involved in teaching entrepreneurship at TUM. They have more than 350 employees working on 20 independent programs, where they help with ideation, incubation,...

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Nora is the CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based Medtech Selfapy, a major provider of prescribable digital therapy solutions in Germany. She is the winner of this year's German Startup Award for Female Founder of the Year 2022 and a Forbes 30 under 30. She is a psychologist by training with degrees from York and Cambridge but decided to join startups early on, to later found Selfapy. Self-pay fills the void for patients while they are waiting for psychological treatments, which may take three to six months. After a long journey they now even have a reimbursement certification for German health insurers.

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This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interview and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022

You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already.

The Founder

Our guest Nora is not only the winner of this year's German Startup Awards for Female Entrepreneur of the Year, but she is also a Forbes 30 under 30. She graduated from the University of York and the University of Cambridge with degrees in Psychology, before joining Rocket Internet. She later became City Head for Foodora in Hamburg and decided one faithful new years day that with this stress level, she could also venture out on her own, with larger rewards. Growing up in a family of psychologists, she decided early on to help people with mental disorders. She co-founded Selfapy in Berlin in 2016.

The Startup

Berlin-based Selfapy (https://www.selfapy.com/) addresses the issue of wait time for psychological treatments. Due to recent changes in German legislation, they are also available on prescription. The name Selfapy is a combination of self and therapy. The app bridges the wait time before a patient can see a psychologist, which can take up to 6 months. The app not only bridges this time but can also already help patients and lay the groundwork for therapy.

Selfapy runs clinical trials, where they could show that they reduce depression symptoms by up to 40% in 3 months.

Venture Capital Funding

Selfapy has raised 30 M US$ in funding in total. Note that Crunchbase is quite a bit outdated here. They are open to talking to new investors.

Selfapy is Hiring

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In this interview we are talking about psychology, depression, psychological therapy, psychological help, eating disorders, prescription, apps on prescription, mental health, mental health apps, depression treatment, Berlin, startup, startups, mental health startup, MedTech startup, health care startup, venture capital, university of york, university of Cambridge

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Our Highlights: FTX may be history, BUT a German Blog reports there are several parties interested in buying the European Entity of FTX. FTX also triggered Bitpanda to order a special audit from KPMG. We have some more job cuts, this time the 2nd round. Gorillas may sell itself at 1 bn USD even though they have raised 1.3 bn USD in venture capital already. Air taxis are still hot, Volocopter raises more than 180 m US$ to get closer to certification and Lilium sells 100 Airtaxis to Saudi Arabia. The German VC market is stabilizing, according to KfW Research. Our former guest Creditshelf partners with Goldman Sachs and pockets 100 m Euros. Gitpod, a startup from Kiel convinces the founders of GitHub and Shopify to invest.

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Top News FTX may soon be History, BUTA German blog Finance Forward reports there are several parties interested in buying the European Entity of FTX, which is headquartered in Switzerland. Their information has been spot-on in other cases in the past.

Job Cuts Keep Coming - 2nd Round NowProptechs Homeday and McMakler enter the second round of job cuts. Homeday cuts 20 jobs (60 before) and McMakler again 100 employees

Gorillas May Sell Itself at a Huge DiscountSequoia-backed grocery startup Getir is close to buying its troubled rival Gorillas in a heavily discounted deal said to be worth less than $1 billion. They have been valued at their series C investment at 2.1 bn US$ and to date they raised more than 1.3 bn US$.

Related: Deutsche-Startups uncovered that Gorillas (which is in the process of selling itself) paid 300 m € this year for french competitor Frichti.

Lilium Sells 100 Airtaxis Saudi Arabia buys 100 air taxis from Munich -based startup Lilium. The delivery is expected 2025. Before the deal, they also hired former Airbus executive Klaus Roewe. Fingers crossed for them, they did not generate revenue yet, but 841 m Euros in losses so far.

Volocopter Raises 182 M US$Volocopter raises $182M to bring air taxi closer to certification, as part of their Series E funding

The company is currently testing its two-seater VoloCity air taxi for the requirements set by the European Union Aviation Safety Agency (EASA). Volocopter is looking to certify its aircraft in H2 2023 and generate revenue with rides in 2024.

Creditshelf Partners with Goldman SachsOur former guest Creditshelf partners with Goldman Sachs and hits profitability - Goldman Sachs is providing the German alternative lender for SMEs with up to €100m of secured funding. Learn more in our interview with Creditshelf here https://buff.ly/3NVANo1

Creditshelf is Germany’s only listed pure-play fintech, offering a credit platform, where investors can grant credit to German small and medium enterprises.

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Executive SummaryJohanna Baare is the founder of Traceless Materials, a startup that produces compostable materials to replace plastic. She was recently awarded the German Startup Award for "Female Newcomer of the Year 2022." Congratulations, Johanna! The award is presented by the German Startup Association. Baare's company is just one of many startups fighting plastic pollution. It's estimated that 40% of today's plastic waste ends up in the environment. This has devastating consequences for wildlife and ecosystems. Traceless Materials' products will decompose in nature in two to ten weeks, without leaving any trace. Baare is one of many female entrepreneurs leading the charge against plastic pollution. We need more innovators like her to create a cleaner, greener future for us all.

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The FounderJohanna Baare is the COO and co-founder of Traceless Materials, an innovative Hamburg-based startup company that specializes in sustainable and eco-friendly materials. She has a background in psychology, which comes in handy for her current role in hr and team building. She also holds an MBA from IE Business School. Before Traceless Materials, she was the COO of a Malmö-based startup where she gained valuable experience in the SaaS industry. Her experience in consulting and management has been invaluable in her current role. Under her leadership, Traceless Materials has become one of the leading companies in its field.

The StartupFounded in 2020 by two female entrepreneurs, Traceless is a startup that produces biomaterials to replace plastic. Johanna met her co-founder Anne at ProjectTogether in Berlin, which matches co-founders. The material is compostable, meaning it breaks down into natural substances in two to ten weeks without leaving any trace of microplastic. The company's mission is to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste. In addition to being compostable, the biomaterial is also recyclable and biodegradable. Traceless is currently working on developing a variety of applications for their biomaterial, including packaging, food service items, and medical supplies. The company has already received funding from several venture capital firms and the European Union. With its innovative biomaterial and commitment to sustainability, Traceless is poised to make a significant impact in the fight against plastic pollution.

The team is looking to build a first industrial-scale plant approximately the size of one hectare (107,000 square feet). The next step would be to produce at an industrial scale where the team is looking right now to match the price of non-recycled, aka virgin plastic. The big advantage of their material is that traditional plastic producers can use their granulate in existing machines. This will significantly lower the costs for companies who want to produce sustainable plastic and could eventually lead to replacing a large percentage of traditional plastic with this new sustainable option.

Venture Capital FundingTraceless has raised 2,8 M US$ in funding, from 4 investors, including the European Innovation Council and HTGF (link interview CEO). Of these are 2,4 mn Euros from the EU. Right now Traceless is looking for investors to build a small scale industrial plant to procude more of their

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Executive SummaryMeet Joel Tasche, CEO, and Founder of CleanHub, a green startup on a mission to fight ocean plastic pollution. They enter partnerships with brands to remove plastic waste. They use the proceeds to collect plastic waste in areas, that don’t have waste management systems in place. So this plastic is not ending up in the ocean. Hear about the company’s approach to helping save the planet and what positions they are looking to fill.

“Currently we are pumping anywhere from 11 to 14 million metric tons into the oceans”

Joel Tasche, Founder and CEO of Cleanhub

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The FounderJoel Tasche is the CEO and founder of Cleanhub, a startup that is working to reduce ocean plastic pollution. Tasche has always enjoyed nature, growing up on Lake Constanz and close to the Alps. He is also an avid surfer, which is why he decided to spend a semester in Hawaii during his bachelor’s degree. He pursued his master’s at HTW Dresden but enjoyed his internship so much that he stayed in business, instead of returning to finish his master’s.

While surfing and hiking in Indonesia, Tasche was horrified by the amount of plastic pollution he saw in the ocean. He realized that he needed to do something to preserve beautiful nature and restrain plastic waste. This led him to a one-year research phase, after leaving his corporate job. Eventually, he founded Cleanhub with the goal of reducing ocean plastic pollution. Cleanhub is working on innovative ways to reduce ocean plastic pollution, and Tasche is hopeful that they will be able to make a significant impact.

The StartupOcean pollution has become a major problem in recent years, as the amount of plastic waste that ends up in the ocean continues to increase. According to some estimates, there may be more than 5 trillion pieces of plastic debris floating in the ocean, and this debris is having a devastating impact on marine life. Cleanhub is a green startup that is working to tackle this problem, in partnership with brands. The company was founded by Joel Tasche, who was inspired to take action after seeing the impact of ocean pollution firsthand. While Tasche initially focused his efforts on improving the German waste management system, he quickly realized that this would not make the impact he desired. After receiving a message from a friend in India, Tasche shifted his focus to regions where waste management systems are lacking. Through its partnerships with brands, Cleanhub collects and recycles plastic waste, helping to reduce ocean pollution and protect marine...

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Welcome to the second Episode, brought to you from the European Angel Investment Summit 2022. The European Business Angel Network (EBAN) is an organization that brings together business angels from all over Europe. The aim of the organization is to provide a forum for business angels to share best practices and learn from each other. EBAN also offers training for new business angels who want to get involved in startup investing. The organization held one of its two annual conferences in Brussels recently, bringing together business angel investors from all over the continent. This year's conference was particularly important, as it provided a much-needed opportunity for startup founders to connect with potential investors. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing economic uncertainty, many startups are struggling to secure funding.

The conference offered a unique opportunity for startups to pitch their businesses to a large group of potential investors. The conference was a valuable opportunity for startup founders to meet with potential investors and get their businesses off the ground.

300 seed-stage startups applied to be at this event of which 25 have been chosen. The event took place in Brussels.

We focused on startups from Germany and made short interviews with them on-site. If you want one or more of these startups back for a full interview, let us know in the comments or via email. The event was a great opportunity to network and exchange ideas with other startup founders, business angels, and VC investors from all across Europe.

We also got insights into the early-stage startup scene across the continent and had the chance to listen to some great startup pitches. All in all, it was a very inspiring event that definitely left us wanting more. The next event will take place in Athens, Greece in April 2023. You can apply for the event via the EBAN website: https://www.eban.org/

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00:01:06 Desire Dosch - Guide Care

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00:22:15 Nikolaus D. Bayer - German Business Angel of the Year 2020

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Executive Summary We hear from Meeri, who is the co-founder of INZMO (Insurance on Mobile). She co-founded the Berlin-based insurtech which helps to make simple insurance contracts via an app. The simple approach also made them one of the fastest-growing insurtechs in Europe. In the interview we talk about her journey from a corporate lawyer to an entrepreneur, pivoting and founding INZMO. We also talk about how a simple insurance contract via an app could turn 50 bn € sitting on bank accounts productive again. Tune in to learn more.

“Our mantra is that insurance just has to be there, hidden in other products. You only realize it is there when you need it.”Meeri Savolainen, CEO and Co-Founder INZMO

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“We want to be one of the service providers, … who help you to have a fun, free and flexible live.”Meeri Savolainen, CEO and Co-Founder INZMO

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The Founder Today we’re joined by Meeri, the CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based insurtech startup INZMO. Meeri is a lawyer by training, and she spent several years working in the corporate world before deciding to start her own company. Her co-founders include Risto Klausen a former professional motorcycle road racer and multiple Estonian and Baltic Champion in the Superbike class, which helped inspire the company’s focus on insurance for bikes. They pivoted from only bikes to providing more offers via the app. Since its launch in 2019, INZMO has become one of the leading apps for mobile insurance in Europe, and Meeri has been named one of the top 10 women to watch in insurtech in 2022. We’re excited to hear more about her story and her company’s success. Thanks for joining us, Meeri!

The Startup INZMO was born out of the idea to quickly insure a bike via an app (Bike ID). During product presentations of Bike ID the team got feedback, on why they only offer insurance for a bike via their app.

This was the moment INZMO was born. The team relocated to Berlin from Estonia. The company is by now one of the fastest-growing insurtechs in Europe, with a female founder. This makes INZMO the first insurtech company in Europe that offers property insurance for e-scooters and regular bicycles through an app. The whole insurance process takes just a few minutes and is completed entirely online — from signing the contract to making a claim.

Currently available in Germany, and several other European countries with plans to expand further. And with over 30,000 users already on board, it looks like INZMO is well on its way to becoming the go-to insurance provider for two-wheeled commuters across Europe. They currently offer property insurance including to replace of a rental...

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The European Business Angel Network (EBAN) is an organization that brings together business angels from all over Europe. The aim of the organization is to provide a forum for business angels to share best practices and learn from each other. EBAN also offers training for new business angels who want to get involved in startup investing. The organization held one of its two annual conferences in Brussels recently, bringing together business angel investors from all over the continent. This year’s conference was particularly important, as it provided a much-needed opportunity for startup founders to connect with potential investors. With the COVID-19 pandemic causing economic uncertainty, many startups are struggling to secure funding. The conference offered a unique opportunity for startups to pitch their businesses to a large group of potential investors. EBAN director Jacopo Losso spoke about the importance of business angels in the current climate, saying “business angels are more important than ever in these challenging times.”Losso went on to say that business angels “provide the seed funding that is essential for many startups.” The conference was a valuable opportunity for startup founders to meet with potential investors and get their businesses off the ground.

For this event more than 300 seed-stage startups applied, of which they have chosen 25 for the event. The event we attended took place in Brussels. We focused on startups from Germany and made short interviews with them on-site. If you want one or more of these startups back for a full interview, let us know in the comments or via email. The event was a great opportunity to network and exchange ideas with other startup founders, business angels, and VC investors from all across Europe. We also got insights into the early-stage startup scene across the continent and had the chance to listen to some great startup pitches. All in all, it was a very inspiring event that definitely left us wanting more. The next event will take place in Athens, Greece in April 2023. You can apply for the event via the EBAN website: https://www.eban.org/

This episode also kicks off our hot fall, where we have two episodes each week, until Christmas. We will finish the year with our annual fintech review on December 25th and be back for you on January 19th 2023.

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This Episode 00:00 Introduction00:16 Welcome by Joe01:46 Jacopo Losso — Managing Director of the European Business Angel Network 07:28 Philo Boras — CEO and Co-Founder Aurora Life Sciences 11:36 Nauman Basit — Founder, CEO and CTO of racksnet 16:58 Pascal Schmitt — CEO Voxel Sound 20:35 Stephane Ruiz — European...

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The Network of European Startup Hubs 101 (Podcast) You have it all wrong. Europe is not full of competing startup hubs. They are increasingly forming a network for startups. The startups start at one knot in the network (frequently a university), move on to an accelerator, and end up in one of Europe's top 12 fundraising hubs to raise funds, sometimes becoming a unicorn. On their way, the startups leave traces, like R&D capabilities, sales teams, groups, investors, and so on. So they are not really the product of a city, but a continent with free movement. in our blog post you will find the link to a 115-page report that includes much more data.

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About the Pulse of the European Startup Ecosystem The European startup scene is changing fast. There are new players, old ones fading away, and even more to come in their place- all vying for a piece of this growing pie! In order not to get left behind you need regular updates on what’s going on so that our entrepreneurs can stay one step ahead when building or investing in companies here. That’s why we started the “Pulse of the European Startup Ecosystem” which will provide you with quarterly podcasts chronicling different aspects related to startup activity across European Hubs, supported by the data from the specialized analytics company DEEP Ecosystems.

A Different Understanding of Startup Hubs In the US most startup hubs have to fulfill most of the functions (incubation, acceleration, expansion, fundraising, …). Especially the Silicon Valley and Bay Area had no other option since they are the cradle of today's startup culture. In Europe on the other hand — with its free movement — a network of hubs developed, where hubs fulfill a function in the growth journey of a startup.

We pick today three functions of hubs in the network and show you how startups are moving along the network, staying in cities and — some of their staff — moving on to the next stage. But there are always departments, teams, or research locations left in the former home cities. This leads to real European startups, that are distributed across the continent in different locations, departments, teams, and functions.

The Twelve Hubs Leading Europe in Fundraising 12 Startup Hubs in Europe already reached critical size (raising more than 1 bn € in funding in one year in 2021. They are London, Berlin, Paris, Stockholm, Tel Aviv, Munich, Amsterdam, Barcelona, Madrid, Copenhagen, Dublin, and Helsinki. Coming from only one, London, in 2013. Most founders take the opportunity of free movement across the European Union, so the EU beats the US as a preferred location for European entrepreneurs.

57% of founders prefer Europe over the US. When asked where founders would prefer to start their company if they had a free choice and all the possibilities, still a majority would go for Europe. In no EU area, the US has beaten Europe in 2021.”

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Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022.

Our Highlights: Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding.

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Top News Europe’s Largest Cannabis Funding To Date Europe’s largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco

learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview

Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By Getir Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write:

• “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity
• The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany.
• Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously.
• Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.”

Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt funding to close to €2 billion to meet demand. Grover takes on more debt funding, this time €270 million from London-based M&G

Our Former Guest Nuri (Bitwala) Will be wound down. Despite seeing interest from investors, they could not get one to sign up. So the company will be shut down until the end of the year. The last day one can use a Nuri account is in mid-December. Neobank Vivid makes

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Executive Summary The industrial ai startup Tvarit is focused on optimizing the process of casting metals. This process is abundant for parts in robots, cars, all kinds of machines, and heavy equipment. With their approach they help their clients save up to 18% of their energy bill, increase production quality and lower the wastage of the process. Tvarit has raised almost 3 million in funding since our 2019 interview and is looking for Series A funding. Suhas founded 17 startups prior to Tvarit, with this being startup №18, for which he sees the potential to become a unicorn. We’re excited to see how Tvarit will develop industrial ai further and help factories across the world save money and produce better quality products.

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The Founder Suhas is a serial entrepreneur who has founded 18 startups, including his last one Tvarit in Frankfurt. Tvarit is an industry 4.0 AI startup that Startuprad.io has been following since 2019. Suhas is an engineer by training (ISEP in Paris). Suhas has worked for more than 12 years for Qualcoom and other companies before becoming an entrepreneur. He has been (co)founding industrial companies and startups in Europe and India already in the past, so this is nothing new for him.

In this interview we focus more on the development of Tvarit, for everyone who likes to learn more, we will also link the October 2019 interview in our blog post.

The Startup As industry 4.0 and the industrial internet of things (IIoT) continue to evolve, so too does the potential for artificial intelligence (AI) in manufacturing. Manufacturers are already using AI-powered robots for tasks like welding and fabricating, and the technology is quickly being adopted across the industrial sector. One area where AI is making a big impact is in metal casting. By analyzing data from the casting process, Tvarit can help to optimize production and improve quality control. As a result, factories that adopt AI-powered metal casting solutions are able to produce parts more efficiently and with fewer defects and less energy. Tvarit is one company that is leading the way in this area, and its industrial AI software is helping manufacturers around the world to improve their operations.

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Topics Discussed in this Interview In this interview we are talking about metal casting, metal casting parts, industry 4.0, industrie 4.0, industrial internet of things, ai, artificial intelligence, manufacturing,...

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Executive Summary Berlin-based green startup Trilleco is on a mission to help businesses analyze and manage their environmental impact, with their industrial IoT data platform. The startup's non-code data platform makes it easy for companies to see how they can reduce their carbon footprint and make positive changes for the environment. Female co-founder Miriam Janke is passionate about helping businesses operate in a more sustainable way and contribute to the goal of limiting global warming. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, Trilleco is also working towards a circular economy where resources are reused instead of being thrown away. Through its innovative platform, Trilleco is helping businesses make meaningful progress towards a more sustainable future.

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The Founder Miriam Janke (https://www.linkedin.com/in/miriam-janke/) is an inspiring young female founder who has co-founded green startup trilleco to work on a better future. She is currently with her startup in the Paris TechStars accelerator, where she is working on developing her green business goals. Miriam is a TEDx speaker on environmental protection and has spoken widely about the need for more female entrepreneurs in the green business space. Her work with trilleco is helping to make the world a cleaner and more sustainable place, and she is an inspiration to other young women who are looking to make a difference in the world. We can all learn from Miriam's example and be inspired by her commitment to making a difference.

The Startup Trilleco (https://www.trilleco.com/) is a green startup based in Berlin that has developed a data platform to help industry 4.0 become more sustainable. The platform makes data from the company accessible and makes the environmental impact visible to enable the company to manage it. The company's goal is to help reduce the environmental impact of industrial IoT by making it easier for companies to adopt green practices. Trilleco is one of the first companies to offer a no-code data platform that makes it easy for companies to get started with green practices. The company has ion the EIT Manufacturing program and is currently part of the TechStars Accelerator in Paris.

Trilleco is Hiring They have offices in Finnland, Germany and Spain. They also operate in Austria, Switzerland and Italy. You can learn more about them here: https://www.trilleco.com/careers

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Executive Summary Monite is a Berlin-based embedded finance startup, which is already active in the US, UK, and major European economies, despite being at Seed Stage. With their API partners like B2B neobanks, SaaS companies & marketplaces can embed Invoicing, AP Automation, and more in 3–5 weeks. They are looking for next year for their next funding and start to offer contract management.

We really want to make sure, that anyone who wants to offer workflows with financial documents … can integrate it with us. Ivan Maryasin, CEO & Co-Founder Monite

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The revolution is yet to happen for CFO tools.Ivan Maryasin, CEO & Co-Founder Monite

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Our tool could be build by bigger players in 12–18 months, but we give them an API with which they can start earn revenue in a few weeks.Ivan Maryasin, CEO & Co-Founder Monite

The Founder Our guest is today Ivan Maryasin the CEO and Co-Founder of embedded finance startup Monite. He worked in Moskow, Boston, and the Bay Area, and finally ended up in Berlin in the early team of Penta, as head of growth. He left Penta, when he saw the opportunity for embedded finance tools, especially for CFOs, in order to set up Monite.

The Startup Monite is an embedded finance startup, that enables non-financial companies to add financial functions without holding a license. The tool of Monite helps startups and SMEs automate some of their finance workflows. They enter the market another way, they are not offering their services to the clients directly, but enable the service providers to offer accounting and financial services, e.g. Qonto, and Penta.

They currently offer payables automation and receivables automation. Monite is currently available in the US, UK, and major countries of the EU.

In 2023 they will focus on contract management, to integrate in their functions.

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finance, treasury, embedded finance, treasury function, financial management, startup financial management, integration, saas, api, accounts payables, usa, uk, eu, germany, france, venture capital, hiring, open positions

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Our highlights: Germany is preparing for a potentially rough winter, in many ways. Now Environmental Action Germany (Deutsche Umwelthilfe): Asked Germans not to put up any Christmas lights this season. Startups in GSA keep laying off staff, but also raising significant funds. We have our usually shortened list a bit longer this month, to show that it is not all gloom and doom here. You will also notice that the M&A activity is up, totaling 55 bn US$ in summer 2022 (for all of Europe), and is still going strong.

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Top News Berlin’s Everphone extends Series C to $232M Everphone started with their first fundraising for Series C in December 2021 and now make an additional closing of 32 mn Euros, which totals — according to PitchBook 232 m US$ Series C for their device-as-a-service model

Crypto Boom is slowing European crypto app downloads have almost halved from 2021 amongst the biggest drops are Blockchain.com and unicorn Bitpanda.

Sifted writes “Beleaguered Austrian crypto trading platform Bitpanda saw a 65% decrease in app downloads from 563k in H1 2021 to 197k in H1 2022. In June, the company laid off a third of its employees, admitting that it had hired too fast and needed to cut back expenditure amid the crypto market rout.” VCs keep an eye on their investments and the app downloads are a proxy for growth here for them.

Insolvencies hit household names Yes, they are not startups, but it gives you a great overview of the current environment, also for the startups

• Automotive supplier Dr. Schneider has to file for insolvency with 4000 people employed there
• Shoe retailer Ludwig Görtz is a staple in German shopping streets founded in 1875 with their big stores and 1.800 employees, now they have to file for insolvency
• German toilet paper producer Hakle is a household staple in Germany. Now they have to file for insolvency, due to high costs of raw materials, energy, and transportation
• Traditional Austrian lighting company Kolarz, founded in 1918, has to file for insolvency

Podcast monetization is getting serious with international involvement Lots of mergers in monetizing podcasts, the first Julep from Munich was bought by Libsyn and now London-based Auddy buys Vienna-based Audiomy

More firings :-( Keep in mind here, that most startups are likely not in financial trouble, but they rather try to extend the money they have already raised. The consensus seems to be cutting 15–20% of the workforce for most startups.

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Executive Summary This episode is part of our Subject Matter Expert Interviews. It will be one in a series over time, keeping up with the development of the central banks and their digital currency. This episode is just the start! We talk to Kimmo, a regtech entrepreneur, who formerly worked at the central banks of Finland, Norway, the Bank of England, ECB, and the Fed in New York City. This episode is a starting point for us, from which we will dive deeper, keeping up with the developments on CBDC.

At the Federal Reserve in New York I siumlated attacks on critical infrastructure on the back of the 9/11 attacks.Kimmo Soramäki, Founder and CEO of FNA

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We work with a lof of clients with three letter acronyms. So we decided to name our company financial network analytics, FNA.Kimmo Soramäki, Founder and CEO of FNA

The Expert This episode is part of our Subject Matter Expert Interviews. It will be one in a series over time, keeping up with the development of the central banks and their digital currency. We talk to Kimmo, a regtech entrepreneur, who founded with FNA a company that helps banks, central banks and financial institutions. He has already advisde the central banks of Finland and Norway, been a visiting researcher at the Bank of England and expert at ECB. He also spents a year as research economist at the Fed in New York City. His first software simulated for finish banks the impact of joining the euro zone.

When the financial crisis 2008 came, we realized that we don’t need an outside attack on the symstem to destabilize it. Kimmo Soramäki, Founder and CEO of FNA

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Executive Summary The Global Savings Group (GSG) is not a fintech. They are a hidden champion as Europe’s leading shopping rewards company, founded in 2012. They are offering an alternative to the GAFA channels and are active in 20+ countries under different brands. Amongst their clients are small merchants and well-known global companies.

“We try to offer an alternative to the GAFA [Google, Apple, Facebook, and Amazon] channels, but we don’t do classical advertising”Gerhard Trautmann, CEO and Co-Founder GSG

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The Founder This time Gerhard Trautmann is our guest, the CEO and co-founder of Munich-based Global Savings Group. If you have not heard of them, they are active in 20+ countries under different brand names. He met his co-founders while still working in management consulting, and they decided to make their Powerpoint slides reality.

“Oliver Samwer said he did not like our ideas, but we could be a cool team.”Gerhard Trautmann, CEO and Co-Founder GSG

The Company Global Savings Group (https://www.global-savings-group.com/) is not a fintech company, they are working in the affiliate marketing space. They call themself a lead generation company, including couponing pages. They are active in 20+ countries with multiple websites across Europe. They won the German Deliotte Fast 50 Award.They own several commerce content portals. Some of their largest markets are the UK and France, even though they are headquartered in Munich. The company was started in cooperation with Rocket Internet. Amongst their clients are small merchants and adidas, Just Eat, IKEA, dyson, Lenovo, SAMSUNG, ebay, Nike, H&M, Booking.com, O2, Sephora and Ray Ban.

They are also working with large media companies including Focus, CNN, El Pais, IG.com (Brazil), Le Express (France), Business Insider and One India on deals, discounts and coupons.

“We funded our acquistions as a combination from our profits, loans and exchange of shares”Gerhard Trautmann, CEO and Co-Founder GSG

Venture Capital Funding The company raised in total M 79 US$ in funding since interception in 2012 up to Series D. They did not disclose the amount of their last funding in 2021. Amongst their investors are General Global Capital, TRP Global, HV Capital, Groupe M6, Rocket Internet, DTCP, New Enterprise Associates and Headline.

Open to Talk to Takeover Targets GSG wants to grow organically, but is open to talk to companies that feel like they could add to their journey.

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Executive Summary COMPREDICT is a Darmstadt, Germany-based deep tech startup, offering virtual sensors for cars. They already convinced Michelin and Blackberry to invest, so we thought it would be about time to catch up with the team around Rafael.

Virtual sensors in a car take data from physical sensors and fuse them to generate additional measurements. Rafael Fietzek, MD and Co-Founder COMPREDICT

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A normal car has four physical wheel speed sensors to measure each wheel. With us, you need only two physical sensors and save money.Rafael Fietzek, MD and Co-Founder COMPREDICT

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Our Highlights Startups in GSA did better than expected. We had a few insolvency filings, but also amazing fundraisings like Celonis 1 bn US$ combination of equity and debt funding. Insuftech Wefox raises 400 m. One can already see the signs of a downturn, M&A activity going up, as well as the news about insolvencies or job cuts/ hiring freezes. But — according to a Bikcom survey — 8 out of 10 startups are still hiring. Deal time our recent guest Qonto buys former guest Penta and there was more in a B2B neobank deal week. Even Allianz had to learn, that one can not buy fintech success and there is more news on Wirecard.

We will also bombard you with funding data on Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, as well as global numbers. Keep in mind you can read all our news on our blog https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/this-month-in-german-swiss-and-austrian-gsa-startups-summer-2022-wrap-up-603e2c1939ae

Top News Celonis Secures 1 bn US$ Funding Celonis remains a success story with a 400 million Series D extension and a 600 mn US$ credit facility, at a valuation of nearly 13 bn US$. They are cementing their spot as Germany’s most valuable startup as well as its only decacorn. They do process mining and help to identify unrealized efficiencies. Right now, they’re helping with supply chain issues, for example.

Despite Market Conditions, WeFox Closes 400 m US$ Funding Wefox, the Berlin-based insurtech, closes USD 400 million Series D round at 4.5 bn Dollar valuation

One Former Guest Has to File for Insolvency * German crypto startup Nuri had a streak of bad luck. First, they announce to cut almost 20% of their headcount, then millions of their client’s money is frozen with Celsius and now a blog claimed it all hit during fundraising * Eventually followed by an insolvency filing https://medium.com/startuprad-io/berlin-based-crypto-bank-nuri-formerly-known-as-bitwala-with-500-000-b4953e15dbfa * Berlin-based crypto neoborker Nuri had to file for insolvency. Now the insolvency administrator says there are parties interested in buying the company

Neobrokers Facing Headwinds * Neobrokers close to the edge: No good news from the SEC report on the poster child of all neo-brokers. Unfortunately, there is no report for Germany mentioning e.g. Trade Republic * Robinhood almost imploded during GameStop meme stock chaos — TechCrunch * Bankman-Fried’s FTX Is Seeking a Path to Buy Robinhood — BloombergWhat does this mean for BitPanda, Trade Republic, Scalable Capital, and N26? Do they also need to look for a strategic buyer rather than an IPO?

B2B Neobanks Had a pretty big Deal Week

Qonto Announces Plan to Acquire Penta https://buff.ly/3zwPCI3 as we have predicted two weeks before https://buff.ly/3zxUSeH we have extensive coverage of Penta from the past linked in the article, as well as an interview with Qonto’s head of Germany. Also Kontist was selling itself at a pretty hefty discount https://buff.ly/3c9pmuF

Viability of Quick Delivery Business Model still Questioned

• After only one year: Gorillas is closing shop in Belgium. Efarmz is taking over parts
• Gorillas wants to save itself with advertising from consumers and food giants of the world, the producer of the products they are delivering every day
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Executive Summary Kenjo is Germany’s rising HR Tech star. They are the main competitor of Personio but are more standardized with a larger potential customer base. Despite being very young, they have already customers across Europe and the US. They count amongst their early investors the co-founders of the unicorns Taxfix and Wefox.

"Kenjo is the number one challenger of unicorn Personio"David Padilla, Co-Founder and CEO Kenjo

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“I thought always I was ending up in London, but then Julian Teicke — now the founder and CEO unicorn WeFox — called me up … .”David Padilla, Co-Founder and CEO Kenjo

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Executive Summary BYWAYS is a SaaS tool, which connects warehouses, clients, and logistic companies to order transportation at the time and date needed, like a Calendly for logistics. They already have ASOS, Maersk, and Sennder amongst their clients.

"You can imagine our tool as a kind of a calendar app, where the customer can book transportation for a desired date and time."Alexander Palffy, Co-Founder, and MD of BYWAYS

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Starwars fans may remember that death star was destroyed due to a data leak.Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk

Executive Summary We interview Mirko, CEO of Asvin a cybersecurity startup. During the interview, we touch on data leaks in Star Wars, vulnerabilities in IoT, IoT devices, software, supply chains, and even in space (think cube satellites). ASVIN provides many tools to uncover and fix these vulnerabilities. Mirko is also a cybersecurity podcaster at Hackwerk, which you can also hear on our internet radio station www.startup.radio.

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Botnet operators can take over millions of devices by simply scanning the internet and following up with a brute force attack.Mirko Ross, Founder and CEO ASVIN, Podcaster Hackwerk

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Executive Summary Instigo is a multi-platform marketing tool, based in Vienna. Dror has been a marketing manager, working across multiple platforms. With this experience, he set out to create a platform that allows advertising frictionless, with consistent data across as many platforms as possible. They already made the first steps and convinced the first investors.

Managing marketing platforms across 6–7 platforms is very challenging. … We wanted to create a growth marketing tool for marketeers like us.Dror Hasman, Co-Founder 

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Executive Summary French neobank unicorn Qonto announced their 486 m Euros in Series D funding at 4.4 bn Euro valuation in January 2022, with a global Who-is-Who of investors. 100 m Euros of this record funding will go into their expansion in the German market, competing with Penta, N26, Holvi, or Deutsche Bank’s Fyrst. So we talked to Torben Rabe Qonto’s Country Director for Germany about how they want to compete and reach their goal of 1 million customers by 2025.

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Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in June 2022 by Startuprad.io. My co-host is again Chris from New York. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, and our partner station IBGR.Network.

We recorded this new episode on Monday, June 27th, 2022. Keep in mind, that we will have a summer break and be back for you with another news episode on Labor Day, which is September 5th, 2022. In this episode, we will wrap up July, and August.

As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode in September.

We will also slightly change our publication schedule for this July and August, mostly going to one publication every two weeks. You can keep up to date with our Google Calendar for all publications.

Our highlights: Startups in GSA also shedding headcount, including unicorns that recently raised money. All signs point towards them extending their runway, expecting a recession. Some startups face a challenging fundraising environment, but others like WeFox want to almost double their valuations. Also, Personio and Trade Republic raise additional funds.

