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Tom Schmidtgen
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Finleap Connect takes over Spanish competitor
The Berlin-based fintech acquires another company for the first time. The necessary growth capital comes from Claret Capital in London.

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Payment processors Afterpay and Sezzle come to Germany
The two fintechs want to compete with Klarna and Ratepay. Sezzle is already in Berlin, Afterpay is still looking for a German head.

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Mynaric expands into Asia
The Munich-based start-up has entered into a sales partnership with an Indian company. The aim is to penetrate the Indian aerospace market.

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Porsche invests in battery start-up Customcells
This lays the foundation for the planned joint venture Cellforce Group. Two other new investors are also on board.

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Content management start-up GraphCMS gets ten million US dollars
An investor joins the board of the Berlin start-up. The money is used to expand the team.

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Synbiotic launches CBD without hemp on the market
The start-up extracts the cannabinoids from hops, among other things. This should allow the CBD products to be sold in countries that prohibit hemp.

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EU apparently plans embassy in Silicon Valley
From there, the EU wants to keep a closer eye on tech companies. However, the plans have not yet been publicly confirmed.

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Fahrengold brings in CEO from Silicon Valley
Sean Eckard becomes head of the luxury garage start-up. The previous CEO Max Knüppel will remain with the company.

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Start-up Omio is angry with Deutsche Bahn
Deutsche Bahn releases live data from its trains to Google. A start-up from Berlin is not taken into account. The Federal Cartel Office is now investigating the case.

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DemoUp and Cliplister join forces
The new platform supports 2,000 manufacturers and 300 online stores in 25 countries. Together they want to expand internationally.
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