Inside Stories
Number of new businesses has halved since 2003
A study by the IfM Bonn registered 507,000 commercial start-ups in 2003. In 2019, this number was...
Deals
Personio receives another 233 million euros
Personio is receiving €233 million ($270 million) from existing and new investors as part of its Series E round. The Munich-based company…
Needs Review
'Creative Embassy': Munich and Amsterdam deepen their cooperation
Munich and Amsterdam have been collaborating in the field of innovation and the creative industries for several years. Now, the 'Creative Embassy' collaboration is being...
ecosystem
FamilienUnternehmerTUM: UnternehmerTUM launches new initiative for small and medium-sized businesses
UnternehmerTUM launches the FamilienUnternehmerTUM initiative. The goal is to provide practical support to medium-sized companies with digital transformation and solving…
Needs Review
'The Lion's Den': Catlabs leaves startup show with investment
Katharina Bickel from Munich founded Catlabs and sells sustainable and fairly produced cat toys. In the TV show 'The Cave of…
Inside Stories
Smart City Index: Munich among Germany's most digital cities
Bitkom has compiled a smart city ranking of German cities for the third time. Munich ranks fourth behind Hamburg, Cologne, and…
ecosystem
Strüngmann family invests 25 million euros in UnternehmerTUM and TUM Venture Labs
Entrepreneurs Andreas and Thomas Strüngmann are supporting the expansion of UnternehmerTUM and the establishment of the new TUM Venture Labs with…
Competition
'Start-up competition – Digital Innovations' enters a new round
The Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy's "Start-up Competition – Digital Innovations" is entering a new round. The current batch of the competition focuses on...
Needs Review
Noyes Technologies: Nano-storage for the big city
Noyes Technologies develops automated micro-warehouses for cities. The Munich-based startup was founded by industry experts Aaron Spiegelburg and Marco…
Deals
Electrochaea brings US company on board
Electrochaea has developed a technology for storing electricity in the form of gas. The American energy technology company Baker Hughes is now joining…