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Startup & Tech News from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland is Startuprad.io™’s English-language startup news podcast covering startup funding, venture capital, technology, innovation, and ecosystem developments across Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European startup market. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show provides regular analysis of the most relevant startup news, tech news, funding rounds, venture capital trends, exits, policy shifts, and innovation signals from Europe’s leading startup hubs — including Berlin, Munich, Frankfurt, Hamburg, Vienna, Zurich, Lausanne, and beyond. Each episode helps founders, investors, operators, corporate innovation teams, policymakers, journalists, and international audiences understand what is happening in the German, Austrian, Swiss, and European startup ecosystems — and why it matters. Topics regularly covered include: • Startup news from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Europe • Venture capital, startup funding, seed rounds, Series A, growth rounds, and exits • German startups, Austrian startups, Swiss startups, and European scale-ups • AI startups, fintech, deep tech, climate tech, SaaS, and B2B startups • Unicorns, M&A, IPOs, and venture-backed growth companies • Startup policy, innovation regulation, and European tech sovereignty • Founder, investor, and operator signals from Europe’s startup economy • Tech news and business news for international audiences tracking European innovation This podcast is designed for listeners who need fast, reliable, English-language analysis of startup and technology developments from Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European market. Startup & Tech News from Germany, Austria, and Switzerland is part of the Startuprad.io™ network — Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth. Explore the European Startup Knowledge Graph: https://www.startuprad.io/post/knowledge Explore our AI / LLM visibility hub: https://www.startuprad.io/llm Partner with Startuprad.io™: https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner Discover all Startuprad.io™ links: https://linktr.ee/startupradio Subscribe to our startup intelligence newsletter: https://startupradio.substack.com/ Read startup news, show notes, founder interviews, and analysis: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/

Episode Date
DACH Startups: The EU Inc and Scaleup Fund Reality
Sep 11, 2026
E 773 — Startup News Germany, Austria, Switzerland, August 2026: The Concentration Economy
Sep 07, 2026
Startup News Germany, Austria, Switzerland July 2026: The Structural Rotation
Sep 03, 2026
E 770 — Unicorn Atlas #5: HappyRobot's $1.2B Address Gap
Aug 25, 2026
E 769 — Talent Without Recycling: The European Scale-Up Question, Part 4
Aug 13, 2026
E 768 — Unicorn Atlas #2: Moss — Berlin's Finance-AI Unicorn Betting on Control, Not Autonomy
Aug 11, 2026
E 767 — Unicorn Atlas #1: Helsing — Europe's $18 Billion Defence AI Bet
Jul 30, 2026
E 766 — Germany's New Startup Strategy Is Really a Scaleup Strategy
Jul 28, 2026
Europe's Startup Recovery Never Happened: The H1 2026 Structural Rotation
Jul 16, 2026
Germany's AI Bottleneck May Be Electricity: GreenTech as Industrial Infrastructure
Jul 09, 2026
German Startup News – June 2026: Europe's €1.7B Defence Capital Supercycle
Jul 02, 2026
German Startup News – May 2026: Helsing's $18B, SAP's AI Bet & Isar Aerospace's Orbit Shot
May 29, 2026
Why Europe's Startups Can't Scale: Regulatory Fragmentation & the Hidden Growth Tax
May 07, 2026
German Startup News – April 2026: Venture Capital Leaves SaaS for Defense & Deep Tech
