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At the ITHM Tech Accelerator Day 2026, startups, insurance companies, and players from Munich’s innovation ecosystem gathered at Werk1. The focus was on new collaboration opportunities, the use of AI in the insurance industry, and regulatory challenges.

Young looks for housing, old looks for company: Anne Hufnagel bridges generations with InGemeinschaft. On Pitch & People, she shares how it works.

Munich startups expand to the UK: Microagi creates 180 jobs, Proxima Fusion grows. A new tech alliance aims to strengthen cooperation between both countries.

Scalable Capital has opened its own bank branch in Vienna, offering Austrian clients a local IBAN and automatic capital gains tax withholding for the first time. With competitive interest rates, the company aims to expand its position in the Austrian market.

Dais is a female health brand founded in 2022 by Eva Bodenmüller, Grace Forsyth, and Jonas Schoebel. Having started with period underwear, it has since built an entire category the founders call Cyclecare, encompassing heat pads, cycle creams, and bras.

Finches has closed a €2 million pre-seed funding round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) with Vanagon Ventures as co-lead. Find out here what the company plans to do with the new capital.

During the Covid crisis, Bella & Bona’s revenue dropped to zero. Today, the foodtech startup founded in 2019 by Niccolò Lapini, Matteo Cricco, and Niccolò Ferragamo is profitable. In an interview, Lapini explains why in-house kitchens, logistics, and software make all the difference.

What’s moving Munich’s startup scene right now? From new tech to personal insights: our photo gallery shows the topics and people everyone was talking about this week.

European defencetech startups have already raised over €6.6 billion ($7.4 billion) in venture capital in 2026 – nearly three times as much as in the entire previous year, as the new report ‘The State of Defence Tech 2026’ by Dealroom and Resilience Media shows.

Important decisions are often made in person, only to be forgotten afterwards. Kiolo is developing an AI notetaker as a compact device that transcribes and summarizes on-site conversations. Co-founder Victoria Schöffel explained to us what sets their solution apart.

Munich-based healthtech startup Calliora has raised over €5.3 million ($6 million) in a pre-seed round led by Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments (BHI) and Redalpine.

Personio is acquiring Berlin expense management startup Circula, expanding its HR and payroll platform to include travel expenses, company cards, and employee benefits. Circula brings over 3,000 corporate clients and 250,000 users.