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Newcomer of the month Startup of the month
Interviews "We want to scale our impact" With a financing round just completed behind him, Ecoligo founder Martin Baart wants to take the next step and accelerate the fight against climate change. Time is pressing.
Jan Schulte Jan Schulte
Interviews "With a private equity investor, different guns are brought out". Stephan Stricker has made a multi-million exit with Pair Finance. In this interview, he talks about tough negotiations, payouts to employees and what his wife thinks when he goes to bed at night.
Nils Wischmeyer Nils Wischmeyer
Interviews "We need a PSD2 policy for insurance". Anna-Carina Häusler, CEO of Apinity, talks about the acquisition by Munich Re and why the insurance industry is struggling with digitalization.
Lars-Thorben Niggehoff Lars-Thorben Niggehoff
Interviews Startup of the month "Timing can be critical to success or failure" The Stuttgart-based start-up Metergrid wants to enable landlords to offer electricity to their tenants. Can that work?
Sophie Zeller Sophie Zeller
Interviews "Many impact startups are underestimated" Ina and Ingo Dahm want to enable private investors to invest in sustainable start-ups. But does that even make sense?
Jan Schulte Jan Schulte 12.09.2022
Interviews "In-service training for teachers is not up to date" A quarter of all German teachers use the services of the start-up Fobizz. In an interview, founder Diana Knodel explains how she achieved this - and why the market is so attractive.
Nils Wischmeyer Nils Wischmeyer 09.09.2022
Interviews "Talk more about your failure". Founders are increasingly writing long blog posts about their failures. Researchers Christoph Seckler and Erik Schäfer explain in an interview what this entails and how the posts should best look.
Jan Schulte Jan Schulte 06.09.2022
Interviews Startup of the month "We don't want an exit, we want impact." Bean United not only wants to offer high-quality coffee, but also improve the world at the same time. Founder Thomas Greulich explains in an interview how this is to be achieved. Selling fair coffee and donating money...
Sophie Zeller Sophie Zeller 01.09.2022
Interviews Porcelain sex toys: this start-up founder wants to make it big Alina Eynck is raising the start-up Porzelina. In the interview, she talks about harmful substances in conventional dildos, the workload as a founder, and why she's not worried that a porcelain dildo will one day lead...
Nils Wischmeyer Nils Wischmeyer 29.08.2022
Interviews "To have apples or beer delivered within a few minutes, I think is crazy". Benedikt Stolze wants to establish fair logistics with Urbify. In the interview, he talks about the conditions at some delivery services, how his start-up additionally rewards drivers, and why he sees a responsibility...
Nils Wischmeyer Nils Wischmeyer 18.08.2022
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