deutsche-startups.de-Podcast

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German startups, judged by business reality.

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deutsche-startups.de-Podcast tracks the German startup scene through brisk interviews, insider analysis, founder pitches, and legal or financial explainers. It is most useful when the conversation moves from startup buzz to the harder questions of hiring, runway, valuation, due diligence, and sales.

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About deutsche-startups.de-Podcast

deutsche-startups.de-Podcast is a broad but business-minded guide to the German startup scene. It works through several recurring formats rather than a single fixed interview structure. Insider episodes weigh company news, investor behavior, product bets, and market rumors with a practical eye. Startup-Radar episodes give founders a compressed pitch slot, then place those pitches in a wider market context. Private Equity episodes slow the pace and examine the legal and financial machinery behind exits. Interview episodes bring in people close to startup media, investing, and public-facing founder culture. The result is a show that feels closer to an industry desk than a personality vehicle. It is brisk, but not shallow. A discussion of Superlist can turn into a lesson on runway, burn, patient investors, and the difficulty of fundraising before sales or product-market fit is fully clear. A founder pitch about crew management in shipping can become a quick comparison to HR automation in trucking, gastronomy, and care work. A legal conversation about exits can move from lawyers’ roles to due diligence findings, rollover expectations, buyer transparency, and the emotional frictions that can sink a deal. A conversation about Die Höhle der Löwen can separate television valuation from real investor value, especially when sales support, design work, and operational help are part of the offer. The show’s strength is its habit of making startup language concrete. It asks what the market can absorb, what investors actually contribute, what founders are giving up, and where execution becomes harder than the pitch. It does not romanticize the scene. It can admire ambition while still checking the numbers, the legal structure, the go-to-market path, and the limits of hype. That makes it especially useful for people who want German startup coverage with enough detail to be actionable.

Made for: Built for founders, investors, operators, startup employees, and close followers of the German tech market who want practical signal rather than startup theater. It also suits listeners interested in pitch craft, exits, venture dynamics, and company-building details.

What sets it apart: The show combines startup news, founder pitches, private equity explainers, and media-aware interviews inside one feed. Its edge is the constant return to concrete business mechanics: runway, valuation, legal risk, sales capacity, investor value, and market timing.

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Der deutsche-startups.de-Podcast besteht derzeit aus den Formaten #Insider, #Interview, #StartupRadar und #Startup101.

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  • to hear founders make their case in 180 seconds, then test ambition against operational detail
  • runway, burn, and valuation explained without pretending the numbers are decorative
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Episodes

  1. 1

    Startup-Radar #62: NanoStruct - Silverjobs - mixNmatch

    ·10m
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    Startup-Radar #61: Platoniq - Endon Blutbild - ecolyd 7.1 - FindYourCoach24 - Ouzia

    ·14m
  3. 3

    Startup-Radar #60: Via - Memovida - Beesauer - FastPal - ever so tiny

    ·14m
  4. 4

    Startup-Radar #59: Verimedis - Saviros - Radarprotest - UrbanLunch - Convayla

    ·16m
  5. 5

    Startup-Radar #58: MAIA - CampaignOperator - ItchyMonsters - Ciao Coffee - Rückenguru

    ·17m
  6. 6

    Private Equity #4: Tech DD

    ·44m
  7. 7

    Insider #141: Gorillas - RobCo - Sastrify - Brillen.de - Watchmaster - McMakler - Simon Capital

    ·1h 6m
  8. 8

    Private Equity #3: Private Equity und nachhaltiges Wachstum

    ·38m
  9. 9

    Private Equity #2: Investoren als Heuschrecken?

