Success Stories
Success Story
Innosabi Update: “One Stop Shop” for Innovation
The Munich startup Innosabi started a good nine years ago to introduce crowdinnovation to companies. Starting with consulting services and a crowdinnovation platform, Innosabi has since evolved into a sound SaaS company The founding team explained why openness and speed are so important for startups, what has changed, why Innosabi …
Success Story
AMSilk: Biotech Spider Silk as a Game Changer
The Munich-based biotech company AMSilk began as a spin-off from the Technical University of Munich (TUM) in 2008. Since its founding a good twelve years ago, the startup has turned into a company with more than thirty employees and many customers around the world. Distinguished as one of the world’s …
Success Story
Parcellab Update: “Rapid Growth is Both an Opportunity and Challenge”
The Munich startup Parcellab optimizes communication between customers and online businesses. The company was founded in 2014 and has grown rapidly in recent years. Many shops have realized that providing an improved shopping experience can generate more turnover. We wanted to know how the three founders Julian Krenge, Tobias Buxhoidt …
Success Story
Freeletics: A Munich Startup is Making the World Fitter
The fittech startup Freeletics is one of the world’s fastest growing digital fitness companies. The company was founded in 2013 and is from Munich – which is not only a little-known fact among its 39 million users around the globe but also within the startup scene. The company was originally …
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 …
Profiles
Profile
Six Months After the Lions: How Things Are Going For Scansation
With its self-scanning solution, the Munich startup Scansation is supporting brick-and-mortar retail in the process of digitization. In November 2019,…
Profile
Fütürize: “Vision of a Democracy Actively Shaped by Citizens”
Within the framework of the Digital Product School, a team of students developed an AI-based citizen participation portal. Fütürize wants…
Profile
Blitzminds: B2B Software for Showcasing Innovations
The Munich startup Blitzminds has created a software solution that companies can use to find out when, where how and…
Profile
Socialpals: Instant Digital Marketing for Retailers
Facebook, Instagram, emails, Google Ads — the number of digital channels that companies can use to advertise is immense. Yet…
7 Questions
7 Questions
Smart Access Solutions works on a World Without Keys
The Munich startup Smart Access Solutions dreams of a world in which “every door, drawer and shipping container simply opens…
7 Questions
Rent out Your Computer’s Processing Power with Hivenet
What does a private computer do when its owner isn’t using it? Usually, nothing. The Munich tech startup Hivenet wants…
7 Questions
Nimmsta: “We Want to Improve All Logistic Processes”
In logistics, digitization has already been around for a long time in the form of hand scanners. Yet the processes…
7 Questions
Peter Park: Reducing Unused Space and Parking Traffic
The Munich startup Peter Park has a vision to turn parking lots into mobility hubs. The team has developed a…
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Community
AWS — Amazon Meets Startups
AWS (Amazon Web Services) offers startups not only a cloud platform with more than 165 services, but also supports young…
Community
Deutsche Bank Meets Startups
The Frankfurt-based financial institution is now also increasingly banking on collaboration with young companies. In recent years, Deutsche Bank has…
Community
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…
Community
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…
Munich Movers
Munich Movers
Julia Flötotto: Diversity as an Asset for the Team
Computer scientist Julia Flötotto founded a startup with three partners. Smart4Diagnostics, or S4DX, aims to digitize the path taken by…
Munich Movers
“My Biggest Talent Is My Authenticity”
Miriam Haerst founded the Munich high-tech startup Kumovis in 2017 with her business partners Stefan Leonhardt, Sebastian Pammer, Stefan Fischer…
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…
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.