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Women in Tech: Bits & Pretzels is giving away 300 tickets to women
Women forward: The Munich startup festival Bits & Pretzels is once again giving away 300 free tickets to "Women in Tech" this year.…
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Broadband Internet: Germany lags behind
The lack of broadband access remains a problem for German companies. Two recent studies by KfW show that Germany is lagging behind in terms of...
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Discrimination: Many startups are looking for “young” employees
Startups like to present themselves as innovative, unconventional, and committed—or, in short, "young." And that's true: Startups, by definition, are...
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“No boring grammar cramming” — 7 questions for halloDeutsch!
Three Munich students and a professor at the Technical University of Munich have developed the app halloDeutsch. It is designed to help users playfully…
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KfW warns of declining share of innovative companies
KfW presents its twelfth Innovation Report. The share of innovative SMEs reaches a new low. The share of innovative companies…
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Venture Capital: Investors are daring again
The VC market is picking up: In the first quarter of 2017, significantly more venture capital flowed than in previous months. Investors focused…
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Coffee house culture 2.0 — 7 questions for… Bohème!
Bohème aims to bring the atmosphere of a coffeehouse visit and newspaper reading into the digital era. Instead of a paper newspaper on a traditional stick, the…
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IPOs collapse in 2016
Last year, European tech companies raised almost 40% less money on the stock market than in 2015. However, the number of companies that raised money remained stable...
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Tradico wins Startup Award from ALSO
Munich-based fine trader Tradico scooped the ALSO Startup Award in Bochum. A Swiss cloud provider also received an award. As part of…
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Venture Capital: KfW and Bpifrance plan European initiative
Germany's KfW and France's Bpifrance plan to collaborate and boost venture capital investments in Europe. To this end, the two companies are planning…
