The March 2020 wrap-up captures the German-speaking startup scene at the very start of the pandemic.

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Why this matters for deep tech: A snapshot of DACH deep tech as COVID hit is essential context for everything that came after.

In this episode, we cover:

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

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Attorney Tim Wullbrandt on Germany’s emergency changes to insolvency law during the COVID-19 shutdown — and what they meant for founders.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Insolvency rules are deep-tech infrastructure in a crisis: the legal framework that decides which startups survive a shock.

In this episode, we cover:

• Tim Wullbrandt, attorney at law
• Emergency changes to German insolvency law
• Consequences of the public-life shutdown
• What it meant for running a business
• Part of the special COVID-19 coverage

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A special Corona Flash from March 19, 2020, tracking COVID-19’s fast-developing impact on the German startup scene.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Real-time crisis reporting is the raw signal that later became the story of DACH deep tech’s pandemic resilience.

In this episode, we cover:

• A special Corona Flash news format
• Tracking COVID-19’s impact on startups
• Fast-developing early-pandemic signals
• The German-speaking startup scene under pressure
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Johannes Noll, CEO of Darmstadt-based Codario.io (formerly App Guard), on making open-source security easy for development teams.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Automating open-source dependency security is deep tech that closes the fast-moving gaps attackers exploit within hours of a release.

In this episode, we cover:

• Johannes Noll (Co-Founder & CEO, Codario.io)
• Making open-source security easy
• Keeping software dependencies safe
• A Darmstadt-based cybersecurity startup
• Frankfurt Forward Startup of the Month

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Frankfurt serial entrepreneur Peter Hart on Pythia, which forecasts the next trends in consumer products.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Data-driven trend forecasting is applied deep tech — turning signals into predictions brands can act on before the market moves.

In this episode, we cover:

• Peter Hart, serial entrepreneur behind Pythia
• Forecasting the next consumer-product trends
• A young Frankfurt-based founder
• Data as a competitive edge for brands
• From the Tech Startups Germany series

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A deliberately short February 2020 wrap-up rounds up the German-speaking startup scene’s latest funding and ecosystem news.

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Why this matters for deep tech: The monthly signal desk is the continuous record that makes DACH deep-tech trends legible over time.

In this episode, we cover:

• Top German-speaking startup news of February 2020
• A shorter, tighter roundup
• Funding and ecosystem moves
• Sources in English and German
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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Nico Höler, CEO of Darmstadt-based TEC4MED, on next-generation smart logistics — including the NelumBox for transporting temperature-sensitive medicines.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Cold-chain medical logistics is medtech deep tech where hardware and monitoring protect drugs that fail if the temperature slips.

In this episode, we cover:

• Nico Höler (Co-Founder & CEO, TEC4MED)
• Next-generation smart medical logistics
• The NelumBox for temperature-sensitive drugs
• Born in the TU Darmstadt Entrepreneur Club
• A Rhine-Main medtech startup

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The January 2020 wrap-up opens the year with the top German-speaking startup funding rounds and ecosystem signals.

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Why this matters for deep tech: The year-opening signal desk sets the baseline for reading DACH deep tech through the months ahead.

In this episode, we cover:

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

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Alexander Lange of Darmstadt-based Xelera Technologies on FPGA-accelerated software that speeds up cloud computing and machine learning.

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Why this matters for deep tech: Hardware-accelerated compute is deep tech at the silicon–software edge — the performance layer behind scalable AI.

In this episode, we cover:

• Alexander Lange (Co-Founder, Head of Software Engineering, Xelera)
• FPGA processing to accelerate cloud computing
• Speeding up machine-learning workloads
• A background at DLR and the ESA
• German Digital Startup of the Year 2019

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Startuprad.io’s 2019 review and 2020 outlook looks back at a year of German-speaking startups and ahead to the next.

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Why this matters for deep tech: A full-year read of DACH startups is baseline context for the deep-tech decade that followed.

In this episode, we cover:

• A 2019 year-in-review
• A 2020 outlook
• The top German-speaking startup stories
• Funding and ecosystem themes
• Recorded with Chris and Joe

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