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Diese Folge ist etwas Besonderes – eine Live-Aufnahme vor Publikum. Dr. Sebastian Voigt spricht mit Mona Ghazi über die Psychologie hinter Preisen. Warum fühlen sich manche Preise wie ein Schnäppchen an, während andere uns innerlich zurückschrecken lassen? Was passiert im Kopf, wenn wir einen Preis sehen? Und wie nutzen Unternehmen genau diese Mechanismen, um Kaufentscheidungen zu beeinflussen? Mona erklärt, warum unser Gehirn Preise nicht einfach liest, sondern sofort bewertet: Gefahr oder Geschenk? Deal oder Abzocke? „Das Gehirn entscheidet in Millisekunden: Ist das ein Preis, der mich bedroht? Oder ist das ein Preis, den ich gerne zahle? Unser Unterbewusstsein steuert mehr, als uns bewusst ist – Farben, Formulierungen und Kontext können bestimmen, ob wir zuschlagen oder zögern. Auch PreisFOMO spielt eine Rolle: Die Angst, ein Angebot zu verpassen, weil alle anderen zugreifen. Über den Gast: Mona Ghazi ist Gründerin des Neuropreneur Institute und Expertin für Neurowissenschaften im Business-Kontext. Bereits mit 14 begann sie ein Studium der Betriebswirtschaftslehre und gründete mit 16 ihr erstes Startup. Mit 18 folgte ihr zweites Unternehmen, Optimo, eine Softwarelösung für den Logistiksektor, das sie mit 21 an einen führenden Logistikkonzern verkaufte. Für ihre unternehmerischen Leistungen wurde sie 2023 als "Newcomerin des Jahres" bei den German Startup Awards ausgezeichnet. Als gefragte Rednerin und Beraterin unterstützt sie Unternehmen dabei, wissenschaftlich fundierte Methoden für nachhaltigen Erfolg zu nutzen. Derzeit promoviert sie im Bereich Neuro-Entrepreneurship und teilt ihr Wissen regelmäßig auf LinkedIn und in ihrem Newsletter.

Welcome to another episode of Startuprad.io, where we bring you the latest insights from the world of German, Austrian, and Swiss tech innovation. In this episode, host Jörn "Joe" Menninger interviews Ish Dhand, the CEO and Co-Founder of QC Design, who was recently honored as the Newcomer of the Year at the German Startup Awards 2024. Ish Dhand shares his remarkable journey in quantum computing, detailing QC Design's pioneering work in quantum computer tomography. He discusses the company's mission to enable efficient and economically viable quantum computers, which have the potential to revolutionize industries like drug discovery and material science. Learn how QC Design applies lean startup principles to deep tech and tackles the challenges of transitioning academic research into commercial ventures. Don't miss this engaging discussion on the future of quantum computing with one of the industry's most promising innovators. Tune in now to discover the groundbreaking potential of quantum technology and its impact on the real world. Links: - Original Blog Post: https://www.startuprad.io/blog - Passionfroot Storefront: https://www.passionfroot.me/startupradio - Subscribe: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Follow Us on Social Media And Subscribe to Our Newsletter! Stay updated with our latest episodes and news from the tech world. Follow us on social media and subscribe to our newsletter at https://linktr.ee/startupradio. Our Sponsor: Startupraven Join our community of entrepreneurs and find investors and cooperation partners for your early-stage startup. Sign up here: https://startupraven.com/ German Startup Awards Coverage since 2021 In partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups), we cover the German Startup Awards annually. Learn more about the winners and the awards at https://germanstartupawards.de/gsa-2024. Interested in Working with us? Have a look here: https://www.passionfroot.me/startupradio

In dieser Episode von „Pricing Friends“ spricht unser Host Sebastian Voigt mit Finn Age Hänsel, Gründer und Geschäftsführer der Sanity Group, über die Auswirkungen der Teillegalisierung von Cannabis in Deutschland. Finn erklärt die aktuellen gesetzlichen Neuerungen seit dem 1. April 2024 und beleuchtet gemeinsam mit Sebastian die wirtschaftlichen Möglichkeiten. Inwiefern übt die Teillegalisierung Druck auf die Cannabispreise auf der Straße aus? Welche Faktoren bestimmen den Preis von medizinischem Cannabis? Wie könnten sich die Preise bei einer kompletten Legalisierung entwickeln? Welche neuen Monetarisierungsmöglichkeiten ergeben sich für Anbieter wie die Sanity Group und wie groß ist das Potenzial des Marktes? Finn gibt Einblicke in die Wachstumsgeschichte der Sanity Group und die Herausforderungen, in einem streng regulierten Markt zu operieren. Er legt einen für viele noch unbekannten Markt offen, der Schätzungen zufolge in Deutschland bis zu 7 Milliarden Euro wert ist. Mit über 200.000 Patient:innen im medizinischen Bereich und Millionen Konsument:innen im Genussmittelbereich steht der Markt vor großen Veränderungen. Die Preise für medizinisches Cannabis liegen derzeit zwischen 5 und 20 Euro pro Gramm – wie wird sich das durch die Teillegalisierung ändern? Welche Preisstrategien setzen sich im legalen Markt durch und wie beeinflusst das den Schwarzmarkt? Eine Folge für all, die wissen wollen, wie die Teillegalisierung die Preisgestaltung und Marktchancen im deutschen Cannabismarkt beeinflusst und welche Strategien die Sanity Group verfolgt, um von diesen Veränderungen zu profitieren. Über den Gast:  Finn Age Hänsel ist Mitgründer und Geschäftsführer der Sanity Group, einem führenden europäischen Unternehmen für medizinisches Cannabis. Nach seinem BWL-Studium an der Technischen Universität Bergakademie Freiberg begann Finn seine Karriere zunächst bei der Boston Consulting Group (BCG). In Australien war er anschließend als Managing Director für Rocket Internet tätig und gründete dort das Zalando-Pendant "The Iconic". Zurück in Deutschland, verantwortete er als CMO EPIC Companies, den Pro7-Inkubator in Berlin, und gründete wenig später die Brauerei Berliner Berg. Als CEO von Movinga restrukturierte er das Unternehmen erfolgreich und machte es zu einem führenden Umzugsdienstleister. Bereits 2002 setzte er sich als Mitglied der Jungen Union für die Entkriminalisierung von Cannabis ein und wurde 2021 bei den German Startup Awards als Gründer des Jahres ausgezeichnet. Neben seinen unternehmerischen Tätigkeiten ist er im erweiterten Vorstand des Bundesverbands Deutsche Startups aktiv.

Wohlbefinden und Genesung im Takt des persönlichen Rhythmus – kann es wirklich so einfach sein? Wir alle wissen: Nicht jeder Körper funktioniert gleich, denn beeinflusst werden wir alle von unserer inneren Uhr. Sie gibt den 24-Stunden Rhythmus vor, in dem wir leben und setzt die Zeiten fest, zu denen wir am produktivsten sind, müde werden oder Hunger haben. Doch Prof. Dr. Angela Relógio weiß noch einiges mehr, denn für sie und ihr Medizin-Start-up „TimeTeller“ ist die biologische Uhr, die in jeder Zelle unseres Körpers aktiv ist, auch ein entscheidender Faktor in der künftigen Gesundheitsfürsorge. Denn warum nicht Medikamente genau dann einnehmen, wenn der eigene Körper am effektivsten auf sie reagieren kann? Genau diese Idee – also die medizinische Behandlung mit dem biologischen Rhythmus eines Menschen zu synchronisieren und so die Wirksamkeit zu steigern und Nebenwirkungen zu reduzieren – hat Angela in der Sommerrunde 2023 des Gründungswettbewerbs einen unserer begehrten Gründungspreise+ eingebracht. Seitdem ist die Gründerin online und offline im Gespräch – und nun wurde sie mit Recht als „Newcomerin des Jahres 2024“ bei den German Startup Awards in Berlin ausgezeichnet. Im Interview erzählt uns Angela, mehr über ihre Forschung und wie sie mit ihrer Gründungsidee Krebspatient:innen in ihrer Behandlung unterstützt. Darüber hinaus gewährt sie uns auch persönliche Einblicke in ihren akademischen und unternehmerischen Werdegang – ein Weg, der genauso interdisziplinär wie gründungsmotivierend war. Und nicht zuletzt diskutieren wir die Frage: Welche ist denn nun die bessere Start-up-Stadt: Berlin oder Hamburg? Erfahrt jetzt mehr und schaltet ein!

