News & Podcast

This week, we featured the startups Mojitofilms and The Ocean Package, but there was also general news from the Munich ecosystem: Nnexoro closed its first angel round and HTGF is planning 150 investments with its new seed fund. On top of that, our videocast Pitch & People is back from its summer break with a new episode featuring guest Ilya Ballier, and our Munich Startup Expert Robert Richarz explains what founders should know about scout checks. Enjoy our varied weekly wrap-up!

Vacation season is slowly drawing to a close. Time to pack away the sun hat and air mattress and read our weekly review. This week, we asked Silvernova 7 questions, spoke with the Media Lab Bayern and UnternehmerTUM’s Women Startup Initiative about the issue of too few female founders, and recapped Munich’s role in New Space. In addition, startup investments are up in 2026 according to the EY Startup Barometer, and Aily Labs is partnering with Google Cloud. Enjoy browsing!

Did you spend last week in a deck chair and miss out on what happened in the ecosystem? Then catch up with our review and click through the news of the week.

Summer slump? Think again! There was plenty going on in the ecosystem this week as well. Click through funding news, insolvencies, and important funding opportunities for tech startups.

New look, fresh capital, and innovative solutions: This week we present the new look of Munich Startup, which is more than just a new design. What else has happened in the ecosystem? While 5U AI and Celsio report successful financing rounds, Treesense makes the water requirements of urban trees measurable, and Knowmanity preserves valuable experiential knowledge in companies. In addition, Helsing takes the top spot in the German unicorn ranking. Find these and other topics in our weekly review. Enjoy!

Which topics moved the startup scene this week? Celonis co-founder Bastian Nominacher explains why Europe lags behind in implementation despite top-tier research and strong talent. We also introduce Munich startup Blitzbee and its functional wellness drinks for women, speak with Bears with Benefits co-founder Marlena Hien about profitability, growth, and exit, as well as with Dean&David founder David Baumgartner about his entrepreneurial journey. In addition, we report on space startup DeltaVision’s 10 million euro financing round and show how startups can reach the best digital talent with recruiting tips from Dygitized founder and Munich Startup Expert Bastian Deurer. Click through last week’s highlights in our Munich Startup Recap. Enjoy!

What a fantastic week that was! The Munich Startup Festival 2026 once again demonstrated the innovative power in the Munich startup ecosystem. We’ve compiled everything you need to know from the fourth edition of MSF. Check out the highlights. In Pitch & People we speak with Articly, and in our Women in Tech section with Hanh Nguyen from Alqem. Plus, fresh capital for Aampere and Skalar. Enjoy reading!

This week there were many exclusive stories on Munich Startup, and we’re showing you a selection in our recap of the week: In addition to the new episode of our video podcast Pitch & People with entrepreneur and business angel Katja Ruhnke, we also spoke with Finn and Pulsetrain about how the federal government’s labor market reform could affect startups. In our “7 Questions” section, we present the deeptech startup Alquem, while in the “Women in Tech” section, founder Jessica Krauter tells how Buah found its way to profitability after an existential crisis. But there were also several outstanding success stories to report this week: Helsing raised around 1.6 billion euros and is now the most valuable German startup of all. Additionally, 3,053 startups were newly founded in Germany between January and June 2026. A real startup boom when you consider that’s a 52 percent increase compared to the second half of 2025. Enjoy clicking through our highlights from this week!

Just in time for summer, we’ve rounded up the hottest ecosystem news from last week in our recap for you.nLook forward to many exclusive stories in our review. We conducted interviews with Katharina Hesseler from Omegga, the chairwoman of the Business Angels Deutschland e.V. (BAND) Katja Ruhnke, and also with Henning Heesen. In our latest podcast episode, founder Nicolas Höflinger talks about his AI startup Voiceline. nAnd financing didn’t fall short this week either: While Quantum Diamonds raised a total of 91 million euros, Proxima Fusion even cracked the three-digit million mark. In a Series A2 financing round, the Munich-based startup raised 411 million euros and is now valued at more than 2.4 billion euros. nDon’t want to miss hot startup news? Then subscribe to our newsletter! Enjoy our weekly recap.

Another eventful week has passed: While Quantum Systems raises one billion euros, Ororatech receives the TUM Presidential Entrepreneurship Award 2026. In the latest episode of our Pitch & People podcast, Auditr founder Elias Müller speaks openly about the downsides of founding. In an exclusive interview with Munich Startup, K5 CEO Verena Schlüpmann shares tips for startup trade fair appearances. Speaking of trade fairs: Have you already gotten your ticket for our Munich Startup Festival on July 22? This week we introduced you to a selection of moderators who will bring our main stage to life that day. And last but not least, over 100 startup founders are calling for an economic policy turnaround.

Week 26 in the year ’26 is behind us and we take another look at a selection of topics that have occupied us this week. While Munich car subscription startup Finn raises 140 million euros and achieves unicorn status, Openlaw acquires the insolvent company Firma.de with its platform Beglaubigt.de. This week was also marked by strong women: whether Valerie Laubsch from Moverloop, who answers our questions in an interview, whether Saskia Müller, who talks about her startup Stellamia in the podcast Pitch & People, or Sophie Prinz, who is revolutionizing the beverage market with Prinzz Matcha. We also look forward to seeing you on July 16 when you visit us at the Kinoliebe open-air event. Have fun browsing the photo gallery!

This week we introduced you to The Consumer AI. The Munich startup, founded in 2025, wants to revolutionize market research with AI. Collimate Health and Causa Prima are each securing multiple millions of euros in seed funding, and we invited Secfix founder Fabiola Munguia to our Pitch & People studio. There she talks about the crucial turning point in her startup career. We also have another guest post from our Munich Startup Experts series for you: Tim Bäulke explains how to find the perfect location for your company. Finally, you should mark Slush in November in your calendar, as we’re still looking for Munich startups for that.