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How Parloa uses artificial intelligence to eliminate waiting times for calls
Parloa Founder Malte Kosub and Stefan Ostwald started the agency “Future of Voice” back in 2017. Berlin Dial first, then wait: The Berlin start-up Parloa wants to put an end…
This is how the start-up industry is working through the bankruptcy
Berlin, Dusseldorf, Frankfurt, New York, San Francisco The Silicon Valley Bank (SVB) and the start-up scene – for a long time it was a symbiosis. “The SVB was the gold…
That’s why start-ups are having a hard time at the moment
Frankfurt/Berlin For many years, the mood on the German venture capital market was excellent. The venture capital funds, supported by the low interest rates, reported new records in raising new…
That’s why start-ups are having a hard time at the moment
Frankfurt/Berlin For many years, the mood on the German venture capital market was excellent. The venture capital funds, supported by the low interest rates, reported new records in raising new…
Are German startups also threatened with a wave of layoffs?
The absolute numbers are significantly lower compared to the tens of thousands of employees laid off at US companies such as Google, Microsoft and Facebook. But the examples of the…
Jeannette zu Fürstenberg – The Ambassador
Jeannette zu Furstenberg The founding partner of La Famiglia VC is one of the most successful venture capitalists in the world. (Photo: La Famiglia, Handelsblatt Montage) Dusseldorf When Airbus Chairman…
Everstox helps small online retailers with logistics from the cloud
Boris Bösch, Johannes Tress and Felix Haberland (from left) The founders want to make Everstox a unicorn in the long term. (Photo: Everstox) Berlin Delivery bottlenecks, high fuel prices, shortage…
Celonis, Gorillas, N26: Germany’s top start-ups in the crisis check
Unicorn on Libra The Handelsblatt analyzed statistics and spoke to founders, investors and bankers to find out how Germany’s 36 unicorns really are. (Photo: Foreal) Although there is still plenty…
Celonis, Gorillas, N26: Germany’s top start-ups in the crisis check
Unicorn on Libra The Handelsblatt analyzed statistics and spoke to founders, investors and bankers to find out how Germany’s 36 unicorns really are. (Photo: Foreal) Although there is still plenty…
From Celonis to gorillas: Germany’s unicorns in the crisis check
Unicorn on Libra The Handelsblatt analyzed statistics and spoke to founders, investors and bankers to find out how Germany’s 36 unicorns really are. (Photo: Foreal) Although there is still plenty…
German platform Transporeon is for sale
Container loading in the port of Mannheim With more than 600 employees, Transporeon connects industrial and commercial companies with truck forwarding companies throughout Europe. (Photo: imago images/Arnulf Hettrich) Frankfurt, Dusseldorf…
Retail is already starting Christmas shopping
Dusseldorf Strikes by port workers in Hamburg and in Felixstowe, UK, the threat of labor disputes by transport workers in the USA, possible disruptions in the Taiwan Strait, through which…
Retail is already starting Christmas shopping
Dusseldorf Strikes by port workers in Hamburg and in Felixstowe, UK, the threat of labor disputes by transport workers in the USA, possible disruptions in the Taiwan Strait, through which…
Berlin’s start-up scene is experiencing a setback
Berlin skyline According to EY, there were 219 financing rounds in the capital in the first half of 2022. (Photo: Imago/Westend61) Frankfurt The consequences of the war in Ukraine, rising…
Japan’s technology investor is deep in the red
Tokyo Investors appeared to have anticipated Softbank’s record loss on Thursday. The share price of the world’s largest technology investor fell by eight percent by the time the Tokyo stock…
Female entrepreneurs as role models for future generations
Strong women The Handelsblatt presents top female entrepreneurs. For Katharina Jiinger it was clear early on that she wanted to run her own company one day. At 24, with her…
How the major investor Softbank is struggling for trust
soft bank Softbank is considered a “kingmaker” that turns start-ups into global corporations. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Getty [M]) Berlin, Tokyo, London, New York “Stop, stop, stop!” David Nothacker and Nicolaus…
Five unicorn founders invest in the software start-up
Munich The list of investors in the software company Remberg reads like a who’s who of the German start-up scene. After the latest round of financing, five founders of start-ups…
How the major investor Softbank is struggling for trust
soft bank Softbank is considered a “kingmaker” that turns start-ups into global corporations. (Photo: Klawe Rzeczy, Getty [M]) Berlin, Tokyo, London, New York “Stop, stop, stop!” David Nothacker and Nicolaus…
New fund for start-ups in the seed phase
The partners of Cherry Ventures (from left to right): Filip Dames, Alexander Langholz-Baikousis, Christian Meermann, Thomas Lueke and Sophia Bendz run one of the best-known German venture capital firms. Berlin…