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This Month in German Startups - May 2020
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recordings and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
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We published again some cool interviews, where we wanted to highlight especially this month’s interview with IDA, where we talk to the CEO and Co-Founder Hamedo Ayadi of Intelligence Data Analytics. At the start of the coronavirus outbreak, 70% of their employees worked related to aviation, which was completely stopped by one phone call. He tells the story of how they changed strategy fast to survive: https://www.startuprad.io/interviews/ida-pivoted-fast-during-corona-before-70-of-their-employees-worked-with-aviation-companies/
Coronavirus / Covid19
German government approves the corona aid package for startups. A two billion fund will add to private funding from the package (30% private, 70% public) this is called „Corona-Matching-Fazilität“ (CMF). The package was put together quite fast since the first announcement has been in mid-April. https://buff.ly/2zFr4jL There will be another pillar, called “Startup-Schutzschild” (startup shield), which will assist the instruments of Germany’s 16 states for startups, who have no backing by investors yet.
Related we found news about two of the measures of single states:
Bavaria: LfA sets up a new loan program for small and very small enterprises - Munich Startup https://buff.ly/3c3MBkp
Hamburg: They call their program InnoStartup - Hamburg Startups https://buff.ly/2zPOLpp (some more information in the Hamburg Hub section)
Corona cases in Amazon logistics center in Winsen, Germany: Verdi demands to close the location https://buff.ly/3dipDGb
German unicorns like Dreamlines, Flixbus, Getyourguide, Homelike, Hometogo, Omio, Tourlane and Trivago write an open letter to Google to get 75 mn € advertisement money back https://buff.ly/3f2rFMF the letter is also signed by the head of German startup association
50% of startups have 6 months to live & other insights from our COVID-19 survey - Slush https://buff.ly/2Z6J0hG
Highlights:
Startups will need to raise funds at any cost
The importance of networks at a new high
Recruitment at a halt, but existing staff is largely kept on
Remote work is taking a toll “ Working from home has put a strain on startup employees.”
As sales drop, new winners are emerging “B2C startups are doing better than those selling B2B, and pure D2C companies have actually experienced a net increase in sales.”Good news: (Chris)
KML Vision is an #AI startup from Graz, Austria. It claims, it's software could recognize Covid-19 on x-ray pictures https://buff.ly/2SA3MT3
In a podcast, Marc Cuban “Why Coming Out of The Pandemic Will Be The Best Time In The History of Mankind To Start A Business” https://buff.ly/2A5ujBd
He was also guest on the show of our friends at “Remote Daily”, a format building a nice business community via daily Zoom calls. There he spoke about leadership in times of crisis. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QcO-HmOZpv4
German online grocery store food.de sees the big impact of #COVID19 on its business. They signup increased 25fold https://buff.ly/2yDt8sg
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Ecosystem
German Venture Capital Barometer sets a new record low due to #Coronavirus. All indicators in the red. The business climate index for the German VC scene is calculated by the German VC and PE association (BVKAP) and KfW, the government-backed development bank https://buff.ly/2TBBfg5 The quoted specialist finds it likely the VC investors will focus on their portfolio and not make significant new investments
VCs in Germany only finance 8% of startups co-founded by women. That is 17% of their investments https://buff.ly/2YA04MP
Startups banking in Germany: According to a recent analysis, approx 5% of startups in Germany have a bank account with neobank Penta. The younger the startup, the more likely they are to bank with a challenger bank. The share of established players with newly founded startups is shrinking fast, especially the share of Deutsche Bank, Commerzbank is holding up well. From the established players the German thrift organizations (Sparkassen) are the leaders in startup banking, but they are 385 institutions. Also, the Volksbanken, cooperative banks, are doing pretty well. The Volksbanken and Sparkassen are usually the only banks of which you will find branches outside of larger cities.
More than 50 companies now have permits to trade in medical cannabis in Germany. This crowding leads to a decline in revenues, from "six-digit a month" to "five-digit a month" https://buff.ly/3ecdB1V
Related:
More cannabis news: Deutsche-Startups has a list of 13 startups, headquartered in Germany working in the market https://buff.ly/3fMwJoI they only forgot Frankfurt-based cansativa https://buff.ly/2VT3gQT, the startup was the reason for a partial lockdown of the city, as they started out because their super-secure warehouse gave a false alarm.
Hubs
This time we have to show a bit more on the less known places, where still interesting startups exist. As you know we like to highlight that here. Note on this section: The order of the articles and hubs is in the order we found them - no other particular order.
