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This Month in German Startups - December 2021

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

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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Find 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)
Oct 28, 202111:17
This Month in German Startups - October 2021
Oct 28, 202120:57
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
Sep 30, 202129:50
IDnow talks about their acquisition of Ariadnext

IDnow talks about their acquisition of Ariadnext

IDnow talks about their acquisition of Ariadnext We are growing organically 50-60% year over year right now organically.
Andreas Bodczek, CEO IDnow


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The CEO

This time we have a rarity on our channel because Andreas Bodczek (https://www.linkedin.com/in/andreasbodczek/) is not a founder, but an early investor in the company, which became later the CEO of IDnow. Andreas has been an early business angel, investing in IDnow. So he has been involved in the company for quite some time before he took the job as external CEO.

Andreas has been with Bertelsmann, where he worked with dial-up internet connections, building one of the broadest platforms for broadband and Voice-over-IP services in Germany. He later moved to become the CEO of Telefonica Germany (https://www.telefonica.de/) and co-founded Fyber (https://www.fyber.com/ ), which they build up in Germany, the US, and several more companies. They sold the company in 2014.

Andreas is also a board partner with Point Nine Capital (https://www.pointnine.com/), a Berlin-based VC fund focused on platforms and SaaS.

We will conclude most of the integration work streams of Identity TM at the end of this year.
Andreas Bodczek, CEO IDnow
The Startup

IDnow (https://www.idnow.io/products/idnow-videoident/) is an online identification service provider, that helps banks, insurance companies, and other companies to verify the identity of their clients remotely. This has not always been the case in Germany, but IDnow was one of the early companies providing this service.

Today IDnow has amongst their clients some well-known names like N26, Solaris Bank or Sixt, Western Union, Tier Mobility, and WeFox.

The startup grew early with a strong focus on financial services companies, starting when the German regulator moved to allow so-called “video idents.”

Now IDnow extends its services across industries, products, and countries. The acquisition of France-based Ariadnext (https://www.ariadnext.com/) fits in the category of extending in countries, to expand their footprint in France.


SPAC Deal?

From our conversation, we took that IDnow has SPAC offers at hand, still evaluating their options.


Find all links and show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/exclusive-idnow-talks-about-their-acquisition-of-ariadnext/

Jul 15, 202139:21
This Month in German Startups - June 2021

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
Jul 01, 202116:49
This Month in German Startups – May 2021

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!

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
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May 20, 202100:40
This Month in German Startups - April 2021

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
This Month in German Startups - March 2021

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
Flash Update on Startuprad.io

Flash Update on Startuprad.io

Flash UpdateHey guys, we are posting this short podcast just to keep you up to date on what Startuprad.io is doing.

You may know that we have special interest podcast (link to subscribe below) like Fintech, Deep Tech, Blockchain and for our Startup News? We are also a YouTube Blog (link below).

We also launched with our friends from Starting Y, Laptop Radio, Radio Free Enterprise and the IBGR Network the worlds first internet radio station dedicated to startups and tech companies on February 18th 2021. We are currently still in beta, but our Alexa Skill should be ready soon, as well as our listing on several radio directories.



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Mar 19, 202100:40
KONVOI Helps with AI and Sensors to Prevent the Theft of Truck Cargo

KONVOI Helps with AI and Sensors to Prevent the Theft of Truck Cargo

KONVOI Helps with AI and Sensors to Prevent the Theft of Truck CargoEach year cargo is stolen from at least 26.000 trucks each year in Germany, worth 2.2 bn Euros.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI



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… there is organized crime stealing from parked trucks. … We want to be preventive, before the theft happens.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

Media PartnershipThis podcast is in media partnership with the Hamburg-based startup blog Hamburg Startups (https://www.hamburg-startups.net/). They keep you up to date on the local startup scene in Hamburg, they organize regular events (in normal non corona times) AND they do have a special section on food startups as well. Even if you are not able to speak German, a visit with an auto translate is worth it, since they also have an extensive directory of local startups on their website.



