personio

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Half office, half mobile office: This is how Personio will continue to work after Corona

Corona has irreversibly changed the world of work: Over the past year and a half, home offices and mobile working have emerged as efficient alternatives…

Digital Index Digital Industry

Inside Stories

Digital Index: Business climate in the digital sector reaches all-time high

The German digital economy is emerging from the coronavirus crisis with renewed strength: The digital index from Bitkom and the Ifo Institute reached a record high of 40.5 points.…

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

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Ocell: “Google Maps and Asana Project Management for the Forest”

Ocell supports forestry with an analysis method that combines remote sensing and artificial intelligence. Through its 'Dynamic Forest' app, the startup delivers…

Cooperation German Startup Cup

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Less cooperation between startups and established companies

According to a Bitkom survey, 76 percent of German startups entered into partnerships with established companies last year. A year ago…

KfW Start-up Monitor

KfW study

The number of start-ups collapses

Due to the coronavirus pandemic, significantly fewer companies were founded in 2020 than in the previous year. The development bank KfW expects...

Eisbach Bio Pieris Pharmaceuticals Financing

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Eisbach Bio receives 8 million euros in state funding

Eisbach Bio has received funding from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) for the clinical development of a COVID-19 drug…

VC business climate Filics Kapital MIG Askbrian

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AI assistant Askbrian closes pre-seed round

The AI startup Askbrian has closed a pre-seed round of undisclosed funding. The Wolfratshausen-based company offers a digital assistant that uses natural language…

Edjufy founders Laurenz Glück and Marcel Walberer (from left)

Inside Stories

Edjufy: This startup is digitizing schools

Many German schools are still largely managed analogously, with paper and telephone being the usual means of communication. Edjufy aims to offer a modular…

Sira

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Sira Childcare receives seven-figure investment

The Munich-based impact fund Bonventure is investing a seven-figure sum from its Bonventure IV fund in the childcare startup Sira. The growth capital from…

Linkfive

Inside Stories

Linkfive: Central platform for app marketing

If you distribute multiple apps in different stores, you have a lot of work to do to get them to customers. Special offers, marketing campaigns, and...