Blockchain Germany - By Startuprad.io
By Joern "Joe" Menninger
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Blockchain Germany - By Startuprad.ioMar 25, 2021
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This Month in German Startups - December 2021
HoHoHo Welcome to This Month in German Startups in December 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.
We recorded this new episode on Monday, December 20th. All news not included here will be published in our next news episode. There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. Happy Holidays!
We are not there yet, so let's get started:
Today we bring you another new unicorn, a monster funding of 266 mn US$ at Mambu, Volocopter calls off its SPAC IPO and gets a backlash from its early crowd investors, also Jokr is now the 3rd quick delivery unicorn - in record time - and we have an update on Sono Motors. We also take a look at the State of European Tech survey by Atomico and several news pieces on the German Venture Capital Market, as well as VC in general.
Let's talk startups:
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Find all links and extensive show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2021/
Dec 23, 202130:38
This Month in German Startups - November 2021
Welcome to This Month in German Startups in November 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.
We recorded this new episode on Friday, November 19th. All news not included here will be published in our December News (to be published on December 23rd). There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. We are not there yet, so let's get started:
Today we have escooter Tier’s newest funding and acquisition, N26 pulling the plug on their US operations already in January 2022, and the amazing IPO of Sono Motors on NASDAQ. There are also new unicorns, we proudly present Frankfurt’s first unicorn, the insurtech Clark.de. Also, Razor Group (an Amazon shop buyer) becomes a unicorn with a 125 mn US$ fundraising. In November, there is no unicorn tracker. We will keep our eyes open and maybe the next news will have a unicorn tracker companion.
Happy Thanksgiving to our US audience!
Let's talk startups:
Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2021/
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Enablers 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: https://anchor.fm/techstartupsgermany
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News Text and Show NotesFind all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2021/
Nov 25, 202123:37
GSA Unicorn Tracker - October 2021 (Bonus)
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).
Guys, it is October, it is getting colder outside and cozier inside, so we bring you another “Doppelpack”of our news recording! We bring you another bonus news episode as part of our news coverage of the German startup scene. We recorded this episode on October 25th, 2021, wrapping up October. This is a Bonus Episode following our special coverage of the unprecedented creation of unicorn startups in the German speaking startup scene!
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Find all the links to our sources and the show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/gsa-unicorn-tracker-october-2021/
Oct 28, 202111:17
This Month in German Startups - October 2021
This Month in German Startups - October 2021
Welcome to This Month in German Startups in October 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.
We recorded this new episode on October 25th. Note that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode in order to keep the news brief.
Today we have to announce that N26 reclaimed the title of Germany’s most valuable fintech (but not startup, that is still Celonis), Sono Motors is filing for an IPO in the US - ahead of even delivering their first car -, corona is leaving the first traces in the startup scene, less startups, but more funding for the surviving ones.
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Find our extensive collection of links, sources and the whole show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-october-2021/
Oct 28, 202120:57
This Month in German Startups - September 2021 Unicorn Tracker (Bonus)
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).
Guys, it is fall and we are back from the summer break! We bring you another bonus news episode as part of our news coverage of the German startup scene. We recorded this episode on September 28th, 2021, wrapping up July, August, and September. This is a Bonus Episode following our special coverage from June!
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Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-september-2021-unicorn-tracker-bonus/
Sep 30, 202115:49
This Month in German Startups - Summer Wrap-Up (July, August, September) 2021
Welcome to This Month in German Startups in September 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on September 28th. Not that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode. Have a look. This will be a bit longer recording. Best get a snack and a drink right now. The summer was hot here in Germany in terms of startups, but not so much in terms of temperature. Since we have the weather out of the way. Let's talk startups:
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Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-summer-wrap-up-july-august-september-2021/
Sep 30, 202129:50
This Month in German Startups - June 2021
Welcome to This Month in German Startups June 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.
We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We announce two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis, valued at more than 11 bn US$. The 2019 Unicorn Wefox raises large funding of 536 mn € (650 mn US$). About You IPOs for 23 €/share at 4 bn Euro (4.85 bn US$) AND Austria becomes a new most valuable startup with GoStudent (1.4 bn €, 1.67 bn US$), after they had their first unicorn only last month.
Plus SolarisBank is rumored to be in talks of a 100 mn Euro VC Deal, which would make them a unicorn as well, to buy up a competitor. Especially active in this frenzy of unicorn creation is Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China.
We have a special episode on the unparalleled unicorn creation, which is available on the same channels. If you want to know more about the new Decacorn and unicorns in Germany and Austria you want to listen to this episode as well. We keep here the coverage of unicorns to a minimum.
Note: This will be the last news recording before the summer break. There will be no regular news in July or August, but we will be back with news at the end of September, wrapping up the summer news.
We are soooooooooo looking forward to the summer that Joe even wears a Hawaii shirt. Be happy for your eyes if you are only listening to this podcast :-)
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Jul 01, 202122:04
Bonus: This Month in German Startups – Unicorn Stampede
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main).
This is a Bonus Episode covering the Unicorn Stampede in German-speaking countries. This recording is from June 29th, 2021 and all-new unicorns, formed afterward will be covered in our next news podcast, to be published End of September!
You may remember that we had another bonus episode last month covering the rise of Berlin-based fintech Trade Republic to become Germany’s most valuable startup? There is already a new king in the country with Celonis becoming Germany’s first Decacorn (valuation above 10 bn US$, here even 11bn US$). We also see that all of these monster fundings are driven by international investors, especially Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China.
Find all links and show notes on our blog post here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-this-month-in-german-startups-unicorn-stampede/
Jul 01, 202116:49
This Month in German Startups – May 2021
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in Germany) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.
Today we are wrapping up May 2021 for you. We talk about the massive Trade Republic funding, making them Germany's most valuable startup. We are talking about SPACs again, Germany’s institutional funds investing in crypto, and 3 bn shots of the corona vaccine. As always, we have a great show for you!
Housekeeping - Time to brag
Stay safe everyone!
- We are very happy to have been listed as No 4 on the Welp Magazine list of "20 Best Start-ups Podcasts of 2021" https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-start-ups-podcasts-of-2021/
- Station Frankfurt featured our newest internet radio station in an article https://station-frankfurt.de/2021/05/07/das-steckt-hinter-dem-24-7-startupradio-startuprad-io/
- Italy-based Startup.info covered our internet radio station as well: The World’s First Internet Radio Station Dedicated to Startups and Tech Companies Just Launched https://buff.ly/3upGZte
Top News
Trade Republic is now Germany’s most valuable startup with 5.3 bn US$
SPACs
In the US the largest wave of SPAC IPOs is already behind us, but in Europe, it is just gaining speed. Frankfurt Stock Exchange expects up to 20 SPAC IPOs in 2021. In all of Europe, they expect more than 30 https://buff.ly/3h0mMqS
Amazon Shops are still HOT
Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400M to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/2PVJULY
Germany rumored to open flood gates to Crypto Investments - Think again
'Damn Huge': Germany Opens Up to Institutional Crypto Funds - Decrypt https://buff.ly/3vvX3dU
Joe will talk about this soon - as soon as he gets to it - but the main point one has to understand in German institutional funds is that the investors are regulated and not so much the vehicles.
3bn Shots are coming
Corona vaccine producer BioNTech is looking to produce 3bn shots https://buff.ly/2RHzXlA
We just passed a small moment in History
80 years ago, on May 11th, 1941 german inventor Konrad Zuse started his Z3. This was one of today's first - maybe The first - modern-day computer. He developed it, to take over statistical calculation he found tiresome https://buff.ly/3eEJ3sB
Find all other show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-may-2021/
May 27, 202125:01
We bring the German speaking startup scene to you in English
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we cover the German-speaking startup scene since 2015 with our franchise. Since 2019, we eased access to the German-speaking startup scene further with our special interest podcasts Fintech Germany, Blockchain Germany, Deeptech Germany, and German Startup News.
We have been called "The Authority on German Startups" and are a Top 0.5% global podcast, according to Listen Notes. Chartable.com scored us in 2020 a global Top 100 Science Podcast, a global Top 150 Tech Podcast, and a global Top 750 Business Podcast.
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May 20, 202100:40
This Month in German Startups - April 2021
Today we are wrapping up April 2021 for you. We talk about SPACs, which have been all the rage, but now they get to work. We bring you news about potential SPAC deals with Solarisbank, Infarm, Lilium, and Volocopter. The first three eying a valuation of more than one billion. Also, we have a Gorilla Unicorn.
Apr 29, 202122:58
How to keep your Cryptos Safe?
In this interview, we are talking about best practices on how to keep your cryptocurrencies and crypto-assets safe as a private investor.
Apr 13, 202117:55
What are Non-Fungible Tokens – NFTs?
In this interview, we talk to Christian, a subject matter expert for tokens. He explains what are non fungible tokens and their use
Apr 02, 202130:00
This Month in German Startups - March 2021
Today we are wrapping up March 2021 for you. We talk about Austria’s first unicorn Bitpanda, a Samwer attempt at a German Tesla, SPACs, indoor farming, open positions at N26, and much more.
Mar 25, 202121:50
This Month in German Startups - February 2021
This Month in German Startups - February 2021Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main.
Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust.
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Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found.
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!
In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now:
raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV
Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner buff.ly/3abVPMO
N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition buff.ly/3ckRpVq
Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted buff.ly/3bAqNOq
iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the c...
Today we are wrapping up February 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, the much anticipated Auto1 IPO generated two new tech billionaires, Europe’s first Tech SPAC lists in Frankfurt, more Wirecard details, we talk about Trade Republic and Gamestop, as well as the billion exit of Berlin-based AdJust.
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Keep Up to DateHere is our publication calendar: calendar.google.com/calendar/u/0?cid=MDEyaTI3YWs1MjVxaTNzbWdqbDh2OXRiaW9AZ3JvdXAuY2FsZW5kYXIuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbQ
Affiliated LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found.
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone!
In the meantime you can tune in to our internet radio station, the worlds first 24/7 dedicated to startups and tech companies! s2.radio.co/sb16d65602/listen - We will soon be available on many platforms, for now:
raddio.net/373202-startupradio/ radio.streamitter.com/station/startupradio-89HNV
Top NewsWe have two new tech billionairesThe IPO of Auto1 went spectacularly well and skyrocketed on the first day of trading on February 4th, surging 45%. We took a look at the data and realized that this was the first tech IPO in a long time that generated new tech billionaires in Germany. Bloomberg: SoftBank-Backed Auto1 Soars in Debut After $2.2 Billion IPO buff.ly/2YLTm5jReuters: UPDATE 2-AUTO1 shares go into top gear in Frankfurt debut buff.ly/3pLaOSmRead more in our blogpost here: At recording this Auto1 IPO turns founders into billionaires buff.ly/3oY45EA Related: The story from the side of one of their first investors: How VC fund DN Capital invested in car marketplace Auto1 8 years ago and landed an $8 billion IPO winner buff.ly/3abVPMO
N26German regulator, stung by past failings, extends oversight of N26 - sources buff.ly/2Ymp88F German mobile bank N26 is thinking of making its first acquisition buff.ly/3ckRpVq
Trade Republic, Reddit and GameStopBerlin-based SolarisBank needed four years to get to 400k customers, but the next 600k came within half a year says their chief commercial officer Jörg Diewald, many of them have to be attributed to Trade Republic buff.ly/3oEKLMc Our take on this topic: www.startuprad.io/berlin/gamestop-reddit-and-fintech-trade-republic/ Note: There will be a follow-up on yet another blog post from our side, with hearings of Roaring Kitten and profits for hedge funds. We're nothing like Robinhood, says Berlin-based broker Trade Republic | Sifted buff.ly/3bAqNOq
iCarPorsche's Cayenne Boss Dr. Manfred Harrer (48) is hired by Apple. He was rumored to be one of the best engineers in the company. Is the iCar around the c...
Feb 25, 202126:02
Iconic holding wants to be the largest Crypto Asset Manager in Europe
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Iconic holding wants to be the largest Crypto Asset Manager in Europe
The idea for Iconic Funds came from investor demand, to invest in cryptocurrencies with more traditional vehicles.
Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding
The FounderMaximilian Lautenschläger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/maximilian-lautenschl%C3%A4ger/) grew up in the beautiful city of Heidelberg (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Heidelberg). He stayed in the Rhein-Neckar Metropolitan Area (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rhine-Neckar) to study in Ludwigshafen and took every opportunity to study abroad. After university, he started out working in consulting and found his passion in alternative investments. He started as an analyst of private equity funds, moving to a venture developer position. Before joining Iconiq Lab, he has been a startup investor himself.
I am not the guy who said in 2014 Bitcoin is the thing.
Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding
The StartupIconic Holding is the parent company of Iconic Funds. Iconic Holding originally started out as Iconiq Lab, an accelerator for ICOs, based in Frankfurt. After the end of the ICO craze, they decided what to do next and so they evolved into a crypto asset manager and Blockchain VC. The new structure was renamed to Iconic Holding (no more q).
The crypto asset manager is called Iconic Funds (https://funds.iconicholding.com/invest/) and the blockchain venture capital arm is called Iconic Lab (https://lab.iconicholding.com/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/iconiq-lab).
You can find their blog on Medium here (https://iconicholding.medium.com/). Iconic Funds offers to accredit investors hedge funds, a fund domiciled in Malta and also exchange-traded notes, to get exposure to cryptocurrency.
There was this craze about a thing we have never heard before, an ICO.
Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding
Venture Capital FundingIconic Holding is currently preparing the series B round.
Bitcoin for me is digital gold
Maximilian Lautenschläger, COO and Co-Founder Iconic Holding
The Audio InterviewYou can subscribe to our podcasts here
Further Readings / Additional ResourcesUCITS https://www.investopedia.com/terms/u/ucits.asp
WM Daten is a financial service provider, a competitor of Bloomberg and S&P, amongst others, with a strong focus on the German-speaking area: https://www.wmdaten.de/index.php
Asset Manager https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_asset_management_firms
Custodian https://www.investopedia.com/terms/c/custodian.asp
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Feb 11, 202133:06
My Football Space Connects Fans with Clubs Globally
My Football Space Connects Fans with Clubs GloballyAfter almost 20 years in consulting … it was a good time to think about what I wanted to do in my life, what I have a passion for.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the FinTech Forum (http://www.fintechforum.de/). The FinTech Forum - launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main - is the first and largest hub for FinTechs in Continental Europe, with a community of more than 12.000 companies. With more than 17 events, with more than 270 startups on stage, and more than 1.000 investors and financial institutions. FTF alumni have raised $310mn+ in funding and resulted in exits worth $300mn+ .
I was not really looking for founding a company. The idea came to me since I am passionate about innovative technology, finance and sports.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Alex Schlicher, a former management consultant, turned entrepreneur (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-schlicher-cfa-953660/). Alex started out with vocational training in retail banking, foreign exchange trader, and a management consultant in capital markets, where he worked for several consultancies. While he worked in FX trading (Foreign Exchange), he learned how derivatives are working and are structured. He is a born “Frankfurter Bub” (a native Frankfurt boy).
In his past, he was also in charge of building up the German business for a London-based consultancy.
After almost 20 years in consulting, he decided to do a re-set and spent some more time with his family.
Alex has been passionate about sports all his life and is a fan of Frankfurt-based Bundesliga Club Eintracht Frankfurt. Alex currently pursues an executive MBA at Frankfurt School for Management and Finance, in one of these classes the idea of My Football Space “hit him” as he said.
The initial trigger for setting up a company was really driven by technology, because I saw the potential of the technology.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
The Startup
Alex founded the sports tech startup My Football Space (https://myfs.de/). He got the idea for his startup while one of his professors talked about everything of value is on the Blockchain in the future. So it instantly struck him this may include football in one way or another. Initially, they thought about investing in football players, but changed this amazingly fast, since it was too much like an investment.
They do not want to change the memberships of the sports clubs, as they are popular for example in Germany with Bundesliga. This is not available to many people all over the world, this is what they want to change.
This is something everybody shares, the passion, the emotion for the sport. It is a very global thing. There is no difference between a fan in Australia, Asia, the US, or Europe.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
The Bundesliga Club Bayern München has globally more than 100 million fans, according to Alex. On the other side of those fans there is only a fraction really a member of the sports club (300.000). The app also helps the club to understand its digital fans and give them matching offers.
My Football Space AppTheir app for membership for fans will be available in app stores like Google or Apple towards End of 2021.
Venture Capital FundingThe company already closed two financing rounds, one by business angels and one by the management team. Currently, they are looking to close the next funding round in 2021 Q2 or Q3.
Blockchain is really stepping out of its baby shoes. The maturity level is really reaching a tipping point where mass adoption in a lot of industries is about to start.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
Further Readings / Additional Resources
Bundesliga en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga
Eintracht Frankfurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eintracht_Frankfur...
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the FinTech Forum (http://www.fintechforum.de/). The FinTech Forum - launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main - is the first and largest hub for FinTechs in Continental Europe, with a community of more than 12.000 companies. With more than 17 events, with more than 270 startups on stage, and more than 1.000 investors and financial institutions. FTF alumni have raised $310mn+ in funding and resulted in exits worth $300mn+ .
I was not really looking for founding a company. The idea came to me since I am passionate about innovative technology, finance and sports.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Alex Schlicher, a former management consultant, turned entrepreneur (https://www.linkedin.com/in/alex-schlicher-cfa-953660/). Alex started out with vocational training in retail banking, foreign exchange trader, and a management consultant in capital markets, where he worked for several consultancies. While he worked in FX trading (Foreign Exchange), he learned how derivatives are working and are structured. He is a born “Frankfurter Bub” (a native Frankfurt boy).
In his past, he was also in charge of building up the German business for a London-based consultancy.
After almost 20 years in consulting, he decided to do a re-set and spent some more time with his family.