In our “stay ahead of the curve” section, we have a lot of articles an entrepreneur should read to prepare for the potential downturn.

German economic minister Habeck is unveiling his new startup strategy, considering even a minimum investment in VC Funds for German insurers and pension funds.

The fast delivery startups seem to hit a wall and even formerly mighty Gorillas now explores strategic options.

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Management Summary Germany has a coalition government in power. The coalition contract of the three governing parties “Koalitionsvertrag” wants to enable the recreational use of cannabis in Germany, during this term. Jakob and Benedikt give us an update on the timeline, expected market size, and how Canasativa wants to get a big share of this market. The brothers also expect the legalization in Germany to have a domino effect in the EU kicking off a round of legalization in other countries.

We expect legalization in Germany to be just the start for legalizing cannabis for recreational use in the European Union.Benedikt Sons Co-Founder and CEO of Cansativa

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We are building the leading retail platform for in Germany, as well as the leading B2B marketplace in cannabis.Benedikt Sons Co-Founder and CEO of Cansativa

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Executive Summary AlphaQ is a new fund of VC funds, headquartered in Berlin. They are not only raising money to invest in VC funds, but they also swap shares in existing VC funds for shares in their Fund of Funds. In our interview Stephan, the founding partner also elaborates on their investment strategy.

"Over the last years venture capital has outperformed most other investment classes, but now we see a correction in valuations." Stephan Heller, Founding Partner AlphaQ

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"The goal of one billion is only the minimum size for us to list. Our earliest listing window is in 2026." Stephan Heller, Founding Partner AlphaQ

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Executive Summary Endosane is a new take on developing drugs. Endosane is a joint venture of a group of researchers (Prof. Leweke and Dr. Rohleder) and the Sanity Group. Their goal is to apply cannabinoid compounds to develop drugs for neurologic and psychiatric applications.

Our background is in neurology and psychiatry … we think this area has not received as much attention in drug development as it deserves.Max Narr, MD ENDOSANE

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The Guest In this interview, our guest ist Max Narr (https://www.linkedin.com/in/max-narr-6a3b2a18a), MD at Berlin-based health care startup Endosane (https://endosane.com/). He is also Chief Investment Officer of Sanity Group (https://sanitygroup.com/), which develops products out of the components of cannabis.

The Startup Endosane (https://endosane.com/) is a joint venture of Sanity Group (https://sanitygroup.com/) and a group of researchers. Max says it is Sanity’s take on developing drugs, partly based on cannabis derivatives. Their drug development is advancing the research of Prof. Leweke and Dr. Rohleder on cannabinoids for medical use.

Sanity Group Endosane has close ties (capital and personal wise) with Sanity Group. You can learn more about Finn Hänsel, the founder of Sanity Group, and his plans for the future in our interview with him here: https://open.spotify.com/episode/1TXps03Uxzb8hv0KvOVIpN?si=b17a5f2f3cbe40a4

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Highlights Startups in Europe raises 28.2 bn US$ in Q1 2022, the 2nd highest quarterly number on record. ⇒ Is this a lagging indicator!

Related:

CB Insights wrote just a few days ago: https://news.crunchbase.com/news/eu-funding-slows-europe-investment-startups-russia-ukraine/

But the seed funnel for startup investments is declining.

Hot sectors are currently

· Fintech

· Deeptech

· Health

· AI & Data

Startups Generated in the first quarter of 2022 more than 50.000 jobs. There are 90% more job openings, with the largest openings currently in fintech, health and biotech.The Exclusive Report

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We want digital debt to be registered, issued, transferred and eventually traded on our infrastructure. Benedikt Schuppli, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FQX

Executive Summary FQX is a Zürich, Switzerland-based fintech with great aspirations. They want to digitize company debt and this digital debt to be registered, issued, transferred, and eventually traded on their infrastructure.

Promissory notes are known around the financial world. These instruments are fairly standardized. So, if you put this on a blockchain, you have an extremely powerful financing tool. Benedikt Schuppli, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FQX

The Founder This time we interview Benedikt Schuppli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedikt-schuppli/), a founder from Switzerland. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of FQX (https://fqx.ch/), a fintech startup from Switzerland offering electronic IOUs. Benedikt is a lawyer by training but took his first job after graduating with a Swiss fintech pioneer named Lykke as Chief Legal Officer. He there realized he wanted to be an entrepreneur and co-founded a smart contract startup called Lexon.

The Startup FQX (https://fqx.ch/) is based in Zürich, Switzerland. Promissory notes, a version of IOUs is a stable of company funding in the German speaking area. Now with digitalization they get the ability to become much more widely used and listed on capital markets globally. A single issuance of promissory notes by one issuer is normally between 50-150 million Euros each. According to a recent statistic Q2 2021 alone saw the issuance of promissory notes worth 2,5 bn Euros in Germany, compared to 3,2 bn Euros in Q2 2020. Right now, they have a premium for not being tradable, but this is about to change with FQX.

Learn more here: We want digital debt to be registered, issued, transferred and eventually traded on our infrastructure. Benedikt Schuppli, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FQX

Executive Summary FQX is a Zürich, Switzerland-based fintech with great aspirations. They want to digitize company debt and this digital debt to be registered, issued, transferred, and eventually traded on their infrastructure.

Promissory notes are known around the financial world. These instruments are fairly standardized. So, if you put this on a blockchain, you have an extremely powerful financing tool. Benedikt Schuppli, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FQX

The Founder This time we interview Benedikt Schuppli (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benedikt-schuppli/), a founder from Switzerland. He is the co-founder and co-CEO of FQX (https://fqx.ch/), a fintech startup from Switzerland offering electronic IOUs. Benedikt is a lawyer by training but took his first job after graduating with a Swiss fintech pioneer named Lykke as Chief Legal Officer. He there realized he wanted to be an entrepreneur and co-founded a smart contract startup called Lexon.

The Startup FQX (https://fqx.ch/) is based in Zürich, Switzerland. Promissory notes, a version of IOUs is a stable of company funding in the German speaking area. Now with digitalization they get the ability to become much more widely used and listed on capital markets globally. A single issuance of promissory notes by one issuer is normally between 50-150 million Euros each. According to a recent statistic Q2 2021 alone saw the issuance of promissory notes worth 2,5 bn Euros in Germany, compared to 3,2 bn Euros in Q2 2020. Right now, they have a premium for not being tradable, but this is about to change with FQX.

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Father’s Day Special Publication We publish this interview — focusing on men’s health — as the second episode today for a very special reason. Today we celebrate Father’s Day in Germany (always on Ascension Day — also a public holiday in Germany).

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We want to help increase men’s life expectancy. … Men are notoriously bad at doing preventative health measures. … This is where we want to be their digital companion. This is the vision we want to get to.Jens Nörthershäuser — Founder and Co-CEO Kranus Health

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The Founder Our guest today is Jens Nörthershäuser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jensnoertershaeuser/), Founder and CEO of Kranus Health. He studied biochemical engineering in Karlsruhe at KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) and UCL in London. He holds an MBA from INSEAD, has been with McKinsey, Amazon and Palantir, as well as an ecommerce founder before starting Kranus Health.

We saw a big care gap. Drugs only solve the symptoms [of erectile dysfunction]. Jens Nörthershäuser — Founder and Co-CEO Kranus Health

The Startup Kranus Health was founded by four co-founders. The company is named after a Celtic god of fertility. Their first product is a digital health app, assisting in the treatment (including drugs and therapy) of erectile dysfunction. The app is available in Germany on prescription, which means they are reimbursed by health insurers.

The current focus of the treatment is that drugs only take care of the symptoms, which still can leave men with a loss of life quality or even depression. This is where they further assist patients.

There are also correlations between drug treatments with cardiovascular follow-up events e.g. heart attacks. Most patients in the past have mostly only received drug treatments and no overall health care (workouts, mental therapies, …). This is where Kranus Health comes in.

Kranus grew by more than 100% in 2021. They have more than 50 employees right now and plan to have more than 100 employees at the end of 2022.

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CareersKranus Edera - The app on prescription that has been proven to help men with erection problems through a holistic…www.kranushealth.com

There is already great stuff happening in femtech, we want to start the same for men’s health. Jens Nörthershäuser — Founder and Co-CEO Kranus Health

Venture Capital Funding The company has already raised more than 2 m US$ in funding. The early backers include Konstantin Mehl, known as the co-founder of foodora and CEO of Kaia Health, as well as Manuel Thurner, co-founder and CTO of Kaia Health. Invested are also A Round Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Venture Basecamp, as well as investor Ralph Müller.

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Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in May 2022 by Startuprad.io — in a news recording with Christian Fahrenbach from New York City and Jörn Menninger, from Frankfurt. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, and our partner IBGR.Network.

We recorded this news episode on Thursday, May 19th, 2022. The next news will go live on June 30th. Keep in mind, that we will have a summer break afterward and be back for you with another news episode on Labor Day September 5th, 2022. In this episode, we will wrap up July, and August.

As always: All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode in June.

We will also slightly change our publication schedule in the summer — as we have done before. For July and August, we will only post a new episode every other week (July 14th, 28th, and August 11th, as well as August 25th). We will be back to normal at the start of September.

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Our Highlights: We can proudly announce unicorn No 29 Taxfix, No 30 Onefootball and on the downside, RaisinDS loses its unicorn valuation. Really bad news for car sharing: BMW and Mercedes pull the plug on their joint venture. Our 2018 guest ProGlove is sold in a 500 m € deal (525 m US$) and Orderbird is sold in a 100 m € deal (105 m US$). Other unicorns are currently on the hunt for new capital and feel the heat of the current funding environment.

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The first version of what is today Excel was coded in 1979. … Google Sheets was invented in 2006. … They were both invented before the age of APIs and SaaS toolsTorben Schulz, Founder and COO of Rows

Executive Summary Torben started the company after stints as a consultant in Germany and Brazil, as well as a Master's in the US. Rows turns spreadsheets into a webpage or a webapp with a few clicks. It takes spreadsheets to the current age, because the two most popular versions are 40+ and 15+ years old at their core.

Every 7th person in the world is a spreadsheet user.Torben Schulz, Founder and COO of Rows

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With Rows we pick on the crown jewel of Microsoft Office. It is the world’s No 1 productivity toolTorben Schulz, Founder and COO of Rows

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I grew up in a family that was the opposite of entrepreneurial.Torben Schulz, Founder and COO of Rows

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Executive Summary Exaloan started out as a rating agency for digital assets. They developed into a global platform to connect crowdlending platforms and institutional investors. They started out with the rating of digital assets. Soon they realized that it makes more sense for them to help investors with the access to lending platforms and building of their portfolio in crowdlending assets using tokenization.

Our mission is to close the global financing gap, which is a staggering 5.2 trillion US$, which means there are more than 100 m SMEs that are lacking financing. Luca Fignani, co-founder and CEO of ExaloanWith our partners we have created a tokenization engine, a digital asset platform, on which we can create a digital token for the loans, we have sourced from crowdlending. This is really a step to the next level. We are joining digital assets with digital lending. Luca Fignani, co-founder and CEO of Exaloan

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The Founder Our guest today is Luca Frignani (https://www.linkedin.com/in/luca-andre-frignani/), the CEO and co-founder of Frankfurt based fintech Exaloan (https://www.exaloan.com/). He is an original Frankfurt boy, with roots in Italy and Czech Republic. Since he is already very international, he spent quite a bit of time studying in France Lille and Nizza. He also spent time in London and Zürich. At one time he also worked as a quant analyst, developing investment strategies.

Development banks are seeing crowdlending platforms are a very important tool.Luca Fignani, co-founder and CEO of Exaloan

The Startup Exaloan (https://www.exaloan.com/) is a Frankfurt-based fintech company. They are a rating agency for digital assets. It is also working with its clients to give them access to international crowdlending platforms and help them to build a portfolio. They are cooperating with platforms in Germany, Vietnam, Singapore, Indonesia, and the Philippines, just to name a few.

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"Klana is all built beautifully around the consumer. … but many merchants also want a B2B checkout and here Klana decided to partner with the leading provider in the space [Billie.io]."Matthias Knecht, Co-Founder Billie.io

The Founder “I was raised in Germany, with a stint at Columbia University before moving to McKinsey. After working for them,” says Matthias (https://de-DE_.linkedincom/in/-matthiasknecht), “I left and started Zencap.” This company was eventually acquired by Funding Circle where he spent only one year of his time there; then on into Billie — together with cofounder Christian.

"Hiring is currently one of our main challenges. Our doors are wide open."Matthias Knecht, Co-Founder Billie.io

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The Startup Billie’s business is disrupting the B2B market by allowing consumers to buy now and pay later. Their investors include Klana — one of Europe’s largest Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) companies for this sector with over 50 million clients across 500+ brands worldwide!The company also integrates seamlessly into Klana’s systems so that all client transactions can be done through Billie's platform while still enjoying advanced features such as payment encryption and loan pre-payment options which not only make financial services more accessible but give buyers peace of mind when making large purchases or taking out short term loans.

Website: https://www.billie.io/

Crunchbase: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/billie-io

Twitter: https://twitter.com/billiegmbh

LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/company/billie.io/

Venture Capital Funding Billie is one of the most successful startups in Germany and they have raised more than 140 m US$ from investors like Creadum, Global Founders Fund (Rocket Internet), Dawn Capital, Speedinvest, Klana, Tencent, and Picus Capital. It sounds like Billie may become soon a unicorn with all these hints being dropped about their future success.

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Welcome to This Month in GSA Startups in April 2022 by Startuprad.io — in a news recording with Christian Fahrenbach ”Chris” from New York City today and me Jörn Menninger “Joe”, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, the blog Fundscene, and our partner IBGR.Network.

We recorded this new episode on Monday, April 25th, 2022. The next news will go live on the 26th of May, the day we celebrate fathers day in Germany. For this reason, we have at this date two publications: the news and an episode on men’s health.

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Our highlights: Despite slightly declining global VC investments GSA still generates Unicorns. This time we welcomed Grover and Choco officially into the league. Swiss Beqom is not confirmed, but also a massive investment. Apple and Porsche are rumored to work together on joint projects. Gorillas is looking for funding again, after raising a billion US$ (850 m Euros) in September 2021. Germany’s second most valuable fintech Mambu had to publish numbers. The corona patron registration app Luca first boomed during the lockdown, then their data protection was questioned, now they pivot to a fintech with the backing of investors including the Wefox founder.

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This time we do not interview an entrepreneur or investor from GSA, but we speak to Daniel. His startup equidam helps to value startups. He shares exclusive data with us on the GSA startups.

"We helped to value more than 130.000 startups."Daniel Faloppa, Founder and CEO equidam

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"A lot of news around is just about the best startups. This gives entrepreneurs the wrong impression on the valuation of what is possible."Daniel Faloppa, Founder and CEO equidam

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"One of the central questions of entrepreneurial finance is how much is my startup worth?"Daniel Faloppa, Founder and CEO equidam

The Founder We hear from Daniel Faloppa (https://www.linkedin.com/in/danielfaloppa/), originally from Italy, but set up equidam (https://www.equidam.com/) in the city of Rotterdam in the Netherlands. This time we talk about startups and their valuation.

Daniel is originally from Italy, but his studies also took him to Glasgow and Rotterdam, where he set up his company.

"Valuating startups is really a dark art."Daniel Faloppa, Founder and CEO equidam

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CO2 is a very clean way to produce biopolymers.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean

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We start with CO2 and at the end of our process … there are polymers that can be used like plastics.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean

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When you have something biodegradable, it will be lasting less than 6 months in the water.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean

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The Founder We interview Fabiana Fantinel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabiana-fantinel-33a24110/), an Italian, who founded her company CO2Bioclean (https://co2bioclean.com/) in Frankfurt. She has a Ph.D. in Chemistry and her Post-Doc at the Max Planck Institute brought her to Germany. She also holds an MBA.

Our process is already patented. … currently, our efforts are in working on the scalabilityFabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean

The Startup The startup CO2Bioclean is a green startup. They use CO2 to turn it into polymers that can be used like plastics but are biodegradable. The startup just received EU funding to start a small-scale plant to improve its patented process and work on its scalability.

Our material will last less than one year in the environment.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean

Venture Capital Funding Received 6.6 mn Euros in total from European Innovation Council (EIC) Accelerator https://www.deutsche-boerse-cash-market.com/dbcm-de/newsroom/fokus-news-list/EU-Accelerator-f-rdert-drei-Bio-konomie-Start-ups-2914060 They will use the funding to start a first production facility to demonstrate the technology at industrial scale.

There will be additional funding round to start the production at an industrial stage, likely starting in 2023.

There is no microplastic from our material lasting for years in the ocean.Fabiana Fantinel, MD and Founder CO2BioClean

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"We want to create a world-class ecosystem for biotechnology."Felix Wälder, Project Coordinator BioTech-Hub Mainz

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We not only focus on the bio part, but we also see the importance of the tech aspect in developing biotechnology products.Felix Wälder, Project Coordinator BioTech-Hub Mainz

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We want some of the next big ideas to be developed in Mainz and enable them to grow in Mainz. Felix Wälder, Project Coordinator BioTech-Hub Mainz

The City The City of Mainz has a very long history, founded by the Romans on the right side of the river Rhine in the 1st century BC. It is the native city of Johannes Gutenberg, the inventor of the movable type printing press. The city is the capital of the German state of Rhineland Palatine and home to several universities, including the research-heavy Johannes Gutenberg University (JGU).

Great brains came to Mainz and gathered around great minds … translating their knowledge in products [the COVID vaccine]Felix Wälder, Project Coordinator BioTech-Hub Mainz

The city is also home to a growing biotech cluster including spinoffs of the JGU, especially BioNTech, known as the brains behind the BioNTech Pfizer corona vaccines. The company is a smashing success, to a degree that this company alone increased the German GDP by 0,5% (https://www.reuters.com/article/us-germany-economy-biontech-idUSKBN2FB15A). Note that Germany has the 4th largest GDP in the world.

This success fills the coffers of the city with money, which in turn they will invest in turning the city into one of the world’s premier biotech and tech hubs.

We want startups and investors to come to Mainz, become successful here, and stay here.Felix Wälder, Project Coordinator BioTech-Hub Mainz

The Guest Our guest today is Felix Wälder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-w%C3%A4lder-b22a63100/), who works for the City of Mainz’s utility holding company ZBM. Felix’s studies also took him to the University of North Carolina Wilmington. ZBM provides many services for the city and also takes the lead for the Biotech-Hub Project (https://www.zbm.mainz.de/biotech-mainz/). Felix is the project coordinator for BioTech-Hub Mainz.

NOTE: We made a little mistake in the name tag, Felix is not an MD for the City of Mainz, but for the ZBM.

We will coordinate within the city and give startups, investors, and interested parties all the answers they need.

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This Month in German Startups — April 2021This story was migrated from our old blog, originally published on April 29th, 2021.

Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io — in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

Today we are wrapping up April 2021 for you. We talk about SPACs, which have been all the rage, but now they get to work. We bring you news about potential SPAC deals with Solarisbank, Infarm, Lilium, and Volocopter. The first three eying a valuation of more than one billion. Also, we have a Gorilla Unicorn.

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Top NewsUnicorn Banking from Berlin via SPAC„Banking as a Service“ specialist, the Berlin-based Solarisbank, is looking for an investment bank to take her public via a SPAC deal. They are looking for a valuation beyond 1 bn € (1.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/2QslqtJ Note that they raised a Series C round in June 2020 with a valuation of 360 mn US$ (300 m €). This is compared to Commerzbank (Germany’s No 2 as listed Banks) with a market cap of 7,81 bn US$ as of April 27th, but they had 47.718 employees globally as of end of 2020, compared with 230+ for Solaris.

Unicorn Farming from Berlin via SPACThe Berlin-based vertical farming startup Infarm hired Goldman Sachs to get them listed in a SPAC deal valuing the company at 1 bn US$. The startup raised 100 mn US$ from investors like Atomico and Skype founder Zennström https://buff.ly/3v4m3IW

Flying SPAC with Volocopter?Air taxi startup Volocopter eyes fresh capital, SPAC an option: CEO https://buff.ly/2QBnHTv

Lilium is Already ThereAviation start-up Lilium to go public through SPAC deal with ex-GM executive, tripling the valuation of the company to 3.3bn US$ https://buff.ly/31RGwnu

About You Surpasses 1 bn in RevenueHamburg, Germany-based online fashion retailer “About You” surpasses 1 bn € revenue (+57%) in FY 2020 https://buff.ly/3tqQUik

Related: Hamburg-based fashion online retailer “About You” stops potential merger with Zalando and prepares for IPO https://buff.ly/2Q5jjM6

German Nest Competitor Tado is Looking for a NASDAQ IPOTado is a German competitor of Google’s Nest. They raised more than 100 mn US$ VC money from investors like Siemens, Amazon, Total, or Eon. Now they are considering an IPO at NASDAQ https://buff.ly/3fZSFPH

Unicorn Gorilla!“Gorillas, the on-demand grocery delivery startup, raises $290M and ‘surpasses’ $1B valuation” https://buff.ly/32UKts6

WirecardWe keep you updated, just a small selection of news here.

Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing.

• Chancellor Merkel had to appear in front of the investigative committee for Wirecard. We did not win any new insights, she only admitted to lobbying for Wirecard in China, but did not know about them cooking their books: https://www.bundestag.de/ausschuesse/untersuchungsausschuesse/3untersuchungsausschuss
• Finch Capital’s Nomu Pay sweeps up Wirecard Apac assets https://buff.ly/2QayaoX

Ecosystem* We already had news that the largest fintechs are raising more money than the others, now we have confirmation that this held true in 2020 for all German startups as well. * Top 100 Tech Startups in Germany raised in 2020 more money than in 2019, despite corona https://buff.ly/3lK4Twy * Blockchain technology: Bundesbank confirms first successful trades of German government bonds with large international banks on blockchain https://buff.ly/31fSE1o * Fintechs in Europe raised 4,4 bn Euro (5.2 bn US$) according to BlackFin Tech https://buff.ly/3dHsg6u

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HubsNote: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news.

Frankfurt* Wingcopter and All Nippon Airways partner to jointly develop drone delivery infrastructure https://buff.ly/32j6BMK
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Düsseldorf* Citigroup and UK-based asset manager Chenavari invest 250 mn € (297 m US$) in Düsseldorf-based finance plattform Auxmoney, for credits directly from the platform https://buff.ly/3mxqvNa

Munich* Munich-based fintech Global Savings Group buys Berlin-based loyalty app Shoop — Munich Startup https://buff.ly/3sRdrUf

Austria* Graz in Austria opens new startup center for 12 m euros, suggestively named Unicorn https://buff.ly/3dOFjTB

Switzerland* Zürich-based Beekeeper acquires Lua to tackle trillion-dollar opportunity in the frontline workforce productivity and collaboration space https://buff.ly/3vWFLHC

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https://medium.com/media/af0cc7ffc49fb21fc24586ea9ef6fb16/hrefCompaniesMore on SPACs* The ticker symbol $RKTAU is the SPAC made by Berlin-based Rocket Internet. They will be traded on NASDAQ. The IPO volume could reach up to 287.5 mn US$ Article: https://buff.ly/3w387QK NASDAQ https://buff.ly/31beymE * Germany-based SPAC Tio Tech A prices $300M IPO https://buff.ly/3211hxa

Not Really Good, but Current Reality in eMobilityThe e-mobility is not yet working in Europe. A retired couple wanted to drive with an ID3 (an all electric VW) from Freiburg (Germany) to Montpellier (France). Normal trip time 7,5 hours. It took them 26 due to problems with apps, charging, and payments — it’s maybe one extreme example, but with its emphasis on a specific problem, it shows a bigger frame for reporting about the future of mobility https://buff.ly/39M6Xzs

Some Fintech News* Berlin-based payment terminal provider Sumup raises 750 m Euros Venture Debt from investors like Bain Capital & Goldman Sachs for further expansion. IPO is at least 3 years down the road and SPAC out of question https://buff.ly/3rkyLRt * AllianzX, the VC arm of German insurance giant Allianz is rumored to have invested 100 mn US$ in the 600 mn US$ investment round with Stripe https://buff.ly/3coBtBj * Adler App — is the robo advisor of Vanguard in Germany. The blog Finance Forward reports BCG helped with building it https://buff.ly/2QM6OoZ * Meet the fast-growing N26 ‘mafia’: the employees turned entrepreneurs | Sifted https://buff.ly/2PCiuul * Wefox brings in Goldman Sachs for funding push | Sifted https://buff.ly/2OTqkzw

Single Company News* Founders of Berlin-based Kolibri games studio leaving the company, after already selling it to Ubisoft in 2020 https://buff.ly/2PsZAWw * Otto, a former catalog retailer, and No2 in German eCommerce increased revenue in 2020 by 30%, mostly driven by online shopping https://buff.ly/31mLQ2e * Mario Götze (yes, the football player) invests in Berlin-based Plusdental — a company producing dental splints. The company wants to become a unicorn https://buff.ly/3sBZFpz * The billionaire twin investors behind BioNTech’s success have set their sight on a new startup “Münchner Leukämielabor” a startup focusing on treating https://buff.ly/3fLISwk * Learn more about them in our blog post:

All Other News* ECB: New digital Euro will be anonymous https://buff.ly/3uR7UOW

Stay ahead of the curve* The a16z Marketplace 100: 2021 — Andreessen Horowitz https://buff.ly/3cW0ti7 * Zoom launches $100M Zoom Apps investment fund — TechCrunch https://buff.ly/3v3bd5R

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Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian (GSA) Startups in March 2022 by Startuprad.io — in a news recording with Chris — not from New York City today and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio and our partner IBGR.Network.

We recorded this new episode on Monday, March 21st, 2022. The recording is one week earlier than usual, due to the travel schedules of Chris and me.

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Our highlights:

We have the 100 most influential women in startup and venture capital in Europe. There are two new unicorns to announce in GSA. Unicorn Personio set up a charity fund and Germany’s largest fintech exit (at approx 1 bn US$) is in the making. We have an exclusive interview with the CEO in charge for almost 40 minutes from July 2021. We try to touch on the Russian invasion in Ukraine as lightly as possible, only when it impacts the GSA startup scene since you get more than enough news about this tragedy on ANY OTHER outlet. Please note that this does not mean we don’t care, but it is not our area of coverage. We are also talking about delivery startups and again Wirecard. Not surprisingly, Wirecard will keep the German courts busy for years to come.

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The Subject Matter Expert Tara is a political analyst from PANALIS. PANALIS is Germany’s and likely also Europe’s No 1 software tool for policy analysis for associations and industry groups. You can find the interview with the two founders dating to April 2019 on our blog post here: www.medium.com/startuprad-io

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First 100 days All governments have 100 days before the press hikes up their scrutiny. Since Mr. Scholz was sworn in on December 8th, 2021 as the 9th chancellor of Germany, the first 100 days will be over on March 18th, 2022. So we took the opportunity to have a look at what is potentially on the cards for

The interview was recorded before the outbreak of hostilities in Ukraine, so there is no mention. We focus on what to expect from the German Government in very broad terms. Note that the current situation, with Ukraine and Corona, may totally derail the coalition contract, which is what we discuss right now. But for now, we can only discuss what we know. So let’s dive in.

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People talk today about the crypto winter, but I went through the time after the Dotcom Bubble burst and there are a lot of similarities here. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor

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A few years ago, I was attracted by the opportunities the blockchain offers. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor

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As a blockchain investor I am currently looking at … 1) Everything that is happening in the DeFi space, especially the new ways of money transfer. 2) The Gaming Sector. It is a market with 3 bn people 3) Metaverse… it maybe a big failure or a big success. There is a fair chance it becomes huge 4) IoT security. For example, a car currently has more than 200 IoT devices. 5) The whole world of financial services, including insurance. Just look at the back offices of asset managers.

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The Investor Wolfgang Männel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wolfgang-maennel/) has been working for 30+ years. He was born and raised in Franconia (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franconia), close to Nürnberg in Germany. Wolfgang started out in sales, started an agency and joined a consultancy (today Capgemini Invent). Surprisingly he had also a stint at a radio station, focused on classical music called Klassik Radio (https://www.klassikradio.de/). Klassik Radio is also the only public listed radio station in Germany. In between he was also an investor with 3i Group, at the time active in venture capital and private equity. He has also been an investor in turn-around cases during the subprime crisis.

If you have seen many crises before, you know how to react. I remember the 1987 Russian crisis, the Dotcom Crash, and more. … It was always followed by a long phase where it as difficult for startups to get any kind of financing. It took years to recover … but the only way after all the crisis was up. The valuations always went up after the recovery Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor

He is the co-founder (senior partner) of Blockchain Founders Group BFG, a company builder and venture capital investor. You can apply here: https://www.f6s.com/ look for block rocket.

We are looking to be the first or second money in, even pre-revenue. Most companies we invest in have an MVP. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor

Further Readings / Additional Resources · 1987 Dissolution of the Soviet Union: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dissolution_of_the_Soviet_Union

· Dot-com bubble https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble

· Sub-Prime Mortgage Crisis https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Subprime_mortgage_crisis

· Here is the personality test 16 personalities: https://www.16personalities.com/

I turned to turn-around investing at the time of the sub-prime crisis. Wolfgang Männel, Blockchain Investor

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The Alps in Spring (by ilyessuti via Pixabay)Hi, as you may have noticed we are currently pretty busy working for our clients. So we decided to do our daily news a bit differently. Instead of sharing them via social media (breaking news are still instantly shared via our Telegram news channel: https://t.co/hVtrS7Crrl and Twitter: https://twitter.com/startuprad_io) we wrap them up here and share the wrap-up with you.

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FintechRevolut finally found a head of growth for Germany. It will be Wiktor Stopa, according to fintech blog Financefwd. He will be located in Berlin and started on March 1st. Before he was head of offline marketing at German insurtech unicorn Clark.de. According to his LinkedIn profile (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wiktorstopa/), he also had a sting at robo advisor LIQUID and spent some time also at Beijing University of Technology https://buff.ly/3tVRENX

“Deutschbankers” are popular with fintechs … well, at least their employees. Former Deutsche Bankers are working for Raisin DS (soon the head of Raisin Bank), CEO Solarisbank, CEO Trade Republic, N26’s head of public affairs, or Penta’s head of growth https://buff.ly/3KQaq09

Wirecard boss Braun is indicted for balance sheet manipulation by German finance oversight BaFin, looking at up to 10 years in prison. It is also fair to assume this will not be the last case brought against him by BaFin or other parties https://buff.ly/3tcNAtC #Wirecard

UkraineThe city of Berlin is overwhelmed by refugees from Ukraine. As one measure to help fast, they are cooperating with Airbnb: https://buff.ly/3MVouay #ukraine #germany #refugees

German cameras normally used to observer traffic on the Autobahns are offline, since they should not be used by Russia to give it hints of troop movements; https://www.wuv.de/tech/wg_ukraine_krieg_deutsche_autobahn_kameras_offline

Female EntrepreneurshipThe European Commission selects the first 50 women-led companies under the new Women TechEU pilot program to support deep-tech startups lead by women: https://buff.ly/3KBIOvw

InvestorsSilivio Berlusconi, yes, the one formerly running Italy, is still around and still buys at 85. He increased with his company his stake in one of Germany’s leading TV broadcasters “Pro Sieben Sat1”, which is also pretty active in startup investing with their VC arm called https://www.sevenventures.de/ (think media for equity): https://www.handelsblatt.com/unternehmen/it-medien/medienkonzern-berlusconi-steigert-anteil-an-pro-sieben-sat-1-auf-mehr-als-25-prozent/ . He now owns more than 25% of the broadcaster, which gives him the option to block decisions.

InvestmentsCologne-based HR startup Talentsconnect raises “mid sized” seven digit financing as mezzanine capital from VC Pride Capital, existing investors also invest “seven digits”: https://www.startbase.de/news/talentsconnect-erhaelt-siebenstellige-finanzierung/

Cologne-based Greentech startup Vytal raises 10 mn Euros, according to an exclusive reporting by Deutsche-Startups. Investors include IP Group from London, Rubio Impact Ventures from Amsterdam, Grazia Equity from Stuttgart and several business angels including Flixbus and Foodora founder Emanuel Pallua as well as Tier’s Lawrence Leuschner https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2022/03/14/dealmonitor-vytal/

Swiss startup Flummox bags over €11 million to scale online brands https://buff.ly/3MR3FNj

Vienna-based femtech startup ProFem raises more than one million Euros in crowdfunding https://buff.ly/3tb0l7M Their current product is in stage 3 clinical trials.

Tesla’s Gigafactory in Gründheide (close to Berlin)The Gigafactory is expected to deliver the first car manufactured there in the next week https://www.wuv.de/tech/erster_tesla_aus_gruenheide_kommt_naechste_woche

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“The main message is that 2021 was an exceptional year. 2021 saw an 150% growth of startup investments in Europe”Thomas Kösters – Managing Director DEEP Ecosystems

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“We detected the uptick in Lisbon early, when we started. We asked ourselves if we are wrong as no one else was talking about Lisbon as a startup hub.”Thomas Kösters – Managing Director DEEP Ecosystems

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“Seed rounds are actually a lagging factor of the success of a startup hub”Thomas Kösters – Managing Director DEEP Ecosystems

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The DEEP Ecosystem DEEP Ecosystem is a company founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs, also the entity behind the https://startupheatmap.eu/. The company is an analytics company focusing on startup hubs in Europe. They are actively tracking more than 100 cities across all of Europe, from Meetups in the respective cities, to the share of female founders and all the accelerators active in the cities and even much more.

The Guest Thomas Kösters (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-k%C3%B6sters-8602a247/)is our guest today, he is the Managing Director. Before he started with the startup heatmap, he was working for companies like Siemens, Microsoft, and EIT Digital.

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Nobody knows what a digital euro will look like. ECB is in the process of exploring the possibility. Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

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China is with its digital Yuan ahead of Europe or the US. The ECB is investigating the possibility, with the aim of having a digital Euro 2025. We will see China launching the digital Yuan this year. That is almost 5 years ahead.Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

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CBDC is a variant how the Euro will run on a modern infrastructure.Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

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The Expert This interview is part of our series with subject matter experts. Our guest today is Philipp Sandner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippsandner/), Professor at Frankfurt School of Management and Finance. There he is head of the Blockchain Center. He is also a member of the fintech advisory council to the German federal government (FinTechRat), Chairman of the International Toke Association, as well as a contributor to Forbes (https://www.forbes.com/sites/philippsandner/). According to one of Germany’s largest newspapers Frankfurt Allgemeine Zeitung (FAZ), Philipp is also one of the 30 most influential economists in the German-speaking area in their ranking for 2018 and 2019. He is also co-founder of the German Blockchain Association.

