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With Spezi, grit, and AI: Clera raises 3 million dollars
From the TU München through a hacker house in Latin America to San Francisco: Clera wants to rethink recruiting with an AI talent agent. To do this, the startup is raising 3 million dollars—and celebrating the US launch in true Bavarian style with 9,000 cans of Paulaner Spezi, as the founders tell Munich Startup.
Teilzeit.Talente: job board for part-time-friendly employers
In a working world where more and more people want to work part-time, the search for qualified part-time positions, especially in management roles, often remains frustrating. Johanna Fink, co-founder of Teilzeit.Talente, explains how her platform helps close the gap between demand for and supply of part-time jobs. Together with Moritz Orendt, she founded the job board Teilzeit.Talente in 2024. Here, not only are good part-time positions made visible, but the founding team also supports companies in addressing their labor shortages and becoming a part-time-friendly employer.
Seven-figure investment for Retorio
Retorio is raising seven-figure capital in its current funding round. Funders include venture capital funds such as Conviction VC, Basinghall Partners, and Sofia Angels Ventures, as well as current and former DAX CEOs. With the fresh capital, the Munich startup wants to further expand its customer success and sales teams. Additionally, new international partners are to be acquired for global rollouts with enterprise customers.
