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What if Europe's energy independence lay in yesterday's EV batteries? Voltfang raised €15M to turn second-life cells into grid storage that can displace coal — the story, with Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this episode matters: Beyond pure fintech, second-life batteries are an asset-financing story: residual value, capital for hard assets, and the economics that make reused hardware bankable. That's where energy meets finance.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Voltfang gives used EV batteries a second life
• The €15M round funding grid-scale energy storage
• Why second-life cells can help replace coal in Europe
• The residual-value and asset-financing angle on reused hardware
• What energy independence means for DACH climate tech

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What if finance were a growth weapon, not a bottleneck? Moss CEO Ante Spittler joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger to explain how his Berlin fintech helps 5,000+ SMEs automate spend, scale, and put AI to work — backed by €180M.

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Why this matters for fintech: Spend management and finance automation are core fintech infrastructure for SMEs. Moss shows how automating financial operations changes how thousands of companies control cash and grow.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Moss automates finance for 5,000+ European SMEs
• Ante Spittler on turning finance into a growth weapon
• What €180M in funding says about SME fintech demand
• Where AI fits into modern spend management
• Lessons on scaling a Berlin fintech platform

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Your startup isn't failing because of tech or funding — it's because people don't feel your brand. Jakob Trpin, founder of Yesyesandtwo, joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on emotional branding as a founder's overlooked superpower.

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Why this episode matters: Brand is how any company — fintech included — earns belief before it earns revenue. Jakob's take on emotional branding is about winning hearts, not just markets, which is how trust-based finance products get adopted.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why startups fail on feeling, not just tech or funding
• Jakob Trpin's approach to emotional branding
• How founders build brands people actually feel
• Winning hearts, not just markets
• Turning brand into a durable competitive edge

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Germany minted its second decacorn, the EU pledged €10B to scale startups, and Helsing and Luma drew big rounds — this DACH Startup Funding 2025 episode breaks it down with Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this matters for fintech: Mega-rounds and EU-scale capital reset the fintech funding bar. This episode reads the DACH money map — decacorns, defense tech, and the deep-tech deals pulling in institutional capital.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Germany created its second decacorn
• The EU's €10B push to scale European startups
• Helsing, Luma, and the biggest DACH rounds of 2025
• What defense and deep tech mean for capital flows
• How mega-funding reshapes the fintech and VC landscape

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What if one platform handled your startup's banking, accounting, and invoicing — all automated? Blas Pegenaute, CEO of Sequence ERP, joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger on the Swiss fintech automating the back office.

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Why this matters for fintech: Accounting, banking, and invoicing are the plumbing of every business — and prime fintech territory. Sequence ERP shows how automating the financial back office frees founders to build.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Sequence ERP unifies banking, accounting, and invoicing
• Blas Pegenaute on automating the startup back office
• Where AI accounting cuts manual bookkeeping
• What Swiss fintech gets right about financial operations
• Why the back office is a fintech opportunity

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How does a Vienna startup crack one of the world's most regulated tech markets and scale past 1M POS integrations? Fiskaly's cloud-first fiscal compliance story, with Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this matters for fintech: Fiscal compliance is regtech at scale: mandatory, unforgiving, and everywhere money changes hands. Fiskaly shows how a compliance-first fintech turns regulation into a defensible platform.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Fiskaly scaled to 1M+ POS integrations
• Building cloud-first fiscal compliance from Vienna
• Cracking one of the most regulated tech ecosystems
• Why regtech is a durable fintech moat
• What POS compliance means for European payments

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What if your pitch didn't just inform but made people believe? This episode with Jörn “Joe” Menninger unpacks the storytelling playbook founders use to craft narratives that win investors and customers.

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Why this episode matters: Fundraising is storytelling with a term sheet attached. The narrative techniques here are how founders — fintech and beyond — turn traction into conviction in an investor's mind.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why the best pitches move people to believe, not just know
• The storytelling playbook for winning investors
• Crafting narratives that also convert customers
• Structuring a pitch investors actually remember
• Turning traction into conviction

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AI unicorns, VC mega-funds, and regulation shakeups — this May 2025 DACH Startup News roundup unpacks the month's biggest moves across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland with Jörn “Joe” Menninger.

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Why this matters for fintech: New mega-funds and shifting regulation set fintech's operating conditions. This roundup shows where DACH capital is pooling and how rule changes ripple into financial-services startups.

In this episode, we cover:

• The AI unicorns headlining DACH in May 2025
• VC mega-funds and what fresh dry powder means
• Regulation shakeups affecting startups and fintech
• Headline rounds from €70M to €400M
• How the month reshapes the DACH capital map

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What happens when an FBI-trained negotiation coach brings elite sales psychology to startups? Matthias Bullmahn joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger for a masterclass in influence, integrity, and investor persuasion.

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Why this episode matters: Negotiation is where valuations, term sheets, and deals are actually won. Matthias's playbook is directly useful to any founder raising capital or closing enterprise — fintech included.

In this episode, we cover:

• What FBI-trained negotiation teaches founders
• Sales psychology built on influence and integrity
• Matthias Bullmahn on persuading investors
• Handling high-stakes negotiations without losing trust
• Turning negotiation skill into better deals

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Why do Europe's startups scale slower than their US counterparts? Andy Goldstein joins Jörn “Joe” Menninger to unpack the transatlantic investment divide and the mindset shift European venture capital needs.

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Why this matters for fintech: Venture capital is the engine behind fintech, and its European wiring is the story here. Andy's transatlantic view explains why DACH founders raise and scale differently — and what has to change.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why European startups scale slower than US peers
• The transatlantic investment divide, explained
• Andy Goldstein on the mindset European VC needs
• What holds back DACH scale-ups and fundraising
• How a new VC mindset could unlock European growth

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