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After the event announcements customary in the podcast, we begin at minute 2:25 with the monthly review for October. We start as always with the funding rounds completed in the past month. All3DP received an undisclosed amount in October for its 3D printing marketplace Craftcloud. The cleantech company Spine secured a pre-seed investment of 1.5 million euros. Building Radar received 6.6 million euros. Various business angels invested a six-figure sum in the project planning tool “Best Case” from Zero Workaround Solutions. And the live trading platform for whisky and spirits Spiritory also closed its pre-seed round in October.
Additionally, the energy startup Pionierkraft raised fresh capital with its series A round, but did not disclose how much money the investors provided. The BayBG participated in October with one million euros in Parkstory. The coffers of Ororatech rang with 25 million euros through the series B. The biotech company Knowing01 was also convincing and increased its account by half a million euros. Exomatter raised 1.7 million euros with its pre-seed round. And Rebike Mobility secured 13 million euros and a partnership with Decathlon.
Expansions, partnerships and other news in the Newsflash
In the expansions and partnerships section of our Newsflash (from minute 8:45), we discuss Neoshare, AppliedAI and Flix. The fintech company Neoshare was able to win the law firm GSK Stockmann as a new partner. Together they want to drive digitalization in the real estate and financial services industry. The AppliedAI Initiative, in turn, has been working with Berlin-based company Deepset since October to bring customized applications of large language models to businesses. And Flix finally brings fans as an official partner to UEFA Europa League and UEFA Conference League matches. In doing so, the Munich-based company also wants to raise awareness for sustainable, collective travel.
Beyond that, episode 88 also features the new CEO of Voltstorage and several startups successful in competitions (from minute 10:35). We also take a look at the insolvencies of Inveox, Unio, Off and Lilium.