Alex has been passionate about sports all his life and is a fan of Frankfurt-based Bundesliga Club Eintracht Frankfurt. Alex currently pursues an executive MBA at Frankfurt School for Management and Finance, in one of these classes the idea of My Football Space “hit him” as he said.
The initial trigger for setting up a company was really driven by technology, because I saw the potential of the technology.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
The Startup
Alex founded the sports tech startup My Football Space (https://myfs.de/). He got the idea for his startup while one of his professors talked about everything of value is on the Blockchain in the future. So it instantly struck him this may include football in one way or another. Initially, they thought about investing in football players, but changed this amazingly fast, since it was too much like an investment.
They do not want to change the memberships of the sports clubs, as they are popular for example in Germany with Bundesliga. This is not available to many people all over the world, this is what they want to change.
This is something everybody shares, the passion, the emotion for the sport. It is a very global thing. There is no difference between a fan in Australia, Asia, the US, or Europe.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
The Bundesliga Club Bayern München has globally more than 100 million fans, according to Alex. On the other side of those fans there is only a fraction really a member of the sports club (300.000). The app also helps the club to understand its digital fans and give them matching offers.
My Football Space AppTheir app for membership for fans will be available in app stores like Google or Apple towards End of 2021.
Venture Capital FundingThe company already closed two financing rounds, one by business angels and one by the management team. Currently, they are looking to close the next funding round in 2021 Q2 or Q3.
Blockchain is really stepping out of its baby shoes. The maturity level is really reaching a tipping point where mass adoption in a lot of industries is about to start.
Alex Schlicher, Founder My Football Space
Further Readings / Additional Resources
Bundesliga en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bundesliga
Eintracht Frankfurt https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Eintracht_Frankfur...
Feb 04, 202134:30
Tangany Offers a White-Label Custody Solution for Crypto Assets
Tangany Offers a White-Label Custody Solution for Crypto AssetsOur clients do not need to apply for a license to become a custodian, we already are and offer our service.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the FinTech Forum (http://www.fintechforum.de/). The FinTech Forum - launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main - is the first and largest hub for FinTechs in Continental Europe, with a community of more than 12.000 companies. With more than 17 events, with more than 270 startups on stage, and more than 1.000 investors and financial institutions. FTF alumni have raised $310mn+ in funding and resulted in exits worth $300mn+ .
Our level of paranoia level is right at the top. The security for crypto assets must be even on a higher level than for banks.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
The FounderWe talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Martin Kreitmair (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kreitmair). He is not only with Tangany, but also a member of the Board of Germany’s blockchain association called Bundesblock (https://bundesblock.de/). He has a master’s in computer science and has been working at a startup for more than seven years, where he was hired as the 7th employee and saw the company grow.
First, we were two founders, …joined by former colleagues from an agency.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Martin became interested early in Blockchain and Bitcoin but was no miner – which he partly regrets now 😊. He felt like it was the right time to start his company after many years as a startup employee.
Security is key for crypto custody.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
The StartupTangany (https://tangany.com/) is the all-in-one cloud suite to easily offer crypto and digital asset custody to your clients and customers. They do not offer services for retail customers, but rather to fintechs and financial institutions for save keeping of digital and crypto assets (including, but not limited to cryptocurrencies). They are a regulated custodian.
The product of Tangany is a white-label tool (via API) to enable their customers like startups, so they can offer crypto wallets to their (retail)-clients. The big advantage of Tangany for their clients is that they don’t need to get a license since the company is already regulated under German law to be a custodian.
It took us a very very long time to design our architecture … to the highest thinkable level of security.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Excited about a Digital EuroTangany would be quite happy if a digital Euro, based on Blockchain is realized, this would be a huge opportunity for them. Since every citizen would need a digital wallet as Tangany could provide.
I am very convinced that a digital Euro will come, one way or another.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Venture Capital FundingTangany raised a venture capital round in January 2020 and currently, they are in preparation for another round.
Further Readings / Additional Resources
Custodian www.investopedia.com/terms/c/custodian.asp
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Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the FinTech Forum (http://www.fintechforum.de/). The FinTech Forum - launched 2013 in Frankfurt am Main - is the first and largest hub for FinTechs in Continental Europe, with a community of more than 12.000 companies. With more than 17 events, with more than 270 startups on stage, and more than 1.000 investors and financial institutions. FTF alumni have raised $310mn+ in funding and resulted in exits worth $300mn+ .
Our level of paranoia level is right at the top. The security for crypto assets must be even on a higher level than for banks.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
The FounderWe talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Martin Kreitmair (https://www.linkedin.com/in/martin-kreitmair). He is not only with Tangany, but also a member of the Board of Germany’s blockchain association called Bundesblock (https://bundesblock.de/). He has a master’s in computer science and has been working at a startup for more than seven years, where he was hired as the 7th employee and saw the company grow.
First, we were two founders, …joined by former colleagues from an agency.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Martin became interested early in Blockchain and Bitcoin but was no miner – which he partly regrets now 😊. He felt like it was the right time to start his company after many years as a startup employee.
Security is key for crypto custody.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
The StartupTangany (https://tangany.com/) is the all-in-one cloud suite to easily offer crypto and digital asset custody to your clients and customers. They do not offer services for retail customers, but rather to fintechs and financial institutions for save keeping of digital and crypto assets (including, but not limited to cryptocurrencies). They are a regulated custodian.
The product of Tangany is a white-label tool (via API) to enable their customers like startups, so they can offer crypto wallets to their (retail)-clients. The big advantage of Tangany for their clients is that they don’t need to get a license since the company is already regulated under German law to be a custodian.
It took us a very very long time to design our architecture … to the highest thinkable level of security.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Excited about a Digital EuroTangany would be quite happy if a digital Euro, based on Blockchain is realized, this would be a huge opportunity for them. Since every citizen would need a digital wallet as Tangany could provide.
I am very convinced that a digital Euro will come, one way or another.
Martin Kreitmair, CEO and Co-Founder Tangany
Venture Capital FundingTangany raised a venture capital round in January 2020 and currently, they are in preparation for another round.
Further Readings / Additional Resources
Custodian www.investopedia.com/terms/c/custodian.asp
Feedback
Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
The InterviewerThis interview was conducted by Jörn “Joe” Menninger, startup scout, founder and host of Startuprad.io. Reach out to him:
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Feb 02, 202127:23
This Month in German Startups - January 2021
This Month in German Startups - January 2021
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review.
Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany.
Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English buff.ly/39S3qyR
Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management buff.ly/2YgKm7W
Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros buff.ly/2MPUt11
Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros buff.ly/3bxbWWx
Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 buff.ly/3bW0Mur
Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here.
Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing.
Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke buff.ly/39eVNDz
Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 buff.ly/3o5IeKU
Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news.
FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euro...
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is the first news episode of 2021, but you can have a look at our 2020 review.
Today we are wrapping up January 2021 for you. There is great news in the German startup scene, from two new unicorns to a much anticipated IPO of Auto1 (will be raising at least 1.5 bn Euros), Delivery Hero goes VC and there may be Amazon TV/Radio in Germany.
Housekeeping - Time to brag Just a bit of bragging today: Listen Up! Here’s Your Guide To European Tech And Startup Podcasts In English buff.ly/39S3qyR
Top NewsWe have two new unicornsMambu - Germany’s newest Fintech Unicorn offers Banking Software as SaaS buff.ly/3oNEHC2 - Without them, no N26. They provide the software, which enables challenger banks like them.Munich-based HR scaleup Personio lands €103.5 million Series D funding and a €1.4 billion valuation buff.ly/35QYn0pRelated: Start-Up Personio Joins Circle of Unicorns - Technical University of Munich - School of Management buff.ly/2YgKm7W
Delivery Hero raises 1.2 bn in fresh capitalDelivery Hero raises 1.2 bn Euros (1.47 bn US$) in new funding, selling "in hours" 9.44 mn new shares for 132 Euros each buff.ly/394ZFFQRelated:Delivery Hero starts their own Corporate Venture Fund called DX Ventures with 50 m Euros buff.ly/2MPUt11
Auto1 IPOAuto1 IPO will be raising a minimum of 1.5 bn Euros (2.2 bn US$) buff.ly/3plC62nOlder articles related to this IPO - you can see the fundraising went up 500 million More details of the planned IPO of Auto1 Group emerge. They want to list in 2021 Q1 in Frankfurt in Prime Standard. Out of 1 bn € to be raised 250 m will pay back convertibles, 750 m will be invested in further growth buff.ly/38Hq0uz Used-car platform AUTO1 to float in Frankfurt, looking to raise 1 bn Euros from selling new shares, with a valuation of 6-8 bn Euros buff.ly/3bxbWWx
Amazon TV or Radio Station in Germany?Amazon has filed paperwork in Germany to get a broadcast license. The filing dates to November 2020 buff.ly/3bW0Mur
Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here.
Keep in mind there is still an investigative committee ongoing.
Oliver Samwer from Rocket Internet gave a private loan to Markus Braun from Wirecard of 75 mn Euros (91 m US$), which he demanded back rather harshly, shortly before Wirecard filed for insolvency buff.ly/3bW2ITUIn Austria, an investigation against former Wirecard COO Marsalek is ongoing in potential bribery of an employee of Austrian constitution protection (like their NSA). He is supposed to have checked the solvency of porn site hosts for Mr. Marsalke buff.ly/39eVNDz
Ecosystem Slack users in Germany were greeted in the new year with a big outage covering most of the first working day of the new year 2021 buff.ly/3972zd0 January 4thTech workers want to relocate to Germany more than any other country in the world buff.ly/2Jims8n Germany starts with the test of a countrywide patient file, called "E-Patientenakte." The users can carry around all their medical files (x-rays, reports ...) on their smartphone and grant their physician access buff.ly/3hHb3M4Berlin remains the capital of German Venture Capital in 2020. EY tracked 314 financing rounds, out of a total of 743 they found. according to their data, VC funding declined in #Germany in 2020 by 15% to 5.3 bn Euros (6.45 bn US$) buff.ly/3oMxaDEIn the most recent fintech ranking #Frankfurt is losing position No 3 to Hamburg and now only scores at No 4 buff.ly/3o5IeKU
Hubs Note: The order of news and cities is only due to the time when we discovered the news.
FrankfurtFrankfurt-based provider of high performance computing Northern Data raises 52.5 mn Euro...
Jan 28, 202121:26
This Month in German Startups - 2020 Review
This Month in German Startups - 2020 Review
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is an annual tradition, where we look at the past year and forward into the coming one. Not to mention, we have been totally wrong last year with the outlook, so we are more sticking to the review this year.
Today we bring you an overview of the German startup corona aid, an overview of the German startup scene, lists of top startup stories, a few outlooks on 2021, and a bit of wine :-)
Ecosystem European Startup Scene 2020 - Snapshothttps://2020.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapter/state-european-tech-2020/article/exec-sum/
8 crucial takeaways from Atomico's recently-launched The State of European Tech 2020 report | via Silicon Canals buff.ly/3m6MxVg
‘Megarounds’ helped European Tech ecosystem growWhile many founders found it more challenging to get funding, 2020 is on track to be a record year, with potential to surpass $41B invested, driven by more $100M+ deals.Germany is projected 23 bn US$Low capital, pivoting the product, and sales decline hit founders hardest in 2020International investment hasn’t dried upFrance is the only one of Europe’s three largest markets to grow in 2020. London remains the biggest investment hub in 2020Travel sector gets notably low investmentsInvestment in purpose-driven tech companies soarsGender and racial inequality still prevails in the European tech ecosystem
List: 10 biggest healthtech stories of 2020 buff.ly/3aQlnjv
The guinea pigs of Germany’s new healthcare revolution BioNTech: the German biotech startup behind the coronavirus vaccine
Hot or not: Where European VC funding went in 2020 by Pitchbook buff.ly/3nMSzf7 - Difference to Atomico ⇒ Different source for data ...
UK still has the largest VC market in total (13.7 bn $), but Germany (6.8 bn $) grew three times as fast with 10.9% vs UK’s +1.7% BUT this may also be due to Brexit. We will see what 2021 brings. According to Pitchbook France grew by an astonishing 25.4% to a total of 6.1 bn $. The other markets in Europe surpassing 1 bn $ are Sweden (3.2 bn$), Spain (1.4 bn$), and Finland (1.2 bn$).
These are the 10 largest funding rounds of Europe in 2020 buff.ly/2W1KGX8
including AUTO1 Group, Tier Scooters and Lilium from Germany
German Startup Scene 2020 - Snapshot Deutscher Startup Monitor deutscherstartupmonitor.de/
This is an annual survey by the German startup association, this year more than 1.900 startups participated.The largest share of the - participating startups - (note, there is a bias here) have been inBerlin 17,7%Rhein-Rhur (Cologne, Düsseldorf, …) 12.8%Munich 6.5%Hamburg 5.8%This is one of the reasons we try to highlight so many startups from different areas, since not only every 5th startup is in Berlin. Please note that we try to have approx. 20% of our interviews from Berlin, to give these startups also a fair representation.On average a startup in the survey employed 14.3 employees, up from 13.3 in 2019 and 12.3 in 2018. Despite Corona, 90% were planning to hire people. 15.9% of founders are female in this survey, slightly up from the previous years (15.7% in ‘19 and 15.1% ‘18)Universities play a central role as a core for a startup cluster, especially Germany’s Technische Hochschule (technical universities aka TU) e.g. TU München, KIT, RWTH Aachen, LMU München, Universität Mannheim, Universität Bremen, WHU, TU Berlin, TU Darmstadt and FU Berlin.~ 20% of founders have a migration backgroundThe most important technology is AI, more than 26.7% of startups had a SaaS business model68.8% of all startups focus on B2B, 26.5% on B2C, and 4.7% on B2G (Business to Government)The most important funding sources are the founder's own savings (used by 78.4%), government programs (used by 44.3%), and business angels (used by 31.6%). Actually, onl...
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City. This is an annual tradition, where we look at the past year and forward into the coming one. Not to mention, we have been totally wrong last year with the outlook, so we are more sticking to the review this year.
Today we bring you an overview of the German startup corona aid, an overview of the German startup scene, lists of top startup stories, a few outlooks on 2021, and a bit of wine :-)
Ecosystem European Startup Scene 2020 - Snapshothttps://2020.stateofeuropeantech.com/chapter/state-european-tech-2020/article/exec-sum/
8 crucial takeaways from Atomico's recently-launched The State of European Tech 2020 report | via Silicon Canals buff.ly/3m6MxVg
‘Megarounds’ helped European Tech ecosystem growWhile many founders found it more challenging to get funding, 2020 is on track to be a record year, with potential to surpass $41B invested, driven by more $100M+ deals.Germany is projected 23 bn US$Low capital, pivoting the product, and sales decline hit founders hardest in 2020International investment hasn’t dried upFrance is the only one of Europe’s three largest markets to grow in 2020. London remains the biggest investment hub in 2020Travel sector gets notably low investmentsInvestment in purpose-driven tech companies soarsGender and racial inequality still prevails in the European tech ecosystem
List: 10 biggest healthtech stories of 2020 buff.ly/3aQlnjv
The guinea pigs of Germany’s new healthcare revolution BioNTech: the German biotech startup behind the coronavirus vaccine
Hot or not: Where European VC funding went in 2020 by Pitchbook buff.ly/3nMSzf7 - Difference to Atomico ⇒ Different source for data ...
UK still has the largest VC market in total (13.7 bn $), but Germany (6.8 bn $) grew three times as fast with 10.9% vs UK’s +1.7% BUT this may also be due to Brexit. We will see what 2021 brings. According to Pitchbook France grew by an astonishing 25.4% to a total of 6.1 bn $. The other markets in Europe surpassing 1 bn $ are Sweden (3.2 bn$), Spain (1.4 bn$), and Finland (1.2 bn$).
These are the 10 largest funding rounds of Europe in 2020 buff.ly/2W1KGX8
including AUTO1 Group, Tier Scooters and Lilium from Germany
German Startup Scene 2020 - Snapshot Deutscher Startup Monitor deutscherstartupmonitor.de/
This is an annual survey by the German startup association, this year more than 1.900 startups participated.The largest share of the - participating startups - (note, there is a bias here) have been inBerlin 17,7%Rhein-Rhur (Cologne, Düsseldorf, …) 12.8%Munich 6.5%Hamburg 5.8%This is one of the reasons we try to highlight so many startups from different areas, since not only every 5th startup is in Berlin. Please note that we try to have approx. 20% of our interviews from Berlin, to give these startups also a fair representation.On average a startup in the survey employed 14.3 employees, up from 13.3 in 2019 and 12.3 in 2018. Despite Corona, 90% were planning to hire people. 15.9% of founders are female in this survey, slightly up from the previous years (15.7% in ‘19 and 15.1% ‘18)Universities play a central role as a core for a startup cluster, especially Germany’s Technische Hochschule (technical universities aka TU) e.g. TU München, KIT, RWTH Aachen, LMU München, Universität Mannheim, Universität Bremen, WHU, TU Berlin, TU Darmstadt and FU Berlin.~ 20% of founders have a migration backgroundThe most important technology is AI, more than 26.7% of startups had a SaaS business model68.8% of all startups focus on B2B, 26.5% on B2C, and 4.7% on B2G (Business to Government)The most important funding sources are the founder's own savings (used by 78.4%), government programs (used by 44.3%), and business angels (used by 31.6%). Actually, onl...
Jan 19, 202120:58
Meet Berlin-based Fintech Bitbond, the Company Behind Germany's First Regulated Security Token Offering
Meet Berlin-based Fintech Bitbond, the Company Behind Germany's First Regulated Security Token Offering
In spring 2019 we issued our tokenized bond and with that, we established tokenized securities in Germany.
Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond
Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the Crypto Assets Conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center.
You can learn more about the conference here: www.crypto-assets-conference.de/
You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
What we are most interested in is to speak to companies, who are interested in tokenization. … to partner up with Bitbond to enhance their tokenization capabilities
Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond
The InterviewFind all the links, show notes, and the automated transcript here on our blog post: www.startuprad.io/blog/podcast-meet-berlin-based-fintech-bitbond-the-company-behind-germanys-first-regulated-security-token-offering/
In spring 2019 we issued our tokenized bond and with that, we established tokenized securities in Germany.
Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond
Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the Crypto Assets Conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center.
You can learn more about the conference here: www.crypto-assets-conference.de/
You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
What we are most interested in is to speak to companies, who are interested in tokenization. … to partner up with Bitbond to enhance their tokenization capabilities
Radoslav Albrecht, Founder and CEO of Bitbond
The InterviewFind all the links, show notes, and the automated transcript here on our blog post: www.startuprad.io/blog/podcast-meet-berlin-based-fintech-bitbond-the-company-behind-germanys-first-regulated-security-token-offering/
Jan 07, 202127:45
This Month in German Startups - December 2020
This Month in German Startups - December 2020
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Welcome to the Chris-mas edition :-)
Today we are wrapping up December 2020 for you. Please keep in mind that due to the holidays and the current lockdown in Germany we are recording this news on December 15th. All news not included here will be part of our January warp-up and there will be a 2020 review 2021outlook as well.
Today we bring you news about the 10 bn investment package of the German government, the new DAX, Peter Thiel’s investments in Germany, Taxes, AI, and much more.
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Affiliate LinksThe current situation with the Coronavirus-related lockdown is frequently compared to severe economic recessions including, but not limited to the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Stock Market Crash of 1929. If you want to know more, consider these books below.
“Galbraith was asked by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. if he would write the definitive work on the Great Depression that he would then use as a reference source for his own intended work on Roosevelt.” (from Wikipedia) - The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith amzn.to/3cl41sAEssays on the Great Depression amzn.to/2VvEsht by former Fed Chairmen Ben S. Bernanke “an American economist at the Brookings Institution[3] who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014” (from Wikipedia)From John Kenneth Galbraith as well: A Short History of Financial Euphoria amzn.to/2VxngbgA great book on crashes, bubbles, and economic uncertainty, in general, is “Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation” by Edward Chancellor amzn.to/2VaUDSlAll
the news and links here
www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2020/
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Welcome to the Chris-mas edition :-)
Today we are wrapping up December 2020 for you. Please keep in mind that due to the holidays and the current lockdown in Germany we are recording this news on December 15th. All news not included here will be part of our January warp-up and there will be a 2020 review 2021outlook as well.
Today we bring you news about the 10 bn investment package of the German government, the new DAX, Peter Thiel’s investments in Germany, Taxes, AI, and much more.
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💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflSpotify spoti.fi/3kCcgoB Housekeeping - Time to brag We have only one thing to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have!
Affiliate LinksThe current situation with the Coronavirus-related lockdown is frequently compared to severe economic recessions including, but not limited to the 2008 Financial Crisis and the Stock Market Crash of 1929. If you want to know more, consider these books below.
“Galbraith was asked by Arthur M. Schlesinger Jr. if he would write the definitive work on the Great Depression that he would then use as a reference source for his own intended work on Roosevelt.” (from Wikipedia) - The Great Crash 1929 by John Kenneth Galbraith amzn.to/3cl41sAEssays on the Great Depression amzn.to/2VvEsht by former Fed Chairmen Ben S. Bernanke “an American economist at the Brookings Institution[3] who served two terms as Chair of the Federal Reserve, the central bank of the United States, from 2006 to 2014” (from Wikipedia)From John Kenneth Galbraith as well: A Short History of Financial Euphoria amzn.to/2VxngbgA great book on crashes, bubbles, and economic uncertainty, in general, is “Devil Take the Hindmost: A History of Financial Speculation” by Edward Chancellor amzn.to/2VaUDSlAll
the news and links here
www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2020/
Dec 17, 202020:14
The BISON App Allows Uncomplicated and Reliable Trading of Cryptocurrencies on the Smartphone
The BISON App Allows Uncomplicated and Reliable Trading of Cryptocurrencies on the Smartphone
We were the first to provide crypto buying and selling from an in Germany licensed institution.
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
Media Partnership
This podcast is in media partnership with the Crypto Assets Conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center.
You can learn more about the conference here: www.crypto-assets-conference.de/
You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here:
www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
The Chief Digital Officer
This time we talk to Ulli Spankowski (https://de.linkedin.com/in/ulli-spankowski-08652916, https://twitter.com/uspankowski?lang=en, www.crunchbase.com/person/ulli-spankowski ) a fintech and blockchain entrepreneur, who sold his company to the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, which than promoted him to be the CDO (Chief Digital Officer). He is an economist by training, who did his PhD in market microstructure. He co-founded his fintech startup with co-founders from Slovenia.
We met with the CIO of Börse Stuttgart - back then - and discussed what can be done with financial markets in the future, if you completely rethink it, based on blockchain technology.
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
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Bitcoin was much bigger in Slovenia. When my co-founder told me to do something in bitcoin, I said … Bit-What?
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
The Startup
Back in 2013, Ulli founded his startup Sowa Labs together with co-founders from Slovenia, which he met during an EU funded project during his Ph.D. Thesis. The idea of aggregating data from across the web and social media on cryptocurrencies evolved into cryptocurrency trading. They then sold the startup to the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in 2017 and developed what has become their BISON app: bisonapp.com/en/ (App Store, Google Play Store). This was not a bad move, since Börse Stuttgart is the market leader in Europe as a trading venue for retail structured products and one of the 10 largest stock exchanges in Europe.
We started out with cryptocurrencies, but we are planning to move gradually into security tokens.
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
When I was attending conferences [at the beginning of cryptocurrencies] I always said “The biggest problem of cryptocurrencies is that no one cares about them”
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
Further Readings / Additional Resources
Market Microstructure: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_microstructure
Börse Stuttgart: www.boerse-stuttgart.de/en/
Multilateral trading facility: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateral_trading_facility
Euwax (The market for retail structured products, not related to BISON, but we talk about it as an offering of Börse Stuttgart): www.boerse-stuttgart.de/en/investing/euwax-segment/
OTC Trading: www.investopedia.com/terms/o/otc.asp
AML: www.investopedia.com/terms/a/aml.asp
Feedback
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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
We were the first to provide crypto buying and selling from an in Germany licensed institution.
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
Media Partnership
This podcast is in media partnership with the Crypto Assets Conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center.
You can learn more about the conference here: www.crypto-assets-conference.de/
You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here:
www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
The Chief Digital Officer
This time we talk to Ulli Spankowski (https://de.linkedin.com/in/ulli-spankowski-08652916, https://twitter.com/uspankowski?lang=en, www.crunchbase.com/person/ulli-spankowski ) a fintech and blockchain entrepreneur, who sold his company to the Stuttgart Stock Exchange, which than promoted him to be the CDO (Chief Digital Officer). He is an economist by training, who did his PhD in market microstructure. He co-founded his fintech startup with co-founders from Slovenia.
We met with the CIO of Börse Stuttgart - back then - and discussed what can be done with financial markets in the future, if you completely rethink it, based on blockchain technology.
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
Affiliate Links
Is your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye
Bitcoin was much bigger in Slovenia. When my co-founder told me to do something in bitcoin, I said … Bit-What?
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
The Startup
Back in 2013, Ulli founded his startup Sowa Labs together with co-founders from Slovenia, which he met during an EU funded project during his Ph.D. Thesis. The idea of aggregating data from across the web and social media on cryptocurrencies evolved into cryptocurrency trading. They then sold the startup to the Stuttgart Stock Exchange in 2017 and developed what has become their BISON app: bisonapp.com/en/ (App Store, Google Play Store). This was not a bad move, since Börse Stuttgart is the market leader in Europe as a trading venue for retail structured products and one of the 10 largest stock exchanges in Europe.
We started out with cryptocurrencies, but we are planning to move gradually into security tokens.
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
When I was attending conferences [at the beginning of cryptocurrencies] I always said “The biggest problem of cryptocurrencies is that no one cares about them”
Ulli Spankowski, CDO Börse Stuttgart
Further Readings / Additional Resources
Market Microstructure: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Market_microstructure
Börse Stuttgart: www.boerse-stuttgart.de/en/
Multilateral trading facility: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Multilateral_trading_facility
Euwax (The market for retail structured products, not related to BISON, but we talk about it as an offering of Börse Stuttgart): www.boerse-stuttgart.de/en/investing/euwax-segment/
OTC Trading: www.investopedia.com/terms/o/otc.asp
AML: www.investopedia.com/terms/a/aml.asp
Feedback
Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” 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:
Dec 15, 202027:05
Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset Legally
Amazing Blocks can tokenize Any Asset LegallyMedia PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with crypto assets conference, an event taking place each year in spring and autumn in Frankfurt, organized by the Frankfurt School of Finance and Management and their Blockchain Center.
You can learn more about the conference here: www.crypto-assets-conference.de/
You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
The asset can be located anywhere, as long as it is legally owned by the SPV.
Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
The Interview PartnerWe talk to Nicolas Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas97weber/), in charge of business development Germany for Amazing Blocks (https://my.amazingblocks.io/).
Blockchain has the ability to disrupt every aspect of business.
Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found.
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn Liechtenstein implemented the Token Act as a complete new law, other than for examples Switzerland, which is currently looking at adding to existing laws.
Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
Find all the links and show notes on our blog here: www.startuprad.io/blog/amazing-blocks-can-tokenize-any-asset-legally/
You can learn more about the conference here: www.crypto-assets-conference.de/
You can learn more about Philipp Sandner, head of the Blockchain Center in our interview with him here: www.startuprad.io/blog/the-german-bill-to-permit-crypto-securities/
The asset can be located anywhere, as long as it is legally owned by the SPV.
Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
The Interview PartnerWe talk to Nicolas Weber (https://www.linkedin.com/in/nicolas97weber/), in charge of business development Germany for Amazing Blocks (https://my.amazingblocks.io/).
Blockchain has the ability to disrupt every aspect of business.
Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found.
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn Liechtenstein implemented the Token Act as a complete new law, other than for examples Switzerland, which is currently looking at adding to existing laws.
Nicolas Weber, Amazing Blocks
Find all the links and show notes on our blog here: www.startuprad.io/blog/amazing-blocks-can-tokenize-any-asset-legally/
Dec 10, 202043:11
This Month in German Startups - November 2020
This Month in German Startups - November
2020
Welcome to This Month in
German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris
in New York City.
Today we are wrapping up
November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona
vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a
potential digital Euro
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Housekeeping - Time to brag
We have only one thing
to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have!
Affiliated Links
Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who
are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations
and that is what we found.
·
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlB
·
Recommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and
Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKe
·
Recommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhw
·
Recommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQ
·
Recommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by
John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06
·
Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn
Show Notes, Links and more reading
www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/
2020
Welcome to This Month in
German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris
in New York City.
Today we are wrapping up
November 2020 for you with an update on German startups working on corona
vaccines, Flixbus, Finleap, Rocket Internet’s ongoing delisting, and a
potential digital Euro
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This recording was made
possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
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Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio Podcast
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Spotify spoti.fi/3kCcgoB
Housekeeping - Time to brag
We have only one thing
to say: Stay safe everybody! Be grateful for what you have!
Affiliated Links
Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who
are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations
and that is what we found.
·
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlB
·
Recommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and
Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKe
·
Recommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhw
·
Recommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization
by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQ
·
Recommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by
John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06
·
Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn
Show Notes, Links and more reading
www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2020/
Nov 26, 202028:23
This Month in German Startups - October 2020
This Month in German Startups - October 2020Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Today we are wrapping up October 2020 for you with a monster round in the making at N26, new information on the Wirecard insolvency and questions about published information of Heidelberg based insurance startup Getsafe.
You can now join us on the entrepreneur network DueDash: buff.ly/2R90PYp with 5 Euros a month you support our work! Or become a Patron at Patreon: buff.ly/32bZ4zW
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Today we are wrapping up October 2020 for you with a monster round in the making at N26, new information on the Wirecard insolvency and questions about published information of Heidelberg based insurance startup Getsafe.
You can now join us on the entrepreneur network DueDash: buff.ly/2R90PYp with 5 Euros a month you support our work! Or become a Patron at Patreon: buff.ly/32bZ4zW
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Oct 30, 202019:51
This Month in German Startups - Summer 2020 (July, August, September)
This Month in German Startups - Summer 2020 Wrap-UpWelcome to this month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Today we are wrapping up summer 2020 for you. This is going to take a bit longer than normal, so grab a coffee and relax on the couch.
You can now join us on the entrepreneur network DueDash: buff.ly/2R90PYp with 5 Euros a month you support our work! Thank you!
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Housekeeping - Time to brag We made it now in 39 Countries in the podcast charts, adding Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Israel, and Indonesia! Thank you!
[caption id="attachment_3669" align="alignleft" width="800"]Podcast Charts Appearances of Startuprad.io - Now in 39 countries[/caption]
As a premier source for startup information from Germany, Startupradio was already a part of the US launch of podcasts on Amazon Music and is now in Germany as well.
www.instagram.com/p/CFcAK3wj3Gn/
Video News - This video will go live on Thursday, September 24th 19.00 CET (Frankfurt, Zürich, Berlin, Milan)https://youtu.be/AQBKnWmxaTY
Audio News - The audio podcast will go live at the same timeWe just need some time after the release until we can embed the Spotify player here.
Top NewsCoronavirus / Curevac Curevac was one of the biggest startup stories during the summer. They are a Tübingen, Germany-based biotech company, working on a coronavirus vaccine.
They IPOed for more than 200 mn US$ (https://buff.ly/3iUsus6)
They got visited by Elon Musk (https://buff.ly/3cjMdzf)
And we already blogged about their government investment in June (https://buff.ly/3iY0y6Q)
And they received a large investment pre-IPO by two international heavy weights:
Pre-IPO: Qatar Investment Authority takes stake in vaccine-maker CureVac buff.ly/3jnYZzD Glaxosmithkline (GSK) pays 142 mn Euro for 10% stake in one of #Germany's most promising candidates for a #coronavirus #vaccine Curevac from Tuebingen buff.ly/3homvLk Coronavirus / Potential super spreader event in the Berlin startup scene?deutsche-startups reports in their podcast, that a super-spreader event took place in the Berlin Venture Capital and startup scene on Friday, September 11th buff.ly/2ElAxzc
Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here
Wirecard's liquidator sends employees into garden leave without pay via email after 20.00 o'clock. Rumors talk about 50% of the more than 1.000 employees buff.ly/34wB7F6
Related: Wirecard scandal fallout sees 50% of German staff laid off buff.ly/3hvG30vWirecard liabilities exceeding the assets by 2.8 bn Euro, only a few of the companies within the group had revenues at all says an expert assessment obtained by German media buff.ly/2EzLhKv Berlin-based Finleap snapped up some employees there:
Finleap starts a new unit Finleap Forward, with former Wirecard employees to help banks, insurers and SMEs with their digital transformation buff.ly/2QsWkra
More details emerged: Finleap hired a team of six employees of the Wirecard Innovation Labs to help banks, insurance companies, and SMEs with their digital transformation buff.ly/3hza2EYBerlin-based big data startup SO1 was bought shortly before the accounting scandal, now the founders bought assets back buff.ly/32JMcl0 More than 100 potential bidders lined up to acquire parts of #Wirecard, Germany’s erstwhile fintech darling” https:...
Today we are wrapping up summer 2020 for you. This is going to take a bit longer than normal, so grab a coffee and relax on the couch.
You can now join us on the entrepreneur network DueDash: buff.ly/2R90PYp with 5 Euros a month you support our work! Thank you!
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Housekeeping - Time to brag We made it now in 39 Countries in the podcast charts, adding Switzerland, Zimbabwe, Israel, and Indonesia! Thank you!
[caption id="attachment_3669" align="alignleft" width="800"]Podcast Charts Appearances of Startuprad.io - Now in 39 countries[/caption]
As a premier source for startup information from Germany, Startupradio was already a part of the US launch of podcasts on Amazon Music and is now in Germany as well.
www.instagram.com/p/CFcAK3wj3Gn/
Video News - This video will go live on Thursday, September 24th 19.00 CET (Frankfurt, Zürich, Berlin, Milan)https://youtu.be/AQBKnWmxaTY
Audio News - The audio podcast will go live at the same timeWe just need some time after the release until we can embed the Spotify player here.
Top NewsCoronavirus / Curevac Curevac was one of the biggest startup stories during the summer. They are a Tübingen, Germany-based biotech company, working on a coronavirus vaccine.
They IPOed for more than 200 mn US$ (https://buff.ly/3iUsus6)
They got visited by Elon Musk (https://buff.ly/3cjMdzf)
And we already blogged about their government investment in June (https://buff.ly/3iY0y6Q)
And they received a large investment pre-IPO by two international heavy weights:
Pre-IPO: Qatar Investment Authority takes stake in vaccine-maker CureVac buff.ly/3jnYZzD Glaxosmithkline (GSK) pays 142 mn Euro for 10% stake in one of #Germany's most promising candidates for a #coronavirus #vaccine Curevac from Tuebingen buff.ly/3homvLk Coronavirus / Potential super spreader event in the Berlin startup scene?deutsche-startups reports in their podcast, that a super-spreader event took place in the Berlin Venture Capital and startup scene on Friday, September 11th buff.ly/2ElAxzc
Wirecard We keep you updated, just a small selection of news here
Wirecard's liquidator sends employees into garden leave without pay via email after 20.00 o'clock. Rumors talk about 50% of the more than 1.000 employees buff.ly/34wB7F6
Related: Wirecard scandal fallout sees 50% of German staff laid off buff.ly/3hvG30vWirecard liabilities exceeding the assets by 2.8 bn Euro, only a few of the companies within the group had revenues at all says an expert assessment obtained by German media buff.ly/2EzLhKv Berlin-based Finleap snapped up some employees there:
Finleap starts a new unit Finleap Forward, with former Wirecard employees to help banks, insurers and SMEs with their digital transformation buff.ly/2QsWkra
More details emerged: Finleap hired a team of six employees of the Wirecard Innovation Labs to help banks, insurance companies, and SMEs with their digital transformation buff.ly/3hza2EYBerlin-based big data startup SO1 was bought shortly before the accounting scandal, now the founders bought assets back buff.ly/32JMcl0 More than 100 potential bidders lined up to acquire parts of #Wirecard, Germany’s erstwhile fintech darling” https:...