Our solution will be a combination of hardware and software.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

The FounderIn this interview, we talk to Heinz Luckardt (https://www.linkedin.com/in/heinz-luckhardt-a77a351a0/), Co-Founder of Hamburg-based startup KONVOI. He is originally from Frankfurt, but his studies took him to Hamburg University, where he met his co-founder. But Heinz has already traveled the world, he studied in Milano (Italy), he has been a sales intern in India, as well as working with Fraunhofer Institute. At Fraunhofer, he was working on salt-based 3d printing.



The vision is later to go deep into predictive analytics, like generating heatmaps for truck thefts.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI



Affiliate LinksIs your startup in need of a bank account in Germany? Try our partner affiliate Penta bit.ly/3bdHX3dLooking to open a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala with this affiliate link here bit.ly/2w01Zye The StartupThe startup was set up already in times of corona, in October 2020. Theft of truck cargo, literally from the back of a truck, is a big problem for the trucking companies, as well as all companies using this mean of transport. So KONVOI (https://www.konvoi.eu/) provides a combination of hardware and software to prevent these thefts. Right now, they are working on the first step of the solution, but the vision is to go deep in predictive analytics.



We are looking for innovative trucking companies in Germany, to give us feedback.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI

Venture Capital FundingKONVOI is currently not actively looking for external investors. They are currently on a government grant, funding the company at least until end of 2021.



We are not focusing on one technology. We are working with radar, as well as ultra-sonic sound at the moment.

Heinz Luckardt, Co-Founder KONVOI



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Further Readings / Additional ResourcesMilan, Italy en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Milan

Frauenhofer Institutes are organized in the Fraunhofer Society: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fraunhofer_Society



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Mar 04, 202121:25
This Month in German Startups - February 2021

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:

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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 ...
Feb 25, 202126:02
This Month in German Startups - January 2021

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 ...
Jan 28, 202121:26
This Month in German Startups - 2020 Review

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 revolutionBioNTech: 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...
Jan 19, 202120:58
This Month in German Startups - December 2020

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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💢 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

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Dec 17, 202020:14
This Month in German Startups - November 2020

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!

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Why not learn from entrepreneurs and executives who are open to sharing 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

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Nov 26, 202028:23
This Month in German Startups - October 2020

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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This Month in German Startups - Summer 2020 (July, August, September)

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!

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.

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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” buff.ly/3g5kbsa German finance supervisor #bafin reports suspicion of insider trading before denial of atte...
Sep 24, 202024:21
Biweekly publication in summer break

Biweekly publication in summer break

Our founderA summer message from our founder Jörn “Joe” Menninger (LinkedIn, Twitter, Crunchbase) in times of Corona.

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.

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Jul 14, 202001:16
Quoscient helps to analyze, investigate and respond to cyber-threats

Quoscient helps to analyze, investigate and respond to cyber-threats

QuoScient helps to analyze, investigate and respond to cyber-threats Attackers are devious… During the current health crisis, they are going after health institutions and hospitals. They don’t basically care that they are doing damage to people who have already health problems.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient



The FounderIn this interview, we are talking to Ioannis Bizimis (https://www.linkedin.com/in/ioannis-bizimis-6423527/, https://twitter.com/defense_active), the Co-Founder, CFO, CRO, and CISO of QuoScient.

Ioannis has been an Investment Manager, project lead with Dow Jones, with MarkIt, an employee of Deutsche Bank and other well-regarded companies. He has a lot of experience and with this experience, he started to set up QuoScient.



