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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10xDNA
10xDNA is a Munich-based deep-tech venture capital firm founded by serial entrepreneur and Die Hoehle der Loewen judge Frank Thelen. The fund focuses on disruptive technologies across artificial intelligence, quantum computing, space technology, synthetic biology, and energy. It targets companies whose technology has the potential to scale by an order of magnitude versus incumbents, backed by Frank Thelen's three decades of operating experience across consumer software, mobile, and deep tech.
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1KOMMA5°
1KOMMA5° (named for the 1.5°C climate target) is one of Europe’s fastest-scaling energy transition companies, reaching unicorn status in roughly 21 months. Based in Hamburg, the firm tackles the “last mile” of decarbonization by combining a roll-up acquisition strategy with a software-defined energy platform. Instead of only selling solar panels, 1KOMMA5° acquires local installer businesses across Europe and digitizes them to deliver end-to-end home electrification — solar, batteries, heat pumps, and EV chargers — with consistent quality and financing. The company’s differentiator is Heartbeat, a proprietary energy management system that turns these assets into a virtual power plant. Heartbeat orchestrates when batteries charge or discharge based on real-time spot prices and grid conditions, allowing households to capture savings from dynamic tariffs and to export power during peak demand. In 2025, the system expanded to automated trading of household energy, making “free” electricity periods during windy or sunny hours a tangible consumer benefit. This blending of hardware deployment and energy-software automation allows 1KOMMA5° to capture margin both on installation and on recurring software and energy services. Founder Philipp Schroder (former Tesla country director and Sonnen executive) used his industry network to skip early accelerators, and the company instead embedded itself in the Hamburg Startup City ecosystem. Its acquisition engine is relentless: by buying regional market leaders, it locks in the most scarce resource in the sector — skilled installers — while rapidly expanding geographic reach. By early 2026, 1KOMMA5° had expanded beyond DACH into the Nordics, Spain, and Australia, positioning itself for a cross-continental footprint ahead of a public listing. The company has signaled an IPO-readiness push, backed by record turnover reported for 2024 and an expansion into branded hardware components to increase margin and supply-chain resilience. Its investor base blends strategic and growth capital: Porsche Ventures provided early backing, G2VP brought Silicon Valley cleantech expertise, Eurazeo and eCapital added European growth capital, and Norrsken VC underscored the impact thesis. In 2026, 1KOMMA5° is a case study in how Europe can scale climate tech through operational execution rather than pure technology — a disciplined roll-up with a software heart that turns millions of households into coordinated energy assets.
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42watt
42watt is a German climate-tech company focused on making home-energy retrofits and heat-pump conversions easier for homeowners, combining software planning tools with installation services to speed up decarbonizing the German residential building stock. The company markets its service directly to homeowners through its German-language site.
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Accelerate Tomorrow AI Summit 2027
Europe's #1 AI summit for business, bringing together 2,000+ business leaders, AI pioneers, and enterprise innovators. They share real-world cases, proven implementation strategies, and the lessons behind successful AI initiatives that help organizations turn AI ambition into enterprise-wide transformation and competitive advantage.
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AERO Friedrichshafen 2026
Europe's largest general aviation expo, drawing 30,000+ visitors and 600+ exhibitors to Friedrichshafen. Features a dedicated e-flight expo for electric and hybrid propulsion startups. Day tickets about EUR 45. Key for founders in electric flight, autonomous air mobility, avionics, and lightweight materials seeking OEM partnerships.
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AERO Friedrichshafen 2027
AERO Friedrichshafen 2027 runs 14-17 April, the global platform for general aviation with more than 860 exhibitors from over 50 countries across 12 exhibition halls. The show covers gliders, ultralights, piston aircraft, helicopters and business aviation, plus a dedicated e-flight expo for electric and hybrid propulsion.
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Aerospace Tech Week
Organizer of Aerospace Tech Week Europe, a specialized B2B conference and exhibition covering aerospace connectivity, avionics, and operations technology. Held annually in Munich since 2017, the event draws hundreds of aerospace engineers, OEMs, and suppliers to discuss next-generation aircraft systems and digital transformation in aviation.