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In this episode of the Dirt, Jenny von Podewils, co-founder of Leapsome, shares the origin and mission of their people enablement platform, designed to help companies retain, develop, align, and engage their workforce. Starting from a personal realization of the gaps in organizational health and culture, Jenny and her co-founder embarked on a journey to create a solution that addresses these challenges. With a background in politics and economics, Jenny's pivot to entrepreneurship led to the development of Leapsome, which has seen remarkable growth and success, including a significant Series A funding. Through a focus on customer feedback, continuous learning, and challenging the status quo, Leapsome has become a crucial tool for companies worldwide, including industry giants like Spotify and Unity.Join Jim and Jenny as they unpack strategies on how to maximize employee engagement for a better culture…3 Key TakeawaysInvest in People Enablement: Focus on retaining, developing and engaging employees as a core strategy for business successEmbrace Feedback & Adaptability: Regularly solicit and act on feedback to improve and meet emerging challengesPrioritize Alignment and Clarity: Ensure that your team understands their roles, expectations, and how they contribute to the company's goalsResourceshttps://www.leapsome.com/ https://www.linkedin.com/company/leapsome/About Our Guest Jenny von Podewils is the co-founder and co-CEO of Leapsome, a people enablement platform backed by Insight Partners, Creandum, and Visionaries Club. Leapsome helps more than 1500 companies (including Spotify, Unity, and monday.com) build high-performing teams by driving employee development, productivity, and engagement.Jenny is an alumna of the Universities of St. Gallen and Oxford. Prior to Leapsome, Jenny led teams in business development, corporate development, and digital transformation roles in media and tech companies. In recognition of her work, Jenny was awarded Female Founder of the Year 2023 in the prestigious German Startup Awards and has been listed as one of the top 50 female entrepreneurs in Germany by Handelsblatt. Jenny lives in New York City with her husband and two children.About The Dirt Podcast The Dirt is about getting real with businesses about the true state of their companies and going clear down to the dirt in solving their core needs as a business. Dive deep with your host Jim Barnish as we uncover The Dirt with some of the world's leading brands.If you love what you are getting out of our show please subscribe.For more information on how we dig into the dirt check out our other episodes here: https://www.orchid.black/podcastAbout Our CompanyOrchid Black is a new kind of growth services firm. We partner with tech-forward companies to build smarter, better, game-changing businesses. Website: https://www.orchid.black Jim Barnish's LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/grow-smart-grow-fast/ Orchid Black's LinkedIn:

Herzlich willkommen liebe Zuhörerinnen und Zuhörer zu einer neuen Paperwings Podcastfolge: Heute geht es um das Thema: „Wieso sollte ich gründen?“ Für diese Folge habe ich die Autorin und Gründerin Anastasia Barner eingeladen. Anastasia Barner ist Gründerin von FeMentor, der ersten Reverse-Mentorinnen-Plattform in Europa. Sie gehört zu den jüngsten Gründerinnen Deutschlands. Als Vertreterin der Generation Z berät sie Firmen bei Fragen zu u.a. Social Media, Medienverhalten der Generation und dem Gewinnen von jungen Talenten. Sie war das internationale TikTok-Gesicht der Deutschen Welle und schrieb als freie Journalistin u.a. für die Funke Mediengruppe, ze.tt, Spiegel online und die Berliner Zeitung. Sie ist TEDx Speakerin, Moderatorin und Mentorin (LEX Rocket Startup Camp 2022, Westerwelle Foundation, Humboldt-Universität). Im Fernsehen wurden Beiträge beim RBB, ZDFneo, BILD live, Ultraviolett Stories für Funk und K5 live mit ihr gedreht. Der Spiegel kürte sie zu einer der fünf besten Nachwuchsjournalist:innen. 2019 wurde sie mit dem B.Z. Berliner Helden Preis ausgezeichnet. 2020 erhielt sie den FemTec Award 2020 in der Kategorie Leadership, 2022 wurde sie als TOP 10 Social Entrepreneurin für die German Startup Awards nominiert. Wie die Gründerszene wirklich tickt Die „Start-up-Bubble“ ist elitär, ein Blick hinter die Kulissen ist eher selten. Anastasia Barners Buch bietet einen spannenden Erfahrungsbericht aus der echten Start-up-Welt – aus der Sicht einer jungen Frau, die es selbst geschafft hat, erfolgreich in der Startup-Szene zu sein und ihre Bucket List mit 23 Jahren erledigt hat. Sie erklärt, was es bedeutet ein Start-up jung zu gründen, was man aufgibt und welchen Einfluss die Szene auf einen hat. Dabei nimmt sie kein Blatt vor den Mund und spricht auch über schwierige Themen wie Insolvenzen, Burnout und Konsum. Und was es bedeutet, als Frau zu gründen und mit welchen Vorurteilen sie dabei zu kämpfen hatte.

Endlich können sich die Apple Watches an den Handgelenken mit ihren Pegel-Warnmeldungen wieder etwas zurücklehnen, denn die OMR23 ist vorbei und diese hängt Verena noch in den Knochen. So sollte es ihr eigentlich auch mit ihrem ersten Tennispunktspiel gehen. Doch sie konnte nicht antreten und zeigt damit, dass auch eine Verena nicht alles gleichzeitig schafft. Bevor Verena eine spannende Rumänien-Reise antritt, musste auch Lea die Woche ein wenig einstecken, als sie bei den German StartUp Awards trotz ihres Glitzeroutfits leider nicht den Preis als “Investorin des Jahres” für sich einheimsen konnte. ABER: Sie war in der Top 3! Und auch das gehört dazu. Dafür kann sie auf anderer Ebene noch größere Erfolge verzeichnen: Neben wunderschönen Familienerlebnisse und anfänglicher Altersmilde beschert ihr derzeitiger Lerneifer ihr bald höchstwahrscheinlich ein kleines Kraul-Seepferdchen auf der Badehose. Dass man während des ganzen Lebens weiterlernt und einem immer neue Dinge einfallen, beweisen Lea und Verena mit ihrem heutigen Gast, der Serien-Gründerin und Unternehmerin des Jahres 2022 Franziska von Hardenberg. Franzi hat mehrfach gezeigt, dass Social Media nicht nur weiterhin ein riesiger Hebel dafür ist, Menschen zu erreichen, sondern dass Communities selbst zum Company Building beitragen können. Seit mehr als 10 Jahren baut sie erfolgreich Marken wie The SISS BLISS, BLISS BANG CAPITAL und das BERGHEIM.BERLIN auf und durch Social Media hat Franzi mit täglichem Storytelling eine digitale Community in eine analoge Bewegung überführt. Lea und Verena sprechen mit ihr darüber, wie sie das geschafft hat, was ihre doch sehr unterschiedlichen unternehmerischen Tätigkeiten gemeinsam haben, welche gravierende Rolle sowohl Authentizität als auch Customer Centricity beim Gründen spielen und wie man es schafft, einen Newsletter erfolgreich und performant aufzubauen. Wie sehr fokussiert Franzi sich auf TikTok und was unterscheidet die Plattform am stärksten von anderen? Können Personenmarken auch ohne die federführende Person weiter bestehen und wie viele Brands kann eine Person am Ende überhaupt unter sich vereinen? Und nicht nur weil Lea und Verena täglich Anfragen als Mentorinnen bekommen, sondern damit viele weitere junge Menschen erfolgreich Unternehmen aufbauen können, besprechen die beiden in “Meine Gründerfrage” genau das: Wie finde ich eine*n passende*n Mentor*in und worauf kommt es dabei an? Unsere Tipps für Möglichkeiten, eine*n Mentor*in zu finden: https://mentorme-ngo.org/ von Karin Heinzl (vor allem für Frauen) https://www.aelius-foerderwerk.com/dialog-chancen (für junge Menschen) StartupTeens https://www.startupteens.de/mentoring/ (für Jugendliche) Hier findet ihr unsere aktuellen Werbepartner: https://linktr.ee/fastandcuriouspodcast +++ Breaking News +++ Endlich steht ein Termin für den viel angekündigten Gründer*innen Lunch mit Lea und Verena! Dieser findet am 19. Juni in der Zeit von 10:30 Uhr bis 17:00 Uhr statt, inklusive Yoga-Session, Lunch und Live-Podcast. Exklusiv für 10 Gäste. Wie könnt ihr daran teilhaben? Bewerbt euch über eine Instagram-Story oder einen LinkedIn-Beitrag, schreibt eins eurer (natürlich mindestens life changing) Top Learnings aus allen Podcast Folgen und vertaggt Lea und Verena und wir wählen dann die glücklichen 10 Personen aus. 00:00:39 ​​Im “Catchup” gibt Verena ein Update ihrer letzten Woche und spricht über einen spannenden Trip nach Rumänien. Lea philosophiert über Altersmilde und ihren Lerneifer 00:12:33 Im “Deep dive” geht es um Company Building über Social Media mit der einzigartigen Franziska von Hardenberg. 00:51:50 Bei “Meine Gründerfrage” beantworten die beiden die Frage, wie man einen Mentor oder eine Mentorin findet. Und das letzte Wort hat heute Lea.