Sep 24, 202020:48
Follow-Up with the Bloomberg of Crypto – CoinAnalyst
Follow-Up with the Bloomberg of Crypto – CoinAnalystAfter the interview in 2018, we entered the crypto winter.
Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
The FounderThis interview is a follow-up to our interview in July 2018. At this time we talked with Pascal about the upcoming ICO of CoinAnalyst. Pascal Lauria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascallauria/) is the CEO and Co-Founder of CoinAnalyst (https://coinanalyst.tech/en/insights/), the Frankfurt-based startup still wants to be the “Bloomberg for Crypto.”
The last few years for Crypto has been extremely hard.
Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
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During the Crypto Winter, no one wanted to talk or hear about Crypto. … I was advised to reflect that in my pitch deck.
Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
The Startup CoinAnalyst (https://coinanalyst.tech/en/insights/), the Frankfurt-based startup still wants to be the “Bloomberg for Crypto.” They are themselves a spin-off of Frankfurt-based startup Cogia (https://www.cogia.de/de/), which was also founded by Pascal, where he is still the CEO. CoinAnalyst claims to have created a unique tool that helps crypto investors make more accurate predictions while trading. On their platform, they show Trends, Sentiment, Influencer talk about Crypto Currencies, Word Signals, Forecasts, and AI filtered high impact news.
This all together is applicable to crypto coins, stocks and forex. They also have the COY token (https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/coinanalyst), which they issued during the ICO in 2018.
Disclaimer on Coins and TokensPlease seek professional advice, before jumping into the risky crypto space. You may want to talk to your investment advisor, as well as your tax advisor. The investments in crypto-assets are always very risky and could lead to a loss of all of your investments in a very short time. Please make your research and due diligence! This podcast provides no investment advice.
Initial Exchange OfferingAt the time of publication, the COY token will have made its debut on a new crypto exchange, called an IEO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_exchange_offering) at LaToken Exchange (https://latoken.com/).
Additionally, they are going to “burn” one billion COYs from the hard cap (https://academy.binance.com/glossary/hard-cap). In Equities, this would be called a “reverse split” (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reversesplit.asp) two for one.
Pascals and Joe's advice - MediationJust put on your headphones and listen to a guided meditation to get you relaxed and sleep better and deeper.
For example here is one channel Joe likes: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4jWo5kiyOCt4PnvF4jbaLg
The Video Interview is set to go live on September 14th 2020 19.00 CET (Frankfurt/Zürich)https://youtu.be/yynVxYW6e0M
The Audio Interview will go live at the same timeThe Audio Podcast will be published next week. Subscribe to our podcasts here
Interview form 2018You can find the interview, announcing their ICO, here
youtu.be/hU1hCM90xdc
According to Pascal they raised more than one million Euros in cash and did a lot of swaps (meaning the exchange of COY tokens for other tokens). None the less, they did not raise as much money as they want...
Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
The FounderThis interview is a follow-up to our interview in July 2018. At this time we talked with Pascal about the upcoming ICO of CoinAnalyst. Pascal Lauria (https://www.linkedin.com/in/pascallauria/) is the CEO and Co-Founder of CoinAnalyst (https://coinanalyst.tech/en/insights/), the Frankfurt-based startup still wants to be the “Bloomberg for Crypto.”
The last few years for Crypto has been extremely hard.
Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
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During the Crypto Winter, no one wanted to talk or hear about Crypto. … I was advised to reflect that in my pitch deck.
Pascal Lauria, CEO and Co-Founder CoinAnalyst
The Startup CoinAnalyst (https://coinanalyst.tech/en/insights/), the Frankfurt-based startup still wants to be the “Bloomberg for Crypto.” They are themselves a spin-off of Frankfurt-based startup Cogia (https://www.cogia.de/de/), which was also founded by Pascal, where he is still the CEO. CoinAnalyst claims to have created a unique tool that helps crypto investors make more accurate predictions while trading. On their platform, they show Trends, Sentiment, Influencer talk about Crypto Currencies, Word Signals, Forecasts, and AI filtered high impact news.
This all together is applicable to crypto coins, stocks and forex. They also have the COY token (https://www.coingecko.com/en/coins/coinanalyst), which they issued during the ICO in 2018.
Disclaimer on Coins and TokensPlease seek professional advice, before jumping into the risky crypto space. You may want to talk to your investment advisor, as well as your tax advisor. The investments in crypto-assets are always very risky and could lead to a loss of all of your investments in a very short time. Please make your research and due diligence! This podcast provides no investment advice.
Initial Exchange OfferingAt the time of publication, the COY token will have made its debut on a new crypto exchange, called an IEO (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Initial_exchange_offering) at LaToken Exchange (https://latoken.com/).
Additionally, they are going to “burn” one billion COYs from the hard cap (https://academy.binance.com/glossary/hard-cap). In Equities, this would be called a “reverse split” (https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/reversesplit.asp) two for one.
Pascals and Joe's advice - MediationJust put on your headphones and listen to a guided meditation to get you relaxed and sleep better and deeper.
For example here is one channel Joe likes: www.youtube.com/channel/UC4jWo5kiyOCt4PnvF4jbaLg
The Video Interview is set to go live on September 14th 2020 19.00 CET (Frankfurt/Zürich)https://youtu.be/yynVxYW6e0M
The Audio Interview will go live at the same timeThe Audio Podcast will be published next week. Subscribe to our podcasts here
Interview form 2018You can find the interview, announcing their ICO, here
youtu.be/hU1hCM90xdc
According to Pascal they raised more than one million Euros in cash and did a lot of swaps (meaning the exchange of COY tokens for other tokens). None the less, they did not raise as much money as they want...
Sep 14, 202026:21
The German Bill to Permit Crypto Securities
The German Bill to Permit Crypto SecuritiesIn terms of large countries, Germany is a fast mover in blockchain legislation
Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert
Labor Day SpecialSince the USA are one of our biggest markets we publish some specials on federal holidays. This is one of those occasions. Despite this we stick to our publication of Video on Thursday and podcast the following night, so you all have the content on your devices the next morning.
Our GuestCurrently, there is a piece of legislation in the law-making process, to permit securities issued on the blockchain in Germany. Due to this step, we talk to Philipp Sandner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/philippsandner/), a blockchain expert, Professor of Frankfurt School of Management and Finance, Head of the Frankfurt School Blockchain Center, Member Fintech Council (FinTechRat) of the German Federal Ministry of Finance, and member of several expert groups on the blockchain.
The Bill to become Germany's Crypto Securities LawWe are talking about a bill to revolutionize the German capital market since you could move existing securities on the blockchain, as well as emit securities completely without "paper" on the blockchain. The new system is designed so that also startups also could run blockchains for crypto securities.
You can find the proposed bill in German here: https://www.bundesfinanzministerium.de/Content/DE/Gesetzestexte/Gesetze_Gesetzesvorhaben/Abteilungen/Abteilung_VII/19_Legislaturperiode/2020-08-11-einfuehrung-elektronische-wertpapiere/0-Gesetz.html
The US is lagging behind in terms of legislation, but they have some great startups in terms of crypto trading and crypto securities.
Philipp Sandner, Blockchain Expert
The Video interview will go live on Labor Day 2020 (September 7th) at 19.00 CEThttps://youtu.be/uPaea39mDig
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Current SituationDuring our interview, Philipp refers to an already existing law in Germany, for which you can find an article here on the website of the German finance oversight body BaFin.
The small country of LiechtensteinLiechtenstein, a country of fewer than 50.000 people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liechtenstein), nestled in the Alps between Austria and Switzerland. The whole country of Liechtenstein is just 2.7 times larger than the Island of Manhattan (http://www.comparea.org/LIE+r2552485#:~:text=Liechtenstein%20is%202.7%20times%20larger%20than%20Manhattan%20(NYC%20borough).&text=Liechtenstein%20is%202.7%20times%20larger%20than%20Manhattan%20(NYC%20borough)). The capital Vaduz has a population of fewer than 6.000 people (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vaduz), but you should not underestimate them.
Liechtenstein is leading in Europe in Crypto-LegislationPhilipp takes a few minutes in our interview to bring the point home, but Liechtenstein and Switzerland are leading in Europe in Crypto Legislation, followed by countries from Baltic states. Not far behind in Germany with the bill we discuss. For further reference, here is the Liechtenstein Token Act: https://impuls-liechtenstein.li/en/blockchain-act-liechtenstein/
Future SituationThe law will likely come into force in January 2021. There are small changes to be expected, but the law should pass mostly in the current form, according to observers. This will allow for the conversion of normal securities, we assume bonds in the interview, can be converted in crypto securities early next year. Also, the issuance of crypto securities can happen early next year. We are excited about the opportunity.
EU PerspectiveIn September 2020 the European Commission is trying to catch up in digital services. There are multiple proposals and strategies on the European Level coming up. Out of those Philipp names seven landmark proposals from the European Commission this September.
There are seven landmark proposals coming from the European Commission in September 2020.
Philipp Sandner, Blo...
Sep 07, 202035:58
NGRAVE offers the most secure end-to-end solution in the world for managing digital assets
NGRAVE offers the most secure end-to-end solution in the world for managing digital assetsYou cannot brute force our private keys.
You cannot predict our private keys.
The private key is generated on the spot, even we as the manufacturer do not know your private key.
There are no back-doors in our device.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The FounderThis time we talk to Ruben Merre, the CEO and Co-Founder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-merre/, https://medium.com/ngrave) of NGRAVE (https://www.ngrave.io/), which offers a highly secure solution to manage one’s digital assets. Ruben originally stared out with a business engineering degree. He not only worked as a strategy consultant, contributor to Hackernoon (https://hackernoon.com/u/ruben.merre) but also is a bestseller online investment instructor at UDEMY (https://www.udemy.com/user/rubenmerre/).
This interview is part of our ongoing media partnership with Accelerator Frankfurt (https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/).
In 2019 a record 4.5 bn US$ in cryptocurrencies was stolen… we still see the same trend. Hacks are increasing in size and in frequency …
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
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There are no solutions to own your crypto, how it should be.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The StartupOfficially the startup NGRAVE (https://www.ngrave.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ngrave´), based out of Brussels, Belgium. The story started as the former project of one of the three co-founders was hacked and approximately 10 million US$ worth in Ethereum was stolen. The old project was shut down and NGRAVE was founded to provide a secure way of storing digital or crypto assets.
Venture Capital FundingNGRAVE is looking for funding in the second half of 2020.
There are no backdoors in our product.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Indiegogo CampaignAt the time of the interview, the campaign was not yet launched. At the time of the publication the campaign already ended, but they raised more than 380.000 € (more than 450.000 US$), achieving more than 1.500% of their goal of 25.000 € (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zero-the-most-secure-easy-to-use-crypto-wallet#/).
Our device looks like a small smartphone. The device is completely disconnected from the world, so no hacker can access it. …. Nobody can ever steal the private keys, because they are never exposed.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Pre-order the Device (NGRAVE Zero)For everybody who missed the Campaign, you can buy the device here: www.ngrave.io/products/zero.
This is not an affiliate link.
The Video Interview is set to go live on Thursday, August 27th 19.00 CEThttps://youtu.be/NZoSbjoRJzg
You generate your private key at first activation of your NGRAVE Zero. Your biometric data like your fingerprint, but also external data like the ambient lighting at that moment. That makes statistically a unique key.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The Audio PodcastSubscribe to our podcasts here
We build our backup as a stainless-steel puzzle. It survives if your house burns down and since it is a puzzle – no one who random finds it – will know your private key
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Further Readings / Additional Resources
IBAN www.investopedia.com/terms/i/iban.asp
Blockchain Hacks www.investopedia.com/news/largest-cryptocurrency-hacks-so-far-year/
Private Key https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/defini...
You cannot predict our private keys.
The private key is generated on the spot, even we as the manufacturer do not know your private key.
There are no back-doors in our device.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The FounderThis time we talk to Ruben Merre, the CEO and Co-Founder (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ruben-merre/, https://medium.com/ngrave) of NGRAVE (https://www.ngrave.io/), which offers a highly secure solution to manage one’s digital assets. Ruben originally stared out with a business engineering degree. He not only worked as a strategy consultant, contributor to Hackernoon (https://hackernoon.com/u/ruben.merre) but also is a bestseller online investment instructor at UDEMY (https://www.udemy.com/user/rubenmerre/).
This interview is part of our ongoing media partnership with Accelerator Frankfurt (https://www.acceleratorfrankfurt.com/).
In 2019 a record 4.5 bn US$ in cryptocurrencies was stolen… we still see the same trend. Hacks are increasing in size and in frequency …
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content.
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account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to
shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link
here bit.ly/2w01Zye
There are no solutions to own your crypto, how it should be.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The StartupOfficially the startup NGRAVE (https://www.ngrave.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/ngrave´), based out of Brussels, Belgium. The story started as the former project of one of the three co-founders was hacked and approximately 10 million US$ worth in Ethereum was stolen. The old project was shut down and NGRAVE was founded to provide a secure way of storing digital or crypto assets.
Venture Capital FundingNGRAVE is looking for funding in the second half of 2020.
There are no backdoors in our product.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Indiegogo CampaignAt the time of the interview, the campaign was not yet launched. At the time of the publication the campaign already ended, but they raised more than 380.000 € (more than 450.000 US$), achieving more than 1.500% of their goal of 25.000 € (https://www.indiegogo.com/projects/zero-the-most-secure-easy-to-use-crypto-wallet#/).
Our device looks like a small smartphone. The device is completely disconnected from the world, so no hacker can access it. …. Nobody can ever steal the private keys, because they are never exposed.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Pre-order the Device (NGRAVE Zero)For everybody who missed the Campaign, you can buy the device here: www.ngrave.io/products/zero.
This is not an affiliate link.
The Video Interview is set to go live on Thursday, August 27th 19.00 CEThttps://youtu.be/NZoSbjoRJzg
You generate your private key at first activation of your NGRAVE Zero. Your biometric data like your fingerprint, but also external data like the ambient lighting at that moment. That makes statistically a unique key.
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
The Audio PodcastSubscribe to our podcasts here
We build our backup as a stainless-steel puzzle. It survives if your house burns down and since it is a puzzle – no one who random finds it – will know your private key
Ruben Merre, CEO and Co-Founder NGRAVE
Further Readings / Additional Resources
IBAN www.investopedia.com/terms/i/iban.asp
Blockchain Hacks www.investopedia.com/news/largest-cryptocurrency-hacks-so-far-year/
Private Key https://searchsecurity.techtarget.com/defini...
Aug 28, 202040:10
Biweekly publication in summer break
Our founderA summer message from our founder Jörn “Joe” Menninger (LinkedIn, Twitter, Crunchbase) in times of Corona.
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Hello and welcome, everybody, this is Joe – Founder and Host – of Startuprad.io. It is the beginning of July and I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to you.
First, I wanted to wish you a great summer – as great as it can be under the current circumstances.
Second, I wanted to let you know that for July and August we take some time off. Our news is in the regular summer break – Enjoy your summer in New York Chris!
We will also publish interviews only every other week. We normally used summer to publish interviews from our backlog, but since there have been almost no events we attended in person, there is less backlog.
We will be back to a weekly publishing schedule in September. Until then, enjoy your time and thank you to all our listeners, who made us reach the podcast charts in now 35 countries across the world. The last ones added have been Hong Kong and Kuwait.
If you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon.
Have a great summer and see you again in September!
PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content.
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Video – Enjoy the summer – As much as you can and stay safehttps://youtu.be/cmCgRkvO7xY
www.instagram.com/p/CCGvgRhIKAw/
Hello and welcome, everybody, this is Joe – Founder and Host – of Startuprad.io. It is the beginning of July and I wanted to take the opportunity to reach out to you.
First, I wanted to wish you a great summer – as great as it can be under the current circumstances.
Second, I wanted to let you know that for July and August we take some time off. Our news is in the regular summer break – Enjoy your summer in New York Chris!
We will also publish interviews only every other week. We normally used summer to publish interviews from our backlog, but since there have been almost no events we attended in person, there is less backlog.
We will be back to a weekly publishing schedule in September. Until then, enjoy your time and thank you to all our listeners, who made us reach the podcast charts in now 35 countries across the world. The last ones added have been Hong Kong and Kuwait.
If you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon.
Have a great summer and see you again in September!
PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content.
Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye
Feedback – Suggest Interview Partners and moreReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Video – Enjoy the summer – As much as you can and stay safehttps://youtu.be/cmCgRkvO7xY
Jul 14, 202001:16
This Month in German Startups - June 2020
This Month in German Startups - June 2020IntroToday we are going to talk about German startups, in the process of producing vaccines for Covid19, the potential accounting fraud at Wirecard, startups in Frankfurt, Munich, Cologne and Berlin, and the 110th Birthday of Konrad Zuse, the inventor of the modern-day computer.