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Aerospace Tech Week Europe 2026
B2B aerospace technology conference in Munich focused on digital aviation systems, avionics, connectivity, flight operations software, and testing workflows. High-value venue for deep-tech founders in aviation software, satellite communications, drones, and aerospace manufacturing partnerships.
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Agesync
Agesync (Agesync GmbH), established in 2024 and based in Berlin (with a presence in New York), is a physician-led longevity platform that combines at-home blood diagnostics measuring 40-60+ biomarkers with a network of licensed EU doctors who review results and prescribe personalized hormonal therapy, nutrition, training, and supplement protocols. Its dashboard tracks biomarker trends, protocol adherence, and wearable data such as HRV and sleep over quarterly retesting cycles, and its labs are ISO 15189-certified partners in the EU and US.
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Agile Robots
Agile Robots is a Munich-based robotics company founded in 2018 as a spin-off from the German Aerospace Center (DLR). It builds robots that combine precise force-torque sensing with AI-driven computer vision to handle delicate industrial tasks such as assembly and inspection. Backed by investors including the SoftBank Vision Fund, it manufactures both robotic arms and complete automation systems and is one of Germany's most valuable robotics startups.
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AI, Data & Quantum Summit 2026 (September 2026)
AIDAQ is one of Europe's largest conferences on artificial intelligence, data and quantum technologies, convening thousands of attendees, hundreds of speakers and many sessions across multiple tracks. It brings together business, policy and science leaders. It is highly founder-relevant, featuring a DeepTech Pitch, a free startup showcase area for selected AI and quantum startups, and a deep-tech founder network.
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Akros Energy
Akros Energy is a German company, based in Rostock-Laage and backed by H2APEX with EU funding, developing chemical hydrogen-storage technology that stores hydrogen safely in salt-based carriers rather than as pressurized or cryogenic gas. It positions the approach as a zero-hazard, cost-efficient alternative to liquid hydrogen, ammonia and other carrier technologies for transporting and deploying hydrogen at industrial scale.
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Aleph Alpha
Aleph Alpha is a Heidelberg-based artificial intelligence company founded in 2019 that develops large language models and enterprise AI infrastructure with a focus on sovereignty, transparency and data protection for European governments and regulated industries. Its Luminous model family and PhariaAI platform target on-premise and mission-critical deployments. The company raised a large Series B round in 2023 backed by investors including Bosch, SAP and the Schwarz Group.
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Alexander Rinke
Alexander Rinke is Co-founder & Co-CEO of process-mining giant Celonis. A founder in the German startup ecosystem, Alexander leads process-mining giant Celonis.
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Alithea Bio
Accelerates cancer immunotherapy development with its HLA-Compass platform, a large quantitative database of HLA peptide presentation. AI-driven analytics predict off-target toxicity and support target discovery for safer, more precise therapies.
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Altenpflege 2026
Germany's leading trade fair for nursing and elderly care services, attracting care providers, hospital managers, and technology vendors. Features exhibitions on care-tech, assistive robotics, and patient monitoring innovations. Day tickets cost about EUR 30. Particularly relevant for HealthTech and robotics startups targeting the aging population sector.
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Altenpflege 2027
Altenpflege's next edition is confirmed for 20-21 April 2027 in Essen. Germany's leading trade fair for nursing and elderly care services attracts care providers, hospital managers, and technology vendors showcasing care-tech, assistive robotics, and patient monitoring innovations.
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Amorelie
Amorelie was founded in 2013 in Berlin by Lea-Sophie Cramer and Sebastian Pollok as a sexual-wellness e-commerce brand aimed at mainstream, design-conscious consumers. ProSiebenSat.1 began investing in 2014 and acquired a majority stake in 2015, with the company valued at close to €100M by 2018. Both founders had exited management by 2020, and the business was subsequently sold on to the EQOM Group.
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Andre Retterath
General Partner at Earlybird Venture Capital, where he leads investments in AI, software infrastructure and fintech. He is well known for data-driven venture research and writing on how machine learning is reshaping early-stage investing in Europe.
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André Schwämmlein
André Schwämmlein is Co-founder & CEO of the long-distance mobility company Flix (FlixBus). A founder in the German startup ecosystem, André leads the long-distance mobility company Flix (FlixBus).
