Sparkasse board member Stefan Hattenkofer with Benjamin Maunz and Finn Röder, founder of the Schwabinger Hofladen (from left)

Needs Review

Schwabinger Hofladen wins Munich Founders' Prize 2021

The 'Schwabinger Hofladen' has secured the Munich Founders' Prize 2021. Since May 2021, the founders have been selling on four floors in the…

Bavaria's Minister of Economic Affairs Hubert Aiwanger

ecosystem

'Start-up International': Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs launches new funding program

With the 'Start-up International' funding program, the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs supports startups in developing new foreign markets with a total of 2.1 million euros.

Helsing Spotify

Deals

Helsing: Spotify founder invests 100 million euros in Munich AI startup

Helsing develops AI solutions to support military reconnaissance. The Munich-based startup says it sells its solutions exclusively to liberal democracies.…

Fuel cell bus

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Flixmobility develops fuel cell bus

Flixmobility, together with Freudenberg and ZF, is participating in the 'HyFleet' research project. The goal is to develop a fuel cell system for long-distance buses. Until…

Ocell founders Felix Horvat, Christian Decher and David Dohmen (from left)

Deals

Ocell receives over half a million in funding from the Free State of Bavaria

Ocell is conducting a project on the use of artificial intelligence in forestry and has received funding of €529,700 for this…

Adrian Schomburg, CEO at Eisbach Bio

Deals

Eisbach Bio receives 6.7 million euros from the Bavarian State Government

The Munich-based biotech company Eisbach Bio has received funding of 6.7 million euros for the development of antiviral agents against…

UnternehmerTUM

Competition

“Digitalschmiede Bayern”: Digital Ministry and UnternehmerTUM want to digitize the administration

The Bavarian Ministry of Digital Affairs has initiated the "Digitalschmiede Bayern" (Bavarian Digital Forge) to develop digital processes for the public sector. The Digital Product…

Simscale

Deals

Simscale secures another 25 million euros

Simscale has increased its Series C round by €25 million to €52 million. The Munich-based company offers 3D simulations for engineers.

The Electrochaea management: Mich Hein and Doris Hafenbradl (from left)

Inside Stories

Electrochaea: Climate-friendly gas from bioreactors

Energy storage is a key challenge in the use of renewable energies: electricity and heat must be available during peak times, even when the sun…

The BayBG management: Peter Pauli and Peter Herreiner (from left)

ecosystem

BayBG reports record new investments

BayBG has published its preliminary annual results for the 2020/21 fiscal year. Never before has the medium-sized investment company achieved so much…