Corona

Interviews
Startup of the month
"We are not a vitamin, we are medicine"
With her start-up Mindsurance, Viktoria Lindner wants to help companies improve and preventively strengthen the mental health of their employees. In this interview, she explains how this is supposed to work - and why...

Portraits
This founder solves the vaccination certificate problem for millions
The Leipzig-based start-up Apo Pharma Immun is one of the most important in Germany due to coronavirus: it prints the QR codes of millions of EU vaccination certificates on plastic cards. Half of all pharmacies work...

News
Blinkist was profitable for the first time in the 2020 financial year
With its learning offering, the start-up has profited from the Corona pandemic. Now Blinkist has turned a profit for the first time.

News
Start-ups from Saxony can apply for corona aid here until New Year's Eve
The state of Saxony has supported 94 start-ups to date via the Corona Start-up Aid Fund. Start-ups can still apply for the current corona aid until December 31.

News
Corona crisis weighs on number of startups
According to a report by the KfW development bank, the number of young companies fell last year. Women remain significantly underrepresented.

News
New Corona drug from German start-up being tested on humans
The drug developed by start-up Eisbach Bio near Munich is entering its first clinical trial. The German government is providing eight million euros in funding.

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.

News
Founder leaves Curavec for health reasons
Alongside Biontech, Curevac was actually the great German hope in the fight against the coronavirus pandemic. However, its drug disappointed in an efficacy test. Now founder Ingmar Hoerr and another member of the...

News
One in three startups has received Corona aid
According to a survey, half of tech start-ups are dissatisfied with the aid provided by the German government. A wave of bankruptcies, as feared, has failed to materialize.

Reports
This is the start-up behind the digital vaccination card
The Cologne-based company Ubirch is helping to develop digital proof of vaccination. But the technology can do much more.
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