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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.

In addition to the recently announced EU subsidy of 76 million euros, a further 15 million euros in fresh equity is flowing into the semiconductor startup Quantum Diamonds.

With a pre-seed round of eight million euros, Alqem aims to significantly accelerate the development of new high-performance materials using AI.

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.

The EU Commission approves 76 million euros in state aid for Quantum Diamonds. A production facility for semiconductor test systems is to be built in Munich, embedded in the European chip strategy.

Globally, around seven billion male chicks are killed immediately after hatching each year. 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 this interview, co-founder Katharina Hesseler explains why the transition from the laboratory to industrial operation was the biggest challenge and how Omegga now wants to grow internationally.

With an oversubscribed seed round, Collimate Health finances the development of a clinical prototype for its microbeam radiation therapy.

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: successful development of deer muscle cells. In the interview, co-founder Florian Hüttner explains why the future of meat production could lie in automated biological processes.

The Global Deep Tech Report 2026 paints a contradictory picture of the European innovation ecosystem. Although Europe produces nearly half of all deeptech startups worldwide, only 17 percent of global funding flows into these companies. For investors and founders, the report makes it clear where the biggest growth bottlenecks are and what structural changes are necessary.

Ewigbyte is developing an infrastructure for long-term glass-based data storage together with Belgian company Capsyra. The cooperation was presented at CyberSec Europe 2026 in Brussels.

European defence and dual-use startups have five more days to apply for the Eudis Business Accelerator of the European Union. Selected companies will receive funding up to 120,000 euros as well as direct access to investors, industry partners, and military end-users.

Bosch, BMW i Ventures and Earlybird are expanding funds for technology-oriented startups. This opens up new financing opportunities for Munich startups in artificial intelligence, deeptech and industry.