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Building and creating
Nov 2, 2026
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3 min read
A DESY spinoff raises €7.1M for muon rays that see through steel.
Oct 26, 2026
12 teams on one stage, investors in the room, and hansetherm’s €10M seed round.
Oct 19, 2026
4 min read
120M raised, a bottle-cap meme, and why Europe must get louder.
Oct 12, 2026
5 min read
A year of Europemaxxing in tech and startups
Oct 5, 2026
One startup is reviving night trains, starting with an overnight ride from Hamburg to Munich.
Sep 28, 2026
A long and dusty road to a startup ecosystem worth the walk
Sep 21, 2026
Celebrating big numbers and ignoring uncomfortable problems
Sep 14, 2026
The city is paying €40M to bring an empty startup building back to life.
Sep 7, 2026
Jungheinrich's new fund for startups, Germany's bet on robotics, and new hardware communities.
Aug 31, 2026
It started with a link in a group chat, four people, and a plan for every Amt.
Aug 24, 2026
Ukraine's Independence Day, the city I grew up in, and why indifference is never neutral.
Aug 17, 2026
Building content that AI cites, dual-use defence challenges, and a women's hackathon.
Aug 10, 2026
Naming techniques from Hamburg founders, plus we're looking for a Content Creator.
Aug 3, 2026
Share what you've figured out with the rest of the community.
Jul 27, 2026
A school where humanoid robots learn, container labs, and AI that runs its own experiments.
Jul 20, 2026
We're opening a space to bring the community together, beyond the newsletter, podcast, and events.
Jul 13, 2026
Germany added 3K+ startups, and for the first time since 2019, Hamburg out-founded Munich.
Jul 6, 2026
A Slack channel and free snacks aren't a community. DAV shows what actually is.
Jun 22, 2026
The Nordics trust by default, Germany starts from suspicion, and what that costs founders trying to break in.
Jun 15, 2026
A new global index ranks Hamburg top-40 in energy and climate, yet outside a few big names, you'd never know it.
Jun 8, 2026
Smarter filters, 80+ new jobs, and a new website where everything lives now.
Jun 1, 2026
Fenja Vespermann on landing Adidas, building in public, and why the cringe pays off.
May 26, 2026
The SF residency for AI founders just opened its doors here and you they're taking applications.
May 18, 2026
Yes. Despite the friction, the case for building here is stronger than it looks.
May 11, 2026
New IFB funding for autonomous systems, agent-based AI, and AI security.