Einmal wie Beyoncé mit eigener Entourage im Gewinner-Outfit auftreten und alle anderen einschüchtern? Genau das können Verena bei ihrem ersten Tennis Punktspiel und Lea als Nominierte bei den German Start Up Awards diese Woche am eigenen Leib erfahren. Und während Verena auch noch die Bühnen auf dem OMR Festival in Hamburg unsicher macht und wieder einmal Olaf Scholz abwimmeln muss, nimmt Lea sich einem ganz anderen Olaf an und verliert sich mit ihrer Familie in Disney-Welten. Zu Gast haben die beiden heute Sophie von Stockhausen, freiberufliche Autorin, Ghostwriterin sowie Kolumnistin, und sprechen mit ihr über ein Thema, das uns alle angeht: Inklusion am Arbeitsplatz. In Deutschland lebt etwa ein Achtel der Bevölkerung mit einer Behinderung und doch ist das Thema so unterrepräsentiert und vernachlässigt. Nachdem sich Sophies Leben durch die Diagnose einer unheilbaren Krankheit zwar nicht schlagartig, jedoch erheblich geändert hat, setzt sie sich nun unter anderem dafür ein, dass Barrieren sowohl in Unternehmen als auch in den Mindsets effektiv abgebaut werden. Sophie erzählt nicht nur, wie sie selbst privat und beruflich mit ihrer Einschränkung umgeht und wo sie die stärksten Konsequenzen gespürt hat. Sie erklärt auch, wie die Rahmenbedingungen für Inklusion im Alltag und am Arbeitsplatz aussehen und wie fortschrittlich Deutschland diesbezüglich tatsächlich ist. Was können Arbeitgeber tun, um inklusiver einzustellen, zu fördern und mehr Gleichberechtigung in der Wirtschaft walten zu lassen und wie können wir alle einen Beitrag dazu leisten, das Leben für Menschen mit Behinderung leichter zu gestalten? Auf kritische Nachfrage einer Hörerin ordnen Lea und Verena zum Schluss den Begriff des alten weißen Mannes ein, wieso sie das Label für nicht angemessen halten und welchen neuen Begriff sie etablieren wollen. Institutionen, an die Unternehmen sich wenden können, wenn sie Menschen mit Schwerbehinderungen einstellen wollen: Personalforum Inklusion: https://personalforum-inklusion.de Taktilum: https://www.taktilum.de Zum Nachschauen: Privilegien sichtbar gemacht: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4K5fbQ1-zps Hier findet ihr unsere aktuellen Werbepartner: https://linktr.ee/fastandcuriouspodcast 00:00:35 Im “Catchup” geht es heute um Verenas OMR Woche, die German Startup Awards und Olaf Scholz. 00:12:07 Im “Deep dive” dreht sich alles um das Thema Inklusion am Arbeitsplatz mit der wunderbaren Sophie von Stockhausen. 00:49:52 Bei “Was bewegt uns” sprechen Lea und Verena über alte weiße Männer. Und das letzte Wort hat heute Verena.

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In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Franziska Teubert, Geschäftsführerin vom Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, und sprechen mit ihr über die Billigung neuer Invest-Zuschüsse durch die Europäische Kommission.Seit dem Jahr 2013 wurden Business Angels mit einem Förderprogramm unterstützt, wodurch Finanzierungsrunden in der Frühphase indirekt mit Kapital gefördert wurden. Zum Ende des Jahres 2022 ist das Förderprogramm ausgelaufen und vorerst nicht fortgeführt worden. Nun hat jedoch die Europäische Kommission den Weg für eine Fortführung bis Ende 2026 geebnet. Wenn sich Business Angels an Finanzierungsrunden beteiligen, zahlt ihnen der Staat mit dem Förderprogramm einen Teil ihres Einsatzes steuerfrei zurück. Pro Jahr sind das künftig bis zu 200.000 Euro pro Business Angel und insgesamt 45,9 Millionen Euro pro Jahr. Beim Exit sollen die Business Angels durch eine pauschale Entschädigung für die Steuern auf Kapitalgewinne bei einer gewinnbringenden Veräußerung ihrer Anteile erhalten. Im Gespräch mit der Geschäftsführerin vom Bundesverband Deutsche Startups namens Franziska Teubert werden vor allem die Neuerungen besprochen, wie beispielsweise die Aufnahme von eingetragenen Genossenschaften als potenzielle Investitionsempfänger.Der Bundesverband Deutsche Startups ist ein Netzwerk, welches sich der Startup-Forschung verschrieben hat. Mit 1.200 Mitgliedern werden Startups, Scaleups, Corporates und Investoren aus Deutschland unter einem Dach vereint. Seit 2019 führt der Bundesverband Deutsche Startups in Zusammenarbeit mit PwC Deutschland eine zentrale Studie zum deutschen Startup-Ökosystem namens Deutscher Startup Monitor durch. Mit zuletzt mehr als 2.000 befragten Unternehmen bietet die Studie einen umfassenden Einblick in die Aktivitäten sowie Herausforderungen von Gründerinnen und Gründern in der Bundesrepublik und dient sowohl der Öffentlichkeit als auch der Politik als wichtige Informationsgrundlage zu Entwicklungen in diesem Bereich. Die Mitglieder des Verbandes erhalten zahlreiche Vorteile wie Coachings, Workshops und Events. Mit den German Startup Awards werden besonders erfolgreiche, innovative und nachhaltige Startups, Founder sowie Investorinnen und Investoren ausgezeichnet. 

Executive SummaryJochen Engert won the German Startup Award 2022 as German Entrepreneur of the Year. He is the co-founder of Munich-based Flix a unicorn recently valued at 3 bn US$ and the owner of Greyhound Lines. He shares in this interview his entrepreneurial journey, and his experience in winning 90% of the local long-distance bus market in less than a decade, without owning even one bus. We talk about the rough times during COVID when the service was shut down for 8 weeks, their expansion into different countries, acquisitions, and investments. He also shares some experience from his business angel investments.“We are getting to profitability pretty soon”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixSubscribe HereThe Authority on German, Swiss and Austrian Startups | Linktree“Our families, even our girlfriends thought we were crazy leaving our consulting jobs to start this ‘bus thing'.”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixGerman Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already.“Our initial hypothesis was that you need one central player to orchestrate in order to put up a national network.”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixThe FounderOur guest today is Jochen, the Supervisory Board Director (formerly CEO) and Co-Founder of Munich-based mobility unicorn startup Flix (formerly Flixbus). Jochen studied at the University of Ottawa, Canada, as well as at Stuttgart University and in Koblenz at WHU. He has also been a consultant at Boston Consulting Group for 5 years, prior to starting Flix.“If you want to be a founder, you are always on sales, to clients, investors, and also people you want to hire”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixThe trigger of Flix was the 2009 coalition government contract, where the ruling parties stated they wanted to de-regulate the bus service in Germany, for the first time permitting long-distance buses. Before the de-regulation there was a law in force forbidding long-distance bus connections, competing with train service. So they founded GoBus, later re-branded to FlixBus, then to Flix.“ … for all operational complex businesses: Operational excellence, passion for detail and laser focus on customer centricity and ultimately customer technology … that is something that compounds, …. Building ultimately a competitive advantage, that is very hard to impossible to replicate ”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixThe StartupFlix started as GoBus, later FlixBus (https://global.flixbus.com/). Today they operate FlixBus, FlixTrain, FlixCar, Kâmil Koç in Turkey, and Greyhound Lines in...

