KfW Business Climate

Inside Stories

KfW Start-up Monitor: Number of start-ups increases again

For the first time in five years, start-up activity in Germany has increased again. This is according to the KfW Start-up Monitor for…

Smart Access Solutions Team

Inside Stories

Smart Access Solutions is working on a world without keys

The Munich-based startup Smart Access Solutions dreams of a world in which “all doors, all drawers are open for everyone…

German Innovation Award Winner 2019

Needs Review

Vectoflow wins the German Innovation Award 2020

The German Innovation Award has been presented in several categories since 2009 under the patronage of the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. In…

Start? Grant!

ecosystem

'Start?Grant!' awarded for the eighth time

The 'Start?Zuschuss!' program of the Bavarian Startup Initiative of the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs has selected the 10 winners of the eighth competition phase. The majority of the winners…

Lifecycle

Deals

Govecs acquires bicycle service provider Livecycle

The Munich-based startup Livecycle was forced to file for self-administration insolvency proceedings at the beginning of the year due to a lack of interim financing. Now the company has successfully…

Dataguard Managing Director

Deals

Dataguard receives $20 million in growth financing

Dataguard, a software-as-a-service startup specializing in data protection and compliance, has received $20 million from London-based growth investor One Peak. The Munich-based…

Investments of the quarter

Deals

The most important investments of the first quarter of 2020

Over the past three months, numerous startups from Munich and the surrounding area have successfully attracted investors. The photo gallery shows…

Inside Stories

Rent out your own computer's computing power with Hivenet

What does a private computer do when its owner isn't using it? Usually, nothing. The Munich-based tech startup Hivenet wants to change that...

Blickfeld Founder

Deals

Blickfeld successfully completes Series A financing

The Munich-based LiDAR startup Blickfeld has completed its Series A financing round. The financing round is led by Continental's venture capital unit and the Bavarian Growth Fund…

Nimmsta Managing Director

Inside Stories

“We want to improve all processes in logistics”

Digitalization has long since arrived in logistics in the form of handheld scanners. But the resulting processes are cumbersome...