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Weekly Wrap-up 49/2025

This week in the Munich ecosystem. A lot has happened: Quantum Systems secures a record sum, the MTZ explains its vision for the future, and at Pitch & People, a founder speaks candidly about insolvency and a meeting with Jan Marsalek. Check out our photo gallery.

Cyril Ring December 7, 2025 2 min reading time

Sypox — 7 questions for Sypox: Sypox electrifies high-temperature processes like steam reforming – previously a fossil fuel-based driver of CO2 emissions. The compact reactor reaches temperatures exceeding 900 degrees Celsius, saves methane, reduces emissions, and makes biogas plants more flexible and profitable. A Munich-based spin-off, it is growing organically without investors and aims to decarbonize industries. Here Click here for the interview (Photo: SYPOX)

Quantum Systems — Record financingQuantum Systems massively increases its valuation and receives a total of 2025
340 million euros – the largest dual-use financing in Europe to date.The Munich-based company plans further growth, technological expansion, and strategic acquisitions. (Photo: Quantum Systems)

Maximilian Schäfer, founder of Cargomotion — Insolvency and Jan Marsalek: InstaFreight was considered one of the most promising logistics startups – until a broken termsheet and a collapsing market triggered its downfall in 2023.
In the video podcast Pitch & People Founder Maximilian Schäfer speaks more openly than ever before about the insolvency and the tears he shed on his birthday. He also recounts an encounter with Jan Marsalek that now casts a shadow over that time. An honest conversation about pressure, responsibility, and the courage to start anew.

MTZ — MTZ on a growth trajectory – From technology center to scaleup hubHow has the Munich Technology Center (MTZ) strategically renewed itself in recent years, and why is infrastructure for scaleups playing an increasingly important role? Felix Brinkmann, Head of MTZ, and Arno Eggers, Head of Munich Startup, talk about new services, a growing ecosystem, success stories, and the vision behind "MTZ 2". A glimpse into the future of Munich as an innovation hub. (Photo: MTZ)

Ballgaze Fandi Hartl — Ballgaze in an interview: The Munich-based startup Ballgaze It helps companies identify technical errors early on, before risks, complexity, and technical debt explode. Originating from research at TUM, the deep-tech startup shows where systems are at risk of failing before they do, and how teams can measurably increase quality and efficiency. Founder Fandi Hartl systematically analyzed "technical debt"—that is, future costs and the additional effort resulting from quick but lower-quality decisions in development—and turned her findings into a business model. (Photo: Ballgaze)

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