The Hundert 10 – Startups of Berlin // October 2017 by NKF Media

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Oliver Samwer Serial entrepreneur, CEO of Rocket Internet The German capital is also Europe’s digital capital. Let me briefly illustrate this with my own story: I began working as an entrepreneur in Berlin in 1999. In a small backyard in Kreuzberg I co-founded the online auction platform Alando with my two brothers and some friends. Three months later we sold the company to the global market leader eBay. This success story shows just what the city of Berlin makes possible. Throughout the years Berlin became a digital hotspot for young founders, as well as a gateway to a global network of digital companies and pioneers in the field. Founders, investors, tech-experts, businessmen and -women are all well connected in this city. Everyone has been involved in the building of this exchange, and benefitted from it – last but not least the city itself. The digital sector has created thousands of new jobs. Dozens of new workplaces are created and districts are constantly modifying themselves – change permeates the city’s air. This enormous development is Berlin’s biggest advantage: we are one of the leaders of the new digital economy in Europe.

euros, are still far too often forced to go to funds abroad that have deeper pockets. Silicon Valley offers a platform of numerous large scale internet companies and various small startups, who can all draw upon a close exchange with academia. A tech ecosystem like this would be the next big step for Berlin. The creation of a tech campus would provide new incentives and opportunities for global investors and for potential future tinkerers in their backyards. I wish all involved parties good luck! Yours sincerely,

However, our journey is at the beginning. Especially capital-intensive startups, which need to raise an excess of ten million Foreword

4Scotty // 22

Contentful // 24

HoneyPot // 26

SatoshiPay // 27

FreightHub // 28

Bitwala // 48

Emmy // 50

SmartWins // 51

Heartbeat // 52

Noisli // 54

Civey // 74

Dojo Madness // 75

Flowkey // 76

FragRobin // 78

Synfioo // 79

Twyla // 96

Bonify // 98

Engigo // 99

Getsurance // 100

Konetik // 101

TwentyBN // 114

99chairs // 116

ChartMogul // 117

Inkitt // 118

Design for Circularity // 119

Campanda // 132

Data Artisans // 134

Coolar // 136

Smunch // 137

Diversicon // 138

BigBoxBerlin // 154

Cellbricks // 156

Omeicos // 158

Journeyman // 159

German Autolabs // 160

Book A Tiger // 178

Element // 180

Hygnova // 182

Liqid // 184

Nepos // 186

Candis // 202

M-Sense // 204

7Mind // 206

Veedu // 207

DreamCheaper // 208

Akvola Technologies // 222

Tandem // 224

Workeer // 226

InFarm // 227

Green City Solutions // 228

KoolZone // 30

Relayr // 32

Hackerbay // 34

SolarisBank // 35

SMACC // 36

Trinckle // 56

Senic // 57

GreenPack // 58

Jourvie // 60

Volders // 62

Geblitzt // 80

GreenAdapt // 82

Octorank // 84

Quobyte // 86

Uberchord // 88

Deepstream // 102

MotionTag // 104

Spil.ly // 105

Lemoncat // 106

Viomedo // 108

Crossengage // 120

GuruCollective // 122

Opinary // 124

Seerene // 125

Medlanes // 126

Gestalt Robotics // 140

Mimi Hearing // 142

Idagio // 144

Enfore // 145

Trevivo // 146

PaperHive // 162

Raisin // 164

Vimcar // 166

Zeitgold // 168

Nebenan // 170

iFunded // 188

Yeay // 189

Smarterials // 190

StackFuel // 192

Vehiculum // 194

FinCompare // 210

Asana Rebel // 212

Edition F // 213

StoYo // 214

Rumicon // 216

HeyCater! // 230

Uniwhere // 232

Careship // 233

Qunomedical // 234

SirPlus // 236

Dear Reader, 12 The Panel of Judges 18 Introduction: 100 Startups 19 TH10 in Numbers (infographic) 40 Started From the Bottom, Now We're Here 45 Are You Ready to Scale Your Business? 64 The Beacons of the Berlin Scene 66 Where Are They Now? 70 Smart Ideas Should and Will Naturally Prevail 71 The Berlin Startup Scene (infographic) 90 Sustainability in the City 92 From Berlin Out Into the World 110 Berlin Will Become Europe's Silicon Valley 128 Pitch Like a Girl 148 The Big Awakening 150 Money, Money, Money 172 A Perfect Start in an Effective Office 174 Network Partners 196 Grab a Copy 198 Fun Facts Berlin 218 The Cost of Redevelopment 238 Event Partners 240 Photographers 244 Locations 249 Media Partners 250 Notes of Berlin 252 The NKF Media Team 253 Supporters 254 Thank You 258 Imprint

Here it is: you are holding our tenth edition in your hands! What a rollercoaster ride it has been to get to double digits. I started The Hundert with the intention of providing a space for startups to have a say beyond pitches and pizza & beer nights, where their brilliant ideas could come to the fore and more people could see who the people behind the companies are. Our first issue, published in October 2013, asked a hundred voices to comment on the rising scene in Berlin. Since then the magazine has adapted its concept to always feature a hundred startups that depict various aspects of an ecosystem, from European female founders to the Top 100 of New York. Now we're back in our home town of Berlin, taking a deep dive into how the city has changed and which startups are tackling difficult problems with unconventional approaches. For the second time we asked a panel of 40 experts to vote on the final hundred, which resulted in an astounding 43 sectors being represented. During the summer we had the privilege of working with our photographers Nils, Anne, and Jasper, who braved some very pernickety weather gods to capture the founders and the city they call home. These images also laid the foundation for a poster-design vision, brought to life by the dedicated team at Operation Butterfly, especially Claudio and Nadia. We believe it perfectly captures the grit, resilience, and embrace of all things 'other' that this city carries at its heart. We hope you'll page through this edition, again and again, and discover something new each time. Thank you to Oliver Samwer for taking the time to pen the foreword. Also, thank you to our partners and sponsors for keeping the faith and continuing to support this ambitious project time after time. There are countless people to whom we owe a debt of gratitude, but none more than the team behind it. Thank you to Maria, Nathalie, Valentina, and David for your assistance. To Kata: Thank you for your dedication, eye for detail, and encouragement. Lastly, to Sabine: As you said once, you eat an elephant by taking one bite at a time. You were confronted with an enormous endeavour, and took it all in your stride. Thank you for giving it your all, and for conquering the beast. Congratulations again to the final hundred startups, we're certain there'll be moments of Sturm & Drang, but also funding, exits, and success in your future. With this edition weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve come full circle, we hope you'll enjoy the read. Here's to what lies ahead! Jan Thomas

