Success Stories
Success Story
Reflekt – Agility, Speed and a Passion for Innovation
The Munich startup Reflekt lets companies develop their own augmented and mixed reality applications without any programming skills whatsoever. The company has been a success since 2012, has approximately sixty employees worldwide and is looking to fill additional positions. Customers from a wide range of industries use Reflekt. The industry …
Success Story
“A Lot of Hard Work, Perseverance and a Certain Amount of Luck” – The HR Startup Talentry
The Munich startup Talentry offers a cloud-based recruitment marketing platform. We spoke with founder and CEO Carl Hoffmann about how Talentry went from a student startup to a young company with more than 50 employees, why trust and luck are important and how their potential path to becoming a unicorn …
Success Story
Mynaric: Internet Above the Clouds Thanks to Laser Technology
The company Mynaric is one of the biggest, if not the biggest player in the field of laser communication for airplanes, high-altitude platforms and satellites. A successful IPO in 2017 brought in the company, which is planning to take the internet above the clouds, more than 27 million euros. Analysts …
Success Story
Scalable Capital: Algorithm-driven investment
Scalable Capital is a poster child of the Munich fintech scene. The startup has been on the market for a mere two years and manages more than 600 million euros of its clients’ assets — with a strong upward trend. We spoke with Erik Podzuweit, co-founder and CEO of Scalable …
Success Story
CQSE – Understanding Software and Making It Future Proof
The Munich startup CQSE helps companies future proof their software for the continued digitalization of the economy. The four founders discovered the trend in 2009. With an increasing number of large and small companies noticing that their software is no longer up-to-date, they have benefitted from the expertise provided by …
Profiles
Profile
Klarx Update: Rapid Growth in Staff and Internationalization
Time for a Klarx update! The Munich startup Klarx finalized a financing round for more than four million euros in…
Profile
From Prototype to Serial Production — an Update from Tripstix
We spoke with surftech startup Tripstix two years ago. Back then, the company was right in the middle of their…
Profile
Crafty: Find Reliable Handymen, Stress-free
Anyone who needs a handyman unfortunately often also needs to have nerves of steel. The Munich startup Crafty has made…
Profile
Münchner Kaffeerösterei: Blockchain, Virtual Reality and Coffee
Anyone who knows the Munich startup scene and its events are probably also familiar the black mobile Barista Bar of…
7 Questions
7 Questions
IDEE: Hackerproof Digital Identity
Munich-based startup IDEE is developing unique and trustworthy digital identities. Based on cryptography and blockchain technology they are userfriendly and…
7 Questions
Limehome: Tech-DNA Meets the Hotel Industry
The two founders of the Munich startup Limehome want to shake up the hotel industry with a completely digitized process.…
7 Questions
Smart4Diagnostics to Digitize Blood Sampling Procedure
The Munich medtech startup Smart4Diagnostics (S4DX) aims to digitize the entire blood sampling procedure. The healthcare company wants to ensure…
7 Questions
Coach Now: Online Coaching for Young Professionals
The internet platform Coach Now offers companies various digital coaching programs for young professionals and young executives. These groups can…
A talk with…
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Things Startups Should Think About During Medical Device Approval
The medtech startup Terraplasma Medical was still right at the beginning of the approval process for a medical device in…
A talk with...
“Anyone Who Doesn’t Recognize Startups as a Part of Their Digital Transformation Is Out of the Game.” — A talk with Wayra
The large Munich accelerator Wayra repositioned itself last year. The change in strategy also arose from the new CEO Christian…
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Target Partners: “No Team Spirit, No Investment”
The Munich investment firm Target Partners is turning twenty this year. That makes it high time for Munich Startup to…
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“Have an Idea of How an Exit Might Look” — A talk with… MIG!
The Munich investment firm MIG has invested some 500 million euros in startups like Konux, Navvis and Kewazo, as well…
Munich Movers
Munich Movers
Video Interview with Bastian Nominacher: How Celonis Became a Unicorn
As the latest Munich unicorn, the local company Celonis was already the talk of the town in 2018. CEO and…
Munich Movers
Agile and Scrum: What is agile working?
Any self-respecting businessperson uses agile work principles. Even large companies give agile methods a try. Then it’s all about rapid…
Munich Movers
“Digital Health: Munich Offers an Unbeatable Ecosystem” – An Interview with Dr. Jochen Hurlebaus
There’s one person that every Munich startup in the field of digital health has definitely encountered: Dr. Jochen Hurlebaus. He’s…
Munich Movers
Alphazirkel Brings Family Businesses Together with Munich Startups
Alphazirkel supports cooperation between founders and established SMEs. We spoke with the network’s Managing Partner, Dr. Albert Michael Geiger. He…
Startup Stories
In our section Startup Stories we present to you newcomers as well as established startups. The Munich Startup team interviews entrepreneurs on-site in their offices and shares their impressions with you.
Success Stories feature flagship startups that have already arrived on the market. The Profiles provide you with a deep impression of ambitious young entrepreneurs.