Welcome to this month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Reach out to usOur audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)Christian “Chris” Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)PatreonIf you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/startupradio
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Housekeeping - Time to brag Now it is official, Startuprad.io passed several milestones.
We reached more than 200.000 subscribers for our podcasts alone! 206.014 as of today! We count subscribers, who return at least once in 7 days to our RSS feed over 90 days.We managed to score more than 1.000 days in podcast charts (iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and Chartable), actually, we made 1.026 days so far. www.startuprad.io/blog/startuprad-io-ranked-now-in-33-countries-and-1-000-days-in-podcast-charts/We now scored with PR China, Croatia, and Singapore in three more countries and now we made it in 33 countries in their respective podcast charts. We are also a steady member of chartable.com’s science and tech podcast charts, for the US as well as globally. www.startuprad.io/blog/startuprad-io-ranked-now-in-33-countries-and-1-000-days-in-podcast-charts/And again we have several interviews and blog posts for you. We will also have on July 1st our first live stream after corona. www.meetup.com/Startup-Couch-TV-Talks/events/271395382/
Coronavirus / Covid19 80% of Berlin-based startups see their very existence threatened by the coronavirus buff.ly/2UYMi3P CureVac is the first German biotech to receive a direct investment from the German government, an astonishing 300 mn Euros. The reason behind this is the Trump administration. You can learn in our blogpost how the story unfolded www.startuprad.io/blog/germanys-hope-for-coronavirus-vaccine-and-how-they-got-a-300-mn-euros-government-investment/Mainz-based BioNTech (we talk about them frequently) is the first company in Germany to start human trials for a Coronavirus vaccine: www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer_and_biontech_dose_first_participants_in_the_u_s_as_part_of_global_covid_19_mrna_vaccine_development_program Wirecard - This month’s top news in GermanyIntroWirecard is a company processing payments. The company works as an intermediary and guarantor between buyers and sellers and takes a commission on all transactions. They have about 5,000 employees and actually replaced Commerzbank (we will talk about them later) in DAX 30 (Germany's equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30). They are the first “fintech” to achieve this.
The big problem now is that there are accounts missing, which should hold 1.9 bn Euros in cash. ...
Welcome to this month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a transatlantic news recording with Chris in New York City.
Reach out to usOur audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)Christian “Chris” Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)PatreonIf you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/startupradio
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The Audio Interview is set to go live on June 30th, 2020The Audio Podcast will be published next week. Subscribe to our podcasts here
Housekeeping - Time to brag Now it is official, Startuprad.io passed several milestones.
We reached more than 200.000 subscribers for our podcasts alone! 206.014 as of today! We count subscribers, who return at least once in 7 days to our RSS feed over 90 days.We managed to score more than 1.000 days in podcast charts (iTunes, Stitcher, Spotify, and Chartable), actually, we made 1.026 days so far. www.startuprad.io/blog/startuprad-io-ranked-now-in-33-countries-and-1-000-days-in-podcast-charts/We now scored with PR China, Croatia, and Singapore in three more countries and now we made it in 33 countries in their respective podcast charts. We are also a steady member of chartable.com’s science and tech podcast charts, for the US as well as globally. www.startuprad.io/blog/startuprad-io-ranked-now-in-33-countries-and-1-000-days-in-podcast-charts/And again we have several interviews and blog posts for you. We will also have on July 1st our first live stream after corona. www.meetup.com/Startup-Couch-TV-Talks/events/271395382/
Coronavirus / Covid19 80% of Berlin-based startups see their very existence threatened by the coronavirus buff.ly/2UYMi3P CureVac is the first German biotech to receive a direct investment from the German government, an astonishing 300 mn Euros. The reason behind this is the Trump administration. You can learn in our blogpost how the story unfolded www.startuprad.io/blog/germanys-hope-for-coronavirus-vaccine-and-how-they-got-a-300-mn-euros-government-investment/Mainz-based BioNTech (we talk about them frequently) is the first company in Germany to start human trials for a Coronavirus vaccine: www.pfizer.com/news/press-release/press-release-detail/pfizer_and_biontech_dose_first_participants_in_the_u_s_as_part_of_global_covid_19_mrna_vaccine_development_program Wirecard - This month’s top news in GermanyIntroWirecard is a company processing payments. The company works as an intermediary and guarantor between buyers and sellers and takes a commission on all transactions. They have about 5,000 employees and actually replaced Commerzbank (we will talk about them later) in DAX 30 (Germany's equivalent of the Dow Jones Industrial Average 30). They are the first “fintech” to achieve this.
The big problem now is that there are accounts missing, which should hold 1.9 bn Euros in cash. ...
Jun 30, 202018:16
This Month in German Startups - May 2020
This Month in German Startups - May 2020If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
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Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as an audio and video podcast. Yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJVideo Recording - YouTube (the video will premiere on Thursday, May 28th 19.00 CET / 1 pm Eastern)https://youtu.be/Yu_rojiz9mw
Housekeeping - Time to brag The current situation looks a bit better, so we feel ok with a tiny bit of bragging :-) We made it in Russia's Apple Tech Podcast Charts (up to #121) and PR China Apple Tech Podcast Charts (up to #485). This gets the total to 30 countries! We are also now on Patreon. If you like your podcast, become a patron! (www.patreon.com/startupradio)We published again some cool interviews, where we wanted to highlight especially this month’s interview with IDA, where we talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Hamedo Ayadi of Intelligence Data Analytics. At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, 70% of their employees worked related to aviation, which was completely stopped by one phone call. He tells the story of how they changed strategy fast to survive: www.startuprad.io/interviews/ida-pivoted-fast-during-corona-before-70-of-their-employees-worked-with-aviation-companies/ Coronavirus / Covid19German government approves the corona aid package for startups. A two billion fund will add to private funding from the package (30% private, 70% public) this is called „Corona-Matching-Fazilität“ (CMF). The package was put together quite fast since the first announcement has been in mid-April. buff.ly/2zFr4jL There will be another pillar, called “Startup-Schutzschild” (startup shield), which will assist the instruments of Germany’s 16 states for startups, who have no backing by investors yet. Related we found news about two of the measures of single states: Bavaria: LfA sets up a new loan program for small and very small enterprises - Munich Startup buff.ly/3c3MBkp Hamburg: They call their program InnoStartup - Hamburg Startups buff.ly/2zPOLpp (some more information in the Hamburg Hub section)Corona cases in Amazon logistics center in Winsen, Germany: Verdi demands to close the location buff.ly/3dipDGbGerman unicorns like Dreamlines, Flixbus, Getyourguide, Homelike, Hometogo, Omio, Tourlane and Trivago write an open letter to Google to get 75 mn € advertisement money back buff.ly/3f2rFMF the letter is also signed by ...
Reach out to usOur audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)Christian “Chris” Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)PatreonIf you like our podcast, consider supporting us on Patreon: www.patreon.com/startupradio
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as an audio and video podcast. Yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJVideo Recording - YouTube (the video will premiere on Thursday, May 28th 19.00 CET / 1 pm Eastern)https://youtu.be/Yu_rojiz9mw
Housekeeping - Time to brag The current situation looks a bit better, so we feel ok with a tiny bit of bragging :-) We made it in Russia's Apple Tech Podcast Charts (up to #121) and PR China Apple Tech Podcast Charts (up to #485). This gets the total to 30 countries! We are also now on Patreon. If you like your podcast, become a patron! (www.patreon.com/startupradio)We published again some cool interviews, where we wanted to highlight especially this month’s interview with IDA, where we talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Hamedo Ayadi of Intelligence Data Analytics. At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, 70% of their employees worked related to aviation, which was completely stopped by one phone call. He tells the story of how they changed strategy fast to survive: www.startuprad.io/interviews/ida-pivoted-fast-during-corona-before-70-of-their-employees-worked-with-aviation-companies/ Coronavirus / Covid19German government approves the corona aid package for startups. A two billion fund will add to private funding from the package (30% private, 70% public) this is called „Corona-Matching-Fazilität“ (CMF). The package was put together quite fast since the first announcement has been in mid-April. buff.ly/2zFr4jL There will be another pillar, called “Startup-Schutzschild” (startup shield), which will assist the instruments of Germany’s 16 states for startups, who have no backing by investors yet. Related we found news about two of the measures of single states: Bavaria: LfA sets up a new loan program for small and very small enterprises - Munich Startup buff.ly/3c3MBkp Hamburg: They call their program InnoStartup - Hamburg Startups buff.ly/2zPOLpp (some more information in the Hamburg Hub section)Corona cases in Amazon logistics center in Winsen, Germany: Verdi demands to close the location buff.ly/3dipDGbGerman unicorns like Dreamlines, Flixbus, Getyourguide, Homelike, Hometogo, Omio, Tourlane and Trivago write an open letter to Google to get 75 mn € advertisement money back buff.ly/3f2rFMF the letter is also signed by ...
Jun 02, 202020:48
Learn from an Indian-born entrepreneur, who raised 35 mn Euros Venture Capital in Germany (2/2)
Learn from an Indian-born entrepreneur, who raised 35 mn Euros Venture Capital in Germany"Hessen is the natural home for startups and entrepreneurs"
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
The Enabler of our InterviewThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher bit.ly/34xTANOTech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ The Startup FounderOur interview partner is again Gunjan Bhardwaj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-bhardwaj-b321a32/), not the actor. He is a former EY and BCG consultant, as well as a TED speaker. He likes to work a lot, so he is also the author of the book “Inside the Cockpit: Navigating the Complexity of Drug Development with AI and Blockchain” (https://amzn.to/2QYI1eL).
“Frankfurt … it is the center of Europe, it is so super connected.”
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content.
"Everybody has to chart his or her own course. I am a deep believer in instinct."
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye
Interview Part 1This is part two of a series of interviews with Gunjan. You find part one of our interview here:
www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-innoplexus-the-startup-which-fights-all-diseases/
“… but I also have to say that investors in this part of the world look at the long term picture … but once they are convinced, they are partners for the long term”
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
One Day Commute to New YorkOne of the things Gunjan likes about Frankfurt is its great connectivity. With the connections of Frankfurt Airport (IATA Code FRA, therefore know as Fraport) you can get on a plane, meet in New York in the afternoon and be back in Frankfurt early the next morning en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraport
Germany is one of the best places to start a company.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus Advice in FundraisingInnoplexus counts among its investors HCS (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hcs-beteiligungsgesellschaft), as well as Christian Angermayer of Aperion (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/christian-angermayer), as well as EOS VC (https://vc.eos.io/partners/finlab/), the venture capital arm of Block.one. According to a report by FAZ they have already raised 35 mn Euros and are looking for 40 million more (https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/start-up-innoplexus-ein-google-der-pharmabranche-16473990.html).
"No funding event is easy, but what is easy in life?"
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Gunjan strongly recommends doing your due diligence, he likes to quote one of his teachers who said that assuming means "making an ass of you and me” 😊. He recommends you agree with your investor on a vision for the future of the company. The personal chemistry between an investor and a f...
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
The Enabler of our InterviewThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher bit.ly/34xTANOTech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ The Startup FounderOur interview partner is again Gunjan Bhardwaj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-bhardwaj-b321a32/), not the actor. He is a former EY and BCG consultant, as well as a TED speaker. He likes to work a lot, so he is also the author of the book “Inside the Cockpit: Navigating the Complexity of Drug Development with AI and Blockchain” (https://amzn.to/2QYI1eL).
“Frankfurt … it is the center of Europe, it is so super connected.”
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
PatreonYou can now support us on Patreon www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=35246148 if you like what you see and hear consider to support us, so we can keep bringing you great content.
"Everybody has to chart his or her own course. I am a deep believer in instinct."
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye
Interview Part 1This is part two of a series of interviews with Gunjan. You find part one of our interview here:
www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-innoplexus-the-startup-which-fights-all-diseases/
“… but I also have to say that investors in this part of the world look at the long term picture … but once they are convinced, they are partners for the long term”
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
One Day Commute to New YorkOne of the things Gunjan likes about Frankfurt is its great connectivity. With the connections of Frankfurt Airport (IATA Code FRA, therefore know as Fraport) you can get on a plane, meet in New York in the afternoon and be back in Frankfurt early the next morning en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraport
Germany is one of the best places to start a company.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus Advice in FundraisingInnoplexus counts among its investors HCS (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/hcs-beteiligungsgesellschaft), as well as Christian Angermayer of Aperion (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/christian-angermayer), as well as EOS VC (https://vc.eos.io/partners/finlab/), the venture capital arm of Block.one. According to a report by FAZ they have already raised 35 mn Euros and are looking for 40 million more (https://www.faz.net/aktuell/wirtschaft/unternehmen/start-up-innoplexus-ein-google-der-pharmabranche-16473990.html).
"No funding event is easy, but what is easy in life?"
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Gunjan strongly recommends doing your due diligence, he likes to quote one of his teachers who said that assuming means "making an ass of you and me” 😊. He recommends you agree with your investor on a vision for the future of the company. The personal chemistry between an investor and a f...
May 26, 202018:18
CASHLINK is a Tokenization Platform for Venture Capital
The interview was originally published on June 13th 2019 on www.startuprad.ioMedia PartnershipThis interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/startups/cashlink).
In a startup with three founders, one is only focused on raising venture capital.
Michael Duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK during the Startuprad.io Interview
The IntervieweeIn this interview, we are talking with Michael Duttlinger, who is Co-Founder and CEO of CASHLINK. CASHLINK is a tokenization platform for startups, where they can tokenize phantom shares.
We want to reduce the time a founder spends on raising venture capital.
Michael Duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK during the Startuprad.io Interview
The StartupYou can learn more about the technical aspects and what CASHLINK does in our audio-only podcast here: www.startuprad.io/interviews/cashlink-wants-to-digitalize-venture-capital/
Due to the recent interview with CASHLINK we focus more a bit on the German VC scene, rather than the startup itself. You can learn a lot about the functioning of the German VC market during this interview.
We thought: Venture capital can be more flexible and easier.
Michael Duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK during the Startuprad.io Interview
Further ReadingDuring the interview we are talking about:
• Rhine-Main-Area: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Rhine-Main
• RhineMain.vc: rheinmain.vc/ or go directly to the Medium blog: medium.com/@RhineMainVC
• Handelsregister (Germany’s company register): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_register
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Thank you for watching this video.
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In a startup with three founders, one is only focused on raising venture capital.
Michael Duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK during the Startuprad.io Interview
The IntervieweeIn this interview, we are talking with Michael Duttlinger, who is Co-Founder and CEO of CASHLINK. CASHLINK is a tokenization platform for startups, where they can tokenize phantom shares.
We want to reduce the time a founder spends on raising venture capital.
Michael Duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK during the Startuprad.io Interview
The StartupYou can learn more about the technical aspects and what CASHLINK does in our audio-only podcast here: www.startuprad.io/interviews/cashlink-wants-to-digitalize-venture-capital/
Due to the recent interview with CASHLINK we focus more a bit on the German VC scene, rather than the startup itself. You can learn a lot about the functioning of the German VC market during this interview.
We thought: Venture capital can be more flexible and easier.
Michael Duttlinger CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK during the Startuprad.io Interview
Further ReadingDuring the interview we are talking about:
• Rhine-Main-Area: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frankfurt_Rhine-Main
• RhineMain.vc: rheinmain.vc/ or go directly to the Medium blog: medium.com/@RhineMainVC
• Handelsregister (Germany’s company register): en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Company_register
👉 If you enjoy this episode please like and share it.
👉 Don't forget to subscribe to this channel for more updates
👉 Subscribe now on YouTube: goo.gl/WUfTL4
Thank you for watching this video.
© Startuprad.io - All right reserved
May 12, 202019:45
Mainstage Incubator helps to build World-Changing Startups right in the heart of Europe
We called our initial offering “Sales as a Service.”
Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Mainstage Incubator helps startups to conquer EuropeWhether your startup is from India, Bangladesh, Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Korea, South Africa, or even New Zealand, you can start exploring the German and European Market with the digital program of Mainstage Incubator.
The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Swen Wegner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/swenwegner/), Founder and CEO of Mainstage Incubator (https://www.mainstage-incubator.com/), which is a relatively new incubator headquartered in Frankfurt, in the heart of Europe. Swen is half Indian, half German, and spent parts of his life in both countries. He spent his time in India for example in Kerala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala).
The interview was remotely recorded during a time of partial lockdown in Germany, due to Covid19.
In the past, he has worked for large multinational corporations, as well as small startups. He refers to a “founder you may know” to Emboled.io (we interviewed the founder Vishal Ray, at this time they were still called Acellere). You find both interviews, dating back to March 2019 below:
Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye
The Incubator As a pilot we positioned some Indian startups to German corporates.
Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Mainstage Incubator is a distributed company. They have offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and India. They stared out, presenting Indian startups to German corporate customers. Now they help startups from all over the world to present themselves to German customers, to bridge the cultural gap.
Their goals are
To find clients in Germany, and from here in EuropeThe ultimate goal is to bring international startups physically to Germany, so they can expand all over Europe.Bring startup from Germany to IndiaThe Mainstage Incubator already signed partnership agreements with Argentina, Columbia, Japan Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and now the United States.
Apply here for the Mainstage IncubatorYou can apply to the Mainstage Incubator right here bit.ly/ApplyMainstage
The Video Interview is set to go live on May 5th, 19.00 Frankfurt Local time (18.00 London, 1 pm New York, 10 am San Francisco)
We are still experimenting with time zones. Let us know which publication time you like best in the feedback link at the bottom end of this post.
youtu.be/Djd8wp8gC10
We give the Indian startups hints on how to wrap up a meeting with a German corporate in 30 minutes with a sale.
Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Here you find the audio-only podcast of our interview - Subscribe so you won't miss another episodeThe interview will be published across our podcasts during the early morning of May 7th, so you have your episode on your device for your commute or morning coffee the next morning.
