Success Stories
Success Story
Fineway: The Traveltech Startup’s Journey
The Munich traveltech startup Fineway was founded in 2015 by Markus Bohl and Markus Feigelbinder. Through the platform, users can book complex round trips automatically using a short, digital conversation. Fineway calls itself one of the world’s first companies to develop and use artificial intelligence (AI) to plan individual trips …
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 …
Profiles
Profile
Rapid Growth and Happy Employees: An Update Interview with Personio
The Munich HR startup Personio just recently completed a 40 million dollar round of financing. After that, the startup’s next…
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…
7 Questions
7 Questions
Mentessa: The Office Matchmaking App
The Munich startup Mentessa wants to revolutionize mentoring programs in companies with its matchmaking app. The app aims to help…
7 Questions
Depondo Financially Secures Appointments
Ever end up wasting your time because the person you were supposed to meet didn’t show up? According to Depondo,…
7 Questions
Travelloc Creates Social Travel App
With its app by the same name, Travelloc offers a combination of a social network, travel guide and recommendation platform.…
7 Questions
Tangany: Safe Blockchain Wallets for Companies
The Munich startup Tangany wants to make using blockchain as easy as using a search engine. The startup developed a…
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Kumovis: First 3D Printer for Manufacturing with Clean Room Integration
Last year, the Munich high-tech startup Kumovis not only won the Munich Business Plan Competition from Baystartup, but also landed…
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Techboost: Deutsche Telekom’s Startup Program
Anyone wanting to make a startup a success needs more than just a good business idea. Deutsche Telekom has been…
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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…
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“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…
Munich Movers
Munich Movers
“Thinking in Entrepreneurial Terms is a Way of Life” — An Interview with Günes Seyfarth
Günes Seyfarth is a true serial founder. Next Entrepreneurs, die Astronautin and Fruitiverse are just three examples of her current…
Munich Movers
“Be Interested in People!” — Interview with Temedica Founder Gloria Seibert
Gloria Seibert is the CEO of a digital health startup, the digital treatment companion Temedica. Founded with CTO Clemens Kofler…
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…
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.