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Startuprad.io's February 2024 wrap-up runs the latest tech and startup highlights across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — the rounds, launches, and shifts shaping the GSA innovation landscape.

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Why this episode matters: A quick monthly read keeps founders and investors on top of where DACH capital and attention are moving.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's notable GSA funding rounds and launches
• Trends across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• What February 2024's developments mean for the ecosystem
• The DACH startup pulse, distilled

Related episodes: This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - November 2024 · Fintech Trends 2024: AI, DeFi, and Startup Success Strategies.

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Host Jörn "Joe" Menninger speaks with Philip Schetter, CEO of Cantourage, about building in Europe's fast-expanding medical-cannabis industry. Schetter covers the company's growth, its manufacturing and digital platform for wholesalers, and how regulation shapes market reach.

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Why this episode matters: Medical cannabis is a newly legitimising market where regulation and supply chain decide the winners. Cantourage's platform approach shows how a startup industrialises a young, tightly regulated category.

In this episode, we cover:

• Cantourage's role in Europe's medical-cannabis market
• Manufacturing and a digital platform for wholesalers
• How regulation shapes market reach
• Philip Schetter on scaling a regulated new industry

Related episodes: Germany has approved Cannabis For Medical Use, and Legalization for Recreation Is Next · AI Expert Talks No-Code Computer Vision on Startuprad.io.

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Fleet.co on building a lean startup and entering new markets — how the team stays capital-disciplined while expanding, and the playbook for scaling without bloat.

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Why this episode matters: Lean discipline is what lets startups survive long enough to expand. This is a practical look at growing efficiently.

In this episode, we cover:

• What building a lean startup really requires
• How Fleet.co approaches entering new markets
• Staying capital-disciplined while scaling
• Avoiding the bloat that kills momentum
• Lessons for founders expanding efficiently

Related episodes: Building Secure AI Solutions: Omnifact's Path in Regulated Industries · DACH Unicorn Tracker Spring 2025: Germany, Austria & Switzerland Startups.

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Joe interviews Andrea Tüttenberg — a female founder and professor at the University Clinic of Mainz — about co-founding Actitrex, a biotech startup focused on immune-cell therapy. She traces the path from doctor and researcher to entrepreneur shaping the future of stem-cell transplants.

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Why this episode matters: Turning clinical research into a company is one of the hardest journeys in deep tech. Tüttenberg's story is a rare inside view of a physician-scientist commercialising cutting-edge immune-cell therapy.

In this episode, we cover:

• Actitrex's work in immune-cell therapy
• Rethinking stem-cell transplants
• The path from doctor and researcher to founder
• Andrea Tüttenberg on building biotech from the clinic

Related episodes: Biocomputing: The Future of AI with Fred Jordan · Entrepreneur Tools – What startups get Wrong working with Corporates.

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Host Jörn "Joe" Menninger interviews Martin Cudzilo, founder of ARCheck, on turning a cleaning company into a tech startup. Cudzilo built augmented-reality tools to fix the quality-control and documentation problems that plague the cleaning industry.

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Why this episode matters: The least glamorous industries often hold the biggest software opportunities. ARCheck shows how an operator-turned-founder applies AR to a real, overlooked B2B pain point.

In this episode, we cover:

• How ARCheck applies augmented reality to the cleaning industry
• Solving quality control and documentation with AR
• Martin Cudzilo's path from cleaning company to tech founder
• Why unglamorous industries are ripe for software

Related episodes: AI Tone-of-Voice Recognition: Transforming Education · Culture Is ROI: How Christian Conrad Builds Magnetic Company Cultures in Startups (1/2`).

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Startuprad.io's January 2024 wrap-up covers the top news and trends across German, Swiss, and Austrian startups — from European unicorns to emerging tech companies shaping the GSA scene.

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Why this episode matters: Starting the year informed matters: a fast monthly read shows where DACH capital and momentum are heading.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's notable GSA startup and funding news
• From European unicorns to emerging tech companies
• Trends across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• The DACH startup pulse to open 2024

Related episodes: This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - November 2024 · Fintech Trends 2024: AI, DeFi, and Startup Success Strategies.

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In this deep dive, Startuprad.io recaps German startup valuations and investment trends across 2023 — featuring standout companies from Berlin, Hamburg, and beyond, and the ideas driving the scene forward.

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Why this episode matters: A year-in-review of valuations is the clearest signal of where German venture actually stood. It sets the baseline for reading whatever comes next.

In this episode, we cover:

• 2023 German startup valuation trends
• Investment activity across Berlin, Hamburg, and beyond
• The ideas and founders driving the scene
• What 2023's numbers mean for investors and founders

Related episodes: This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian Startups - December 2025 Deep Dive · DACH Startups: AI, VC, & Fintech Trends - March 2025.

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A short festive message from host Jörn "Joe" Menninger — warm wishes and thanks to the Startuprad.io community at the close of the year.

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Why this episode matters: A brief, human note to the listeners, guests, and contributors who make the show possible.

In this episode, we cover:

• Season's greetings to the Startuprad.io community
• A thank-you to listeners and guests
• A look ahead to more DACH startup coverage

Related episodes: Count: Fixing Money Anxiety with Automation & Empathy · Europe's Scale-Up Gap Isn't Capital — It's Demand.

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Startuprad.io's Fintech Review 2023 takes stock of the sector across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — gathering prominent voices to assess the current landscape and the fintech outlook heading into the new year.

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Why this episode matters: Fintech remains one of DACH's most active and scrutinised sectors. A year-end review with industry insiders is a fast way to understand where the money and the regulation are heading.

In this episode, we cover:

• The state of GSA fintech in 2023
• Perspectives from prominent fintech voices
• The fintech outlook heading into the new year
• What the review means for founders and investors

Related episodes: Fintech & Finance Review 2025: AI Risk Becomes Banking · Fintech Review 2021 – Germany, Austria And Switzerland (GSA).

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Chris in New York and Joe in Frankfurt run the December 2023 GSA wrap-up in 30 minutes — the funding, launches, and shifts closing out the year across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland.

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Why this episode matters: A transatlantic year-end read shows which DACH stories carried real momentum into the new year.

In this episode, we cover:

• The month's notable GSA funding rounds and launches
• A transatlantic read on Germany, Austria, and Switzerland
• Year-end trends across the DACH ecosystem
• What to carry into the new year

Related episodes: This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian Startups - December 2025 Deep Dive · From Jimdo Founder to Green Tech VC: Winner of German Startup Awards 2023 Investor of the Year | Startuprad.io #395.

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