Day: Pitch&People
Needs Review
In a race against time: How Inplanet removes CO2 from the air
What if climate protection doesn't mean sacrifice, but growth? What if CO2 removal doesn't happen in a laboratory, but on vast fields in the middle of…
Needs Review
What nocturnal erections reveal about health – and how Bluelife aims to save lives
Hardly anyone talks about erection problems. Even fewer talk about nocturnal erections. This is precisely where the Munich-based startup Bluelife comes in and…
Needs Review
When AI picks up the phone: How Sinalis wants to relieve the burden on doctors' offices
Munich-based startup Sinalis automates patient communication by phone – multilingual, empathetic, and available 24/7. In their video pitch…
How to
“The best technology doesn’t always prevail”: Philipp Baaske, Vice President for Entrepreneurship at LMU
Dr. Philipp Baaske, Vice President for Entrepreneurship at LMU since October 2025 and co-founder of Nanotemper Technologies, will speak in Munich…
ecosystem
“Hi, Obama.” – How a bathrobe coup lured the former US president to Bits & Pretzels
From a white sausage breakfast to a European startup platform: Bits & Pretzels founders Andreas Bruckschlögl, Felix Haas, and Bernd Storm are building Munich into a hotspot for startups…
Needs Review
Hunger is not fate, but a question of innovation.
Hunger is not an abstract problem. It currently affects around 800 million people worldwide. And yet it is solvable. This is evident…
Deals
PITCH & PEOPLE at Slush – Inga Grieger, Ronja Stoffregen and Eva Spannagl in an interview
We at Munich Startup met with three female investors at Slush 2025 in Helsinki. In the interview, Inga…
Deals
Insolvency and Jan Marsalek: Maximilian Schäfer on the InstaFreight bankruptcy and why he met the fugitive ex-Wirecard manager
InstaFreight was considered one of the most promising logistics startups – until a failed termsheet and a collapsing market triggered its downfall in 2023.
ecosystem
Why we are losing our champions! Werk1 CEO Robert Richter on Europe's missed opportunities
Why is Europe losing its tech champions – and why could Munich be the one to take off now? Werk1 CEO Robert Richter discusses this at Pitch &…
Needs Review
Justake: With lots of "pomp" to the superfood
A juicy steak without any meat? Three young founders from Munich want to make exactly that possible. With Justake, food technologist…
Needs Review
A wingman for startups and scaleups: Johannes Kohl on the mission of TK
Starting a business is exciting, but also complex. Between product development, finding investors, and market entry, many young companies have little time for other topics…
Needs Review
Virtonomy: How digital twins save lives
The development of new medical devices often takes years, costs millions, and too frequently fails in clinical trials. The Munich-based deeptech startup Virtonomy…
