Here is our first live news ever! Enjoy merry X-mas and happy new year! You can find the video here: https://www.startuprad.io/news/startup-new-germany-december-2018-live-hangout/ Startup News December 2018This recording is in media cooperation with Gruendermetropole Berlin. Sponsoring MessageStartups.observer supports this program. Startups.observer is like online dating for startups and investors. It is by far the easiest and most efficient way to research potential investment candidates or look for potential investors. Learn more here: http://startups.observer/   Ecosystem  First off, some Berlin bashing: Sebastian Diemer, calling himself “The Diemer”, founded a couple of startups , right now Farmako, a cannabis startup, has had it with Berlin. He wrote on Facebook: “I am not a fan of hipsters, excessive feminism, so I am looking forward to more conservative roles – men that act and look like men, vice versa for the ladies".” he writes and adds: “Drugs and Party. If you have never taken cocaine or any other chemical drugs like myself and don’t attend the “Berlin clubs” (I haven't made it to any of the trashy druggy places in 2,5 years) there isn’t much value in having 2147124 places around that allow you to party from Wednesday to Tuesday with fucked up people in fucked up locations :)” startups.de/2018/12/17/derdiemer-wuenscht-sich-men-that-act-and-look-like-men-vice-versa-for-the-ladies/">https://www.deutsche-startups.de/2018/12/17/derdiemer-wuenscht-sich-men-that-act-and-look-like-men-vice-versa-for-the-ladies/   First #German #Social #Entrepreneurship #Monitor (DSEM) published https://buff.ly/2STc9Xp - The #socialstartups are spread across Germany ( 22% #Berlin, 19% Hessen, 15,4% Bayern, Nordrhein-Westfalen (9,4%) and Baden-Württemberg (8,5%). - The biggest trouble is financing German #Fintech market matures - higher investments more international expansion and increasing number of cooperations - EY - Deutschland http://ow.ly/jSfu30n1NuN Fintech Revolut Receives EU Banking Licence | Finance Magnates https://buff.ly/2Ci0nk0 #fintech #Brexit #Banking Study of Comdirect shows, that #Berlin, #Munich and #Frankfurt are the leading #fintech hubs in Germany | heise online http://ow.ly/12AG30mXhDh Keep in mind all the international fintechs active in Frankfurt, who want to work with German banks. Also notice, that there is only an access to international capital markets in Frankfurt. ⇒ As Yassin said during the fintech review: Some competition is good, but it does not really matter where the fintech is located in Germany.   European tech firm have raised a record $23 billion in 2018: The State of European Tech Report - Tech.eu http://ow.ly/IHc030mR1XX   Mood on the German private equity markets are quite good says KfW. -  Only early stage investments and later stage investments see a slight bumper. - Fundraising and exit environment are picking up http://ow.ly/RJnb30n2A9m #VentureCapital   Media PartnershipsWe are media partners: https://www.techjobsfair.com/ April 2019 in Berlin and May 2019 in Vienna  House KeepingWe have published a lot of videos in the last weeks. Just to name a view: We talked to the Winner of Blockchain Startup Summit, to the Fintech and Banking Lead Google Germany and many others. Check our channel www.youtube.com/startupradio   Summarizebot uses AI for automated summaries of text, video and audio https://buff.ly/2PIzvNl #ai #summary #textmining #artificial_intelligence #ai #artificialintelligence #COSH18 #startup #startups #startupsawards #startupradio #Content #contentmarketing #bot   Andreas König will be new CEO at ProGlove - Munich Startup http://ow.ly/gDkm30mVjxh learn more about this #Industry40 and #IoT startup in the interview here: https://youtu.be/dE76h-bKTH0 #wearable #startup #youtube #video #interview #glove HubsFrankfurtWeWork Labs: Starts in Frankfurt - Station Frankfurt http://ow.ly/Qy8z30n20qY   “Ideal Location”: Asana expands to Frankfurt, even building their european data center here (planned start H1 20... --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/startupradio/message Support this podcast: https://anchor.fm/startupradio/support