May 01, 2026
Germany's Startup Ecosystem Blueprint: Thomas Jarzombek on the DE Hub
Apr 16, 2026
German Startup News – Q1 2026: Germany's Funding Market Becomes a Selection Event
Apr 09, 2026
German Startup News – March 2026: Bavaria Overtakes Berlin & €1B for Robotics
Mar 26, 2026
AI Agents vs Seat-Based SaaS: The Next Shift for Software Startups
Mar 20, 2026
German Startup News – Jan–Feb 2026: AI, Defense & Compliance Capital in DACH
Feb 26, 2026
EU Scale and the Structural Reform of European Seed Funding
Feb 23, 2026
This Month in German, Swiss and Austrian Startups - December 2025 Deep Dive
Dec 23, 2025
German Startup Outlook 2026: AI Mega-Rounds, Dual-Use & the New Venture Stack
Dec 18, 2025
Back on Signal
Dec 17, 2025
German Startup News – November 2025 Deep Dive: AI Becomes DACH's Infrastructure
Dec 06, 2025
German Startup News – November 2025: European Tech Sovereignty Takes Over DACH
Nov 27, 2025
German Startup News – October 2025: Deep Tech, VC Shifts & DACH Fintech
Nov 03, 2025
German Startup News – October 2025: Europe's AI Supercluster — DeepL, n8n & Black Forest Labs
Oct 30, 2025
German Startup News – September 2025 Deep Dive: Neuromorphic Chips & the HTGF Shift
Oct 06, 2025
German Startup News – September 2025: Deep Tech, Quantum & Fintech M&A
Oct 02, 2025
German Startup News – Summer 2025: Bitpanda, Bling, Neuromorphic Chips & Quantum
Sep 04, 2025
German Startup News – Summer 2025: n8n's $2.3B, N26's Shakeup & a Swiss Hydrogen Bet
Sep 01, 2025
German Startup News – June 2025: Helsing's Decacorn & the EU's €10B Scale-Up Fund
Jul 03, 2025
German Startup News – May 2025: AI Unicorns, Mega VC Funds & DACH Shakeups
May 29, 2025
European Venture Capital's Mindset Problem: Andy Goldstein on German Startups
May 22, 2025
German Green-Tech Venture Capital: Wolfgang Krause of Hi Inov
May 06, 2025
German Startup News – April 2025: €1.3B Raised as Trade Republic Wobbles
May 01, 2025
Germany's 2025 Coalition Deal: What It Means for Startups & Venture Capital
Apr 29, 2025
DACH Unicorn Tracker – Spring 2025: Quantum Systems & New German Unicorns
Apr 18, 2025
The AI Revolution in Banking: Paolo Sironi (IBM) on Fintech's Future
Apr 10, 2025
German Startup News – March 2025: IDnow's €300M Exit & Thoma Bravo's €1.8B Deal
Mar 27, 2025
German Startup News – February 2025: Finn's €1B, Cherry's €500M AI Fund & Lilium's Fall
Feb 27, 2025
German Startup News – January 2025: DACH's Acquisition Frenzy (Creative Dock, Sona)
Jan 30, 2025
DACH Fintech Review 2024: A Decade of German, Austrian & Swiss Digital Finance
Dec 20, 2024
German Startup News – December 2024: Black Forest Labs' $1B & Upvest's €100M
Dec 19, 2024
German Startup News – November 2024: Lilium's Crisis & Volocopter's Lifeline
Nov 28, 2024
The EU AI Act, Decoded: Andrew Gamino-Cheong (Trustible) on AI Compliance
Nov 07, 2024
German Startup News – October 2024: Lilium's Bankruptcy & DACH Unicorn Moves
Oct 31, 2024
German Startup Monitor 2024: B2B Dominance & the Green-Economy Shift
Oct 17, 2024
German Startup News – September 2024: Intel Halts €30B Fab & Magic AI Raises $320M
Oct 03, 2024
German Startup News – Summer 2024: Helsing's €450M & DACH's AI Surge
Sep 02, 2024
Nuclear, SMRs & the Future of Energy: Nobel Laureate Steven Chu
Aug 22, 2024
Biotech, mRNA & Moderna: MIT's Robert Langer on Deep-Tech Innovation
Aug 15, 2024
German Startup News – June 2024: Check24's €100M Blitz & Lilium's €300M Ask
Jun 27, 2024
German Startup News – May 2024: DACH's Startup Scene Roars Back
May 30, 2024
German Startup News – April 2024: DACH Funding Rounds, Deals & Ecosystem Moves
Apr 25, 2024
German Startup News – March 2024: A Seismic Shift in DACH Startups
Mar 28, 2024
Europe's Deep-Tech Spinoff Engine: Thomas Kösters on Startup Ecosystems