You can subscribe to Startuprad.io here:
YouTube bit.ly/2LK14oWiTunes apple.co/2xsHdaESpotify spoti.fi/2DfIt1OThe interview ill be published in our Sub-Podcasts below:
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpGSpotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3SlSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8Further ListeningInterviews with Swen's former boss, he refers to Vishal during the interview. At the time of posting this interview, the startup has still been called Acellere, now it is known as embold.io
Part 1
open.spotify.com/episode/1zRYH6BiIpt11q1VMmZijc
Part 2https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fsjoycm...
Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Mainstage Incubator helps startups to conquer EuropeWhether your startup is from India, Bangladesh, Brazil, the United States, Argentina, Korea, South Africa, or even New Zealand, you can start exploring the German and European Market with the digital program of Mainstage Incubator.
The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Swen Wegner (https://www.linkedin.com/in/swenwegner/), Founder and CEO of Mainstage Incubator (https://www.mainstage-incubator.com/), which is a relatively new incubator headquartered in Frankfurt, in the heart of Europe. Swen is half Indian, half German, and spent parts of his life in both countries. He spent his time in India for example in Kerala (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kerala).
The interview was remotely recorded during a time of partial lockdown in Germany, due to Covid19.
In the past, he has worked for large multinational corporations, as well as small startups. He refers to a “founder you may know” to Emboled.io (we interviewed the founder Vishal Ray, at this time they were still called Acellere). You find both interviews, dating back to March 2019 below:
Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye
The Incubator As a pilot we positioned some Indian startups to German corporates.
Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Mainstage Incubator is a distributed company. They have offices in Frankfurt, Germany, and India. They stared out, presenting Indian startups to German corporate customers. Now they help startups from all over the world to present themselves to German customers, to bridge the cultural gap.
Their goals are
To find clients in Germany, and from here in EuropeThe ultimate goal is to bring international startups physically to Germany, so they can expand all over Europe.Bring startup from Germany to IndiaThe Mainstage Incubator already signed partnership agreements with Argentina, Columbia, Japan Bangladesh, Sri Lanka, Nepal, and now the United States.
Apply here for the Mainstage IncubatorYou can apply to the Mainstage Incubator right here bit.ly/ApplyMainstage
The Video Interview is set to go live on May 5th, 19.00 Frankfurt Local time (18.00 London, 1 pm New York, 10 am San Francisco)
We are still experimenting with time zones. Let us know which publication time you like best in the feedback link at the bottom end of this post.
youtu.be/Djd8wp8gC10
We give the Indian startups hints on how to wrap up a meeting with a German corporate in 30 minutes with a sale.
Swen Wegner, CEO and Founder Mainstage Incubator
Here you find the audio-only podcast of our interview - Subscribe so you won't miss another episodeThe interview will be published across our podcasts during the early morning of May 7th, so you have your episode on your device for your commute or morning coffee the next morning.
You can subscribe to Startuprad.io here:
YouTube bit.ly/2LK14oWiTunes apple.co/2xsHdaESpotify spoti.fi/2DfIt1OThe interview ill be published in our Sub-Podcasts below:
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpGSpotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3SlSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8Further ListeningInterviews with Swen's former boss, he refers to Vishal during the interview. At the time of posting this interview, the startup has still been called Acellere, now it is known as embold.io
Part 1
open.spotify.com/episode/1zRYH6BiIpt11q1VMmZijc
Part 2https://open.spotify.com/episode/1Fsjoycm...
May 07, 202034:01
This Month in German Startups - April 2020
This Month in German Startups - April 2020
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ
Housekeeping - Time to bragA tiny bit of hope is back, so we do a bit a of bragging again:
Wow, the days around Easter have been AMAZING for Startuprad.io. We retained our position in Chartable's Global Top 100 Technology and Global Top 100 Science Charts, but we also entered the iTunes Technology Charts in Vietnam for the first time. Again in the US and UK welcomed us to their Apple Technology Podcast Charts again in the Top 200 twitter.com/startuprad_io/status/1252523750123352066
You can subscribe to Startuprad.io here:
YouTube bit.ly/2LK14oWiTunes apple.co/2xsHdaESpotify spoti.fi/2DfIt1OOur Sub-Podcasts:
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8German Startup News (Video)iTunes apple.co/3agUim9 German Startup News (Audio)iTunes apple.co/2Jg2fMw Spotify spoti.fi/2UeZ3ah
Housekeeping - tracking startups we interviewed
InvestSuite snaps up €2 million to grow its investment tools for banks and brokers buff.ly/3dQLGoy
Learn more about them in the Startuprad.io interview here: buff.ly/2X960cG (the interview was published on 18th of December 2018)
The video will go live on Thursday, April 30th, 19.00 CEThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGddRwUqoo
Coronavirus / Covid19__________________
We are working with Startup Genome to quantify the impact of the crisis on startups and push for adapted policy action now. They’re doing it all over the world so they’ll be able to prove how good policy action is saving startups—and lack of policy is disastrous.
If you had an ongoing startup before the crisis, please take 5 min. to contribute right now:
If you since had to close it click hereOtherwise, if your startup is ongoing and even if you paused operations, click hereWe need hundreds of founders to do so–and you know it’s not easy.
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#Funding in times of Corona#Government aid and direct loansGermany Announces €2 Billion Startup "Booster" to...
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
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Housekeeping - Time to bragA tiny bit of hope is back, so we do a bit a of bragging again:
Wow, the days around Easter have been AMAZING for Startuprad.io. We retained our position in Chartable's Global Top 100 Technology and Global Top 100 Science Charts, but we also entered the iTunes Technology Charts in Vietnam for the first time. Again in the US and UK welcomed us to their Apple Technology Podcast Charts again in the Top 200 twitter.com/startuprad_io/status/1252523750123352066
You can subscribe to Startuprad.io here:
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💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8German Startup News (Video)iTunes apple.co/3agUim9 German Startup News (Audio)iTunes apple.co/2Jg2fMw Spotify spoti.fi/2UeZ3ah
Housekeeping - tracking startups we interviewed
InvestSuite snaps up €2 million to grow its investment tools for banks and brokers buff.ly/3dQLGoy
Learn more about them in the Startuprad.io interview here: buff.ly/2X960cG (the interview was published on 18th of December 2018)
The video will go live on Thursday, April 30th, 19.00 CEThttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SpGddRwUqoo
Coronavirus / Covid19__________________
We are working with Startup Genome to quantify the impact of the crisis on startups and push for adapted policy action now. They’re doing it all over the world so they’ll be able to prove how good policy action is saving startups—and lack of policy is disastrous.
If you had an ongoing startup before the crisis, please take 5 min. to contribute right now:
If you since had to close it click hereOtherwise, if your startup is ongoing and even if you paused operations, click hereWe need hundreds of founders to do so–and you know it’s not easy.
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#Funding in times of Corona#Government aid and direct loansGermany Announces €2 Billion Startup "Booster" to...
May 05, 202021:39
Meet Innoplexus the startup which fights ALL diseases
Meet Innoplexus the startup which fights ALL diseasesDespite the commonly held belief, I grew here faster in Germany than in the US or in the UK
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Important information upfront – the Fight against Corona Virus / Covid19 For the corona virus, we not only have to flatten the curve, we have to flatten the disease.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Innoplexus grants free access to the research platform “Acceleration of Covid19 research:” coronavirus.ontosight.ai/
Here is the COVID19 Dashboard of Innoplexus: covid19.innoplexus.de/news
We are working on a completely new molecule to address the current and future coronavirus. The current problem with Corona will not stop. There will be further strains coming in.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
The EnablerThis is a video interview from our podcast Tech Startups Germany. All the recordings on this channel are made possible by Invest in Hessen (learn more here https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/home).
We fight all diseases. Right from the start, we wanted to provide an AI platform to solve all relevant problems in drug discovery and development.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
The PodcastsWe will post this interview and all others as podcast(s) next Tuesday night Central European Time. Subscribe here and have them on our device when you wake up:
💢 Audio only - Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io
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💢 Video - Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io
iTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ
The founderGunjan Bhardwaj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-bhardwaj-b321a32/), not to be confused with the actor with the same name. His first enterprise was selling bean bags during university. He is a former consultant and a graduate of IIT Bombay, as well as a TED speaker. He enjoys a lot of work since he is also the author of the book “Inside the Cockpit: Navigating the Complexity of Drug Development with AI and Blockchain” (https://amzn.to/2QYI1eL). Surprisingly Gunjan is not a physician. He changed careers after one of his mentors became sick with cancer because he wanted to know about alternatives for treatments.
Medical Data doubles every 73 days. Medical data at the end of the year is more than 32 times at the beginning of the year.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
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Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found.
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn___________________________________
Links, Video and Show NotesFind all of them here: www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-innoplexus-the-startup-which-fights-all-diseases/
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Important information upfront – the Fight against Corona Virus / Covid19 For the corona virus, we not only have to flatten the curve, we have to flatten the disease.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
Innoplexus grants free access to the research platform “Acceleration of Covid19 research:” coronavirus.ontosight.ai/
Here is the COVID19 Dashboard of Innoplexus: covid19.innoplexus.de/news
We are working on a completely new molecule to address the current and future coronavirus. The current problem with Corona will not stop. There will be further strains coming in.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
The EnablerThis is a video interview from our podcast Tech Startups Germany. All the recordings on this channel are made possible by Invest in Hessen (learn more here https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/home).
We fight all diseases. Right from the start, we wanted to provide an AI platform to solve all relevant problems in drug discovery and development.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
The PodcastsWe will post this interview and all others as podcast(s) next Tuesday night Central European Time. Subscribe here and have them on our device when you wake up:
💢 Audio only - Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io
iTunes apple.co/2Z17bfl
Deezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rl
TuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpzn
Stitcher bit.ly/34xTANO
💢 Video - Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io
iTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ
The founderGunjan Bhardwaj (https://www.linkedin.com/in/gunjan-bhardwaj-b321a32/), not to be confused with the actor with the same name. His first enterprise was selling bean bags during university. He is a former consultant and a graduate of IIT Bombay, as well as a TED speaker. He enjoys a lot of work since he is also the author of the book “Inside the Cockpit: Navigating the Complexity of Drug Development with AI and Blockchain” (https://amzn.to/2QYI1eL). Surprisingly Gunjan is not a physician. He changed careers after one of his mentors became sick with cancer because he wanted to know about alternatives for treatments.
Medical Data doubles every 73 days. Medical data at the end of the year is more than 32 times at the beginning of the year.
Gunjan Bhardwaj – Founder and CEO Innoplexus
________________________________________________________
Affiliate LinksWhy not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to share their favorite books. We skimmed through some recommendations and that is what we found.
Recommended by: Bill Gates
“Enlightenment Now by Steven Pinker” amzn.to/2XAENlBRecommended by: Jeff Bezos
“Built to Last: Successful Habits of Visionary Companies by Jim Collins and Jerry Porras” amzn.to/2RGKGKeRecommended by: Elon Musk
“Zero to One: Notes on Startups, or How to Build the Future by Peter Thiel” amzn.to/2REbHhwRecommended by: Tony Hsieh
“Tribal Leadership: Leveraging Natural Groups to Build a Thriving Organization by Dave Logan” amzn.to/34KgraQRecommended by: Warren Buffet
“Business Adventures: Twelve Classic Tales From the World of Wall Street by John Brooks” amzn.to/2K92z06Recommended by: Tim Cook
“Competing Against Time by George Stalk and Thomas Hout” amzn.to/3cjMMYn___________________________________
Links, Video and Show NotesFind all of them here: www.startuprad.io/blog/meet-innoplexus-the-startup-which-fights-all-diseases/
Apr 21, 202028:08
Meet Berlin-based cryptocurrency challenger bank Bitwala
Meet Berlin-based cryptocurrency challenger bank Bitwala“We let people buy and sell bitcoin directly from their bank account”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
This interview is our Easter Special. Keep safe, stay at home and enjoy the video. Please note at the very bottom of this post, there is a link where you can give us direct feedback.
The founderIn this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io talks to Benjamin Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminpeterjones/), CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala (https://www.bitwala.com/). Bitwala is a challenger bank, based in Berlin which offers shifting from fiat currency (Euro) into Bitcoin and Ethereum on their app.
Benjamin is originally from Bristol and studied Philosophy and Economics in London. He traveled one year in South America and became …as he says, “became a hippie.” An internship than took him to Berlin, where he worked in a startup. He tried out many things, including a company builder which aimed to become the “Rocket Internet of Cryptocurrencies.”
“Core banking is relatively unexciting. That’s not where the innovation is happening”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
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Affiliate LinksLooking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Sign up with Bitwala here. Due to regulations, Bitwala can only accept customers resident in the European Economic Area (EU plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Lichtenstein), with a few exceptions like US citizens.
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The Startup“A [bitcoin to cash] transaction takes usually 20 minutes”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
The name Bitwala comes from a computer bit, and wallah. In India, you call someone who brings the, for example, the tea a chai wallah (https://chaipilgrimage.com/blogs/journal/8413337-what-is-a-chai-wallah). The company wants to be “the bringer of bits.” Bitwala is describing itself as a challenger bank. As is typical for many challenger banks, they don’t have a banking license, but rather work together with licensed banks.
“All startups need to focus in an extreme way”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Bitwala is a challenger bank, founded in Berlin. Their USP is the ability to shift between Euros, Bitcoin and Ethereum in their app, without the need for a cryptocurrency exchange.
“What most people got excited about crypto currencies in the earlier times was their application in the developing world. …there is 1.7 bn unbanked.”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Right now Bitwala does not have a third-party custodian for the crypto assets, they are offering non-custodian wallets. So the client has to take care of their crypto assets by themselves, but the client also holds her/his private keys.
During the interview, we also talk about their former product, a bitcoin credit card, which they had to drop. This put Bitwala in a difficult position, in which they decided to build the world’s first cryptocurrency bank account.
After the interview Bitwala published their number of customers, they had (at release) more than 50.000 clients in 32 countries (Link opens PDF).
The Video Interview is Our Easter Special – It is set to go live on April 10th 15.00 CET (10 am East Coast Time, 14.00 London)https://youtu.be/DuomByTCLKk
Venture Capital Funding
Bitwala is looking to raise a Series B in Q3 2020 of 15-20 million Euros (up to 22 mn USS). Keep in mind this interview was recorded before the Corona Virus Outbreak.
“In our last funding round, we have been in this [notary] room together for 19 hours … but I understand why. It is just good for everybody to hear the contract one last time”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Bitwala has already raised several financing rounds, totaling 21.8 mn US$, accordin...
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
This interview is our Easter Special. Keep safe, stay at home and enjoy the video. Please note at the very bottom of this post, there is a link where you can give us direct feedback.
The founderIn this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io talks to Benjamin Jones (https://www.linkedin.com/in/benjaminpeterjones/), CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala (https://www.bitwala.com/). Bitwala is a challenger bank, based in Berlin which offers shifting from fiat currency (Euro) into Bitcoin and Ethereum on their app.
Benjamin is originally from Bristol and studied Philosophy and Economics in London. He traveled one year in South America and became …as he says, “became a hippie.” An internship than took him to Berlin, where he worked in a startup. He tried out many things, including a company builder which aimed to become the “Rocket Internet of Cryptocurrencies.”
“Core banking is relatively unexciting. That’s not where the innovation is happening”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
______________________________________________
Affiliate LinksLooking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Sign up with Bitwala here. Due to regulations, Bitwala can only accept customers resident in the European Economic Area (EU plus Norway, Iceland, Switzerland, United Kingdom, and Lichtenstein), with a few exceptions like US citizens.
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The Startup“A [bitcoin to cash] transaction takes usually 20 minutes”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
The name Bitwala comes from a computer bit, and wallah. In India, you call someone who brings the, for example, the tea a chai wallah (https://chaipilgrimage.com/blogs/journal/8413337-what-is-a-chai-wallah). The company wants to be “the bringer of bits.” Bitwala is describing itself as a challenger bank. As is typical for many challenger banks, they don’t have a banking license, but rather work together with licensed banks.
“All startups need to focus in an extreme way”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Bitwala is a challenger bank, founded in Berlin. Their USP is the ability to shift between Euros, Bitcoin and Ethereum in their app, without the need for a cryptocurrency exchange.
“What most people got excited about crypto currencies in the earlier times was their application in the developing world. …there is 1.7 bn unbanked.”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Right now Bitwala does not have a third-party custodian for the crypto assets, they are offering non-custodian wallets. So the client has to take care of their crypto assets by themselves, but the client also holds her/his private keys.
During the interview, we also talk about their former product, a bitcoin credit card, which they had to drop. This put Bitwala in a difficult position, in which they decided to build the world’s first cryptocurrency bank account.
After the interview Bitwala published their number of customers, they had (at release) more than 50.000 clients in 32 countries (Link opens PDF).
The Video Interview is Our Easter Special – It is set to go live on April 10th 15.00 CET (10 am East Coast Time, 14.00 London)https://youtu.be/DuomByTCLKk
Venture Capital Funding
Bitwala is looking to raise a Series B in Q3 2020 of 15-20 million Euros (up to 22 mn USS). Keep in mind this interview was recorded before the Corona Virus Outbreak.
“In our last funding round, we have been in this [notary] room together for 19 hours … but I understand why. It is just good for everybody to hear the contract one last time”
Benjamin Jones, CEO/CTO and Co-Founder of Bitwala
Bitwala has already raised several financing rounds, totaling 21.8 mn US$, accordin...
Apr 12, 202035:40
This Month in German Startups - March 2020
This Month in German Startups - March 2020If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
FeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
Note that Chris decided to stay in New York to be able to report from there, which is the epicenter of the US corona outbrake! Thank you for that!