Executive SummaryJochen Engert won the German Startup Award 2022 as German Entrepreneur of the Year. He is the co-founder of Munich-based Flix a unicorn recently valued at 3 bn US$ and the owner of Greyhound Lines. He shares in this interview his entrepreneurial journey, and his experience in winning 90% of the local long-distance bus market in less than a decade, without owning even one bus. We talk about the rough times during COVID when the service was shut down for 8 weeks, their expansion into different countries, acquisitions, and investments. He also shares some experience from his business angel investments. “We are getting to profitability pretty soon”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixSubscribe HereThe Authority on German, Swiss and Austrian Startups | Linktree “Our families, even our girlfriends thought we were crazy leaving our consulting jobs to start this ‘bus thing'.”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixGerman Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022 You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. “Our initial hypothesis was that you need one central player to orchestrate in order to put up a national network.”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixThe FounderOur guest today is Jochen, the Supervisory Board Director (formerly CEO) and Co-Founder of Munich-based mobility unicorn startup Flix (formerly Flixbus). Jochen studied at the University of Ottawa, Canada, as well as at Stuttgart University and in Koblenz at WHU. He has also been a consultant at Boston Consulting Group for 5 years, prior to starting Flix. “If you want to be a founder, you are always on sales, to clients, investors, and also people you want to hire”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixThe trigger of Flix was the 2009 coalition government contract, where the ruling parties stated they wanted to de-regulate the bus service in Germany, for the first time permitting long-distance buses. Before the de-regulation there was a law in force forbidding long-distance bus connections, competing with train service. So they founded GoBus, later re-branded to FlixBus, then to Flix. “ … for all operational complex businesses: Operational excellence, passion for detail and laser focus on customer centricity and ultimately customer technology … that is something that compounds, …. Building ultimately a competitive advantage, that is very hard to impossible to replicate ”Jochen Engert Co-Founder FlixThe StartupFlix started as GoBus, later FlixBus (https://global.flixbus.com/). Today they operate FlixBus, FlixTrain, FlixCar, Kâmil Koç in Turkey, and Greyhound Lines in the US. They were valued at 3 bn US$, when they raised their last VC round (Series G published in June 2021). They raised in total more than 1,2 bn US$ from 17 investors, including...

Executive SummaryFilip is a founding partner of Cherry Ventures, one of Germany's most important seed investors. Their portfolio includes unicorns like Flixbus, Auto1 Group, Forto, Infarm, and well-known startups like Amorelie, Kitchen Stories, Flaschenpost, Spryker, and Superlist. Their portfolio also includes our former guests: Qualifyze, Sanity Group, and Rows. Filip has a background as an entrepreneur himself, so he and Cherry approach startup investing differently. Tune in to learn more about him and the VC.“We have software helping us to find good startups, for example, if you are head of product at a good startup and change your title to ‘working on something new' we get notified.”Filip Dames, Founding Partner Cherry VenturesSubscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below.The Authority on German, Swiss and Austrian Startups | Linktree“I really believe an investor should be stage focused”Filip Dames, Founding Partner Cherry VenturesGerman Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022 You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. The FounderFilip Dames has had an accomplished career, starting out as an intern in Malaysia with DaimlerChrysler, at BCG, and Sony BMG in New York City. Following his venture into the corporate world, he then founded a collectible marketplace called Tamundo. There he went on to oversee the international expansion of Zalando and become the founder and CEO of Zalando Lounge (Zalando's shopping club). The venture was a success, helping Zalando to go public in 2014. He decided to leave the company, making his 30th birthday also his Zalando farewell party.From there Filip decided to venture off and focus on venture capital; so it came as no surprise when he started Cherry Ventures in 2013 in Berlin as business angel and startup investor. With tickets of 10.000–50.000€ they are dedicated to helping Germany, Europe, and beyond with investments for entrepreneurs wanting to make their visions reality.“We invest almost exclusively in Europe”Filip Dames, Founding Partner Cherry VenturesCherry VenturesCherry Ventures (https://www.cherry.vc/) is an early-stage venture capital fund founded and led by former entrepreneurs. They are focusing on European seed-stage companies in the B2B and B2C space. Cherry invests there at the pre-seed- and seed stage with initial tickets between €500k and €5M.“Founders first and investors second” is the motto of Cherry VenturesThey started out with their first fund with their own money and the money of close friends, much less than 10 m €. From there they build a portfolio of 30 companies, of which some did really well. This in turn enabled them to raise an institutional fund, worth 150 m Euros. In the second...

Executive SummaryMilan graduated in 2022 from Highschool and is the founder of QiTech, a company that recycles bottle caps to create the plastic filament used in 3D printers. He was recently awarded the Newcomer of the Year at the German Startup Awards 2022. Milan has been working hard to grow QiTech into a successful business. In addition to selling the ink for 3d printers call filament, QiTech also sells the machines they use to produce the filament. This innovative approach to recycling has earned Milan recognition as an outstanding young entrepreneur. With his creative solution to the problem of plastic waste, Milan is positively impacting the environment and paving the way for a more sustainable future.In plastic recycling you have to get down to the details, there is a lot of ‘greenwashing.'Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTechSubscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help!https://linktr.ee/startupradio“We produce (next to recycled filament) lab scale machines, where you can throw in the right kind of plastic on top and get 3d printing filament out at the end.”Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTechGerman Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022 You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. “What we do is really recycling, not downcycling.”Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTechThe FounderMilan is a young entrepreneur who is already making waves in the business world. In March 2022, he won the German Startup Award, and in the summer of the same year, he graduated from high school. Von dem Bussche started his career at the age of 16 with 3d printing phone cases. He soon realized that there was more potential in recycling phone cases and turning them into 3d printing filament. The filament is the ink of a plastic 3d printer; it is a type of plastic that is heated and then layered on to create a 3d shape. Von dem Bussche and his team soon recognized that the filament business held much more potential than the phone case business, so they pivoted their focus. Their hard work has paid off; today, their company is one of the leading producers of 3d printing filament in Germany. von dem Bussche is proof that with a great idea and a lot of determination, anyone can succeed. As of December 2022, the team has not taken in outside investors, but they funded their startup with award money and a government stipend. The StartupMilan von dem Bussche is a young entrepreneur who founded the startup QiTech. The company started out by 3d printing cell phone cases but later realized that there was a much bigger market in recycling plastics to 3d printing filament. So they pivoted. After being asked to sell their machines for sorting and recycling, QiTech also offers these...

Executive SummaryMilan graduated in 2022 from Highschool and is the founder of QiTech, a company that recycles bottle caps to create the plastic filament used in 3D printers. He was recently awarded the Newcomer of the Year at the German Startup Awards 2022. Milan has been working hard to grow QiTech into a successful business. In addition to selling the ink for 3d printers call filament, QiTech also sells the machines they use to produce the filament. This innovative approach to recycling has earned Milan recognition as an outstanding young entrepreneur. With his creative solution to the problem of plastic waste, Milan is positively impacting the environment and paving the way for a more sustainable future. In plastic recycling you have to get down to the details, there is a lot of ‘greenwashing.' Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTech Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help! https://linktr.ee/startupradio “We produce (next to recycled filament) lab scale machines, where you can throw in the right kind of plastic on top and get 3d printing filament out at the end.” Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTech German Startup Awards 2022 This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022 You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. “What we do is really recycling, not downcycling.” Milan von dem Bussche, Founder QiTech The FounderMilan is a young entrepreneur who is already making waves in the business world. In March 2022, he won the German Startup Award, and in the summer of the same year, he graduated from high school. Von dem Bussche started his career at the age of 16 with 3d printing phone cases. He soon realized that there was more potential in recycling phone cases and turning them into 3d printing filament. The filament is the ink of a plastic 3d printer; it is a type of plastic that is heated and then layered on to create a 3d shape. Von dem Bussche and his team soon recognized that the filament business held much more potential than the phone case business, so they pivoted their focus. Their hard work has paid off; today, their company is one of the leading producers of 3d printing filament in Germany. von dem Bussche is proof that with a great idea and a lot of determination, anyone can succeed. As of December 2022, the team has not taken in outside investors, but they funded their startup with award money and a government stipend. The StartupMilan von dem Bussche is a young entrepreneur who founded the startup QiTech. The company started out by 3d printing cell phone cases but later realized that there was a much bigger market in recycling plastics to 3d printing filament. So

