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$2.2B and $8B headline figures shape the month — this transatlantic February 2021 wrap-up of German startup news with Jörn “Joe” Menninger covers the biggest funding and moves.

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Why this matters for fintech: Reading each month's rounds is how fintech watchers anticipate the next cycle. February 2021's figures show where DACH capital concentrated.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's headline figures, up to $8B
• Standout startups and sectors of February 2021
• What the numbers signal about investor appetite
• Which names to watch across the region
• How the month fits the funding arc

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

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Iconic Holding wants to become Europe's largest crypto asset manager. This episode with Jörn “Joe” Menninger explores the plan to bring institutional structure to digital-asset investing.

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Why this matters for fintech: Crypto asset management is where digital assets meet traditional fund structures — a core fintech bridge. Iconic's ambition shows how institutional crypto investing takes shape.

In this episode, we cover:

• Iconic Holding's plan to lead European crypto asset management
• How institutional structure comes to digital assets
• What a crypto asset manager actually does
• Where crypto meets traditional fund models
• What it signals for institutional adoption

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

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Tangany provides white-label custody infrastructure for crypto assets, letting others build on secure rails. This episode with Jörn “Joe” Menninger explores the plumbing beneath digital-asset products.

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Why this matters for fintech: Custody infrastructure is the invisible backbone of crypto fintech. Tangany's white-label model shows how secure rails let banks and startups offer digital-asset products.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Tangany provides white-label crypto custody
• Why custody infrastructure underpins digital assets
• What building on secure rails enables
• Where compliance meets crypto infrastructure
• What it means for fintechs entering digital assets

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

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€103.5M and €1.4B headline figures open the year — this transatlantic January 2021 wrap-up of German startup news with Jörn “Joe” Menninger sets the tone for 2021.

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Why this matters for fintech: January's news is the leading indicator fintech watchers use to read the year. This roundup captures where DACH capital started 2021.

In this episode, we cover:

• The headline figures opening 2021, up to €1.4B
• Early-year deals across the DACH region
• What the news signals for the year ahead
• Which sectors drew the most interest
• How founders should read the January tone

Related fintech episodes: DACH News Dec 2024: €2.5B in Funding Highlights · DACH News March 2025: AI, VC & Fintech Trends

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Clark raised $85M from Tencent to scale its insurtech. In this CEO conversation with Jörn “Joe” Menninger, we unpack how digital insurance advice becomes a venture-backed business.

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Why this matters for fintech: Insurtech is one of fintech's largest opportunities, and Tencent-scale backing is a strong signal. Clark shows how digital insurance distribution attracts global capital.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Clark raised $85M from Tencent
• What Clark's insurtech model does
• Why global investors back digital insurance
• How insurtech reshapes advice and distribution
• Where the company aims to scale

Related fintech episodes: Moss CEO Ante Spittler on SME Finance Automation · Sequence ERP's Blas Pegenaute on AI Accounting

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CommneX is building a marketplace for public and municipal finance. This episode with Jörn “Joe” Menninger explores how digitizing government funding opens a large, overlooked market.

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Why this matters for fintech: Public and municipal finance is huge and largely analog — exactly the kind of market fintech transforms. CommneX shows how a marketplace brings efficiency to government funding.

In this episode, we cover:

• How CommneX digitizes public and municipal finance
• Why government funding is a fintech opportunity
• What a finance marketplace changes for issuers
• Where transparency meets public capital
• What it means for municipal borrowing

Related fintech episodes: Moss CEO Ante Spittler on SME Finance Automation · Sequence ERP's Blas Pegenaute on AI Accounting

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A full-year review of German startup funding and highlights — this 2020 wrap-up with Jörn “Joe” Menninger recaps the year that reset the DACH ecosystem.

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Why this matters for fintech: A year-in-review shows the through-line of where capital moved. For fintech, the 2020 recap frames how the market repriced heading into the next cycle.

In this episode, we cover:

• The full-year funding highlights of 2020
• How the DACH ecosystem shifted through the year
• Which sectors and names defined 2020
• What the year signaled about investor appetite
• How 2020 set up the year ahead

Related fintech episodes: DACH Unicorn Tracker: Spring 2025 Startups · Andy Goldstein: Why European VC Needs a Reboot

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epap wants to reinvent the paper receipt for a digital, phone-first world. Jannis Dust joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on turning receipts into automated, digital expense tracking.

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Why this matters for fintech: Expense tracking and digital receipts are everyday fintech: they connect payments to accounting and cash visibility. epap shows how removing paper friction improves financial data.

In this episode, we cover:

• How epap reinvents the paper receipt
• Jannis Dust on digital expense tracking
• Why phone-first payments still leave paper behind
• Where receipts connect to accounting and cash flow
• What it means for consumer and SME finance

Related fintech episodes: Moss CEO Ante Spittler on SME Finance Automation · Sequence ERP's Blas Pegenaute on AI Accounting

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Berlin fintech Bitbond ran Germany's first regulated security token offering. This episode with Jörn “Joe” Menninger explores how tokenized securities move from idea to regulated reality.

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Why this matters for fintech: A regulated STO is fintech at the frontier of capital markets: real securities, on-chain, within the rules. Bitbond's first shows how tokenization gets past the regulator.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Bitbond ran Germany's first regulated STO
• What a security token offering actually involves
• Why regulation is the hard part of tokenization
• Where tokenized securities meet capital markets
• What Bitbond's first means for the sector

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

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