Munich Startup Recap 41/26

Bernd Heppel

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.

October 11, 2026

2 min. read time

#Munich Startup Recap #Weekly Wrap-up

**Caire Health AI – Health check via camera:** Measuring heart rate, blood pressure, or oxygen saturation with a standard camera: That’s what the startup Caire Health AI, founded in 2023, is working on. Co-founder Daniel Angloher explains how the technology aims to simplify medical workflows and create new opportunities for preventive care. (Photo: Caire Health AI)

RobCo modular robot — **Robco achieves unicorn status and raises fresh capital:** Robco hits the billion-dollar mark: The robotics startup is valued at more than one billion dollars and is securing new funding at the same time. With the autonomous industrial robot Alfie and expansion into the US, the company is already planning its next moves. (Photo: RobCo GmbH)

**She never wanted to found a company. Today, Vera Meinert is building Diafania:** Vera Meinert traded her secure job for her own startup. On Pitch & People, she talks about loneliness, responsibility, and her journey with Diafania. (Photo: Munich Startup)

**Defense Tech – Why Europe’s billions are flowing to Munich:** European defense tech startups have already raised over 6.6 billion euros (7.4 billion dollars) in venture capital in 2026 – nearly three times as much as in the entire previous year, as shown by the new report “The State of Defence Tech 2026” by Dealroom and Resilience Media. (Photo: Airlogix and Auterion)

**Munich Startup Experts: “Part-time leadership? No thanks!”** Part-time leadership? Munich Startup Expert Nico Reis explains why this becomes a risk, especially in growing teams, and when the model can work nevertheless. (Photo: Nico Reis)

Doris Diebold Hey Circle — **Women in Tech – Doris Diebold from Hey Circle:** After 14 years at Lufthansa, Doris Diebold traded her corporate career for an impact startup. With Hey Circle, she wants to replace disposable cardboard boxes with reusable ones. In this interview, she talks about circular economy, economic sustainability, and the courage not to have an answer to every question. (Photo: Hey Circle GmbH)

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