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🧪 Deep Tech Germany – Startups and Venture Capital

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Deep Tech Germany is your front-row seat to the boldest breakthroughs emerging from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland—the DACH region—where advanced research, scientific innovation, and venture capital converge. As part of the Startuprad.io™ network, we spotlight the founders, engineers, scientists, and investors fueling Europe’s deep tech ecosystems. 🌍 Hosted in English for a global audience, this show connects you to the people and platforms building the future of: AI, quantum computing, photonics, and robotics Synthetic biology, climate tech, green innovation, and biotech news Neurotech, edge computing, and machine learning in hard-to-automate sectors Advanced materials, agritech, life sciences, aerospace, and mobility 🎯 What You'll Learn: 🚀 How deep tech startups go from lab to market—from Series B scaleups to public-private R&D spin-offs 💸 The mechanics of VC investment trends, hard tech venture capital, and capital growth across TRL stages 🧠 Playbooks on building in regulated markets, pitching complex ideas, and managing resilience planning at the edge of feasibility 🔬 Profiles of scientists-turned-founders, spinout companies, and deep tech accelerators in the German startup scene 📊 Updates on startup growth, scaleup strategies, and exit planning across DACH's leading institutions 🧪 Our guests include: Forbes 30/40 Under 30/40 entrepreneurs and Emmy-winning innovators Founders from Max Planck Institute, Karlsruhe Institute, and European unicorn builders Deep tech VCs, angel investors, austrian tech founders, and fintech visionaries 💡 Topics We Explore: Commercializing science: From quantum photonics to synthetic biology Innovation in deep tech: Where regtech, wealthtech, and AI-driven growth intersect Hardware-software fusion: Integrating digital assistants, open banking, and edge AI Green transformation: Eco innovation, b-grade gourmet sustainability, retail analytics, and heatmaps Scaling strategies for startups, scaleups, and corporate growth ventures 🛰️ Why It Matters: As Europe's industrial backbone undergoes a high-tech overhaul, Deep Tech Germany delivers: 📰 Monthly startup news from Berlin, Zurich, Vienna, Munich, and Frankfurt 📉 Macro trends across deep tech fundraising, pre-seed funding, and spinout finance 🎓 Insider tips for navigating innovation management, regulatory pathways, and TRL scaling Whether you're a startup founder, scientific innovator, DACH region investor, or policy expert tracking strategic growth—this podcast is your signal in the noise. 📡 Chartable: Global Top 200 Technology Podcast 🎧 Apple Podcasts: Top 20 Entrepreneurship • Spotify Discoverable in Deep Tech + Venture Capital 🌍 Ranked in Top 0.5% Podcasts (Listen Notes) 🔗 Listen & Follow: https://linktr.ee/startupradio 📬 Subscribe on Substack: https://startupradio.substack.com 🌐 Explore the Startuprad.io™ platform—your hub for the innovation economy, from startups to science-led scaleups.
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Inside of the Mind of a Blockchain Investor

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Qualifyze Makes Supply Chains in Life Science And Chemical Industry More Transparent

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Mar 03, 202235 minEp. 97

This Month in GSA Startups - February 2022

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Feb 24, 202230 minEp. 96

What We Have Learned from Atomico's State Of European Tech Survey

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Feb 10, 202236 minEp. 95

Solytic Helps the Small Solar Investor to Play With the Big Guys

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Feb 02, 202230 minEp. 94

This Month in German Startups - January 2022

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Jan 26, 202231 minEp. 93

Meet Read-O, the Spotify for Books

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Jan 19, 202226 minEp. 92

AskBrian is the Digital Assistant All Busy Professionals Need

"If you can order a pizza with an AI bot, … you should also be able to order the analysis of a company with an AI bot." Pavol Sikula, Founder and CEO AskBrian.ai Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio Our Sponsor Startupraven The best way to identify investors and cooperation partners for early-stage startups. Sign up for early access here: https://startupraven.com/...

Jan 13, 202225 minEp. 91

This Month in German Startups - December 2021

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Dec 23, 202131 min

Cogia Just IPOed And Wants to Use the Access to Capital to Drive Market Consolidation

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Dec 14, 202126 min

This Month in German Startups - November 2021

Welcome to This Month in German Startups in November 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris from New York City and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on Friday, November 19th. All news not included here will be published in our December News (to be published on December 23rd). There will also be our annual Fintech Review on December 25th and we will be back with an AI startup interview on January 13th. So we take a few weeks off around the holidays. We a...

Nov 25, 202124 min

LUBIS EDA Maybe a Game Changer for the Semiconductor Industry

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Nov 04, 202121 min

GSA Unicorn Tracker - October 2021 (Bonus)

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Oct 28, 202111 min

This Month in German Startups - October 2021

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Oct 28, 202121 min

A Look Inside the World’s First Law Regulating Autonomous Driving (Bonus Episode)

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Oct 26, 202130 min

Meet Edupression a Vienna-Based App on Prescription

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Oct 14, 202126 min

This Month in German Startups - September 2021 Unicorn Tracker (Bonus)

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Sep 30, 202116 min

This Month in German Startups - Summer Wrap-Up (July, August, September) 2021

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Sep 30, 202130 min

Entrepreneur Tools #6 – How to Start Thinking About Your Corporate Culture

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Sep 08, 202146 min

Minutes Left German Startup Awards 2021 – Special Award for Lukasz Gadowski

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Sep 05, 202140 min

Meet the Person in Charge of Germany’s €10 bn Startup Program

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Jul 28, 202128 min

swisspod wants to build a Hyperloop underneath the Alps

Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: Link https://linktr.ee/startupradio The Founder In this interview, we talk to Denis Tudor ( https://www.linkedin.com/in/denis-tudor-5737a394/ ) he is the CEO and Co-Founder of Switzerland-based swisspod ( https://swisspod.ch/ ), a startup that aims to develop hyperloop tracks underneath the Swiss alps. Denis is a Forbes 30 under 30. He graduated valedictorian wit...

Jul 08, 202136 min

This Month in German Startups - June 2021

Welcome to This Month in German Startups June 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We are reporting live from Germany’s largest unicorn wave ever. We announce two new unicorns (Scalable Capital and Forto (formerly FreightHub)) and Germany’s first Decacorn Celonis, valued at more than 11 bn US$. The 2019 Unicorn Wefox raises large funding of 536 mn € (650 mn US$). About You IPOs for 23 €/share at 4 bn Euro (4.85 bn US$)...

Jul 01, 202122 min

Bonus: This Month in German Startups – Unicorn Stampede

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Jul 01, 202117 min

Meet Palturai – The Google of Business Data

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Jun 24, 202124 min

Onetool Helps to Cut Your SaaS Costs

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Jun 15, 202130 min

Meet Nanostrcut, They Are Listening To Molecules

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Jun 03, 202126 min

This Month in German Startups – May 2021

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May 26, 202125 min

eye2you Converts Smartphones in Simple Medical Retina Scanners

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May 25, 202128 min

We bring the German speaking startup scene to you in English

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