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The situation of the Federal Reserve in developing a digital central bank Dollar is like the ECB. Both are early in exploring the topic. Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

The Digital Euro Central banks take inspiration from cryptocurrencies and are actively thinking about introducing their own cryptos, called central bank digital currency (CBDC). There are many podcasts out there talking about CBDC, especially US$, but Startuprad.io is headquartered in the city of the Euro, Frankfurt. So, we thought we shed some light on the perspective from Europe. The European Central Bank and the Federal Reserve are both in the first steps of exploring the possibilities and implications of CBDCs for the Euro and the US Dollar. But there is already a growing market in US$ stable coins, where stable coins in Euro have to stomach losses, due to the negative interest rates in the European Monetary Union (EMU). Tune in to learn more...

The difference in the US is that there is already a working alternative, the US$ stable coins. Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

Further Readings / Additional Resources * Here is the link to the blockchain master program of Frankfurt School https://www.frankfurt-school.de/home/programmes/master/blockchain-digital-assets * The central bank digital currency tracker of the Atlantic Council: https://www.atlanticcouncil.org/cbdctracker/ * CBDC definition https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/central-bank-digital-currency-cbdc.asp * Definition legal tender https://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/legal-tender.asp * Swift https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/SWIFT * Bhutan https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bhutan * Stable coin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stablecoin * Tether coins https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tether_(cryptocurrency) * Lender of last resort https://www.ecb.europa.eu/ecb/educational/explainers/tell-me-more/html/what-is-a-lender-of-last-resort.en.html * Money multiplier https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_multiplier * Money Supply M1, M2, M3 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Money_supply * Interest rates https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/interestrate.asp

DEFI is dominated by US$ since many people active in crypto calculate their net worth in US$. Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

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"We buy the on-site data from a good auditor and re-sell the data to other customers of this supplier."David Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder Qualifyze

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"I approached the company for an investment, and they sent me the chief of staff to vet the company. Over a few beers he decided to join me as co-founder, but the company never invested."David Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder Qualifyze

The Founder This time our guest is David Schneider (https://www.linkedin.com/in/%F0%9F%87%BA%F0%9F%87%A6dr-david-schneider-1100a066/), Founder and CEO of Frankfurt-based Qualifyze (https://www.qualifyze.com/), a startup that helps in the chemical and pharma industry with audits. David did see a lot of places while studying in the Netherlands (Maastricht, Rotterdam), National University of Singapore and Università Bocconi in Italy. He was also and intern with JP Morgan in investment banking in London, Rothschild in Frankfurt, or BASF in Ludwigshafen. Before starting his own company, he was working as a consultant for more than 3 years. He tried to attract investment from a steel trading company, and he convinced the person the company sent to become his co-founder.

The Startup Qualifyze (https://www.qualifyze.com/) started out as a marketplace for commodity chemical products, called ChemSquare in 2017. They soon realized that in the chemical and pharma industry the required suppliers’ audits are a big hassle and they pivoted to help their clients with digitizing them. These audits are essential for supply chains in the chemical and pharma industry, where faulty ingredients can lead to deaths or damage to equipment or nature.

"We decided to get the supplier qualification on our platform to make the chemical platform work and it turned into a new business model." David Schneider, CEO and Co-Founder Qualifyze

Venture Capital Funding They raised a Series A funding round, led by HV Capital of 14 mn US$, which was disclosed in November 2021.

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Welcome to This Month in GSA Startups - meaning Germany, Austria and Switzerland, for February 2022 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio, our partner station IBGR.Network and the Fundscene blog.

We recorded this new episode on Tuesday, February 22nd, 2022. Today we bring you everything from a new Switzerland-based unicorn to a new take on quick delivery - pardon the pun.

We start out with mega-deal in Gaming: ESL Gaming is sold for 1bn US$, Munich-based Fintechsystems is sold for 120 mn € and Aachen-based Next Ego may accomplish THE turnaround of the whole year, coming out of insolvency, they are looking to list via SPAC, valued at 1.5 bn €. Switzerland has a new unicorn, congratulations to Scandit, Gorillas wants to buy a french competitor and is thinking about a SPAC deal. Also, we have a large update on neobanks in Germany, and they are not all doing well.

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congerdesign via PixabayVicampo Group is based in Mainz, which is part of Rheinhessen, Germany’s largest wine area. It is, therefore, no surprise that they are selling the fine wine and sekt (German version of Champagne) there.

In August 2021 Vicampo Group announced its sale to Viva Wine Group AB. Now Viva Wine went public in December 2021 on NASDAQ. The German eCommerce blog Exciting Commerce brought to our attention that they had to disclose the purchase price of 1,314.6 SEK, which equals approximately 125 mn Euros (~140 mn US$) in their IPO prospectus (Link opens prospectus as PDF).

They write:

“On 3 August 2021, Viva Wine Group AB acquired 100% of the shares and votes in the German company Vicampo.de GmbH. The company is an e-commence actor and operates two online shopping platforms — Vicampo and Weinfürst — with sales in Germany, Switzerland, Austria, the Netherlands and France. Both of these platforms target the lower price segment and thus complement Viva Wine Group’s existing business, which is targeted at a higher price segment. This acquisition also provides Viva Wine Group with a leading market position in Germany. The company expects positive synergy effects by coordinating the operation of these companies and the platforms. Vicampo.de GmbH has total assets of SEK 374.3 million. The purchase consideration amounted to SEK 1,314.6 million and was paid in cash.„

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When I started in crypto, I had to manage so many wallets and platforms, that I could not imagine how complicated it would be for an institutional investor. We started FINOA to help with that.

Henrik Gebbing, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FINOA

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We want to be the No 1 crypto custodian for institutional investors in Europe. Henrik Gebbing, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FINOA

The Founder In this interview we speak to Henrik Gebbing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/henrik-gebbing-finoa/), the Co-CEO and Co-Founder of Finoa, a Berlin-based crypto fintech, which is already one of the hidden champions. They are a global top 5 crypto custodian for institutional investors. Henrik attended Golden Gate University in San Francisco as a Fulbright Scholar and got his MBA at IE Business School in Madrid. He later worked as a consultant with McKinsey, but after 4 years jumped ship to start Finoa. He developed the idea, that would later become Finoa with his roommate (and now co-founder) on the kitchen table in Madrid while studying for his MBA.

Globally we want to maintain one of the top 5 spots for crypto custody. Henrik Gebbing, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FINOA

The Startup The co-founders started Finoa (https://www.finoa.io/) in Berlin. Their driving idea was – and still is – to support institutional investors to go into crypto. They also support wealthy individuals, who hold substantial amounts of crypto assets of more than 100.000US$. Finoa is a custodian, meaning they keep - on behalf of their clients - their crypto assets save. At the time of the interview, they have around 400 customers. Their clients include the crypto holdings of Rocket Internet, T-Systems, US-based VCs, and hedge funds.

In April 2021 they announced a 22 mn US$ Series A funding, which is sizeable for Germany, as well as for crypto at the time.

We hold assets for entities in Asia and Silicon Valley, but our focus market is the European Union. Henrik Gebbing, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FINOA

Venture Capital Funding FINOA announced their Series A funding of 22 mn US$ in April 2021(LINK). FINOA is open to discussions with investors, but they are not actively looking for new investors.

Fintech is fast, but crypto is warp-speed. Henrik Gebbing, Co-Founder and Co-CEO of FINOA

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A Joint Audio-Only Podcast This is the first joint radio program and podcast of IBGR and the Startuprad.io podcast with its radio program Startup.Radio. You may know that IBGR and Startup.Radio is a syndication partner, almost from the start of Startup.Radio. I, therefore, welcome William Eastman, founder of the IBGR Network, everybody calls Bill.

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What we have learned Today we bring you insights from Atomico’s State of European Tech 2021 - an annual survey of startups all over Europe taking place annually since 2015. This survey may be the most comprehensive, repeated overview of the European startup and tech scene. This survey is a joint endeavor by Atomico, a London-based VC and PE fund, as well as the annual Slush tech festival in Helsinki, Finland. And, guys, you know a tech festival has to be good, if it can lure people to the freezing cold Helsinki in December. They also add data from providers like S&P and Dealroom in the mix. Startuprad.io had Dealrooms Founder in an interview btw.

This is just a start This is just a starting point for you to discover the whole report on your own. It spans more than 350 pages, so we can not give you all the information here. The bottom line is … I would say: The whole continental ecosystem all over Europe has been lacking behind the US and China for quite some time. It looks like they have started to catch up in a big way, despite corona. We see this in increases in the number of investors, startups, fundings (number and size), and the increase in the uni/decacorn herds. The authors see a potential for the whole ecosystem that is now worth 3 Trillion US$ to be worth 24 Trillion US$ in 2030.

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We focus on everything, besides the large solar parks, which is actually 99% of the overall market.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

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The inefficiencies of small solar installations … kind of smacked me in the face.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

The Founder

We talk to Johannes Burgard (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannesburgard/), CEO and Founder of Berlin-based SaaS startup SOLYTIC (https://www.solytic.com/). Johannes started out with studying engineering, with stints in Chile and London. After graduation he worked at Airbus, did an MBA and then started out with his entrepreneurial journey. Johannes had his first contact with solar cells during his graduate studies, which really did not let him go afterwards. He worked in a large corporate in project efficiency, which made him aware of all the inefficiencies in small solar installations. To help the small solar owner he decided to found SOLYTIC.

We analyze the performance and efficiency of small solar installations with our analytics software.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

The Startup

SOLYTIC (https://www.solytic.com/) is a software-only company. They provide analytics services to small PV installation owners as Software as a Service, to improve effiency. The company merged early on with another solar software company, which lead to five founders in total.

Solytic focuses on decentralized solar installations (everything except large solar parks).

We want to provide an end-to-end solution. We offer a marketplace with suppliers connected to the analytics software.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

Venture Capital Funding

Solytic has already raised 6,5 mn Euros Venture Capital. They closed their first round in December 2017. They closed their Series A funding in February 2020. At the time of the interview Solytic is fundraising and they intend to close the round at the end of Q1 2022.

We work B2B. We don’t approach customers directly, but we are working with the service providers of the small installation owners.Johannes Burgard, Founder and CEO of SOLYTIC

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This Month in German Startups - January 2022

Happy New Year guys! Welcome to This Month in German Startups in January 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. This recording is sponsored by Invest-in-Hessen and Startupraven.com. It is in radio syndication with our very own station www.startup.radio and our partner IBGR.Network.

We recorded this new episode on Monday, January 24th, 2022. All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode. There will also be a special episode on Atomico’s State of European Tech 2021 together with Bill, the founder of the IBGR Network, as an audio-only podcast.

This is a new year with 365 blank new pages, so let's write the best story possible.

Our highlights: The last year was amazing for the German startup scene, there are now officially 25 unicorns and we feel that there will be more. 60 mn for sunfire from the federal government, Go Student’s tutors and students start to critique the company, Tado is looking to IPO via a SPAC. Also Cherry Ventures had been good in snatching up stakes in unicorns early. Now Cherry raises their 4th fund.

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"We try to do for books, what Spotify is doing for music and Netflix is doing for movies: A personalized recommendation." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

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"There are over 70.000 newly released books in Germany alone each year. How can you find the next book to read?" Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

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"There were years in my life – around the Harry Potter time – I read a lot of books. I stopped because I could not find more books to read." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

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"We assume there are more than one million reviews for Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone (Book 1) alone." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

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This interview is in association with CONTENTshift, the accelerator program of the Association of the German Book Publishers & Booksellers. You can learn more here https://www.contentshift.de/. The winners are announced during the Frankfurt Book Fair each year https://www.buchmesse.de/en. The accelerator program aims to push the boundaries of publishing.

The next application phase is just around the corner. Have a look: https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/two-startups-share-first-prize-at-contentshift-2021-congratulations-to-bottalk-and-read-o

"We tried to find out, why do you read? … You want to feel emotions. … So, we want to find out which emotions are stimulated by which books. That is why we came up with an emotional profile." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

The FounderWe interview Ben Kohz COO (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ben-kohz-547024137/) and Co-Founder of READ-O (https://read-o.com/), one of the two winners of the 2021 CONTENTshift accelerator program. Ben studied political sciences but ended up in the food industry after graduation. He started to put up vending machines for farm produce in Munich.

"We are currently working in German, but our AI can analyze more languages." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

The StartupThe startup READ-O (https://read-o.com/) is an app, that allows you to discover new books, based on administration. The app does this by applying AI. The AI of READ-O deduces an emotional profile of a book from the reviews on the internet. With their technology, they can establish a profile with even 10 reviews.

"Each review for us has the same value, from a normal person or the New York Times." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

Venture Capital FundingREAD-O is currently raising close to 1 mn US$ in new funding. Half is already committed. They want to finish fundraising end of March.

"Our AI analyzes the reviews and the contained emotions." Ben Kohz, COO and Co-Founder READ-O

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"If you can order a pizza with an AI bot, … you should also be able to order the analysis of a company with an AI bot."Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai

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"The first skill was actually “AskBrian, tell me a joke”"Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai

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This is the first interview in our series with the KI Bundesverband (https://ki-verband.de/en/), Germany’s association for artificial intelligence. The association has 350 members consisting of startups, experts, and corporates. KI Bundesverband is therefore one of Germany’s largest associations dedicated to AI, with members from AgTech, Fintech, BioTech, Cybersecurity, Manufacturing, Logistics, and many more fields of business. In the interview series, we will have members of the association giving you a glimpse in what is going on in AI in Germany.

The Founder

Our interview guest this week is Pavol (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pavol-sikula/), CEO and Founder of AskBrian (https://www.askbrian.ai/) a virtual AI assistant for professionals. The idea of AskBrian stems from Pavol’s background in management consulting, where he spent more than a decade with Roland Berger and Stern Steward & Co, in restructuring. In his spare time, Pavol is also a kid’s soccer coach.

"All of our data is securely hosted, GDPR compliant, in Germany."Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai

The Startup

AskBrian is the AI assistant for busy professionals like management consultants or investment bankers. It helps by automating everyday tasks like listed and private company profiles, translations in multiple languages, making PowerPoint more attractive, and converting documents e.g. PDFs and Pictures to the format of your choice e.g. Word.

• https://www.linkedin.com/company/askbrian-gmbh/
• https://www.askbrian.ai/
• https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/askbrian/

Venture Capital Funding

AskBrian closed already two funding rounds, for undisclosed amounts. They intend to raise another funding round in Q1 2022.

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“For banks the pandemic meant that they had to digest 10 years of digitalization in only two years.” Paolo Sironi - Thought Leader and Author

Hello and welcome everyone to our 2021 Fintech Review for the German Speaking Area - Germany, Austria, and Switzerland, also called GSA. This is an annual tradition started in 2014, first in German, now in English. You can find the older reviews in the blog post below:

“Crypto is coming, no question. The metaverse is coming and exciting for me is the question how we will pay in the metaverse” Oliver Oster - CMO and Founder OptioPay

“What struck me the most in 2020 is Crypto. It is sooo much more popular today than one or two years ago” Janis Dust - CMO and Co-Founder Epap

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“As people are going from in-person to remote a lot of [banking] processes have to be updated. It is basically a huge accelerator for the whole banking industry.” Frank Schwab - Co-Founder Fintech Forum

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“[Venture] Capital becomes more concentrated. It will get harder for the new kids on the block” Frank Schwab - Co-Founder Fintech Forum

Our Guests Today I welcome our guests:

• Janis Dust - A young fintech entrepreneur, co-founder and CMO of epap (https://de.linkedin.com/in/jannisdust)
• Paolo Sironi - A fintech entrepreneur, turned global research leader in banking and financial markets as well as a book author (Website: https://www.thepsironi.com/, https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepsironi/)
  • You can buy his newest book here: https://amzn.to/30MLgOy
• Frank Schwab - Co-founder of Fintech Forum (http://fintechforum.de/) and multiple board member (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankschwab/)
• Oliver Oster - Fintech entrepreneur, founding partner AQVC, founder and COO OptioPay (https://www.linkedin.com/in/oliver-oster-37611063/)

“10 years ago adding the valuation and market capitalization of the global top 500 banks and fintech unicorns plus the payment providers: 10 years ago banks represented 97% of that value, today they are down to almost 70%.” Paolo Sironi - Thought Leader and Author

This time I ask our guests 4 questions on the current state of fintech, their outlook and drivers for the future.

The questions are:

1) What is the strongest impact of corona on the financial and fintech world, immediately and in the future?

2) What is the most important development you have seen in total in 2021 for fintechs?

3) What do you see in 2022 for the fintech scene in GSA?

4) What field of fintech do you see becoming more important in 2022? Is it already the year of the green fintech?

Wishing you happy holidays from Frankfurt! We will be back on January 13th with an interview. Enjoy your time with family and friends and stay safe!

“The most obvious impact [of corona] for me was, that here in Berlin people have stopped paying cash and now pay by card or digital [cell phone or wrist watch]” Oliver Oster - CMO and Founder OptioPay

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“Some neobanks retreated with their business from abroad. They understood that volume is not enough for a great value offer” Paolo Sironi - Thought Leader and Author

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Chris and Joe wrap up the startup year HoHoHo Welcome to This Month in German Startups in December 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

We recorded this new episode on Monday, December 20th. All news not included here will be published in our next news episode. There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. Happy Holidays!

We are not there yet, so let's get started:

Today we bring you another new unicorn, a monster funding of 266 mn US$ at Mambu, Volocopter calls off its SPAC IPO and gets a backlash from its early crowd investors, also Jokr is now the 3rd quick delivery unicorn - in record time - and we have an update on Sono Motors. We also take a look at the State of European Tech survey by Atomico and several news pieces on the German Venture Capital Market, as well as VC in general.

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We learned in our projects that charging electric cars is challenging for B2B and B2C customers Simon Vogt, Co-Founder and CSO &Charge

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Charging can still be challenging for the EV driver. Simon Vogt, Co-Founder and CSO &Charge

The Founder Simon Vogt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simon-vogt-a9a07931/), Co-Founder and Chief Sales Officer of Frankfurt-based startup &Charge is our guest today. They just raised seed funding to help online shoppers offset their climate impact and reward them with points e.g., for charging electric cars or using e-scooters.

Simon has collected already some experience in mobility. He worked in emobility projects of BMW, been with Porsche Consulting and finally been the coordinator for e-services for Porsche’s model Taycan.

Charging is more than refueling. You have time. Simon Vogt, Co-Founder and CSO &Charge

The Startup The founding team realized that charging is different from refueling, so the team behind &Charge (https://and-charge.com/#/) realized that the charging EV owner has time on his or her hands. So, &Charge started connecting charging with eCommerce, so an online buyer gets rewards points for recharging their EV or using an e-scooter or similar stuff. Currently, they are covering 95% of the German eCommerce market with partnerships.

We help our customers to decrease the price of re-charging and the total costs of ownership. Simon Vogt, Co-Founder and CSO &Charge

Venture Capital Funding They just raised a seven-digit seed round (https://buff.ly/3oW9C1m) but will surely look soon at a Series A funding round. Amongst their investors are the corporate venture capital arm of energy company Helen, called Helen Ventures and Porsche Ventures.

I could be considered a pioneer or dinosaur of emobility, I stared with it 10 years ago. Simon Vogt, Co-Founder and CSO &Charge

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Interview with Frankfurt-based analytics startup Cogia

“To accelerate our growth, we need to buy companies” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia

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“My goal is 10 mn Euros revenue. To reach this we need to keep buying [companies]” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia

The Founder Pascal Lauria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascallauria/) has a very diverse background, raised in the Rhine-Main-Area his studies took him to Canada. He later worked in Taiwan, Silicon Alley (New York’s startup hub) and in Silicon Valley. He took his experience to go back to Frankfurt and set up Cogia there (https://www.cogia.de/?locale=en_us).

“Acquisitions are not always successful. We are very aware of that. We are working on it. For example, in our last acquisitions, we did not lose even one employee.” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia

The Startup Cogia Intelligence (https://www.cogia.de/?locale=en_us) is a big data, ai startup. It provides in its current setup innovative products and solutions in the areas of web and social media monitoring, market research, and open-source intelligence. The company Cogia GmbH is the startup, the company Cogia AG is the listed entity. Pascal started Cogia in 2010 but listed Cogia AG only in 2021 in Düsseldorf. Then the two entities merged and so Cogia GmbH got listed. You can learn more about the listed entity here: https://cogia.ag/de/investor-relations/

“With the access to capital markets I want to do one to two acquisitions per year.” Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia

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Driverama is the German startup of one of Europe’s largest used car dealers AAA Auto

We are looking at the whole western European used car market Stan Galik, Chairman of the board Driverama

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The used car market in Europe is quite fragmented. There are more than 50.000 dealers, buying and selling used cars. Stan Galik, Chairman of the board Driverama

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We are obsessed with transparency … the most trustworthy player will win. Stan Galik, Chairman of the board Driverama

The Founder Stan Galik (https://www.linkedin.com/in/stanislav-galik-555b2219/) is today our guest. He has been focusing his studies on organizational behavior. He held several corporate positions before he started with Driverama. Driverama is the German startup of one of Europe’s largest used car dealers AAA Auto (https://www.aaaauto.cz/), entering the German market and competing with companies like Auto1. This is why we bring you this interview, looking at the increasing competition in the market.

When you sell us a car, we are checking in all regions and European markets and offer you the best price. We also already know where we will sell it. Stan Galik, Chairman of the board Driverama

The Startup Driverama (https://www.driverama.de/) is buying up used cars in Germany, trying to utilize the European network and market data of its AAA Auto network. They are trying to offer the car seller the best price available in Europe and therefore competing head-to-head with large startups (Auto1 / Auto Hero, Heycar (VW), ….), existing platforms (Autoscout24, mobile.de, …) and local dealers. The market is currently really hot and we take a peak into it.

Driverama is a data-driven e-commerce platform for buying and selling used cars with the physical infrastructure of micro-branches that serve as car buying inspection points as well as pickup points for customers purchasing cars online. We aim to become the first truly pan-European cross-border eCommerce seller with international delivery.

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The Survey Hey guys, this is Joe from Startuprad.io. Today we bring you an audio-only episode. We know this is uncommon, but there is a special occasion for this. The most comprehensive startup survey in Germany was published, so we wanted to bring you some highlights. This extensive survey is conducted by the German Startup Association in cooperation with partners annually since 2013.

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For the busy professional on the go: Chris and Joe cover the most important news Welcome to This Month in German Startups in November 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

We recorded this new episode on Friday, November 19th. All news not included here will be published in our December News (to be published on December 23rd). There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. We are not there yet, so let's get started:

Today we have escooter Tier’s newest funding and acquisition, N26 pulling the plug on their US operations already in January 2022, and the amazing IPO of Sono Motors on NASDAQ. There are also new unicorns, we proudly present Frankfurt’s first unicorn, the insurtech Clark.de. Also, Razor Group (an Amazon shop buyer) becomes a unicorn with a 125 mn US$ fundraising. In November, there is no unicorn tracker. We will keep our eyes open and maybe the next news will have a unicorn tracker companion.

Happy Thanksgiving to our US audience!

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The founder of Fastbill talks about his learnings The Enabler This interview was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany

We started serveral early SaaS Platforms and Fastbill was one of them. We just solved our problems at the time. René Maudrich, MD Germany FreshBooks

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We have been one of the SaaS pioneers here in Germany. René Maudrich, MD Germany FreshBooks

The Founder In this interview, we talk to one of the most experienced fintech founders in the greater Frankfurt area. René Maudrich (https://www.linkedin.com/in/renemaudrich/) is the CEO and founder of Frankfurt-based accounting and invoicing fintech Fastbill. They have been bought by Toronto, Canada-based, fintech unicorn Freshbooks (https://www.freshbooks.com/). He now holds the position of managing director of FreshBooks Germany.

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We became a top 3 provider in GSA (Germany, Switzerland and Austria), but we also have clients in 13 other countries. René Maudrich, MD Germany FreshBooks

The Startup Fastbill (https://www.fastbill.com/) was one of the early fintech startups, that have been around, before fintech was a thing. They help small companies and freelancers with their invoicing and accounting. They are a top 3 provider for this kind of software in Germany. You can learn more about them here:

Also, Mario (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahachemer/), the CTO of Fastbill has been a frequent guest. Mario is also part of the frequent crew of our annual fintech review. You can learn more about the company, him, and René in our interviews linked below.

We bootstrapped for six years before we took VC money. That was a bit too late. I would recommend it later. René Maudrich, MD Germany FreshBooks

The Exit FreshBooks already knew Fastbill from events. FreshBooks was interested in purchasing a stake in Fastbill with their next investment round. During the conversation, they decided on an outright takeover. FreshBooks now owns all equity in Fastbill and the core team with René, Mario and Benjamin stay on board. All former Fastbill shareholders are now FreshBooks shareholders.

The Fastbill team is not permitted to speak about the transaction price. We can make estimates about the price range:

In 2019 they had approx. 2.5 mn Euros revenue (according to estimates in several databases). Assuming a growth to 3 or even 5 mn Euros annualized revenue in 2021 one can estimate the range of the transaction volume with normal multiples from 45 mn Euros at the low end to 110 mn € at the higher end, adding an “earn-out clause” of approx. 10% over the next few years.

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We listen to Jörg, the co-founder of TIS - the world's leading B2B outbound payment platform on his advice for new founders Meet TIS the world’s leading SaaS-B2B outbound payment platform

The problems we are solving for our clients now are the problems I had in my former corporate job. Jörg Wiemer, Co-Founder and CSO at TIS

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Our goal is for the topline 3x in the last three years. Jörg Wiemer, Co-Founder and CSO at TIS

The Founder In this interview, we talk to Jörg Wiemer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/joerg-wiemer/) the co-founder, former CEO and current CSO (Chief Strategy Officer) of the grown-up tech company TIS (https://www.tis.biz/). Jörg had already an extensive corporate background with stops at Deutsche Bank and Douglas Holding (a beauty retailer). Was Senior Vice President and Head of Global Treasury at SAP, where he saw an opportunity and took a leap into entrepreneurship. In 2010 he co-founded TIS.

Joe always wanted to interview them, because they have been an important early success story that made startups sexy again. Also, any current or aspiring entrepreneur can learn a lot from Jörg in the interview.

Jörg has a lot of good advice from his early times starting TIS. You will find it in the last 1/3rd of the interview.

For us … getting venture capital early was a good decision. Jörg Wiemer, Co-Founder and CSO at TIS

You don’t want to optimize your shareholdings in the company, you want to maximize your chances of success. Jörg Wiemer, Co-Founder and CSO at TIS

The Tech Company TIS has been part of FT 100 Europe’s fastest-growing companies in 2019, 2020, and 2021.

TIS stands for Treasury Intelligence Solutions (https://www.tis.biz/) and is headquartered in Walldorf. Yes, the Walldorf is also home to SAP. The company has routes within SAP but is by now an independent grown tech company with more than 200 employees worldwide and a strong presence in Europe and North America. Startuprad.io always aims to bring you interesting founder stories, so it was about time to bring you the founder of a successful tech company.

Founders first have to do the hard work and then hire someone. Jörg Wiemer, Co-Founder and CSO at TIS

The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email

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The startup from Kaiserslautern offers a software for the quality control of computer chips

Our software can assure, that the chip design you approve for production is correct. … we can guarantee that there are no bucks. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA

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The faster you can get the chips in production, the higher are your profit margins. The first company takes almost all of the profits in this industry. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA

A Brief Introduction to K-Town This time we talk for the first time to a startup and a founder, based in Kaiserslautern (to the GI’s stationed close by known as K-Town). The city is locally also known as “Lautern.” This is a city in the German state of Rheinland-Pfalz, approx. 1,5 hours away from Frankfurt. They are known for their rich history, dating back to the 12th century, and their great Technical University. The Technical University of Kaiserslautern is home to two Fraunhofer Institutes and the Max Planck Institute for Software Systems. They are also home to one of the locations of the German Research Center for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), one of the world's largest nonprofit contract research institutes for software technology based on artificial intelligence, which shareholders include Google, Microsoft, SAP, and Daimler.

I found a colleague, working on a new method of hardware design. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA

The Founder We interview the founder Tobias Ludwig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tobias-ludwig-5b1274a0/), CEO and founder of LUBIS EDA (http://lubis-eda.com,https://www.linkedin.com/company/lubis-eda/). Tobias has developed software since he was 14, starting out writing websites. Ever since he was working, developing software, and studying. He also spent one year at Michigan State University on an exchange program. The company is an early-stage startup, providing software for the semiconductor industry, likely a game-changer for the industry.

If you have a problem with the design of your chips is faulty, you may only find out after you started production. Than you have to trash all the newly produced faulty chips Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA

The Startup The software of LUBIS EDA helps semiconductor producers to accelerate their production of new (http://lubis-eda.com,https://www.linkedin.com/company/lubis-eda/). In the chip industry, the first company to offer a new chip gets almost all the profits. Therefore, it is very important for semiconductor producers to be fast. The software of LUBIS EDA helps you to save up to 2 months in your development and assures your chip design is fault-free. With LUBIS EDA there is no need for starting over the chip development shortly before the production is about to start, since an error was discovered.

Conservative time savings estimate with our tool is 10%, which can go up to 20%. This may add up to two months in time savings. Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA

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We track the unicorn creation and existing unicorns Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).

Guys, it is October, it is getting colder outside and cozier inside, so we bring you another “Doppelpack”of our news recording! We bring you another bonus news episode as part of our news coverage of the German startup scene. We recorded this episode on October 25th, 2021, wrapping up October. This is a Bonus Episode following our special coverage of the unprecedented creation of unicorn startups in the German speaking startup scene!

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News Wrap-up for Germany, Austria and Switzerland This Month in German Startups - October 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups in October 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

We recorded this new episode on October 25th. Note that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode in order to keep the news brief.

Today we have to announce that N26 reclaimed the title of Germany’s most valuable fintech (but not startup, that is still Celonis), Sono Motors is filing for an IPO in the US - ahead of even delivering their first car -, corona is leaving the first traces in the startup scene, less startups, but more funding for the surviving ones.

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We discuss the law and it's implication with a lawyer A Look Inside the World’s First Law Regulating Autonomous Driving (Bonus Episode)

The law should be the first one to govern autonomous driving globally. Jan-Philipp “JP” Günther-Burmeister, Lawyer

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The Expert This is another episode in our subject matter expert interviews. This time we are joined by Jan-Philipp “JP” Günther-Burmeister (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jan-philipp-g%C3%BCnther-burmeister-4b3421106/), a Lawyer practicing for more than 5 years in Germany.

The New Law The Federal Ministry of Transport and Infrastructure published a press release: Germany will be the world leader in autonomous driving https://www.bmvi.de/SharedDocs/EN/Articles/DG/act-on-autonomous-driving.html

Together with JP, we are talking about the newest update/amendment / Novellierung of an already existing traffic law. As we will see in the interview, not all aspects are covered yet and complete autonomous driving is not yet permitted, BUT the law allows for semi-autonomous driving with a remote controlling human taking over control if needed.

Lawyers are not sure yet about how many vehicles such a remote operator could control, but more than one is certain. This may open up opportunities for fleets for remote-controlled trucks, buses, cabs, and delivery vans steered by a handful of people with a normal workday, working in shifts from a control center, or even from home.

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Frankfurt-based startup is expanding across Europe Meet Emma Sleep – They are on their way to becoming the world’s No 1 Sleep Brand

We only raised just about 5 mn Euros … we grew to 405 mn Euro revenues in 2020 Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO and Co-Founder Emma Sleep

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We were very capital efficient. We are profitable, most competitors are not. Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO and Co-Founder Emma Sleep

The Founder This time we hear the impressive story from Dennis Schmoltzi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennis-schmoltzi-b61b21109), CEO and co-founder of Emma Sleep, Europe’s leading sleep tech startup. Before founding Emma, Dennis got his degree in business administration in Germany, an advanced diploma from New York University Law School, and his Ph.D. in finance. He spent more than 6 years with McKinsey, before starting out on his own.

Dennis was convinced by his friend Manuel to start Emma. Manuel has been in the business of selling medical matrasses, so he knew more about the business before.

We had to invest smartly: How do we get to a better marketing efficiency? How can we build better products, how can we reduce costs in the supply chain? Now we are profiting from this. Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO and Co-Founder Emma Sleep

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In 2016 Emma really started to grow and competitors like Caspar entered the market … but the competition was actually good. It helped us to educate the customer, that buying mattresses online is a thing Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO and Co-Founder Emma Sleep

The Startup Emma Sleep (https://team.emma-sleep.com/) is helping people to improve their sleep, starting out with matrasses. They are currently one of Europe’s leading sleep tech companies.

Emma sells their products (matrasses, pillows, …) online and increasingly with retail partners. Originally they did not start out with their own products but selling products of other companies online.

In 2020, Emma sold 50,1% of their equity stake to German investment holding Haniel Group (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FranzHaniel%26_Cie.).

We met Haniel and found we have a very similar view on how to build strong businesses. … eventually our friends and family sold their shares to them. Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO and Co-Founder Emma Sleep

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We struggled to raise capital … we were too realistic in our projections, but we always kept our promises. Dennis Schmoltzi, CEO and Co-Founder Emma Sleep

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Edupression an anti-depression app from the greater Vienna area. Meet Edupression A Vienna-based App on Prescription

A friend of mine suffered from depression and committed suicide. That is what got me started with Edupression Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression

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The Founder In this interview, we talk to Daniel Amann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-amann-4a1b0711a/), the CEO and Co-Founder of Edupression (https://edupression.com/). Edupression is an anti-depression app from the greater Vienna area. Daniel has a background in financial services, where he held a lot of different positions with companies like Allianz or Raiffeisen International. One of his friends committed suicide, which drew his attention to depression.

So, he co-founded Edupression.

When you have a depressive episode, there is a 50% probability, that you will have another depressive episode. Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression

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The Startup In total the founding team of Edupression (https://edupression.com/) are 4 co-founders, which spent approx. three years working on Edupression before the interview, including advice from the Medical University Vienna (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/MedicalUniversityof_Vienna).

Edupression is a certified medical product, as a stand alone therapy for mild to medium depression symptoms, stand alone or in combination with drugs or psychotherapy. The company plans to have the app available on prescription in January 2022 in Germany and Austria.