Mar 07, 2024
German Startup News – February 2024: Microsoft's €3.3B & Magic AI's $117M
Feb 29, 2024
German Startup News – January 2024: Finn's €100M, Everphone's €270M & Unzer's €400M Loss
Jan 25, 2024
DACH Startups 2023 in Review: Valuations, Funding & Investment Trends
Jan 23, 2024
A Festive Thank-You from Joe Menninger, Host of Startuprad.io
Dec 25, 2023
DACH Fintech Review 2023: German, Austrian & Swiss Digital Finance + 2024 Outlook
Dec 22, 2023
German Startup News – December 2023: Aleph Alpha, Tier & Solarisbank Layoffs
Dec 21, 2023
Central & Eastern Europe's AI Scene: Thomas Kösters (DEEP Ecosystems)
Dec 14, 2023
German Startup News – November 2023: Aleph Alpha's $500M, WeFox & Sono Motors
Nov 30, 2023
German Startup News – October 2023: BioNTech & the DACH Slowdown (Episode 400)
Oct 26, 2023
DACH Venture Capital, Decoded: Christian Noske of NGP Capital
Oct 12, 2023
German Startup News – September 2023: DACH's Insolvencies & Bright Spots
Sep 28, 2023
From London to Lisbon: Europe's Startup Hubs, with Thomas Kösters
Sep 21, 2023
German Startup News – Summer 2023: July & August DACH Startup Highlights
Sep 04, 2023
German Startup News – June 2023: 1Komma5° & DACH's Summer Signals
Jun 29, 2023
How Munich Built a Deep-Tech Startup Hub (Germany Startup Hubs, 2/2)
Jun 08, 2023
German Startup News – May 2023: Germany's Recession & the DACH Startup Read
Jun 01, 2023
German Startup News – April 2023: Software AG's $2.4B Exit & SAP–Aleph Alpha
Apr 27, 2023
What DACH Startup Patents Reveal: Inside QuantIP's IP Data
Apr 20, 2023
How Odense Became a Robotics Startup Hub (Europe Startup Hubs, 1/2)
Apr 06, 2023
German Startup News – March 2023: DACH Funding, Deals & Startup Cities to Watch
Mar 30, 2023
Germany's First Startup Strategy: Anna Christmann on Federal Startup Policy
Mar 23, 2023
A New Venture Capital Cycle? Europe's 2022 VC Reset (DEEP Ecosystems)
Mar 09, 2023
Germany's Venture Capital Barometer: Fritzi Köhler-Geib, KfW Chief Economist
Mar 02, 2023
German Startup News – February 2023: DACH Funding, Deals & Startup Cities to Watch
Feb 23, 2023
German Startup News – January 2023: DeepL's Unicorn Status & BioNTech's Big Buy
Jan 26, 2023
The Future of Fintech & Banking, 20 Years Out: Paolo Sironi (IBM)
Jan 19, 2023
The FTX Collapse, Explained: Economist Antonio Fatás (INSEAD)
Dec 26, 2022
DACH Fintech Review 2022: FTX, the Shakeout & the 2023 Outlook
Dec 25, 2022
German Startup News – December 2022: Enpal's €800M & Sennder's $2B Valuation
Dec 22, 2022
German Startup News – November 2022: Gorillas' $1B Sale, Volocopter & Gitpod
Nov 24, 2022
Why Europe's Startup Hubs Are a Network, Not Rivals
Nov 03, 2022
German Startup News – October 2022: Gorillas–Getir, Grover's €270M & Nuri's Failure
Oct 26, 2022
German Startup News – September 2022: Layoffs, Raises & Europe's $55B M&A Surge
Sep 28, 2022
CBDCs, Explained: Kimmo Soramäki (FNA) on Central Bank Digital Currencies, Part 1
Sep 21, 2022
German Startup News – Summer 2022: Celonis' $1B, WeFox's €400M & Qonto Buys Penta
Sep 04, 2022
German Startup News – June 2022: Habeck's Startup Strategy & the Downturn
Jun 30, 2022
European Startup Funding Q1 2022: $28.2B Raised & a Seed-Stage Warning
Jun 06, 2022
German Startup News – May 2022: DACH Startup Funding, Deals & Ecosystem Signals
May 25, 2022
German Startup News – April 2022: DACH Startup Funding, Deals & Ecosystem Signals
Apr 29, 2022
How Startup Valuations Really Work: Daniel Faloppa of Equidam
Apr 20, 2022
German Startup News – March 2022: DACH Startup Funding, Deals & Ecosystem Signals
Mar 30, 2022
Chancellor Scholz's First 100 Days: What German Startup Founders Can Expect
Mar 24, 2022
Europe's 2021 Startup Boom & Lisbon's Rise: Thomas Kösters
Mar 10, 2022