Executive SummaryUnternehmerTUM helps experienced entrepreneurs and students to start, accelerate or fundraise to build world-class companies including but not limited to Flix, Celonis, Blickfeld, Isar Aerospace, Konux, tado, e-bot7, ProGlove or Lilium. At the 2022 German Startup Awards, UnternehmerTUM won the Special Award for their work. Therefore we interview Stefan, its COO in our series with the German Startup Association, and learn more about him and their programs.German Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already.The Award WinnerThis time we have a very special case since the legal entity UnternehmerTUM won the German Startup Awards' 2022 Special Award. UnternehmerTUM itself is attached to the Technical University of Munich (TUM). It is also one of the cradles of Munich's world-class startup talent and a light tower in the education of entrepreneurs in Germany. We, therefore, talk to Stefan Drüssler.Stefan , COO of UnternehmerTUM, is no stranger to entrepreneurism. As a past consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), he has advised startups and Fortune 500 companies alike on how to grow their businesses. But when he joined UnternehmerTUM 5 years ago, he found his true calling in helping entrepreneurs bring their startups to life.Located in Munich, UnternehmerTUM is one of the world's leading incubators and accelerators for startups. It is also a hub for entrepreneur education, providing programs and resources to help founders get their businesses off the ground. Recently, UnternehmerTUM was honored with the German Startup Awards' 2022 Special Award. This recognition is a testament to the incredible work that Stefan and his colleagues are doing to support startup growth in Germany.Looking to the future, Stefan is excited about the potential for UnternehmerTUM to continue supporting more founders as they turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses. With the right mix of resources and support, there's no limit to what German startups can achieve.The InstituteUnternehmerTUM was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Susanne Klatten as a non-profit organization. With more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups each year and its unique offering, it is the leading center for innovation and business creation in Europe. It is an institute attached to the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Mrs. Klatten was raised in a successful entrepreneurial family and her family owns jointly the controlling stake in BMW. The organization's goal is to promote entrepreneurship among students and scientists, and it offers a variety of programs and resources to support entrepreneurs and its members. In addition to providing educational opportunities, UnternehmerTUM also offers mentorship and networking programs to help its members connect with potential investors and customers. As a result of its efforts, UnternehmerTUM has helped to launch numerous successful businesses. UnternehmerTUM helps founders from the idea stage to financing, they are also involved in teaching entrepreneurship at TUM. They have more than 350 employees working on 20 independent programs, where they help with ideation, incubation,...

Executive SummaryUnternehmerTUM helps experienced entrepreneurs and students to start, accelerate or fundraise to build world-class companies including but not limited to Flix, Celonis, Blickfeld, Isar Aerospace, Konux, tado, e-bot7, ProGlove or Lilium. At the 2022 German Startup Awards, UnternehmerTUM won the Special Award for their work. Therefore we interview Stefan, its COO in our series with the German Startup Association, and learn more about him and their programs. German Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interviews and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022 You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. The Award WinnerThis time we have a very special case since the legal entity UnternehmerTUM won the German Startup Awards' 2022 Special Award. UnternehmerTUM itself is attached to the Technical University of Munich (TUM). It is also one of the cradles of Munich's world-class startup talent and a light tower in the education of entrepreneurs in Germany. We, therefore, talk to Stefan Drüssler. Stefan , COO of UnternehmerTUM, is no stranger to entrepreneurism. As a past consultant with the Boston Consulting Group (BCG), he has advised startups and Fortune 500 companies alike on how to grow their businesses. But when he joined UnternehmerTUM 5 years ago, he found his true calling in helping entrepreneurs bring their startups to life. Located in Munich, UnternehmerTUM is one of the world's leading incubators and accelerators for startups. It is also a hub for entrepreneur education, providing programs and resources to help founders get their businesses off the ground. Recently, UnternehmerTUM was honored with the German Startup Awards' 2022 Special Award. This recognition is a testament to the incredible work that Stefan and his colleagues are doing to support startup growth in Germany. Looking to the future, Stefan is excited about the potential for UnternehmerTUM to continue supporting more founders as they turn their innovative ideas into successful businesses. With the right mix of resources and support, there's no limit to what German startups can achieve. The InstituteUnternehmerTUM was founded in 2002 by entrepreneur Susanne Klatten as a non-profit organization. With more than 50 high-growth technology start-ups each year and its unique offering, it is the leading center for innovation and business creation in Europe. It is an institute attached to the Technical University of Munich (TUM). Mrs. Klatten was raised in a successful entrepreneurial family and her family owns jointly the controlling stake in BMW. The organization's goal is to promote entrepreneurship among students and scientists, and it offers a variety of programs and resources to support entrepreneurs and its members. In addition to providing educational opportunities, UnternehmerTUM also offers mentorship and networking programs to help its members connect with potential investors and customers. As a result of its efforts, UnternehmerTUM has helped to launch numerous successful businesses. UnternehmerTUM helps founders from the idea stage to financing, they are also involved in teaching entrepreneurship at TUM. They have more than 350 employees working on 20 independent programs, where they help with ideation, incubation, acceleration, and...

Executive SummaryNora is the CEO and co-founder of Berlin-based Medtech Selfapy, a major provider of prescribable digital therapy solutions in Germany. She is the winner of this year's German Startup Award for Female Founder of the Year 2022 and a Forbes 30 under 30. She is a psychologist by training with degrees from York and Cambridge but decided to join startups early on, to later found Selfapy. Self-pay fills the void for patients while they are waiting for psychological treatments, which may take three to six months. After a long journey they now even have a reimbursement certification for German health insurers.Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. https://linktr.ee/startupradioGerman Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interview and on this website: https://germanstartupawards.de/rueckblick/rueckblick-2022You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already.The FounderOur guest Nora is not only the winner of this year's German Startup Awards for Female Entrepreneur of the Year, but she is also a Forbes 30 under 30. She graduated from the University of York and the University of Cambridge with degrees in Psychology, before joining Rocket Internet. She later became City Head for Foodora in Hamburg and decided one faithful new years day that with this stress level, she could also venture out on her own, with larger rewards. Growing up in a family of psychologists, she decided early on to help people with mental disorders. She co-founded Selfapy in Berlin in 2016.The StartupBerlin-based Selfapy (https://www.selfapy.com/) addresses the issue of wait time for psychological treatments. Due to recent changes in German legislation, they are also available on prescription. The name Selfapy is a combination of self and therapy. The app bridges the wait time before a patient can see a psychologist, which can take up to 6 months. The app not only bridges this time but can also already help patients and lay the groundwork for therapy.Selfapy runs clinical trials, where they could show that they reduce depression symptoms by up to 40% in 3 months.Venture Capital FundingSelfapy has raised 30 M US$ in funding in total. Note that Crunchbase is quite a bit outdated here. They are open to talking to new investors.Selfapy is HiringYou can have a look at our blog post to learn more.Links and Show Notes HERE:https://medium.com/@startuprad_io/medtech-startup-selfapy-offers-psychological-help-without-wait-gsa22-957b2354a05a Topics Discussed in this InterviewIn this interview we are talking about psychology, depression, psychological therapy, psychological help, eating disorders, prescription, apps on prescription, mental health, mental health apps, depression treatment, Berlin, startup, startups, mental health startup, MedTech startup, health care startup, venture capital, university of york, university of CambridgeMentioned in this episode:Learn more www.startupraven.comYounium and TvaritOur Enablers Younium Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ Tvarit Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well

Executive SummaryJohanna Baare is the founder of Traceless Materials, a startup that produces compostable materials to replace plastic. She was recently awarded the German Startup Award for "Female Newcomer of the Year 2022." Congratulations, Johanna! The award is presented by the German Startup Association. Baare's company is just one of many startups fighting plastic pollution. It's estimated that 40% of today's plastic waste ends up in the environment. This has devastating consequences for wildlife and ecosystems. Traceless Materials' products will decompose in nature in two to ten weeks, without leaving any trace. Baare is one of many female entrepreneurs leading the charge against plastic pollution. We need more innovators like her to create a cleaner, greener future for us all.German Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association. Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories.You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below.We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help! https://linktr.ee/startupradioThe FounderJohanna Baare is the COO and co-founder of Traceless Materials, an innovative Hamburg-based startup company that specializes in sustainable and eco-friendly materials. She has a background in psychology, which comes in handy for her current role in hr and team building. She also holds an MBA from IE Business School. Before Traceless Materials, she was the COO of a Malmö-based startup where she gained valuable experience in the SaaS industry. Her experience in consulting and management has been invaluable in her current role. Under her leadership, Traceless Materials has become one of the leading companies in its field.The StartupFounded in 2020 by two female entrepreneurs, Traceless is a startup that produces biomaterials to replace plastic. Johanna met her co-founder Anne at ProjectTogether in Berlin, which matches co-founders. The material is compostable, meaning it breaks down into natural substances in two to ten weeks without leaving any trace of microplastic. The company's mission is to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste. In addition to being compostable, the biomaterial is also recyclable and biodegradable. Traceless is currently working on developing a variety of applications for their biomaterial, including packaging, food service items, and medical supplies. The company has already received funding from several venture capital firms and the European Union. With its innovative biomaterial and commitment to sustainability, Traceless is poised to make a significant impact in the fight against plastic pollution.The team is looking to build a first industrial-scale plant approximately the size of one hectare (107,000 square feet). The next step would be to produce at an industrial scale where the team is looking right now to match the price of non-recycled, aka virgin plastic. The big advantage of their material is that traditional plastic producers can use their granulate in existing machines. This will significantly lower the costs for companies who want to produce sustainable plastic and could eventually lead to replacing a large percentage of traditional plastic with this new sustainable option.Venture Capital FundingTraceless has raised 2,8 M US$ in funding, from 4 investors, including the European Innovation Council and HTGF (link interview CEO). Of these are 2,4 mn Euros from the EU. Right now Traceless is looking for investors to build a small scale industrial plant to procude more of their

