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News Technology start-up Cevotec acquires strategic partner The Cologne-based machine builder GFM is taking a 49 percent stake in the start-up from Unterhaching. There is also a change in management.
News Hackers grab Spreadshirt data The cybercriminals have probably obtained sensitive data. Customers should change their access data.
News ViveLaCar expands service The Stuttgart-based start-up now offers its customers used cars on a car subscription basis.
News E.Go could go public via Spac The German electric car maker is apparently in talks about a possible IPO by blank check company. It would be the culmination of a turbulent few months for now.
News Gorillas starts in Leipzig The food courier is thus also expanding further within Germany. Recently, there has been increasing criticism of the start-up's business practices.
News Northvolt wants to produce in Germany The battery start-up, which is best known for its collaboration with Volkswagen, wants to set up production here in Germany. But there is a problem.
News Raisin DS is now Unicorn According to a media report, a long-time investor has valued the company at €1.3 billion. This would make the freshly merged company one of the most important fintechs in Germany.
News Allianz X acquires stake in used car platform Heycar Allianz will also insure the start-up for the next five years.
News Contact lens for the ear comes on the market Mannheim-based start-up Vibrosonic is launching its "hearing contact lens". The device is invisible and is supposed to be better than normal hearing aids.
News Sumup makes 387 million euros turnover The payment service provider is making more sales despite Corona. So far, the founder has been rather reticent with concrete figures.
Interviews Knowledge "I don't want to be led around by the nose" As someone who has been a part of the VC world for a long time, Holger Witte has experienced quite a few things. In this interview, he explains what makes a good pitch these days - and what founders should rather not...
News Germany in third place worldwide for fintech investments In Berlin alone, financiers injected a total of 1.9 billion US dollars into fintechs in the first half of the year. That is fifth place worldwide for the German capital.
News Hamburg gets center for deep-tech start-ups A new innovation center has opened on the Bahrenfeld research campus. The first start-ups are already moving into the rooms.
News Start-up Zei-Tec builds its own factory The Aalen-based company wants to build cores for transformers. A first factory is being built in Wasseralfingen for 34 million euros.
Interviews "We want to serve 400 million people" Kowry Energy founder Ndiarka Mbodji explains how her start-up manages projects in southern Africa from thousands of kilometres away and the importance of local partners.
News Logistics start-up Fliit is apparently on the brink of extinction A financing round was actually planned for this year, but now, according to a media report, the Berlin-based start-up has appointed a provisional insolvency administrator and is facing the end of its business.
News Lower Saxony supported start-ups with over 17 million euros in the first quarter The money flowed into 23 young companies. The situation of many start-ups in the country is still tense even after a year of pandemic.

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