One of the biggest strategies [of hackers] is to come into your network and stay there and install as many backdoors as they can. They will use them when they need it.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient



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It costs hackers just a few hundred Dollars or Euros to build up an attack campaign. The effort on the other side is thousands, sometimes millions to understand this kind of campaign.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient

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The StartupQuoScient (https://www.quoscient.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/quoscient) is a cybersecurity startup, which recently split into three parts to better pursue their respective activities. Two of those entities are still headquartered in Frankfurt, one in Columbia, Maryland (close to Baltimore). They basically split along their business lines:

QuoLab Technologies – Defense Technology quolab.com/QuoSec – Security Consulting www.quosec.net/QuoIntelligence – Cyber Threat Intelligence quointelligence.eu/

[A company] first must understand what their most critical assets are and what are the [cyber] risks to those assets.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient

Venture Capital FundingQuoScient has just raised venture capital. They may be looking at another funding round in the fall of 2020. If you want to keep posted, reach out to us.



Threats can not only come from the outside. Capable hackers can also send you someone, pretending to work for you as contractor. … they do this professionally.

Ioannis Bizimis, Co-Founder QuoScient



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Further Readings / Additional ResourcesFront Office www.investopedia.com/terms/f/frontoffice.aspBack Office www.investopedia.com/terms/b/backoffice.aspMiddle Office www.investopedia.com/terms/m/middleoffice.aspNeuer Markt / and its index Nemax deutsche-boerse.com/dbg-en/our-company/know-how/glossary/glossary-article/NEMAX-50-248782Trading Floor www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trading_floor.aspSWIFT en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Society_for_Worldwide_Interbank_Financial_TelecommunicationHave a look at the other interview Joe refers to with IT SEAL:

www.startuprad.io/blog/it-seal-helps-companies-to-train-their-employees-in-cyber-security/

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Jul 07, 202041:36
This Month in German Startups - June 2020

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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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 shoul...
Jun 30, 202018:16
This Month in German Startups - May 2020

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.



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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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:

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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 https://buff.ly/3f2rF...
Jun 02, 202020:48
Mainstage Incubator helps to build World-Changing Startups right in the heart of Europe

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:

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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)

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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.

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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

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Part 2https://open.spotify.com/epis...
May 07, 202034:01
This Month in German Startups - April 2020

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)



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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 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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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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May 05, 202021:39
How to test web applications for security loopholes

How to test web applications for security loopholes

As a developer … I want to work on a feature… and if I make a security relevant mistake, I have to get a report, but not disturbed in my workflow.

Janosch Maier, CPO Crashtest Security

The founderIn this interview, Joe from
Startuprad.io talks to Janosch Maier (https://www.linkedin.com/in/janoschmaier/), CPO and Co-Founder of Munich-based Crashtest Security (https://crashtest-security.com/) a cybersecurity startup. Crashtest security helps to scan web applications for know vulnerabilities, so automated hacks can not be successful.

Crashtest security is part of focus this year of Munich-based entrepreneurs. The recording was done before Corona really struck.

Janosch has a bachelor’s in computer sciences, with a minor in education. During the interview, he tells us the story of how he met a US-based hacker in Uganda and how this puts him on track to start his company.



Don’t use software, that isn’t supported anymore. You open yourself for attackers.

Janosch Maier, CPO Crashtest Security



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The Startup Crashtest Security is based in the center of Munich. (https://www.linkedin.com/company/crashtest-security/, https://crashtest-security.com/, www.crunchbase.com/organization/crashtest-security

The startup has a Software as a Service security tester. In order to use it, you need to sign up and enter the details of your website and the penetration test starts. If Crashtest Security finds a vulnerability they let you know how they got in. For these tests, they use know vulnerabilities, open-source tools, and their proprietary know-how.

You can imagine our tool as an online virus scanner for known vulnerabilities.

Janosch Maier, CPO Crashtest Security



The Video Interview is set to go live on April 9th 15.00 CET (10 am East Coast Time, 14.00 London)https://youtu.be/CzcKlRKI6cc



FundingCrashtest Security is currently financed by business angels, but they may be looking for capital soon. Reach out to us, we will connect you to the team.



Further Readings / Additional Resources

Hackers for Charity: www.hackersforcharity.org/about-us/

Uganda: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Uganda

Worth visiting due to the national parks (just some examples here)

en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bwindi_Impenetrable_National_Parkhttps more here: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Category:National_parks_of_UgandaDuring the interview, we talk about ETH Zurich. Albert Einstein or John von Neumann studied there. en.wikipedia.org/wiki/ETH_Zurich



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Apr 11, 202022:38
This Month in German Startups - March 2020

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.



