Startuprad.io - The Authority on German Startups

By Jörn "Joe" Menninger

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Startuprad.io is an English-only startup podcast with exclusive startup content, including regular news, events, live streams, and interviews from the German-speaking area (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein).
We are a global Top 75 Science, Top 125 Tech and Top 400 Business Podcast (Chartable), called "The Authority on German Startups."

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Germany has approved Cannab...

06.23.2022

Management Summary Germany has a coalition government in power. The coalition contract of the three governing parties “Koalitionsvertrag” wants to enable the recreational use of cannabis in Germany, during this term. Jakob and Benedikt give us an update on the ...

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06.23.2022 Germany has approved Cannabis For Medical Use, and Legalization for Recreation Is Next Management Summary Germany has a coalition government in power. The coalition contract of the three governing parties “Koalitionsvertrag” wants to enable the recreational use of cannabis in Germany, during this term. Jakob and Benedikt give us an update on the ...
06.16.2022 Meet AlpahaQ - They Are on Their Way to Becoming a One Billion Euros Fund of VC Funds Executive Summary AlphaQ is a new fund of VC funds, headquartered in Berlin. They are not only raising money to invest in VC funds, but they also swap shares in existing VC funds for shares in their Fund of Funds. ...
06.08.2022 Endosane Brings New Hope For Patients With Mental Health Conditions Executive Summary Endosane is a new take on developing drugs. Endosane is a joint venture of a group of researchers (Prof. Leweke and Dr. Rohleder) and the Sanity Group. Their goal is to apply cannabinoid compounds to develop drugs for ...
06.06.2022 Pulse of the European Startup System - Update Q1 2022 The European startup scene is changing fast. There are new players, old ones fading away, and even more to come in their place- all vying for a piece of this growing pie! In order not to get left behind you ...
06.01.2022 FQX brings Companies’ Debt Funding to the Blockchain FQX is a Zürich, Switzerland-based fintech with great aspirations. They want to digitize company debt and this digital debt to be registered, issued, transferred, and eventually traded on their infrastructure.
05.26.2022 Meet Kranus Health the Startup Behind Germany's Most Successful Digital Health Launch This is the English world premiere for Kranus Health, a digital health care startup. The company runs a health care app on prescription (in Germany) focused on the health issues of men. Currently, their only therapy assistance available is for ...
05.26.2022 This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - May 2022 We can proudly announce unicorn No 29 Taxfix, No 30 Onefootball and on the downside, RaisinDS loses its unicorn valuation. Really bad news for car sharing: BMW and Mercedes pull the plug on their joint venture. Our 2018 guest ProGlove ...
05.18.2022 ROWS brings Spreadsheets to the Age of APIs Torben started the company after stints as a consultant in Germany and Brazil, as well as a Master's in the US. Rows turns spreadsheets into a webpage or a web app with a few clicks. It takes spreadsheets to the ...
05.11.2022 EXALOAN Wants to Bridge the Funding GAP of SMEs Across the Globe Exaloan started out as a rating agency for digital assets. They developed into a global platform to connect crowdlending platforms and institutional investors. They started out with the rating of digital assets. Soon they realized that it makes more sense ...
05.04.2022 Billie brings - Buy Now Pay Later (BNPL) - to the B2B Market Billie’s business is disrupting the B2B market by allowing consumers to buy now and pay later. They are one of the most successful startups in Germany and they have raised more than 140 m US$ from well-known investors. It sounds ...
04.27.2022 This Month in GSA Startups - April 2022 Welcome to This Month in GSA Startups in April 2022 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City today and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Our highlights: Despite slightly declining global VC investments GSA ...
04.21.2022 Exclusive Data on Startup Funding in Germany, Austria and Switzerland with Equidam This time we speak to Daniel. His startup equidam has helped to value more than 130.000 startups. He shares exclusive data with us on funding for German, Swiss, and Austrian startups.