In the German-speaking area (Germany, Switzerland, Austria) there are approx. 8 million people suffering from depression. … It is also the same in the US, Canada or developing countries, around 7-8%. Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression

App Download Apple’s App Store (https://apps.apple.com/app/id1562982041)

Google Play Store (https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.proappdev.edupressionwebmobile_app)

PHQ-9 Questionaire There are a number of different depression questionnaires that can be used. The PHQ-9 patient questionnaire is effective, as it not only evaluates the severity of depression, but also identifies whether a patient is actually suffering from depression in the first place. You can find the questionnaire here https://edupression.com/phq-test-complete/

We also want to expand internationally, we are looking at the US expansion for the end of 2022. Daniel Amann, Co-Founder and CEO Edupression

Venture Capital Funding Edupression is currently looking to raise a Series A funding for their international expansion in 2022. They would like to close the round end of 2021 or early in 2022.

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Meet Susanne, the co-founder of Meetfox MeetFox Makes Managing Your Client Meetings a Breeze

We are Calendly meets Zoom with payment processing. Susanne Klepsch, CEO and co-founder Meetfox

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With our video solution you just need one click and not to download and software. Susanne Klepsch, CEO and co-founder Meetfox

The Entrepreneur In this interview, we talk to Susanne “Susie” Klepsch (https://www.linkedin.com/in/susanneklepsch/, https://twitter.com/susanneklepsch) CEO and co-founder of Meetfox. The startup is headquartered in New York City, since the user base is largely in the US. Originally the company was founded in Vienna. Susanne one of the Forbes Next1000 (https://www.forbes.com/next1000/)

We experienced a very big spike [in new clients] right at the beginning of the pandemic. Susanne Klepsch, CEO and co-founder Meetfox

The Startup Meetfox (https://meetfox.com/) provides a simple one-step solution for freelancers and companies to schedule and monetize their online meetings with clients. They combine an online scheduling tool, with video conferencing and payment processing. Jokingly Susanne said We are Calendly meets Zoom with payment processing.

Originally the company started as a marketplace for coaches and realized the need for the current tool. Soon after they realized that they are much better at building this software instead of a marketplace, so they pivoted. They found investment in the US and moved eventually to New York City.

Originally, we started with a platform for coaches, where we found the need for our current project. So we pivoted Susanne Klepsch, CEO and co-founder Meetfox

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Johanna will bring you more interviews with amazing women The Female Entrepreneurship track This is a bonus episode for Columbus Day 2021. It is also the first interview Johanna will do for our new female entrepreneurship track. She will take turns with Joe to interview great female startup founders, investors, and executives. Join us in welcoming her to the Startuprad.io team! Johanna is currently the CEO of her own business, before that she headed the US expansion of a startup from New York, where she lived for some time. When you listen to our radio slots on female entrepreneurship, you will also hear her in the audio snippets between interviews. If you want to reach out to her, you can do so here:

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Meet a very interesting Berlin-based startup Incari wants to be the OS for the cars of the future

We make the design process of user-friendly interfaces in cars easier. … we can reduce the production time from almost 4 years to 18 months Osman Dumbuya, CEO and founder Incari

The Founder Today we bring you the interview with Osman Dumbuya (https://www.linkedin.com/in/osman-dumbuya/), the CEO and founder of Incari (https://www.incari.com/). They create the required tools and technologies, necessary for developing future-based HMI systems (human-machine interface) in the automotive and other industries. He has a fascinating story, being born in Sierra Leone and immigrating with his parents to Germany, spending most of his life in Berlin. He has always been fascinated by 3D visualizations, for example early on by spaceships.

We will disruptively change the understanding of operating systems. Osman Dumbuya, CEO and founder Incari

The Startup Incari (https://www.incari.com/) is a software provider, founded in Berlin, May 2011. Currently, they are mostly working on interfaces for the automotive industry but want to develop further into an operating system for the interfaces of cars. Their system is already used by brands like Audi, Bugatti, and Porsche.

What you have in hardware in your car is not comparable to your PC or even smartphone. The hardware is much less powerful Osman Dumbuya, CEO and founder Incari

Venture Capital Funding A recent investment round of 15 mn Euros, led by Lukasz Gadowski. We had him in the interview, you can learn more about him here

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startup-awards-2021-special-award-for-lukasz-gadowski/

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Short intro to the German Esports Market with Philipp Walter Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8

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The Founder As you may know, FIFA 22 was published just a few days ago. That is like Christmas for most eports fans. So, we took the opportunity to talk to Philipp Walter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philipp-walter-51563/), CEO, and Founder of Gamers Academy (https://gamers-academy.com/) from Munich, to talk about the German esports market.

Philipp can already look back at a successful career with stops at PWC, Adidas and Under Armor, before founding Gamers Academy approx. 2 years ago in Munich.

The German Esports Market The German esports market grew 27% to 8.5 bn € in 2020 (almost 10 bn US$). Many famous brands are already there and making an impact on the young fans and players there. You can learn more in the interview.

The Gamers Academy offers remote Fifa 22 coaching on different plans from more than 100 coaches. Either with on demand tutorials, Game Play Analysis, Group or 1:1 Coaching. If you want to up your Fifa Game, have a look here: https://gamers-academy.com/en

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This is another installment of our unicorn tracker Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).

Guys, it is fall and we are back from the summer break! We bring you another bonus news episode as part of our news coverage of the German startup scene. We recorded this episode on September 28th, 2021, wrapping up July, August, and September. This is a Bonus Episode following our special coverage from June!

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Chris and Joe Wrap-Up what was going on in Germany, Austria and Switzerland This Month in German Startups - Summer Wrap-Up (July, August, September) 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups in September 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

We recorded this new episode on September 28th. Not that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode. Have a look.

This will be a bit longer recording. Best get a snack and a drink right now.

The summer was hot here in Germany in terms of startups, but not so much in terms of temperature. Since we have the weather out of the way. Let's talk startups:

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Meet Hamburg-based's HAUSGOLD new CFO The Proptech HAUSGOLD matches real estate brokers with buyers and sellers

The impact one can have on a smaller company is exponentially larger than just being a small fish in a large pond Andreas Wellinger, CFO HAUSGOLD

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Yes, we achieved break even in 2020. Currently we are not running at break even, but at a low cash burn. Andreas Wellinger, CFO HAUSGOLD

The CFO In this interview, we talk to Andreas Wellinger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreas-wellinger-2735b1191/), the CFO of Hamburg-based proptech platform HAUSGOLD (https://www.hausgold.de/). Andreas is originally from Vienna. He has been hired as CFO, having a background in consulting and investment banking. During his time in consulting, he spent more than two years in Brazil and half a year in South Africa. In investment banking, he was covering financial institutions in IBD.

This has been a thesis for two decades, that the existence of real estate portals will result in the complete irrelevance of the job of a real estate agent. … a real estate agent can bring a certain value add to the transaction, that sellers do appreciate. Andreas Wellinger, CFO HAUSGOLD

The Startup Hausgold (https://www.hausgold.de/) is a platform to match potential buyers and sellers of real estate with the right broker.

According to their 2021 press release, the startup broke even in 2020, despite corona. Their revenue grew 50% and they had real estate transactions on their platform worth 5 bn Euros (5.9 bn US$). As stated in January 2021, they are looking to double revenue this year and increase the transaction volume to 13 bn Euros (15,4 bn US$). https://www.presseportal.de/pm/117034/4809967

The startup got press coverage with the investments of Rocket Internet in 2016 and Deutsche Bank in 2019. The investment of Deutsche Bank was one of their first public startup investments.

What we already see in our data is a certain trend of de-urbanization. Andreas Wellinger, CFO HAUSGOLD

Venture Capital Funding At the time of the interview, HAUSGOLD was not actively seeking external investors.

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Monkee found a way to attract women to fintech Meet Austria-Based Monkee – A fintech with more than 80% Women as Clients

With Monkee I am combining my passions for finance and what I learned in the area of habit forming technology Martin Granig, CEO and Co-Founder Monkee

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The Founder This is one of our interviews, covering a startup from Tirol, Austria, the fintech Monkee (https://monkee.rocks/). We have Martin Granig (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-granig-52775054/) in the interview, CEO and co-founder of the fintech. Martin is an engineer by training, having worked more than a decade at Swarovski, in his last position he was leading the global innovation department. He is also currently working on a Ph.D. in savings behavior. It may not surprise you now that Monkee is a startup helping you to save money and with vouchers on the spending as well. During his studies, he also attended 北大 BeiDa (Peking University), Fudan University 復旦大學, London Business School, SDA Bocconi, Ashridge Business School and many more.

Nudges are only slight tips in the right direction if someone is already in the process of making the right decision to form habits. Martin Granig, CEO and Co-Founder Monkee

The Startup The startup Monkee is based in Tyrol, one of the states of Austria (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tyrol). The goal of Monkee is to improve the financial well-being of its clients. The app works with small nodes in order to help you save money, either for your rainy-day fund or towards an actual goal like a vacation, a laptop or another large purchase.

The Monkee-App also helps with (retail)-partners to save money with discounts to get your actual savings goals cheaper. They are also in the process of getting partners for daily necessities.

What really differentiates Monkee from other fintechs is that they have 84% women as active clients. That turns the normal client base of fintechs upside down. On the other hand, their female clients also like to interact more frequently with the app.

The Monkee App Apples App Store

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Money worries are already the No 1 worry for most people. Martin Granig, CEO and Co-Founder Monkee

Venture Capital Funding Monkee is currently raising a new round of venture capital, they are currently planning to close the round end of 2021.

There are many things coming together for Monkee so we could attract more women as clients. Martin Granig, CEO and Co-Founder Monkee

Further Readings / Additional Resources PSD2: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/PaymentServicesDirective#RevisedDirectiveonPaymentServices_(PSD2)

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Corporate Culture Starts with the Founder Entrepreneur Tools #6 – How to Start Thinking About Your Corporate Culture

You, as a founder will impact the culture, which than becomes a brand. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host

Entrepreneur Tools This is a new series, within Startuprad.io’s YouTube Blog. We meet a lot of people and of course, we talk with some of them about the typical entrepreneur problems. Sometimes an entrepreneur solves known problems in a very systematic way, which we find great, or has great insights. In both cases, we will talk to him or her and bring you these recordings as entrepreneur tools.

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I learned that humans are basically good. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host

The Entrepreneur Michelle Tsing (https://www.linkedin.com/in/laptopradio/) is an investor and entrepreneur. She hosts a weekly show on the Stanford University Campus radio, called Laptop Radio. She used to work at PayPal, Samsung, Cisco, and eBay. She is also a podcast host at Starting Y, based in Silicon Valley. In addition to that Michelle works with several startups as an advisor. She shares in our 6th episode of entrepreneur tools her thoughts about company culture and how to start thinking about it. Company culture is a very complex topic and we are just scratching the surface here, but it is a good point to start.

The culture is usually the founder … think about your vision, your mission, and the values you care about. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host

Further Readings / Additional Ressources 1. Start with a self-assessment, good places to start are for example the book “The Four Agreements “ 2. Look around examples for values

Great examples * Paypal – Practise detachment * Ebay – Humans are basically good * Google - Don’t do evil * Zappos your culture is your brand – Pursuit of happiness https://www.huffpost.com/entry/zappos-founder-tony-hsieh_1_b_783333

Every aspect of your company should correlate to your values. Embrace it not only in words but also in action. Michelle Tsing, Entrepreneur, Investor, Mentor, Podcast/Radio Host

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We interview Lukasz Gadowski, one of the key figures of the German startup scene, think Volocopter, Mr. Spex or Delivery Hero. German Startup Awards 2021 – Special Award

The secret to winning is to have the right vision. To bet on the right pattern. … the execution is a lot about the nitty gritty details. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards

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It is not desirable to sell a company. … there may be instances where it makes sense. … there are exceptions to every rule. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards

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It always starts with a general pattern. … if you want to get ideas in a specific area, expose yourself to this area. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards

The Founder In this interview, we talk to Lukasz Gadowski (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukaszgadowski) (known as one of the co-founders of Delivery Hero (Lieferheld) or Mr Spex). He received a special award for his special merit with and for the German startup scene. Among his many ventures, he co-founded or is invested in are Spreadshirt, studyVZ, Point Nine Capital, brands4friends, Aroundhome, Vertical Media (Gründerszene), the escooter startup Circ, Volocopter, Enpal, Mr. Spex and of course, Delivery Hero. He works with his private investment company Team Europe https://www.teameurope.net/ During his interview he also shares insights in big enablers shaping the future, which will opening up opportunities for entrepreneurs. He also shares advice for entrepreneurs on how to win, even if you are entering a market late.

Congratulations to Lukasz! Tune in to the interview to learn more.

I think Circ went from zero to 1.000 employees in 15 months. That is what I would call hypergrowth. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards

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The Corporate Startup offer White Label Services to Banks

We started with 2-3 employees. Olaf Zetnitz, MD VisualVest

At the start we wanted to build a robo advisor. Now we have a platform on which our clients, the banks, can customize their own robo advisor. Olaf Zetnitz, MD VisualVest

The CEO Olaf Zeitnitz is also kind of a returning interview guest (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dr-olaf-zeitnitz-722b0a1b/). He was part of our Robo Advisor talk, dating back to October 2016, when not every video was turned into an audio podcast. VisualVest is not an average Robo Advisor, it is a white-label company, integrated into a much larger group of cooperative banks in Germany. Olaf studied physics and his Ph.D. studies took him to the CERN particle accelerator, where he was one of the first users of the newly invented internet. He also attended the first www conference.

Not one robo advisor startup was ever able to become profitable in a few years … VCs have to invest for the long term. If you invest for two to three years, a robo advisor is the wrong VC investment. Olaf Zetnitz, MD VisualVest

The Corporate Startup VisualVest (https://www.visualvest.de/) is part of the cooperative banking group, a group of independent banks – known as Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken - (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/VolksbankenundRaiffeisenbanken), working closely together on many services, including asset management. Their asset manager is called Union Investment (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Union_Investment) and VisualVest is a corporate startup of Union Investment and the DZ Bank, the central bank of the cooperative banks in Germany.

VisualVest is a SaaS platform. They are basically a toolbox where the different banks within the group can choose their features to create their own robo advisor.

I was there at [CERN], when they invented the internet. Our experiment was one of the first users. Olaf Zetnitz, MD VisualVest

Youtube Video from October 2016 Olaf has been a guest in our robo advisor talk back in 2016, together with other returning guests. You can find it here:

https://youtu.be/akCaXmFfgMQ

Investing is the opposite of sexy. Olaf Zetnitz, MD VisualVest

I was positively surprised that BaFin did not try to kill robo advice from the start. Olaf Zetnitz, MD VisualVest

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We follow-up our 2019 interview Follow-Up with SAX Power, the Cutting-Edge Battery Startup

Our battery technology is totally different from the one currently on the market. Lei Shen, CEO, and Founder of Sax Power

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Our battery technology directly generates alternating current, without inverter. Lei Shen, CEO and Founder of Sax Power

The Founder In this interview, we are talking to Lei Shen, the CEO and Founder of the Ulm-based battery startup Sax Power https://sax-power.net/. Lei still does not have a LinkedIn profile 😊. She is originally from China, studied in Germany and enjoyed the country so much, she decided to stay. You can learn more about her in our older interview or on the company website.

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The Startup As we interviewed the startup back in 2019, they were just in the development of their battery. They were looking at putting their batteries in cars and heavy machinery. Now they pivoted and first offer their battery technology for homes, to store solar energy. Startupers will see the pages they took out of the Tesla playbook. At the time of publication, the startup is producing the first industrial miniseries of its battery.

As a next step, they will use their batteries in boats. They also plan to start working in automotive in the next three years.

Our technology can also be used in stationary energy storage. Lei Shen, CEO and Founder of Sax Power

Venture Capital Funding Sax just received an investment from Sparkasse Bieberach (Chancen Kapital Fonds), which is a local thrift or savings bank. They could also convince the California-based Walden International (http://www.waldenintl.com/index.aspx), which every tech geek should know from their investment in DJI, one of the world’s largest drone manufacturers.

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Kate Pohl shares her experience as part of our Entrepreneur Tools Series Entrepreneur Tools – What startups get Wrong working with Corporates

It is absolutely key that they [startups and corporates] cooperate. You cannot … any longer have a one-stop shop, where one bank or company does everything. Kate Pohl, Senior Advisor

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The Entrepreneur Kate Pohl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/kate-pohl-5899766/) is a US ex-pat living in Germany. She has vast experience in commercial banking including stops at JP Morgan Chase, BNY Mellon, ABN AMRO, Citibank, and ING, as well as a Wharton MBA. At the time of the interview, she was working as a consultant for several startups. At the time of publication, she is Head of Banking Strategy at Traxpay. With her experience, we talk about frequent problems in cooperation between startups and corporates, their different way of thinking, and expectations.

The interview is a good starting point for thinking about your cooperation strategy, as a startup entrepreneur.

You can learn more about Traxpay here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/we-are-nothing-like-greensill-says-frankfurt-based-traxpay/

The Questions to ask To start: Make your market research.

• What do corporates want?
• How does my startup fit in there?
• How do I get the right positioning?

To approach the corporate: More research.

• Whom to approach?
• How do I approach it?
• How do I get in the first meeting?
• How much do I tell in the first meeting?

For the final agreement:

• Get advice on the final agreement!

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Meet Nina Patrick, co-founder of MiProbes German Startup Awards 2021 – Best Newcomer

I think Berlin is full of culture and it is the startup hub of Europe. Nina Patrick, GSA21 Newcomer of the Year

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The Founder In this interview, we talk to Nina Patrick (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ninapatrick/), CEO and Founder of MiProbes Biotechnology (https://www.miprobes.de/).

Nina graduated with a degree in pharmaceutical chemistry. She chose this major, despite her chemistry teacher advising her not to do it 😊. After her Ph.D. she went into business and became a Business Intelligence Analyst, later joining startups in the Bay Area, where she is from. In her first startup, she helped to train microorganisms to be sensors.

Nina eventually came to Berlin with an accelerator program and soon after decided to stay and co-found a company.

You can buy the MiProbes tests here: https://www.miprobes.shop/

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This is a follow-up from our 2017 interview The Founder This interview is an overdue follow-up with ottonova, the first German health insurer founded in almost 20 years.

Roman Rittweger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/romanrittweger/) is the CEO and Founder of ottonova, not an insurtech, but a fully licensed insurer (https://www.ottonova.de/).

Roman had a long and successful career, before founding ottonova. As he says in the interview, in insurance everything takes longer.

Roman is a doctor by training, with a Ph.D. in medicine, as well as an MBA from INSEAD. He also served as Platoon Leader in the German mountain troopers and was a consultant with ATKearney and McKinsey, before starting his own companies. He is also a member of the supervisory board of naontek AG, a corporate startup offering digital services to health professionals.

When you are a private health insurer in Germany, you basically live forever. Roman Rittweger, CEO and Founder of ottonova

We do not report all our funding rounds instantly. We raised more money than is on CrunchBase. Roman Rittweger, CEO and Founder of ottonova

Venture Capital Funding So far ottonova has raised more than 90 mn US$ up to Series D (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ottonova-holding-ag) and is a licensed health (re-) insurer in Germany. ottonova will start new talks for a growth equity talks end of 2021.

We are a full stack insurer, but we also have a re-insurance license. Roman Rittweger, CEO and Founder of ottonova

The Audio Interview from 2017 The original interview – the first English interview of ottonova – was published on September 14th, 2017.

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We interview Thomas Jarzombek, Member of Bundestag, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

We are not only spending 10 bn € on startups, but we also have 5-6 bn € from older programs. … we will spent in total 15 – 16 bn Euros Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

Startups with a significant presence in Germany – from abroad – also can receive money from the funds. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

The Commissioner for Digital and Startups In this interview, we talk to Thomas Jarzombek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-jarzombek-a4227183/) a member of the German Parliament Bundestag, also the Commissioner for Digital and Startups of Germany and in charge of the newly started 10 bn startup program. Thomas is a member of the CDU, Christian Democratic Union, the party of chancellor Merkel. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ChristianDemocraticUnionofGermany). Thomas has also been an entrepreneur before he was an elected official. He started out with implementing Windows 95.

Note: In the name tag in the YouTube video, we shorted this to “Digital commissioner”, due to the available space.

We want to get better in the commercialization of German innovations. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

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How the money will be invested Note: There is a general election coming up in Germany on September 26th, 2021. This will lead to a new government since chancellor Merkel will retire. Therefore, another government may change this allocation.

We also invest in rocket technology. We have been looking at what Elon Musk does with SpaceX and adapted some of his strategies. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

Investing Indirectly (as LP) The new investment program is looking to invest 50% together with private investors, who also chip in the other half.

The program will invest in European VCs, focusing on Germany. They are looking for VCs, investing in Germany approx. the money they receive from the program.

The largest single investment will be as LP of the European Investment Fund, which will get 3 bn Euros (https://www.eif.org/).

HTGF will start the 4th fund with money from the program. Look in our show notes below for the interview with the CEO of HTGF. They raise funds with half of the money coming from the Government and half from private investors, which include already household names like Bosch, BASF, B. Braun, Boehringer, Deutsche Bank, Deutsche Post DHL, Lanxess, RWE, SAP, and many others. You can learn more about HTGF in our interview, see links below.

We have patient money and I expect the money to be spent over the next 10 years. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

Investing Directly: Deep Tech Future Fund The Deep Tech Future Fund (https://deeptech-future-fonds.de/) is aiming to commercialize innovations from Germany. They are even investing in startups directly, who do not have a business model yet, for example working in quantum computing.

2 bn Euros will be managed by KfW in discretionary accounts to set up specific investment vehicles and their subsidiary Coparion (https://www.coparion.vc/). Part of the money will be managed in discretionary accounts. These vehicles can invest directly in startups.

We expect with our investment to double – with private investors approximately 2x – in the German startup scene. Thomas Jarzombek, MdB, Commissioner for Digital and Startups

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The Founder In this interview, we talk to Julius de Gruyter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/juliusdg/), who is just 20 years old, but already started a chat version of a crisis hotline called Krisenchat (https://krisenchat.de/), which literally translates to crisis chat. Where people can reach out who need help or someone to talk to, like the crisis hotline, but only for a younger generation (under 25 they state on their website).

Krisenchat came out of a high school project of Julius and friends, called Exclamo an anti-bullying app. Exclamo was developed with the aid of Boston Consulting Groups Digital Ventures (https://www.bcgdv.com/), as well as a funding Deutsche Telekom (https://www.telekom.de). Krisenchat was the reaction of the team to the corona crisis, which wracked their planned launch of Exclamo in March 2020.

Now Krisenchat has approx. 5.000 sessions a month and send or received more than 1 million messages in the last 12 months on their chats. Currently, they are working with 250 volunteers to help aid-seeking teens and tweens.

For Volunteers Krisenchat could not work without volunteers, if you speak German, consider joining them: https://krisenchat.de/mitmachen

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A change in the German investment law will have a minor impact (BONUS) German Institutional Funds Will Not Invest Big Bugs in Cryptocurrencies This is another bonus episode, where we cover interesting – behind the scenes – development in the larger German-speaking tech space. Recently there was a wave of excitement sweeping across the crypto blogs, due to an update in the German Investment Law (https://www.gesetze-im-internet.de/kagb/). The reason: Investments of German institutional funds, since they could – theoretically – invest up to 20% in cryptocurrencies, starting on August 2nd, 2021. Joe gets together with Marco; a specialist lawyer and they talk about what is realistic. Instead of a large wave (theoretical max of ~400 bn €), as many blogs forecast, there may be only a small trickle (likely only millions over time).

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The Specialist Marco Zingler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marco-zingler-14b2a390/) is a seasoned lawyer, with almost 10 years of experience in capital markets legislation. He also holds a degree in Finance. He, therefore, spent most of his career as a specialist for regulatory and investment law, covering for example the changes to the new German investment Law.

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IDnow talks about their acquisition of Ariadnext

We are growing organically 50-60% year over year right now organically. Andreas Bodczek, CEO IDnow

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The CEO This time we have a rarity on our channel because Andreas Bodczek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasbodczek/) is not a founder, but an early investor in the company, which became later the CEO of IDnow. Andreas has been an early business angel, investing in IDnow. So he has been involved in the company for quite some time before he took the job as external CEO.

Andreas has been with Bertelsmann, where he worked with dial-up internet connections, building one of the broadest platforms for broadband and Voice-over-IP services in Germany. He later moved to become the CEO of Telefonica Germany (https://www.telefonica.de/) and co-founded Fyber (https://www.fyber.com/ ), which they build up in Germany, the US, and several more companies. They sold the company in 2014.

Andreas is also a board partner with Point Nine Capital (https://www.pointnine.com/), a Berlin-based VC fund focused on platforms and SaaS.

We will conclude most of the integration work streams of Identity TM at the end of this year. Andreas Bodczek, CEO IDnow

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The Startup IDnow (https://www.idnow.io/products/idnow-videoident/) is an online identification service provider, that helps banks, insurance companies, and other companies to verify the identity of their clients remotely. This has not always been the case in Germany, but IDnow was one of the early companies providing this service.

Today IDnow has amongst their clients some well-known names like N26, Solaris Bank or Sixt, Western Union, Tier Mobility, and WeFox.

The startup grew early with a strong focus on financial services companies, starting when the German regulator moved to allow so-called “video idents.”

Now IDnow extends its services across industries, products, and countries. The acquisition of France-based Ariadnext (https://www.ariadnext.com/) fits in the category of extending in countries, to expand their footprint in France.

SPAC Deal? From our conversation, we took that IDnow has SPAC offers at hand, still evaluating their options.

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Further Readings / Additional Resources BaFin https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FederalFinancialSupervisory_Authority

Bertelsmann https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bertelsmann

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The Founder In this interview, we talk to Denis Tudor (https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-tudor-5737a394/) he is the CEO and Co-Founder of Switzerland-based swisspod (https://swisspod.ch/), a startup that aims to develop hyperloop tracks underneath the Swiss alps. Denis is a Forbes 30 under 30. He graduated valedictorian with a degree in engineering and went on to the Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne, Switzerland (https://www.epfl.ch/de/), to get his Ph.D.

Denis has always been fascinated by the Hyperloop idea from Elon Musk to a level, where he participated with a team in one of Hyperloops competitions. They won the best non-student design award out of more than 3.000 teams, who initially registered.

The idea kept fascinating him, which triggered him to founding swisspod.

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The Startup swisspod (https://swisspod.ch/) is working on getting the Hyperloop underneath the Swiss Alps, transporting passengers with capsules of approx. 30 passengers.

SwissPod got a grant from the Swiss Government to set up the first testing facility for Hyperloops in Europe. Therefore their next step is to get this facility up and running and testing the idea and technologies needed

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Welcome to This Month in German Startups June 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Welcome to This Month in German Startups June 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We announce two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis, valued at more than 11 bn US$. The 2019 Unicorn Wefox raises large funding of 536 mn € (650 mn US$). About You IPOs for 23 €/share at 4 bn Euro (4.85 bn US$) AND Austria becomes a new most valuable startup with GoStudent (1.4 bn €, 1.67 bn US$) after they had their first unicorn only last month.

Plus SolarisBank is rumored to be in talks of a 100 mn Euro VC Deal, which would make them a unicorn as well, to buy up a competitor. Especially active in this frenzy of unicorn creation is Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China.

We have a special episode on the unparalleled unicorn creation, which is available on the same channels (https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-this-month-in-german-startups-unicorn-stampede/). If you want to know more about the new Decacorn and unicorns in Germany and Austria you want to listen to this episode as well. We keep here the coverage of unicorns to a minimum.

Note: This will be the last news recording before the summer break. There will be no regular news in July or August, but we will be back with news at the end of September, wrapping up the summer news.

We are soooooooooo looking forward to the summer that Joe even wears a Hawaii shirt. Be happy for your eyes if you are only listening to this podcast :-)

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We talk about the unprecedented creation of unicorns in Germany in the last few weeks Find the complete show notes, the links, and text to the episode here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-this-month-in-german-startups-unicorn-stampede/ `

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 Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).

This is a Bonus Episode covering the Unicorn Stampede in German-speaking countries. This recording is from June 29th, 2021 and all-new unicorns, formed afterward will be covered in our next news podcast, to be published End of September!

You may remember that we had another bonus episode last month covering the rise of Berlin-based fintech Trade Republic to become Germany’s most valuable startup? There is already a new king in the country with Celonis becoming Germany’s first Decacorn (valuation above 10 bn US$, here even 11bn US$). We also see that all of these monster fundings are driven by international investors, especially Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China.

Trade Republic remains Germany’s most valuable fintech for now.

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-episode-trade-republic-becomes-germanys-most-valuable-startup-with-5-3-bn-us-valuation/

Meet Germany’s first Decacorn! Munich-based startup Celonis becomes Germany's first Decacorn (valued at 11.1 bn US$) with a monster funding of 1 bn US$ for their Series D funding https://buff.ly/3it1Mti

Germany’s New Unicorns Scalable Capital Yet another startup from Munich made it in the exclusive unicorn club, namely neobroker Scalable Capital. They first started out as a robo advisor in 2016. Now they turn increasingly to online brokerage, including offers for traded securities, money market accounts, and term deposits. Their brokerage also offers a Trading Flatrate model.

Forto (formerly Freight Hub) Forto has been part of “This Month in German Startups” for quite some time. They underwent a re-branding from Freight Hub. The Berlin-based logistic startup raised 200 mn US$ from investors, led by Softbank, valuing them at 1 bn € (1.2 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3y136bx With this funding they added Citi Ventures and G Squared as new investors.

Austria’s New Unicorn And Most Valuable Startup We talked about Bitpanda becoming Austria’s most valuable startup in “This Month in German Startups March 2021,” but now there is GoStudent, which takes the title from them. Go student is a platform for remote tutoring and becomes the 2nd unicorn in the country with a 200 mn € (~240 mn US$) investment led by Softbank and Tencent. The investors value the company at 1.4 bn € (1,67 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3qokCDR

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Interview with the co-founder of Sanity Group 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

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Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 #GSA21 Finn Hänsel (https://www.linkedin.com/in/finnhaensel, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/finn-haensel), founder and CEO of Sanity Group is the Entrepreneur of the Year. Congratulations from our side as well. He has a long history as an entrepreneur, who started his own business already with 17, with a platform to buy and sell 2nd hand sports clothing and equipment. He went on to work for BCG, did his MBA in New Zealand, and decided – after two calls with Oliver Samwer – to work for Rocket Internet. He builds for Rocket “The Iconic” in Australia, returned to Germany as the CEO of Pro7Sat1’s Epic Companies incubator (think Gymondo, Valmano, or Discavo), and went from there to turn around Movinga. As a side project, he also started the Craft-Beer Brand Berliner Berg. In 2018 he co-founded Sanity Group, which is looking into the medical applications of all the different ingredients in cannabis.

He is also a mentor at Techstars.

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Further Readings / Additional Resources Notary https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Notary

Beer / Bock Beer / Eisbock https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bock

Malt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Malt

Hops https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hops

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In Cooperation with Invest-in-Hessen.com Meet Palturai – The Google of Business Data

We used to store data in paper-based handwritten cards. We bring this to the 21st century … so you can get some great insights from it. The Founder We talk in this interview to Tilo Walter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/tilo-walter-18b90567/), the CEO and Founder of Frankfurt-based business intelligence platform Palturai (https://palturai.com/?lang=en).

You can use our tool for example in the KYC process. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai

Tilo first started out with an apprenticeship at a bank, after studying industrial engineering he was a consultant and then spent quite some time working in Germany’s largest credit bureau called Schufa.

This gave him the idea of Palturai, which allows one to aggregate important business data to companies.

We have data from more than 7 mn companies, from public sources, building a graph with more than 1 bn relations. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai

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The Startup Palturai (https://palturai.com/?lang=en) is a business intelligence platform, aggregating important data about companies in their database. The company provides the information as a business graph. The name also originates from a Hungarian mathematician named Pál Turán, who contributed a lot to graph theory (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/P%C3%A1l_Tur%C3%A1n). The company was founded in 2014, but re-branded in 2020 with the opening of their first international location close to Philadelphia.

We have been bootstrapped, but with the international expansion we needed a proper funding round. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai

Funding Round Palturai raised 4 mn Euros Series A investments, and their investors include a German bank and SBI Holding (Softbank’s Berlin entity).

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With the outbreak of corona, all of our US expansion plans have been blown to pieces. We had to change our strategy fast. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai

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The area around Frankfurt is greatly underestimated for startups. Here are the customers for most startups. Tilo Walter, CEO and Founder Palturai

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Female Social Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 #GSA21 Henrike Schlottmann Co-Founder and Co-CEO of ProjectTogether (https://projecttogether.org/). She is a former Goldman Sachs intern and BCG consultant, turned social entrepreneur. She is also a great UK fan, one of the reasons she attended university in London, where she studied mathematics and modern languages.

After consulting she wanted to turn to the large issues and started with ProjectTogether a platform for open social innovations.

Learn more here:

https://updatedeutschland.org/

https://wirvsvirus.org/

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We started LIVEDAB with our own savings. Then it is just a story of young people working many long nights. Hannes Meine, CEO and co-founder LIVEDAB

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We are looking for users like wedding planners or re-sellers who would like to work with our software or sell it. Hannes Meine, CEO and co-founder LIVEDAB

The Founder We talk to Hannes Meine (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hannesmeine/), the CEO and co-founder of LIVEDAB (https://livedab.com/). Hannes has a background in SaaS, marketing, and eCommerce. He started in eCommerce and online business at the age of 12, when he started a website for his sports team. He worked for a marketing agency, where he oversaw marketing at a SaaS company, which also enabled him to work a year for them in San Francisco. He did not want to start his company alone, only when his co-founder Adrian agreed did, he started LIVEDAB together with him.

We invested the first year in product development. We first reached out to NGOs, but also sports and entertainment are of interest to us. Hannes Meine, CEO and co-founder LIVEDAB

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The Startup The idea of LIVEDAB (https://livedab.com/) started with the idea to work with NGOs to draw attention to important causes. The Corona pandemic made the startup change this and now they are working with sports clubs, the entertainment industry, or virtual event organizers. You can have a look at their solution here: https://app.livedab.com/campaign/new

With our tool you can actually track the interactions from single billboard advertisements. Hannes Meine, CEO and co-founder LIVEDAB

Venture Capital Funding LIVEDAB is currently bootstrapped and after the next release of their software, they are looking globally for investors for a Series A investment, to scale. Their software is already available globally.