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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:

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______________________________________HousekeepingNo bragging this time.

Now there is

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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...
Mar 31, 202051:44
This Month in German Startups - Covid19 Flash - Changes to Insolvencis in Germany

This Month in German Startups - Covid19 Flash - Changes to Insolvencis in Germany

Covid 19 Coverage of Startuprad.io

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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 an 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.



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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 / IlliquidityImminent 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 a restriction for termination of rental contracts (think offices)

There is also 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/unt...
Mar 27, 202021:34
This Month in German Startups - Corona Flash - March 19th 2020

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  _____________ Our affiliate partners: Startup in need of a bank account? Try our partner Penta http://bit.ly/3bdHX3d Looking for a bank account to shift between crypto and fiat? Try our partner Bitwala: http://bit.ly/2w01Zye Need office space? Co-Working at WeWork https://we.co/2GYbxvS Need something done fast? SEO / Graphics / Sounds / Transcript look at Fiverr: http://bit.ly/2S0f2YF You can listen to many of the books from our recommendations with an audible subscription: https://amzn.to/2pGzseh ____________ 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...
Mar 19, 202006:52
Codario.io makes open source security easy

Codario.io makes open source security easy

Codario.io makes open source security easyMedia PartnershipThis interview is in media cooperation with Frankfurt Forward (https://www.frankfurtforward.com/news/). Codario is the Startup of the Month March 2020. Congratulations!

The FounderWe talk to Johannes “Joe” Noll (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-noll-10907478/), co-founder and CEO at Codario.io (formerly known as App Guard) (https://codario.io/, https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/codario), a cybersecurity startup from the Rhine-Main Area (Darmstadt).

Johannes is a returning interview partner, due to our media partnership. If you want to learn more about him and the startup, see at the end of this post for the interview posted on October 10th 2019, where we talked to him at an event.

Johannes got sucked in the startup world by attempting to make a copycat of the app Jodel (https://www.crunchbase.com/organization/jodel). It is an app for sharing anonymously gossip. The name is inspired by the Bavarian jodeln (see video below – Further Readings).



We help software developers to use open source in a secure way.

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview

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The StartupCodario is a cloud-based open-source dependency update as a service solution. As a software developer one uses not only own code, but also open-source code (libraries). The startup helps software developers to monitor and update these open source libraries they are using, so known vulnerabilities of old versions cannot be exploited in the new project.

They are currently 5 people. Codario has paying customers like the University of Heidelberg (the world's 2nd oldest university) or the European Commission.



Our slogan is “Open source security made easy”

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview



Find the video interview from March 12th 2020 here:https://youtu.be/MD4cvuM3usM



If you are not updating your 3rd party code hackers can attack your web application, even if you have your own code secured.

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview



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

The old Interview from October 2019https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLmU_5Wp5UA

In some cases, four hours after a new release, automated hacks for the fixed issues start

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview



Venture FundingCodario is currently closing a 1.5 mn Euro Seed Financing round. If you like to get in, let us know and we will introduce you to Johannes.



It makes sense for hackers to not to target custom code of web applications, but third-party code, because of that you can target several hundred websites simultaneously. Not one product, but several hundred.

