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Munich-based healthtech startup Calliora has raised over €5.3 million ($6 million) in a pre-seed round led by Bertelsmann Healthcare Investments (BHI) and Redalpine.

Atira, a Munich-based AI startup developing the orchestration layer for industrial sales processes, has closed a seed round of nearly 13 million euros ($15 million) led by Accel. UVC Partners participated once again in the funding round. UVC Partners had already invested nearly 2.1 million euros ($2.5 million) in the pre-seed round.

The story of Mojitofilms almost came to an end in 2025. Then it turned out that of all things, a single feature of the film app held the greatest potential: the AI concierge Moji. Founder Shahram Shahangi combines computer science, digital marketing, and his passion for film. Today, he aims to use Moji to help cinemas and festivals better engage their audiences, discover the right films through dialogue, and shorten the path to ticket purchases.

Fewer new hires, but also new jobs: A Bitkom survey among German tech startups shows how the use of AI is impacting employment and workforce planning.

Munich-based startup Sherpa has completed pre-seed funding of approximately 2 million euros (2.2 million dollars). With the capital, the company plans to further develop its AI-native platform for managing external workforce and AI agents and expand its use among large enterprises.

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.

Weeks of market research should be a thing of the past: 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 consumer perspective should flow into innovation processes much earlier and how AI is changing market research.

Invertix’s approach is to replace traditional monitoring and SCADA systems with so-called “agentic AI” workers. Rather than merely providing data, the AI agents are designed to independently handle operational tasks such as fault diagnostics, performance analysis, compliance reporting and maintenance coordination. The Munich energy AI startup now secures 1.7 million euros.

Celonis acquires Ikigai Labs and expands its partnership with Coupa. The Munich-based software decacorn is thus expanding its platform with forecasting, AI-driven process control, and decision intelligence.

Articly builds tailored AI-based solutions that transform articles, newsletters, or blog posts into professional audio products – whether podcast or audio briefing. In the interview, Lukas Paetzmann and Wolf Weimer explain how media companies reach new audiences, why the pivot to a B2B model was decisive, and where AI audio is headed.

The Smart Industry Challenge Peru & Bavaria 2026 is aimed at startups and SMEs from Germany that have developed digital solutions for industry or mining. The focus is on applications that increase efficiency, conserve resources, or contribute to CO2 reduction.