Location decisions are becoming increasingly complex: companies, investors, and municipalities need to recognize developments early to seize opportunities and avoid risks. Octoscreen analyzes millions of municipal documents for this purpose and condenses the information into concrete action recommendations. In the interview, CEO and co-founder Julian Freese explains how this becomes an early warning system for location and investment decisions. (Photo: Octoscreen GmbH)
Myriameat develops a platform for producing real animal muscle tissue from stem cells—without animal farming and slaughter. The biotech startup has already integrated cultivated pork muscle into food products and recently achieved another scientific milestone: the successful development of venison muscle cells. In the interview, co-founder Florian Hüttner explains why the future of meat production could lie in automated biological processes. (Photo: MyriaMeat GmbH)
Photovoltaics, battery storage, and intelligent electricity procurement can turn commercial properties into active participants in the energy transition. Moverloop develops integrated energy concepts for properties with multiple tenants. Co-founder Valerie Laubsch explains in the interview why energy will become part of a property’s infrastructure in the future and how owners can directly benefit from the energy transition. (Photo: moverloop GmbH)
Weeks of market research should be a thing of the past: The startup The Consumer AI, founded in 2025, develops digital twins of real consumers that companies can query in real-time on product, marketing, or packaging decisions. Co-founder Fabian Roschig explains why the consumer perspective should flow into innovation processes much earlier and how AI is changing market research. (Photo: SYNCON Labs GmbH)
Analyze video material, cut it, and compile it into first drafts—completely automated with AI: Ontoworks develops software solutions for media creators and broadcasters. CEO and co-founder Sean McFadden reports how an idea at the intersection of music and technology became a startup for the future of media production. (Photo: Ontoworks GmbH)
Matcha is regarded by many as a natural alternative to coffee and energy drinks, but high-quality products on the go are still rare. With Prinzz Matcha, founder Sophie Prinz wants to change that. She talks with us about building a pure matcha brand, the upcoming national Edeka listing, and the question of how a trend becomes a new beverage category. (Photo: Mona Crusius)
Whether the Bundeswehr, police, or emergency services: in security-critical operations, enormous amounts of data must be analyzed in seconds. The Munich-based company Hat.tec develops Scale, a software that brings together information from different sensors and platforms into a common operational picture. Co-CEOs Yannick Brand and Fabian Schmitt explain in the interview how humans and machines will work even better together in the future and why their software now also supports the Bavarian Police’s new helicopter fleet. (Photo: HAT.tec)
Approximately seven billion male chicks are killed worldwide every year immediately after hatching. The Munich-based deeptech startup Omegga wants to change that: Using AI and spectroscopy, the technology determines the sex of fertile eggs before the seventh day of incubation. In the interview, co-founder Katharina Hesseler explains why the step from the lab to industrial production was the biggest challenge and how Omegga now wants to grow internationally. (Photo: Omegga GmbH)
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