German startups, judged by business reality.
The gist
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.
In their own words
Der deutsche-startups.de-Podcast besteht derzeit aus den Formaten #Insider, #Interview, #StartupRadar und #Startup101.
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Startup pitches share a feed with runway math and the legal tripwires that can kill a deal.
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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
Episodes
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Startup-Radar #62: NanoStruct - Silverjobs - mixNmatch
·10m - 2
Startup-Radar #61: Platoniq - Endon Blutbild - ecolyd 7.1 - FindYourCoach24 - Ouzia
·14m - 3
Startup-Radar #60: Via - Memovida - Beesauer - FastPal - ever so tiny
·14m - 4
Startup-Radar #59: Verimedis - Saviros - Radarprotest - UrbanLunch - Convayla
·16m - 5
Startup-Radar #58: MAIA - CampaignOperator - ItchyMonsters - Ciao Coffee - Rückenguru
·17m - 6
Private Equity #4: Tech DD
·44m - 7
Insider #141: Gorillas - RobCo - Sastrify - Brillen.de - Watchmaster - McMakler - Simon Capital
·1h 6m - 8
Private Equity #3: Private Equity und nachhaltiges Wachstum
·38m - 9
Private Equity #2: Investoren als Heuschrecken?
·32m - 10
Insider #158: Ende Legende! Der letzte Insider-Podcast (mit Sven Schmidt)
·25m - 11
Private Equity #1: Private Equity 101
·30m - 12
Startup-Radar #57: Ecurio - qondition - San Hilda - Chilishot - Meaningful
·16m - 13
Insider #157: Startupland - Voize - Accessus - Conlio - Spryker - Cavalry Ventures - Earlybird
·54m - 14
Startup-Radar #56: VoltVogel - SkoneLabs - Solation - Oxyle - MovePayment
·17m - 15
Startup-Radar #55: encentive - freshflow - ChargingTime - Rigle - HappyQ
·15m - 16
Startup-Radar #54: Aquaty - Informt - Gaming Academy - frynz - Iris & Fred
·18m - 17
Insider #156: 11x - Root Global - Recyda - Cavalry - Headline - 468 - VSquared - Project A
·58m - 18
Startup-Radar #53: Tronity - Leverage - MINTD - HRCast - TailorWine
·18m - 19
Startup-Radar #52: airteams - Loomo Box - Founders Circle Academy - Suitcase - BoniFit
·17m - 20
Insider #155: Raisin - Mambu - Parloa - Trawa - Codesphere - Allride
·48m - 21
Startup-Radar #51: Livy Care - SwipeMath - techbloomz - Qualimero - Adon Health
·18m - 22
Startup-Radar #50: Tomorrow Things - peopleIX - Scalara - werdetnachbarn - Speekly
·17m - 23
Startup-Radar #49: CarriedAI - Maomao - Sentaris - Nao - Fertilabs
·14m - 24
Insider #154: Buycycle, Secjur, Sorare, Fuchs & Eule, Acto, Heyflow, Octomind, Jupus, DoInstruct
·59m - 25
Insider #153: SumUp - Investmentklima - Pleiten - Trends - Seed-Boom - PetTech - Fonds-Flaute
·49m - 26
Insider #152: Tacto - Enter - G-Fund - Superangels - Choco
·58m - 27
Insider #151: Investment-Klima - Infarm - Flink - N26 - Caesar Ventures - 468 Capital
·57m - 28
Startup-Radar #48: HelloBonnie - Energie-Spezialisten - Geschenkboten - Kosa - PicShop.me
·16m - 29
Startup-Radar #47: heyroom - Hinterlegungsstelle - denttabs - vGreens - Dime
