Weekly Wrap-up 40/2025

Kyrill Ring

If you missed them: here you’ll find the most important articles in a photo gallery. Start your new week well informed.

October 12, 2025

2 min. read time

#Weekly Wrap-up

**7 questions for Netme:** The Munich startup Netme wants to change what many apps fail to do: really bring people together in real life. Instead of swipes and small talk, the founding team of the Munich app, Karim Yamani and Alisa Maier, focus on spontaneous invitations, real meetings, and a clear goal – encounters instead of screen time. (Photo: Netme)

Irene Klemm from Edurino as a guest at Pitch & People — **PITCH & PEOPLE episode 5 with Edurino:** From the children’s room to a million-dollar startup. The Munich startup Edurino combines play, learning, and technology into a unique concept for children between four and eight years old. Co-founder Irene Klemm explains in the video podcast Pitch & People how an idea born in the middle of the pandemic became an internationally growing EdTech company with €17 million Series B funding – and why mistakes, feedback from children, and belching monsters are part of its timing destiny. (Photo: Munich Startup)

Kiutra receives €13 million in funding — **€13 million for Kiutra**: With the capital raised, the Munich startup Kiutra aims to drive international expansion and further develop helium-3-free cooling systems. These are intended to make supply chains in quantum technologies more resilient. Here you can find the announcement. (Photo: Kiutra)

Social Impact Generation-D — **Munich startups win at Generation-D:** The Munich startups Muniqo Performante and Puray impressed at the nationwide social entrepreneurship competition Generation-D. Both teams demonstrate how innovative technologies create social value and contribute to global sustainability goals. (Photo: Best / stock.adobe.com)

**Finches in interview:** Finches translates agricultural reality into decision-relevant metrics: The Munich startup helps buyers identify risks such as climate extremes, price volatility, or geopolitical disruptions early and convert them into stable procurement strategies. Founders Catharina van Delden and Stefanie Seisenberger Glenn rely on data-based co-creation. (Photo: Finches)

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