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The Panel of Judges Meet the 40 experts that chose the final hundred startups of this edition

Philipp Justus Vice President DACH & CEE Google

Jan Beckers Founder and CEO HitFox

Pawel Chudzinski Managing Partner Point Nine Capital

Florian Langenscheidt Entrepreneur, business angel, publisher and Chairman of the Board of the German Entrepreneur Award

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Sonali De Rycker General Partner Accel Partners

Mike Butcher Editor At Large TechCrunch

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Joël Kaczmarek Editor in Chief digital kompakt

Alexander Kudlich Member of the Management Board Rocket Internet

Udo Schlömer CEO Factory Berlin

Christophe Maire Founding Partner and CEO Atlantic Labs

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Lea-Sophie Cramer Founder and Managing Director Amorelie

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Chiara Sommer Senior Investment Manager HTGF

Katja Nettesheim Founder _Mediate

Florian Heinemann Founding Partner Project A Ventures

Rouven Schellenberger Editor in Chief Digital Media Development dfv media group

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Matthias Birkholz Partner lindenpartners

Sabrina Hoffmann Editor in Chief Business Insider Germany

John Frankel Founding Partner ff Venture Capital

Nikolas Woischnik Founder TOA, Ahoy, Openers

Daniel P. Glasner Founding Partner Cherry Ventures

Ansgar Oberholz Managing Director Sankt Oberholz

Corinna Visser Editor in Chief Berlin Valley

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Fränzi Kühne Co-Founder TLGG

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Ben Lerer CEO, Group Nine Media Managing Partner, Lerer Hippeau Ventures

Lencke Steiner Politician FDP Bremen

Tim Dümichen Partner Corporate Tax KPMG

Stephan Dörner Editor in Chief t3n Magazine

Klaus Siegers Chairman of the Board of Management Weberbank

Mona Rübsamen Co-Founder and Managing Director FluxFM

Stefan Franzke Managing Director Berlin Partner

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Volker Schütz Editor in Chief Horizont

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Mark Schmitz General Partner Lakestar

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Rainer Maerkle General Partner HV Holtzbrinck Ventures

Colin Hanna Associate Balderton

Andrea Peters CEO media.net berlinbrandenburg

Jan Thomas Founder and CEO NKF Media

Philipp Moehring Venture Hacker Europe AngelList

Florian NĂśll Chairman Bundesverband Deutsche Startups

Arnulf Keese General Partner E.ventures

Philipp Hartmann Principal Index Ventures

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100 Startups How do the final startups get chosen? This is our process This being our 10th edition we wanted to celebrate our hometown and the developments that startups from Berlin are achieving. But how to find these startups? And who chooses the final 100? We started with a call where everyone from your granny to investors and VCs could nominate startups. The criteria were simple: Had to be from Berlin, not founded before 2013, and not having been featured in a previous edition. During the two week nomination period our team combed through magazines, listicles and suggestions by our jury, which resulted in 300 startups that suited the criteria. Together with the 560 nominations we received, we sorted through a sheet of 860 startups. From this the editors at The Hundert chose a longlist of 240 startups based on popularity, investments, and press about the startups for our panel of judges, who then proceeded to vote for their favourites. This is not a ranking. The Hundert presents startups from 43 different sectors, and their achievements arenâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t always objectively comparable. Because of this, we decided to split them up according to 10 startup commandments. Here we had the founders select the sentiment that they could best associate

their vision and the ways in which they were managing their companies with. Again, the order of the startups is not according to points and cannot be seen as a definitive ranking of Berlinâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s best startups. What we can tell you is that there are clear winners in the sectors: most startups selected by our panel of judges either came from the e-health sector, or from fintech. However, we tried to present the versatility of the local startup scene, thus the magazine should present something new and intriguing at each turn of the page, ranging from AgriTech to AI, and from SaaS to Sustainable Fashion. Each startup shown on these pages is attempting to change outdated modes of doing something, and thus starting a small revolution, whether this be by bringing neighbours together or by 3D-printing cellular matter. In total we had 232 founders, three photographers, and three interns over the course of five weeks battling the elements of a capricious Berlin summer. This meant a constantly changing schedule and adapting locations from outside to inside, but it also meant a great diversity of images, which we hope youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ll enjoy in the pages to come.

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4scotty is the reverse-recruiting-platform for tech talents. Companies apply to software developers and IT experts with transparent job offers. Candidates can determine their own market value and decide by themselves which companies they would like to contact. They combine the best of headhunting, active sourcing, job ads, and employer branding – all optimised for IT recruiting. 4scotty is thus the easiest and fastest way for tech professionals to find better jobs. // 4scotty.com Image: Frank Geßner (Co-Founder, CEO) and Matthias Schleuthner (Co-Founder, COO) 22

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IT-Recruiting Founded in 2014 14 employees Funding €1M

Tech Recruiting, Easy and Fast

What inspired you to found your startup? Tech recruiting is broken for both candidates and employers. Job ads miss all relevant information like salary or tech stack, the market is not transparent, and every process step takes much too long. By letting the companies apply to the talent with all information about the job upfront, we strongly believe that this is the easiest and fastest way for both parties.

