Sustainability as Challenge in the Venture Capital Ecosystem — Facing the rise of the conscious consumer, sustainability as a global movement is heavily impacting the strategy of large corporations. The urge to be green as well as ethical is also a significant driver of innovation in the startup world. But what defines true sustainability? What creates a difference between…

German cyber security awareness startup from Cologne secures seven-digit funding from Acton Capital and GFC Seven times more phishing attacks since February 2020 — Corona crisis and remote work increase security risks for companies Focus on the human factor: SoSafe expects corporate customers with over 350,000 end users and quadrupling…

Read how COMATCH founders Christoph Hardt and Jan Schächtele have built Europe’s leading curated marketplace for independent industry experts, shaping the future of consulting by adapting to the future of work. — Change has always been inevitable. But in an age where technology sets the pace, times are changing rapidly, globally, and irreversibly in both personal and to a greater extent professional spheres. With unlimited access to information, we are connected everywhere we go. Further fueled by a global pandemic, communicating, and…

Adapting hearing aids online was considered impossible until audibene proved otherwise — Although nearly 500 million people worldwide suffer from hearing loss, selling and adapting hearing aids online was considered impossible. audibene founders Marco Vietor and Paul Crusius successfully proved the opposite — by carefully listening to their customers. Pioneering in a mostly offline market, audibene was the first online provider of…

How LegalTech Clio transformed the practice of law, for good — Some sectors adopt faster than others. However, this doesn’t mean there is no latent demand for innovation among the slow adopters. Take lawyers for example: while they might be hesitant to adopt cutting-edge technology, they gladly embrace a simple, yet groundbreaking solution to minimize the administrative burdens of their practice…

LinasMatkasse-founders, the Swedish siblings Lina Gebäck and Niklas Aronsson, about the inspiration, first steps and personal challenges on their way to scale a family business internationally — What should we eat for dinner? By providing a tasty answer to that question, two siblings have made many people’s lives a whole lot easier. Since Lina Gebäck and Niklas Aronsson founded LinasMatkasse in 2008, the Swedish company has successfully revolutionized the food retail sector — and in the process…

A startup story written by an unconventional entrepreneur and driven by the conscious consumer — All products deserve a second life — that’s the principle of the circular economy. Berlin-based re-commerce pioneer momox has turned trading pre-loved media items into a successful business. By offering fast and easy handling to sell and purchase pre-owned goods, momox and its online-shops ubup and medimops tap a billion-dollar…

How a Power Couple from Munich Built the World’s Largest Online Retailer of High-End Fashion — Fashion Forward — When Susanne and Christoph Botschen founded MyTheresa in 2006, it was little more than the online version of their luxury womenswear store Theresa. That very brick-and-mortar shop is now called MyTheresa Store and is little more than the offline version of the online luxury boutique that MyTheresa…