Executive SummaryJohanna Baare is the founder of Traceless Materials, a startup that produces compostable materials to replace plastic. She was recently awarded the German Startup Award for "Female Newcomer of the Year 2022." Congratulations, Johanna! The award is presented by the German Startup Association. Baare's company is just one of many startups fighting plastic pollution. It's estimated that 40% of today's plastic waste ends up in the environment. This has devastating consequences for wildlife and ecosystems. Traceless Materials' products will decompose in nature in two to ten weeks, without leaving any trace. Baare is one of many female entrepreneurs leading the charge against plastic pollution. We need more innovators like her to create a cleaner, greener future for us all. German Startup Awards 2022This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association. Their German Startup Awards #GSA22 honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can also have a look at our history, we also interviewed many winners of the German Startup Awards 2021 already. Subscribe HereWe are always sharing new resources with you. Find all of our options below. We want to make sure that we provide what's best for your growing team, so please take a look at these additional ways in which can help! https://linktr.ee/startupradio The FounderJohanna Baare is the COO and co-founder of Traceless Materials, an innovative Hamburg-based startup company that specializes in sustainable and eco-friendly materials. She has a background in psychology, which comes in handy for her current role in hr and team building. She also holds an MBA from IE Business School. Before Traceless Materials, she was the COO of a Malmö-based startup where she gained valuable experience in the SaaS industry. Her experience in consulting and management has been invaluable in her current role. Under her leadership, Traceless Materials has become one of the leading companies in its field. The StartupFounded in 2020 by two female entrepreneurs, Traceless is a startup that produces biomaterials to replace plastic. Johanna met her co-founder Anne at ProjectTogether in Berlin, which matches co-founders. The material is compostable, meaning it breaks down into natural substances in two to ten weeks without leaving any trace of microplastic. The company's mission is to reduce the environmental impact of plastic waste. In addition to being compostable, the biomaterial is also recyclable and biodegradable. Traceless is currently working on developing a variety of applications for their biomaterial, including packaging, food service items, and medical supplies. The company has already received funding from several venture capital firms and the European Union. With its innovative biomaterial and commitment to sustainability, Traceless is poised to make a significant impact in the fight against plastic pollution. The team is looking to build a first industrial-scale plant approximately the size of one hectare (107,000 square feet). The next step would be to produce at an industrial scale where the team is looking right now to match the price of non-recycled, aka virgin plastic. The big advantage of their material is that traditional plastic producers can use their granulate in existing machines. This will significantly lower the costs for companies who want to produce sustainable plastic and could eventually lead to replacing a large percentage of traditional plastic with this new sustainable option. Venture Capital FundingTraceless has raised 2,8 M US$ in funding, from 4 investors, including the European Innovation Council and HTGF (link interview CEO). Of these are 2,4 mn Euros from the EU. Right now Traceless is looking for investors to build a small scale...

Anastasia Barner gehört zu den jüngsten Gründerinnen Deutschlands. 2019 gründete sie das erste Reverse Mentoring Startup "FeMentor" in Europa. Mittlerweile ist sie 23 Jahre alt, hat einen TEDx gehalten, über 100 Talks bei Veranstaltungen und Konferenzen gehalten und schreibt gerade ihr erstes Buch mit dem Haufe Verlag. Anastasia erhielt den FemTec Award in der Kategorie "Leadership", den BZ Berliner Helden Preis und ist u.a. unter den Top 10 für die German Startup Awards in der Kategorie "Social Entrepreneur". Es lohnt sich reinzuhören.Wir sprechen über Anastasia's Antrieb, ihren familiären Background, ihre Bucket List, ihre Lust an femininer Kleidung, ihren Werdegang, und vieles Spannende mehr. Es lohnt sich reinzuhören.Hier geht's zu den ShownotesWOMEN IN FASHION MENTORINGMöchtest auch Du mit Deinen vorhandenen Potenzialen, Fähigkeiten und Kenntnissen Deine unverwechselbare Marke im Fashion- und Lifestyle-Segment aufbauen? Ich helfe Dir gerne bei der Gründung Deiner eigenen Marke, und biete Dir meine Erfahrungen, meine Plattform, und den Zugang zu meinem exklusiven Netzwerk.TRIFF JETZT DEINE ENTSCHEIDUNG und vereinbare Dein kostenfreies Vorgespräch mit mir. Vielen Dank für Deine Treue!Herzlichst,Sibel Brozathttps://womeninfashion.de/www.linkedin.com/womeninfashion.dewww.instagram.com/womeninfashion.dewww.facebook.com/womeninfashion.deTelegram Gruppenchathttps://www.youtube.com/c/womeninfashiongermany

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights: Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding. Let's talk startups: Our Enablers Younium Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ Tvarit Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital Startupraven.com The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Startup Raven Top News Europe's Largest Cannabis Funding To Date Europe's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By Getir Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write: “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany. Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously. Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.”  Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt funding to close to €2 billion to meet demand. Grover takes on more debt funding, this time €270 million from London-based M&G Our Former Guest Nuri (Bitwala) Will be wound down. Despite seeing interest from investors, they could not get one to sign up. So the company will be shut down until the end of the year. The last day one can use a Nuri account is in mid-December. Neobank Vivid makes all former Nuri customers a good offer. Insolvency administrator of crypto startup Nuri sees interest in the platform and fintech sales capacities After the crypto markets did not turn positive, two potential investors in Nuri jumped ship, so the company will not emerge from insolvency but be wound down  Volocopter Now Sued by Crowdinvestors German unicorn Volocopter was sued by 177 former crowd backers, who feel they should have gotten “a fair participation”, especially since they backed the company very early We Mentioned Home24 on a Regular Basis Now they stand alone time may be over. We talked in the past about lowering forecasts and the tough environments. Now XXXLutz — a traditional brick-and-mortar furniture store — made an offer to buy Home24 BioNTech Takes on Cancer First, they took on Corona with their widely successful vaccine. Now the doctors are hopeful it could lead to new treatments for melanoma, bowel cancer, and other tumor types. The mRNA technology being used works by sending an instruction or blueprint to cells to produce an antigen or protein. In Covid, this antigen is part of the spike protein of the virus. In cancer, it would be a marker on the surface of tumor cells, which teaches the immune system to attack it.Learn more on BBC: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer? TravelTech is Not Dead Munich-based traveltech startup Holidu raises 100 m € for renting out vacation homes. The 75 m € Series E investment is led by VC 83North, other investors include Northzone, HV Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, and Communfund Capital. Holidu also raised 25 m € venture debt. The brother's Johannes and Michael Siebers will use the money for product development, geographic expansion, and acquisitions. Links and Show Notes Learn more here