How often does your service show up in a userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day or week? Twice a day for candidates looking for a job, once daily for employers. Bonus Question: Anything else we need to know? Yep, our name: Despite the high demand for IT-Professionals, they rarely experience the kind of recognition that they deserve. So we chose a name that expresses our appreciation for their amazing abilities. Who enjoys a higher reputation than the ingenious chief engineer and lieutenant commander of the USS Enterprise, Montgomery Scott?

Software as a Service Founded in 2013 150 employees Funding €20M / 2 Rounds

Contentful powers digital experiences for major brands across the globe. Its content infrastructure provides developers with a powerful set of APIs to manage, integrate, and deliver content to any device or service - be it mobile apps, IoT devices, SaaS products, Super Bowl campaigns, smart car dashboards, or the next big platform yet to come. Companies like Spotify, Red Bull, Specialized, Twilio, and Urban Outfitters rely on Contentful to solve the complexities of content management. // contentful.com Image: Paolo Negri (Co-Frounder, CTO) and Sascha Konietzke (Co-Founder, CEO)

Disrupting the CMS Market with an API-First Content Infrastructure

How do you define success for yourself and your company? We want to be able to look back and feel proud of the journey we had, the team we’ve gathered, and the product we’ve built. Providing our customers with a high-quality product while also building a healthy company culture is what we strive for.

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Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? The demand for this next generation of tools, like the one we’re building, is in the numbers: the company continues to double revenue year after year. We want to keep doing that. Our talent acquisition will grow at a similar pace which means that the size of our San Francisco team will increase considerably.

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Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? Before Contentful we were both working as developers for other tech companies, so we’ve learned the limitation of traditional Content Management Systems by having to work with them. At some point we just said “You know what? We can do this better and smarter,” and that’s when the seed was planted.

Getting Every Developer a Great Job

Is there anything you’d do differently? We have recently started to use multi-disciplinarian design sprints for new features. This has been a revelation for us, keeping us focused on core functionality and giving our team invaluable exposure directly to our users. I would encourage everyone to start here.

Honeypot brings developers together directly with companies. Candidates can compare multiple job offers side-by-side, while companies access a weekly pool of pre-screened candidates who are open to new opportunities. Since its launch, Honeypot has had over 25.000 developers and 1.300 companies sign up to its platform. Honeypot is headquartered in Berlin and active in Munich, Hamburg, Cologne, Stuttgart, London, and Amsterdam. // honeypot.io Image: Emma Tracey (Co-Founder) and Kaya Taner (Co-Founder)

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Human Resources Founded in 2015 20 employees Funding Undisclosed

Photo: Jasper Kettner

How are you different? We take a developer-first approach. Our advisers are promi nent open source developers, we run developer conferences, and we value open-source.

Pocket Change for the Web

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How are you doing good? By allowing publishers and authors to create income streams beyond advertisement financed content, we support high quality journalism and content creation. This will lead to a less noisy and clickbaity web, with fair compensation for everyone and less need for publishers to collect and sell user data. Allowing website owners to easily pay their users for small tasks, no matter where they are in the world, will create microjobs in less privileged economies.

SatoshiPay is a web payment system allowing publishers to monetise digital goods in tiny increments and without friction. On the internet it is currently not feasible to make payments of 1c or less. SatoshiPay solved this issue by using nano-payments based on blockchain technology. Combined with an easy-to-use interface that is loginfree, works across websites, and needs no download, this unlocks entirely new business models on the web. SatoshiPay is currently in public beta. // satoshipay.io Image: Meinhard Benn (CEO) and Alexander Wilke (COO)

Blockchain Founded in 2014 8 employees Funding €1.4M / 3 Rounds

As Europe’s first fully digital freight forwarder, this innovative internet platform provides an international logistics service in a contemporary, transparent, and efficient way. It enables customers of any size to compare many shipping offers and book them with just a click. FreightHub is covering the complete range of tradelanes: Full Container Load and Less Container Load via ship, plane, rail, and truck. With FreightHub, all aspects of shipping will become faster, easier, and more efficient. // freighthub.com

Logistics Founded in 2016 60 employees Funding €3M / Seed

Photo: Jasper Kettner

Image: Fabian Heilemann (Co-Founder, Chairman of the Board), Ferry Heilemann (Co-Founder, CEO), Michael Wax (Co-Founder, CCO), and Erik Muttersbach (Co-Founder, CTO)

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The Digital Freight Forwarder

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Our mission is to assemble the greatest minds and use the latest technology to create the best customer oriented logistics service. By 2022, we want to be within the top 20 forwarding companies and offer the best logistics service in the world. This means we are intending to be more present globally and expand worldwide. How often does your product show up in a userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day or week? Our product allows even small and middle-sized businesses to import and export freight as easily as it is to book a flight. Additionally, we can offer a full time service with our platform operating 24/7. You could wake up in the middle of the night and check where your container is at that precise moment. Anything we forgot to ask? We have many team members that turned their backs on big global players because they saw the big opportunities lying within our business idea. 29

Internet of Things Founded in 2015 11 employees Funding Undisclosed

KoolZone was founded in 2015, developing sensors and SaaS software for monitoring refrigerated food storage in line with food safety regulations. It delivers affordable, plug & play, easy-to-use technology to monitor refrigeration temperatures in food production, catering, hospitality, food retail and other food services, and thus help keep food safe, achieve regulatory compliance and reduce operating costs. KoolZone plans to expand its sensor range to other needs and other sectors including pharmaceuticals. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;koolzone.com