04.14.2022 CO2BIOCLEAN turns CO2 into Biodegradable Fiber That can be used in Clothing In this interview, we hear the story of Fabiana, from her Ph.D. in Chemistry to a startup, which converts CO2 into plastic replacements for clothing. Tune in to learn more
04.07.2022 The City of Mainz Just Started on Its Way to Becoming a World-Class BioTech Hub The city of Mainz is home to BioNTech and wants to use the tax revenues from this to turn itself into a world-class BioTech-Hub.
03.31.2022 This Month in GSA Startups - March 2022 We have the 100 most influential women in startup and venture capital in Europe. There are two new unicorns to announce in GSA. Unicorn Personio set up a charity fund and Germany's largest fintech exit (at approx 1 bn US$) ...
03.24.2022 What Founders and Investors Can Expect from the New German Government We talk to Tara, a political Analyst with Europe's No 1 software for political analysis for associations and industry groups called PANALIS. We talk with her about what will be the broad outlines of the new Scholz government for startups ...
03.17.2022 Inside of the Mind of a Blockchain Investor We talk to Wolfgang, a long-time investor with experience in venture capital and private equity. He tells us why he invests in blockchain and where he sees opportunities.
03.10.2022 Exclusive Data on Europe’s Startup Hotspots in Q4 2021 DEEP Ecosystem is a company founded by entrepreneurs for entrepreneurs. The company is an analytics company focusing on startup hubs in Europe. They are actively tracking more than 100 cities across all of Europe, from Meetups in the respective cities ...
03.08.2022 The Digital Euro and Why Stable Coins Matter We talk to Philipp Sandner, a Professor, Author, and Government Advisor on the Euro as Centalbank Digital Currency, about why China is ahead, and why the US has already a head start with stable coins.
03.03.2022 Qualifyze Makes Supply Chains in Life Science And Chemical Industry More Transparent Qualifyze started out as a marketplace for commodity chemical products. They soon realized that in the chemical and pharma industry the required suppliers’ audits are a big hassle and they pivoted to help their clients digitize them.
02.24.2022 This Month in GSA Startups - February 2022 News in German, Austrian, and the Swiss startup scene for February 2022: We start out with mega-deal in Gaming: ESL Gaming is sold for 1bn US$, Munich-based Fintechsystems is sold for 120 mn € and Aachen-based Next Ego may accomplish ...
02.17.2022 Meet Finoa, They Want to Build a Crypto Bank Our guest Henrik is the co-founder and co-CEO of Berlin-based FINOA. They are a Global Top 5 crypto custodian for institutional investors.
02.10.2022 What We Have Learned from Atomico's State Of European Tech Survey Together with IBGR we are taking a look at Atomico's State of European Tech Survey and sharing some of our highlights, but this is just the start to discover this 380 pages strong report.
02.02.2022 Solytic Helps the Small Solar Investor to Play With the Big Guys Solycit offers owners of small photovoltaic installations analytics to run their small PV at the best possible level
01.26.2022 This Month in German Startups - January 2022 This Month in German Startups - January 2022 Happy New Year guys! Welcome to This Month in German Startups in January 2021 by Startuprad.io. Our highlights: The last year was amazing for the German startup scene, there are now officially ...
01.19.2022 Meet Read-O, the Spotify for Books Read-O is an AI starting, which brings you personal book recommendations, as does Spotify for music or Netflix for movies
01.13.2022 AskBrian is the Digital Assistant All Busy Professionals Need We speak to Pavol, the founder of AskBrian, a virtual assistant for busy professionals in banking and consulting. AskBrian is an email virtual assistant, that takes care of routine tasks like company profiles, improving PowerPoint, or translating.
12.25.2021 Fintech Review 2021 – Germany, Austria And Switzerland (GSA) “For banks the pandemic meant that they had to digest 10 years of digitalization in only two years.” Paolo Sironi - Thought Leader and Author Hello and welcome everyone to our 2021 Fintech Review for the German Speaking Area - ...
12.23.2021 This Month in German Startups - December 2021 HoHoHo Welcome to This Month in German Startups in December 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on Monday, December 20th. ...
