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Deep Tech Germany is Startuprad.io™’s podcast on AI startups, robotics, deep tech, frontier innovation, research commercialization, and venture capital in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European startup ecosystem. Hosted by Joe Menninger, the show provides regular analysis and founder interviews on how scientific breakthroughs become venture-backed companies — from artificial intel... more

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Europe's startup ecosystem is not experiencing a traditional recovery. In this special H1 2026 review, Jörn Menninger analyzes why venture capital has undergone a structural rotation rather than returning to the patterns of the previous cycle — drawi... more

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In this episode, Joe covers the GreenTech Monitor 2026's full data set; the AI-energy nexus and why data centers are now central to industrial competitiveness; Germany's hidden cluster geography (Aachen, Munich, Berlin, Hamburg, Dresden, Karlsruhe); ... more

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More than €1.7 billion of defence-linked capital moved through Europe in a single month. This episode maps how defence technology became the continent's dominant venture asset class — how STARK reached a €3.5B valuation two years after founding, why ... more

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Simone Riva of Partech connects European venture-capital efficiency to regional startup maturity, sovereign-capital effects, IPO-market limits, founder capital discipline, and AI defensibility — and why funding outcomes hinge on market size, labour s... more

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Marcus Berger
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Wolfgang Weingräber
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Ray Zinn
Co-founder and longtime CEO of Micrel Semiconductor
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Tomasz Mazurek
Founder and investor, co-founder and co-CEO of FundingBox, managing partner of FundingBox Deep Tech Fund, technical coordinator of the DeepSafe project
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Episode: EU Scale and the Structural Reform of European Seed Funding
Arber Sejdiji
CEO and co-founder of Zenline AI, previously worked at BCG and Procter & Gamble.
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Dr. Oliver Dlugosch
Co-founder of ADA AI and Razor Group, with experience managing large-scale e-commerce operations
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Joe Menninger
Host roles across Startuprad.io and Deep Tech Germany network (framing and interviewing).

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AI Defensibility & Capital Efficiency — Partech's Simone Riva
Q: What rule would Simone give a founder about raising venture capital today?
If you have insane ambition and deep knowledge of the target market, you should consider raising VC; otherwise you can bootstrap first to gain traction and a higher initial valuation, reducing dilution.
AI Defensibility & Capital Efficiency — Partech's Simone Riva
Q: What is the most common misstep founders make with capital, regardless of geography?
Founders often overspend on hiring and lavish perks while failing to align burn with realistic milestones, and sometimes pursue acquisitions of bigger players that add complexity rather than value.
Why Quantum Middleware Matters for Enterprise Adoption
Q: How should founders think about the cost and value of infrastructure versus optimization in quantum software?
Founders should view the infrastructure as an enabler that persists beyond current hardware noise; while optimization tools may become less critical as qubits improve, the underlying software stack will remain essential to integrate diverse components and scale quantum workloads.
Why Quantum Middleware Matters for Enterprise Adoption
Q: What is the core promise of the middleware stack you're building, and how does it help customers today?
The middleware stack acts as an orchestration layer that lets users mix and match components like compilation, error mitigation, and error correction, creating scalable pipelines that work on present hardware while staying adaptable to future fault-tolerant setups.
Quantum Computing's Software Bottleneck — Haiqu's Mykola Myksymenko
Q: Why is the middleware layer over qubit count the real lever for adoption today?
Because without a robust execution layer that abstracts hardware imperfections, researchers cannot reliably run experiments at scale; middleware reduces cost and complexity, enabling more iterations and practical progress toward usable quantum applications.

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This show centers on Europe's deep-tech ecosystem, with interviews and analysis around AI, robotics, quantum computing, semiconductors, biotech, space tech, and industrial innovation. Episodes blend founder storytelling, venture-capital dynamics, policy and regulatory context, and practical implications for researchers, engineers, and executives aiming to commercialize scientific breakthroughs. Notable strengths include a steady focus on Europe's hardware- and frontier-tech trajectory, hands-on founder journeys, and VC perspectives from European markets. The format often features in-depth conversations with startup leaders, investors, and researchers, plus data-driven market overviews and regulatory developments that shape funding and go-to... more

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