Nora, CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based medtech Selfapy, joins Startuprad.io. Selfapy is a leading provider of prescribable digital therapy in Germany — offering psychological help without the wait — and Nora is the German Startup Award's Female Founder of the Year 2022 and a Forbes 30 under 30 honoree.

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Why this episode matters: Mental-health care faces brutal wait times. Selfapy's prescribable digital therapies show how medtech can widen access to treatment inside the regulated healthcare system.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Selfapy offers psychological help without the wait
• Prescribable digital therapy inside German healthcare
• Nora on winning Female Founder of the Year 2022
• Widening access to mental-health care through medtech

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The November 2022 GSA wrap-up runs a heavy month: parties circling FTX's European entity, Bitpanda ordering a special KPMG audit, a second round of job cuts, and Gorillas reportedly selling around $1 billion despite having raised $1.3 billion in venture.

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Why this episode matters: This is the downturn made concrete — audits, layoffs, and down-exits. Reading these signals together shows how the funding reset actually landed on DACH startups.

In this episode, we cover:

• Parties eyeing FTX's European entity
• Bitpanda orders a special KPMG audit
• A second round of startup job cuts
• Gorillas reportedly selling near $1 billion after raising $1.3 billion

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If your fund or company is tracking the DACH downturn and funding reset, partner with Startuprad.io.

Johanna Baare, founder of Traceless Materials, joins Startuprad.io. Traceless produces compostable materials that replace conventional plastics — work that earned Baare the German Startup Award's Female Newcomer of the Year 2022.

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Why this episode matters: Plastic replacement is one of the hardest, highest-impact problems in materials science. Traceless is a case study in turning green chemistry into a scalable, award-winning company.

In this episode, we cover:

• How Traceless replaces plastics with compostable materials
• Green chemistry as a scalable business
• Johanna Baare on winning Female Newcomer of the Year 2022
• Why plastic replacement is a high-impact deep-tech bet

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If you are building or backing materials-science and green-tech startups, partner with Startuprad.io.

Joel Tasche, CEO and founder of CleanHub, joins Startuprad.io. CleanHub partners with brands to fund the collection of plastic waste in regions that lack waste-management infrastructure — turning corporate plastic footprints into real-world ocean-plastic recovery.

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Why this episode matters: Ocean-plastic pledges are often vague; CleanHub makes them measurable and traceable. It's a model for how brands can fund environmental impact with accountability rather than greenwashing.

In this episode, we cover:

• How CleanHub fights ocean plastic through brand partnerships
• Collecting waste where infrastructure doesn't exist
• Turning corporate footprints into traceable impact
• Joel Tasche on building an accountable green startup

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If you are a brand or founder working on plastic, waste, or sustainability, partner with Startuprad.io.

In part two from the European Angel Investment Summit, Startuprad.io focuses on female founders and the role of the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) — the organisation connecting angel investors across Europe to share practice and train new angels.

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Why this episode matters: Angel capital is where most startups get their first believers, and it remains unevenly distributed. Spotlighting female founders and EBAN's network shows how early-stage access is being widened.

In this episode, we cover:

• Female founders at the European Angel Investment Summit
• How EBAN connects angel investors across Europe
• Sharing best practice and training new angels
• Widening early-stage access for founders

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Meeri, co-founder of INZMO (Insurance on Mobile), joins Startuprad.io. The Berlin-based insurtech makes simple insurance contracts through an app — an approach that helped make it one of Europe's fastest-growing insurtechs. Meeri also shares her journey from corporate law to founder.

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Why this episode matters: Insurance is complex by default; INZMO's bet is that radical simplicity wins users. Its growth shows how mobile-first design can crack one of finance's stickiest categories.

In this episode, we cover:

• How INZMO makes simple insurance via an app
• Becoming one of Europe's fastest-growing insurtechs
• Meeri's path from corporate law to founder
• Why mobile-first simplicity wins in insurance

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In part one from the European Angel Investment Summit, Startuprad.io gathers interviews around the European Business Angel Network (EBAN) — the organisation connecting angel investors across Europe to share best practice and train the next generation of angels.

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Why this episode matters: Angels fund the earliest, riskiest stage of company-building. Understanding EBAN's network helps founders find their first backers — and helps new angels get started well.

In this episode, we cover:

• Interviews from the European Angel Investment Summit
• How EBAN connects Europe's business angels
• Training the next generation of angel investors
• Why angel networks matter for early-stage founders

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Startuprad.io reframes how to think about Europe's startup geography: not competing hubs, but an increasingly connected network. Startups begin at one node — often a university — then move through accelerators and hubs across the continent.

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Why this episode matters: Seeing Europe as a network rather than a set of rival cities changes how founders and policymakers act. It's a lens that turns fragmentation into a distributed advantage.

In this episode, we cover:

• Why Europe's startup hubs form a network, not just rivals
• How startups move from universities through accelerators
• The connective tissue linking European ecosystems
• What a network view means for founders and policymakers

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The October 2022 roundup of German, Swiss, and Austrian startups — the fundings, deals, and shifts that defined the month across the GSA ecosystem.

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Why this episode matters: Monthly roundups are the pulse of the ecosystem. This one captures where GSA capital and momentum sat in late 2022.

In this episode, we cover:

• The notable GSA fundings and deals of October 2022
• Ecosystem developments across the region
• Sectors drawing investor attention
• What the month signaled for founders
• How the moment fits the broader DACH story

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