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Image: Mark Herbig (Director, Customer Relations), Steve Miller (Co-Founder, CEO), and Miha Sukic (Co-Founder, CTO)

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Advanced and Affordable Refrigeration Monitoring

What problem does your product solve? Monitoring refrigeration temperature in the food service sector is a legal requirement yet 97% of these devices are still checked manually using pen and paper! Why? Because there is no easyto-use, affordable, automated solution available. KoolZone has solved this problem with a cloudbased wireless solution that costs less than manual checking; has all the benefits of automation, like 24-hour remote monitoring, issue alerting, and automatic reporting; and helps reduce fridge energy costs. How often does your product show up in a userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day or week? All day, everyday! KoolZone provides a constant monitoring solution because food safety is a constant requirement. It lives in busy refrigeration units that are opened and closed multiple times during the day and our wireless solution is in operation keeping food safe, providing compliance and peace of mind 24 hours a day in our busy customerâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s lives.

Relayr is a rapidly-growing company delivering the most complete IoT solution on the market for the digital transformation of industries. Its protocol-agnostic IoT middleware platform, device management, and data analytics capabilities are trusted by many companies worldwide. With Relayr, any industry is empowered to implement fully interoperable IoT solutions, guaranteed to achieve their target business outcomes – guaranteed by MunichRE. // relayr.io

Internet of Things Founded in 2013 200 employees Funding €30M / Series B

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Image: Jackson Bond (Co-Founder, CPO), Paul Hopton (Co-Founder, CTO), and Josef Brunner (CEO)

Delivering Business Outcomes

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Customer success is our primary defining factor, enabling customers to unleash new data from their machines to achieve digitisation, new insights, and guarantee better business outcomes. This could be a chemicals company, a coffee machine company, an elevator manufacturer, a textile manufacturer, a national train company, or even a large city. And helping every consumer to connect and manage their fleets of machines, and extract useful data insights to achieve predictive maintenance.

What is your unique value proposition? Relayr is guided by the mantra: “Smarter connectivity. Better business outcomes. Guaranteed.” In partnership with HSB / Munich RE, Relayr is the only IoT company that can not only predict the outcomes of its customers, but also guarantee them! How often does your product/ service show up in a user’s day or week? Usually constantly throughout the day, as they rely on the insights we enable.

Embedding Hacker Culture into Organisations

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Think big. Globalising hacker culture. Success is the independence of the business world from the legacy of IT departments. How are you building a better future? One of our core values is "Hackers First". We want to create the possibility to make a living from what you love. At the same time, we want to be the antidote for slowed-down corporate culture.

Hackerbay is an enterprise software company. The combination of the best talent with their proprietary digital innovation system is driving the digital transformation of some of the largest global organisations. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;hackerbay.com Image: Christian Strobl (Co-Founder, CEO), Michael Strobl (Co-Founder, COO), Marc Seitz (Co-Founder, CTO), and Tobias Jost (Co-Founder, CSO)

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Software Founded in 2016 34 employees Funding Undisclosed

Photo: Jasper Kettner

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Changing clients (1), changing organisations (5), changing the world (10).

SolarisBank is a tech company with a full banking license, allowing fintechs and digital companies to offer their own financial products. Clients can access SolarisBank products as well as services from third party providers integrated on the platform via API. Thus, SolarisBank creates a technologically highly developed and regulatory sound banking ecosystem. Within the first 18 months of business, SolarisBank has added more than 25 clients to its platform and expanded to seven European countries. // solarisbank.de

FinTech Founded in 2016 120 employees Funding €38.5M / 2 Rounds

Image: Roland Folz (CEO), Andreas Bittner (Co-Founder, COO), and Marko Wenthin (Co-Founder, CCO)

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Within the next year, we want to start operations in a first Asian market together with our Japanese investor SBI Group. Within the next five to ten years, we plan to become a globally operating company, which has business in Europe, Asia, and most likely the United States.

Photo: Anne Schönharting

Empowering Finance Pioneers

Artificial Intelligence Founded in 2015 50 employees Funding €5M / 2 Rounds

SMACC automates financial management for small and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) by applying the latest machine learning technology. Its customers use SMACC's solutions to automatically process financial invoices, make smarter payments, reconcile bank accounts, and get up-to-date financial reports without all the usual manual work and hardship, thereby putting SMBs back in control of their finances. // smacc.io

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Image: Janosch Novak (Co-Founder) and Uli Erxleben (Co-Founder)

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Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently if you could do it again? Include all users, business owners, accountants, tax advisers, and customer service reps into the product development process from day one.

What market need do you fill? Manual, paper-based processes are expensive and slow, leading to high costs as well as poor financial transparency and control. SMACC offers broad automation, drastically reducing manual work, human error, and turn-around times, enabling SMBs to master their financial management.

How are you building a better future? Based on a recent study from the University of Mannheim, 75% of insolvencies of SMBs are caused by poor financial management rather than by poor business models and products. SMACC makes sure that this changes fundamentally. We put small businesses back in control of their finances helping them to succeed.

Re-inventing SMB Finance

Fast forward to 2020. Imagine living in the fastest growing startup ecosystem in the world, having the possibility to choose between more than 100.000 new startup jobs [1], with over 40% of your founder colleagues coming from other countries [2]. Attracted by this atmosphere full of cultural diversity and creativity you would experience the entrepreneurial spirit in which one startup is founded every 20 hours [3]. Ready for the journey? What is the destination, you ask? Turn the globe around; the Bay Area is not the only startup hotspot, Berlin is now emerging stronger than ever. No longer seen as Silicon Valley’s copy-cat, Berlin is pioneering the innovation of the B2B sector specializing in deep tech topics such as the Internet of Things, Artificial Intelligence, Machine Learning, and Blockchain. As these topics constantly increase in relevance, so does SAP’s role as an innovation driver. With more than one thousand employees working from five different locations and a presence dating back to the 90’s, we know our way around Berlin. By taking advantage of this unique environment, SAP engages with the startup world to actively shape the digital future. Our powerful network of interconnected programs cover different kinds of startup engagement.

