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Barrio founder Melanie Epp

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Barrio: Matching app for parents and play dates

The Munich-based startup Barrio uses a matching app to connect parents who are planning play dates. Barrio has been around for a year now, and…

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Personio acquires Spanish API startup Rollbox

Personio, the Munich-based provider of the HR software solution of the same name for small and medium-sized businesses, is acquiring Rollbox. The Spanish startup focuses…

Diesel Medal AZO

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AZO receives Diesel Medal for “Best Innovation Promotion”

The Oberpfaffenhofen Application Center (AZO) was awarded the Diesel Medal, Germany's oldest innovation prize, for "Best Innovation Promotion." Over 200 invited personalities…

European Startup Prize for Mobility

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European Startup Prize for Mobility: Munich-based company wins

The European Startup Prize for Mobility was awarded in Brussels in mid-April. Two Munich-based companies were among the winners:…

EY Public Value Award

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EY Public Value Award: apply now!

Startups whose business model contributes to the common good can now apply for the EY Public Value Award.…

German Biotechnology Report 2019 Biotech

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German Biotechnology Report 2019: Fewer new companies founded than in the previous year

German Biotechnology Report 2019: Biotechnology companies in Germany continue to grow. However, the well-known problems, especially the lack of a functioning venture capital ecosystem,...

Female Founders Monitor

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Female Founders Monitor 2019: Women are founding social businesses — and not enough of them!

As the second Female Founders Monitor shows, women remain severely underrepresented in the German startup ecosystem. Despite a minimal increase in…

Tacto KfW Venture Debt Program

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Venture Debt: KfW provides 50 million euros annually

Venture debt for young companies: as part of the "Tech Growth Fund Initiative," KfW and the German Federal Government are expanding the offering…

Social entrepreneurship

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Study: Social entrepreneurship has billion-dollar potential

Social entrepreneurship is worthwhile: if the solutions of more than 1,700 social entrepreneurs in Germany were systematically used and better integrated into existing systems,…

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European Coworking Study: Munich in the Top 10 Ranking

In the current 2019 coworking study by the real estate consulting firm Cushman & Wakefield, Munich ranks sixth in Europe.…

Pitch deck interview Harald Wagner

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“The eye eats with you!” — What should a pitch deck look like?

Harald Wagner heads the Munich Business Plan Competition and financing coaching at Baystartup. He spoke with us in an interview about...

Invest Venture Capital Investment Record Fintech

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German Fintechs with new investment record

Investment record for German fintech startups: In the first quarter of 2019, more money was raised than ever before. A total of…