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🗞 Top inspiration snippets
🇩🇪 Berlin & Germany
Aignostics, Berlin-based biotech Charité spin-off, raised €14M. Careers.
Lykon, Berlin-based nutritional advice company, raised €10M. Careers.
MVP Match, Berlin-based tech-talent marketplace, raised €5M. Careers.
AWAKE Mobility, Munich-based bus live-monitoring services company, raised €4M. Careers.
layoffs.fyi reports: last week Pitch laid off 59 employees (30%); Infarm 50 (5%).
r/berlin choice of the week: Berlin flea market checklist for sellers, also useful for buyers as a list of biggest flea markets.
Celebrations of a Car-Free day will be held on Thursday, 22nd with some street closures. This also means free public transport in the zones A&B. You probably heard about the 29 € ticket already?
Just a reminder: Berlin has 24 restaurants with Michelin stars. Having recently moved, I can barely keep up with adding places to “Want to go” category in Google maps. What a place!
The Guardian has an interesting article about Union Berlin: is the club too cool to remain cool? Well, Alte Försterei is something special; I was lucky to be there amongst the ultras back in 2012/2013. No impact on my coolness factor, though.
🚲 Inflation rising, bicycle theft rising? In first six months, 12.483 bikes were stolen (🇩🇪), which is 30% more than last year. Lock yours up well, because at the moment only 4.6% of cases gets solved. Police is on it!
A cool commentary on the biggest tourist traps (🇩🇪) of Berlin. I would agree about the standing in line for a “legendary currywurst”, because at the end it’s just some ketchup. 😅 Can they be so different? And my additon: Mustafa, ok, but only once in your lifetime?
🇪🇺 Rest of Europe & UK
Xeneta, Olso-based AI supported freight management company, raised $80M. Careers.
Podimo, Copenhagen-based podcast platform, raised €58.6M. Careers.
Alcatraz AI, Bulgaria&US-based frictionless authentication company, raised $25M. Careers.
SunRoof, Sweden-based solar energy startup, raised €15M. Careers.
Standing Ovation from France with the best startup name ever, raised €12M. Careers. They do vegan cheese and don’t have careers page yet.
🤓 Timeless and useful
In German, but extremely cool reddit content: Gehemtippfaden. My favorite: waterspray to defend yourself against wasps at a barbecue. Apparently they think it’s raining and go home.
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