A bonus GSA Unicorn Tracker for October 2021 captures an unprecedented wave of German-speaking unicorns.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Tracking unicorn formation in real time is how you see where DACH deep-tech value concentrated at the cycle’s peak.

In this episode, we cover:

• A bonus unicorn-tracker episode
• The 2021 wave of GSA unicorns
• Why the news was split into two episodes
• Reading unicorn formation as a signal
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Lawyer Jan-Philipp Günther-Burmeister on Germany’s law regulating autonomous driving — billed as the world’s first.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Regulation is deep-tech infrastructure: the legal framework often decides whether autonomous systems can actually ship.

In this episode, we cover:

• JP Günther-Burmeister on autonomous-driving law
• Germany’s first-of-its-kind regulation
• The Federal Ministry of Transport’s framework
• What the law means for autonomous systems
• A subject-matter-expert deep dive

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Daniel Amann, CEO of Vienna-based Edupression, on building a prescription app to support people managing depression.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Prescription digital therapeutics are healthcare deep tech — clinically framed software addressing conditions with high relapse rates.

In this episode, we cover:

• Daniel Amann (Co-Founder & CEO, Edupression)
• A Vienna-based app available on prescription
• Digital support for managing depression
• From financial services to digital health
• Building clinically-minded mental-health tech

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A bonus September 2021 unicorn tracker captures Germany’s record wave of new billion-dollar startups.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Real-time unicorn tracking shows where DACH deep-tech and fintech value concentrated at the 2021 peak.

In this episode, we cover:

• A bonus unicorn-tracker episode
• Germany’s record 2021 unicorn wave
• Why the news was split in two
• Reading unicorn formation as a signal
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

Related deep-tech episodes: DACH Unicorn Tracker 2025 · DACH Startups: Acquisitions & Funding Roundup.

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The Summer 2021 wrap-up condenses July through September of a red-hot German startup season into one roundup.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Seeing which summer signals mattered most is useful context for the deep-tech and funding shifts that followed.

In this episode, we cover:

• A combined July–September roundup
• A hot summer for German startups
• Funding rounds and ecosystem moves
• Paired with the unicorn tracker
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Entrepreneur, investor, and mentor Michelle Tsing on why a founder’s choices shape company culture — and how culture becomes the brand.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Culture is an operator lever that compounds; getting it right early is what lets deep-tech teams scale without breaking.

In this episode, we cover:

• Michelle Tsing (entrepreneur, investor, mentor)
• How founders shape culture — and brand
• Lessons from PayPal, Samsung, Cisco, and eBay
• Thinking about culture early
• Part of the Entrepreneur Tools series

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Serial founder Lukasz Gadowski, winner of a German Startup Awards 2021 Special Award, on vision, betting on the right patterns, and the details of execution.

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Why this matters for deep tech: One of Europe’s most influential founder-investors offers the operator’s view on how durable companies actually get built.

In this episode, we cover:

• Lukasz Gadowski, Special Award winner (GSA21)
• Vision and betting on the right pattern
• Why execution is in the details
• When it does — and doesn’t — make sense to sell
• In media partnership with the German Startup Association

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Thomas Jarzombek, Germany’s Commissioner for Digital and Startups, on the country’s €10B startup program and commercializing German innovation.

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Why this matters for deep tech: State capital and policy are deep-tech infrastructure — a €10B program shapes which frontier companies get to exist.

In this episode, we cover:

• Thomas Jarzombek, MdB and Digital/Startups Commissioner
• Germany’s €10B startup program
• Better commercialization of German innovation
• How the money is meant to be invested
• A policymaker who was once an entrepreneur

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Denis Tudor, CEO of Swiss startup Swisspod, on building hyperloop tracks beneath the Alps — from an EPFL PhD and a Hyperloop-competition win.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Hyperloop is frontier transport deep tech: capital-heavy physical infrastructure betting on a step-change in mobility.

In this episode, we cover:

• Denis Tudor (CEO & Co-Founder, Swisspod)
• Hyperloop tracks under the Swiss Alps
• A Forbes 30-under-30 and EPFL PhD
• Winning a Hyperloop design competition
• Turning a Musk-inspired idea into a company

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Germany’s largest-ever unicorn wave — Scalable Capital, Forto, and decacorn Celonis at $11B — headlines the June 2021 wrap-up.

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Why this matters for deep tech: A decacorn plus Softbank-driven megarounds marked the absolute peak of DACH deep-tech and fintech valuations.

In this episode, we cover:

• Scalable Capital and Forto become unicorns
• Celonis becomes Germany’s first decacorn ($11B)
• WeFox raises €536M; About You IPOs at €4B
• GoStudent makes Austria a new most-valuable startup
• SoftBank driving the frenzy

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