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Your startups of the month

Which startups particularly caught the attention of Munich Startup readers this month? In our "Startups of the Month" section, we present the five most exciting companies that made it onto this month's list.

July 31, 2025 3 min reading time

Munich Startup Award 2025
1st place: By winning the 9th Munich Startup Award, Unitelabs also took first place in the "Startups of the Month" category for July. The Munich-based startup impressed the jury with its idea for an open platform for automating and digitizing laboratory processes in the life sciences. The biotech company's technology enables the networking of devices and software from different manufacturers. Users can develop customized workflows and implement them efficiently. The goal is a future-proof laboratory architecture that accelerates research and is flexibly adaptable. In addition to the trophy, Unitelabs was delighted to receive prize money of 10,000 euros. (Photo: Munich Startup)
Edurino
2nd place: At the beginning of the month Edurino his Series B financing round of 17 million euros The goal of the financing is to expand the Edurino platform as a leading provider of educational gaming for preschool and elementary school children. The round was led by Ravensburger Next Ventures as lead investor and Summiteer, the investment company of serial entrepreneur Sven Schulz. Existing investors such as DN Capital, Tengelmann Ventures, B2venture, Emerge, FJ Labs, G-Fund, and Jens Begemann participated again. Business angels Stefan Winners and Frederik Vollert also invested. (Photo: Edurino / Helena Heilig)
Venta AI / order.link / april.eleven GmbH
3rd place: Also Venta AI makes it into the TOP 5 of the “Startups of the Month” with a financing announcement. The Munich-based startup – formerly Order Link – secured a Financing round of 1.7 million euros (approximately two million dollars). The pre-seed round was led by venture capital firm Gradient. Other investors included US accelerator Y Combinator, Orange Collective, and Gaingels, as well as business angels Gleb Tritus, Julian Borg, Göran Göring, and Freddy Martin.
Venta AI is developing AI sales representatives specifically tailored to the German market. The goal is to automate B2B sales in Europe – while complying with data protection and competition laws. (Photo: april.eleven GmbH)
Arx Robotics Renk
4th place: In the middle of the month, the Munich Defencetech Arx Robotics known that there is a strategic partnership with the drive and transmission manufacturer Renk The cooperation aims to scale autonomous defense mobility internationally and bring digital solutions to market more quickly. Specifically, Renk is integrating Arx's AI-based operating system Mithra OS into its mobility solutions. The operating system enables the software-based transformation of existing vehicles into networked, autonomous systems. Both companies aim to provide armed forces with improved real-time situational awareness and greater operational efficiency. (Photo: Fabian Vogl / ARX Robotics GmbH)
Onvy, Adrian Kochsiek
5th place: Onvy aims to merge artificial intelligence and digital health, thus enabling a new type of personalized and predictive healthcare. The first result of these efforts is the app "Onvy – AI Health Coach." It aims to optimize physical and mental health management with the help of AI. CEO Adrian Kochsiek explained in July how the Munich-based healthtech innovation aims to make AI, prevention and smart everyday life a real game changer for individuals and companies – and why precision health is far more than just tracking. (Photo: Onvy)

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