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 356 organisations across 38 cities.
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Vlad Larichev
Vlad Larichev is Associate Vice President of Industrial AI at Siemens Advanta, the consulting and IoT-as-a-service division of Siemens AG, a global industrial and technology conglomerate headquartered in Munich. He leads initiatives focused on applying artificial intelligence to industrial settings including manufacturing, automation, and smart infrastructure, and speaks at major AI and industry 4.0 events.
Vladimir Danila
Romanian-born founder and CEO of Linearity, the Berlin-based design-software company formerly known as Vectornator. He started the product after winning Germany's Jugend Forscht science competition in 2017 and has grown it into a vector and marketing-design tool used by a large global base of creators and teams.
Voize
Berlin-based AI companion for nurses and care workers that listens as staff speak care notes aloud and instantly converts speech into structured EHR records, giving clinicians back up to 30% of their shift. Deployed at 1,500+ care facilities across Germany serving 100,000+ nurses. Raised €43M Series A led by Balderton Capital.
Vytal
Vytal is a German reusable-packaging company providing a deposit-free reusable container system for the food and beverage industry, letting restaurants, cafes and retailers replace single-use packaging with trackable reusable containers returned via a network of partner locations. The system is designed to cut single-use plastic waste from takeaway and delivery food.
Wandelbots
Wandelbots is a Dresden-based robotics company founded in 2017, spun out of TU Dresden, that makes industrial robots easier to program. Its software abstracts away vendor-specific robot languages so that a single interface can control robots from different manufacturers, and it has moved toward AI-driven ('Physical AI') robot control for manufacturing.
WeAreDevelopers
Organizer of WeAreDevelopers World Congress, one of Europe's largest software engineering and developer conferences held annually in Berlin. Attracting over 15,000 developers, CTOs, and tech recruiters, the event features 500+ speakers, hands-on workshops, and a career expo connecting engineering talent with leading tech employers.
WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2026
Europe's largest developer conference at Messe Berlin, with software engineering, architecture, and platform scaling tracks. High-leverage venue for DevTools and API startups and for founder-led engineering recruitment.
WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2027
WeAreDevelopers World Congress 2027 runs 14-16 July in Berlin, billed as the world's largest event for developers, AI builders and tech leaders with 15,000+ attendees, 8,000+ companies and 500+ speakers expected. The programme spans coding agents in production, agentic systems, platform engineering, cloud reliability, security and engineering leadership in the AI era.
Wefox
Wefox is a Berlin-based insurtech company that digitizes insurance distribution and management for both brokers and end consumers. The platform enables insurance agents to manage policies digitally while also offering direct-to-consumer products. Wefox was valued at $4.5 billion at its 2022 peak and operates across Germany, Switzerland, Austria, Italy, and Poland. The company represents one of Europe's most ambitious attempts to modernize the insurance value chain through technology.
WHD Event
WHD Event GmbH is the Cologne company behind CloudFest, the cloud and hosting industry's annual European gathering, staged at Europa-Park in Rust. The event pairs a conference programme on infrastructure, hosting, domains and web services with a large dealmaking floor for providers, registrars and platform vendors. The company operates from Breite Strasse 147-151 in Cologne.
Wire 2026
Partner trade fair to Tube in Dusseldorf covering wire, cable, and fibre optic manufacturing with 1,300+ exhibitors and 36,000+ visitors. Day tickets cost about EUR 45-70. Covers smart cabling, energy transmission, and connectivity infrastructure. Relevant for startups in energy tech, telecommunications hardware, and industrial automation.
Wissenschaftspark Kiel
Wissenschaftspark Kiel is the primary knowledge and innovation campus of the Kiel metropolitan area, developed as a joint initiative of the City of Kiel, Christian-Albrechts-Universität zu Kiel (CAU), and the Kiel Innovation and Technology Foundation (KIWI). The park occupies a sizeable campus in the Schreventeich district on the western side of central Kiel and hosts over 70 companies, research bodies, and public institutions. Tenants span information technology (north.io, ARIVA.DE, emma technologies), engineering services, life-sciences consulting, auditing firms, and public innovation intermediaries. The CAU maintains several administrative and technology-transfer units on-site, creating direct academic-to-industry pipeline. The KIWI economic development agency is resident, giving early-stage founders immediate access to public startup support. The park offers modern office rentals from small units to large floor plates, alongside shared infrastructure and a daycare facility for working parents. Gastronomic and hotel options — including a B&B Hotel — support extended work sessions and visiting delegations. The campus is closely associated with opencampus.sh, whose StarterKitchen coworking sub-brand and learning programmes have an on-site presence. With the park's ongoing einsteineins building extension and further construction underway, the campus continues to expand its footprint. Pricing tier: €€.
World Health Summit 2026 (October 2026)
The World Health Summit is one of the world's leading strategic forums for global health, held annually in Berlin under the patronage of the German government. The event convenes senior leaders from politics, science, the private sector and civil society. For founders it is a high-level networking and policy stage relevant to digital health, medtech and life sciences ventures.
World Health Summit Foundation
Foundation under Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin that organizes the annual World Health Summit, one of the world's leading strategic forums for global health. Held in Berlin under the patronage of the German government, it convenes leaders from politics, science, the private sector and civil society.
World Retail Congress 2026
Executive-level forum for global retail leadership in Berlin, attracting 1,000+ C-suite executives from major retail brands and technology providers. Registration costs about GBP 2500+. Features keynotes on retail transformation, AI-driven commerce, and sustainability. Valuable for retail-tech scaleups seeking strategic partnerships with global retail decision-makers.
Zalando
Zalando is a Berlin-based online fashion and lifestyle platform founded in 2008 by Robert Gentz and David Schneider. It grew from a Rocket Internet-backed shoe retailer into Europe's largest online fashion marketplace, listing on the Frankfurt Stock Exchange in 2014. Zalando operates across 25 European markets, connecting over 50 million active customers with thousands of brands. The company transitioned from a pure retailer to a platform model, enabling brands to sell directly through its Partner Program while offering logistics, marketing, and fulfillment services via its Zalando Fulfillment Solutions infrastructure.