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ______________________________________
Our affiliate partners:Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: bit.ly/2w01Zye
Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork we.co/2GYbxvS
Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: bit.ly/2S0f2YF
You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: amzn.to/2pGzseh
______________________________________HousekeepingNo bragging this time.
Now there is
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8German Startup News (Video)iTunes apple.co/3agUim9 German Startup News (Audio)iTunes apple.co/2Jg2fMw Spotify spoti.fi/2UeZ3ah
Coronavirus / Covid19We will bring you weekly short updates, called Corona Flash. This is meant to keep you updated on the most recent developments, relevant for startups.
German Government in Talks With Startups on Survival Package - Bloomberg buff.ly/2vB6zmu
Related
Covid19 response by the German Government
50 bn € aid for freelancers and SMEs
400 bn € guarantees and 100 bn € for equity stakes
100 bn € for liquidity aid via KfW
DER SPIEGEL buff.ly/3bnrc54
Important Knowledge Sources for Startups on Covid19 and policy responsesSARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups Association - The only English source we could find:
They launched a specific website”The Startup Corona Handbook” buff.ly/2J4UOI0 There is a German only checklist by the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce to make sure you don’t forget anything twitter.com/IHK_FFM/status/1240975669695315969Corona Information for Companies by Technologieland Hessen htt...
FeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Find the hosts here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
Note that Chris decided to stay in New York to be able to report from there, which is the epicenter of the US corona outbrake! Thank you for that!
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ______________________________________
Our affiliate partners:Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: bit.ly/2w01Zye
Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork we.co/2GYbxvS
Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: bit.ly/2S0f2YF
You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: amzn.to/2pGzseh
______________________________________HousekeepingNo bragging this time.
Now there is
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8German Startup News (Video)iTunes apple.co/3agUim9 German Startup News (Audio)iTunes apple.co/2Jg2fMw Spotify spoti.fi/2UeZ3ah
Coronavirus / Covid19We will bring you weekly short updates, called Corona Flash. This is meant to keep you updated on the most recent developments, relevant for startups.
German Government in Talks With Startups on Survival Package - Bloomberg buff.ly/2vB6zmu
Related
Covid19 response by the German Government
50 bn € aid for freelancers and SMEs
400 bn € guarantees and 100 bn € for equity stakes
100 bn € for liquidity aid via KfW
DER SPIEGEL buff.ly/3bnrc54
Important Knowledge Sources for Startups on Covid19 and policy responsesSARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups Association - The only English source we could find:
They launched a specific website”The Startup Corona Handbook” buff.ly/2J4UOI0 There is a German only checklist by the Frankfurt Chamber of Commerce to make sure you don’t forget anything twitter.com/IHK_FFM/status/1240975669695315969Corona Information for Companies by Technologieland Hessen htt...
Mar 31, 202051:44
This Month in German Startups - Covid19 Flash - Changes to Insolvencis in Germany
Covid 19 Coverage of Startuprad.io
Our affiliate partners:Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3d
Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: bit.ly/2w01Zye
Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork we.co/2GYbxvS
Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: bit.ly/2S0f2YF
You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: amzn.to/2pGzseh
WelcomeWelcome to the 2nd episode of our special covid19 coverage for the German startup scene. This is a special issue with attorney at law Tim, focusing on special legislation in Germany for the shutdown of public life and the consequences for a business.
Our GuestTim Wullbrandt (Attorney at Law) www.wullbrandt-rechtsanwaelte.de/heidelberg-based-law-firm-experienced-attorneys-for-criminal-defense-family-law-insolvency-law-in-germany/
Article by Tim (German) about the new legal rules:
Neue Gesetze wegen Corona-Krise - was ändert sich? buff.ly/2xltPp4
Our ScopeEverything we discuss here only holds true in GERMANY, since Startuprad.io is focused here. The rules, laws and regulations do not apply anywhere else.
Give us FeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Find the host here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Keep in mind, there are many people out there looking for help AND THERE WILL BE SCAMMERS, so validate your sources, start from associations and government pages. Be wary of potential scams.
There is an explicit warning on the official portal for insolvency filings in Germany - Insolvenzbekanntmachungen buff.ly/2J7RM62
Normal insolvency filings and proceedingsReasons for insolvencyInsolvency / IlliquidityIminent illiquidity (time frame unclear)Overextension, you have more depth than assets Insolvency applicationExamination of applicationOpening of insolvency proceedings
Upfront tax payments / prepaid taxes www.sapling.com/8419090/prepaid-taxes
Shareholder loans www.financierworldwide.com/shareholder-loans-under-german-insolvency-law#.Xno2T4hKhhE
Special about this situation with Covid19, as of March 2020Here is the link to the current bill / draft law on the homepage of the German Federal Ministry of Justice www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Gesetzgebungsverfahren/DE/FH_AbmilderungFolgenCovid-19.html
Content:
Under certain conditions there is no obligation to file for insolvency until September 30th 2020.
There is an restriction for termination of rental contracts (think offices)
There is also a relaxation for decision making for legal entities
⇒ Talk to your lawyer about it!
The Video Interview (published March 24th)https://youtu.be/0vnA4SoSADc
Top Book Picks by 28 year old serial entrepreneur Peter (AL)Principles by Ray Dalio amzn.to/38ZgmB7
The man who solved the market amzn.to/2SZ6Jgw
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture amzn.to/2SYi00x
The little prince amzn.to/3c6hWDm
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Books:
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is amzn.to/2HSuAYDThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None amzn.to/37W2qGLHerman Hesse’s Books
Siddhartha amzn.to/2PpJzO3Steppenwolf amzn.to/32pSPqI Further readings and helpful linksThis is the only reliable english source we could find so far: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups AssociationThey launched a specific website”The Startup Corona Handbook” buff.ly/2J4UOI0
There is also a helpful page by the challenger bank Penta: https://getpenta.com/de/unterstuetzung-waehrend-corona/?utm...
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WelcomeWelcome to the 2nd episode of our special covid19 coverage for the German startup scene. This is a special issue with attorney at law Tim, focusing on special legislation in Germany for the shutdown of public life and the consequences for a business.
Our GuestTim Wullbrandt (Attorney at Law) www.wullbrandt-rechtsanwaelte.de/heidelberg-based-law-firm-experienced-attorneys-for-criminal-defense-family-law-insolvency-law-in-germany/
Article by Tim (German) about the new legal rules:
Neue Gesetze wegen Corona-Krise - was ändert sich? buff.ly/2xltPp4
Our ScopeEverything we discuss here only holds true in GERMANY, since Startuprad.io is focused here. The rules, laws and regulations do not apply anywhere else.
Give us FeedbackReach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners or just to say “Hallo!” forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
Find the host here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Keep in mind, there are many people out there looking for help AND THERE WILL BE SCAMMERS, so validate your sources, start from associations and government pages. Be wary of potential scams.
There is an explicit warning on the official portal for insolvency filings in Germany - Insolvenzbekanntmachungen buff.ly/2J7RM62
Normal insolvency filings and proceedingsReasons for insolvencyInsolvency / IlliquidityIminent illiquidity (time frame unclear)Overextension, you have more depth than assets Insolvency applicationExamination of applicationOpening of insolvency proceedings
Upfront tax payments / prepaid taxes www.sapling.com/8419090/prepaid-taxes
Shareholder loans www.financierworldwide.com/shareholder-loans-under-german-insolvency-law#.Xno2T4hKhhE
Special about this situation with Covid19, as of March 2020Here is the link to the current bill / draft law on the homepage of the German Federal Ministry of Justice www.bmjv.de/SharedDocs/Gesetzgebungsverfahren/DE/FH_AbmilderungFolgenCovid-19.html
Content:
Under certain conditions there is no obligation to file for insolvency until September 30th 2020.
There is an restriction for termination of rental contracts (think offices)
There is also a relaxation for decision making for legal entities
⇒ Talk to your lawyer about it!
The Video Interview (published March 24th)https://youtu.be/0vnA4SoSADc
Top Book Picks by 28 year old serial entrepreneur Peter (AL)Principles by Ray Dalio amzn.to/38ZgmB7
The man who solved the market amzn.to/2SZ6Jgw
What You Do Is Who You Are: How to Create Your Business Culture amzn.to/2SYi00x
The little prince amzn.to/3c6hWDm
Friedrich Nietzsche’s Books:
Ecce Homo: How One Becomes What One is amzn.to/2HSuAYDThus Spoke Zarathustra: A Book for All and None amzn.to/37W2qGLHerman Hesse’s Books
Siddhartha amzn.to/2PpJzO3Steppenwolf amzn.to/32pSPqI Further readings and helpful linksThis is the only reliable english source we could find so far: SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups AssociationThey launched a specific website”The Startup Corona Handbook” buff.ly/2J4UOI0
There is also a helpful page by the challenger bank Penta: https://getpenta.com/de/unterstuetzung-waehrend-corona/?utm...
Mar 27, 202021:34
This Month in German Startups - Corona Flash - March 19th 2020
This Month in German Startups - Corona Flash - March 19th, 2020This is a special format for our startup news. We will keep you updated on the developing Covid19 story and its impact on the German startup scene.
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Reach out to us, here is our audience survey, to give us feedback, suggest topics, interview partners share links or just to say “Hallo!” https://forms.gle/mLV6mVKwGwKuut8BA
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Find the host here:Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
IntroHi there,
This is Joe from Startuprad.io. Since the Corona outbreak in Europe, we surpassed 150.000 subscribers. I would like to thank you all and keep you up to date with the current development.
Public life in Germany is now greatly reduced. In most of Germany’s sixteen states the opening hours of bars and restaurants are severely limited and only selected stores (think groceries, pharmacies, …) remain open during normal hours.
This has a great impact on startups in Germany, from changing to remote-only work, to a heavy drag on revenues, to finding emergency funding. We thought we would give you an overview, as a short flash update.
We want to provide you with collections of links and reports, that point you where to find information, help and can read more.
German Startup Association's Link Collection“This is a list of *public* coronavirus // Covid-19 communications/measures and resources.
Disclaimer: The content below is crowdsourcing content, so it is not independently verified. It is intended as a resource for founders and management teams who are currently discussing their own actions on SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19 and want to learn from the ecosystem. “
SARS-CoV-2/COVID-19: Collected Best Practices of the German Startup Scene - German Startups Association
https://docs.google.com/document/d/1UKRxxg3SiOH7hBUnS8Tn81zAqoG4KcWBpSPBTpfidzk/preview
Some highlights from the document:
Guide to support measures for startups affected by coronavirus | Sifted https://buff.ly/2QqjAXhCOVID-19 Symptoms and what to do, incl. list of links and phone numbers in relevant geographies - 15.3.20Kurzarbeit is in Germany short term measures to support companies, where part of the employees pay is taken over by the government. Find more information here: Very Detailed Frequently Asked Questions on Kurzarbeit - 17.3.2020Obligation to file for insolvency due to corona suspended for companies in Germany - 16.3.2020Global collection of VC resources, measurement lists, blog posts and other communications - 18.3.2020
Other Link CollectionsWhat to consider?
Time to plan now. Consider this situation going on for weeks, even months and make plans accordingly. For all startups cash is king!
Here are examples of measures put together by the German government.
Measures of the German Federal Ministry of Economics: https://www.bmwi.de/Redaktion/DE/Downloads/S-T/schutzschild-fuer-beschaeftigte-und-unternehmen.pdf?__blob=publicationFile&v=12Employment law, what to consider in Germany https://www.bmas.de/DE/Presse/Meldungen/2020/corona-vi...
Mar 19, 202006:52
CashLink wants to digitalize Venture Capital
Originally published on April 11th, 2019 on www.startuprad.io
CashLink wants to digitalize Venture Capital by putting it on BlockchainIn our legal framework … you can sell your startup shares basically at any time at very low transaction costs, because it is now digital.
Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder CashLink
The startupCashLink is a tokenization platform based in Frankfurt. The startup helps other startups to issue securities in the form of security tokes. Their idea comes from their own experience in raising venture capital, they still remember the pain of raising venture capital in an all paper-based environment. They also lower the transaction cost for each VC round, based on their platform.
So they decided to take on that minor challenge of digitizing the German venture capital scene. CashLink is currently offering its service for startups in Germany and investors from the European Union, but they are working on extending their service to startups all over the European Union.
In the near future we will see more hybrid (financed) startups, wo have tokenized and non-tokenized shares.
Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder CashLink
The IntervieweeIn this interview, we talk to Michael Duttlinger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/duttlinger/), CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK (https://cashlink.de/).
Joe interviewed Michael at the Fintech Hub of Deutsche Börse www.venture-network.com/dbvn-de/fintech-hub (here is the view (or parts of it) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bno9mWQBRp0/, which is located in the borough of Bornheim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornheim_(Frankfurt_am_Main) in Frankfurt.
With us you can onboard investors very easily, on the go.
Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder CashLink
Further ReadingsDuring the interview Michael and Joe talk about:
GmbH (German Version of an LTD) https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gmbh.asp, which is currently the standard legal form for startups in Germany.Stock Options: www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stockoption.aspPhantom Shares / Virtual Stock Options:o en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_stock
o www.investopedia.com/terms/p/phantomstock.asp
Primary Market: www.investopedia.com/terms/p/primarymarket.aspJoe talks about the German Commercial Registry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Trade_Register
The interview was conducted in February 2019 (that’s where the snow references come from).
Originally this interview was intended as a video interview, but the autofocus did not work.
© Startuprad.io - All right reserved / Picture courtesy of CASHLINK
CashLink wants to digitalize Venture Capital by putting it on BlockchainIn our legal framework … you can sell your startup shares basically at any time at very low transaction costs, because it is now digital.
Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder CashLink
The startupCashLink is a tokenization platform based in Frankfurt. The startup helps other startups to issue securities in the form of security tokes. Their idea comes from their own experience in raising venture capital, they still remember the pain of raising venture capital in an all paper-based environment. They also lower the transaction cost for each VC round, based on their platform.
So they decided to take on that minor challenge of digitizing the German venture capital scene. CashLink is currently offering its service for startups in Germany and investors from the European Union, but they are working on extending their service to startups all over the European Union.
In the near future we will see more hybrid (financed) startups, wo have tokenized and non-tokenized shares.
Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder CashLink
The IntervieweeIn this interview, we talk to Michael Duttlinger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/duttlinger/), CEO and Co-Founder of CASHLINK (https://cashlink.de/).
Joe interviewed Michael at the Fintech Hub of Deutsche Börse www.venture-network.com/dbvn-de/fintech-hub (here is the view (or parts of it) https://www.instagram.com/p/Bno9mWQBRp0/, which is located in the borough of Bornheim https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bornheim_(Frankfurt_am_Main) in Frankfurt.
With us you can onboard investors very easily, on the go.
Michael Duttlinger, CEO and Co-Founder CashLink
Further ReadingsDuring the interview Michael and Joe talk about:
GmbH (German Version of an LTD) https://www.investopedia.com/terms/g/gmbh.asp, which is currently the standard legal form for startups in Germany.Stock Options: www.investopedia.com/terms/s/stockoption.aspPhantom Shares / Virtual Stock Options:o en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Phantom_stock
o www.investopedia.com/terms/p/phantomstock.asp
Primary Market: www.investopedia.com/terms/p/primarymarket.aspJoe talks about the German Commercial Registry: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/German_Trade_Register
The interview was conducted in February 2019 (that’s where the snow references come from).
Originally this interview was intended as a video interview, but the autofocus did not work.
© Startuprad.io - All right reserved / Picture courtesy of CASHLINK
Mar 17, 202017:01
This Month in German Startups - February 2020
This Month in German Startups - February 2020If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
This February our news is quite short. This is due to the fact that we try to shrink them, as well as that we had only approx. 3 weeks since the last news.
Affiliated LinksThe hard thing about hard things
amzn.to/2S62X30Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose his job to CEO of a company caught in the dotcom bubble to VC investorZero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future amzn.to/37H2MSpPeter Thiels, the famous investor tells you his mental framework to think about innovationBlitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies amzn.to/2Ob0xySReid Hoffmans, the founder of LinkedIn, advice on scale fast
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
amzn.to/2v97KZG
Read worthy book to familiarize yourself with economic theory, or learn more about how to apply it.Need a bank account? Try our partner Pentahttp://bit.ly/3bdHX3dNeed space to work? Try our partner WeWorkhttps://we.co/2GYbxvSLooking for someone to design a logo, do a transcript or a voice-over? Find all of it and more at our partner Fiverrhttp://bit.ly/2S0f2YFYou can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscription – you get the first month for free
www.amazon.de/dp/B00NTQ6K7E?tag=startupradi0e-21
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ Find all the links to our sources on our Blog here: www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-february-2020-video/
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
This February our news is quite short. This is due to the fact that we try to shrink them, as well as that we had only approx. 3 weeks since the last news.
Affiliated LinksThe hard thing about hard things
amzn.to/2S62X30Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose his job to CEO of a company caught in the dotcom bubble to VC investorZero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future amzn.to/37H2MSpPeter Thiels, the famous investor tells you his mental framework to think about innovationBlitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies amzn.to/2Ob0xySReid Hoffmans, the founder of LinkedIn, advice on scale fast
Freakonomics: A Rogue Economist Explores the Hidden Side of Everything
amzn.to/2v97KZG
Read worthy book to familiarize yourself with economic theory, or learn more about how to apply it.Need a bank account? Try our partner Pentahttp://bit.ly/3bdHX3dNeed space to work? Try our partner WeWorkhttps://we.co/2GYbxvSLooking for someone to design a logo, do a transcript or a voice-over? Find all of it and more at our partner Fiverrhttp://bit.ly/2S0f2YFYou can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscription – you get the first month for free
www.amazon.de/dp/B00NTQ6K7E?tag=startupradi0e-21
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJ Find all the links to our sources on our Blog here: www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-february-2020-video/
Mar 03, 202016:03
This Month in German Startups - January 2020
Find all the links to our source articles and show notes here: www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-january-2020/
This Month in German Startups - January 2020 - by Startuprad.ioIf you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
Affiliated LinksThe hard thing about hard things amzn.to/2S62X30
Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose his job to CEO of a company caught in the dotcom bubble to VC investorZero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future amzn.to/37H2MSpPeter Thiels, the famous investor tells you his mental framework to think about innovationBlitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies amzn.to/2Ob0xySReid Hoffmans, the founder of LinkedIn, advice on scale fast
You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscription – you get the first month for free
www.amazon.de/dp/B00NTQ6K7E?tag=startupradi0e-21
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJhttps
Housekeeping - Time to brag South Korea is Country No 26 which welcomed us to their iTunes podcast (tech) charts! Thank you very much!
