News & Podcast

The Munich startup Sinalis automates patient communication by phone – multilingual, empathetic, and around the clock. In the videocast Pitch & People, co-founder Paul Sachse explains how a hackathon idea became a healthtech startup that wants to relieve medical staff and give patients more attention.

We from Munich Startup met with three investors at Slush 2025 in Helsinki. In the interview, Inga Grieger from BMW iVentures, Ronja Stoffregen from Rehau New Ventures and Eva Spannagl from OpenAI talk about what they look for in founders, why it’s a good time for new ideas, and what added value they can provide to startups.

One minute of full concentration, one minute to convince your next investor. Pitch & People, the new video podcast from Munich Startup, was out and about at the Bits & Pretzels with StartupMatch, the platform that brings together startups and investors through 60-second pitches, and let founders pitch their ideas. All pitches are in the video.

By age 24, Darius Göttert has already founded more startups than most people do in a lifetime. From student ventures via Spreadly to the hacker house FORA: Göttert builds ecosystems for young founders and wants to shape the next generation of entrepreneurs in Germany with his network. That and more on Pitch & People.

The Munich Startup Podcast is getting a fresh face: with Pitch & People, a new format launches that puts the people behind the startups at the center. From now on, Helen Duran and Kyrill Ring from the Munich Startup editorial team guide listeners through pitches and inspiring conversations, offering a behind-the-scenes look – for the first time also in video format.