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€450M, €4.9B, and €50M milestones — this Summer 2024 DACH Startup News wrap-up, a Labor Day special with Jörn “Joe” Menninger, recaps the season's funding and AI trends.

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Why this matters for fintech: A seasonal wrap-up shows the through-line: where capital pooled and which AI trends held. For fintech, it frames the momentum heading into autumn 2024.

In this episode, we cover:

• The season's funding milestones, from €50M to €4.9B
• AI trends shaping DACH over summer 2024
• Which rounds defined the quarter
• What the wrap-up says about investor appetite
• How the season set up the rest of the year

Related fintech episodes: GSA Startup News October 2024: Unicorns, Fintech &… · DACH News Dec 2024: €2.5B in Funding Highlights

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Maximilian Rofagha, CEO of Finimize, joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on building a fintech community, the strategy behind it, and how content and trust scale a consumer finance brand.

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Why this matters for fintech: Finimize is consumer fintech built on community and financial literacy — proof that distribution and trust can matter as much as the product. It's a playbook for reaching retail investors.

In this episode, we cover:

• Maximilian Rofagha on scaling Finimize
• How community building powers a fintech brand
• Why financial literacy is a growth engine
• The strategy behind reaching retail investors
• Lessons on content, trust, and consumer fintech

Related fintech episodes: Count Finance's Laura Cornely on Money Anxiety · Paolo Sironi (IBM) on AI and the Future of Banking

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Annelise Osborne joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on fintech, financial innovation, and digital assets — where tokenization, capital markets, and new financial infrastructure are heading.

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Why this matters for fintech: Digital assets are moving from the fringe into financial-market plumbing. Annelise maps how tokenization and innovation reshape the way value is issued, traded, and settled.

In this episode, we cover:

• Annelise Osborne on the state of digital assets
• How tokenization reshapes financial markets
• Where fintech and financial innovation intersect
• What institutions get right and wrong on digital assets
• The near future of new financial infrastructure

Related fintech episodes: Paolo Sironi (IBM) on AI and the Future of Banking · DORA Decoded: A Fintech Compliance Guide

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€100M, €300M, and a $4.5B milestone — this June 2024 edition of This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian Startups, with Jörn “Joe” Menninger, wraps the month's biggest funding stories.

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Why this matters for fintech: Reading each month's rounds is how fintech operators anticipate the next cycle. June 2024's highlights show where DACH capital concentrated mid-year.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's biggest DACH funding rounds
• Headline figures from €100M to $4.5B
• Which sectors and names led June 2024
• What the deals signal about investor appetite
• How the month fits the 2024 funding arc

Related fintech episodes: GSA Startup News October 2024: Unicorns, Fintech &… · DACH News Dec 2024: €2.5B in Funding Highlights

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Max Narr, General Partner at Blue Forest Ventures, joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on deep-tech venture capital and the hard problem of commercializing research into fundable companies.

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Why this matters for fintech: Where capital meets frontier science is a capital-allocation story at heart. Max's view on funding deep tech shows how investors price risk, milestones, and long horizons — the same discipline fintech investors apply.

In this episode, we cover:

• Max Narr on Blue Forest Ventures' deep-tech thesis
• How VCs turn research into fundable companies
• Pricing risk and milestones in frontier tech
• What deep-tech investing shares with fintech
• Where European deep-tech capital is heading

Related fintech episodes: Andy Goldstein: Why European VC Needs a Reboot · Visionaries Club's VC Playbook: AI vs Legacy Tech

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A multi-billion month of DACH funding — this May 2024 edition of This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian Startups, with Jörn “Joe” Menninger, wraps the biggest rounds and moves.

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Why this matters for fintech: Monthly deal flow is the leading indicator fintech operators watch. May 2024's rounds show where DACH capital and momentum were pooling mid-year.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's biggest DACH funding rounds
• Standout startups and sectors in May 2024
• What the figures signal about investor appetite
• Which names to watch across the region
• How the month fits the 2024 funding arc

Related fintech episodes: GSA News Oct 2024: Unicorns, Fintech & Green Tech · DACH News Dec 2024: €2.5B in Funding Highlights

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MiCA is the EU's landmark crypto-asset regulation — and it changes the rules for every fintech touching digital assets. Alireza Siadat, Head of Digital Assets at Annerton, breaks it down with Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this matters for fintech: MiCA is core fintech regulation: it defines how crypto-assets can be issued, traded, and served across Europe. For any fintech in digital assets, compliance is now the price of market access.

In this episode, we cover:

• What MiCA regulates across EU crypto-assets
• Alireza Siadat on the legal reality for fintechs
• How issuers and service providers must adapt
• Where MiCA meets existing financial regulation
• Practical steps for digital-asset compliance

Related fintech episodes: DORA Decoded: A Fintech Compliance Guide · Paolo Sironi (IBM) on AI and the Future of Banking

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Over €1 billion in rounds, from a €1.025B milestone to €150M and €100M raises — this April 2024 DACH startup roundup with Jörn “Joe” Menninger covers the month's biggest funding stories.

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Why this matters for fintech: A billion-euro funding month sets the tempo fintech operators plan around. April 2024's rounds show where DACH capital concentrated.

In this episode, we cover:

• The €1.025B milestone headlining April 2024
• €150M and €100M rounds across the region
• Which sectors drew the most capital
• What the month signals about investor appetite
• How founders should read the funding climate

Related fintech episodes: DACH News Dec 2024: €2.5B in Funding Highlights · DACH News Nov 2024: €79M & DACH Tech Trends

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A €900M-plus month of DACH funding — this March 2024 edition of This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian Startups, with Jörn “Joe” Menninger, rounds up the biggest deals.

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Why this matters for fintech: Reading each month's rounds is how fintech watchers anticipate the next cycle. March 2024's highlights show where DACH capital was moving.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's biggest DACH funding rounds
• Headline figures topping €900M
• Which startups and sectors led March 2024
• What the deals signal about investor appetite
• How the month fits the 2024 funding arc

Related fintech episodes: DACH News Nov 2024: €79M & DACH Tech Trends · GSA News Oct 2024: Unicorns, Fintech & Green Tech

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$117M, $95M, and €50M rounds shape the month — this February 2024 DACH startup roundup with Jörn “Joe” Menninger covers the latest tech and startup highlights across the region.

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Why this matters for fintech: Monthly deal flow is the pulse fintech operators read. February 2024's rounds show where DACH capital and attention were moving.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's headline rounds, from €50M to $117M
• Tech and startup highlights across DACH
• Which sectors drew investor interest
• What the figures signal about appetite
• How the month fits the 2024 arc

Related fintech episodes: GSA News Oct 2024: Unicorns, Fintech & Green Tech · DACH News Dec 2024: €2.5B in Funding Highlights

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