For the third time now, Munich Startup is represented with a booth at Slush. Together with the partner cities of Startup-Champs (Hamburg, Cologne, and Berlin), we are once again part of the Germany stand of the German-Finnish Chamber of Commerce. There, on November 20 and 21, you can not only meet our team, but also four startups to which we are temporarily handing over the stand. This year, ESG-X, Peak Quantum, Roundpeg Technologies, and Sub Capitals are participating.
ESG-X
ESG-X digitalizes non-financial reporting through its own databases and LLMs, operating at the intersection of AI and ESG. This includes automating mandatory preliminary analysis, the so-called “materiality assessment,” mapping existing company data, and supporting the resolution of data gaps. According to the startup, its models are capable of understanding company situations and therefore predicting relevant topics that must be disclosed with high accuracy. It can also automatically map existing company data to the new CSRD regulation.
The startup looks forward to Slush with great anticipation, as co-founder Jean Bauer explains:
“We expect an exciting event with many entrepreneurs and investors who, just like us, are enthusiastic about value-creating applications of AI technology, particularly in the field of sustainability.”
Peak Quantum
The deeptech spin-off from TUM, Peak Quantum, develops high-quality quantum processors based on superconducting circuits. The Munich-based company’s vision is to accelerate the path to industrial quantum computing that solves real problems for real users. This is to be achieved with a unique qubit architecture that allows lower error rates and thus provides a direct scaling and cost advantage on the path to error-corrected quantum computing.
Thomas Luschmann, co-founder and managing director at Peak Quantum, sees Slush as an opportunity to draw international attention to Munich’s deeptech location:
“We look forward to making valuable contacts with investors, potential partners, and other innovators at Slush and representing the Munich location in this international setting – particularly the many innovative deeptech startups that have their roots here.”
Roundpeg Technologies
Roundpeg Technologies focuses on collaborative robots: the startup develops add-on systems for environment detection for cobots. This enables new types of interaction between robotics and humans that were previously not possible or only very limited. Thanks to the technology from Munich, the cobots can detect obstacles and actively avoid collisions and thus accidents – even at high working speeds. In this way, Roundpeg wants to revolutionize production and drastically reduce costs for deploying automated solutions on assembly lines.
CEO and co-founder Oliver Krieg wants to use Slush to expand his network:
“We expect great conversations with other founders and investors. It’s a great opportunity to expand our network and forge potential partnerships. Particularly the opportunity to learn from others’ experiences and get feedback on our own concept is extremely valuable to us.”
Sub Capitals
The Munich startup Sub Capitals offers its customers an automated, artificial intelligence-based investment strategy. This offering includes an AI certificate that uses the Munich company’s AI to invest. Consumers can purchase the certificate through an ordinary broker and thus add a security to their portfolio that is based on artificial intelligence. The vision behind it is to develop a fair product for private investors in the long term and thus achieve greater equality in financial markets.
