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Startuprad.io’s 2019 review and 2020 outlook looks back at a year of German-speaking startups and ahead to the next. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A full-year read of DACH startups is baseline context for the deep-tech decade that followed. In this episode, we cover: A 2019 year-in-review A 2020 outlook The top German...

Johannes Mattmann, founder of Mainz-based flyingshapes, on VR software that accelerates industrial design for cars, machines, and planes. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: VR-native design tooling is deep tech built by a CERN-trained physicist — collapsing product-development cycles in 3D. In this episode, we cover: Johan...

The December 2019 wrap-up closes the year with the top German-speaking startup funding and ecosystem news. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: The monthly signal desk is the continuous record behind every DACH deep-tech trend line. In this episode, we cover: Top German-speaking startup news of December 2019 Funding rounds a...

Perun on accelerating blockchain payments with private off-chain channels that push throughput far beyond base-layer limits. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Layer-2 scaling is blockchain deep tech — the protocol engineering that makes on-chain finance fast and cheap enough to use. In this episode, we cover: Perun’s seco...

Friedrich “Freddy” Zwanzger, CDO of Mainz-based Anyblock Analytics, on indexing blockchains so activity can be searched and analyzed like web analytics. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Making blockchain data queryable is infrastructure deep tech — the analytics layer on top of otherwise opaque ledgers. In this episode,...

The November 2019 wrap-up rounds up the German-speaking startup scene’s latest funding rounds and ecosystem signals. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Reading the monthly cadence is how you catch DACH deep-tech and funding inflections as they form. In this episode, we cover: Top German-speaking startup news of November 20...

CONTENTshift winner QualiFiction, presented by Gesa, on an AI that evaluates a SciFi manuscript in 60 seconds and generates its metadata. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Modeling narrative quality and genre is applied NLP deep tech tackling the slush-pile bottleneck in publishing. In this episode, we cover: QualiFiction...

Johannes Noll of Darmstadt-based App Guard on keeping developers’ third-party components updated so known loopholes can’t be exploited. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Dependency-security automation is deep tech racing the attackers who weaponize known flaws within hours of release. In this episode, we cover: Johannes N...

Kostas, CEO of Athens-based Blendo, on ELT tooling that makes a company’s data instantly accessible and validated. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Data-integration infrastructure is quiet deep tech — the pipes that let every other analytics and AI effort actually work. In this episode, we cover: Kostas (Co-Founder &...

Georg Horn, CEO of Munich-based varia.media, on an NLP tool offering “Perspective-as-a-Service” to help readers escape their filter bubble. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Applying NLP to surface multiple perspectives is media deep tech aimed squarely at how we consume news and research. In this episode, we cover: Georg...

Serial entrepreneur Suhas Patel on his 18th startup, industrial-AI company Tvarit — and his ambition to build Frankfurt’s first unicorn. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Industrial AI optimizing manufacturing is deep tech with a clear energy, quality, and cost payoff on the factory floor. In this episode, we cover: Suhas...

The October German-speaking startup wrap-up rounds up the month’s funding and ecosystem news from Germany, Switzerland, Austria, and Liechtenstein. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: The monthly signal desk is the continuous record behind every DACH deep-tech trend line. In this episode, we cover: The October GSA startup r...

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Stefan, co-founder of Alyne, on regtech that handles cybersecurity, regulatory, and compliance needs — set against the Mirai IoT DDoS attacks. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Regtech automating compliance and security is deep tech turning a manual burden into software — sharpened by real-world IoT attacks. In this episo...

Kristjan Maruste, co-founder of Tallinn-based CoModule, on software for light electric vehicles — and an autonomous eBike that streams battery data to your phone. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Connected-vehicle software is mobility deep tech: the data and battery-intelligence layer beneath the micromobility boom. In t...