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Reformer Club receives 2 million euros from Vorwerk Ventures. With this funding, the Munich fitness startup now has big plans that extend beyond Germany’s borders.

Munich-based AI startup Nnexoro closes its first angel round. With Stefan Smalla and Dennis Vogt, the company brings two investors on board to expand its digital colleague Carl.

Vacation season is slowly drawing to a close. Time to pack away the sun hat and air mattress and read our weekly review. This week, we asked Silvernova 7 questions, spoke with the Media Lab Bayern and UnternehmerTUM’s Women Startup Initiative about the issue of too few female founders, and recapped Munich’s role in New Space. In addition, startup investments are up in 2026 according to the EY Startup Barometer, and Aily Labs is partnering with Google Cloud. Enjoy browsing!

Munich-based startup Fryte Mobility is integrating Smatrics’ charging infrastructure into its route and charging planning for electric trucks across Germany and Austria. According to Smatrics, it is bringing around 20,000 charging points to the platform, with selected locations set to become reservable via Fryte starting in 2027.

Founded in 2026 by Amir Zahiri, Mahsa Iraniara, and Saswat Swain, the startup Zura Health is developing an adaptive AI coach for active women paired with a smart earring that measures physiological data directly at the ear. CEO and co-founder Amir Zahiri brings a background in aerospace engineering and product development. In this interview, he explains why existing wearables often fail to adequately account for female physiology and how Zura aims to translate measured data into actionable decisions for training, nutrition, and recovery.

Defencetech is experiencing a boom. Investors, industry, and the Bundeswehr are increasingly seeking innovative technologies. At the Munich Startup Festival, experts from startups, the Bundeswehr, and academia discussed why civilian and military innovation are becoming increasingly intertwined and what founders need to know when entering the defense market.

With Strascheg Center for Entrepreneurship, a startup center was established in Munich that not only teaches entrepreneurial thinking, but also offers comprehensive support for prospective founders: From brainstorming on scrap paper to the first financing round, all in one place.

Aily Labs is bringing its decision intelligence platform to the Google Cloud Marketplace. This will make it easier for companies to integrate the Munich-based startup’s AI agents into their existing systems.

According to the EY Startup Barometer, German startups raised around 5.3 billion euros in the first half of 2026. While investment volume is rising, the number of financing rounds is falling. Bavaria ranks behind Berlin and Baden-Württemberg.

Space sounds like rockets, astronauts, and science fiction. In reality, a massive commercial market has long been developing—and Munich plays an important role in it. At the Munich Startup Festival, investor Joram Voelklein, Delta-Vision founder Alex Plebuch, and Florian Dötzer from the TUM Venture Lab Aerospace & Defense discussed Munich’s opportunities in the new space race with moderator Prof. Dr. Nadine Chochoiek.

Female founders are still significantly underrepresented in the startup ecosystem. Why is that? And what needs to change? Pia Lexa from Media Lab Bayern and Susanne Traugott from the Women Startup initiative at UnternehmerTUM speak with Munich Startup about this.

Fewer new hires, but also new jobs: A Bitkom survey among German tech startups shows how the use of AI is impacting employment and workforce planning.