Deep Tech Germany – AI, Robotics & Frontier Innovation by Startuprad.io™

Ben Kohz, COO of READ-O, on building the “Spotify for books” — personalized recommendations to help readers find their next read among 70,000 yearly releases. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Recommendation engines applied to reading are consumer AI deep tech: matching taste to catalog at scale. In this episode, we cover...

Pavol Sikula, CEO of AskBrian.ai, on an AI assistant that lets busy professionals order company analyses as easily as a pizza. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Task-automating AI assistants for knowledge work are early deep tech pointing straight at today’s agentic-AI wave. In this episode, we cover: Pavol Sikula (Founde...

Mambu’s $266M megaround, Volocopter calling off its SPAC, and Jokr’s record-fast unicorn status headline the December 2021 GSA wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Banking-infrastructure and mobility bets at scale mark where DACH deep-tech conviction ran highest at the 2021 peak. In this episode, we cover: Mambu rai...

Pascal Lauria, CEO of freshly-IPOed Cogia, on using public-market access to drive market consolidation toward €10M in revenue. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A small-cap using acquisitions to consolidate is an operator lesson in scaling deep tech through capital markets. In this episode, we cover: Pascal Lauria (Founde...

Sono Motors’ NASDAQ IPO and Frankfurt’s first unicorn, insurtech Clark, headline the November 2021 GSA wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A solar-EV listing beside a hometown unicorn captures the 2021 high-water mark for DACH deep tech and fintech. In this episode, we cover: Sono Motors IPOs on NASDAQ Clark become...

Tobias Ludwig, CEO of LUBIS EDA, on verification software that guarantees a chip design is correct before it goes to production. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: EDA verification is core semiconductor deep tech — where getting to correct silicon fastest captures most of the profit. In this episode, we cover: Tobias Ludwi...

A bonus GSA Unicorn Tracker for October 2021 captures an unprecedented wave of German-speaking unicorns. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Tracking unicorn formation in real time is how you see where DACH deep-tech value concentrated at the cycle’s peak. In this episode, we cover: A bonus unicorn-tracker episode The 2021...

N26 reclaiming the title of Germany’s most valuable fintech and Sono Motors’ US IPO filing headline the October 2021 GSA wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Fintech valuation shuffles and early COVID scars gave a first read on which DACH deep tech would prove durable. In this episode, we cover: N26 becomes Germany’...

Lawyer Jan-Philipp Günther-Burmeister on Germany’s law regulating autonomous driving — billed as the world’s first. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Regulation is deep-tech infrastructure: the legal framework often decides whether autonomous systems can actually ship. In this episode, we cover: JP Günther-Burmeister on a...

Daniel Amann, CEO of Vienna-based Edupression, on building a prescription app to support people managing depression. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Prescription digital therapeutics are healthcare deep tech — clinically framed software addressing conditions with high relapse rates. In this episode, we cover: Daniel Ama...

A bonus September 2021 unicorn tracker captures Germany’s record wave of new billion-dollar startups. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Real-time unicorn tracking shows where DACH deep-tech and fintech value concentrated at the 2021 peak. In this episode, we cover: A bonus unicorn-tracker episode Germany’s record 2021 uni...

The Summer 2021 wrap-up condenses July through September of a red-hot German startup season into one roundup. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Seeing which summer signals mattered most is useful context for the deep-tech and funding shifts that followed. In this episode, we cover: A combined July–September roundup A hot...

Entrepreneur, investor, and mentor Michelle Tsing on why a founder’s choices shape company culture — and how culture becomes the brand. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Culture is an operator lever that compounds; getting it right early is what lets deep-tech teams scale without breaking. In this episode, we cover: Miche...

Serial founder Lukasz Gadowski, winner of a German Startup Awards 2021 Special Award, on vision, betting on the right patterns, and the details of execution. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: One of Europe’s most influential founder-investors offers the operator’s view on how durable companies actually get built. In this...

Thomas Jarzombek, Germany’s Commissioner for Digital and Startups, on the country’s €10B startup program and commercializing German innovation. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: State capital and policy are deep-tech infrastructure — a €10B program shapes which frontier companies get to exist. In this episode, we cover: T...

Denis Tudor, CEO of Swiss startup Swisspod, on building hyperloop tracks beneath the Alps — from an EPFL PhD and a Hyperloop-competition win. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Hyperloop is frontier transport deep tech: capital-heavy physical infrastructure betting on a step-change in mobility. In this episode, we cover: D...

Germany’s largest-ever unicorn wave — Scalable Capital, Forto, and decacorn Celonis at $11B — headlines the June 2021 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A decacorn plus Softbank-driven megarounds marked the absolute peak of DACH deep-tech and fintech valuations. In this episode, we cover: Scalable Capital and Fort...

A bonus “unicorn stampede” episode on Celonis becoming Germany’s first decacorn amid a rush of billion-dollar valuations. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: International capital from SoftBank and Tencent driving these rounds shows who was underwriting DACH deep tech at the peak. In this episode, we cover: Celonis becomes...

Tilo Walter, CEO of Frankfurt-based Palturai, on a business-intelligence platform — the “Google of business data” — for insights and KYC. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Turning tangled corporate-relationship data into insight is applied deep tech powering compliance and due diligence. In this episode, we cover: Tilo Wa...

Gordian Braun, CEO of Berlin-based onetool and Y-Combinator alumnus, on cutting SaaS costs and untangling app access in under an hour. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: SaaS-spend and access management is operational deep tech — infrastructure that quietly saves scaling companies real money. In this episode, we cover: Gor...

Henriette Maaß, CEO of NanoStruct, on nanotech that “listens to molecules” — analysis built on solid-state physics. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Nanoscale sensing is frontier science deep tech, turning fundamental physics into commercial measurement tools. In this episode, we cover: Henriette Maaß (Co-Founder & C...

Trade Republic becoming Germany’s most valuable startup headlines the May 2021 wrap-up, alongside SPACs and institutional crypto moves. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A neobroker topping the valuation table and institutions eyeing crypto flagged where DACH fintech deep tech was heading. In this episode, we cover: Trade...

Jörn-Philipp Plies, CEO of eye2you, on turning smartphones into simple retina scanners for accessible eye diagnostics. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Smartphone-based medical imaging is healthcare deep tech — putting diagnostic capability in far more hands. In this episode, we cover: Jörn-Philipp Plies (Co-Founder &amp...

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Simon Stengelmeier, “The Data Warrior,” on BS-free service design and data-driven business solutions built around Jobs to Be Done. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Grounding product and marketing in real customer jobs and data is the discipline behind durable deep-tech go-to-market. In this episode, we cover: Simon Steng...