Germany startup ecosystem
Germany is Europe's largest economy and home to a maturing startup ecosystem anchored by Berlin, Munich, and Hamburg. Berlin's international talent pool and creative culture attract early-stage founders, while Munich draws deep-tech and enterprise ventures thanks to proximity to major corporates and research institutions. Government-backed programs and a dense VC landscape provide capital across all stages. The directory currently lists 344 organisations across 39 cities.
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Lars Hinrichs
Lars Hinrichs is a German entrepreneur best known as the founder of the business-networking platform XING, which he took public in 2006. He later launched HackFwd, a pre-seed investment initiative that backed early-stage European technology startups. He runs Cinco Capital, his personal investment vehicle, and remains an active angel investor in the German and European tech scene.
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Lawrence Leuschner
Lawrence Leuschner is Co-founder & CEO of the micromobility operator TIER Mobility. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Lawrence leads the micromobility operator TIER Mobility.
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Lea-Sophie Cramer
Lea-Sophie Cramer is a German entrepreneur and angel investor who founded Amorelie, a leading European sexual wellness e-commerce brand, which she grew to over EUR 100M in revenue before its acquisition. After exiting Amorelie, Cramer became one of Germany's most active female angel investors, backing early-stage consumer, health, and direct-to-consumer startups. She focuses on founders building category-defining consumer brands and is known for her expertise in brand-building, D2C marketing, and scaling e-commerce operations. Cramer also co-hosts the popular German business podcast 'Fast & Curious' and frequently mentors female founders across Europe.
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life - The Biomedical Convention 2026
One-day life sciences convention in Heidelberg featuring biotech keynotes, startup pitch competitions, and investor panels. Organized by BioRN, the Rhine-Neckar biotech cluster, and attended by pharma executives, academic researchers, and VCs. Strong entry point for early-stage biotech and medtech founders seeking funding and strategic partnerships.
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life - The Biomedical Convention 2027
life - The Biomedical Convention 2027 takes place 3 February at the Heidelberg Congress Center, organised by the bioRN life science cluster. The one-day convention is part of the annual bioRN conference programme, bringing together the Heidelberg biomedical and life sciences community for exhibitions and networking.
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Light + Building 2026
Biennial lighting and building services technology fair. Price: about EUR 30-50 day ticket. Key for proptech, smart home, and building automation startups.
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Light + Building 2028
Light + Building 2028 runs 5-10 March in Frankfurt, the biennial world's leading trade fair for lighting and building services technology. The event covers electrical installation and network technology, home and building automation, and lighting technology, with the Design Plaza and other side events accompanying the exhibition.
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Lilium
Lilium is a Munich-based aerospace company founded in 2015 by Daniel Wiegand and a team of TU Munich engineers to develop an all-electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) jet for regional air mobility. The Lilium Jet uses 30 electric engines mounted on its canard wings to achieve vertical lift and efficient cruise flight, targeting ranges of up to 300 km at speeds over 250 km/h. Lilium went public on NASDAQ in 2021 but faced financial challenges and entered insolvency proceedings in late 2024. A consortium of European investors acquired the company in early 2025, allowing development to continue. Lilium remains one of the most ambitious European eVTOL programs and a test case for the viability of electric regional air transport.
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LogiMAT 2026
Europe's largest intralogistics exhibition, held annually in Stuttgart with 60,000+ trade visitors. Covers warehouse automation, robotics, supply-chain software, and material handling innovation. Day tickets cost about EUR 30-50. Essential for logistics tech startups seeking partnerships with enterprise warehouse operators and supply-chain decision-makers.
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LogiMAT 2027
LogiMAT 2027 runs 16-18 March at Messe Stuttgart, covering intralogistics and process management technology. The trade fair includes a dedicated careers and networking event on 18 March. Sister events LogiMAT India (8-10 February 2027) and LogiMAT China (21-23 April 2027) extend the brand internationally.
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Makersite
Makersite is a Stuttgart-based AI-powered product lifecycle intelligence platform that helps manufacturers understand and optimise their supply chains and products. The software connects a company's product and supply chain data with material, process, and supplier databases to support automated lifecycle assessments, product carbon footprint calculations, supply chain risk analysis, cost optimisation, and regulatory compliance. It integrates with enterprise CAD, ERP, and PLM systems and partners with firms such as Siemens, PTC, Autodesk, and Ansys. The company was founded in 2018 by Neil D'Souza, previously CTO at Thinkstep.
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Malte Kosub
Malte Kosub is Co-founder & CEO of the conversational-AI customer-service platform Parloa. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Malte leads the conversational-AI customer-service platform Parloa.
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Mambu
Mambu is a Berlin-founded, Amsterdam-headquartered SaaS cloud core-banking platform, established in 2011 by Eugene Danilkis, Frederik Pfisterer and Sofia Nunes. It pioneered the 'composable banking' model, in which banks, neobanks, lenders and fintechs assemble modular, API-first components for deposits, loans and payments instead of replacing entire legacy cores. The platform serves 280+ institutions across 65 countries, supports 114 million end clients and processes nearly 200 million API calls daily, with customers including N26, ABN AMRO, OakNorth and Western Union. Mambu became one of Germany's most valuable fintechs after a €110M Series D led by TCV in January 2021, followed by a €235M Series E led by EQT Growth in December 2021 valuing it at €4.9bn. Total funding is about €410M, backed by a syndicate including EQT Growth (Sweden), TCV, Tiger Global, Bessemer, Runa Capital and German investors Acton Capital, CommerzVentures and Point Nine. In December 2024 it made its first acquisition, buying Paris payments gateway Numeral, and launched Mambu Payments in 2025.
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Marko Wenthin
Marko Wenthin is Co-founder of the banking-as-a-service platform Solaris. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Marko leads the banking-as-a-service platform Solaris.
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Marvel Fusion
Fusion energy company founded in 2019 in Munich developing laser-based inertial fusion using nanostructured proton-boron fuel targets, backed by over $400M with partners including Siemens Energy.
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Mathis Büchi
Mathis Büchi is Co-founder & CEO of the tax-filing app Taxfix. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Mathis leads the tax-filing app Taxfix.
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Matthias Mende
Founder and CEO of Bonuz, a Web3 social and identity platform, and a confirmed speaker at Web3 Warsaw 2026. Builds decentralized social and reputation infrastructure for the Web3 ecosystem.
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Max Niederhofer
Partner at Heartcore Capital, based in Berlin, who joined from Accel in 2013. He invests in consumer and software companies across Europe and is a well-known writer and commentator on early-stage venture capital.
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Maximilian Tayenthal
Maximilian Tayenthal is Co-founder of the German mobile bank N26. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Maximilian leads the German mobile bank N26.
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Messe Berlin
One of the world's leading trade-fair organizers, operating the Berlin ExpoCenter and running international events including InnoTrans, ITB Berlin, IFA and Fruit Logistica. It hosts hundreds of thousands of exhibitors and visitors annually across mobility, travel, technology and consumer sectors.