The pandemic made us change our business model and target group…. Now we work with sports clubs like Liverpool in the Premier League. Hannes Meine, CEO and co-founder LIVEDAB

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learn more at www.startuprad.io The Founder In this interview, we talk to Gordian Braun (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gordianb/?locale=en_US), the CEO and co-founder of onetool (https://onetool.co/), a Berlin-based cloud startup. The startup is also a Y-Combinator Alumnus ( https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/onetool), and an alumnus of the German Accelerator program (https://www.germanaccelerator.com/companies/#onetool). Gordian already had great experiences in his life before he even started onetool. He founded companies before, including one in Austin, TX. He worked at a VC, as an investment scout and is currently a member of the Forbes Technology Council.

Update July 15th, 2021: onetool is the first startup in the world trying to sell itself as NFT https://www.linkedin.com/posts/gordianb_onetool-1st-startup-sold-as-an-nft-business-activity-6820978108804435968-5xo-/

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Other solutions allow you to do similar stuff, after up to 6 months of working to integrate them. Our tool only takes you about an hour. Gordian Braun, CEO and co-founder onetool

The Startup onetool (https://onetool.co/) was founded by Gordian since he always ran into the same problem: What accounts did the employee use, that just left. How can I make sure I don’t overspend and no one has access to my customer's data, that is not working here anymore?

Our customers usually use only cloud-based tools, so basically all modern startups. Gordian Braun, CEO and co-founder onetool Venture Capital Funding

The company already counts amongst its investors HTGF. They have already raised more than 1.6 mn Euro in Venture Capital. Likely they will look for a new funding round “very soon” according to Gordian.

We got an email “You are invited to the final interview for Y-Combinator”. Oh, yeah it looks like we applied Gordian Braun, CEO and co-founder onetool

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The Founder We interview Justin Gemeri, Founder and CEO (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justin-gemeri/) of Frankfurt-based innovation platform ekipa (https://ekipa.de/en/).

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The Investor In this interview, we talk to investor Thomas J. Richter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomasrichterj/), who is Head of Europe at Santa Monica’s Expert Dojo (https://expertdojo.com/international-accelerator/). Thomas has a fascinating story, which started with studying in Ulm, Germany. After a few stops as an employee, he started out in Santa Monica with his first startup in 2013, later becoming Venture Partner at OneTraction. He is now in charge of Europe at Expert Dojo on “Silicon Beach.”

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The Programm Expert Dojo offers a virtual acceleration program to immerse for 8 weeks in the Silicon Beach ecosystem (https://expertdojo.com/international-accelerator/). They get access to American venture capital and gaining a competitive advantage to set them apart from the rest. Startups will receive a total investment of $100K including 20K in program fees and will participate in an intensive, two-month acceleration program in Santa Monica. In this program, founders will benefit from US business training as well as comprehensive networking opportunities with investors and potential business partners in the LA ecosystem. You can find some of their portfolio companies here: https://expertdojo.com/portfolio/

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Meet the Startup NanoStruct, they are listening to Molecules

***We are working in structures the size of nanometers. The average piece of paper is about 100.000 nanometers thick.

Henriette Maaß, CEO and Co-Founder NanoStruct***

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The Founder We talk to Henriette Maaß (https://www.linkedin.com/in/henriette-maa%C3%9F-608792142/), co-founder and CEO of the startup NanoStruct. During her Ph.D. in solid-state physics, she looked at the electronic state of materials. She founded NanoStruct (https://www.nanostruct.eu/en/home-english/)during her post-doc at university.

Henriette went on record here to admit that she is a Star Wars and Star Trek fan.

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***The reproducibility of nanostructures is normally not good. We can re-produce them more reliable.

Henriette Maaß, CEO and Co-Founder NanoStruct***

The Startup The idea of NanoStruct came when Henriette talked to her co-founder, who pursued his Ph.D. using spectroscopy as well, but another method. They are working on nanostructures like normal antennas but in nanometer sizes. The antennas function for frequencies of visible light, for which they have a reliable way to produce them over and over (which is not common for nanostructures). Their product can be used to search for contaminations like in biotech, pharma, or the food industry. You can learn more on their company website https://www.nanostruct.eu/en/home-english/

They are planning to do the production themselves since their production is neither expensive nor complex.

***Don’t be scared of physic, it is actually a lot of fun

Henriette Maaß, CEO and Co-Founder NanoStruct***

Venture Capital Funding NanoStruct is currently running on a federal grant for transferring research results into feasible products. They are looking for similar follow-up funding, until mid-2022, when they would rely on external investors. They are currently just starting to reach out.

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Entrepreneur Tools #4 – How to build a tech team

***You need to educate the US companies on what is possible and not possible in an employment contract in Germany.

Tim Heathcote, Headhunter***

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Entrepreneur Tools This is a series, within Startuprad.io’s podcast and YouTube blog. We meet a lot of people and of course, we talk with some of them about the typical entrepreneur problems. Sometimes an entrepreneur solves known problems in a very systematic way or can help us to find solutions to typical entrepreneurs’ problems. We will talk to him or her and bring you these recordings as entrepreneur tools. We are looking forward to your feedback.

The Entrepreneur

Tim (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timheathcote/) is an English ex-pat living in Frankfurt, making a living as a headhunter in the tech and startup space. He has founded Rebel Soul Recruitment (https://rebelsoulrecruitment.com/)

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***The number one complaint of US companies, setting up shop in Germany, are the number of holidays.

Tim Heathcote, Headhunter***

Here is a little warp-up: The headhunter must: 1. Understand the company and the values of the company 2. Know what technical skill is required for the role 3. Understand the incentive structure of the company hiring 4. Get familiar with the legal restrictions for an employment contract 5. Set up a hiring process (this step may also be at #7, depending on your CTO and his/her network).

What are you testing for

How do you test it for

How do you measure it 6. Use the network of your CTO to build the tech team 7. When the tech team gets larger, you need to rely on a headhunter at one point

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“It’s our ambition to be present across the entire Eurozone in the next four months,” Christian Hecker according to TechCrunch

Welcome to This Month in German Startups - A bonus episode since we have a new king in town. Trade Republic just became Germany’s most valuable startup with a 900 mn USD funding round backed by investors like Sequoia.

Chris joins Joe for this episode.

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Start in 2015 - at comdirect Startup Garage The story of Trade Republic starts with the comdirect startup garage. comdirect is Commerzbank’s online broker, founded during the late 1990s. Commerzbank again is Germany’s 2nd largest listed bank.

So, the founding team Christian Hecker, Thomas Pischke, and Marco Cancellieri started out with the idea of a German RobinHood Trading app (What is today called a neobroker). The Garage helped at the start in 2015 but did back out at funding the startup. The team did not receive funding from comdirect Garage, because one million Euros was too much to invest in a company at a seed stage

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Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in Germany) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up May 2021 for you. We talk about the massive Trade Republic funding, making them Germany's most valuable startup. We are talking about SPACs again, Germany’s institutional funds investing in crypto, and 3 bn shots of the corona vaccine. As always, we have a great show for you!

Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!

• We are very happy to have been listed as No 4 on the Welp Magazine list of "20 Best Start-ups Podcasts of 2021" https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-start-ups-podcasts-of-2021/
• Station Frankfurt featured our newest internet radio station in an article https://station-frankfurt.de/2021/05/07/das-steckt-hinter-dem-24-7-startupradio-startuprad-io/
• Italy-based Startup.info covered our internet radio station as well: The World’s First Internet Radio Station Dedicated to Startups and Tech Companies Just Launched https://buff.ly/3upGZte

Top News Trade Republic is now Germany’s most valuable startup with 5.3 bn US$ SPACs In the US the largest wave of SPAC IPOs is already behind us, but in Europe, it is just gaining speed. Frankfurt Stock Exchange expects up to 20 SPAC IPOs in 2021. In all of Europe, they expect more than 30 https://buff.ly/3h0mMqS

Amazon Shops are still HOT Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400M to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/2PVJULY

Germany rumored to open flood gates to Crypto Investments - Think again 'Damn Huge': Germany Opens Up to Institutional Crypto Funds - Decrypt https://buff.ly/3vvX3dU

Joe will talk about this soon - as soon as he gets to it - but the main point one has to understand in German institutional funds is that the investors are regulated and not so much the vehicles.

3bn Shots are coming Corona vaccine producer BioNTech is looking to produce 3bn shots https://buff.ly/2RHzXlA

We just passed a small moment in History 80 years ago, on May 11th, 1941 german inventor Konrad Zuse started his Z3. This was one of today's first - maybe The first - modern-day computer. He developed it, to take over statistical calculation he found tiresome https://buff.ly/3eEJ3sB

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The Founder We are talking to Jörn-Philipp Plies (https://www.linkedin.com/in/plies/) CEO and Co-Founder of eye2you (https://eye2you.ai/).

Philipp started out his professional life with an apprenticeship and moved to study at Technical University Darmstadt (TU Darmstadt, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Darmstadt) computer science and robotics.

While working on his final diploma thesis, he became interested in visual recognition and finally the eye. This led him to take on his Ph.D. at the University of Tübingen, studying how the brain processes visual information.

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The Startup The story of eye2you (https://eye2you.ai/) started at Korea University (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Korea_University), with a project for development aid projects in Ethiopia. Now the company is incorporated in Tübingen Germany and works on AI algorithms to recognize diseases in pictures of the retina.

They are working on empowering general physicians, nurses, or caretakers to perform a basic checkup with their software. Groups at risk for retina diseases are people with high blood pressure or diabetes.

Here is an explainer video for more details: https://youtu.be/nWFbvuYC2PY

Venture Capital Funding The startup already closed the pre-seed funding round, currently having 5 FTEs and one working student.

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Welcome to Startuprad.io,

we cover the German-speaking startup scene since 2015 with our franchise. Since 2019, we eased access to the German-speaking startup scene further with our special interest podcasts Fintech Germany, Blockchain Germany, Deeptech Germany, and German Startup News.

We have been called "The Authority on German Startups" and are a Top 0.5% global podcast, according to Listen Notes. Chartable.com scored us in 2020 a global Top 100 Science Podcast, a global Top 150 Tech Podcast, and a global Top 750 Business Podcast.

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***The Finish company later stopped all their activities in Central Europe. This is where I started crossinx.

Marcus Laube, Founder and CEO of crossinx***

The Founder In this interview, we are talking to Marcus Laube (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marcus-laube/) , the founder and CEO of one of the largest fintech exits this year. He sold the company, he founded in 2007 in 2021 for 100 mn Euros to Unifiedpost Group from Belgium (https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210411005030/en/Unifiedpost-Group-and-Crossinx-Join-Forces-to-Create-a-Unique-European-Business-Network).

Marcus has been the chairman of the European Fintech Alliance (https://eufintechs.com/) and the co-chairman of the European E-Invoice Service Provider Association (EESPA https://eespa.eu/)

The story of Marcus as an entrepreneur is totally fascinating: He was helping one of Lufthansa’s businesses (AirPlus) to get their first website and digitize Germany’s Flag Carrier. This brought him in contact with lots of electronic business ideas, with which he ventured out on his own. His first company was sliding into insolvency. He bought the company out of insolvency and this company stayed afloat by selling chairs and tables. This company was bought later by a company from Finland. This Finnish company stopped their business in Germany and Marcus decided to start over again with founding crossinx in 2007. He now sold this company in a 100 mn Euro plus deal (the deal includes a clause of up to 13 mn € further conditional earn-out payments according to the press statement).

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***We call what we do the financial supply chain.

Marcus Laube, Founder and CEO of crossinx***

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The Startup crossinx (https://www.crossinx.com/en/) is the leading provider of e-invoicing based service solutions in Germany, working with the largest companies and institutions, such as Nestle, Bayer, TNT, Sixt and the German national government. The company was founded back in 2007 by Marcus Laube.

The Exit On April 12 Unifiedpost Group announced to acquire crossinx for 100 mn Euros (up to 113 mn €): https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20210411005030/en/Unifiedpost-Group-and-Crossinx-Join-Forces-to-Create-a-Unique-European-Business-Network

The connection came from Marcu’s work in EESPA, where he met Unifiedpost. There has been interest to acquire crossinx 3 years before, but the deal was sealed after the IPO of Unifiedpost at Euronext (Euronext: UPG).

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-the-fintech-behind-the-100-mn-e-exit-nobody-talks-about/

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The Upcoming Changes to EU Crowdfunding Rules for Startups

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The Expert We talk to a former guest, Jamal El Mallouki (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jamalelmallouki/), Managing Director (MD) and Co-Founder of Crowdfunding SaaS tech company CrowdDesk. He is also chairman of the board of directors of Germany’s Crowdfunding Association (https://www.bundesverband-crowdfunding.de/about-the-german-crowdfunding-association-bundesverband-crowdfunding-ev/).

He talks with us about the upcoming rules, which will harmonize crowdfunding for startups across the European Union.

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The new Rules / European Crowdfunding Service Provider (ECSP) Currently, Germany has national rules, getting retail investors without any prospectus to invest in startups. Each retail investor can invest up to 25.000 € in total. This limit does not exist for professional investors. A startup can now raise up to 6 million Euros with crowdfunding.

These rules are about to change with upcoming EU rules. You can dig deeper in the rules with the links below. The main points are:

• Crowdfunding campaigns can now target retail investors across the EU. They can now scale up to the whole EU market.
• (Crowd)Fundraising startups can now target directly online retail investors across the EU
• Crowdlending in Germany is now possible, directly via the crowdfunding platform, the need for an intermediate bank is gone.

This also means that crowdfunding is competing with classical bank credit here. * EU Startups, running a crowdfunding campaign can now raise funds in the German market, the largest in the EU with 6.7 trn € (8.14 trn US$) in private household wealth (according to Bundesbank, as end of 2020). * Fundraising without prospectus is possible, up to 5 mn Euros

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Entrepreneur Tools Episode 3 This is a new series, within Startuprad.io’s YouTube Blog. We meet a lot of people and of course, we talk with some of them about the typical entrepreneur problems. Sometimes an entrepreneur solves known problems in a very systematic way, which we find great, or has great insights. In both cases, we will talk to him or her and bring you these recordings as entrepreneur tools. We are looking forward to your feedback.

This time we talk to Simon Stengelmeier (https://www.linkedin.com/in/simonstegelmeier/), also known as The Data Warrior (https://thedatawarrior.com/). This time we are talking about service design and marketing. Tune in to learn more.

Jobs to be Done (including Affiliate Links) * Jobs to Be Done: A Roadmap for Customer-Centered Innovation (AL) https://amzn.to/2SLZdIh * The Jobs-to-be-Done Handbook: Practical techniques for improving your application of Jobs-to-be-Done (AL) https://amzn.to/3fg34VA * Link to HBR Article: Know Your Customers’ “Jobs to Be Done” https://hbr.org/2016/09/know-your-customers-jobs-to-be-done

Put Value First

Know Your Target Audience / Create a Customer Avatar

Craft Your Message

Your Signature Solution

3 Steps to Success: How To Structure & Sell Your Services

• Maximize (Customer Avatar, Message, Solution)
• Monetize (Leads, Trust, Conversion)
• Multiply (Paid, Organic, SEO)

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This podcast is in media partnership with the Hamburg-based startup blog Hamburg Startups (https://www.hamburg-startups.net/).

The Founder

We talk to the Hamburg-based founder Dennis Ahrens, the CEO and Founder of Spacific (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dennisahrens/). Spacific offers a software for augmented reality glasses to measure objects within rooms (https://www.spacific.de). Dennis has been involved in several companies, before starting his startup, one stop including staying for almost 13 years.

Dennis discovered his fascination for augmented reality while working in a project where AR devices have been used to measure stairs to build in stair lifts (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stairlift).

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The Startup

Dennis founded his startup Spacific (https://www.spacific.de/) with customer service engineers in mind, who work for B2B companies.

The startup works on possibilities to measure objects inside a room. This would enable service engineers to put on their AR glasses and measure objects (e.g. lifts, forklifts, …).

Spacific is working on a self-service portal, for their business customers. There the Spacific clients can tailor their specific needs and processes with a work-flow-configurator, making their customer service better and fast than their competitors’.

Venture Capital Funding

Currently Spacific is funded by the savings of Dennis and funding from the City of Hamburg. They would be open to talking to external investors.

Further Readings / Additional Resources

Joe refers during the interview to this book: The world is flat (book) (AL): https://amzn.to/3hgWyQH

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***When we started 5 years ago, London and Berlin were unreachable, getting 60% of the votes. Now they are between 30% and 40%.

Thomas Köster, President Startup Heatmap Europe***

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***Vienna has the highest share of female entrepreneurs in Europe with 34% of the hubs we are tracking. On average only 15,5% of startups in Europe are founded or co-founded by women.

Thomas Köster, President Startup Heatmap Europe***

The President/Co-Founder In this interview, we talk to Thomas Köster (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thomas-k%C3%B6sters-8602a247/) , President and Co-Founder of the Startup Heatmap Europe (https://www.startupheatmap.eu/).

Their Annual Survey is out for the 5th time and we take the opportunity to talk to one of the

authors about their findings. You can learn more here: Direct Link: https://startupsandplaces.com/release-startup-heatmap-europe-2021/

***In our Heatmap Survey, we only publish the top 50, but we are tracking more than 200 cities in Europe.

Thomas Köster, President Startup Heatmap Europe***

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***27% of startup founders [in Europe] are starting their company in a country, they did not grow up in. … in the top hubs like Berlin and London you have a share of more than 65%

Thomas Köster, President Startup Heatmap Europe***

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***People from outside of Germany have voted for Frankfurt: I can imagine starting my company here.

Thomas Köster, President Startup Heatmap Europe***

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Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.

Today we are wrapping up April 2021 for you. We talk about SPACs, which have been all the rage, but now they get to work. We bring you news about potential SPAC deals with Solarisbank, Infarm, Lilium, and Volocopter. The first three eying a valuation of more than one billion. Also, we have a Gorilla Unicorn.

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Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!

• Startuprad.io is working tirelessly towards our internet radio station. Now we could onboard Laptop Radio, a Stanford Campus Radio Show covering bleeding edge technology, as well as Radio Free Enterprise.
• Our friends from IBGR have also completed their show syndication for our internet radio called AgileRad.io
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We talk to Hamburg-based Founder Benny Bennet Jürgens, the CEO and Co-Founder of NECT 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.

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How to Headhunt Tech TalentIf you are coming to Germany, if you do not have any prior knowledge about Frankfurt, you may end up somewhere else.

Time Heathcote, Tech Headhunter

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80% of startups fail due to problems in the team.

Tim Heathcote, Tech Headhunter

The FounderTim is a British expatriate (https://www.linkedin.com/in/timheathcote/) living in Frankfurt am Main. He originally came to build up a team for a former employer, planning to move further to Berlin. He is now happy with a family in Frankfurt and does not to move anymore. He is now making a living as a headhunter in the tech space, frequently working for startup companies.

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He is looking for rebels in the sense that they are aiming to do things differently with the goal to do things better.

Go to see a game of Eintrach Frankfurt, the flair is totally worth the experience. It is totally different from my experience in the UK.

Tim Heathcote, Tech Headhunter

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Weichei https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Weichei

Schattenparker https://www.urbandictionary.com/define.php?term=Schattenparker

The Stadion in Frankfurt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waldstadion_(Frankfurt)

Frankfurt’s botanical garden: https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Palmengarten_Frankfurt

Frankfurts Football Club Eintracht Frankfurt: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eintracht_Frankfurt

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The FounderWe talk to Fabian Beringer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/fabianberinger/, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/fabian-beringer), the CEO and Co-Founder of Munich-based e-bot7. Fabian is an early thought leader in chatbots, ai and NLP, he is also writing for the tech blog VentureBeat https://venturebeat.com/author/fabian-beringer-e-bot7/

Fabian is not only the founder of a successful company and a Forbes 30 under 30 (https://www.forbes.com/profile/e-bot7/?list=30under30-europe-technology&sh=6f7fb7391530) , he is also the co-founder of a tech blog called Chatbot News Daily (www.chatbotnewsdaily.com) and he is also a DJ, having worked with the likes of DJ Tiesto. You can find some of his music here: https://www.beatport.com/artist/jensby/164401

Next to all this Fabian and e-bot7 have been founding members of the KI Bundesverband, the German Association for Artificial Intelligence, Germany’s largest AI network: https://www.linkedin.com/company/ki-verband/, https://ki-verband.de/

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From the start, we centered our product development on customer feedback.

Fabian Beringer, CEO and Co-Founder e-bot7

The Startupe-bot7 (https://e-bot7.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/e-bot7) integrates Artificial Intelligence to increase the efficiency of Customer Service. Through its pre-trained machine learning algorithms, the system can automate answers and processes and suggest the best answers to agents. This reduces average handling times, increases sales, and saves up to 80% of costs.

Amongst their customers are the small German Tech companies like Loovo, joyn, but also well-known international brands like Audi, Miele, Telefonica, and the University of Northampton.

If you want to have a successful company, you have to build it around a mission.

Fabian Beringer, CEO and Co-Founder e-bot7

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/conversational-ai-for-customer-service-with-e-bot7/

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homefully offers co-living (furnished apartments) in many cities across Germany and Switzerland. The company has 50% of ex-pat tenants. Now they are looking to expand in Europe ...

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In this interview, we are talking about best practices on how to keep your cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets safe as a private investor.

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Construction sides are usually littered with large and bulky paper-based construction plans. It is also a hassle to keep all people up to date with recent changes, especially on larger constructions. Munich-based startup Capmo wants to change that.

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Television.ai helps with ai to generate automatic trailers or short spots for tv programs, independent productions, and much more

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In this interview, we talk to Christian, a subject matter expert for tokens. He explains what are non fungible tokens and their use

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In this media exchange, we talk to Frank, who has been a dot-com CEO and he shares his experience during this crazy time, e.g. how he IPOed out of desperation.

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Joe gets together with a podcaster, a blogger, and an entrepreneur to discuss the developments of 2020 and 2021 for the greater Rhine-Main and Frankfurt area.

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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.

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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

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/we-are-nothing-like-greensill-says-frankfurt-based-traxpay/

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Flash UpdateHey 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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In this interview, we are talking to Nikolaus D. Bayer, the recipient of the Business Angel of the Year Award. The award is granted by the German Business Angel Association "Business Angel Netzwerk Deutschland" also known as BAND. He founded a company focusing on fraud in payments, called IRIS Analytics, which was bought by IBN end of 2015. He uses these proceeds to invest as a business angel. For his investments, he uses the BeAI GmbH.

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Mirrakoi Helps Surgeons with 3D Models and 3D Prints to Prepare for SurgeriesWe are focusing with our technology on bone structures at the moment, … especially surgeries to reconstruct bones.

Pablo Garcia-Amorena, CEO and Co-Founder Mirrakoi

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The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Pablo Garcia-Amorena (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pablo-garcia-amorena-711518166/). He is originally from Barcelona, where he studied Mathematics and Engineering as a double major. He than went on to the Swiss Federal Institute (École polytechnique fédérale de Lausanne). Within their program he was focusing on processing data from medical devices, where he met his two co-founders of Mirrakoi.

You can also learn more about Pablo here:

https://www.researchgate.net/scientific-contributions/Pablo-Garcia-Amorena-2118645293https://mirrakoi.com/author/pablogarciaamorena_mirrako/ 

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They are currently helping surgeons with the preparation of reconstructive surgeries, like the reconstruction of faces after car accidents.

For research projects, they are 3d printing what they call “surgical guides”. For example, these guides help to guide the drill of the surgeon to drill at the right point and depth during surgery.

We are focusing on models for pre-operation. Our models will right now not end up in the patient, but we have a research project for that.

Pablo Garcia-Amorena, CEO and Co-Founder Mirrakoi

Venture Capital FundingMirrakoi is currently bootstrapped but will soon be looking for an external investor.

Health Venture Labs (Budapest)In this small section we talk to the accelerator program Health Venture Labs (HV Labs), and its co-founder Daniel Szemerey (https://www.linkedin.com/in/daniel-szemerey/). HV Labs is the program Mirrakoi went through. If you are curious, they are looking for startups for their next intake: https://hvlab.eu/. As stated in the interview, they have a preference for medical imaging startups.

Part of their program is also a chance to dip in the Boston medtech startup hub.

Further Readings / Additional ResourcesCT Scans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CT_scan#:~:text=A%20CT%20scan%20or%20computed,of%20a%20body%2C%20allowing%20the 

MRT Scans: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magnetic_resonance_imaging 

X-Ray: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/X-ray

Erasmus Programm: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Erasmus_Programme

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In this interview, we talk to Manuel Pistner, the founder and CEO of Flash Hub. He studied computer sciences because he thought this would bring him to the fast lane as an entrepreneur. After some stops along the way, he founded an agency. Agency business is a very cyclical business, where he was either short of talent or projects (translating into missing cashflow). This crashed his agency and he talked about it in a Ted Talk. To help himself and others to be able to set up flexible global teams he started Flash Hub.

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EVITADO avoids collisions of planes on the ground –Using Lidar“The direct costs to repair a plane, after a ground collision usually runs least at 250.000 Euros. Not included are indirect costs like delays in schedule or revenues lost”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

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“We found that ground collisions of planes happen on average one or two times a month”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

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“I guess I am a bit an aviation geek myself”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

The FounderJoe talks to Alexander Kasinec (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-kasinec-87715866/), co-founder of the Hamburg-based startup EVITADO (https://evitado.io/). Alex is an American, who co-founded the company in Hamburg. He started learning German in 8th grade already, spent time during his studies in Germany, and did an internship in Germany as well. He then ended up getting a master’s degree in Hamburg, where he met his co-founders.

“There are some pretty big [aviation] companies here in Hamburg. That is why we decided to stay here.”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

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Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

The StartupEvitado (https://evitado.io/) provides a warning system for planes pulled on the ground, so the drivers of these pushback tractors do not collide with other planes on the ground, hangar doors and so on. Their system is based on Lidar and offers the drivers a Birdseye view of their plane and vehicle.

The idea of Evitado was developed by Alex and his co-founder, who met during their MBA. They made it in the finals in a pitch competition, which gave them their hint that their idea may be much more than just a hobby.

“Hamburg is the world’s third-largest hub for the aviation industry, behind Seattle and Toulouse in France”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

Venture Capital FundingEvitado is looking for 750.000 € as a seed funding round. They would like to close the round end of June 2021.

“Our system is based on Lidar technology”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

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“We would love to integrate our software in the Microsoft Flight Simulator. It is a beautiful tool”

Alexander Kasinec, Co-Founder Evitado

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KONVOI Helps with AI and Sensors to Prevent the Theft of Truck CargoEach year cargo is stolen from at least 26.000 trucks each year in Germany, worth 2.2 bn Euros.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

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… there is organized crime stealing from parked trucks. … We want to be preventive, before the theft happens.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

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Our solution will be a combination of hardware and software.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Heinz Luckardt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/heinz-luckhardt-a77a351a0/), Co-Founder of Hamburg-based startup KONVOI. He is originally from Frankfurt, but his studies took him to Hamburg University, where he met his co-founder. But Heinz has already traveled the world, he studied in Milano (Italy), he has been a sales intern in India, as well as working with Fraunhofer Institute. At Fraunhofer, he was working on salt-based 3d printing.

The vision is later to go deep into predictive analytics, like generating heatmaps for truck thefts.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

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We are looking for innovative trucking companies in Germany, to give us feedback.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

Venture Capital FundingKONVOI is currently not actively looking for external investors. They are currently on a government grant, funding the company at least until end of 2021.

We are not focusing on one technology. We are working with radar, as well as ultra-sonic sound at the moment.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

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Further Readings / Additional ResourcesMilan, Italy https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan

Frauenhofer Institutes are organized in the Fraunhofer Society: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society

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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

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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.

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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 2021 or Q1 2022 to go live.

PaceUp on Social MediaFacebook https://www.facebook.com/groups/2399668980113869Instagram https://www.instagram.com/paceupinvest/LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/groups/8788895/YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3EIqAHmEF0dnPB-IAy6gPw 

Venture Capital FundingPaceUp is currently funded by an angel investment in combination with a government grant of the state of Baden Wurttemberg. They will start their next fundraising soon, looking at 900k €.

When I got in a bank to get a mortgage to buy my first apartment, my bank advisor asked me “where is your husband”. … other women had similar experiences

Rukayyat Kolawole, Founder and CEO PaceUP Investment

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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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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! 

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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 https://buff.ly/3abVPMO  

N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources https://buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition https://buff.ly/3ckRpVq  

Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic https://buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: https://www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds.  We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted https://buff.ly/3bAqNOq 

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Xperience+ Wants To Change How You Watch Sports and Movies ForeverIn 1917, an Italian guy put audio in a movie … more than 100 years later, we are still here.

Fabrizio Gramuglio, CEO and Co-Founder Xperience+

The Founder(s)Fabrizio is the Co-Founder and CEO of Xperience+ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gramuglio/). Fabricio is by training a geneticist, but he found the lab work not really appealing, so he set out on a new path. Fabricio is also a Ted Speaker (https://youtu.be/Qw30kQVyvnM).

Pedro is the CMO and Co-Founder of Xperience+ (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pedrogmferreira/), who is also the founder of the local tech blog Frankfurt Valley (http://frankfurtvalley.app/), as well as the community manager of Startuprad.io (http://www.startuprad.io/about-us/).

Both together manage the local chapter of the singularity university (https://su.org/).

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Fabrizio Gramuglio, CEO and Co-Founder Xperience+

The Startup Xperience+ (https://xperience.plus/) is not itself a hardware provider. The company offers on its app a marketplace for companies to join the Internet of Senses and use the protocols of Xperience+ for this.

Part of the offer will also be a Library of Senses, in which experiences can be stored and retrieved at will.

We are working on letting fans experience their favorite game from the perspective of a player – with all five senses. It will be totally immersive.

Pedro Ferreira, CMO and Co-Founder Xperience+

The Xperience+ AppThe app is currently not available to the public. Currently, the app is in closed beta status. They are working on the library and the option to stream videos. We will let you know when the app is available.

We are working on disrupting the “old” audio and video media and bring in all the five senses.

Fabrizio Gramuglio, CEO and Co-Founder Xperience+

Venture Capital FundingXperience+ has already raised a seed investment of 500.000 €. They are open to additional external investors.

If this works guys, you will put every diet out of business, since people can taste everything, without gaining the calories.

Joe Menninger, CEO and Founder Startuprad.io on Xperience+

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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 an 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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Entrepreneur Tools Episode 2This is a new series, within Startuprad.io’s YouTube Blog. We meet a lot of people and of course, we talk with some of them about the typical entrepreneur problems. Sometimes an entrepreneur solves known problems in a very systematic way, which we find great, or has great insights. In both cases, we will talk to him or her and bring you these recordings as entrepreneur tools. We are looking forward to your feedback.

Think in principles, it helps you with a lot of decisions.

Peter Hart, Serial Entrepreneur

The EntrepreneurYou may remember Peter (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-hart-94373435) from our interview about his latest startup call Pythia https://www.startuprad.io/blog/pythia-forecasts-the-next-trend-in-consumer-products/ (yes, his video interview drops a few links as well 😊). He is a successful serial entrepreneur for more than 8 years now having to build retail brands like Dr. Severin and now an AI startup called Pythia.

He likes to think very structured and shares some of the essentials from his journey to running several successful ventures. 

If you ever want to do something, you can go through your CRM and look through your contacts … if you wrote down what you talked about last time the outreach will not really be a cold call.

Peter Hart, Serial Entrepreneur

Basic infrastructure tools (1 & 2)Get a Drive (Dropbox, Google Drive). Joe recommends you encrypt it with a tool like BoxcryptorCRM Tool to manage your contactsPipedrive (AL) 

Everyone should build up their own principles that fit the company you want to build or the job you want to do

Peter Hart, Serial Entrepreneur

3. Evolving: Building up PrinciplesThe idea is based on Ray Dalio's book (AL) https://amzn.to/36XZ5td 

Develop your own principles, write them down and let them evolve. It also helps to explain the principles to other people. It is a learning process to shape your decision making

HiringRiskStrategyWork/Live BalanceThinking in principles helps you make decisions. 

I highly recommend thinking about … what kind of a founder am I … and thus and what do I need to think about when I hire people. Not everyone can lead every person.

Peter Hart, Serial Entrepreneur

1. Building up a company cultureWhat you do is who you are Benz Horrowitz (AL) https://amzn.to/3tznJtQ

The idea is the whole company is following one broader path e.g., Facebook “move fast and break things”, which was later revised. Culture includes traditions e.g., coaching morning at Peters companie(s). It is a day they invest in their people.

Here is an example of an interview with the founders of Airbnb, when they talk about culture.

https://youtu.be/RfWgVWGEuGE

Further Reading (AL)The airbnb story (AL) https://amzn.to/3rBGI5aBlitzscaling (AL) https://amzn.to/36UdJSe 

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My Football Space Connects Fans with Clubs GloballyAfter almost 20 years in consulting … it was a good time to think about what I wanted to do in my life, what I have a passion for.

Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space

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I was not really looking for founding a company. The idea came to me since I am passionate about innovative technology, finance and sports.

Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space

The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Alex Schlicher, a former management consultant, turned entrepreneur (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-schlicher-cfa-953660/). Alex started out with vocational training in retail banking, foreign exchange trader, and a management consultant in capital markets, where he worked for several consultancies. While he worked in FX trading (Foreign Exchange), he learned how derivatives are working and are structured. He is a born “Frankfurter Bub” (a native Frankfurt boy).

In his past, he was also in charge of building up the German business for a London-based consultancy.

After almost 20 years in consulting, he decided to do a re-set and spent some more time with his family.

Alex has been passionate about sports all his life and is a fan of Frankfurt-based Bundesliga Club Eintracht Frankfurt. Alex currently pursues an executive MBA at Frankfurt School for Management and Finance, in one of these classes the idea of My Football Space “hit him” as he said.

The initial trigger for setting up a company was really driven by technology, because I saw the potential of the technology.

Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space

The Startup 

Alex founded the sports tech startup My Football Space (https://myfs.de/). He got the idea for his startup while one of his professors talked about everything of value is on the Blockchain in the future. So it instantly struck him this may include football in one way or another. Initially, they thought about investing in football players, but changed this amazingly fast, since it was too much like an investment.

