Startuprad.io speaks with Max Scherer of Monta about building the software layer for electric-vehicle charging. Monta connects drivers, charge-point operators, and hardware into one platform — tackling the messy back-end that decides whether EV charging actually works.

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Why this episode matters: EV adoption depends less on chargers than on the software that makes them reliable and payable. Monta is betting the winners in charging will be defined by their operating system, not their hardware.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Monta builds the software layer for EV charging
• Connecting drivers, operators, and hardware on one platform
• Why charging reliability is a software problem
• Max Scherer on scaling EV-charging infrastructure

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Startuprad.io's March 2024 wrap-up delivers the essential startup and tech news from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — the funding rounds, launches, and shifts moving the GSA scene.

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Why this episode matters: A fast monthly read keeps founders and investors current on where DACH capital and momentum are heading.

In this episode, we cover:

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

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Host Joe Menninger interviews Guido Baechler, CEO of Mainz BioMed, on the company's path from startup to a NASDAQ listing. Baechler discusses their at-home colorectal cancer test kit built to improve early detection — and the reality of navigating US and European biotech regulation.

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Why this episode matters: Mainz BioMed is a German biotech taking on cancer screening and public markets at once. Its story maps the twin challenges every deep-science company faces: clinical impact and capital-market credibility.

In this episode, we cover:

• Mainz BioMed's at-home colorectal cancer test kit
• Improving early detection and survival rates
• Navigating US and European biotech regulation
• The journey from startup to a NASDAQ listing

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Host Jörn "Joe" Menninger sits down with Domenico Cipolla, CEO of Xentral, to trace how the ERP startup grew into a company backed by Sequoia and Tiger Global. Cipolla argues that execution — not just product — is what separates the startups that scale.

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Why this episode matters: Backing from Sequoia and Tiger Global put a German B2B software company on the global map. Xentral's story is a study in the operational discipline that turns a useful tool into a venture-scale business.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Xentral built an ERP platform for SMEs
• Winning backing from Sequoia and Tiger Global
• Why execution is the real differentiator in scaling
• Domenico Cipolla on Xentral's evolution

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If you are building or backing B2B SaaS and ERP software, partner with Startuprad.io.

A look at the rise of deep tech and health tech startups in Europe — why harder, science-driven companies are gaining ground, and what that shift means for founders and investors.

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Why this episode matters: Europe's edge increasingly lies in deep tech and health tech, not consumer apps. Understanding the shift helps place smarter bets.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why deep tech and health tech are rising in Europe
• What's driving the shift toward science-driven startups
• Where the opportunities and challenges lie
• What it takes to fund and scale deep tech
• Implications for founders and investors

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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

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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

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If you are building in regulated consumer-health or medical-cannabis markets, partner with Startuprad.io.

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

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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

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If you are building or backing biotech and cell-therapy startups, partner with Startuprad.io.

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

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If you are building vertical software or AR tools for traditional industries, partner with Startuprad.io.