    ·32m
  10. 10

    Insider #158: Ende Legende! Der letzte Insider-Podcast (mit Sven Schmidt)

    ·25m
  11. 11

    Private Equity #1: Private Equity 101

    ·30m
  12. 12

    Startup-Radar #57: Ecurio - qondition - San Hilda - Chilishot - Meaningful

    ·16m
  13. 13

    Insider #157: Startupland - Voize - Accessus - Conlio - Spryker - Cavalry Ventures - Earlybird

    ·54m
  14. 14

    Startup-Radar #56: VoltVogel - SkoneLabs - Solation - Oxyle - MovePayment

    ·17m
  15. 15

    Startup-Radar #55: encentive - freshflow - ChargingTime - Rigle - HappyQ

    ·15m
  16. 16

    Startup-Radar #54: Aquaty - Informt - Gaming Academy - frynz - Iris & Fred

    ·18m
  17. 17

    Insider #156: 11x - Root Global - Recyda - Cavalry - Headline - 468 - VSquared - Project A

    ·58m
  18. 18

    Startup-Radar #53: Tronity - Leverage - MINTD - HRCast - TailorWine

    ·18m
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    Startup-Radar #52: airteams - Loomo Box - Founders Circle Academy - Suitcase - BoniFit

    ·17m
  20. 20

    Insider #155: Raisin - Mambu - Parloa - Trawa - Codesphere - Allride

    ·48m
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    Startup-Radar #51: Livy Care - SwipeMath - techbloomz - Qualimero - Adon Health

    ·18m
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    Startup-Radar #50: Tomorrow Things - peopleIX - Scalara - werdetnachbarn - Speekly

    ·17m
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    Startup-Radar #49: CarriedAI - Maomao - Sentaris - Nao - Fertilabs

    ·14m
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    Insider #154: Buycycle, Secjur, Sorare, Fuchs & Eule, Acto, Heyflow, Octomind, Jupus, DoInstruct

    ·59m
  25. 25

    Insider #153: SumUp - Investmentklima - Pleiten - Trends - Seed-Boom - PetTech - Fonds-Flaute

    ·49m
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    Insider #152: Tacto - Enter - G-Fund - Superangels - Choco

    ·58m
  27. 27

    Insider #151: Investment-Klima - Infarm - Flink - N26 - Caesar Ventures - 468 Capital

    ·57m
  28. 28

    Startup-Radar #48: HelloBonnie - Energie-Spezialisten - Geschenkboten - Kosa - PicShop.me

    ·16m
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    Startup-Radar #47: heyroom - Hinterlegungsstelle - denttabs - vGreens - Dime

    ·17m
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    Startup-Radar #46: arcneo - 42watt - Brygge - Grünfuchs - Spotium

    ·14m
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    Insider #150: Seed-Boom - Verdane - Lucid - SumUp - Check24 - Terralayr - Speekly - Learn.xyz

    ·1h 12m
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    Startup-Radar #44: Zockerhelden - Marcley - Ynertia - Wunder Insurance - Retactic

    ·16m
  33. 33

    Startup101 #5 - Venture Capital

    ·56m
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    Insider #149: Seed-Investments - OneFootball - Cherry Ventures - Sushi Bikes - Holy - Superangels

    ·1h 7m
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    Insider #148: Adblock Plus - JTL - Nelly - Flixcheck - Enpal - GetYourGuide - Wefox

    ·1h
  36. 36

    Interview #49 - Manuel Nothelfer (Wellster Healthtech)

    ·40m
  37. 37

    Insider #147: Sunday Natural - Trade Republic - Gauss Robotics - Goya - cakewalk - w3.fund - Popcore

    ·52m
  38. 38

    Startup-Radar #43: STM Cars - Waamio - Hidrei - HobbyWe - 4peoplewhocare

    ·16m
  39. 39

    Startup-Radar #42: 7Assets - Squickr - SmartSwimPal - CombMe - Lyto

    ·16m
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    Startup-Radar #41: Frienton - doctorderma - Docuply - Syntelligence - assemblean

    ·16m
  41. 41

    Insider #146: Blinkist - Flink - Tier Mobility - Seller X - Personio - Aleph Alpha

