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Blockchain Germany is Startuprad.io™’s podcast on Web3 startups, crypto innovation, tokenization, DeFi, blockchain infrastructure, and venture capital in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European startup ecosystem.Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show provides regular analysis and founder interviews on how blockchain, digital assets, smart contracts, tokenized real-world assets, stablecoins, crypto regulation, and decentralized infrastructure are reshaping European startups, fintech, venture capital, and digital finance.Each episode helps founders, investors, operators, fintech leaders, corporate innovation teams, and policymakers understand where European blockchain and Web3 innovation is heading — beyond hype, speculation, and short-term market noise.Topics regularly covered include:• Blockchain startups in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Europe• Web3 startups, crypto founders, and venture-backed blockchain companies• Venture capital and startup funding for blockch
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Europe's startup ecosystem is not experiencing a traditional recovery. In this special H1 2026 review, Jörn "Joe" Menninger analyzes why venture capital has undergone a structural rotation rather than returning to the in
More than €1.7 billion of defence-linked capital moved through Europe in a single month. This episode examines why defence technology has become the dominant venture asset class, how STARK reached a €3.5 billion valuatio
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Germany raised 3.67 billion dollars across 166 equity rounds through May 2026, up 11.61 per cent year-over-year. The headline signals: Helsing is raising 1.2 billion dollars at an eighteen-billion-dollar valuation, led b
DACH venture capital is undergoing a structural rotation. Capital is moving away from generic SaaS and toward startups tied to defense, space, industrial AI, procurement, tokenized finance, and physical infrastructure. T
This episode analyzes three structural signals shaping the DACH startup ecosystem in Q1 2026. First, startup capital is concentrating into fewer, more defensible companies. Second, Germany’s startup geography is speciali
The March 2026 DACH startup news roundup covers the month's most significant funding rounds, acquisitions, IPO developments and ecosystem shifts across Germany, Austria and Switzerland — tracking the structural capital m
Ventech partner Stephan Wirries joins Startuprad.io to explain why AI agents may force a structural reset in software. The conversation explores seat-based SaaS under pressure, outcome pricing, enterprise systems of reco
January and February 2026 reveal a disciplined expansion across the DACH startup ecosystem. After reviewing more than 15,000 funding announcements, we identify structural capital concentration in enterprise AI, ESG/CSRD
Tomasz Mazuryk, Co-Founder & CEO of FundingBox, explains why US-style SAFE instruments fail within Europe’s fragmented legal and public funding ecosystem. He introduces EU Scale, a standardized pan-European convertible l
AI employees are not chatbots—and they are not fully autonomous agents either. In this episode, Dr. Oliver Dlugosch, Managing Director at ADA AI, explains how AI employees execute full business workflows, why human-in-th
AI employees are viable now for bounded operational workflows. Dr. Oliver Dlugosch explains why back office work resisted automation, where agentic systems win first, why “full autonomy” is a dangerous target, and how gu
Management doesn’t fail because leaders lack intent, talent, or vision. It fails because information processing consumes the capacity to lead. In this episode, Adrien Treccani, CEO of Supervised and former founder of Met
A decision-grade map of DACH execution signals for 2026: where regulation creates demand, where AI credibility is earned, and which business models are being repriced. This episode breaks down what actually changed in th
The DACH startup ecosystem closed 2025 with unusually clear signals for 2026 — AI mega-rounds, defense-grade dual use, and a restructuring of Europe’s venture capital stack. What you’ll learn in this episode: – Why €3B A
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AI is no longer the shiny object. It’s becoming infrastructure . And that single shift is transforming the German startup ecosystem in 2025 faster than most founders expected. This month, the DACH region crossed a new th
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Europe's startup narrative is changing fast — from apps and valuations to sovereignty, infrastructure and resilience. In this month's DACH Startup News, we unpack the moves that made European tech sovereignty the definin
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🏁 The Deep Dive is here. Germany, Austria and Switzerland enter a new startup cycle where the headline isn’t “Who raised the biggest check?” but “Who’s building the most defensible foundation?” Hosts Jörn ‘Joe’ Menninge
What if Europe — not Silicon Valley — defined the future of AI? In this October 2025 episode of Startuprad.io Startup News , hosts Jörn “Joe” Menninger and Chris Fahrenbach break down the latest stories shaping Europe’s
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He sold his AI startup for $60 million — and fell apart. In this raw and powerful conversation, Xaver Lehmann , co-founder and former CEO of e-bot7 , opens up about burnout, loss, and recovery after one of Europe’s bigge
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