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Startuprad.io meets Trilleco, a Berlin green startup helping businesses analyse and manage their environmental impact through an industrial IoT data platform. Its no-code approach makes it easy for companies to see where and how they can reduce their footprint. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: You can't reduce what you can't m...

Startuprad.io meets Monite, a Berlin embedded-finance startup already active in the US, UK, and major European markets while still at seed stage. Its API lets B2B neobanks, SaaS companies, and marketplaces embed invoicing and AP automation in three to five weeks — making CFOs' lives easier. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Emb...

The September 2022 roundup of German, Swiss, and Austrian startups — the fundings, deals, and shifts that defined the month across the GSA ecosystem. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Monthly roundups are the pulse of the ecosystem. This one captures where GSA capital and momentum sat in late 2022. In this episode, we cover:...

In part one of a subject-matter-expert series on Central Bank Digital Currencies, Startuprad.io talks with Kimmo, a regtech entrepreneur who previously worked at the central banks of Finland and Norway. They map the fintech opportunities emerging as central banks move toward digital currency. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: C...

Global Savings Group is a hidden giant in shopper rewards — a European commerce-content and savings platform operating at massive scale behind the scenes of online shopping. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Some of Europe's biggest tech businesses are ones consumers never name. GSG shows how a quiet infrastructure player ca...

COMPREDICT — the startup backed by Blackberry and Michelin — builds AI 'virtual sensors' that extract new data from vehicles without adding hardware, helping automakers monitor components and predict wear. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Automotive is being redefined by software and data. Virtual sensors let carmakers unlo...

A summer wrap-up of German, Swiss, and Austrian startup news for July and August 2022 — the fundings, deals, and shifts that moved during the quieter months. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Even slow months carry signals. This wrap-up captures where GSA capital and momentum sat mid-2022. In this episode, we cover: The nota...

Kenjo is building an effortless, all-in-one HR software platform for small and mid-sized companies — consolidating the scattered tools businesses use to hire, manage, and pay their people. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: HR is a fragmented, painful stack for SMBs. All-in-one platforms like Kenjo win by turning administrati...

Startuprad.io meets Byways, founded by Sennder's former Head of Product — a SaaS tool that works like "Calendly for logistics," connecting warehouses, clients, and logistics companies to book transportation exactly when it's needed. It already counts ASOS, Maersk, and Sennder as clients, and has the US in its sights. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Wh...

Asvin provides cybersecurity for the Internet of Things — securing the sprawling, long-lived, hard-to-patch fleets of connected devices that traditional security tools weren't built for. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: IoT security is a fast-growing attack surface with weak defenses. Purpose-built protection is increasingl...

Instigo is building an autonomous growth-hacking ad platform for digital marketers — using automation to optimize campaigns and free marketers from manual tuning. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Ad optimization is repetitive and data-heavy — ideal for automation. Autonomous platforms promise better results with less manual...

French fintech unicorn Qonto on its plan to conquer the German market — how a business-banking champion expands across Europe, and what it takes to win SMB finance country by country. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Business banking is won market by market. Qonto's German push is a case study in scaling fintech across Euro...

The June 2022 roundup of German, Swiss, and Austrian startups — the fundings, deals, and shifts that defined the month across the GSA ecosystem. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Monthly roundups are the pulse of the ecosystem. This one captures where GSA capital and momentum sat in mid-2022. In this episode, we cover: The n...

Germany approved cannabis for medical use, with recreational legalization on the horizon — a look at the regulatory shift and the startup and investment opportunity it opens across the cannabis value chain. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Regulatory change creates markets overnight. The German cannabis shift is a case stud...

Stephan, founding partner of Berlin-based AlphaQ, joins Startuprad.io. AlphaQ is a fund of VC funds on its way toward €1 billion — and it does something unusual: alongside raising fresh capital, it swaps shares in existing VC funds for shares in its fund of funds. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Fund-of-funds mechanics rarely...

Endosane is pursuing new hope for patients with mental health conditions — a biotech developing therapies for an area that has seen too little pharmaceutical innovation. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Mental health has been chronically underserved by drug development. Startups tackling it operate at the intersection of ur...

A Q1 2022 pulse-check on the European startup system — the data and dynamics shaping funding, founders, and momentum across the continent at the start of the year. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Regular ecosystem check-ins ground the narrative in data. This snapshot captures Europe's startup system at a pivotal moment. In...

Benedikt Schuppli, co-founder and co-CEO of Zürich-based FQX, joins Startuprad.io. FQX wants to digitise company debt — building infrastructure where digital debt can be registered, issued, transferred, and eventually traded on-chain. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Corporate debt is enormous and still runs on paper-era proce...

Kranus Health is behind one of Germany's most successful digital-health launches — building clinically validated, prescribable therapies within the country's digital-therapeutics framework, in areas like urological and men's health. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Germany's prescribable digital-therapeutics (DiGA) system c...

The May 2022 roundup of German, Swiss, and Austrian startups — the fundings, deals, and shifts that defined the month across the GSA ecosystem. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Looking back at a monthly cut is a snapshot of the ecosystem's mood and money at a moment in time — useful context for how DACH has evolved. In this...

ROWS brings spreadsheets into the age of APIs — a spreadsheet that connects directly to live data and services, turning a familiar tool into a lightweight automation and integration layer. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Spreadsheets are the world's most-used software. Making them API-native unlocks automation for millions...

Startuprad.io meets EXALOAN, which began as a rating agency for digital assets and grew into a global platform connecting crowdlending platforms with institutional investors — with a mission to bridge the funding gap facing SMEs worldwide. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: SMEs are chronically underfunded even as institutional...

Billie brings Buy Now, Pay Later to the B2B market — giving businesses the deferred-payment options consumers already enjoy, and smoothing cash flow across trade. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: B2B payments are slow and credit-constrained. BNPL for businesses is a large, fast-growing category. In this episode, we cover: H...

Recorded April 25th, 2022, this GSA wrap-up runs the month's startup news across Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — part of a double publication alongside a companion episode on men's health. Full article, links, and sources: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: A steady monthly read keeps founders and investors current on where DACH capital and momentum are head...

Exclusive data on startup funding in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland — a data-driven look at valuations and funding dynamics across the GSA region, in partnership with Equidam. Full article, links, and transcript: Read the full episode notes on Startuprad.io Why this episode matters: Valuation and funding data grounds the conversation in reality. This is the empirical picture of how GSA startups...