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News Callosum Raises $100 Million in Seed Round Atomico is leading a $100 million seed round for Callosum. The startup aims to automatically distribute AI workloads to the best combination of model and hardware for each task.

News Shiprocket is going public for $1.1 billion, and Bertelsmann Investments is fully on board 100 times oversubscribed and a 48 percent increase in share price since its debut. Shiprocket is off to a strong start on the stock market. Bertelsmann remains the largest institutional investor, holding approximately...

News Munich Re Acquires Cyber Insurtech At-Bay for $575 Million Insurance alone is no longer enough: For $575 million, Munich Re is acquiring At-Bay, a platform for cyber insurance and active cybersecurity.

News 500,000 euros for Be2Byte AI Meets Everyday Lab Life. The startup Be2Byte has secured 500,000 euros and aims to establish its SaaS platform, LabThunder, in the DACH region.

News Flip Secures $25 Million for Its AI Platform HV Capital and Notion Capital are investing more, and L Bank is joining the round. Flip receives $25 million to expand its AI platform.

News Hotel Investments AG Acquires a Stake in KI Hausverwaltung Novumstate Property Management as a Scalable AI Business Model? Real estate investor Holger Ballwanz has acquired a stake in Novumstate through Hotel Investments AG.

News Oceanloop Raises Up to 38.5 Million Euros Fish farming is becoming a tech business: Hatch Blue, Stolt Ventures, and the EIB are supporting Oceanloop in building a European platform for land-based aquaculture.

News Computomics Raises 6.3 Million Euros for AI-Powered Plant Breeding Which plants will be able to cope with the climate of the future? Computomics aims to answer this question using genomic data and machine learning, and has raised 6.3 million euros to do so.

News Polarise Secures Debt Financing in the High Double-Digit Millions for European AI Cloud 65 megawatts to start, with a long-term goal of 120 megawatts: Polarise is planning to build large-scale AI computing facilities in Bavaria and is securing additional capital to do so.

News SweGaN Raises an Additional $14 Million AI infrastructure requires more than just GPUs. SweGaN is developing semiconductor materials for more powerful and energy-efficient electronics and is receiving $14 million in funding for this work.

News LITILIT Receives 8 Million Euros for High-Performance Femtosecond Lasers From precision lasers to tools for large production lines. The Lithuanian DeepTech company LITILIT is investing a total of ten million euros in its FEMODA platform.

News Gravis Robotics Raises $200 Million and Aims to Make Construction Machinery Autonomous Up to 30 percent increase in productivity on construction sites: Gravis Robotics is developing a cross-manufacturer AI platform for autonomous construction machinery and has secured $200 million in funding for the...

Magazine Opinion Anchor Customers Beat Anchor Investors Guest Column by Bernd Storm van’s Gravesande – In July 2026, a Munich-based company—whose name is known to very few Germans—announced a funding round of 1.8 billion U.S. dollars. Valuation: $18 billion. This makes the...

Marc Nemitz 18.08.2026

News amber receives seven million euros NRW.Venture and Ventech are each investing three million euros in amber. The Aachen-based startup is thus setting its sights on European small and medium-sized businesses.

Marc Nemitz 17.08.2026

Reports Startups are on the rise again in Germany, while the industrial base continues to shrink More startups, more bankruptcies, and massive job cuts in the industrial sector: Three new Destatis statistics paint a mixed picture of Germany as a business location.

Marc Nemitz 17.08.2026

News Farizon Brings Electric Trucks to Europe: Is China Now Launching an Offensive in the Commercial Vehicle Market as Well? After the passenger car market, European truck manufacturers are now in the crosshairs of Chinese competitors. Farizon is preparing to launch a 600-kWh electric homtruck for Europe.

Marc Nemitz 17.08.2026

Portraits From the Classroom to the Cap Table: How Innovis VC Is Shaping Munich’s Next Generation of Venture Capital Nine European hubs, 400 active members, and a growing network of founders and investors. Innovis VC demonstrates how a student initiative can become an active part of Munich’s entrepreneurship ecosystem. From sourcing...

Gründungsmagnet 16.08.2026

Interviews Brandenburg Doesn't Have to Copy Berlin Why the next startup story in the Brandenburg capital region could be written here. Interview with Rafael Kugel, managing director of Reaktor Wildau and organizer of FUSION

Marc Nemitz 15.08.2026

News Startup News for the Weekend, Week 33/26 From Zurich to Berlin to Kaunas: New funding rounds, international acquisitions, and exciting growth stories are making headlines in the startup news as the week comes to a close.

Marc Nemitz 14.08.2026

News Flinket and Upvest Bring Digital Unit-Linked Insurance to Europe ETFs, savings plans, and insurance products on a single platform: Flinket integrates Upvest’s Investment API and launches its first joint product in Spain.

Marc Nemitz 13.08.2026