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Started From the Bottom, Now We're Here Hard to believe, but we made it to double digits! Here's our journey

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TH01 The idea for The Hundert comes from Jan Thomas – our publisher and founder. Seven years ago he moved from Frankfurt to Berlin to do a big online thing. He didn't know anything about startups, but what he did have was a very strong interest in the scene, which he developed on his small blog called "Berlin Valley". After some time the large pile of business cards lying on his table inspired him to produce a magazine with "100 insights on the Berlin Startup Ecosystem" (October 2013). And who better to compare and analyse the reality here than the people who live, experience and shape it daily? As a result one hundred personalities (investors, founders, politicians, media representatives) wrote subjective short articles giving a balanced, overall picture of Berlin as a startup city.

©MaxThrelfallPhoto The first team behind The Hundert: Konstantin Iwanow and Jan Thomas.

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The very first layout of The Hundert Oranienburgerstaße-office, shared with the team of The European. Thank you Alexander Görlach and Christoph Blumberg!

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TH02 The first issue of The Hundert pleasantly surprised the Berlin startup scene and gained such positive feedback that the decision to make the second issue wasn't a hard one. This time the magazine dealt exclusively with 100 outstanding startups from Berlin. We wanted to illustrate an eclectic mix, and did not want to highlight only the tech scene, but rather present topics geared towards a mainstream position. We had almost four hundred startups shortlisted, including recommendations based on participants from the first issue of The Hundert and startups with significant funding in 2013/2014, so the decision of whom to include was incredibly difficult. To make this issue better than the first one Jan decided that all 100 startups would be photographed separately, which meant coordinating one hundred photo shoots in two months. He managed to convince the photographer Max Threlfall of this crazy idea, and also involved Nina BoĹžicko, who took over the photo shoot coordination. During this time Konstantin devoted his time to another project and Kata Oldziejewska joined the team along with Petra Certekova.

The first release party for The Hundert at the Axel Spinger Journalist Club. Thank you Uli Schmitz!

Happy guests at the release vernissage for The Hundert 3 in Chaussee 36.

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TH03 The third edition (October 2014) highlights the international character of Berlin and its startup scene. We portrayed founders, entrepreneurs, and doers from 48 countries who came to Berlin to find their luck. Inspired by Steve Jobs's legendary Stanford commencement speech, we invited the one hundred international participants to think back on the dots of the Berlin startup scene that they consider most relevant, and define them. For this issue we were happy to work with wonderful, international photographer Evelyn Bencicova, who was living in Berlin at this time. Her original and very personal portraits put the magazine on the next aesthetic level. At this time Jan focused on the first issue of "Berlin Valley", and new team members Massimo Pisati and Chiara Vilasi joined the team. We continued the nice tradition of celebrating the release and invited everyone involved to a vernissage at Chaussee 36.

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The Startup Fashion Show during the release party at Neue Heimat with over 20 participatns featured in the magazine.

TH04 In the fourth issue of The Hundert (January 2015) we brought together two creative heavyweights of Berlin that at first glance may seem unrelated: The startup and the fashion scenes. The vehicle for this collaboration was a simple idea: To let one hundred representatives of Berlin’s startup scene showcase the collections of one hundred top Berlin fashion labels. Its execution turned out to be more complex than expected - not least because we had to coordinate two hundred instead of the usual one hundred participants. The greatest joy was to realise that the tremendous effort was really worth it! Beautiful portraits made by amazing Damien Vignaux, 100 different covers, magazines spread during the Berlin Fashion Week and a 800-people release party in Neue Heimat made this issue one of a kind and unforgettable. This project wouldn’t have been possible without the huge support of Axel Springer.

With The Hundert’s fifth edition we wanted to make a constructive contribution to the digital transformation in Germany. We showcased fifty case studies describing successful collaborations between startups and corporates. This time we focused more on content than on the photography and the creative concept, which made this issue the most serious one. As our goal was to inspire the traditional industry to cooperate with startups, this issue was released in German and was sent directly to hundreds of old economy companies. The project was supported by Valeska von Mühldorfer and Kathrin Maas, with the release party taking place at the Soho House Berlin in May 2015.

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The first look at the new issue – the most exciting moment of every release party of The Hundert.

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TH06 The startup scene in Berlin surely is one of the fastest growing ecosystems in the world. After a few extraordinary issues of The Hundert we came back to the concept of TH02, and again presented 100 young and remarkable startups of Berlin (October 2015). Again, the list was not a rating and the sequence of appearance was not a ranking. We purposefully did not concentrate on the tech-scene, since our goal is to be a forum to all innovation sectors. This time, we wanted to do something new, and photographed the startups in one hundred different locations! Made possible thanks to our talented photographers Saskia Uppenkamp, Ana Santl and Franz Grünewald, we wanted to grab Berlin‘s atmosphere and show the world what it is that makes this city so special. For this and the next issue Simona Luhová and Miriam Banerjee joined Kata.

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TH07 Even though Jan focusses mainly on Berlin Valley now, he remains the visionary behind every The Hundert issue. For the seventh edition he came up with the craziest idea yet – to illustrate 100 highlights of the Berlin startup scene in a first end-of-year review. Berlin’s startup scene sparked a firework galore of very special moments, with the year being dominated by some of the biggest investments of the scene to date, numerous exits, awards, openings, events, anniversaries, and other special projects and occurrences. All those moments have been realised as creative illustrations by seven artists from six countries, accompanied by short, on-point texts by Julia Neuman. The goal to surprise our readers was accomplished – we could see it on their astonished faces at the pre-release vernissage in January 2016 at Neu West Berlin.