·17m - 30
Startup-Radar #46: arcneo - 42watt - Brygge - Grünfuchs - Spotium
·14m - 31
Insider #150: Seed-Boom - Verdane - Lucid - SumUp - Check24 - Terralayr - Speekly - Learn.xyz
·1h 12m - 32
Startup-Radar #44: Zockerhelden - Marcley - Ynertia - Wunder Insurance - Retactic
·16m - 33
Startup101 #5 - Venture Capital
·56m - 34
Insider #149: Seed-Investments - OneFootball - Cherry Ventures - Sushi Bikes - Holy - Superangels
·1h 7m - 35
Insider #148: Adblock Plus - JTL - Nelly - Flixcheck - Enpal - GetYourGuide - Wefox
·1h - 36
Interview #49 - Manuel Nothelfer (Wellster Healthtech)
·40m - 37
Insider #147: Sunday Natural - Trade Republic - Gauss Robotics - Goya - cakewalk - w3.fund - Popcore
·52m - 38
Startup-Radar #43: STM Cars - Waamio - Hidrei - HobbyWe - 4peoplewhocare
·16m - 39
Startup-Radar #42: 7Assets - Squickr - SmartSwimPal - CombMe - Lyto
·16m - 40
Startup-Radar #41: Frienton - doctorderma - Docuply - Syntelligence - assemblean
·16m - 41
Insider #146: Blinkist - Flink - Tier Mobility - Seller X - Personio - Aleph Alpha
·59m - 42
Startup-Radar #40: mellow - Kyon Energy - Hyli - Fuxam - Voty
·17m - 43
Startup-Radar #39: Zenesis - azernis - Clanq - Bugshell - Orthexo
·16m - 44
Startup-Radar #38: Kern AI - nuumi - Locco - CloudRebels - viehworld
·18m - 45
Startup-Radar #37: trawa - Hermone - Pockethost - sat:io - Code Pirate
·22m - 46
Insider #145: Silicon Valley Bank - Sastrify - Mainteny - deeploi - Dunbar
·53m - 47
Insider #144: Getir/Gorillas - Jokr - Tier - Marley Spoon - Cherry - Crumz - Pliant - Movinga
·57m - 48
Insider #143: Immerok - Compeon - Movinga - Arive - Dropp - Ordio - honeysales - GameDuell
·1h 1m - 49
Insider #142: Cherry - Vimcar - Razor - Restate - Flink - sennder - Choco
·1h 4m - 50
Insider #140: Von den goldenen Zeiten zur Eiszeit - Live-Podcast vom Digitale Leute Summit
·31m - 51
Insider #138: Planetly - Springlane - Sides - Roadsurfer - ScaleHub - Sdui - Skinera
·1h 9m - 52
Insider #137: Gorillas - Mayd - Unu - Staffbase - Raisin - Homeday
·55m - 53
Insider #136: Project A - Tier Mobility - Home24 - simplesurance - Acapela
·59m - 54
Insider #135: sennder - riskmethods - Frequenz - prefix.dev - uify - Rouvia - Workist
·57m - 55
Insider #134: Jokr - Chronext - Elise - advastore - RealPort - Enpal - PlusDental
·52m - 56
Insider #133: Gorillas - Arive - McMakler - HomeDay - Infarm - Nuri - Topi - Saiga
·48m - 57
Startup-Radar #36: Aily Labs - unda - Deviance - ARchitecture - Eternal Power
·17m - 58
Insider #132: Wefox - Charles - HV Capital - Timberhub - July - Magnetic - Kadmos - Amie - Mayd
·1h 17m - 59
Interview #47 - Thomas Bachem (Code)
·37m - 60
Interview #46 - Emanuel Pallua (Aitme)
·34m - 61
Insider #131: SumUp - Gorillas - GoTiger - Highsnobiety - Green Generation Fund - aware
·58m - 62
Startup-Radar #35: Crocodile - Conversion Maker AI - Brainadept - Voiyal - Diametos
·15m - 63
Interview #45 - Christian Springub (Dance)
·37m - 64
Insider #130: N26 - CoachHub - Series A-Krise - Immorek - Project Eaden - Otterspace - DriverHero
