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

Dennis Ahrens, CEO of Hamburg-based Spacific, on software for AR glasses that measures objects in rooms — from stairlifts to construction. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: AR-based measurement is deep tech bridging digital models and physical space for real industrial workflows. In this episode, we cover: Dennis Ahrens (...

A wave of SPAC talks — Solarisbank, Infarm, Lilium, Volocopter — and a Gorillas unicorn headline the April 2021 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: SPAC ambitions across fintech, farming, and air taxis marked the moment DACH deep tech chased public-market capital. In this episode, we cover: SPAC talks: Solarisbank,...

Fabian Beringer, CEO of Munich-based e-bot7, on conversational AI for customer service — years before agentic voice AI went mainstream. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Early chatbot and NLP deep tech from a KI-Bundesverband founding member foreshadowed today’s agentic-AI wave. In this episode, we cover: Fabian Beringer...

Florian Biller, CEO of Munich proptech Capmo, on replacing paper construction plans with digital workflows and smart analytics. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Digitizing construction — one of the largest, least-digital industries — is deep tech with enormous productivity upside. In this episode, we cover: Florian Bille...

Television.ai on using AI to automatically generate trailers and short spots for TV programs and independent productions. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Automated video generation is early media deep tech, pointing directly at today’s generative-AI content pipelines. In this episode, we cover: Television.ai and AI-gene...

Austria’s first unicorn Bitpanda, a Samwer “German Tesla,” and indoor farming headline the March 2021 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A first national unicorn beside EV and vertical-farming bets shows how broadly DACH deep-tech ambition was spreading. In this episode, we cover: Bitpanda becomes Austria’s first...

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Pablo Garcia-Amorena, CEO of Mirrakoi, on 3D models and 3D prints that help surgeons prepare for bone-reconstruction surgery. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Turning medical-device data into surgical 3D models is healthcare deep tech that can change operating-room outcomes. In this episode, we cover: Pablo Garcia-Amoren...

Alexander Kasinec, co-founder of Evitado, on using lidar to prevent aircraft ground collisions that cost €250k+ per incident. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Lidar-based collision avoidance is sensing deep tech tackling a costly, frequent physical-world problem. In this episode, we cover: Alexander Kasinec (Co-Founder,...

Heinz Luckardt, co-founder of KONVOI, on AI and sensors to prevent truck-cargo theft — a €2.2B annual problem in Germany. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Preventive cargo security blends AI, sensors, and logistics — deep tech for a costly, organized-crime-driven problem. In this episode, we cover: Heinz Luckardt (Co-Fou...

Auto1’s IPO minting two tech billionaires and Europe’s first tech SPAC listing in Frankfurt headline the February 2021 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Public listings and a homegrown tech SPAC signaled DACH deep tech reaching for capital markets at scale. In this episode, we cover: Auto1 IPO creates two tech bi...

Fabrizio Gramuglio, CEO of Xperience+, on reinventing how we watch sports and movies — from a geneticist-turned-founder in Frankfurt. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Rethinking immersive media experience is consumer deep tech at the edge of content, audio, and interaction. In this episode, we cover: Fabrizio Gramuglio (...

Martin Kreitmair, CEO of Tangany, on a licensed white-label custody solution that lets clients hold crypto assets without their own license. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Regulated crypto custody is fintech deep tech where bank-grade security and licensing are the real product. In this episode, we cover: Martin Kreitm...

Two new unicorns, Auto1’s €1.5B IPO, and Mambu’s banking-SaaS rise headline the first news episode of 2021. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Banking-infrastructure SaaS like Mambu — the backbone behind N26 — is exactly the quiet deep tech powering fintech. In this episode, we cover: Two new German unicorns to open 2021 A...

Startuprad.io’s 2020 year-in-review looks back at COVID startup aid, megarounds, and the top German startup stories of the year. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: A full-year read of how DACH startups weathered 2020 is essential baseline context for the deep-tech decade that followed. In this episode, we cover: German sta...

Alex von Frankenberg, MD of High-Tech Gründerfonds, on running Europe’s most active seed investor — ~600 investments and €2.8B in follow-on capital. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: HTGF is foundational to German deep tech; how it seeds and supports founders shapes the entire pipeline. In this episode, we cover: Alex von...

Germany’s €10B investment package, a reshaped DAX, and Peter Thiel’s German bets headline the December 2020 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: State capital and high-profile investor moves are the policy signals that shape which deep tech gets built next. In this episode, we cover: Germany’s €10B investment packag...

German startups racing on COVID vaccines, Rocket Internet’s delisting, and a potential digital Euro headline the November 2020 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Vaccine biotech beside a digital-Euro debate shows the breadth of DACH deep tech under pandemic pressure. In this episode, we cover: German startups work...

Felix Rolf, CEO of Artificial Connect, on using AI to auto-generate local event announcements at newsroom scale. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Automating structured local content is early generative-AI deep tech — the same pattern now reshaping media. In this episode, we cover: Felix Rolf (CEO, Artificial Connect) AI-...

Patrick Kaiser, COO of Scriptbakery, on an AI that analyzes manuscripts and predicts a reader’s emotional response. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Modeling narrative and reader emotion is applied NLP deep tech tackling a real publishing bottleneck. In this episode, we cover: Patrick Kaiser (COO, Scriptbakery) AI analys...

A monster N26 round in the making and fresh Wirecard-insolvency details headline the October 2020 wrap-up. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Neobank momentum against the Wirecard collapse framed the trust-and-scale questions defining DACH fintech deep tech. In this episode, we cover: A monster funding round brewing at N26...

Benjamin Federmann, CEO of Kassel-based doks.innovation, on enabling indoor drone flights for digital logistics where GPS fails. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Indoor autonomous flight via global-plus-local mapping is hard robotics deep tech for warehouse-scale logistics. In this episode, we cover: Benjamin Federmann (...

The Summer 2020 wrap-up condenses July through September of a pandemic-shaped 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: How DACH startups navigated the mid-pandemic summer is useful context for the deep-tech recovery that followed. In this episode, we cover: A combined July–September 2020 r...

Davide Scheidegger, co-founder of Cyreen, on privacy-preserving analytics that measure how in-store ads shape offline shopping-cart behavior. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Bringing digital-grade measurement to physical retail is deep tech — a data standard for a channel that lacked one. In this episode, we cover: Davi...

Ramin Karbalaie, astrophysicist CEO of NAIX Technology, on AI that redacts and anonymizes contracts for M&A data rooms and GDPR. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this matters for deep tech: Automating document anonymization is legal-tech deep tech — cheaper compliance than the manual redaction it replaces. In this episode, we cover: Ramin Karba...