The team behind the 6th and 7th issue: Miriam, Simona, and Kata. Here wearing proud smiles at the vernissage for The Hundert 7. Editorial

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Massimo (teammember by 3rd and 4th issue) having fun in the SnapShot2Go booth at The Hundert 8 release party.

TH08 Our vision for The Hundert 8 was to to inspire others by introducing the 100 fascinating women who have succeeded in starting their own companies. For the first time we had a look beyond Germany and collected the most exciting female founders' stories from 40 different European countries. The edition was a colourful overview of various paths, introducing startup beginners, serial entrepreneurs, scientists and career changers. Women who built their startups out of passion, who saw a niche in the market or a problem to be solved. For this issue two other amazing women joined their efforts along with Kata – Christina Lennartz and Daniela Rattunde. The presentation of the magazine and the release party took place in House of Weekend in May 2016. Thanks to great weather we enjoyed this evening on the building's rooftop, with an amazing view of Berlin.

The ninth issue of The Hundert (December 2016) was a small miracle in itself. For the first time we left the safe and familiar surroundings of Europe, set sail, and risked the voyage across the pond. We spent two very intense late-summer months in New York, visiting and photographing its 100 most exciting startups, chosen by an amazing and very helpful panel of judges. In the sun and in the rain our marvelous photographer Saskia Uppenkamp took stunning photographs of the founders and the city itself. The result: The release of our ninth issue, showcasing the second leading startup city in the world. Realisation of this ambitious project would not have been possible without the great support of Jens Müffelmann and Claudius Senst of Axel Springer.

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Are You Ready to Scale Your Business? 4 steps that help you preparing to scale It is always about proper preparations, building a house, a car and scaling your business. We show you our most important steps for scaling your business. 1. Build your business on stable foundations Chaos cannot be scaled. In order to start scaling your business, your product has to be in proper conditions. The primary product has to be ready and of high quality. Following adjustments should be minor and only based on customer feedback.

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2. Which way should I go? Be clear in what you want! Before scaling your business, you have to know exactly where you want to position your business in the end. While scaling your business you do not have time to simultaneously think about your future goals or which way to take. Defining a specific path is time-consuming in the beginning but pays off in the end. Try to start automating your processes. With the help of process automation you will be able to hire people faster, optimize your payment system and have access to proper data in order to build your operations. So you are good to scale. 3. No need to attend all parties There is no need that founders have to attend all events, meetings and parties at the same time. In the end the business matters and not the founder. This lesson may be painful especially in the beginning. If you are honest to yourself, you company should run without you. How to start shifting tasks in your startup? Start distributing tasks regularly to colleagues and keep track of their work. They will learn to work independently and you can teach them. In the beginning it might seem wrong to see that the company

runs well, after coming back from a business trip or vacation. However, this feeling will soon turn into pride. You got the proof that your company is also running without being physically present the whole time. Now you are ready to scale your business. 4. Increase marketing expenses How should your business be scalable if nobody knows about it? Focus on marketing - and scalability will soon follow. But keep in mind that not each and every marketing expense will be scalable. Word of mouth and direct marketing are not suitable for growth. Content Marketing is the key for a scalable business. Use your marketing expenses wisely in order to establish your brand and do not just simply rely on price discounts. If your customer is used to a certain price, it is unlikely that they will be willing to pay more later on. In a nutshell, the process of scaling your business starts with your preparations. It is not only the right product, system, people or the right business plan â&#x20AC;&#x201C; you have to be able to dream big, work under pressure and never lose your optimism after a setback.

Your personal contact for scaling your business Tim DĂźmichen, Partner, Tax Berlin Email: tduemichen@kpmg.com Telefon: +49 30 2068-2939

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? The main factors that define success for me are definitely growth, new users, and more transfers. But I also measure success based on my team. Success is when my team actually loves coming to work and making exciting results. It is also when my team become true friends. This helps a lot when times are bad, which every young company definitely faces.

What problem does your product solve? Anyone who sends money or trades currencies knows that international banking is slow, expensive and insecure. The answer to this? Cryptocurrency, proven to be significantly faster, more secure at a fraction of the price that high street banks are charging. However, living exclusively on cryptocurrency is not yet ideal nor easy for individuals or businesses. Thatâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s where we step in. Bitwala aims to make cryptocurrency accessible to everyone, making it easier to use in everyday life.

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What problem does your product solve? Cities are jammed with traffic and getting around is stressful. There isn't that one perfect mode of transportation, but only a combination of perfect modes at any given time. We offer one component of the perfect urban mobility mix. Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Yes and no. Our whole approach is based on learning from and reacting fast to mistakes that we make along our way. So there is plenty that we learned, which we wouldn’t do again. Would we change exactly that approach though? No way.

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Mobility Founded in 2015 30 employees Funding Undisclosed

Emmy offers spontaneous short term rides with electric scooters. Through its app users get access to two helmets in different sizes. It all started with the question why no one in the founders team had ever owned a scooter, even though it is arguably one of the best ways to get around town. Taking only nine months until market entry, the first 150 scooters arrived in Berlin in 2015. Today a total of over 1.000 scooters can be rented through the Emmy app in Hamburg, Munich, Düsseldorf, and Mannheim. // emmy-sharing.de

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What problem does your product solve? Our first product – the Waterminator sensor – detects residential leakages that happen 6-7 times more often than fires or burglaries. More than one million leaks happen annually in Germany, leading to more than €2B losses to the German insurance industry. With other products of ours we will be addressing various other problems related to the security, hygiene, efficiency, and comfort issues originating due to the presence of drinking water systems in buildings.