They do not want to change the memberships of the sports clubs, as they are popular for example in Germany with Bundesliga. This is not available to many people all over the world, this is what they want to change.

This is something everybody shares, the passion, the emotion for the sport. It is a very global thing. There is no difference between a fan in Australia, Asia, the US, or Europe.

Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space

The Bundesliga Club Bayern München has globally more than 100 million fans, according to Alex. On the other side of those fans there is only a fraction really a member of the sports club (300.000).  The app also helps the club to understand its digital fans and give them matching offers.

My Football Space AppTheir app for membership for fans will be available in app stores like Google or Apple towards End of 2021.

Venture Capital FundingThe company already closed two financing rounds, one by business angels and one by the management team. Currently, they are looking to close the next funding round in 2021 Q2 or Q3.

Blockchain is really stepping out of its baby shoes. The maturity level is really reaching a tipping point where mass adoption in a lot of industries is about to start.

Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space

Further Readings / Additional Resources 

Bundesliga https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga

Eintracht Frankfurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eintracht_Frankfu...

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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

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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 

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 grant their physician access https://buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) https://buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 https://buff.ly/3o5IeKU  

Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news.

FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data ...

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[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 FounderIn 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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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 

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 Aachen, LMU München, Universität Mannheim, Universität Bremen, WHU, TU Berlin, TU Darmstadt and FU Berlin.~ 20% of founders have a migration backgroundThe most important technology is AI, more than 26.7% of startups had a SaaS business model68.8% of all startups focus on B2B, 26.5% on B2C, and 4.7% on B2G (Business to Government)The most important funding sources are the founder's own savings (used by 78.4%), government programs (used by 44.3%), and business angels (used by 31.6%). Actually...

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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 

In spring 2019 we issued our tokenized bond and with that, we established tokenized securities in Germany.

Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond

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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

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DueDash wants to help startups become investable and network with potential investors[Startup] Investment is not an event, it is a process

Parul Madan, Co-Founder DueDash

The FounderIn this interview we talk to the investor and founder Parul Madan (https://www.linkedin.com/in/parulmadan/), who is the co-founder of the entrepreneur network DueDash (https://community.duedash.com/). Parul can look back at more than 11 years as an employee in well-known companies (Ericson, Unitymedia (now part of Vodafone Germany)). The jobs brought her from India to Germany and the US. After some time in India, she came back to Germany with her family and set up shop in Cologne, Germany.

She helped to start the founder institute in Cologne Germany as a Director of the chapter, as well as a mentor https://fi.co/apply/cologne

We try to help with the information asymmetry between startups and investors

Parul Madan, Co-Founder DueDash

DueDashIf you don’t like Patreon, there is DueDash. DueDash is a Social Network, for startups and investors. We have a group of supporters there as well. You can join the group here:  https://buff.ly/2R90PYp

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The StartupDueDash is a social network, which aims to solve the information asymmetry between startups and investors when investing in early-stage companies. The idea came from the personal background of the founders, being active as a business angel.

The actual product of DueDash is not available yet, the team is looking at Q1 2021 to launch it. Therefore they flipped their go to market strategy and first launched the social network part of their idea.

One of our goals is that the investment should reach the people who deserve it

Parul Madan, Co-Founder DueDash

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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

Google Pay Relaunch https://arstechnica.com/gadgets/2020/11/google-pay-relaunch-transforms-it-into-a-full-fledged-financial-service/#:~:text=Google%20today%20announced%20a%20major,Pay%2C%20and%20even%20some%20banks.

Singapore allows fully digital bank license

https://www.straitstimes.com/business/banking/mas-awards-digital-full-bank-licences-to-grab-singtel-and-sea-ant-gets-digital

3b

Starling digital bank posts first profit 

https://www.financemagnates.com/fintech/news/starling-becomes-first-digital-bank-to-post-profits/#:~:text=UK%2Dbased%20Starling%20Bank%20has,million%20on%20an%20annualized%20basis.

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 

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Meet Europe’s most important Seed Investor 

We are the most active seed investor in Europe.

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

The InvestorAlexander “Alex” von Frankenberg  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/justdoitalex/, https://twitter.com/Justdoitalex, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/alexander-von-frankenberg) is Managing Director of Germany’s High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).

We helped to raise 2,8 bn Euros in follow-on funding for our portfolio companies.

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

HTGF is a venture capital investor with private (like BASF, Bayer, Braun, Boehringer Ingelheim, Cewe, Dräger, Haniel, Lanxess, RWE, SAP, …) and public LPs (KfW, German Federal Government). The fund has approximately 890 m € (1 bn US$) in assets under management and close to 600 seed investments. focuses its investments in Europe, especially Germany, but also invests across the world – even at a lesser degree.

In my experience in the venture business: It is really the “long tail” that matters ... it is also in the long tail, in den deal flow, where you need to find the hidden gems 

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

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I think our record was 28 days between first meeting the startup and signing the [investment] contract.

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

The FundIn 2005 HTGF  (https://www.htgf.de/en/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/high-tech-gr%C3%BCnderfonds, https://twitter.com/HTGF, https://www.linkedin.com/company/high-tech-grunderfonds/) was established as a private-public partnership, to compensate – at the time – for the lack of active, domestic seed investors. Just two years after the bursting of the dot com bubble many seed investors went out of business and so an expert group of the German government recommended setting up a fund. The private investors helped HTGF to develop into a real venture fund, not only a public funding entity.

I reply to every email, even one that would just say “Yo, we should talk”. 

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

On average it takes three months between the first contact with HTGF and its investment. Note this may vary significantly during corona and maybe some time afterwards.

HTGF always takes the role of a lead investor in a seed-stage investment. This is due to their history. In later rounds, they will give up the role of a lead investor.

HTGF IVHTGF is currently raising its fourth fund and is looking to close the fund in June 2022.

We not only open doors at our LPs for our portfolio companies, we also know many many other companies.

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

Further Readings / Additional Resources 

Dot-com bubble: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dot-com_bubble, https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/dotcom-bubble.asp 

We can invest globally, but we are focusing on Germany.

Alex von Frankenberg, MD HTGF

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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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💢 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/

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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

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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: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateral_trading_facility

Euwax (The market for retail structured products, not related to BISON, but we talk about it as an offering of Börse Stuttgart): https://www.boerse-stuttgart.de/en/investing/euwax-segment/

OTC Trading: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/o/otc.asp

AML: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/a/aml.asp

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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

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Sciflow helps you to write the best possible research paperMicrosoft Word was never meant to write scientific papers in it

Carsten Borchert, Co-Founder Sciflow

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Contentshift Winner 2020The winner of this year’s batch is Sciflow (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/). We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year.

There is no software without an error. You just need to find them

Carsten Borchert, Co-Founder Sciflow

The FounderWe are talking to Carsten Borchert (https://www.linkedin.com/in/carstenborchert/), co-founder of the Berlin-based startup Sciflow (https://www.sciflow.net/en/). His life took him from an internship in South Africa through positions in well-known companies like Bertelsmann or Oracle. He learned how to sell software, which comes in handy right now. Carsten also holds a position in the alumni startup association of FU Berlin, where he helps startups founded by current or former FU Berlin students.

I was a software quality engineer and basically my job was to crash software. … That was a lot of fun

Carsten Borchert, Co-Founder Sciflow

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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

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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

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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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Housekeeping - Time to brag 

We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have! 

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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/

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(+)plural makes Children Books for Blind and Visually Impaired Children AffordableBlind and visually impaired children learn Braille [writing for blind] only in school, so we had to re-think children books for blind and visually impaired

Christina Oskui, Co-Founder PlusPlural

Media PartnershipThis interview is in media partnership with the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/), which we follow since its inception. CONTENTshift is the accelerator program of the German Book Publishers and Printers Association. Below you will find more interviews from past batches. We used to record the interviews directly at Frankfurt Book Fair, but since it is canceled this year due to Corona, we resorted to remote only interviews. At the time of the recording, we did not know who won the final award. The winner of this year’s batch is SciFlow (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/). We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year.

Three things remain with us from paradise: stars, flowers, and children.

Dante Alighieri

The FounderThis time we speak to the co-founder of (+)plural (spoken plus plural http://www.plusplural.de/) Christina Oskui (https://www.linkedin.com/in/christina-oskui-825b8615a/, https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/participants-2020/christina-oskui/). Christina wrote her first children’s book about an hedgehog, who lost his spikes, finance with a crowdfunding campaign on StartNext (https://www.startnext.com/en/kinderbuch-igel). During the writing she also designed plush figures to go along with the book (owl, rabbit, duck), but she could not find any publisher who wanted to publish the books together with the stuffed animals.

During this time she also realized that books for blind and visually impaired children are extremely expensive, due to the high amount of manual labor going into each book. Also, books catering to sighted and blind children at the same time are not available. So she aims with her social startup (+)plural and modern production techniques to change that and make affordable books for all children.

There have been no books that blind and non-blind people can read at the same time.

Christina Oskui, Co-Founder PlusPlural

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A child can teach an adult three things: to be happy for no reason, to always be busy with something, and to know how to demand with all his might that which he desires.

Paulo Coelho

The StartupBlind children learn Braille writing only in school, so many children have a very small choice of books they can enjoy. The high price comes from a large amount of manual labor going into these books (gluing, stitching, stapling of different textures, textiles, and pieces to the book).  A friend of hers has a blind child who only likes part of one of its books. (+)plural (http://www.plusplural.de/) combines 3d printing, modern manufacturing, and picture books to make affordable picture books for blind and sighted children. The books include stuffed animals, as well as 3d printed parts.

(+)plural is a social enterprise.

Venture Capital Funding(+)plural is at a very early stage, but they are open to talk to external investors. They are also looking for partners for sale and distribution for their books.

My first book was about a hedgehog who lost is spikes and I designed a stuffed animal, which went along with the story

Christina Oskui, Co-Founder PlusPlural

Further Readings / Additional RessourcesBraille https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/braille

Zentralbibliothek für Blinde https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Central_Library_for...

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Where to set up Shop in Canada

You can get anything here you can in Silicon Valley and all over the US.

Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business”

Media Exchange

This is the first media exchange we are doing. We talk with Ishu Sing (Website, LinkedIn), founder of the Toronto based podcast Starting to Know Business (iTunes, Listen Notes). We thought it would be great to look at the respective countries. So, in this audio-only cooperation, we will talk about where to look if you want to evaluate entering Canada, as a startup based abroad.

In his part of the cooperation, we will talk about the diversity of Germany and that there is no default choice for setting up shop in the country as well.

Strong and interesting startups are all over Canada.

Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business”

Canada

Canada is a G7 nation and should be on the list for international expansion for every aspiring startup. For some, it could be the first choice in North America. https://www.canada.ca/en.html

Affiliate 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

In Canada we have 3.5 million entrepreneurs.

Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business”

Startup Hubs in Canada

I feel that right now the startups in Toronto are developing a bit faster than Vancouver … Toronto is growing very very strong.

Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business”

Toronto

We start with the largest city by population and the home town of Ishu, Toronto (https://www.toronto.ca/). Much of the startup activity is here concentrated in the so-called MaRs Discovery District. MaRs was originally founded in 2000 to commercialize public-funded research with local companies. You can learn more here: https://www.marsdd.com/

Montreal is coming up with lots of strong tech startups as well.

Ishu Sing, Host “Starting to know business”

Montreal

The second-largest city in Canada, also close to the US border. This city is home to the French-speaking population of Canada, French Canadians. A knowledge of French is not required, but helpful. You can learn more about the startup scene in the city here: https://www.bonjourstartupmtl.ca/en/ as well as find some examples of Montreal based startups here: https://builtinmtl.com/.

Vancouver

Vancouver is located on the pacific coast of Canada. They have been one of the first tech hubs in Canada. They are also close to Seattle, with the headquarters of Amazon and Microsoft. You can learn more about the local startup scene on the Vancouver based blog https://techcouver.com/

Calgary

A few people may remember Calgary from the Olympic Winter Games in 2010. If not, it is located to the north of the population centers in Canada, in the Rocky Mountains. Note that the city is even for Canada a bit on the chilly side. The focus of the city is mostly on energy like fossil f...

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Artificial Connect uses AI to generate automated local event announcementsIn Hannover [a city of 790.000] there are 40.000 to 60.000 events in a normal year. The problem of the publishers was to first generate all the event information and second to write articles about them.

Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect

Media PartnershipThis interview is in media partnership with the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/), which we follow since its inception. CONTENTshift is the accelerator program of the German Book Publishers and Printers Association. Below you will find more interviews from past batches. We used to record the interviews directly at Frankfurt Book Fair, but since it is canceled this year due to Corona, we resorted to remote only interviews. At the time of the recording, we did not know who won the final award. The winner of this year’s batch is SciFlow (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/). We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year.

The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Felix Rolf (https://www.linkedin.com/in/felix-rolf-526a4894/) the founder and CEO of Artificial Connect (https://www.artificial-connect.com/), an AI startup located in the beautiful city of Hannover.

Felix originally started with an advertising conglomerate with roots in newspaper publishing, where he got to work in several departments. He enjoyed his time in digitalization projects, especially in data science. During his time there he worked at the intersection of data science and sales.

I participated in a boot camp for three months to learn about the statistical tools needed for data science.

Felix Rolf, CEO Artificial Connect

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Scriptbakery taught an AI to analyze manuscripts and the emotions of a potential reader98% of the manuscripts sent to publishing houses are not read right now.

Patrick Kaiser, COO Scriptbakery

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The FounderWe talk to Patrick Kaiser (https://www.linkedin.com/in/patrick-kaiser-5978ba1b6/), the COO of Scriptbakery (https://www.scriptbakery.de/), a Freiburg based startup, which taught its AI to analyze a book script and analyze the potential emotions of a reader.

Patrick got his job as COO because he has a black belt in Kungfu. The founder of the company knows him from the Kungfu gym, where the founder was Patrick’s student.

We taught our AI with 1.7 mn data points, to make it work with all European languages

Patrick Kaiser, COO Scriptbakery

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The largest chunk we get here as scripts are biographies by Professors and Teachers who have retired

Patrick Kaiser, COO Scriptbakery

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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. 

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Questlog mastered individualized mass productionMedia PartnershipThis interview is in media partnership with the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/), which we follow since its inception. CONTENTshift is the accelerator program of the German Book Publishers and Printers Association. Below you will find more interviews from past batches. We used to record the interviews directly at Frankfurt Book Fair, but since it is canceled this year due to Corona, we resorted to remote only interviews. At the time of the recording, we did not know who won the final award. The winner of this year's batch is SciFlow https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-sciflow/. We will publish the exclusive interview with them as the last of our series this year.

I did Erasmus for Entrepreneurs and already had the business plan for Questlog in my suitcase.

Frederic Geiger, Founder and CEO Questlog  

The FounderFrederic Geiger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frederic-geiger-0a951b89/ ) is the founder and CEO of Questlog (https://questlog.eu/?lang=en), one of the finalists in the 2020 batch of the CONTENTshif accelerator program (https://www.contentshift.de/en/accelerator/programme/for-startups/). Frederic set up Questlog, after graduating with a master's degree from Technical University Munich, which also took him to Taiwan (https://www.ntu.edu.tw/) and UC Berkley (https://www.berkeley.edu/).

Originally Frederic studied management technology, with a focus on entrepreneurship.  The EU program Erasmus for Young Entrepreneurs (https://www.erasmus-entrepreneurs.eu/) took him to Sweden.

Many people collect small things on their travels. They see it as really precious things. … My idea was to combine these two things.

Frederic Geiger, Founder and CEO Questlog  

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Right from the beginning I put a form on my website saying “You did not find what you are looking for, send me a message here” … I block out two hours a week, where I do the designs for all the new requests.

Frederic Geiger, Founder and CEO Questlog  

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Bookshops are really the place to go for inspiration for a thoughtful present.

Frederic Geiger, Founder and CEO Questlog  

The StartupQuestlog is a wooden box, with the shape of a country on the outside (https://questlog.eu/). You can keep all the memories from a trip inside like entrance tickets, little collectibles and so on. You can also hang the wooden boxes on the wall and display them. Every time you take them in your hand again you associate memories with the items. The box is also a great place to keep memories.

The startup also runs individualized mass production. The wooden box is always the same and the map is printed on it at the client request. The startup also keeps a small stack of frequent tourist destinations on their inventory. All other boxes are stored without a map.

My dream would be a configurator on my website, where the customers could design their product and get it shipped to them.

Frederic Geiger, Founder and CEO Questlog  

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doks. innovation enables indoor drone flights for next-level digital logisticsInside a building GPS does not work. We use a combination of global mapping and local mapping… it is very very complex.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Benjamin Federmann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminfedermann/) the CEO and Co-Founder of Kassel-based drone startup doks. innovation (https://www.doks-innovation.com/). D oks.innovation is not a hardware startup, they only provide  Benjamin has spent some time after university in marketing and consulting for some smaller and also well-known companies like Leica.

The feedback from the interviews I conducted was so good, I was sure I needed to found the company

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

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The customer can ask almost any question and find the answer in our data.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

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When we started with our first prototype, we crashed 30 to 40 drones.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

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Our drone is a flying camera to collect data for the inventory management.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

The Startup 

The startup doks.innovation enables companies to monitor their warehouses via drones, which can fly indoors without smacking on any shelf or wall. Doks is not a hardware startup. doks.innovation provides only the ai software for the drones to enable them to fly indoors. On the other hand, they are also working closely with hardware providers, since they have very specific requirements for their drones. The drones are using cutting-edge drone hardware, which is not yet publicly available.

The company is still small, but they have reference customers like Mars and BMW.

Our clients have to press a button and come back 3 or 4 hours later. The data collection is totally automated. The customer can ask almost any question and can find the answer in our data.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

Venture Capital Fundingdoks.innovation is open to talking to new investors from Europe and the US. They are looking for the next financing round in Q1 2021 and to expand to the US in 2021.

When we stared there was no hardware available for what we have been looking for.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

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Drones are good for land surveying, but are there areas where drones are currently not working? So I made more than 100 interviews in one and a half year.

Benjamin Federmann, CEO and Co-Founder doks.innovation

Further Readings / Additional ResourcesLearn more about Kassel here: https://www.tripadvisor.com/Tourism-g187342-Kassel_Hesse-Vacations.html

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Emporion Innovations helps startups and corporates with anonymized testing of product ideas Many startups want to solve a whole array of problems with their product, but in the start, they are just solving a small aspect.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation 

The FounderAlexander Kuchta is the co-founder and CEO of Emporion Innovations (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-kuchta/), a small boutique agency in the Rhine-Main area (https://emporion.technology/). Alex is an economist by training, who started first with the idea of an online flee market like craigslist. This did not work, but he started working with his co-founder.

Instead of going with their MVP to an investor, they instead decided to set up a digital agency, what they now call a digital product studio. 

If you realize, what you do does not work, either iterate – or try something else. Maybe you learned something along the way to solve another product.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

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Never never build a product without testing if you have a problem worth solving.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

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The most crucial part of your business model is your demand. If there is no demand, your business is worth nothing.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

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Creating a web agency on a green field is a super super bad idea.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

The Web AgencyThe team behind Emporion Ventures originally came together to set up something similar to Craigslist, a retail market place. They then decided to turn into a web agency, primarily designing UX and graphics for websites and apps. This turned over time into what they call Emporion Innovation, where they help to launch, build, and accelerate new startups and corporate startups. They focus on the product during all of the phases and help with the complete design and development of digital products. You can learn more about them here:  https://emporion.technology/

Marketing personas can be done in a good way, but also in a very bad way. The good way is to understand what you are using them for.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

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Fail early, fail fast and fail very hard. This is what we have learned. Do not waste time on something that will not work.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

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Your idea is worth nothing. Ideas have no value, execution has.

Alexander Kuchta, CEO and Co-Founder Emporion Innovation

Further Readings / Additional Resources 

Ebay Kleinanzeigen: https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ebay-kleinanzeigen

Marketing Persona: https://blog.hubspot.com/marketing/buyer-persona-definition-under-100-sr

Even if you go out [with your product] you come to the point where you realize: What I thought would work, does not work and you want to notice this early.

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As a developer … I want to work on a feature… and if I make a security relevant mistake, I have to get a report, but not disturbed in my workflow.

Janosch Maier, CPO Crashtest Security

The FounderIn this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io talks to Janosch Maier (https://www.linkedin.com/in/janoschmaier/), CPO and Co-Founder of Munich-based Crashtest Security (https://crashtest-security.com/) a cybersecurity startup. Crashtest security helps to scan web applications for know vulnerabilities, so automated hacks can not be successful.

Crashtest security is part of focus this year of Munich-based entrepreneurs. The recording was done before Corona really struck.

Janosch has a bachelor’s in computer sciences, with a minor in education. During the interview, he tells us the story of how he met a US-based hacker in Uganda and how this puts him on track to start his company.

Don’t use software, that isn’t supported anymore. You open yourself for attackers.

Janosch Maier, CPO Crashtest Security

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The startup has a Software as a Service security tester. In order to use it, you need to sign up and enter the details of your website and the penetration test starts. If Crashtest Security finds a vulnerability they let you know how they got in. For these tests, they use know vulnerabilities, open-source tools, and their proprietary know-how.

You can imagine our tool as an online virus scanner for known vulnerabilities.

Janosch Maier, CPO Crashtest Security

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Further Readings / Additional Resources 

Hackers for Charity: https://www.hackersforcharity.org/about-us/

Uganda: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda

Worth visiting due to the national parks (just some examples here)

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwindi_Impenetrable_National_Parkhttps://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Queen_Elizabeth_National_ParkFind more here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:National_parks_of_UgandaDuring the interview, we talk about ETH Zurich. Albert Einstein or John von Neumann studied there. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH_Zurich

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SleevesUp! Sees a bright future as coworking space in tier 2 and tier 3 citiesWe came up with the brand name SleevesUp!, since it is for the people who roll up their sleeves and start doing.

Sebastian Schmidt, CEO and Co-Founder SleevesUp!

The FounderIn this interview we are talking to Sebastian Schmidt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/busysebastian/), CEO and founder of the Frankfurt-based coworking chain SLEEVESUP! (https://www.sleevesup.de/). In our interview we talk about how his startup lead him to found a new chain of co-working spaces in a city, where international giants like WeWork, Mindspace, Tribes and Regus just started their expansion.

What we want to do is going to the tier two and tier three cities, because you also do have a demand. … you have the self-employed guy and girl everywhere.

Sebastian Schmidt, CEO and Co-Founder SleevesUp!

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We don’t have the large cost space e.g. having a barista, so we can make a small co-working space profitable.

Sebastian Schmidt, CEO and Co-Founder SleevesUp!

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We did a bit of research, there are less and more attractive tier two cities, and there are 80 to 100 cities all over Germany.

Sebastian Schmidt, CEO and Co-Founder SleevesUp!

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The StartupSebastian founded SleevesUp! in Frankfurt. He stuck with entrepreneurship after a failed startup, where he and his co-founders rented out desks in their oversized office. Hi strategy is to go to the outskirts of smaller cities, where you also find freelancers and small businesses. His clients don’t life in the city center, so they appreciate the shorter commute to the outskirts. They don’t need the very representative office space, some international brands offer. He sees a large demand for his type of coworking and they already expended to cities like Aachen and Hannover.

Venture Capital FundingSleevesUp! Is bootstrapped with classic bank financing for most of their spaces. They also have friends and family funding, but their investment case is not too far away from a classic real estate investment case. If you would like to know more, reach out to us and we will connect you.

During corona, the large wave of cancellations from our clients luckily did not take place.

Sebastian Schmidt, CEO and Co-Founder SleevesUp!

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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. 

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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 https://buff.ly/3hvG30vWirecard liabilities exceeding the assets by 2.8 bn Euro, only a few of the companies within the group had revenues at all says an expert assessment obtained by German media  https://buff.ly/2EzLhKv  Berlin-based Finleap snapped up some employees there:

Finleap starts a new unit Finleap Forward, with former Wirecard employees to help banks, insurers and SMEs with their digital transformation https://buff.ly/2QsWkra

More details emerged: Finleap hired a team of six employees of the Wirecard Innovation Labs to help banks, insurance companies, and SMEs with their digital transformation https://buff.ly/3hza2EYBerlin-based big data startup SO1 was bought shortly before the accounting scandal, now the founders bought assets back https://buff.ly/32JMcl0 More than 100 potential bidders lined up to acquire parts of #Wirecard, Germany’s erstwhile fintech darling” https://buff.ly/3g5kbsa...

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Cyreen provides consumer brands with brick and mortar analyticsWe analyze shopping behaviour based on the contact with an in-store commercial. Our system does not even know if you are male or female.

Davide Scheidegger, Co-Founder Cyreen

[caption id="attachment_3655" align="aligncenter" width="1194"] Cyreen establishes a data-driven retail media standard for consumer brands in supermarkets. Courtesy of Cyreen[/caption]The FounderWe talk to Davide Scheidegger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/davidescheidegger/), who is originally from Switzerland, but now lives in Wiesbaden, working with his other co-founders on their startup Cyreen (https://www.cyreen.de/). They provide with movement tracking of shopping carts and in-store-advertisements, analytics for brick and mortar retailers, as well as for retail brands.

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This is kind of the best advertisement in Germany, when you say: “Today you save 20%”

Davide Scheidegger, Co-Founder Cyreen

The StartupCyreen is an analytics software for inside a brick and mortar retailer. The tool tracks (anonymized) shopping carts and analyze customer behavior in the market. They can also show advertisements to the clients inside the retailer on small screens and track their efficiency. Cyreen can also include outside parameters e.g. temperature.

Cyreen is an award-winning start-up that provides transparent, measurable and close-to-purchase marketing solutions for advertisers. They successfully launched their first product C.A.P. (Connecting Ad-Impressions with Purchase) in several stores. With C.A.P., they have developed a high-end digital signage system. For the first time, detailed advertising effectiveness analyses for offline marketing are possible according to the online logic of Facebook & Co.

We normally don’t talk to our clients directly, but via our ad & media agencies.

Davide Scheidegger, Co-Founder Cyreen

Davide refers to this advertisement of Wiesenhof, which they helped to measure in storeAtze Schröder Wiesenhof, was one of the commercials measured by Cyreen in-store:

https://youtu.be/7BZfmh7JM68

More information on their tool CAP - Connecting Ad-Impressions with Purchase (Cyreen is the name of the company)https://vimeo.com/341804155

A study by the University of St. Gallen. The link will open a PDF.

We even tested the advertisement for ice cream in winter.

Davide Scheidegger, Co-Founder Cyreen

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Even though I have not been to Wiesbaden before, I fell in love with the city instantly. Mainz is not too far away and the wine is great.

Davide Scheidegger, Co-Founder Cyreen

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This is it, Episode 200.

Honestly, I was a bit clueless about what you guys may want to know about us, so I went for the obvious choice: We have three short conversations with past and current contributors to Startuprad.io.

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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.

Pascals and Joe's advice - MediationJust put on your headphones and listen to a guided meditation to get you relaxed and sleep better and deeper.

For example here is one channel Joe likes: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4jWo5kiyOCt4PnvF4jbaLg

The Video Interview is set to go live on September 14th 2020 19.00 CET (Frankfurt/Zürich)https://youtu.be/yynVxYW6e0M

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Interview form 2018You can find the interview, announcing their ICO, here

https://youtu.be/hU1hCM90xdc

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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 working for private companies, but also for the public sector like investigative committees of the German Federal Government and other high-profile bodies.

Their tools can also be used in knowledge management, so e.g. contracts can be shared in large law firms without violating data protection.

“We automatically redact contracts for M&A transactions”

Ramin Karbalaie, CEO and Founder NAIX Technology

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The German Bill to Permit Crypto SecuritiesIn terms of large countries, Germany is a fast mover in blockchain legislation

Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert

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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

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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/

Future SituationThe law will likely come into force in January 2021. There are small changes to be expected, but the law should pass mostly in the current form, according to observers. This will allow for the conversion of normal securities, we assume bonds in the interview, can be converted in crypto securities early next year. Also, the issuance of crypto securities can happen early next year. We are excited about the opportunity.

EU PerspectiveIn September 2020 the European Commission is trying to catch up in digital services. There are multiple proposals and strategies on the European Level coming up. Out of those Philipp names seven landmark proposals from the European Commission this September.

There are seven landmark proposals coming from the European Commission in September 2020.

Philipp Sandne...

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Looking for a Graffiti Décor in your office? “Book a street artist” may know someone“Our supply needs to be as crazy as Berlin”

Mario Rueda Artpreneur and Co-Founder of Book A Street Artist

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Mario Rueda (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mariorueda/), Artpreneur, and co-founder of Book A Street Artist (https://www.bookastreetartist.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/book-a-street-artist, https://www.instagram.com/bookastreetartist/, https://www.youtube.com/user/Bookastreetartist), a platform to connect street artists to companies and private individuals for events or e.g. home décor with graffiti.

Mario has been before with companies, who are household names (literally) before he started out with book a street artist. Mario strayed quite far from his home turf, since most of his families are engineers and he also studies civil engineering.

“Berlin is the capital of contemporary art in the western world right now”

Mario Rueda Artpreneur and Co-Founder of Book A Street Artist

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“A lot of artists are now doing really cool stuff with tech”

Mario Rueda Artpreneur and Co-Founder of Book A Street Artist

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“Step by step companies realized these guys work with really cool underground artists you don’t find easily”

Mario Rueda Artpreneur and Co-Founder of Book A Street Artist

The StartupMario set up the company when we were living in Lisbon (a city rich with great (street) artists) and talked to his co-founder about the street artists. They wanted to set up a company with a social impact. This is how it all started.

Now the company can help you with the artists for corporate Christmas parties, as well as interior décor of rooms. Tune in the interview to learn more.

“We had a kind of a green flag, when great companies wanted to talk to us”

Mario Rueda Artpreneur and Co-Founder of Book A Street Artist

Venture Capital FundingSince 2019 Book A Street Artist is funding itself from its own revenue, but it is open to external investors.

“From the very beginning, we got out and tried to find great street artists”

Mario Rueda Artpreneur and Co-Founder of Book A Street Artist

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Further Readings / Additional RessourcesHidden Art Gems Mario refers to:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Oulu

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bod%C3%B8

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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

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You generate your private key at first activation of your NGRAVE Zero. Your biometric data like your fingerprint, but also external data like the ambient lighting at that moment. That makes statistically a unique key.

Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE

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We build our backup as a stainless-steel puzzle. It survives if your house burns down and since it is a puzzle – no one who random finds it – will know your private key

Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE

Further Readings / Additional Resources 

IBAN https://www.investopedia.com/terms/i/iban.asp

Blockchain Hacks https://www.investopedia.com/news/largest-cryptocurrency-hacks-so-far-year/

Private Key https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/...

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Meet Wingcopter – The startup that develops drones for UPS 

We don’t follow up on offers for military purposes. Wingcopter should serve mankind

Tom Plümmer CEO and Co-Founder Wingcopter

The FounderIn this interview we are talking to Tom Plümmer (https://www.linkedin.com/in/wingcopter/), CEO and Co-Founder of Rhine-Main-based drone startup Wingcopter (https://wingcopter.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/wingcopter), which won the title Startup of the Month by our media partner Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/startups-of-the-month).

For a long time, we bootstrapped our startup by selling the drones we already produced.

Tom Plümmer CEO and Co-Founder Wingcopter

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I studied film, and it turned into aerial filming. I could never find a drone to fit my needs.

Tom Plümmer CEO and Co-Founder Wingcopter

The Startup 

Wingcopter is a vertical take-off drone. It is not a multicopter, with four to eight rotors, but it combines vertical takeoff capabilities with wings for long ranges. The drone the ability to navigate and can (depending on the regulation) be piloted beyond the visual line of sight in some countries.

I am not an engineer. That’s why it is a little bit crazy that I ended up in this position, running now a company with really really capable engineers.

Tom Plümmer CEO and Co-Founder Wingcopter

Wingcopter holds a patent for its tilt-rotor drones. The "tilt-rotor" is the USP of Wingcopter and enables the impressive capabilities of the small aircraft to deliver (mostly medical) goods far, fast, and safe.

In the beginning, they received a lot of requests for the military use of their drones, which they always denied. On the other hand, they are working with DHL and UPS, as well as delivery of medical products (especially vaccines) with UNICEF. They work to deliver time-sensitive medical supplies already in projects in Vanuatu (Pacific Island), Scotland, Ireland, Malawi, Ethiopia, or Tanzania.

Cooperation in Germany with MerckIn Germany they are also working with Merck, transferring laboratory samples. In the past, they have been a startup in one of the batches of the Merck Accelerator Program. You can learn more about the program here. Note the interviews are sponsored content on our channel:

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We are currently looking into running commercial drone flights beyond line of sight

Tom Plümmer CEO and Co-Founder Wingcopter

Venture Capital FundingAfter a long time of bootstrapping, they raised venture capital end of 2019 and again in Q1 in 2020. You can learn more here: https://www.suasnews.com/2020/03/wingcopter-secures-further-investment-from-corecam/ They are currently in talks for more funding.

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We build industrial drones, not toys for everybody.

Tom Plümmer CEO and Co-Founder Wingcopter

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Hawa Dawa is an environment intelligence company – Originally founded to help asthma patientsThe idea of the wearable device was to crowdsource the data. All people using the device would contribute data on air quality.

Karim Tarraf CEO and Co-Founder Hawa Dawa

Audience Note on Recording QualityIn the beginning, we had some problems with the audio and video quality of the interview. Please stick with us it gets much better during the interview. We are sorry about that, but our influence on internet bandwidth is very limited.

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Karim Tarraf (https://www.linkedin.com/in/karim-hesham-tarraf-a0773250/), the CEO and Co-Founder of Munich-based Hawa Dawa (https://hawadawa.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hawa-dawa-munich-germany, https://twitter.com/hawadawalabs).  He was originally born in Kairo to an Egyptian-German family. He graduated from the Technical University of Munich (TU Munich or TUM) and started to work on projects and government entities on topics of climate change and development assistance (for countries). In those capacities, he worked for projects with the UN Environment Program.

Karim personally witnessed the Arab Spring in Egypt, which left an impression on him.

He later got back to TU Munich for a master's degree, were the first ideas of Hawa Dawa emerged. TU Munich also has a large startup and entrepreneurship program. You can learn more about the program called UnternehmerTUM here.

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The StartupWithin a seminar at his master courses, Karim participated in a two-week hackathon. Next to him, there was an Indian student, who talked about the air pollution in India. So they developed a wearable device for asthma patients, to measure air quality. Asthma patients should – due to their health condition – avoid polluted air and the device could help them do this.

