This Month in German Startups – May 2021

This Month in German Startups – May 2021

Author: Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Startup & VC Podcast Network May 27, 2021 Duration: 25:00
Welcome to This Month in German Startups by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in Germany) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. Today we are wrapping up May 2021 for you. We talk about the massive Trade Republic funding, making them Germany's most valuable startup. We are talking about SPACs again, Germany’s institutional funds investing in crypto, and 3 bn shots of the corona vaccine. As always, we have a great show for you! Housekeeping - Time to brag Stay safe everyone! We are very happy to have been      listed as No 4 on the Welp      Magazine (https://www.linkedin.com/company/welp-magazine/) list of "20 Best Start-ups Podcasts of      2021" https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-start-ups-podcasts-of-2021/ (https://welpmagazine.com/20-best-start-ups-podcasts-of-2021/) Station Frankfurt featured our      newest internet radio station in an article https://station-frankfurt.de/2021/05/07/das-steckt-hinter-dem-24-7-startupradio-startuprad-io/ (https://station-frankfurt.de/2021/05/07/das-steckt-hinter-dem-24-7-startupradio-startuprad-io/) Italy-based Startup.info      covered our internet radio station as well: The World’s First Internet      Radio Station Dedicated to Startups and Tech Companies Just Launched https://buff.ly/3upGZte (https://buff.ly/3upGZte) Top News Trade Republic is now Germany’s most valuable startup with 5.3 bn US$ SPACs In the US the largest wave of SPAC IPOs is already behind us, but in Europe, it is just gaining speed. Frankfurt Stock Exchange expects up to 20 SPAC IPOs in 2021. In all of Europe, they expect more than 30 https://buff.ly/3h0mMqS (https://buff.ly/3h0mMqS) Amazon Shops are still HOT Berlin’s Razor Group raises $400M to buy and scale Amazon Marketplace merchants – TechCrunch https://buff.ly/2PVJULY (https://buff.ly/2PVJULY) Germany rumored to open flood gates to Crypto Investments - Think again 'Damn Huge': Germany Opens Up to Institutional Crypto Funds - Decrypt https://buff.ly/3vvX3dU (https://buff.ly/3vvX3dU) Joe will talk about this soon - as soon as he gets to it - but the main point one has to understand in German institutional funds is that the investors are regulated and not so much the vehicles. 3bn Shots are coming Corona vaccine producer BioNTech is looking to produce 3bn shots https://buff.ly/2RHzXlA (https://buff.ly/2RHzXlA) We just passed a small moment in History 80 years ago, on May 11th, 1941 german inventor Konrad Zuse started his Z3. This was one of today's first - maybe The first - modern-day computer. He developed it, to take over statistical calculation he found tiresome https://buff.ly/3eEJ3sB (https://buff.ly/3eEJ3sB) Find all other show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-may-2021/ (https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-may-2021/) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockchaingermany/message

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