Smart Wins develops customer-centric IoT solutions for residential drinking water installations. Its first product is a non-invasive leakage sensor for private houses that warns users over an app when a leak is detected. Smart Wins has pre-sold 500 sensor units to Stadtwerke TWL and plans on delivering MVP in Quarter 1, 2018. Its next product will be a non-invasive valve that will stop water automatically if a leak is detected. The biggest USP of Smart Wins products is user-friendliness. // smartwins.de Image: Sawaiz Syed (CTO) and Timur Kharrasov (CEO)

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What problem does your product solve? Patient Reported Outcome Measures assess the quality of care from the patient's perspective and calculate health gains after treatment. They are set to become an essential and, in many cases, legally-required tool for every hospital in the industrial world.

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Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Not working in the healthcare sector. *laughing* We knew it would be tough, but still we underestimated the bureaucracy.

E-Health Founded in 2014 9 employees Funding €1M / 3 Rounds

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What are the pros and cons of launching your startup from Berlin? Great people, no beach.

Heartbeat had its first office space in a motorcycle garage directly on the Spree. Here they developed a software for clinics to track their treatment results via patient reported outcomes digitally. The system provides doctors with crucial information on a patient's well-being before and long after treatments, and is used to improve medical quality. Now major hospital chains and university hospitals, like the CharitĂŠ, use Heartbeat to ensure the best medical outcomes. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;heartbeat-med.de Image: Marc Tiedemann (Co-Founder) and Yannik Schreckenberger (Co-Founder, CEO)

Noisli is on a mission to help people to be more focused and productive no matter where they work from. It allows users to create a custom sound environment, providing a space for focus and calm by blocking out annoying noises. Noisli has grown organically through word of mouth, and is used in more than 200 countries with more than 300 million plays across all platforms. The founders believe in creating a product that not only brings value, but that people also love to use. // noisli.com

What problem does your product solve? Sound related issues and how they can negatively impact our productivity are often underestimated or even ignored in our work and school environments. Noisli allows you to create a custom sound environment that helps people to find calm and focus in environments where it is either too quiet or too loud. When it is too quiet, every spike in noise will easily bring you out of concentration, while in environments with too much noise, it’s almost impossible to even enter a state of focus. 54

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How often does your product show up in a userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day or week? The main usage of Noisli is on a daily basis during workdays, so eight hours straight. A lot of people use Noisli also after work to relax, and at night to help them fall asleep.

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Trinckle develops software for the age of 3D printing. Its core offering, Paramate, is a cloud platform enabling the customerspecific adaptation of any product. Para mate’s powerful algorithms streamline design processes and automate even the most complex design tasks, eliminating the need for CAD know-how. Founded in 2013, Trinckle was the first German online 3D printing service provider. Since then it has built up its software platform, and remains a leading fulfillment provider. // trinckle.com Image: Gunnar Schulze (Co-Founder), Marlene Vogel (Co-Founder), and Florian Reichle (Co-Founder)

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3D Printing Founded in 2013 12 employees Funding Undisclosed

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What inspired you to found your startup? The immense potential of 3D printing was easy to spot, and we realised quickly that everyone in the market was focused on 3D printing hardware. But physical 3D printing is already becoming a commodity. The much more interesting market is the design generation and handling, which has to be done by software.

Bringing Together Engineering and Design in Smart Home Systems What inspired you to found your startup? We often played music through our Sonos speakers in the office and it was frustrating not to have shared control of the music. When we began building NUIMO, we wanted to create something that we, ourselves, would use and love. More use cases and ideas developed thanks to Kickstarter and the awesome feedback from our community. Today, we prototype and create products in the same way â&#x20AC;&#x201C; by first creating for ourselves and then refining as a direct result of the feedback from our early adopters.

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Senic is a Y-Combinator-backed hardware and software startup, founded in 2013. It develops new ways to experience tech in the home, with the mission to create products that focus on wellbeing, not on stickiness. In 2015, Senic launched NUIMO, a Red Dot and German Design award winning smart home controller, followed by the launch of COVI, a speech-enabled light and open-source hub, in 2017. Senic is based in Berlin and manufactures its products in Germany. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;senic.com Image: Philip Michaelides (Co-Founder, CTO),Felix Christmann (Co-Founder, CDO), and Tobias Eichenwald (Co-Founder, CEO)

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It started off with a small three-wheeler called kickTrike. This extreme foldable cargo-vehicle needed a battery. GreenPack found that there is a worldwide need for a battery that stores green energy and energises light electric vehicles (LEVs). So they designed the shape and the electrical interfaces to make GreenPack ready for its multiple uses. The startup is currently selling the first version of GreenPack and is going to build a new infrastructure of swapping stations for the energy supply of various LEVs in cities. // greenpack.de Image: Hans Constin (Founder, CEO)

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Mobility Founded in 2015 8 employees Funding €3M / 2 Rounds

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What problem does your product solve? It helps to solve the need for storage of green energy and enables light electric mobility in cities without using public space for the charging infrastructure. Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? In 10 years I can drive through all of Germany with a light electric vehicle without being afraid of shortage of energy, because at every discounter there will be a swapping station with GreenPacks to repower the LEV in only a few minutes. GreenPack will have international subsidiaries in most countries cooperating with local battery manufacturers and monitoring the quality and standard of GreenPack appliances. How are you different? GreenPack is the first open source, multi-use, intelligent battery module.