The idea to gather the data did now work well, so they started developing their own stations to measure air quality. This made them to an environment intelligence company.

The founders discovered similarities in several languages where Hawa means air and Dawa means medicine, so they combined both. The startup creates the data and places them on data markets. Measuring air quality is not as simple, as it first sounds. During the interview, we talk about technical details and it turns out that they even use AI to calibrate their sensors.

Venture Capital FundingHawa Dawa is looking for a funding round for internationalization in 2021. We will connect you if you are interested.

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Datability enables airlines to safe money with digital twins 

We enable fuel savings for airplanes with digital twins of individual airplanes

Sebstian Baumann, Founder and Co-CEO DATAbility

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We are looking for funding or a strategic partnership.

Sebstian Baumann, Founder and Co-CEO DATAbility

The FounderIn this interview Startuprad.io is talking to Sebastian Baumann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebastian-oliver-baumann/), Founder and Co-CEO of Rhine-Main based AI startup DATAbility (https://www.datability.ai/). He is not only an entrepreneur but also working on his Ph.D. Thesis, which he hopes to submit this year. So he will be a Ph.D. in 2020 or 2021. Fingers cross for him!

Different airplanes are operated differently by different airlines and from pilots. You want to phase this in your digital twin to make more precise calculation

Sebstian Baumann, Founder and Co-CEO DATAbility

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The StartupThe startup enables digital twins of real existing airplanes, helicopters, and the like. With their tool, they can calculate the fuel flow of the engine with the respective plane. Now the machine learning framework will train the algorithm.

DATAbility develops customized software solutions and digital services for the diagnosis and prognosis of machine status and the automation of processes aiming to reduce the quality-related costs in failure control, prevention, and correction. A high level of customer satisfaction and strong customer loyalty should have top priority in mechanical and plant engineering. But machine downtimes impede these and cost a lot of money. The identification of the correct spare part or the cause of system downtime is not trivial.

Venture Capital FundingDATAbility is looking for funding, a Series A for the development costs of their scalable software solution. They are also open for a strategic partner to widen their (sales) network.

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Further Readings / Additional RessourcesJet Stream: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jet_stream

Digital Twins: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Digital_twin

Hannover Messe (the trade fair Sebastian refers to) https://www.hannovermesse.de/en/

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Our founderA summer message from our founder Jörn “Joe” Menninger (LinkedIn, Twitter, Crunchbase) in times of Corona.

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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.

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QuoScient helps to analyze, investigate and respond to cyber-threats Attackers are devious… During the current health crisis, they are going after health institutions and hospitals. They don’t basically care that they are doing damage to people who have already health problems.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient

The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Ioannis Bizimis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioannis-bizimis-6423527/, https://twitter.com/defense_active), the Co-Founder, CFO, CRO, and  CISO of QuoScient.

Ioannis has been an Investment Manager, project lead with Dow Jones, with MarkIt, an employee of Deutsche Bank and other well-regarded companies. He has a lot of experience and with this experience, he started to set up QuoScient.

One of the biggest strategies [of hackers] is to come into your network and stay there and install as many backdoors as they can. They will use them when they need it.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient

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It costs hackers just a few hundred Dollars or Euros to build up an attack campaign. The effort on the other side is thousands, sometimes millions to understand this kind of campaign.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient 

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The StartupQuoScient (https://www.quoscient.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quoscient)  is a cybersecurity startup, which recently split into three parts to better pursue their respective activities. Two of those entities are still headquartered in Frankfurt, one in Columbia, Maryland (close to Baltimore). They basically split along their business lines:

QuoLab Technologies – Defense Technology https://quolab.com/QuoSec – Security Consulting https://www.quosec.net/QuoIntelligence – Cyber Threat Intelligence https://quointelligence.eu/ 

[A company] first must understand what their most critical assets are and what are the [cyber] risks to those assets.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient

Venture Capital FundingQuoScient has just raised venture capital. They may be looking at another funding round in the fall of 2020. If you want to keep posted, reach out to us.

Threats can not only come from the outside. Capable hackers can also send you someone, pretending to work for you as contractor. … they do this professionally.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient

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Further Readings / Additional ResourcesFront Office https://www.investopedia.com/terms/f/frontoffice.aspBack Office https://www.investopedia.com/terms/b/backoffice.aspMiddle Office https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/middleoffice.aspNeuer Markt / and its index Nemax https://deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/our-company/know-how/glossary/glossary-article/NEMAX-50-248782Trading Floor https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trading_floor.aspSWIFT https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Worldwide_Interbank_Financial_TelecommunicationHave a look at the other interview Joe refers to with IT SEAL:

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/it-seal-helps-companies-to-train-their-employees-in-cyber-security/

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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.

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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 administration. You can learn in our blogpost how the story unfolded https://www.startuprad.io/blog/germanys-hope-for-coronavirus-vaccine-and-how-they-got-a-300-mn-euros-government-investment/Mainz-based BioNTech (we talk about them frequently) is the first company in Germany to start human trials for a Coronavirus vaccine: https://www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer_and_biontech_dose_first_participants_in_the_u_s_as_part_of_global_covid_19_mrna_vaccine_development_program  Wirecard - This month’s top news in GermanyIntroWirecard is a company processing payments. The company works as an intermediary and guarantor between buyers and sellers and takes a commission on all transactions. They have about 5,000 employees and actually replaced Commerzbank (we will talk about them later) in DAX 30 (Germany's equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30). They are the first “fintech” to achieve this.

The big problem now is that there are accounts missing, which shoul...

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Energy Robots provides Software for semi-autonomous RobotsWe provide a full software stack, which also makes the robot move …

Dorian Scholz, CEO and Co-Founder Energy Robotics

The FounderDuring this interview, we are talking to Dr. Dorian Scholz (https://www.linkedin.com/in/dorian-scholz-3514a8b3/) CEO and Co-founder of Darmstadt based robotics startup Energy Robotics (https://www.energy-robotics.com/). We talk to him in a remote interview, recorded in May 2020. Dorian is already a long time robotics fan, who has been working for more than 15 years in robotics, even participating in the robotics soccer world cup with the team Darmstadt Dribblers (https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3jFWB-VP6bFcIFtb-czCcQ). Energy robotics is also a startup, spun off TU Darmstadt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Darmstadt). The Rhine-Main-based startup offers software to make robots operate autonomously, as well as enable them to be operated remotely, in case this is needed. They are called “robotics”, but they don’t build robots or any hardware.

We are providing a very easy user interface to program “missions” for the robots.

Dorian Scholz, CEO and Co-Founder Energy Robotics

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The StartupThe startup Energy Robotics helps to inspect remote places on a regular based. The Darmstadt-based startup offers software to make robots operate autonomously, as well as enable them to be operated remotely, in case this is needed. There are very remote places, running semi-autonomously e.g. platforms to drill for oil and gas (https://www.offshore-technology.com/features/inside-the-first-fully-automated-offshore-platform/). Nonetheless, these places need regular inspections e.g. gas leaks, which can be performed by robots with the Energy Robotics software, on different software platforms.

The robots record automatically the pictures and data on its automated round.

Dorian Scholz, CEO and Co-Founder Energy Robotics

Venture Capital FundingEnergy Robotics is currently looking for investors for their seed round, for one million Euros.

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Further Readings / Additional RessourcesThe RoboCup https://www.robocup.org/The soccer play from Darmstadt Bruno Labbadia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bruno_LabbadiaSearch and Rescue Channel https://www.youtube.com/user/TeamHectorDarmstadtHardware Partner of Energy Robotics, the startup EX Robotics https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=leHdwm7HiSQ 

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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

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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

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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 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Modern_portfolio_theoryGerman Government Retirement System: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pensions_in_Germany 

In Germany we still have a lot of commission based financial advice.

Lars Reiner, CEO and Founder of Ginmon

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We offer Corporate Mobility Procurement 4.0 as a SaaS model

Markus Puhl, Founder Airive

The founderWe talk to Markus Puhl (https://www.linkedin.com/in/markus-puhl-31355b112/), founder of Airive (http://www.airive.de/). The startup is part of Next Mobility Lab, which is headquartered in Mainz (https://www.nextmobilitylab.com/; https://www.linkedin.com/company/next-mobility-lab/), but also has a location in Boston.

During this interview, we are talking to him on how corporate mobility has changed and how he wants to change it even more with “Corporate Mobility Procurement 4.0.” 

The market we are aiming for are 16.000 companies in Germany alone, who are operating car fleets bigger than 20 cars.

Markus Puhl, Founder Airive

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There was a feeling in the market … to end the manual mode of purchasing corporate mobility.

Markus Puhl, Founder Airive

Airive offers analytics services and a purchase platform where corporates can ask for bids for their required services.

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In Germany 189 million business travel trips are taken every year.

Markus Puhl, Founder Airive

Next Mobility Labs / Additional RessourcesAirive is part of the Next Mobility Labs accelerator program, based in Mainz. You can learn more about them here: https://www.nextmobilitylab.com/

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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.

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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 two of the measures of single states: Bavaria: LfA sets up a new loan program for small and very small enterprises - Munich Startup https://buff.ly/3c3MBkp Hamburg: They call their program InnoStartup - Hamburg Startups https://buff.ly/2zPOLpp (some more information in the Hamburg Hub section)Corona cases in Amazon logistics center in Winsen, Germany: Verdi demands to close the location https://buff.ly/3dipDGbGerman unicorns like Dreamlines, Flixbus, Getyourguide, Homelike, Hometogo, Omio, Tourlane and Trivago write an open letter to Google to get 75 mn € advertisement money back https://buff.ly/3f2rF...

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Learn from an Indian-born entrepreneur, who raised 35 mn Euros Venture Capital in Germany"Hessen is the natural home for startups and entrepreneurs"

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

The Enabler of our InterviewThis 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/34xTANOTech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes https://apple.co/2M8ZxKJ The Startup FounderOur interview partner is again Gunjan Bhardwaj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-bhardwaj-b321a32/), not the actor. He is a former EY and BCG consultant, as well as a TED speaker. He likes to work a lot, so he is also the author of the book “Inside the Cockpit: Navigating the Complexity of Drug Development with AI and Blockchain” (https://amzn.to/2QYI1eL). 

“Frankfurt … it is the center of Europe, it is so super connected.”

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

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"Everybody has to chart his or her own course. I am a deep believer in instinct."

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

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https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-innoplexus-the-startup-which-fights-all-diseases/

“… but I also have to say that investors in this part of the world look at the long term picture … but once they are convinced, they are partners for the long term”

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

One Day Commute to New YorkOne of the things Gunjan likes about Frankfurt is its great connectivity. With the connections of Frankfurt Airport (IATA Code FRA, therefore know as Fraport) you can get on a plane, meet in New York in the afternoon and be back in Frankfurt early the next morning https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraport

Germany is one of the best places to start a company.

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus Advice in FundraisingInnoplexus counts among its investors HCS (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hcs-beteiligungsgesellschaft), as well as Christian Angermayer of Aperion (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/christian-angermayer), as well as EOS VC (https://vc.eos.io/partners/finlab/), the venture capital arm of Block.one.  According to a report by FAZ they have already raised 35 mn Euros and are looking for 40 million more (https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/start-up-innoplexus-ein-google-der-pharmabranche-16473990.html).

"No funding event is easy, but what is easy in life?"

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

Gunjan strongly recommends doing your due diligence, he likes to quote one of his teachers who said that assuming means "making an ass of you and me” 😊. He recommends you agree with your investor on a vision for the future of the company. The personal chemistry between an inv...

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IDA Pivoted during Coronavirus to a more diversified strategyWe got a call from our largest client [during Corona] and they told us to immediately stop all work for them. Within two hours we lost everything we build up in three years.

Hamedo Ayadi – Co-Founder and CEO IDA

The founderIn this interview Jörn “Joe” Menninger, founder, and host of Startuprad.io talks to Hamedo Ayadi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hamedo-ayadi-00021b15a/), co-founder and CEO of IDA – Intelligent Data Analytics (https://ida-analytics.de/). Hamedo is originally born in Morocco and a serial entrepreneur, always based around Frankfurt and the Rhine-Main-Area. He speaks five languages and English is his 5th language. He has not used English in a business setting for 7 years before our interview, so please cut him some slag. He came to Germany early in his life and studied Psychology at the University of Mainz.

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Within two days after our major client called us – to stop all work for them -, we defined a new strategy for IDA … we prepared new services, for new customers for fixed prices

Hamedo Ayadi – Co-Founder and CEO IDA

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Startup of the Month May 2020IDA is the Startup of the Month - May 2020 by Frankfurt Forward. This podcast is in a media partnership with Frankfurt Forward.  You can learn more about the startup and the initiative here (German only) https://www.frankfurtforward.com/startups/ida

Corona really gave us a hard time. 70% of our employees do work related to aviation

Hamedo Ayadi – Co-Founder and CEO IDA

The Startup 

IDA is the second company of Hamedo, both of which he co-founded with one of his colleagues from Unisys. They sold their first business – a tech consulting company – which worked with SAP tools and their integration and maintenance in large corporates.  They sold the company end of 2017.

IDA is a platform to connect all data in a single platform and make them usable for the client. They help to optimize and workflows and business processes

IDA started originally with a meeting of chance in a train driving from Frankfurt to Munich

Hamedo Ayadi – Co-Founder and CEO IDA

Venture Capital 

IDA has been bootstrapped so far, but they are looking to raise a Series A Venture Capital round. They want to use the funds for global and cross industry expansion. If you want to get introduced to them, let us know.

The Video Interview weng live on April 2nd 19.00 Frankfurt (1 PM Eastern, 18.00 London)https://youtu.be/9mHpBDwHAHc

Further Readings / Additional Resources 

Learn more about Frankfurt Forward here: https://www.frankfurtforward.com/

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Quantgene can detect early-stage cancer in a single draw of bloodWhat we are doing is a potential game-changer in medicine. … it makes the detection [of dead cells form tumors] single-molecule precise.

Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi – CEO and Co-Founder of Quantgene

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jo-bhakdi-5048811/), originally born and raised in the Rhine-Main Area in Germany, but now founder of the AI and Big Data Startup Quantgene (https://www.quantgene.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quantgene) in Santa Monica, CA. Quantgene describes itself as a deep genomics startup. They also have an office in Berlin and they hire for both locations.

By training Jo is an economist, who graduated from the University of Tübingen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_T%C3%BCbingen), a research-heavy university known for its 11 Nobel Laureates in Medicine, Chemistry, and Physics.

Jo started out in advertising and marketing (marketing strategy). He went from there in corporate development, especially mergers and acquisitions. This brought to the USA, first to New York with a stop in venture capital. He was working with his first startup in quantitative seed-stage investments.

What we developed is blood test, that guides physicians in detection of early stage cancer.

Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi – CEO and Co-Founder of Quantgene

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The Startup 

To give you an idea of what we are doing: It is a few megabytes – a simple sequencing of your genome. What we are doing generates files of 200+ Gigabytes

Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi – CEO and Co-Founder of Quantgene

Quantgene is a deep tech startup, working with ai, machine learning, and big data to fight cancer. They describe themselves as a deep genome startup. Quantgene is working on unlocking specific hints about cancer in the human genome since cancer is “encoding” itself into the human genome. Quantgene developed a very specific new capability to unlock the human genome of a very deep level. Startups like 23andme generate averages in genome sequencing, a kind of simplification. Quantgene’s approach, on the other hand, is much more specific, but also very complex. They are looking for dead cancer cells – so-called cell-free DNA – in your blood sample. This only works if they are not working with averages but analyze a single copy of DNA in a sample. They had to develop a vast software infrastructure and their own chemistry to make their idea work.

Quantgene also has an office in Berlin, from which Jo joined the Startuprad.io interview. They call it the “Mustererkennungs Einheit” which means the pattern recognition unit.

Quantgene launches in 2020 (as planned before Corona) first in the USA and within some time they want to launch in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

When you have very early cancer, no one can see, and no one can find – with the current methods. The cancer cells die, and they shed the dead cells into your blood. So they are in your blood as cell free DNA.

Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi – CEO and Co-Founder of Quantgene

The Video Interview is set to go live on May 7th 19.00 CET(1 pm Eastern, 18.00 London )https://youtu.be/UxghpnCVGSw

What Quantgene develop here in the last five years is a very specific capability. We call it the deep human genome.

Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi – CEO and Co-Founder of Quantgene

Venture Capital 

At the time of the interview, Quantgene was raising a note. They are also looking to raise a Series B (all as planned before Corona). https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quantgene

We are roughly 5 years ahead of our peers.

Johannes “Jo”...

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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:

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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

The Video Interview is set to go live on May 5th, 19.00 Frankfurt Local time (18.00 London, 1 pm New York, 10 am San Francisco) 

We are still experimenting with time zones. Let us know which publication time you like best in the feedback link at the bottom end of this post.

https://youtu.be/Djd8wp8gC10

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.

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YouTube http://bit.ly/2LK14oWiTunes http://apple.co/2xsHdaESpotify http://spoti.fi/2DfIt1OThe interview ill be published in our Sub-Podcasts below:

💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.ioiTunes: http://apple.co/2lLRlpGSpotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: https://apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: https://apple.co/2oWO3SlSpotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8Further ListeningInterviews with Swen's former boss, he refers to Vishal during the interview. At the time of posting this interview, the startup has still been called Acellere, now it is known as embold.io

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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.

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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: 

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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

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Housekeeping - tracking startups we interviewed 

InvestSuite snaps up €2 million to grow its investment tools for banks and brokers https://buff.ly/3dQLGoy 

Learn more about them in the Startuprad.io interview here: https://buff.ly/2X960cG  (the interview was published on 18th of December 2018)

The video will go live on Thursday, April 30th, 19.00 CEThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGddRwUqoo

Coronavirus / Covid19__________________

We are working with Startup Genome to quantify the impact of the crisis on startups and push for adapted policy action now. They’re doing it all over the world so they’ll be able to prove how good policy action is saving startups—and lack of policy is disastrous.

If you had an ongoing startup before the crisis, please take 5 min. to contribute right now: 

If you since had to close it click hereOtherwise, if your startup is ongoing and even if you paused operations, click hereWe need hundreds of founders to do so–and you know it’s not easy.  

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Cansativa imports medical cannabis for GermanyMedia PartnershipThis interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/news/). Cansativa is the Startup of the Month April 2020. Congratulations!

The foundersCansativa (https://www.cansativa.de/en/) is a family business. The two brothers Benedikt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johann-benedikt-sons-762a28103/) and Jakob (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jakob-sons-795087133/) Sons are running the business, their father is a doctor and helped them found the startup as a business angel.

Prior to co-founding Cansativa, Benedikt worked in the field of strategy consulting within the pharma and automotive industry. He has a wealth of knowledge about every aspect of how to run a cannabis business in Europe, from regulations to logistics and markets.

Prior to co-founding Cansativa, Jakob worked as a commercial lawyer in Frankfurt. He worked for well-known law firms in Germany, focusing on Litigation, Corporate Law, as well as M&A topics.

I remember, when we received our first shipment – I hade to tell my colleagues why I had to leave to receive a shipment. So I told them: “I have a side business and will receive 20 kilograms of Cannabis.” 😊

Jakob Sons – General Counsel and Co-Founder Cansativa, during his Startuprad.io interview

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/3cjMMYnThe StartupCansativa, a leading medical cannabis import and distribution company located in Frankfurt, Germany. Cansativa operates and distributes independently via its own fulfillment center, and provides independent market access, extensive warehousing, and distribution capacities.

Medical Cannabis is available in Germany on a doctor’s prescription, with which you can buy it in a pharmacy. Since it is only available on prescription, there is also a refund by the German universal health insurance system for the costs.

As of now, we became one of the leading importers and wholesalers of medical cannabis in Germany.

Benedikt Sons – CEO and Co-Founder Cansativa, during his Startuprad.io interview

The Video Interview is set to go live on April 23rd 15.00 CEST (10 am East Coast Time, 14.00 GMT+1)https://youtu.be/yB_JXToBzhs

We have a warehouse and a direct wire to the police. Sometimes we have false alarms and for the first false alarm the had a SWAT team with machine guns here and the police blocked parts of the city of Frankfurt.

Jakob Sons – General Counsel and Co-Founder Cansativa, during his Startuprad.io interview

Further ReadingsDuring the interview we talk about:

Multiple sclerosis: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multiple_sclerosis

Epilepsy: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Epilepsy

City of Kassel: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kassel

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Meet Innoplexus the startup which fights ALL diseasesDespite the commonly held belief, I grew here faster in Germany than in the US or in the UK

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

Important information upfront – the Fight against Corona Virus / Covid19 For the corona virus, we not only have to flatten the curve, we have to flatten the disease.

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

Innoplexus grants free access to the research platform “Acceleration of Covid19 research:” https://coronavirus.ontosight.ai/

Here is the COVID19 Dashboard of Innoplexus: https://covid19.innoplexus.de/news

We are working on a completely new molecule to address the current and future coronavirus. The current problem with Corona will not stop. There will be further strains coming in.

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

The 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).

We fight all diseases. Right from the start, we wanted to provide an AI platform to solve all relevant problems in drug discovery and development.

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

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The founderGunjan Bhardwaj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-bhardwaj-b321a32/), not to be confused with the actor with the same name. His first enterprise was selling bean bags during university. He is a former consultant and a graduate of IIT Bombay, as well as a TED speaker. He enjoys a lot of work since he is also the author of the book “Inside the Cockpit: Navigating the Complexity of Drug Development with AI and Blockchain” (https://amzn.to/2QYI1eL). Surprisingly Gunjan is not a physician. He changed careers after one of his mentors became sick with cancer because he wanted to know about alternatives for treatments.

Medical Data doubles every 73 days. Medical data at the end of the year is more than 32 times at the beginning of the year.

Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus

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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___________________________________ 

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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.

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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 valuationVCs safe their cash for follow-up investments of their current portfolioMost VCs can’t lookout for new deals, as they did in the last few monthsIt is very hard to start fundraising right nowIf you return to fundraising in fall, you may find the VCs unable to raise VC funds and add new investments.Only some investors try to push down startup valuationsStartups raising for shorter time periods to get better valuations further down the road 

Once you started to work ...

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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

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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

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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).

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Venture Capital Funding 

Bitwala is looking to raise a Series B in Q3 2020 of 15-20 million Euros (up to 22 mn USS). Keep in mind this interview was recorded before the Corona Virus Outbreak.

“In our last funding round, we have been in this [notary] room together for 19 hours … but I understand why. It is just good for everybody to hear the contract one last time”

Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala

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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

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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 the first hires. He is recommending looking for four core values in the new hires:

IntegrityHumilityAssertiveResilienceYou could add curiosity 

I love hiring people smarter than me! You turbo charge your environment.

William Laitinen, CEO and Founder Exige

William also encourages founders to look for cognitive differences, especially in the first employees. Ideally, you hire someone smarter than you with different thinking, so he/she will be able to attack problems in another way. He is recommending a different gender, ethnicity or different demographics.

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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.

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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!

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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: 

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Covid19 response by the German Government

50 bn € aid for freelancers and SMEs

400 bn € guarantees and 100 bn € for equity stakes

100 bn € for liquidity aid via KfW

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Important Knowledge Sources for Startups on Covid19 and policy responsesSARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups Association - The only English source we could find:

They launched a specific website”The Startup Corona Handbook” https://buff.ly/2J4UOI0 There is a German only checklist by the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce to make sure you don’t forget anything https://twitter.com/IHK_FFM/status/1240975669695315969Corona Information for...

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Covid 19 Coverage of Startuprad.io 

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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 

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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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Top Book Picks by 28-year-old serial entrepreneur Peter (AL)Principles by Ray Dalio https://amzn.to/38ZgmB7

The man who solved the market https://amzn.to/2SZ6Jgw

What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture https://amzn.to/2SYi00x

The little prince https://amzn.to/3c6hWDm

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Books:

Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is https://amzn.to/2HSuAYDThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None https://amzn.to/37W2qGLHerman Hesse’s Books

Siddhartha https://amzn.to/2PpJzO3Steppenwolf https://amzn.to/32pSPqI Further readings and helpful linksThis is the only reliable English source we could find so far: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups AssociationThey launched a specific website” The Startup Corona Handbook” https://buff.ly/2J4UOI0 

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Our first clients know us and trust us, and they do these bookings [28.000 – 35.000 Euros] on a cell phone.

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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.

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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

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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?

Joe’s Tip (AL)The hard thing about hard things https://amzn.to/2Tjx4pt

The Video Interview (this interview will go live on Thursday, March 19th 15.00 CET, 14.00 UK, 10 am ET)https://youtu.be/s25u8VrKw6Y

Further ReadingsCity of Mannheim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mannheim

Napster (in case you never have heard of it): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uzbrVpG90yc

Deutsche Telekom https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deutsche_Telekom

German Accelerator Program (helped Acomodeo to start their New York Office): https://www.germanaccelerator.com/

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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 

Other Link CollectionsWhat to consider?

Time to plan now. Consider this situation going on for weeks, even months and make plans accordingly. For all startups cash is king!

Here are examples of measures put together by the German government.

Measures of the German Federal Ministry of Economics: https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/S-T/schutzschild-fuer-beschaeftigte-und-unternehmen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=12Employment law, what to consider in Germany https://www.bmas.de/DE/Presse...

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Codario.io makes open source security easyMedia PartnershipThis interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/news/). Codario is the Startup of the Month March 2020. Congratulations!

The FounderWe talk to Johannes “Joe” Noll  (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-noll-10907478/), co-founder and CEO at Codario.io (formerly known as App Guard) (https://codario.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/codario), a cybersecurity startup from the Rhine-Main Area (Darmstadt).

Johannes is a returning interview partner, due to our media partnership. If you want to learn more about him and the startup, see at the end of this post for the interview posted on October 10th 2019, where we talked to him at an event.

Johannes got sucked in the startup world by attempting to make a copycat of the app Jodel (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jodel). It is an app for sharing anonymously gossip. The name is inspired by the Bavarian jodeln (see video below – Further Readings).

We help software developers to use open source in a secure way.

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The StartupCodario is a cloud-based open-source dependency update as a service solution. As a software developer one uses not only own code, but also open-source code (libraries). The startup helps software developers to monitor and update these open source libraries they are using, so known vulnerabilities of old versions cannot be exploited in the new project.

They are currently 5 people. Codario has paying customers like the University of Heidelberg (the world's 2nd oldest university) or the European Commission.

Our slogan is “Open source security made easy”

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview

Find the video interview from March 12th 2020 here:https://youtu.be/MD4cvuM3usM

If you are not updating your 3rd party code hackers can attack your web application, even if you have your own code secured.

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview

Top Book Picks by 28-year-old serial entrepreneur Peter (AL)Principles by Ray Dalio https://amzn.to/38ZgmB7

The man who solved the market https://amzn.to/2SZ6Jgw

What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture https://amzn.to/2SYi00x

The little prince https://amzn.to/3c6hWDm

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Books:

Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is https://amzn.to/2HSuAYDThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None https://amzn.to/37W2qGLHerman Hesse’s Books

Siddhartha https://amzn.to/2PpJzO3Steppenwolf https://amzn.to/32pSPqI 

The old Interview from October 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLmU_5Wp5UA

In some cases, four hours after a new release, automated hacks for the fixed issues start

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview

Venture FundingCodario is currently closing a 1.5 mn Euro Seed Financing round. If you like to get in, let us know and we will introduce you to Johannes.

It makes sense for hackers to not to target custom code of web applications, but third-party code, because of that you can target several hundred websites simultaneously. Not one product, but several hundred.

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview

Further ReadingsLink YouTube Video Jodeln https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1Z0WtvGxc

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The 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).

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We come to love the work ethics here. Frankfurt is a work minded city.

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The FounderIn this interview for Invest-in-hessen.com we are talking to Peter Hart (https://www.linkedin.com/in/peter-hart-94373435/), a serial entrepreneur, based in Frankfurt. Despite being just 28 years old, Peter already launched 12 ventures. He started out back in 2015 with his consumer product brand Dr. Severin (https://drseverin.com/). During his first venture launch, Joe interviewed Peter in German back in 2015. We talk to him about his newest venture Pythia AI (https://www.pythia-ai.com/)

I don’t divide between business books and private books. If you grow personally, you grow as a leader.

Peter Hart during his Startuprad.io interview

The StoryWe talk to him to learn more about his 12th venture, called Pythia AI (https://www.pythia-ai.de/). Pythia was started when Peter followed his data-driven approach to launch new consumer products and he got approached by Rossmann (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rossmann_(company)), Germany’s 2nd largest chain of drug stores. The drug store chain invested in the startup (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/pythia#section-funding-rounds) to help them with forecasting trends for product development.

In case you are wondering: The venture is named after the priest, founding and serving the Oracle of Delphi in Greek mythology (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pythia).

Peter looks a bit tired in the interview, since he just returned from opening an office in Sunny Vale, in the Silicon Valley.

We are very happy with the talent pool here (in Frankfurt), especially the engineers.

Peter Hart during his Startuprad.io interview

The Silicon Valley JourneyDuring his time in Silicon Valley, Peter wanted to reach out to venture capital investors. He went along the two main streets where they are headquartered and knocked on their doors. Surprisingly this was very successful, and it appears no one has done this before.

Series A Venture Capital RoundDespite knocking on many doors in Silicon Valley, Pythia is not done with their fundraising and they are looking for additional investors for their Series A fundraising.

I think philosophy goes really well with business. You formulate a more concrete business philosophy.

Peter Hart during his Startuprad.io interview

Find the video interview here:https://www.startuprad.io/blog/pythia-forecasts-the-next-trend-in-consumer-products/

Peter’s Top Book PicksPrinciples by Ray Dalio https://amzn.to/38ZgmB7

The man who solved the market https://amzn.to/2SZ6Jgw

What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture https://amzn.to/2SYi00x

The little prince https://amzn.to/3c6hWDm

Friedrich Nietzsche’s Books:

Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is https://amzn.to/2HSuAYDThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None https://amzn.to/37W2qGLHerman Hesse’s Books

https://amzn.to/2PpJzO3Steppenwolf https://amzn.to/32pSPqIBefore the Top Book List we talked about “The hard thing about hard things” https://amzn.to/32symSb

Wikipedia links for further readingHerman Hesse https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Hermann_Hesse

Friedrich Nietzsche https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Friedrich_Nietzsche

Arthur Schopenhauer https://en.wikipedia.or...

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This Month in German Startups - February 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 recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.

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)

This February our news is quite short. This is due to the fact that we try to shrink them, as well as that we had only approx. 3 weeks since the last news.

Affiliated LinksThe hard thing about hard things

https://amzn.to/2S62X30Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose 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

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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: 

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TEC4MED works on the next generation smart logisticsThis interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/news/). We talk to Nico Höler (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nico-h%C3%B6ler-7a203283/), one of three founders and CEO of TEC4MED (https://www.tec4med.com/)a MedTech startup from the Rhine-Main Area (Darmstadt). Nico is a returning interview partner, due to our media partnership. If you want to learn more about TEC4MED and their most recent product the NelumBox, scroll down this blog post, we will post the interview from May 2019, where we talked to him for almost 40 minutes.

The idea of NelumBox was born in the Entrepreneur Club of the Technical University Darmstadt. The box is used to transport temperature-sensitive medical products, like drugs. During the interview in May 2019, they forecasted to deliver the NelumBox in July 2019. Many startups learn that "hardware is hard" and so they are now shipping the first final products to the clients. None the less the ambitions of the startup is not gone and they have some new products in the pipeline which will turn them in a service provider for logistics in the medical field and pharma supply chains.

Tune in to learn more.

If you want the next generation of smart logistic products, you should reach out to us

Nico Höler, CEO and Co-Founder TEC4MED

Affiliate LinksThe hard thing about hard things

https://amzn.to/2S62X30Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose 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

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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

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Here is the career website of TEC4MED https://www.tec4med.com/career/

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Three Interviews from Graduation Ceremony of Founder Institute FrankfurtThis is the first interview for all three startup ideas. The founders just graduated in the first batch of the Frankfurt Chapter of the Founder Institute.

The Founder Institute is the world's largest pre-seed startup accelerator, having helped launch over 4,000 companies across 185+ cities and six continents.

The company was founded in 2009 by serial entrepreneur Adeo Ressi and his colleague, Jonathan Greechan. The idea for the program spawned from operating TheFunded.com, where it became apparent that most entrepreneurs at the idea and launch stages lacked the structure, feedback, and support network needed to be successful.

Learn more about Founder Institute and the Chapter in Frankfurt here, where you can apply for the next batch as well: https://fi.co/s/frankfurt

Interview PartnerYou can reach out directly to the people we have interviewed here:

Michelle – Supplino: https://www.linkedin.com/in/michelle-peters-2599263/

Karsten – Xplain: https://www.linkedin.com/in/karsten-helbig-b7575364/

William – TribeLync: https://www.linkedin.com/in/william-king-ii-m-s-it-itil-4-pmp-49b51b26/

Some impressions from Founder Institute Frankfurt's Graduation Ceremonyhttps://www.instagram.com/p/B8J5PUfI9vm/

https://www.instagram.com/p/B8J5A5Rodoo/

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The fintech CrowdDesk offers Funding-As-A-ServiceThis interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/news/). We talk to Johannes Laub (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-laub/), one of three Founders and Managing Partner of CrowdDesk (www.crowddesk.de), a Frankfurt-based fintech. They started out as a crowdfunding tool for municipalities and developed into a white-label solution for crowdfunding platforms, as of January 2020 running 56 crowdfunding platforms. They developed the tool further into a point at which startups can raise funds e.g. by integrating their “Go fund me” button on their website.

In the interview, we talk about how he went from an apprenticeship in a bank selling mutual funds, to university, had some experiences with starting a music label. He even experienced sales cycles in municipalities and found startup funding as a lucrative market.

With the go-fund-me Button a company placed on its website, any company sticking to the local rules could raise funds this way.

Affiliate Links 

The 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 Hoffman's, the founder of LinkedIn, advice on scale fast

Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything

https://amzn.to/2v97KZG

Readworthy 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 a 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

Video Interview:Find the links and video interview here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/the-fintech-crowddesk-offers-funding-as-a-service/

During the interview we are talking about:Mutual Funds https://www.investopedia.com/articles/mutualfund/08/foreign-mutual-funds.asp

MS Dos https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1bKNts8liWI

Johannes (is as Joe from Startuprad.io) hailing from Rheinhessen (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rheinhessen_(wine_region)), a very nice area and the largest wine growing region in Germany. It is just one-hour drive away from Frankfurt.