    ·59m
  42. 42

    Startup-Radar #40: mellow - Kyon Energy - Hyli - Fuxam - Voty

    ·17m
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    Startup-Radar #39: Zenesis - azernis - Clanq - Bugshell - Orthexo

    ·16m
  44. 44

    Startup-Radar #38: Kern AI - nuumi - Locco - CloudRebels - viehworld

    ·18m
  45. 45

    Startup-Radar #37: trawa - Hermone - Pockethost - sat:io - Code Pirate

    ·22m
  46. 46

    Insider #145: Silicon Valley Bank - Sastrify - Mainteny - deeploi - Dunbar

    ·53m
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    Insider #144: Getir/Gorillas - Jokr - Tier - Marley Spoon - Cherry - Crumz - Pliant - Movinga

    ·57m
  48. 48

    Insider #143: Immerok - Compeon - Movinga - Arive - Dropp - Ordio - honeysales - GameDuell

    ·1h 1m
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    Insider #142: Cherry - Vimcar - Razor - Restate - Flink - sennder - Choco

    ·1h 4m
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    Insider #140: Von den goldenen Zeiten zur Eiszeit - Live-Podcast vom Digitale Leute Summit

    ·31m
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    Insider #138: Planetly - Springlane - Sides - Roadsurfer - ScaleHub - Sdui - Skinera

    ·1h 9m
  52. 52

    Insider #137: Gorillas - Mayd - Unu - Staffbase - Raisin - Homeday

    ·55m
  53. 53

    Insider #136: Project A - Tier Mobility - Home24 - simplesurance - Acapela

    ·59m
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    Insider #135: sennder - riskmethods - Frequenz - prefix.dev - uify - Rouvia - Workist

    ·57m
  55. 55

    Insider #134: Jokr - Chronext - Elise - advastore - RealPort - Enpal - PlusDental

    ·52m
  56. 56

    Insider #133: Gorillas - Arive - McMakler - HomeDay - Infarm - Nuri - Topi - Saiga

    ·48m
  57. 57

    Startup-Radar #36: Aily Labs - unda - Deviance - ARchitecture - Eternal Power

    ·17m
  58. 58

    Insider #132: Wefox - Charles - HV Capital - Timberhub - July - Magnetic - Kadmos - Amie - Mayd

    ·1h 17m
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    Interview #47 - Thomas Bachem (Code)

    ·37m
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    Interview #46 - Emanuel Pallua (Aitme)

    ·34m
  61. 61

    Insider #131: SumUp - Gorillas - GoTiger - Highsnobiety - Green Generation Fund - aware

    ·58m
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    Startup-Radar #35: Crocodile - Conversion Maker AI - Brainadept - Voiyal - Diametos

    ·15m
  63. 63

    Interview #45 - Christian Springub (Dance)

    ·37m
  64. 64

    Insider #130: N26 - CoachHub - Series A-Krise - Immorek - Project Eaden - Otterspace - DriverHero

    ·46m
  65. 65

    Interview #44 - Aiga Senftleben (Billie)

    ·36m
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    Interview #43 - Tanja Bogumil (Perfeggt)

    ·41m
  67. 67

    Startup-Radar #34: Konvi - wonnda - Suprtrue - Lumaly - Hivebuy

    ·20m
  68. 68

    Insider #129: SumUp - Personio - Gorillas - Charles - Laserhub - Vorwerk Ventures - Vaeridion

    ·1h 2m
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    Startup101 #4 - Community Marketing

    ·39m
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    Interview #42 - Josef Vollmayr (Limehome)

    ·35m
  71. 71

    Special #2: Bundesjustizminister Marco Buschmann

    ·50m
  72. 72

    Insider #128: Homelike - Bardeen - Xeotek - Molab.ai - Cinference - Junto - 7Learnings - Altitude

    ·51m
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    Insider #127: Trade Republic - N26 - Vaha - The Football Company - Meisterwerk - It´s Q

    ·51m
  74. 74

    Insider #126: Luca - OneFootball - Razor - SellerX - Gorillas - Circus - GoTiger - Mondu - Clark