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights: Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding. Let's talk startups: Our Enablers Younium Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ Tvarit Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital Startupraven.com The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Startup Raven Top News Europe's Largest Cannabis Funding To Date Europe's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By Getir Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write: “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany. Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously. Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.” Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt funding to close to €2 billion to meet demand. Grover takes on more debt funding, this time €270 million from London-based M&G Our Former Guest Nuri (Bitwala) Will be wound down. Despite seeing interest from investors, they could not get one to sign up. So the company will be shut down until the end of the year. The last day one can use a Nuri account is in mid-December. Neobank Vivid makes all former Nuri customers a good offer. Insolvency administrator of crypto startup Nuri sees interest in the platform and fintech sales capacities After the crypto markets did not turn positive, two potential investors in Nuri jumped ship, so the company will not emerge from insolvency but be wound down Volocopter Now Sued by Crowdinvestors German unicorn Volocopter was sued by 177 former crowd backers, who feel they should have gotten “a fair participation”, especially since they backed the company very early We Mentioned Home24 on a Regular Basis Now they stand alone time may be over. We talked in the past about lowering forecasts and the tough environments. Now XXXLutz — a traditional brick-and-mortar furniture store — made an offer to buy Home24 BioNTech Takes on Cancer First, they took on Corona with their widely successful vaccine. Now the doctors are hopeful it could lead to new treatments for melanoma, bowel cancer, and other tumor types. The mRNA technology being used works by sending an instruction or blueprint to cells to produce an antigen or protein. In Covid, this antigen is part of the spike protein of the virus. In cancer, it would be a marker on the surface of tumor cells, which teaches the immune system to attack it.Learn more on BBC: Could Covid vaccine technology crack cancer? TravelTech is Not Dead Munich-based traveltech startup Holidu raises 100 m € for renting out vacation homes. The 75 m € Series E investment is led by VC 83North, other investors include Northzone, HV Capital, Vintage Investment Partners, and Communfund Capital. Holidu also raised 25 m € venture debt. The brother's Johannes and Michael Siebers will use the money for product development, geographic expansion, and acquisitions. Links and Show Notes Learn more here

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights:Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding. Let's talk startups: Our EnablersYouniumYounium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ TvaritTvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital Startupraven.comThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Startup Raven Top NewsEurope's Largest Cannabis Funding To DateEurope's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By GetirDelivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write: “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany. Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously. Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.” Grover Takes Home 270 m €As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt...

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights: Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding. Let's talk startups: Our Enablers Younium Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ Tvarit Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital Startupraven.com The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Startup Raven Top News Europe's Largest Cannabis Funding To Date Europe's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By Getir Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write: “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany. Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously. Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.” Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt funding to close to €2 billion to meet demand. Grover takes on more debt funding, this time €270 million from London-based M&G Our Former Guest Nuri (Bitwala) Will be wound down. Despite seeing interest from investors, they could not get one to sign up. So the company will be shut down until the end of the year. The last day one can use a Nuri account is in mid-December. Neobank Vivid makes...

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights: Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding. Let's talk startups: Our Enablers Younium Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ Tvarit Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital Startupraven.com The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Startup Raven Top News Europe's Largest Cannabis Funding To Date Europe's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By Getir Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write: “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany. Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously. Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.” Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt funding to close to €2 billion to meet demand. Grover takes on more debt funding, this time €270 million from London-based M&G Our Former Guest Nuri (Bitwala) Will be wound down. Despite seeing interest from investors, they could not get one to sign up. So the company will be shut down until the end of the year. The last day one can use a Nuri account is in mid-December. Neobank Vivid makes...

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022. Our Highlights: Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding. Let's talk startups: Our Enablers Younium Younium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/ Tvarit Tvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-Hessen This show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here: Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture Capital Startupraven.com The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here: Startup Raven Top News Europe's Largest Cannabis Funding To Date Europe's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interview Gorillas May Soon Be Bought By Getir Delivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write: “Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equity The combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany. Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously. Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.” Grover Takes Home 270 m € As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now bringing its debt funding to close to €2 billion to meet demand. Grover takes on more debt funding, this time €270 million from London-based M&G Our Former Guest Nuri (Bitwala) Will be wound down. Despite seeing interest from investors, they could not get one to sign up. So the company will be shut down until the end of the year. The last day one can use a Nuri account is in mid-December. Neobank Vivid makes...

Welcome to This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups in October 2022 by Startuprad.io with Chris from Essen, Germany, and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on Thursday, October 20th, 2022.Our Highlights:Another one of our former guests gets a Snoop Dog investment. Quick delivery startup Gorillas seems to sell itself to competitor Getir, according to Bloomberg, despite an earlier announcement they are looking for more investments. Gadget rental service Grover adds 270 m € in venture debt, getting it close to 2 billion €. Our former guest Nuri (formerly Bitwala) had to file for insolvency, now investors jump ship and the company is wound down this year. Volocopter is sued by early crowdfunding backers, Home24 has a takeover offer from a brick-and-mortar furniture retailer and BioNTech takes on cancer. Also, Munich-based travel tech Holidu raises 100 m € in a combination of 75 m equity and 25 m debt funding.Let's talk startups:Our EnablersYouniumYounium is the subscription management and billing platform for B2B SaaS. Younium brings the transformative infrastructure to manage and grow your business while you focus on the things that matter. https://www.younium.com/TvaritTvarit is an industrial ai startup, that helps companies to reduce rejections by 40%-60% in metal casting, as well as saving up to 18% on energy. Learn more here: https://www.tvarit.com/ Invest-in-HessenThis show was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest with their brand Invest-in-Hessen. You can learn more about them here (https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/). We also run a dedicated sub-podcast with all interviews and news in cooperation with them. Find it all here:Tech Startups Germany - Startups and Venture CapitalStartupraven.comThe best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early stage startups. Sign up for early access here:Startup RavenTop NewsEurope's Largest Cannabis Funding To DateEurope's largest cannabis funding to date: Snoop Dogg-backed German cannabis startup gets $37.6M Series B led by British American Tobacco learn more about the Entrepreneur of the Year 2021 (German Startup Awards) founder Finn Age Hänsel in our interviewGorillas May Soon Be Bought By GetirDelivery Startup Getir in Advanced Talks to Buy Gorillas (Bloomberg). They write:“Proposed deal for Gorillas would be a mix of cash and equityThe combination would give Getir, which is backed by Mubadala Investment Co. and Sequoia Capital, scale in key European markets including the UK and Germany.Gorillas had previously held talks with a number of competitors about the prospects for a merger or sale of its business, people familiar with the matter said previously.Chief Executive Officer Kagan Sumer said earlier this year that he planned to look for new financing to recalibrate the company to work toward profitability.” Grover Takes Home 270 m €As consumer spending tightens, yet appetites for tech remain the same, Berlin-based Grover sees an uptick in rental interest and is now

In der Nachmittagsfolge begrüßen wir heute Franziska Teubert, Geschäftsführerin vom Bundesverband Deutsche Startups, und sprechen mit ihr über die zentrale Studie zum deutschen Startup-Ökosystem namens Deutscher Startup Monitor (DSM) und über die daraus gewonnenen Erkenntnisse. Der Bundesverband Deutsche Startups ist ein Netzwerk, welches sich der Startup-Forschung verschrieben hat. Mit 1.200 Mitgliedern werden Startups, Scaleups, Corporates und Investoren aus Deutschland unter einem Dach vereint. Mit dieser Zahl kann der Verband den angeschlossenen Mitgliedern eine starke Stimme gegenüber der Politik, Wirtschaft und Öffentlichkeit geben. Innerhalb des Netzwerks wird Gründungswissen und -erfahrung weitergegeben. Zudem erhalten die Mitglieder zahlreiche Vorteile wie Coachings, Workshops und Events. Mit den German Startup Awards werden besonders erfolgreiche, innovative und nachhaltige Startups, Founder sowie Investorinnen und Investoren ausgezeichnet. Seit 2019 führt der Bundesverband Deutsche Startups in Zusammenarbeit mit PwC Deutschland eine zentrale Studie zum deutschen Startup-Ökosystem namens Deutscher Startup Monitor (DSM) durch. Mit zuletzt mehr als 2.000 befragten Unternehmen bietet der DSM einen umfassenden Einblick in die Aktivitäten sowie Herausforderungen von Gründerinnen und Gründern in der Bundesrepublik und dient sowohl der Öffentlichkeit als auch der Politik als wichtige Informationsgrundlage zu Entwicklungen in diesem Bereich. Mit jährlich wechselnden Schwerpunkten liefert die Studie jedes Jahr neue Impulse zur Weiterentwicklung des Ökosystems. In dem DSM 2022 konnten mehrere Kernpunkte der aktuellen Entwicklung herausgestellt werden. Einerseits ist der Fachkräftemangel eine immer stärkere Herausforderung von Startups. Laut der Umfrage bezeichnen mittlerweile 34,5% der Startups die Personalrekrutierung als zentrale Herausforderung. Diese Zahl hat sich seit 2020 mehr als verdoppelt. Andererseits wird für Jungunternehmen ökologische Nachhaltigkeit von immer größerer Bedeutung. Mit 46% ordnet sich fast die Hälfte der Unternehmen der Green Economy zu und will in diesem Bereich einen Beitrag leisten. Für 45,1% der befragten Startups spielt aber auch Künstliche Intelligenz im Rahmen ihres Geschäftsmodells eine wichtige Rolle. Das aufstrebende Metaverse ist zudem bereits für 12,2% relevant. Infos der Werbepartner: DB Mindbox: Jetzt bei der DB MINDBOX bewerben & gemeinsam durchstarten! Weitere Informationen auf WWW.DBMINDBOX.COM