·46m - 65
Interview #44 - Aiga Senftleben (Billie)
·36m - 66
Interview #43 - Tanja Bogumil (Perfeggt)
·41m - 67
Startup-Radar #34: Konvi - wonnda - Suprtrue - Lumaly - Hivebuy
·20m - 68
Insider #129: SumUp - Personio - Gorillas - Charles - Laserhub - Vorwerk Ventures - Vaeridion
·1h 2m - 69
Startup101 #4 - Community Marketing
·39m - 70
Interview #42 - Josef Vollmayr (Limehome)
·35m - 71
Special #2: Bundesjustizminister Marco Buschmann
·50m - 72
Insider #128: Homelike - Bardeen - Xeotek - Molab.ai - Cinference - Junto - 7Learnings - Altitude
·51m - 73
Insider #127: Trade Republic - N26 - Vaha - The Football Company - Meisterwerk - It´s Q
·51m - 74
Insider #126: Luca - OneFootball - Razor - SellerX - Gorillas - Circus - GoTiger - Mondu - Clark
·1h - 75
Interview #41 - Rene Ruhland (myposter)
·39m - 76
Insider #125: Grover - Gorillas - LunarX - ExpressSteuer - Lyntics - Violet - nuvo - Cavalry
·1h 7m - 77
Interview #40 - Janis Zech (weflow)
·32m - 78
Insider #124: Trade Republic - N26 - Coachhub - Superlist - Klar - True Beauty - Kertos - Picus
·40m - 79
Startup101 #3 - Vertrieb
·38m - 80
Startup-Radar #33: finCraft - Secret Finds - WeDart - Fainin - Sibando
·17m - 81
Insider #123: Leapsome - Xchange - Procuros - Point Nine - Casstore - Target Global - Jokr
·1h 1m - 82
Startup-Radar #32: MyGutachter - Sparkfield - PaketConcierge - PetAid - Hamwa
·17m - 83
Startup-Radar #31: TelemetryDeck - Enefty - schnaq - GetHalal - Glasbote
·17m - 84
Insider #122: Gorillas - Delivery Hero - Tiger Global - Mistho - Tacto - Fixably - HV Capital
·59m - 85
Startup-Radar #30: askui - brightensport - Less Waste Box - Snack That - Fraankly
·18m - 86
Interview #39 – Boris Bösch und Johannes Tress (everstox)
·46m - 87
Startup-Radar #29: Summ - Essence - Justt - Ritzi - DynaPictures
·19m - 88
Insider #121: Klara - ChefCoco - Comtravo - SumUp - Finn - FinMid - Hivebuy - G-Fund
·55m - 89
Startup-Radar #28: 11TransFair - Berget - Democharts - Doctorflix - Unikube
·16m - 90
Insider #120: Gorillas - Raisin - Appinio - Choco - Kadmos - Karla - Ekko - Grenion - Ceezer
·1h 7m - 91
Insider #119: Gorillas - Flink - Alasco - Lendis - SoSafe - Plantura - Operations1 - Hypatos
·54m - 92
Startup101 #2 - Positionierung
·35m - 93
Insider #118: SellerX - Razor - Just Spices - Planetly - Mayd - Priceloop - Payrails - ramblr.ai
·1h 15m - 94
Startup-Radar #27: Coachinho - Beautinda - pack&satt - Nala - myDartpfeil
·22m - 95
Interview #38 – Moritz Heininger (DiscoEat)
·44m - 96
Startup-Radar #26: Slected.me - neuroflash - Specter Automation - reel - Sprad
·21m - 97
Interview #48 - Ruth Cremer (und die Löwen)
Hidden gemAlexander 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
Private Equity #5: Rechtliche Aspekte beim Exit
Hidden gemJan Feigen says competition bans, earn-outs, and sanctions are the classic dispute points in PE exits.
·44m·2 clips - 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 - 100
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