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Weekly Wrap-up 30/2025

The most important articles of the week in a photo gallery. So you can start the new week well-informed.

August 3, 2025 2 min reading time

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Sustainable travel pods instead of single-use plastic: Develops reusable travel containers for cosmetic products – Hygienic, durable, and cleverly stackable. Founder and CEO Teresa Born explains how frustration with poor-quality drugstore bottles led to an innovative product and why Munich is the perfect location for her startup. (Photo: Dabei)
Frienton
Frienton receives fresh capital: The Munich-based fintech Frienton secures new capitalto expand its digital financial platform for SMEs. The investments will be used for product development and business development. (Photo: stock.adobe.com / Mongkol)
Magdalena Ohel in an interview with Munich Startup about the shortage of skilled workers in the startup scene
Skilled labor shortage slows down startups: The German startup scene is threatened with stagnation – not due to a lack of ideas, but due to a lack of skilled workers. While scaleups have long been recruiting internationally, Germany continues to struggle with outdated visa processes and bureaucratic hurdles. In an interview, Magdalena Oehl warns, deputy chairwoman of the Startup Association: If Germany doesn't make things easier for international talent, the growth of entire industries will be at stake. (Photo: Munich Startup)
Arx Robotics
Arx Robotics increases Series A to 42 million euros: The Munich-based startup Arx Robotics expands its Series A by eleven million eurosWith the current investment, the total volume of the Series A increases to €42 million. (Photo: ARX Robotics)
The Bitery
Chilled Ready-to-Bake Cookies for retail and catering: The Bitery specializes in ready-to-bake premium cookies and aims to breathe new life into the hospitality, retail, and corporate catering industries. With a focus on quality, design, and an emotional product experience, the Munich-based startup aims to redefine the cookie—as a brand and as a relevant offering for B2B customers. In an interview, co-founder Bastian Fisser talks about challenges in the food retail sector, the company's founding journey, and the vision to conquer the European market. (Photo: The Bitery)
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