    ·1h
  75. 75

    Interview #41 - Rene Ruhland (myposter)

    ·39m
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    Insider #125: Grover - Gorillas - LunarX - ExpressSteuer - Lyntics - Violet - nuvo - Cavalry

    ·1h 7m
  77. 77

    Interview #40 - Janis Zech (weflow)

    ·32m
  78. 78

    Insider #124: Trade Republic - N26 - Coachhub - Superlist - Klar - True Beauty - Kertos - Picus

    ·40m
  79. 79

    Startup101 #3 - Vertrieb

    ·38m
  80. 80

    Startup-Radar #33: finCraft - Secret Finds - WeDart - Fainin - Sibando

    ·17m
  81. 81

    Insider #123: Leapsome - Xchange - Procuros - Point Nine - Casstore - Target Global - Jokr

    ·1h 1m
  82. 82

    Startup-Radar #32: MyGutachter - Sparkfield - PaketConcierge - PetAid - Hamwa

    ·17m
  83. 83

    Startup-Radar #31: TelemetryDeck - Enefty - schnaq - GetHalal - Glasbote

    ·17m
  84. 84

    Insider #122: Gorillas - Delivery Hero - Tiger Global - Mistho - Tacto - Fixably - HV Capital

    ·59m
  85. 85

    Startup-Radar #30: askui - brightensport - Less Waste Box - Snack That - Fraankly

    ·18m
  86. 86

    Interview #39 – Boris Bösch und Johannes Tress (everstox)

    ·46m
  87. 87

    Startup-Radar #29: Summ - Essence - Justt - Ritzi - DynaPictures

    ·19m
  88. 88

    Insider #121: Klara - ChefCoco - Comtravo - SumUp - Finn - FinMid - Hivebuy - G-Fund

    ·55m
  89. 89

    Startup-Radar #28: 11TransFair - Berget - Democharts - Doctorflix - Unikube

    ·16m
  90. 90

    Insider #120: Gorillas - Raisin - Appinio - Choco - Kadmos - Karla - Ekko - Grenion - Ceezer

    ·1h 7m
  91. 91

    Insider #119: Gorillas - Flink - Alasco - Lendis - SoSafe - Plantura - Operations1 - Hypatos

    ·54m
  92. 92

    Startup101 #2 - Positionierung

    ·35m
  93. 93

    Insider #118: SellerX - Razor - Just Spices - Planetly - Mayd - Priceloop - Payrails - ramblr.ai

    ·1h 15m
  94. 94

    Startup-Radar #27: Coachinho - Beautinda - pack&satt - Nala - myDartpfeil

    ·22m
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    Interview #38 – Moritz Heininger (DiscoEat)

    ·44m
  96. 96

    Startup-Radar #26: Slected.me - neuroflash - Specter Automation - reel - Sprad

    ·21m
  97. 97

    Interview #48 - Ruth Cremer (und die Löwen)

    Hidden gem

    Alexander Hüsing interviews Ruth Cremer, a mathematician, adviser, speaker, former investment manager, and external adviser for Die Höhle der Löwen since its fifth season.

    ·43m·3 clips
  98. 98

    Private Equity #5: Rechtliche Aspekte beim Exit

    Hidden gem

    Jan Feigen says competition bans, earn-outs, and sanctions are the classic dispute points in PE exits.

    ·44m·2 clips
  99. 99

    Insider #139: DeepL - Enpal - Secjur - Superlist - Yababa - Kry - Bears with Benefits

    DeepL's founder remains unnamed, but the company achieved unicorn status with minimal funding and high profitability.

    ·1h 11m·5 clips
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    Startup-Radar #45: Quantum Cybersecurity Group - Tilla - Beyond Emotion - SongPush - RemoteSolar

    Quantum computers can crack today's bank and medical encryption within minutes, warns Quantum Cybersecurity Group CEO.

    ·19m·1 clip