These are the most clicked startup news in 2022

These five news items were particularly popular with readers last year.

The translation software DeepL regularly beats its competitor Google Translate in independent tests. This paid off this year. DeepL reached the billion rating and is thus the first unicorn in Cologne. Read more about it here.

Earn 32 million euros with socks and underwear? That's what Snocks founders Felix Bauer and Johannes Kliesch managed to do. Find out how the start-up plans to further increase its sales here.

The demand for green energy is probably higher than ever. At least that's what the sales figures of solar start-up Enpal suggest. The greentech achieved more than 100 million euros in sales for the first time, doubling the previous year's figure.

4,100 euros per month is what full-time employees in Germany earned on average in 2021. Sono Motors founder Laurin Hahn is not far off that with a salary of around 4,600 euros. You can read about the accusations against the founder that led him to make his income public on Twitter here.

There had long been speculation about the merger of Gorillas and Getir. Insiders estimated Gorillas' price at 840 million euros - but competitor Getir reportedly only wanted to pay 590 million euros for the takeover .