Erstmals seit mehr als zehn Jahren werden im Euro-Raum die Zinsen erhöht. Die Märkte sind bereits in Unruhe. Aber was bedeutet sie für Anleger? Die Europäische Zentralbank (EZB) wird im Sommer die Zinsen anheben - erstmals seit über zehn Jahren. Die angekündigte Zinswende hält die Märkte schon seit Wochen in Bewegung. Aber was heißt das überhaupt? Und welche Folgen wird es für Menschen haben, die einen Kredit aufnehmen wollten oder sich um ihre Spareinlagen sorgen? Das erklärt in dieser Folge Finanzreporter Jan Mallien. Mit Zinsen in schwierigen Zeiten kennt sich auch Tamaz Georgadze aus. Sein Start-up Raisin DS bietet mit der Plattform Weltsparen eine Art digitales Sparbuch an und verspricht “die besten Zinsen” am Markt. Das war zuletzt ein Alleinstellungsmerkmal. Warum er trotz der kritischen Lage bei Start-up-Finanzierungen allgemein und kritischen News zu seiner Firma speziell optimistisch auf die kommenden Monate schaut, erklärt er in der aktuellen Folge von Handelsblatt Today. Am Donnerstag könnte Tamaz Georgadze in Berlin als Gründer des Jahres ausgezeichnet werden. Die Verleihung des German Startup Awards wird vom Bundesverband Deutsche Startups verliehen. *** Exklusives Angebot für Handelsblatt Today-Hörer: Testen Sie Handelsblatt Premium 4 Wochen für 1 € und bleiben Sie immer informiert, was die Finanzmärkte bewegt. Mehr Informationen: www.handelsblatt.com/mehrfinanzen

German Startup Awards 2021 – Special Award The secret to winning is to have the right vision. To bet on the right pattern. … the execution is a lot about the nitty gritty details. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards 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 It is not desirable to sell a company. … there may be instances where it makes sense. … there are exceptions to every rule. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Media Partnership This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards (GSA21) honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interview and on our website: https://germanstartupawards.de/ It always starts with a general pattern. … if you want to get ideas in a specific area, expose yourself to this area. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards The Founder In this interview, we talk to Lukasz Gadowski (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukaszgadowski) (known as one of the co-founders of Delivery Hero (Lieferheld) or Mr Spex). He received a special award for his special merit with and for the German startup scene. Among his many ventures, he co-founded or is invested in are Spreadshirt, studyVZ, Point Nine Capital, brands4friends, Aroundhome, Vertical Media (Gründerszene), the escooter startup Circ, Volocopter, Enpal, Mr. Spex and of course, Delivery Hero. He works with his private investment company Team Europe https://www.teameurope.net/ During his interview he also shares insights in big enablers shaping the future, which will opening up opportunities for entrepreneurs. He also shares advice for entrepreneurs on how to win, even if you are entering a market late. Congratulations to Lukasz! Tune in to the interview to learn more. I think Circ went from zero to 1.000 employees in 15 months. That is what I would call hypergrowth. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Keep Up to Date Here is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startup-awards-2021-special-award-for-lukasz-gadowski/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message

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German Startup Awards 2021 – Special Award The secret to winning is to have the right vision. To bet on the right pattern. … the execution is a lot about the nitty gritty details. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards 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 It is not desirable to sell a company. … there may be instances where it makes sense. … there are exceptions to every rule. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Media Partnership This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards (GSA21) honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interview and on our website: https://germanstartupawards.de/ It always starts with a general pattern. … if you want to get ideas in a specific area, expose yourself to this area. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards The Founder In this interview, we talk to Lukasz Gadowski (https://www.linkedin.com/in/lukaszgadowski) (known as one of the co-founders of Delivery Hero (Lieferheld) or Mr Spex). He received a special award for his special merit with and for the German startup scene. Among his many ventures, he co-founded or is invested in are Spreadshirt, studyVZ, Point Nine Capital, brands4friends, Aroundhome, Vertical Media (Gründerszene), the escooter startup Circ, Volocopter, Enpal, Mr. Spex and of course, Delivery Hero. He works with his private investment company Team Europe https://www.teameurope.net/ During his interview he also shares insights in big enablers shaping the future, which will opening up opportunities for entrepreneurs. He also shares advice for entrepreneurs on how to win, even if you are entering a market late. Congratulations to Lukasz! Tune in to the interview to learn more. I think Circ went from zero to 1.000 employees in 15 months. That is what I would call hypergrowth. Lukasz Gadowski, Winner Special Award German Startup Awards Feedback Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA The Interviewer This interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder, and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him: LinkedIn Twitter Email Keep Up to Date Here is our publication calendar: https://calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ Find all the links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startup-awards-2021-special-award-for-lukasz-gadowski/ --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/deeptechgermany/message This podcast uses the following third-party services for...

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This interview is in a media partnership with the German startup association. Their German Startup Awards (GSA21) honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories.

This interview is in media partnership with the German startup association (Bundesverband Deutscher Startups https://deutschestartups.org/). Their German Startup Awards (GSA21) honor each year outstanding female and male founders and investors in special categories. You can learn more about the winners in our interview and on our website: https://germanstartupawards.de/

Letzte Woche wurden die German Startup Awards verliehen und Finn Age Hänsel, Gründer von der CBD Brand VAAY wurde zum Gründer des Jahres gekürt. Parallel haben wir uns nach dem MI Live Event eine einwöchige Pause gegönnt, weswegen wir die alte Podcastfolge mit Finn herausgekramt haben und heute noch einmal erneut publizieren. Und auch nach wie vor gilt das, was wir bereits vor rund einem Jahr geschrieben haben: Finn Age Hänsel ist ein wenig der Star der Stunde. Erst kürzlich war er zu Gast im OMR Podcast, hatte eine Titelstory im Business Punk und tourt durch die digitalen und Print Bühnen der Republik. Daher haben wir uns umso mehr gefreut, dass Finn es sich nicht nehmen lassen hat auch beim MI Live vorbeizuschauen. Diese Folge ist ein Mitschnitt von seinem Auftritt dort, die wir euch nicht vorenthalten wollten, da wir sehr viel positives Feedback erhalten haben und Finn sehr viel Spannendes berichtet. Er gibt Insights darüber, vor welchen Herausforderungen VAAY mit CBD Produkten im deutschen Markt stand und steht, welche Erfahrungen sie gemacht haben, welches technische Setup & welche Tools sie konkret nutzen, was Finn persönlich von Shopify bzw. Shopify Plus hält und wie sie die internationale Expansion mit Shopify Plus planen. Eine alles in allem sehr intensive Folge gespickt mit vielen spannenden Insights. Viel Spaß!

Heute u.a. mit folgenden Nachrichten: - German Startup Awards 2021 vergeben - Max Schrems fordert Milliardenstrafe für Google - Rückrufaktion von Peloton - Tiger King Star startet Kryptowährung - Mediensucht bei Kindern - SpaceX gelingt erstmals eine erfolgreiche Landung - Blue Origin versteigert erste Flüge ins All - Hamburg verdrängt Berlin vom digitalen Spitzenplatz Und für den Experten-Check in der Rubrik "Investments & Exits" begrüßen wir heute Daniel Wild, CEO bei Mountain Alliance

Die Gründerin von Amorelie im Gespräch mit Investor Christian Miele in der Start-up-Edition Am ersten Montag im Monat führt Christian Miele, Investor und Vorsitzender des Bundesverbands Deutscher Startups, durch das Tech Briefing. In dieser Start-up-Edition hat er die Gründerin Lea-Sophie Cramer zu Gast. Sie hat ihr Start-up Amorelie an ProSiebenSat.1 verkauft und war zuletzt in der ProSieben-Sendung "Das Ding des Jahres" als Jury-Mitglied zu sehen. Außerdem geht es um die neuen Superfonds der europäischen Königsmacher Niklas Zennström, Klaus Hommels und Oliver Samwer sowie um die German Startup Awards, die in dieser Woche das erste Mal vergeben werden. See acast.com/privacy for privacy and opt-out information.