12.16.2021 &Charge Just Raised Seed Funding to Help Online Shoppers Fight Global Warming Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio We learned in our projects that charging electric cars is challenging for B2B and B2C customers Simon ...
12.14.2021 Cogia Just IPOed And Wants to Use the Access to Capital to Drive Market Consolidation “To accelerate our growth, we need to buy companies”Pascal Lauria, founder and CEO Cogia Tune in to our Internet Radio Station here: www.startup.radio Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our ...
12.09.2021 Driverama Wants to Start a European Used Car Market – And Just Entered Germany AAA Auto just entered the German market and we talk exclusively to the CEO
12.02.2021 Highlights of Germany’s Most Extensive Annual Startup Survey This year more than 2.000 startups participated with more than 5.000 founders. In total the startups have more than 33.000 employees. On average the participating startups are a bit over 2 ½ years old and are mostly located in Berlin ...
11.25.2021 This Month in German Startups - November 2021 Be up to date to the German-speaking startup scene in less than 25 minutes.
11.18.2021 Fastbill’s Exit to Canada Based Unicorn FreshBooks Toronto-based fintech unicorn FreshBooks made with Fastbill its first acquisition in Europe.
11.11.2021 Meet TIS - The World’s Leading SaaS-B2B Outbound Payment Platform " Collect 2-3 term sheets from VCs early on. If you don’t get term sheets there is something wrong with your equity story. Jörg Wiemer, Co-Founder and CSO at TIS"
11.04.2021 LUBIS EDA Maybe a Game Changer for the Semiconductor Industry "Our software can assure, that the chip design you approve for production is correct. … we can guarantee that there are no bucks." Tobias Ludwig, CEO and Founder LUBIS EDA
10.28.2021 GSA Unicorn Tracker - October 2021 (Bonus) Tracking new and existing unicorns in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland (GSA)
10.28.2021 This Month in German Startups - October 2021 Chris and Joe get together to give you an update on the German-speaking startup scene in English
10.26.2021 A Look Inside the World’s First Law Regulating Autonomous Driving (Bonus Episode) Together with JP, we are talking about the newest update/amendment / Novellierung of an already existing traffic law. As we will see in the interview, not all aspects are covered yet and complete autonomous driving is not yet permitted, BUT ...
10.21.2021 Meet Emma – They Are on Their Way to Becoming the World’s No 1 Sleep Brand We talk to Denis, co-founder of Emma, a Frankfurt-based sleep tech startup on its way to becoming No 1 worldwide.
10.14.2021 Meet Edupression a Vienna-Based App on Prescription Daniel is the CEO and co-founder. One of his friends committed suicide, which made him start the company.
10.11.2021 MeetFox Makes Managing Your Client Meetings a Breeze (Bonus Episode) Meetfox originally wanted to be a platform for coaches, but soon realized they are better at scheduling billed appointments. Then they moved from Vienna to New York City.
10.11.2021 Meet Johanna, the Lead of our Female Entrepreneurship Track (Bonus) She has a strong startup background, once building up the business for a German startup in New York City
10.07.2021 Incari wants to be the OS for the cars of the future Incari is a software provider, from Berlin. Currently, they are mostly working on interfaces for the automotive industry but want to develop further into an operating system for the interfaces of cars.
10.05.2021 A Look in the German Esports Market with GAMERS ACADEMY (Bonus) As you may know, FIFA 22 was published just a few days ago. That is like Christmas for most eports fans. So, we took the opportunity to talk to Philipp, ceo and founder of Gamers Academy
09.30.2021 This Month in German Startups - September 2021 Unicorn Tracker (Bonus) Chris and Joe introduce you to the new unicorns and keep you updated on the existing ones
09.30.2021 This Month in German Startups - Summer Wrap-Up (July, August, September) 2021 This is a longer episode for the news, so get a snack and a drink and enjoy
09.23.2021 The Proptech HAUSGOLD Matches Real Estate Brokers with Buyers and Sellers This is the first interview of Andreas, the new CFO of the proptech HAUSGOLD
09.16.2021 Meet Austria-Based Monkee – A Fintech With More Than 80% Women as Clients This is one of our interviews, covering a startup from Tirol, Austria, the fintech Monkee. We have Martin in the interview, CEO and co-founder of the fintech. Martin is an engineer by training, having worked more than a decade at ...

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