We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We discuss two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis. Austria gets a new most valuable startup with GoStudent.


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.
 
 
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We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We discuss two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis. Austria gets a new most valuable startup with GoStudent. 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. This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved

We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We discuss two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis. Austria gets a new most valuable startup with GoStudent.


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.
 
 
This podcast uses the following third-party services for analysis: 
 
Podder - https://www.podderapp.com/privacy-policy 
Podcorn - https://podcorn.com/privacy 
Chartable - https://chartable.com/privacy
Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved

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Startuprad.io™ is Europe’s voice on startups, venture capital, and innovation — giving you backstage access to the continent’s most dynamic founders, investors, and tech visionaries. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show has become a trusted source for international audiences who want to understand how Europe builds and scales its next generation of unicorns.

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