Now there is
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
This Month in German Startups - January 2020 - by Startuprad.ioIf you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
Affiliated LinksThe hard thing about hard things amzn.to/2S62X30
Ben Horowitz tells his story from an employee, afraid to loose his job to CEO of a company caught in the dotcom bubble to VC investorZero to One: Notes on Start Ups, or How to Build the Future amzn.to/37H2MSpPeter Thiels, the famous investor tells you his mental framework to think about innovationBlitzscaling: The Lightning-Fast Path to Building Massively Valuable Companies amzn.to/2Ob0xySReid Hoffmans, the founder of LinkedIn, advice on scale fast
You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscription – you get the first month for free
www.amazon.de/dp/B00NTQ6K7E?tag=startupradi0e-21
EnablerThis recording was made possible by (Hessen Trade and Invest). Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJhttps
Housekeeping - Time to brag South Korea is Country No 26 which welcomed us to their iTunes podcast (tech) charts! Thank you very much!
Now there is
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
Feb 04, 202016:48
This year in German Startups 2019 Review & 2020 Outlook
This Month in German Startups - Review 2019 and 2020 OutlookIf you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
Publication ScheduleThis episode will … substitute the June News. This year startuprad.io’s news wrap-ups will have a summer break from the May News until the end of September. We are sorry, but there is no other way to fit the podcast around Chris and Joe's busy lives.
About this OutlookNonetheless, we are now giving you the review of a decade and the preview of a decade! We mostly stick to top-level stuff, especially since the deeper you dig, the more material we would have to cover.
Recommended Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPortehttps://amzn.to/38Ug3rUThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/2sGDy78
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/34DYbOCThe $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeauhttps://amzn.to/2PEoFetOutliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://amzn.to/36U41g6Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworthhttps://amzn.to/2SbuEcj
EnablerThis recording was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest. Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJHousekeeping - Time to brag We had more than 165.000 unique listeners to our audio podcast(s), keep in mind, most of them are only live since Q3. We had almost 350.000 views on Youtube and more than 2 mn impressions on social media.
You can find our top videos here on Instagram:
www.instagram.com/p/B7GcEC6IZd7/
Thank you very much for sticking with us, we greatly appreciate you guys!
Our sub-podcasts
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2020 will be the year of Beethoven, which is a safe bet!
There will be a lot going on since Beethoven turns 250 this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZrMEjktsA
Ode to Joy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWyYn0E4Ys
He made it in pop culture some time ago e.g. Two and a Half Men:
youtu.be/EE6V3hoIZj8
Find all further links and show notes here: www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startups-2019-review-2020-outlook/
Find the hosts here:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io / Twitter / Homepage / Video Interview (2018)
Publication ScheduleThis episode will … substitute the June News. This year startuprad.io’s news wrap-ups will have a summer break from the May News until the end of September. We are sorry, but there is no other way to fit the podcast around Chris and Joe's busy lives.
About this OutlookNonetheless, we are now giving you the review of a decade and the preview of a decade! We mostly stick to top-level stuff, especially since the deeper you dig, the more material we would have to cover.
Recommended Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Sessions by Danielle LaPortehttps://amzn.to/38Ug3rUThe 7 Habits of Highly Effective People
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/2sGDy78
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness to Greatness
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/34DYbOCThe $100 Startup by Chris Guillebeauhttps://amzn.to/2PEoFetOutliers by Malcolm Gladwellhttps://amzn.to/36U41g6Grit – The Power of Passion and Perseverance by Angela Duckworthhttps://amzn.to/2SbuEcj
EnablerThis recording was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest. Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/
Together with our enabler, we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - Audio onlyiTunes apple.co/2Z17bflDeezer bit.ly/2Qbh1rlTuneIn bit.ly/2M8vpznStitcher http://bit.ly/34xTANO💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io - VideoiTunes apple.co/2M8ZxKJHousekeeping - Time to brag We had more than 165.000 unique listeners to our audio podcast(s), keep in mind, most of them are only live since Q3. We had almost 350.000 views on Youtube and more than 2 mn impressions on social media.
You can find our top videos here on Instagram:
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Thank you very much for sticking with us, we greatly appreciate you guys!
Our sub-podcasts
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
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2020 will be the year of Beethoven, which is a safe bet!
There will be a lot going on since Beethoven turns 250 this year.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=59ZrMEjktsA
Ode to Joy:
www.youtube.com/watch?v=hdWyYn0E4Ys
He made it in pop culture some time ago e.g. Two and a Half Men:
youtu.be/EE6V3hoIZj8
Find all further links and show notes here: www.startuprad.io/blog/german-startups-2019-review-2020-outlook/
Jan 14, 202032:04
This Month in German Startups December 2019 by Startuprad io
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Talk to the hosts:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io
Find all the links here: www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2019-by-startuprad-io/
Recommended
Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)
The Fire Starter Sessions by
Danielle LaPorte
amzn.to/38Ug3rU
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/2sGDy78
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness
to Greatness
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/34DYbOC
The $100 Startup by Chris
Guillebeau
amzn.to/2PEoFet
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
amzn.to/36U41g6
Grit – The Power of Passion and
Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
amzn.to/2SbuEcj
Talk to the hosts:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io
Find all the links here: www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2019-by-startuprad-io/
Recommended
Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)
The Fire Starter Sessions by
Danielle LaPorte
amzn.to/38Ug3rU
The 7 Habits of Highly Effective
People
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/2sGDy78
The 8th Habit: From Effectiveness
to Greatness
by Stephen R. Covey
amzn.to/34DYbOC
The $100 Startup by Chris
Guillebeau
amzn.to/2PEoFet
Outliers by Malcolm Gladwell
amzn.to/36U41g6
Grit – The Power of Passion and
Perseverance by Angela Duckworth
amzn.to/2SbuEcj
Dec 31, 201923:24
PERUN accelerates payment transactions on Blockchains with private channels
BackgroundPublic blockchains, like Ethereum and Bitcoin, can only perform ten transactions per second. If you only want to put one percent of global financial markets on the blockchain, you would have to do hundreds of thousands more. That is where Perun comes in. They are a B2B startup and work with other companies who are interested in blockchain or already working with it. Perun generates an additional layer on the original blockchain, their protocol (2nd layer off-blockchain) is more secure and much faster by enabling transactions to be sent peer to peer in separate channels without confirmation of thousands of blockchain miners. In each channel, thousands of transactions per second are possible with current technology.
Perun’s channel technology could also be used by centralized financial networks like credit card companies or other payment providers (think PayPal). Their channel technology also allows machine-to-machine-payments on blockchains.
During the interview, we also talk about their technology’s theoretical limit.
They will soon release their protocol as an open-source developer kit. Find more information on that on their website.
Interview PartnerIn this interview, Joe is talking to Sebastian Stammler – Implementation Lead (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebstar/) and Hendrik Amler Scrum Master (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-amler-932506191/) at Darmstadt based Blockchain startup PERUN (https://perun.network/). At the time of the interview (October 2019), the company was not yet incorporated.
Perun is part of a research group jointly of TU Darmstadt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Darmstadt) and University of Warsaw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Warsaw). TU Darmstadt is one of the great starting points for many deep-tech startups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech) here in Germany. You might also want to pay a visit to HIGHEST, the startup and innovation center of the university: www.highest.tu-darmstadt.de/highest/index.en.jsp.
Tune in to learn more.
Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.ioIf you are interested in German Blockchain startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.io" here:
iTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLx
Spotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
DISCLAIMER:As opposed to the usual Youtuber or Podcaster in the Blockchain space my guests don’t pay thousands of Euros to be here. AND neither am I invested in you guys. I am also getting NO kickback.
For everyone who is surprised about that, many channels work like this. Just pay attention to the people in Telegram Chats who ask for admin emails and “business proposals” they usually sent an offer with a price tag of several thousands of Euros, sometimes upwards of 50.000 Euros, just to be on their channel. Oh, and before I forget: They usually only want cash, they don’t take crypto.
Make sure you vet your main blockchain information source before you fall into those traps.
Further reading:We are talking during the interview:
Vobis was a – now-defunct – computer hardware retailer in Germany, in the late 1990s. Some years they were showing the largest revenue for computer hardware in Germany. Learn more here in Wikipedia (article only in German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vobis
Diploma degree: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma#Germany_and_the_German_academic_education_system_in_Europe
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Faust of TU Darmstadt: www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/cac/start_cac/mitarbeiter_cac/personendetails/index.en.jsp
Prof. Stefan Dziembowski, PhD of University of Warsaw www.crypto.edu.pl/Members/Dziembowski
Technical Papers for further reading:- General State Channel Networks eprint.iacr.org/2018/320
- Virtual Payment Channel Hubs eprint.iacr.org/2017/635
- Multi-Party Virtual State Channels eprint.iacr.org/2019/571
Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Se...
Perun’s channel technology could also be used by centralized financial networks like credit card companies or other payment providers (think PayPal). Their channel technology also allows machine-to-machine-payments on blockchains.
During the interview, we also talk about their technology’s theoretical limit.
They will soon release their protocol as an open-source developer kit. Find more information on that on their website.
Interview PartnerIn this interview, Joe is talking to Sebastian Stammler – Implementation Lead (https://www.linkedin.com/in/sebstar/) and Hendrik Amler Scrum Master (https://www.linkedin.com/in/hendrik-amler-932506191/) at Darmstadt based Blockchain startup PERUN (https://perun.network/). At the time of the interview (October 2019), the company was not yet incorporated.
Perun is part of a research group jointly of TU Darmstadt (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Technische_Universit%C3%A4t_Darmstadt) and University of Warsaw (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_Warsaw). TU Darmstadt is one of the great starting points for many deep-tech startups (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_tech) here in Germany. You might also want to pay a visit to HIGHEST, the startup and innovation center of the university: www.highest.tu-darmstadt.de/highest/index.en.jsp.
Tune in to learn more.
Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.ioIf you are interested in German Blockchain startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.io" here:
iTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLx
Spotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
DISCLAIMER:As opposed to the usual Youtuber or Podcaster in the Blockchain space my guests don’t pay thousands of Euros to be here. AND neither am I invested in you guys. I am also getting NO kickback.
For everyone who is surprised about that, many channels work like this. Just pay attention to the people in Telegram Chats who ask for admin emails and “business proposals” they usually sent an offer with a price tag of several thousands of Euros, sometimes upwards of 50.000 Euros, just to be on their channel. Oh, and before I forget: They usually only want cash, they don’t take crypto.
Make sure you vet your main blockchain information source before you fall into those traps.
Further reading:We are talking during the interview:
Vobis was a – now-defunct – computer hardware retailer in Germany, in the late 1990s. Some years they were showing the largest revenue for computer hardware in Germany. Learn more here in Wikipedia (article only in German): de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vobis
Diploma degree: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Diploma#Germany_and_the_German_academic_education_system_in_Europe
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Faust of TU Darmstadt: www.informatik.tu-darmstadt.de/cac/start_cac/mitarbeiter_cac/personendetails/index.en.jsp
Prof. Stefan Dziembowski, PhD of University of Warsaw www.crypto.edu.pl/Members/Dziembowski
Technical Papers for further reading:- General State Channel Networks eprint.iacr.org/2018/320
- Virtual Payment Channel Hubs eprint.iacr.org/2017/635
- Multi-Party Virtual State Channels eprint.iacr.org/2019/571
Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)The Fire Starter Se...
Dec 22, 201934:20
Anyblock is like Google Analytics for Blockchain
Interview PartnerIn this interview, Joe is talking to Friedrich "Freddy" Zwanzger (https://www.linkedin.com/in/zwanzger/), Chief Data Officer of Mainz-based blockchain startup Anyblock Analytics (https://www.anyblockanalytics.com/ ,https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/anyblock-analytics)
During this interview, we learn how Freddy discovered Blockchain back in 2015. We also talk about how Anyblock works. They are indexing blockchains and once the blockchain is on their index, one can analyze it and track activities.
Tune in to learn more.
Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.ioIf you are interested in German Blockchain startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.io" here:
iTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLx
Spotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
DISCLAIMER:As opposed to the usual Youtuber or Podcaster in the Blockchain space you don’t pay thousands of Euros to be here. AND neither am I invested in you guys. I am also getting NO kickback.
For everyone who is surprised about that, many channels work like this. Just pay attention to the people in Telegram Chats who ask for admin emails and “business proposals” they usually sent an offer with a price tag of several thousands of Euros, sometimes upwards of 50.000 Euros, just to be on their channel. Oh, and before I forget: They usually only want cash, they don’t take crypto.
Make sure you vet your main blockchain information source before you fall into those traps.
Affiliated Links Our Affiliate PartnerCo-WorkingWeWorkMarketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and moreFiverrEmail service?G-SuiteLooking for a bank account for your startup? Have a look at our partner PentaPenta Bank AccountAudible subscription: You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscriptionhttps://amzn.to/2pGzsehLearn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/
Further ReadingDuring the interview Freddy and Joe are talking about:
The city of Mainz: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz
Smart contracts: www.investopedia.com/terms/s/smart-contracts.asp
ISB Mainz (German only) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investitions-_und_Strukturbank_Rheinland-Pfalz
Find the video interview here (scroll down to the bottom of the Blogpost): www.startuprad.io/blog/anyblock-is-like-google-analytics-for-blockchain/
During this interview, we learn how Freddy discovered Blockchain back in 2015. We also talk about how Anyblock works. They are indexing blockchains and once the blockchain is on their index, one can analyze it and track activities.
Tune in to learn more.
Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.ioIf you are interested in German Blockchain startups, you can find our audio-only podcast "Blockchain Germany by Startuprad.io" here:
iTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLx
Spotify spoti.fi/2qucve8
DISCLAIMER:As opposed to the usual Youtuber or Podcaster in the Blockchain space you don’t pay thousands of Euros to be here. AND neither am I invested in you guys. I am also getting NO kickback.
For everyone who is surprised about that, many channels work like this. Just pay attention to the people in Telegram Chats who ask for admin emails and “business proposals” they usually sent an offer with a price tag of several thousands of Euros, sometimes upwards of 50.000 Euros, just to be on their channel. Oh, and before I forget: They usually only want cash, they don’t take crypto.
Make sure you vet your main blockchain information source before you fall into those traps.
Affiliated Links Our Affiliate PartnerCo-WorkingWeWorkMarketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and moreFiverrEmail service?G-SuiteLooking for a bank account for your startup? Have a look at our partner PentaPenta Bank AccountAudible subscription: You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscriptionhttps://amzn.to/2pGzsehLearn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/
Further ReadingDuring the interview Freddy and Joe are talking about:
The city of Mainz: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mainz
Smart contracts: www.investopedia.com/terms/s/smart-contracts.asp
ISB Mainz (German only) de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Investitions-_und_Strukturbank_Rheinland-Pfalz
Find the video interview here (scroll down to the bottom of the Blogpost): www.startuprad.io/blog/anyblock-is-like-google-analytics-for-blockchain/
Dec 16, 201928:55
This Months in German Startups - November 2019
Find all the links we are talking about, as well as the show notes on our website www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2019/
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
EnablerThis recording was made possible by Invest in Hessen. Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/home
Affiliated Links
Our Affiliate PartnerCo-WorkingWeWorkMarketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and moreFiverrEmail service?G-SuiteLooking for a bank account for your startup? Have a look at our partner PentaPenta Bank AccountAudible subscription: You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscriptionhttps://amzn.to/2pGzsehLearn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/
Housekeeping - Time to brag We set up sub-podcast for special interest and our Fintech Germany made it up to No 72 in the iTunes Business Charts of Qatar. Thank you!
Now there is
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8Find all the links we are talking about, as well as the show notes on our website www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2019/
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
EnablerThis recording was made possible by Invest in Hessen. Learn more about our enabler here: www.invest-in-hessen.com/home
Affiliated Links
Our Affiliate PartnerCo-WorkingWeWorkMarketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and moreFiverrEmail service?G-SuiteLooking for a bank account for your startup? Have a look at our partner PentaPenta Bank AccountAudible subscription: You can listen to Venture Capital books or entertainment on your way to work with an audible subscriptionhttps://amzn.to/2pGzsehLearn more about our Affiliated Marketing here: www.startuprad.io/blog/affiliate-marketing-at-startuprad-io/
Housekeeping - Time to brag We set up sub-podcast for special interest and our Fintech Germany made it up to No 72 in the iTunes Business Charts of Qatar. Thank you!
Now there is
💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io iTunes: apple.co/2lLRlpG Spotify: http://spoti.fi/2m8HWsb💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.ioiTunes: apple.co/2K0qLlHSpotify: https://spoti.fi/33rrlAD💢 Deeptech GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2oWO3Sl Spotify https://spoti.fi/2qucve8💢 Blockchain GermanyiTunes: apple.co/2O2jwLxSpotify spoti.fi/2qucve8Find all the links we are talking about, as well as the show notes on our website www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2019/
Dec 04, 201922:52