European Business School (EBS): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/EBS_University_of_Business_and_Law

CrowdDesk Blog (in German only) including the crowdfunding from Quickborn: https://blog.crowddesk.de/die-crowdfunding-pioniere-eine-erfolgreiche-gr%C3%BCnderstory

BaFin (German finance oversight body): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Federal_Financial_Supervisory_Authority

Mezzanine Capital (Between equity and debt): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mezzanine_capital

KfW: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/KfW

Freakonomics Podcast: http://freakonomics.com/archive/

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Find all the links to our source articles and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-january-2020/

This Month in German Startups - January 2020 - by Startuprad.ioIf 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.

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)

Affiliated LinksThe hard thing about hard things https://amzn.to/2S62X30

Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose 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

You 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

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/2M8ZxKJhttps://youtu.be/aIngva0lCWo

Housekeeping - Time to brag South Korea is Country No 26 which welcomed us to their iTunes podcast (tech) charts! Thank you very much!

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/2qucve8 

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The digitalization game is never ever a game won by a single company

Marc Gille, Founder and CEO THING TECHNOLOGIES during his Startuprad.io interview

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to the serial entrepreneur Marc Gille (https://www.linkedin.com/in/marc-gille-2165946/), Founder and CEO of THING TECHNOLOGIES.

Marc founded his first startup, a business process management platform, in Frankfurt in 2000. He sold this startup in 2006 to SunGard, now part of FIS (https://www.fisglobal.com/about-us). Marc went on to work for FIS in New York as Senior Vice President for more a decade, before founding his current startup THING TECHNOLOGIES (https://www.thing-it.com/) in Brooklyn. He later moved with his startup’s headquarter from Brooklyn to Frankfurt, leaving some operations in New York.

If you want something more hip, certain places in Offenbach will do

Marc Gille, Founder and CEO THING TECHNOLOGIES during his Startuprad.io interview

The StartupTHING TECHNOLOGIES is a proptech startup, owner of the Thing-it platform. The Thing-it Platform allows configuring digitalization solutions for all participants (real estate developers, tenants, co-workers, residents, guests, properties managers, facilities managers, service providers) using and operating a building.

Venture CapitalTHING TECHNOLOGIES already raised a Series A venture capital round with coparion and PropTech 1 Ventures (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/thing-technologies-llc#section-lists-featuring-this-company). They are still looking to raise more money, in a second closing of their Series A round.

They are also looking for international investors for a Series B Round since THING has a good footprint in the US (founded in New York, still has a team in Birmingham Alabama).

If you want to get in, feel free to reach out, we get you connected.

The VideoFind the video interview here: https://youtu.be/DZ8oFEx91tU

Building Technology 1988As recommended by Marc, here is the trailer of Die Hard 1 (Stirb Langsam 1) from 1988 to familiarize yourself with the capabilities of large buildings already in the 1980s. Please note the buildings explosion resistance in the movie may be exaggerated 😊 https://youtu.be/gYWvwkXreaI

Further ReadingsGmbH (a German version of an Ltd): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Companies_with_limited_liability_in_German_speaking_countries

Marc’s example of the Cube in Berlin http://www.cube-berlin.de/en/

Nebenkostenabrechnung (Utilities Statement, which is tightly regulated in Germany, especially which costs a landlord can pass on to it’s tenants) https://www.iamexpat.de/housing/german-housing-market/home-utilities

Marc is hinting at the BER Airport towards the end of the interview (https://www.dw.com/en/new-berlin-airport-to-finally-open-next-october/a-51471371), as opposed to the well-functioning, international connected airport Frankfurt (https://www.aviation24.be/airports/frankfurt-fra/fraport-traffic-figures-2019-frankfurt-airport-serves-more-than-70-5-million-passengers-1-5/). This is more a joke for Germans. Yes, you Americans viewing this, now you know how this feels if you are not getting a cultural reference 😉 …

Frankfurt Railway connectivity to Vienna, Paris, Zurich, Lyon, Amsterdam, Brussels, even (via Paris) to London, and many more: https://www.raileurope.com/place/frankfurt-hauptbahnhof

Frankfurt is home to the busiest internet knot in the world: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/dynasite.cfm?dsmid=506534

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Interview PartnerIn this interview, Joe is talking to Alexander Lange –  Co-Founder and Head of Software Engineering (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alexander-lange-527522119/) at Darmstadt based deep tech startup Xelera Technologies  (https://xelera.io/). He has been with the German Aerospace Center and the European Space Agency.

The StartupXelera Technologies offers specialized software for FPGA processing, which accelerates cloud computing considerably for certain tasks. Xelera already won two awards from the German federal ministry of economics and energy (including digital startup of the year 2019) https://www.de.digital/DIGITAL/Redaktion/DE/Gruenderwettbewerb/Artikel/preistreager-Digitales-Start-up-des-Jahres-2019.html. The startup has also been named a “Top 50 Startup” by German Blog Für-Gründer (https://www.fuer-gruender.de/beratung/gruenderwettbewerb/studie-2019/top-50/)

Recommended Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPortehttps://amzn.to/38Ug3rUThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/2sGDy78

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/34DYbOCThe $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeauhttps://amzn.to/2PEoFetOutliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://amzn.to/36U41g6Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworthhttps://amzn.to/2SbuEcj

Deep Tech PodcastIf you are interested in German deeptech startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Deeptech Germany by Startuprad.io" here:

iTunes: https://apple.co/2oWO3Sl

Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8

Venture Capital RoundXelera is currently raising its seed round in Q2 2020. If you are interested in investing, reach out to us, we will get you connected.

Further ReadingFormerly with DLR (German Aerospace Center) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Aerospace_Center

ESA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rosetta_(spacecraft)

ESOC https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/European_Space_Operations_Centre

FPGA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Field-programmable_gate_array

GPU https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Graphics_processing_unit

FPGA coding https://www.fpga4student.com/2017/08/what-is-fpga-programming.html

Find the video here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/xelera-technologies-helps-with-their-software-to-accelerate-machine-learning/

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This Month in German Startups - Review 2019 and 2020 OutlookIf 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.

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)

Publication ScheduleThis episode will … substitute the June News. This year startuprad.io’s news wrap-ups will have a summer break from the May News until the end of September. We are sorry, but there is no other way to fit the podcast around Chris and Joe's busy lives. 

About this OutlookNonetheless, we are now giving you the review of a decade and the preview of a decade! We mostly stick to top-level stuff, especially since the deeper you dig, the more material we would have to cover. 

Recommended Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPortehttps://amzn.to/38Ug3rUThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/2sGDy78

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/34DYbOCThe $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeauhttps://amzn.to/2PEoFetOutliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://amzn.to/36U41g6Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworthhttps://amzn.to/2SbuEcj

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: 

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2020 will be the year of Beethoven, which is a safe bet!

There will be a lot going on since Beethoven turns 250 this year. 

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZrMEjktsA

Ode to Joy:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWyYn0E4Ys

He made it in pop culture some time ago e.g. Two and a Half Men:

https://youtu.be/EE6V3hoIZj8

Find all further links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startups-2019-review-2020-outlook/ 

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GoContract is like Google Docs for Contracts by Startuprad.ioThis is a special publication on January 6th 2020, a public holiday in some states of Germany, to commemorate the Three Kings. Learn more about the day below. (at the bottom you will find the Link to the video interview)

The InterviewIn this interview we are talking to Lucas Weiper (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lucas-weiper-0828a6167/), CEO and Co-Founder of the “almost legaltech” GoContract (https://go-contract.com/). GoContract is headquartered in the beautiful city of Koblenz (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Koblenz), which is located between Frankfurt and Cologne. They offer end to end contract management.

“Lower Salary for startups is not an issue, if you can work with vision” Lucas Weiper, CEO and Co-Founder GoContract

A very brief startup historyIn the past, Lucas worked for a digital agency and the (also) Koblenz-based startup Sdui (https://www.sdui.de/). He learned a lot about startups, digital marketing and even recruiting there. Actually, he even encountered the problem, GoContract is now trying to solve. The startup helps startups and corporates with the tracking and management of their contracts. They offer end to end contract management.

“I can not advise to outsource software development. You will need the IP in later VC funding rounds” Lucas Weiper, CEO and Co-Founder GoContract

Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPortehttps://amzn.to/38Ug3rUThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/2sGDy78

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/34DYbOCThe $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeauhttps://amzn.to/2PEoFetOutliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://amzn.to/36U41g6Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworthhttps://amzn.to/2SbuEcj

Learn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/

Note on German customs: Normally Christmas is considered over after January 6th, which is a public holiday in Bayern, Baden-Württemberg, and Sachsen-Anhalt, where the Three Kings (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_Magi) are commemorated.

Startup weekendThey started their company at Startup Weekend Koblenz (http://communities.techstars.com/germany/koblenz/startup-weekend) and found there their remaining co-founders. They set up the company with 6 people, where only three founders actually hold equity. The other three hold sub-shares.

Venture Capital RoundGoContract is currently raising its seed round in Q2 2020. If you are interested in investing, reach out to us, we will get you connected.

Further Readings:Vocational training in Germany: https://www.make-it-in-germany.com/en/study-training/training/vocational/system/

Techboost Telekom: https://telekomhilft.telekom.de/t5/TechBoost-EN/ct-p/TechBoost_en

Mittelstand: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mittelstand

Netflix Series Skyline, to which Lucas referred (taking place and recorded in Frankfurt)

Official Trailer in German with English subtitles:https://youtu.be/e5bE-8n0_5Q

One of the songs (in German) Skylines Kalifa - Rose im Beton ( Official Full Music)https://youtu.be/8xLCUg6pvPM

Agile Method (Blog): https://www.wrike.com/project-management-guide/faq/what-is-agile-methodology-in-project-management/

Agile Method (affiliated links):

Agile Methodology: A Beginner’s Guide to Agile Method and Principles https://amzn.to/36olKwIKanban: The Ultimate Guide to Kanban Methodology for Agile Software Development https://amzn.to/35jvfLYKeep up to date with GoContractAs Lucas said in the last minutes of our interview, you can follow them here:

YouTube https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC4Cnh5wXg7zb56w0u6Z5YCA

LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/company/gocontract

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A personal note from Joe: Every time you see Johannes smile, I was telling stupid stuff / laughing in his earbuds. Sorry about that, but I had a lot of fun recording the interview.

Interview PartnerIn this interview, we are talking to Johnnes Mattmann (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-mattmann/,https://www.crunchbase.com/person/johannes-mattmann), founder of flyingshapes (https://www.flyingshapes.com/ https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/flyingshapes) a VR startup, which offers a software for industrial design (think automobiles, machines, planes, …).

Johannes studied particle physics and even had a research stay for his Ph.D. at CERN (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/CERN). Known to many people from Big Bang Theory (as large hadron collider https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mL9XeopaOTY) but should actually be known as the birthplace of the world wide web.

The StartupDuring his studies, he had to make abstract data visual and process lots of abstract data, which he can now apply at flyingshapes. flyingshapes helps companies to do more of their product development process in their software and therefore enable them to accelerate their process. They also enable virtual design teams from across the world.

Venture FundingFlying shapes raised investments in fall 2019 from ISB (https://isb.rlp.de/home.html) and Bito Campus (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/bito-campus), but they are looking for more investors in 2020. If you are interested, reach out and we connect you.

Affiliated Links

Looking for VR headsets? We talked about some of them in our interview.

Oculus Go VR Gaming Headset - 32GBhttps://amzn.to/37q8BmBOculus Quest All-in-one VR Gaming Headset – 128GB + Vader Immortal: A Star Wars VR Serieshttps://amzn.to/37nvZkEHTC Pro Eye Virtual Reality Kit Blackhttps://amzn.to/39xmWjeHTC VIVE - VR Brillehttps://amzn.to/2ZEPTVVSamsung Gear Virtual Realityhttps://amzn.to/2SKSEDMSamsung Gear Virtual Reality (glasses only)https://amzn.to/2ZGjwWR 

During the interview we are talking about:CAD https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer-aided_design

Computational Geometry https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computational_geometry

Polygon https://www.mathsisfun.com/definitions/polygon.html

Parametric curves: http://mathonline.wikidot.com/parametric-curves

Find all the links and videos (interview, as well as mentioned videos) here: 

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/mainz-based-flyingshapes-accelerates-product-development-with-their-vr-software-video/

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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.

Talk to the hosts: Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io

Find all the links here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2019-by-startuprad-io/

Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)

The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPorte

https://amzn.to/38Ug3rU

The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/2sGDy78

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/34DYbOC

The $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeau

https://amzn.to/2PEoFet

Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell

https://amzn.to/36U41g6

Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworth

https://amzn.to/2SbuEcj

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The InterviewIn this interview, we talk to an international entrepreneur, of which we try to bring you approx. 30% of our content. This time we have the pleasure to interview a member of “Forbes Asia 30 Under 30” Lucy Yueting Liu (https://www.linkedin.com/in/awxlucy/), co-founder of Hongkong-based fintech unicorn Airwallex (https://www.airwallex.com/). Airwallex is simplifying international payments for companies.

“Valuation is the result of what you did well. It is not really a milestone itself. Valuation means nothing if there is no growth” Lucy Liu, Co-Founder fintech unicorn Airwallex

ContextDuring the interview, Joe and Lucy talk about her past as an investment consultant and intern at banks. She jumped pretty young into the startup world. The idea of Airwallex is to offer a cheaper better and more convenient alternative to SWIFT, which was invented in the 70s (see details below).

“The average time a CEO of a startup stays as CEO is 3 years.  Many people cannot grow in a way that helps their business” Lucy Liu, Co-Founder fintech unicorn Airwallex

Affiliated LinksBretton Woods,

Global Perspectives on the Bretton Woods Conference and the Post-War World Order (The World of the Roosevelts) https://amzn.to/2WSalRCThe Bretton Woods Agreements: Together with Scholarly Commentaries and Essential Historical Documents (Basic Documents in World Politics) https://amzn.to/2Nrj8agMore books here: https://amzn.to/2JZO7YEFX Trading BooksThe Art of Currency Trading: A Professional's Guide to the Foreign Exchange Market https://amzn.to/2PVAAoRA Foreign Exchange Primer https://amzn.to/2WTEq3lAudibleOr listen to interesting audio books on Audible. You get the first month free https://www.amazon.de/dp/B00NTQ6K7E?tag=startupradi0e-21 

Further LinksDuring the interview, Lucy and Joe touch on different topics. Learn more here:

Link Video all New Zealand Rugby team “All Blacks” and their Māori war dance Hakka https://youtu.be/I3gbneDt-S4

FX or forex spreads https://www.investopedia.com/articles/forex/090914/understanding-spread-retail-currency-exchange-rates.asp

A short explanation video what SWIFT is https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lxaa9GDIOE4 or here on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Worldwide_Interbank_Financial_Telecommunication

Single euro payments area (SEPA): https://ec.europa.eu/info/business-economy-euro/banking-and-finance/consumer-finance-and-payments/payment-services/single-euro-payments-area-sepa_en

Non-convertible currencies: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/n/nonconvertiblecurrency.asp

The Intern https://www.imdb.com/title/tt2106015/ trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZU3Xban0Y6A

https://www.startuprad.io/blog/interview-with-lucy-liu-co-founder-of-hongkong-based-fintech-unicorn-airwallex/

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The traditionThis is a Startuprad.io tradition. Every year close to Christmas Joe gets together with smart people from the German fintech scene and talks about what was going on. Usually, the discussion drifts fast in a talk show and does not stick to the usual news format. None the less it is very informative and there are great ideas for fintech entrepreneurs and investors here.

Trust is repeated positive experience – Frank Schwab during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

This episode was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest, learn more at www.invest-in-hessen.de Find the video and more content here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/2019-fintech-review-germany-talkshow-by-startuprad-io-video/ 

The traditionThis is a Startuprad.io tradition. Every year close to Christmas Joe gets together with smart people from the German fintech scene and talks about what was going on. Usually, the discussion drifts fast in a talk show and does not stick to the usual news format. None the less it is very informative and there are great ideas for fintech entrepreneurs and investors here.

Trust is repeated positive experience – Frank Schwab during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

This episode was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest, learn more at www.invest-in-hessen.de To digitize the relationship with clients in banking, that will be the unicorn – Paolo Sironi during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

Our Guests(in alphabetic order)

Mario Hachemer, CTO Fastbill (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahachemer/)

Luka Ivicevic, Co-Founder / Chief of Staff at Penta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/luka-ivicevic/)

Frank Schwab, Co-Founder Fintech Forum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankschwab/)

Paolo Sironi , Author and Thought Leader IBM (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepsironi/)

Host:

Jörn “Joe” Menninger, Founder and Host Startuprad.io

joe@startuprad.io / Twitter  / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)

To succeed in Fintech you need to digitize the client relationship – Paolo Sironi during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

Further ReadingDuring the discussion we are touching:

Challenger Bank / Neo Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_bank

Share of Wallet https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/share-of-wallet.asp

Tiktok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEGJMmqBTw

Mortgage: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mortgage.asp

related:

Mortgage market shares in Germany. Statista has only numbers for 2015, but online banks had a 40% market share: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/661264/umfrage/entwicklung-der-marktanteile-der-vertriebskanaele-in-der-deutschen-baufinanzierung/

Goldman Sachs’ Marcus: https://www.marcus.com/us/en

Related:

https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/12/09/why-is-goldman-sachs-investing-in-marcus.aspx

Having a good user experience is ok, but it will not lead to a transformation people will do banking – Paolo Sironi during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

https://youtu.be/fFxCiGsnD48

Fintechs succeed because they are not overvaluing the trust – Mario Hachemer during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

I think in 2020 we will see fintechs and neobanks opening up branches – Luka Ivicevic during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review

Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPortehttps://amzn.to/38Ug3rUThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/2sGDy78

The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness

by Stephen R. Covey

https://amzn.to/34DYbOCThe $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeauhttps://amzn.to/2PEoFetOutliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://amzn.to/36U41g6Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworthhttps://amzn.to/2SbuEcj

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BackgroundPublic blockchains, like Ethereum and Bitcoin, can only perform ten transactions per second. If you only want to put one percent of global financial markets on the blockchain, you would have to do hundreds of thousands more. That is where Perun comes in. They are a B2B startup and work with other companies who are interested in blockchain or already working with it. Perun generates an additional layer on the original blockchain, their protocol (2nd layer off-blockchain) is more secure and much faster by enabling transactions to be sent peer to peer in separate channels without confirmation of thousands of blockchain miners. In each channel, thousands of transactions per second are possible with current technology.

Perun’s channel technology could also be used by centralized financial networks like credit card companies or other payment providers (think PayPal). Their channel technology also allows machine-to-machine-payments on blockchains.

During the interview, we also talk about their technology’s theoretical limit.

They will soon release their protocol as an open-source developer kit. Find more information on that on their website.

Interview PartnerIn this interview, Joe is talking to Sebastian Stammler – Implementation Lead (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebstar/) and Hendrik Amler Scrum Master (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-amler-932506191/) at Darmstadt based Blockchain startup PERUN (https://perun.network/). At the time of the interview (October 2019), the company was not yet incorporated.

Perun is part of a research group jointly of TU Darmstadt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Darmstadt) and University of Warsaw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Warsaw). TU Darmstadt is one of the great starting points for many deep-tech startups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech) here in Germany. You might also want to pay a visit to HIGHEST, the startup and innovation center of the university: https://www.highest.tu-darmstadt.de/highest/index.en.jsp.

Tune in to learn more.

Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.ioIf you are interested in German Blockchain startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.io" here:

iTunes: https://apple.co/2O2jwLx

Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8

DISCLAIMER:As opposed to the usual Youtuber or Podcaster in the Blockchain space my guests don’t pay thousands of Euros to be here. AND neither am I invested in you guys. I am also getting NO kickback.

For everyone who is surprised about that, many channels work like this. Just pay attention to the people in Telegram Chats who ask for admin emails and “business proposals” they usually sent an offer with a price tag of several thousands of Euros, sometimes upwards of 50.000 Euros, just to be on their channel. Oh, and before I forget: They usually only want cash, they don’t take crypto.

Make sure you vet your main blockchain information source before you fall into those traps.

Further reading:We are talking during the interview:

Vobis was a – now-defunct – computer hardware retailer in Germany, in the late 1990s. Some years they were showing the largest revenue for computer hardware in Germany. Learn more here in Wikipedia (article only in German): https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vobis

Diploma degree: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma#Germany_and_the_German_academic_education_system_in_Europe

Prof. Dr. Sebastian Faust of TU Darmstadt: https://www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/cac/start_cac/mitarbeiter_cac/personendetails/index.en.jsp

Prof. Stefan Dziembowski, PhD of University of Warsaw https://www.crypto.edu.pl/Members/Dziembowski

Technical Papers for further reading:- General State Channel Networks https://eprint.iacr.org/2018/320

- Virtual Payment Channel Hubs http://eprint.iacr.org/2017/635

- Multi-Party Virtual State Channels https://eprint.iacr.org/2019/571

Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire S...

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Interview PartnerIn this interview, Joe is talking to Friedrich "Freddy" Zwanzger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwanzger/), Chief Data Officer of Mainz-based blockchain startup Anyblock Analytics (https://www.anyblockanalytics.com/ ,https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anyblock-analytics)

During this interview, we learn how Freddy discovered Blockchain back in 2015. We also talk about how Anyblock works. They are indexing blockchains and once the blockchain is on their index, one can analyze it and track activities.

Tune in to learn more.

Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.ioIf you are interested in German Blockchain startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.io" here:

iTunes: https://apple.co/2O2jwLx

Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8

DISCLAIMER:As opposed to the usual Youtuber or Podcaster in the Blockchain space you don’t pay thousands of Euros to be here. AND neither am I invested in you guys. I am also getting NO kickback.

For everyone who is surprised about that, many channels work like this. Just pay attention to the people in Telegram Chats who ask for admin emails and “business proposals” they usually sent an offer with a price tag of several thousands of Euros, sometimes upwards of 50.000 Euros, just to be on their channel. Oh, and before I forget: They usually only want cash, they don’t take crypto.

Make sure you vet your main blockchain information source before you fall into those traps.

Affiliated Links Our Affiliate PartnerCo-WorkingWeWorkMarketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and moreFiverrEmail service?G-SuiteLooking for a bank account for your startup? Have a look at our partner PentaPenta Bank AccountAudible subscription: You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscriptionhttps://amzn.to/2pGzsehLearn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/

Further ReadingDuring the interview Freddy and Joe are talking about:

The city of Mainz: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz

Smart contracts: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/smart-contracts.asp

ISB Mainz (German only) https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investitions-_und_Strukturbank_Rheinland-Pfalz

Find the video interview here (scroll down to the bottom of the Blogpost): https://www.startuprad.io/blog/anyblock-is-like-google-analytics-for-blockchain/

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Sorry to everyone who expected a publication yesterday. We are still experimenting with the publication times and weekdays.

InterviewIn this interview, Joe talks to Jacob (https://www.linkedin.com/in/jacob-wedderburn-day-499258111/, https://www.crunchbase.com/person/jacob-wedderburn-day), the CEO, and co-founder of the London-based startup stasher (https://stasher.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/citystasher). Stasher is similar to an Airbnb for luggage, where you can store your luggage on the day of departure at certain tourist hotspots and still do some sightseeing.

Affiliated Links

Our Affiliate Partner

Co-Working

WeWork

Marketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and more

Fiverr

Email service?

G-Suite

Looking for a bank account for your startup? Have a look at our partner Penta

Penta Bank Account

Audible subscription: You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscription

https://amzn.to/2pGzseh

Learn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/

JacobDuring the interview, Jacob tells the story, how he came from studying economics to “real” business and how Airbnb paved part of the way for their startup idea. As usual for Joe, the interview goes sometimes off on some tangents. You will find the links below and if you watch the video interview, you also get to see the strange phone booth in all its abstract glory … Tune in to learn more

Alternatively, we wanted to call the Interview: “Stasher your reason to visit a dog café in Canada“

Further ReadingDuring the interview both are talking about:

Economic downturn 1907 https://www.federalreservehistory.org/essays/panic_of_1907Economic downturn 2008 https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Financial_crisis_of_2007%E2%80%9308“Flying Saucers from Men in Black I” https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_State_PavilionEuston Station London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Euston_railway_stationKings Cross Station London https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/London_King%27s_Cross_railway_stationStasher at Time Square in New York City https://stasher.com/luggage-storage/new-york/times-square 

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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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In this interview, Joe talks to Gesa of this year’s winner of the CONTENTshift (https://www.contentshift.de/en/) accelerator QualiFiction. Learn more here: https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/congratulations-to-qualifiction/.

Publishers receive more than 4 million book proposals for SciFi novels each year, in the German-speaking area alone. Now QualiFiction wants to help here so more texts can be evaluated by the publishers. The startup has an AI, which can – within 60 seconds – evaluate a SciFi text. So, they avoid publishers sending back unread proposals to the aspiring authors, due to a lack of readers for evaluation. They also generate the metadata (e.g. genre) for the text.

QualiFiction is also looking for publishers who give them masses of texts in different languages so they can extend their offering to other languages, besides German.

_ Scifi Books Joe likes (AL) Peter F Hamilton: The Armageddon Series https://amzn.to/2rolpu9

Craig Alanson: Expeditionary Force Series: https://amzn.to/2QTNm7H

Arthur C. Clarke – Collected Stories: https://amzn.to/2Oo5HrT _

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Tech Startups Germany - By Startuprad.ioThis is the first video of our new 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).

You can find this specific channel here as audio and video stand-alone podcast or via all channels of Startuprad.io.

Frankfurt as a location is good from an international recruiting standpoint, since Frankfurt has a really really great reputation.

VC FundingIn this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io is talking to Florian Brokamp (https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-brokamp-5a329876/), CEO of Thinksurance (https://thinksurance.de/en/start/), a Frankfurt-based insurtech startup. The fintech just raised 13 mn venture capital (https://www.policendirekt.com/en/thinksurance-raises-e13m-in-series-b-funding/) so Startuprad.io took the opportunity and stop by on short notice to ask one of the founders what they will do with all the money.

Startup is not about the events, it is not about “raising big”… its more important to believe in yourself, be happy and create your vision.

ThinksuranceFirst some information on the startup: Thinksurance is the leading commercial insurance distribution platform in Germany. Its technology connects insurers, distributors from all sales channels and business customers on its intelligent analytics and distribution platform. The company was founded in Frankfurt, Germany, first entered the market in 2016 under the brand “Gewerbeversicherung24” and was rebranded in 2019. By now, the insurtech has almost 50 employees and is led by its two founders Florian Brokamp and Christopher Leifeld as well as Vasil Vasilev and Timm Weitzel.

The insurtech is looking to increase headcount considerably and expand to other countries like France, Belgium and the Netherlands. As second priority they are looking to the USA and Asia.

Tune in the interview to learn more.

We would hope that in Germany in general and Frankfurt in specific there would be more support from the Government …

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In this interview, Joe talks to Andrew Rhomberg (https://www.linkedin.com/in/arhomberg/) Founder and CEO at Jellybooks (https://www.jellybooks.com/), a startup based in London. The company is a marketing tech startup (martech) for the book publishing industry. Jellybooks has been called a “Goole Analytics for eBooks” by Wired and “Moneyball for publishing” by the New York Times.

“When someone reads 30 to 50 pages they read the whole book”

Jellybooks is a cutting-edge platform for collecting data and insights on book reading. The company offers free eBooks in exchange for the readers reading data. The books are provided free of charge by the Sponsors (either the author or the publisher). All the readers need to do in return is to click a button at the end of each chapter to send Jellybooks their reading data.

This interview is in association with CONTENTshift, the accelerator program of the Association of the German Book Publishers & Booksellers. You can learn more here https://www.contentshift.de/en/. The winners are announced on a live ceremony at the Frankfurt Book Fair each year https://www.buchmesse.de/en. The accelerator program aims to push the boundaries of publishing. We will bring you this year’s winner of CONTENTshift at Thanksgiving (Nov 28th).

“You can ruin a book by it’s cover”

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During the interview Andrew and Joe talk about:The book, by the late Nobel laureate in literature is called “one hundred years of solitude” by Gabriel García “Gabo” Márquez and is available here (AL) https://amzn.to/336TT1w You can learn more about this amazing author, who invented magic realism, here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gabriel_Garc%C3%ADa_M%C3%A1rquez

You can also learn more about A/B Testing here: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A/B_testing

“The book cover even influences if you recommend a book … I am judged by you what I recommend”

If you like to know what Joe likes, here is a hint: Peter F Hamilton (AL): https://amzn.to/2D3XG4V or here https://amzn.to/37no8ob

The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire, 6 Vols. Vol. 1 - 3 (AL) https://amzn.to/2QCHaRn

History Every year the Frankfurt book fair is also the place where Startuprad.io interviews the finalists and eventual winners of the program. We did this already in the past. Have a look at our interviews from 2018 on our playlist here: https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLUbiCAQc22WsdxEzE7iASbXD4_rAAVQbx

OutlookDuring the course of the next few weeks we will publish five interviews with startups (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/who-will-become-the-content-startup-of-the-year/) from the CONTENTshift accelerator from the Frankfurt Book Fair (https://www.buchmesse.de/en), with startups from Germany, Denmark and the UK.

Only the publication of our regular news will interrupt the series. We will end with a very special day at Thanksgiving, where we will publish our News, as well as the interview with the winner of the program.

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In this interview, Joe talks to Uli, founder of Mitmalfilm. He is a professional animator and painter and he enables his project children from 4 to 7 to draw their own animated movie in a combination of coloring book and app.  Learn more in the interview.

“We want to find a publisher for our coloring books”

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You can learn more here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/publications-until-end-of-november-thanksgiving/

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Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/mitmalfilm-de-enables-even-the-worst-painters-to-make-an-animated-short-story/

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In this interview, Joe talks to Georg Horn, Co-Founder, and CEO at varia.media, a startup based in Munich. Their service provides different perspectives on news, research or other topics, so one can escape their own filter bubble. Learn more in the interview.

Hint: You will hear Joe saying that this is the third interview, but the 2nd interview we recorded is the winner to be published on Nov. 28th, so our original order is screwed-up. Sorry, but at the time of recording, it was not clear, which startup would win.

You can learn more here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/publications-until-end-of-november-thanksgiving/

Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/varia-media-offers-with-their-nlp-tool-perspective-as-a-service-for-journalism-and-research/

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During the course of the next few weeks we will publish five interviews with startups (https://www.contentshift.de/en/contentshift/news/who-will-become-the-content-startup-of-the-year/) from the CONTENTshift accelerator from the Frankfurt Book Fair (https://www.buchmesse.de/en), with startups from Germany, Denmark, and the UK.

Only the publication of our regular news will interrupt the series. We will end with a very special day at Thanksgiving, where we will publish our News, as well as the interview with the winner of the program.

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Startuprad.io brings you in a Frankfurt-to-New-York recording the startup news Germany for October 2018. We wrap-up the news of the German-speaking startup scene (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein) of October in our recording. 

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In this interview, Joe talks to Jacob, Co-Founder, and CLO at Easy Correct, a startup based in Denmark. Their tool allows teachers to give better, more consistent feedback to students. Learn more in the interview.

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This time Joe talks to Kostas, CEO, and Co-Founder of Blendo, our first interview with a startup from Athens. Blendo works in ELT, they allow their clients to access all of their data, so they can use the data directly. Blendo helps the company to validate its data. One could say Blendo becomes, therefore, part of the infrastructure of the company. 

Kostas started with technology at an early age. He started early on in his studies to work with data.

“Data is the blood and oxygen of companies to remain competitive” 

The HQ of Blendo is in Athens, but the legal entity is registered in Delaware. The reason behind it is that the first investors of the company have been from Israel and they agree to locate the headquarter of the company there. For some time, the startup has also been located in Tel Aviv, so Blendo now considers itself a global company. 

“Being a founder is a life-transforming experience.”

Blendo has most of its customers in the United States but has employees in the US, Israel, and Greece. 

“We re-invented the ETL process”

“I belong to the analog to digital generation. We started analog and ended up in the digital age”

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This interview is a Columbus Day Special. Suhas Patel is a serial entrepreneur. He is originally from India. Suhas is living for 14 years in Germany. He started 18 startups so far. Startuprad.io visited him in a meeting room in a co-working space in Frankfurt to talk about his new venture Tvarit, an Industrial AI company.

“I believe this startup has the potential to be a unicorn”

Suhas calls himself a “Technology Evangelist” Before founding his startups he was working in R&D departments of Qualcomm and Intel.

“With the 18 startups, I helped entrepreneurs to start their business”

Suhas is working on a concept of “Business Driven Philanthropy” to build new business verticals on the latest technologies. He had to close 70% of the startups he helped to start. This is great, especially since normally 90% of startups do not survive. Now he decided to stop all his assignments and concentrate 100% on Tvarit, to make the AI startup the first unicorn in Frankfurt.

“B2C Ai startups are mainly in China and the US. For B2B there is a great potential for Germany”

Tvarit (त्वरित)is a Sanskrit word, almost 3000 years old, it means fast. Tvarit's core values are based on "FASTER customer journey" and "PERSISTENT prediction accuracy". The concept of Industry4.0 is misunderstood as condition monitoring. Tvarit takes a step further by taking the data from the condition monitoring and provide the analytics to give actionable insights.

“we have the potential to become the SAP of Artificial Intelligence, since we can get a 360 degree view of the whole manufacturing unit.”

For those, who do not understand Joe’s joke: Skynet is the evil computer AI in the Terminator franchise, trying to eliminate mankind: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Skynet_(Terminator)

“Two things are important, execution and focus”

Having strong R&D, Tvarit guarantees a patent application during the first 4-months project.

“You need to execute wisely and fast”

Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-serial-entrepreneur-sushas-he-wants-to-make-tvarit-the-first-unicorn-in-frankfurt/ 

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In this video interview, we are talking to Johannes “Joe” Noll (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-noll-10907478), who is co-founder and CEO at Darmstadt based App Guard. App Guard helps developers – to keep pre-programmed elements they are using in their applications – up to date, so no one can exploit known loopholes from those elements. This is important, since already a few hours after the release of new software automated tools will start to hack software, with known weaknesses. You can access the tool Codario here: https://codario.io/. They support docker, composer, NPM, Drupal, yarn, and python.

“5 Hours after the release of the software, automated hack start”