German vaccine startups, the unfolding Wirecard fraud, and Konrad Zuse’s 110th birthday headline the June 2020 wrap-up.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Vaccine biotech beside the Wirecard scandal captured both the promise and the trust crisis in DACH deep tech and fintech.

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• German startups producing COVID-19 vaccines
• The potential accounting fraud at Wirecard
• Startups across Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne, Berlin
• Konrad Zuse’s 110th birthday
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Dr. Dorian Scholz, CEO of Darmstadt-based Energy Robotics, on a full software stack that makes robots operate autonomously or by remote control.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Robotics-operating software spun out of TU Darmstadt is deep tech — the autonomy layer that turns hardware into a workforce.

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• Dr. Dorian Scholz (Co-Founder & CEO, Energy Robotics)
• A full software stack for robots
• Autonomous and remote operation
• A TU Darmstadt spinoff
• 15+ years in robotics

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The May 2020 wrap-up rounds up the German-speaking startup scene’s funding and ecosystem news mid-pandemic.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Reading the monthly signal desk through the pandemic shows which DACH deep tech held up under pressure.

In this episode, we cover:

• Top German-speaking startup news of May 2020
• Funding rounds and ecosystem moves
• A bird’s-eye view across GSA
• Sources in both English and German
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Innoplexus founder Gunjan Bhardwaj on raising €35M in Germany and applying AI and big data to accelerate drug and disease research.

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Why this matters for deep tech: AI for life-science research is deep tech compressing the slowest, most expensive part of biotech: finding what to test.

In this episode, we cover:

• Gunjan Bhardwaj (Founder & CEO, Innoplexus)
• €35M raised as an Indian-born founder in Germany
• AI and big data for pharma research
• Why Hessen became home base
• Part two of the conversation

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Hamedo Ayadi, CEO of IDA – Intelligent Data Analytics, on surviving a pandemic gut-punch — losing his largest client in two hours — by diversifying.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Data-analytics deep tech plus a hard pivot story shows the operational resilience frontier startups need to survive shocks.

In this episode, we cover:

• Hamedo Ayadi (Co-Founder & CEO, IDA)
• Intelligent data analytics
• Losing the biggest client overnight in COVID
• Pivoting to a diversified strategy
• A Frankfurt-based serial entrepreneur

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Johannes “Jo” Bhakdi, CEO of Quantgene, on deep-genomics AI that aims to detect early-stage cancer from a single blood draw.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Single-molecule cancer detection is frontier genomics deep tech — AI and big data applied where early detection saves lives.

In this episode, we cover:

• Johannes Bhakdi (Co-Founder & CEO, Quantgene)
• Deep-genomics early cancer detection
• Single-molecule precision from one blood draw
• AI and big data at the core
• Offices in Santa Monica and Berlin

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Swen Wegner, CEO of Frankfurt’s Mainstage Incubator, on a “Sales as a Service” model that helps startups worldwide enter the European market.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Market-entry infrastructure is the connective tissue of the ecosystem — how foreign deep tech gets a foothold in Europe.

In this episode, we cover:

• Swen Wegner (Founder & CEO, Mainstage Incubator)
• A “Sales as a Service” model
• Helping global startups enter Europe
• A Frankfurt base in the heart of Europe
• Half-Indian, half-German founder story

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The April 2020 wrap-up tracks how the German-speaking startup scene navigated the first full month of the pandemic.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Early-pandemic funding and survival signals are baseline context for the DACH deep-tech recovery that followed.

In this episode, we cover:

• Top German-speaking startup news of April 2020
• Funding and ecosystem developments
• A bird’s-eye view across GSA
• Sources in English and German
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Innoplexus founder Gunjan Bhardwaj on an AI platform built to fight all diseases — and its free COVID-19 research access during the pandemic.

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Why this matters for deep tech: AI mining the entire life-science literature is deep tech aimed at compressing how fast humanity can respond to new diseases.

In this episode, we cover:

• Gunjan Bhardwaj (Founder & CEO, Innoplexus)
• An AI platform to fight all diseases
• Free COVID-19 research access
• Work toward a new anti-coronavirus molecule
• Growing faster in Germany than the US or UK

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Janosch Maier, CPO of Munich-based Crashtest Security, on automatically scanning web applications for known vulnerabilities without disrupting developers.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Automated security testing baked into the dev workflow is deep tech that hardens software before attackers get a chance.

In this episode, we cover:

• Janosch Maier (Co-Founder & CPO, Crashtest Security)
• Automated scanning of web applications
• Catching vulnerabilities without breaking workflow
• Preventing automated hacks
• A Munich cybersecurity startup

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