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A large portion of company knowledge isn’t written down in any manual, but is stored in employees’ heads. Founded in 2025 by Maximilian Resch and Marcus Maier, the startup Knowmanity is developing a platform that safeguards this experiential knowledge before it gets lost. In an interview, co-founder Maximilian Resch shares how a spontaneous idea turned into a company.

Blitzbee wants to shake up the market for functional beverages: Founded in 2024, the Munich startup develops wellness drinks specifically for women using natural ingredients and functional components such as collagen, protein, or dietary fiber. In an interview, co-founder Klaudia Saferna talks about how her experience in the automotive industry and her own daily life led to the founding of the company.

David Baumgartner’s founding story is straight out of a picture book. During a trip around the world, the Munich native came up with the idea for Dean&David. As part of the Munich Startup Festival, he spoke with us about his success and explained why not everyone can achieve what he has.

The BKA registered more than 1,000 suspicious drone flights last year. Founded in 2025 by Thomas Mühlberger, Anthony Zhou, and Thomas Höder, the defense tech startup SkyLanx is developing a modular platform designed to protect critical infrastructure from modern drone threats. In an interview, CEO Thomas Mühlberger explains why Europe needs its own technologies for this.

From Munich quantum research to personalized medicine: Qtas, a startup founded in 2025 by Robin Allert, Karl Briegel, and Nick von Grafenstein, develops technology that makes extremely rare tumor cells in blood samples visible and analyzable. In the interview, CEO Robin Allert explains how personal experiences and quantum sensing formed the foundation for the company.

Hanh Nguyen wants to rethink materials research: Together with Tiago Cerqueira and Milan Allan, the PhD-holding molecular biologist and biochemist founded the deeptech company Alqem in 2026. Using artificial intelligence, the company develops new high-performance materials – initially permanent magnets without rare earths – to reduce critical raw material dependencies. In our conversation, Nguyen discusses her path from the energy and chemical industries into entrepreneurship, the opportunities AI offers for scientific breakthroughs, and why hiring the right employees is more important than many strategic decisions.

Checking whether a new product infringes existing patents has long taken weeks and cost thousands of euros. Munich-based legaltech company Patalyze wants to fundamentally change this process: using AI, the platform analyzes patent and product data within minutes. In an interview, founder Daniel Stoll explains why the real bottleneck is not patent search, but mapping between product and patent.

Buah makes healthy snacks practical for everyday life: the Munich company sells freeze-dried and dried fruits as well as other natural snacks through its own online shop and retail stores. Jessica Krauter founded Buah in 2015 together with her brother Daniel. In the interview, the entrepreneur discusses why leadership needs to be learned, why boredom brings the best ideas – and how Buah found its way to profitability after an existential crisis.

Electric cars, wind turbines, and robots rely on powerful permanent magnets – mostly using rare earths so far. Munich deeptech Alqem wants to overcome this dependency: using an AI platform, the team is researching new high-performance materials without critical raw materials. Co-founder and CEO Hanh Nguyen explains why the crucial step isn’t prediction, but the production of new materials.

The procurement of medical devices in many hospitals is still characterized by Excel lists, fragmented data, and complex supply chains. Sanovio, founded in 2024, wants to automate the entire procurement process with an AI-powered procurement platform – from data harmonization to delivery. Co-founder and CEO Noel Nosswitz explains why bootstrapping was a decisive success factor for Sanovio and why scaling is now in focus.

Sales often determines whether a startup grows or stagnates. Many founders are strong in product and tech, but when it comes to clearly defined target customers, solid sales funnels, and predictable B2B sales, questions remain open. We speak with Henning Heesen about how startups can set up sales from the beginning and what mistakes they should avoid.

Seven billion male chicks are killed worldwide every year immediately after hatching. Omegga is working against this with AI and spectroscopy. The Munich deeptech company’s technology determines the sex of incubation eggs before the seventh day of incubation. Katharina Hesseler founded Omegga in 2022 together with Till Nöllgen and Paul Günther. She explains to us why founding is a marathon, why resilience is crucial in the founding process, and how technological innovation can drive social change.