#Frankfurt (Rhine-Main)
The app Aliah supports communications in the hospital and takes away some of the burdens of the medical personal https://buff.ly/2KCssG2
There is a webinar for the STEP program of the German-American Chamber of Commerce in New York City, which enables German startups to make a first “step” to New York. It will take place on June 30th form 14 – 15 CET. You can register here and startups from Hessen can apply for 1.500 Euros funding https://buff.ly/2ADFBg7
Aareal Bank, Wiesbaden-based bank specializes in property financing, wants to sell shares in their IT subsidiary after pressured by an investor https://buff.ly/3dXeJGiAlso Rhine-Main Area: Mainz
There is still business going on during Corona. Mainz-based Mailtastic (a GDPR conform marketing platform) completes exit ("seven digits") to New York-based Cognism https://buff.ly/2X5DpWl #Munich
Seven digit Venture Capital investment for Erium, which helps to minimize errors in #manufacturing processes - Munich Startup https://buff.ly/2W20o5r
Wikimedia Germany starts an accelerator program called Unlock in #Munich. All startups working towards an "open knowledge society" can apply https://buff.ly/2zQ2Cw8 #Hamburg
Hamburg-based YogaEasy is booming like Netflix - Hamburg Startups https://buff.ly/35vGNO1
Hamburger Corona Soforthilfe (HCS) is seen as a great success. Of the program 25 mn € are earmarked for startups (HCS InnoStartup), which already approved 2.3 mn Euros https://buff.ly/2Xe1079 #Hannover
There are still startups founded during corona. Deutsche-Startups highlights 7, including one from Hannover https://buff.ly/3c2ELHz#Göppingen (close to Stuttgart)
Permira sells TeamViewer shares worth $1.1 billion - Reuters
The PE investor bought the German startup outright and listed them later at the Frankfurt stock exchange. Now they sold approx 20% of their stake https://buff.ly/36dV5Dd #Düsseldorf
Dr. Sam, a digital veterinarian raises “seven-digit amount” venture capital https://buff.ly/2LJgqLz #Zürich
Swiss fintech Numbrs axes 50% of their workforce, after venture capital financing round fell through, even as they claim they had signed contracts from investors, that did not want to proceed https://buff.ly/2YGalaq Numbrs is backed by investors like the former CEO of Deutsche Bank Josef Ackermann (https://www.crunchbase.com/person/josef-ackermann#section-personal-investments)#Potsdam
German startup Flightright (a startup getting buying passenger compensation claims) sues Lufthansa due to open refunds https://buff.ly/36e5YoP #Nürnberg
Successful #IPO despite #covid19, Nuernberg based #database company #Exasol list at Frankfurt Stock Exchange and jumps 50% during first trading https://buff.ly/2XwdDdY
Companies
EIT Digital Challenge is looking for fast-growing European 'deep-tech' companies, handing out 350k in prizes https://buff.ly/2wJwAKR
N26, #Berlin-based #fintech unicorn
- felt first impact (lower transactions) in march
- in April they sent 150 employees in government-backed Kurzarbeit (10% of their global workforce)
now they raise 100 mn US$, with a "steady" valuation of 3.5 bn US$. https://buff.ly/3b9dEtm
The news comes from the Vienna / Austria-based blog DerBrutkasten.at, they are usually very good, since both remaining founders are natives of Vienna (Valentin Stalf and Maximilian Tayenthal) and moved with N26 from there to Berlin. The blog further speculates that the increase of their Series D (now 570 mn US$) - 1 ½ years after their initial Series D round - suggests a short term need for the money.
Related: N26 extends Series D to $570M | PitchBook https://buff.ly/2WC1ROR
One of the former founders of #Berlin-based #todolist darling Wunderlist announces a new productivity app called Superlist https://buff.ly/3c8mE31
Soundcloud founders start with a new mobility startup https://buff.ly/2YnMfB1
Porsche Invests in Berlin-based Blockchain Startup to develop Platform for Vehicle Management https://buff.ly/2WglSvr
Jumia (started by #Berlin-based Rocket Internet): The e-commerce start-up that fell from grace via BBC Africa
A year after its much-heralded debut on the New York Stock Exchange, e-commerce start-up Jumia has shut down in three African states, struggled to turn a profit and got dumped by its original owners, https://buff.ly/2VNqclA?utm_source=-custom-by-source-0-
#Berlin-based "B2B Food Group" with brands like Caterwings, Lemoncat, Monbanquet, and OrderIn retreats from the German home market as a consequence of #Covid19, to focus on other markets https://buff.ly/3d4kVw4
Stay Ahead of the Curve
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While Lime is certainly interested in the cash infusion, it comes at a significant cost: a valuation of just $510 million. That’s down 79% from Lime’s $2.4 billion valuation in February of last year. https://buff.ly/2xFXlGL
Can I fundraise in COVID times? — the “New” Fundraising Matrix via @creandum https://buff.ly/3cKJT3B
Mapping the Institutional Digital Asset Infrastructure space - The Block https://buff.ly/3buryWQ
5 Things No One Tells You About VC Firms | SaaStr https://www.saastr.com/5-things-no-one-tells-you-about-vc-firms/
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