Bonus: This Month in German Startups – Unicorn Stampede

Bonus: This Month in German Startups – Unicorn Stampede

Author: Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Startup & VC Podcast Network July 1, 2021 Duration: 16:49
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io – in a news recording with Chris (from New York City) and me Joe (from Frankfurt am Main). This is a Bonus Episode covering the Unicorn Stampede in German-speaking countries. This recording is from June 29th, 2021 and all-new unicorns, formed afterward will be covered in our next news podcast, to be published End of September! You may remember that we had another bonus episode last month covering the rise of Berlin-based fintech Trade Republic to become Germany’s most valuable startup? There is already a new king in the country with Celonis becoming Germany’s first Decacorn (valuation above 10 bn US$, here even 11bn US$). We also see that all of these monster fundings are driven by international investors, especially Softbank from Japan and Tencent from China. Find all links and show notes on our blog post here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-this-month-in-german-startups-unicorn-stampede/ (https://www.startuprad.io/blog/bonus-this-month-in-german-startups-unicorn-stampede/) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockchaingermany/message

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