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Munich Unicorns

Munich's startup scene is now home to several unicorns, companies valued at more than one billion dollars. Germany's first decacorn is also based here.

December 9, 2021 3 min reading time

Personio: The Munich-based HR startup Personio collected At the beginning of the year over 103 million euros With this new financing round, the Munich startup's company valuation rose above $1 billion, thus reaching unicorn sphere. The financing round in January 2021 followed a successful Series E round in October with a further 233 million euros. According to the Munich Startup Insights The company's current value is €5.7 billion. Personio is Munich's second-most valuable startup after Celonis. (Photo: Personio)
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Regina Bruckschlögl

After her own startup experiences, she now looks at the Munich startup scene from a different perspective as an editor at Munich Startup – and discovers every day how diverse the Munich ecosystem is. Startup stories that beg to be told!

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