This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups — May 2023 | Episode #385 Welcome to our May 2023 wrap-up with important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less ?. We follow our top-down structure in the news: First, the top news, then we look with a bird’s eye view at the startup ecosystem in the German language countries, dig deeper by looking at exciting startup cities and end with general news. And for those serious about startups, there is even a collection called: “Stay Ahead of the Curve,” where we share in-depth reads ..read more

Executive Summary In this episode, Joe interviews Lukas, co-founder of Minds Medical, and Ingo, senior partner of SYNPULSE. The story follows the pivot of Minds Medical from a healthcare-focused AI startup serving hospitals to its services for fintech/insurtech companies during the COVID-19 pandemic. They also discuss the challenges of extracting structured data from unstructured medical documents and the potential applications of this technology in the insurance industry. The conversation highlights the joint offering of intelligent document processing for the insurance industry and the acqui ..read more

EXCLUSIVE: Buy and Build in eCommerce — Acquiring the Price Dip | Startuprad.io E #383 Executive Summary Learn how to acquire competitive advantages in your eCommerce ventures with a buy & build strategy, unlock potential growth and add new capabilities: In this episode, Joe, interviews Peter, the founder of an AI startup called Pythia. Peter discusses his company’s buy and build strategy for acquiring e-commerce startups, which involves integrating them into their standardized processes and assigning brand managers or CEOs to oversee them. He also talks about the challenges facing co ..read more

Our Sponsor ExpressVPN Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring today’s video. Go to MYLINK to grab your special offer. #ad 1️⃣0️⃣ people have already claimed this exclusive offer: https://strms.net/expressvpn_startupradio I invite everyone to sell your value and not your valuation. Paulina Jänsch — Co-Founding Partner at Leanox Impact Capital Executive Summary The Startuprad.io podcast and YouTube blog covers the German-speaking startup scene and in this episode, Joe interviews Paulina Jänsch, co-founding partner at Leanox Impact Capital. Paulina discusses her seven-step approach to evaluatin ..read more

Our Sponsor ExpressVPN Thanks to ExpressVPN for sponsoring today’s video. Go to MYLINK to grab your special offer. #ad 1️⃣0️⃣ people have already claimed this exclusive offer: https://strms.net/expressvpn_startupradio I was working in a startup in Shanghai, so I had my first real startup job in China. Kilian Kaminski, Founder refurbed Executive Summary Learn about how refurbed, an innovative startup, could be the next Austrian unicorn. Learn more about their goal of providing pre-owned gadgets & tech at reasonable prices! Refurbed originally started as a marketplace where large compan ..read more

This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups — April 2023 | Episode 380 Welcome to our April 2023 wrap-up with important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less ?. Welcome to our startup news wrap-up for April with Chris from New York City and Joe from Frankfurt. We recorded this news episode on April 26th, 2023. All news not yet included here will be published in our next news episode for May, to be published on June 1st. Find all links to the quoted information on our Medium blog link below. On Business Culture ..read more

Executive Summary Get exclusive insights into the latest patent filings of GSA/DACH startups. Discover where they’re going and what impact they may have on your business. QuantIP is an analytics company that offers data and analytics on patent data and, for us, went through 460 categories and more than 16.000 patent filings. With their tools, we get you an exclusive insight into the patent filings of 2022. Tune in to learn more about the industries and areas startups are filing patents in. Patent databases are the best man-made databases that ever existed. … a collection of all poten ..read more

Executive Summary Learn how CreditShelf, a leading German fintech company, secured 100 million euros of investment from Goldman Sachs and what that means for businesses seeking credit. CreditShelf recently received 100 mn € from Goldman Sachs to lend out via their platform; Goldman joins other investors like the European Investment Fund. The fintech works with Raisin Bank to get SMEs loans within four weeks. They IPOed already in 2018 in Frankfurt as the first pure-play fintech in Germany. We see there is a lack of funding for our clients from traditional credit providers e.g. banks ..read more

Executive Summary Learn the secrets of how to create an effective startup ecosystem with Thomas’ insights from DEEP Ecosystems. Discover what made Odense, Denmark such a successful start-up hub, and find out more in our blog post. This interview is part one of a series of two videos, where we discuss Munich in part two. There is much more to learn in the presentation we link to in our blog. Follow Us on Social Media! If you are listening to our content for the 2nd time please consider following us on social media. Startuprad.io - The Authority on German, Swiss and Austrian Start ..read more

This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups — March 2023 Welcome to our March 2023 wrap-up with important news from the startup scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less ?. We follow our top-down structure in the news: The top news, followed by a bird’s eye view at the startup ecosystem, next deeper looking at fascinating startup cities, and we end with general information. And for those serious about startups, there is a collection called: Stay ahead of the curve, where we share exciting reads, articles, studies, and podcasts. Welcome to our sta ..read more