What’s new? In ours #StartupTicker weekly review we provide a quick overview of what was really important in the German-speaking startup scene recently!
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#StartupTicker – What was really important recently!
STARTUP RADAR
Brand new
+++ In the past few days we have presented the following startups: Norta, odacova, profitize, LG Fashion Labs, Veltivo, smao, stroya, Noreja, kursmap, Mosaic SoC, Primogene, Mobility Signage, Synfia.ai, Cirql One, Immodio, Holionix, Early, Voltvera, brixl and Averia. More on the startup radar
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+++ In the Startup Radar newsletter, our paid newsletter, we report on these startups: Pace Race, ContextFab, nu:legal, ContexMesh, CyberSafe24, peeps, Zelara, MARIMET, encosa, Zulio, Vambiant, evems, Whaaat AI, CENSE and Camperr. Try it free for 30 days
INVESTMENTS
encosa
+++ The Cologne venture capitalist Realyze Ventures, Bayern Kapital, Verve Ventures, Blum Ventures, Kopa Ventures, First Momentum Ventures, Redstone, Heliad, WEPA Ventures and UnternehmerTUM Funding for Innovators as well as several business angels are investing 25 million euros (debt and equity capital) in encosa. More about encosa
Freshflow
+++ The Munich financier Reimann Investors, IBB Ventures from Berlin as well as the existing investors Capnamic, caesar Ventures, World Fund, Venture Stars and Catatumbo Capital are investing 10 million US dollars in Freshflow. More about Freshflow
bayshore
+++ The Berlin early-stage financier Earlybird Venture Capital, the young Berlin investor Lucid Capital, the Munich B2B financier Booom (Felix Plapperer and Co.) and Heliad are investing 6.9 million euros in bayshore. More about bayshore
CENSE
+++ The Munich financier G+D Ventures, the investment arm of the G+D Group, Rabo Investments, the investment division of Rabobank, and several business angels are investing 6.5 million euros in CENSE. More about CENSE
INXM
+++ According to our information, the Berlin investor Cherry Ventures, the Berlin financier Redstone, the Berlin early-stage investor Angel Invest and Co. are investing in INXM. The startup raises 5.7 million euros. More about INXM
MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS
Salesforce – Contentful
+++ The US software company Salesforce is taking over the Berlin content management platform Contentful. More about Contentful
4DMedical – Contextflow
+++ The Australian medical technology company 4DMedical, which focuses on respiratory medicine with AI-based imaging, is taking over the Vienna AI startup Contextflow. More about contextflow
UniSea – Kaiko Systems
+++ The Norwegian company UniSea (“Maritime Software Optimized for Crew Engagement”) is taking over the Berlin-based MaritimeTech Kaiko Systems. More about Kaiko Systems
YFood
+++ The food giant Nestlé, which recently sold Ankerkraut back to the founding team, is now completely taking over the Munich-based drinking meal provider YFood (previously 49.95%). More about YFood
Venture capital
Merantix Capital
+++ The Berlin investor Merantix Capital is launching a new AI fund worth 103 million euros. More about Merantix Capital
OFFLINE
Caresyntax
+++The Berlin MedTech startup Caresyntax is insolvent. More about Caresyntax
VisionHealth
+++ The Munich-based HealthTech VisionHealth is insolvent. More about VisionHealth
EmmySoft
+++ The Düsseldorf HR startup EmmySoft, founded in 2021, is insolvent. More about EmmySoft
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