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🗞 Top inspiration snippets
A quite rich week for Germany, not so for Berlin.
🇩🇪 Berlin & Germany
Volocopter, Bruchsal-based air-taxi startup, raised $128M. Careers.
The Mobility House, Munich-based mobility energy solution providers, raised $50M. Careers.
eleQtron, Siegen-based quantum computer makers, raised over €50M. Careers.
Gitpod, Kiel-based coding-support startup, raised $25M Series A. Careers.
constellr, Freiburg-based satellite based water stress monitoring company, raised $10M seed. Careers.
Flowers Software, Munich-based organizational management system company, raised $3.2M. Careers.
Finn, Munich-based car subscription company increased their revenues from 4 to 100 million EUR in 2 years. Careers.
After BMW and Daimler also VW gave up on the idea that people would like to share their cars in the new “sharing” economy. Weshare was sold to Miles Mobility. (🇩🇪)
According to Handelsblatt (🇩🇪) Heidelberg-based biotech company Affimed achieved promising results related to cancer therapy. Careers.
Taxis in Berlin will be 20% more expensive in late December. Number of taxis drastically fell since August 2020 (7301→5539). More on pricing complexity in Berliner Zeitung. (🇩🇪)
On BER they shifted to winter schedule (🇩🇪): 122 destinations in 50 countries. Sounds weak for a capital to me. Last year it was 144 in 54. Apparently expensive and not enough demand.
Anonos acquired Statice, Berlin-based synthetic data software provider.
layoffs, different sources: Stripe (unknown # in Berlin), Delivery Hero (unknown #), Pleo (unknown number), Planetly shuts down (200 in Berlin), Smava (100 in Berlin), Springlane (35% in Düsseldorf)
r/berlin choice of the week: a short description of a giant penis-snake sculpture close to Checkpoint Charlie. It’s there because of a conflict betweeen Tageszeitung and Bild.
🇪🇺 Rest of Europe & UK (Top 5)
Verkor, Grenoble-based battery startup raised €250M. Careers.
Plend, UK-based “ethical” lender, raised £40M seed. Careers.
Lodgify, Barcelona-based vacation rental company, raised $30M. Careers.
Fintecture, Paris-based payments B2B startup, raised €26M. Careers.
Smartex, Porto-based AI in textile industry startup, raised $24.7M series A. Careers.
🤓 Timeless and useful
From my Obsidian archive / w/o links:
If you ever look for cool board games as a gift, here are some suggestions from my former colleague: Exploding Kittens, Seven Wonders, Splendor, Istanbul, Pandemic legacy, Camel Up, Food chain.
😅 Meanwhile
via r/berlin
Footer 🐟 fact for you. You can try to fry your salmon really slowly. I did it again this weekend and it was a great success.
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