Johannes “Joe” Noll of Codario.io during his Startuprad.io interview

Further ReadingsLink YouTube Video Jodeln www.youtube.com/watch?v=fF1Z0WtvGxc

Link Rh...
Mar 17, 202019:28
This Month in German Startups - February 2020

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

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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:

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Mar 03, 202016:03
This Month in German Startups - January 2020

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
Feb 04, 202016:48
This year in German Startups 2019 Review & 2020 Outlook

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

💢 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

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

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The 7 Habits of Highly Effective People

by Stephen R. Covey

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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
This Months in German Startups - November 2019

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

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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
App Guard helps developers to close security loopholes

App Guard helps developers to close security loopholes

You are listening to the audio track of a YouTube interview. Find all the interviews at YouTube.com/Startupradio



In this video interview, we are talking to Johannes “Joe” Noll (https://www.linkedin.com/in/johannes-noll-10907478), who is co-founder and CEO at Darmstadt based App Guard. App Guard helps developers – to keep pre-programmed elements they are using in their applications – up to date, so no one can exploit known loopholes from those elements. This is important, since already a few hours after the release of new software automated tools will start to hack software, with known weaknesses. You can access the tool Codario here: codario.io/. They support docker, composer, NPM, Drupal, yarn, and python.

“5 Hours after the release of the software, automated hack start”

Currently, App Guard is raising Venture Capital. Reach out to us, to learn more.

The video interview was recorded at the booth of Frankfurt Forward at Entrepreneur University in Wiesbaden, Germany. Thank you to SAP Next-Gen for providing us space at their booth for the interviews before this one. Thank you to Frankfurt Forward to provide us the space for this interview.

“If you have several layers of dependencies if you are using one docker file”



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Nov 14, 201906:55
CashLink wants to digitalize Venture Capital

CashLink wants to digitalize Venture Capital

CashLink 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 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.

During 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.

Quotes:

The irony is that investors must go through a long and tiresome process to invest in a startup to get digitization started.

Jörn CashLink Interview





We want to digitize venture capital.

In our legal framework … you can sell your startup shares basically at any time at very low transaction costs, because it is now digital.

In the near future we will see more hybrid (financed) startups, wo have tokenized and non-tokenized shares.

Our framework is only for professional investors who ware used to invest in startups.

With us you can onboard investors very easily, on the go.

Michael Duttlinger CEO, Co-Founder CASHLINK

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Nov 14, 201917:01
This Month in German Startups - October 2019

This Month in German Startups - October 2019

You are listening to the audio track of a YouTube interview. Find all the interviews at YouTube.com/Startupradio Startuprad.io brings you in a Frankfurt-to-New-York recording the startup news Germany for October 2018. We wrap-up the news of the German-speaking startup scene (Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein) of October in our recording.  Find all the links and show notes on our website: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-by-startuprad-io-october-2019/ Looking for services or equipment for your startup? Consider using our affiliate partners below (AL mark Affiliate Links): AL: Need a bank account? Try our partner Penta https://getpenta.com/de/home?utm_source=affiliate&utm_medium=pap#a_aid=5d63e047605fa AL: Co-Working at WeWork https://refer.wework.com/i/JoernMenninger  AL: Marketing / SEO / Graphics / Sounds and more via Fiverr: http://www.fiverr.com/s2/66eaaa43e5  AL: G Suite emails https://gsuite.google.com/landing/partners/referral/trial.html?utm_source=sign-up&utm_medium=referral&utm_campaign=apps-referral-program&utm_content=0AQKSM6
Nov 01, 201921:21
Vishal - Acellere Part 2 - Gamma the Auto Correct for Coding

Vishal - Acellere Part 2 - Gamma the Auto Correct for Coding

This is Part Two of our interview with Vishal Rai (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/vishal-rai), CEO and co-founder of Acellere (http://www.acellere.com/). You can find Part One here: www.startuprad.io/exclusive/vishal-accellere-part-1-state-of-digital-entrepeneurship-in-germany/

In part two of our interview, we talk about what Acellere does. The startup offers now a tool called Gamma (https://mygamma.io/), which is like auto correct for coding. It hints in real time at coding problems and uses AI to make suggestions on how to fix it.

Acellere also offers an open source version. If you contribute to this open source version and help to make Acellere better – You can use the tool free for life! Tune in to learn more.

“Our mission is to help people write better software”

“Gamma is like Google Search for potential coding problems. The longer you work with it, the better it gets.”

War and Peace en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_and_Peace

A Midsummer Night’s Dream en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Midsummer_Night%27s_Dream





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