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Jourvie was founded with the mission to facilitate the therapy of eating disorders such as anorexia, bulimia, and binge eating. The Jourvie app digitises pen-andpaper heavy elements and supports patients throughout recovery. To date, it has established successful partnerships with major health care providers such as clinics, universities, and health funds, including the Charité and the AOK Nordost. // jourvie.com

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What inspired you to found your startup? Having suffered from anorexia throughout my adolescence, it was my goal to facilitate the rocky path of recovery for others. Today therapy is still quite penand-paper heavy, which often creates an additional obstacle for patients. Journaling your food intake and emotional stability not only requires time and steady motivation, but also courage, as one is asked to walk around with a sheet of paper. Experiencing this, I knew that I had to change things and find an easier, more discrete method.

Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently? We strongly believe in the power of trial and error. Each mistake and misconception ultimately improves business skills and broadens the horizon. Being pushed and nudged out of your comfort zone is actually a hidden chance to start thinking outside the box. And I think this is a defining skill of successful entrepreneurs. HowÂ ever, in hindsight we would have been thankful to have known how time-intense many developments and steps are â&#x20AC;&#x201C; more patience would have certainly contributed to our sanity.

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With Volders your contracts are managed right away. No more hassle because of missed deadlines or overpriced charges. Just consume, while Volders manages your contracts in the background. It was founded in 2014, has more than 500.000 users and is privately funded by the founder and CEO Jan Ansink, several business angels, and the institutional investors Mountain Partners and KfW. Its vision is a world in which nobody cares for contracts. // volders.de

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? First of all success means customer happiness: Building a product which solves a common problem, which is actively used by a great number of users and which users are very grateful for. Also, success is to have a dedicated team with passion for their own product.

Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Well, probably hundreds of things – I don’t know where to start. Hindsight is easier than foresight. This is what makes it so different to work at a startup and also why it is so much fun – one might say it is almost addictive. You are learning and testing every single day until it works out there.

The Beacons of the Berlin Scene Some of the startups that put this city on the international map

Zalando Founded in 2008, Zalando is Europe’s leading cross-platform online fashion store, selling shoes, clothing, and other items from more than 1.500 brands. The company went public in 2014 and is a prime example of the maturation process of Berlin’s startup ecosystem, as successful startups grow into large enterprises and attract global players to the German capital.

Zencap This peer-to-peer lending platform was founded in 2012 and allows private savers to lend money directly to small and medium sized businesses. The company fused with Funding Circle in 2015 and its services are now available in Germany, Spain, The Netherlands, the UK, and the USA.

Hello Fresh This unicorn food subscription company sends pre-portioned ingredients to subscribers’ doorsteps, making quick and healthy meals designed by nutritionists and chefs possible for anyone, with no planning, shopping or hassle required. With a variety of meal plans, their subscriptions start from €4.50 per serving, are locally sourced, and delivered at the most convenient time.

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Soundcloud One of the biggest, most widely used music streaming platforms, and one of the oldest startups in Berlin, Soundcloud has been struggling with profit issues lately as it competes with other streaming services. At the beginning of 2017 the company was still able to secure a $70M growth loan, but sadly had to let go 40% of its staff. With only enough runway to last into Q4, the company was saved by a €141M investment from Temasek Holdings and The Raine Group, with co-founder and CEO Alex Jung stepping down and being replaced by former Vimeo CEO Kerry Trainor.

DeliveryHero With €1.51B in funding, Delivery Hero is the highest-funded startup from Berlin, operating in 50 countries, and partnering with more than 300.000 restaurants. The company was prosecuted for committing Denial-of-Service attacks against its competitors in 2012 and 2013, and has since acquired several of them, such as the South Korean Baedaltong and the German Foodora. They went public in June of this year, raising almost €1B.

EyeEm EyeEm is a photography company that aims to connect its creative community of more than 20 million members to leading brands and agencies. They host a marketplace, put out the print publication EyeEm Magazine, and host the world’s largest photo contest with over 88.000 photographers participating as part of their annual festival and awards ceremony.

Webtrekk Webtrekk develops and sells software products that allow companies to connect, analyse and activate user and marketing data across all devices, in real time. Founded in 2003, the company has grown to be a major rival for Google Analytics, particularly in the European market.

Auto1 Group Since 2012 AUTO1 Group connects buyers and sellers of used cars via an online platform, allowing for seamless trade, and empowering consumers and dealers with liquidity and first class supply. The unicorn company is by now the third biggest startup in Europe by funding, operating in almost 30 countries, and expanding rapidly.

6Wunderkinder Creators of the daily life organisation software and app Wunderlist, one of the most popular productivity applications in the world, the company’s name is a reference to its founding by six friends in Berlin in 2010. The startup made a successful exit through acquisition by Microsoft in 2015, who announced this April that Wunderlist is to be shut down in favour of its own app, To-Do. The new software is designed by the Wunderlist team and incorporates most of the same features, with the option of importing data across from the old app.

ResearchGate This professional network for the scientific community lets users connect with each other to share and discuss research. Funded in part by prominent players such as Ashton Kutcher, Bill Gates, Goldman Sachs, and Four Rivers Group, the company secured an additional €44M in funds this February. The platform promises to help shift some paradigms of working together in the scientific community by providing a space to share results and ideas, publish failed experiments as well as successful outcomes, and support the evolution toward network-driven collaboration.

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Where Are They Now? We followed up with some of the startups that have been featured in our past editions

CONTORION TH06 Contorion's range of products extends from tools to work apparel and fastening technology, featuring brands such as Festool, Makita, and Knipex. Thereby, Contorion offers SMEs a "one-stop-shop" solution. Following the slogan "Everything a Pro Can Use", this digital retail specialist provides highest quality tools, fair prices and optimal service to its customers. The company was founded 2014 in Berlin and until now the team has grown to over 130 people. // contorion.de

EINHORN TH06 & TH07 Einhorn blasted off from earth to embark on an exponential cruise through outer space. During their journey the team has grown 20 unicorns strong. With a concave marketing strategy they are rocking revenues with 7-figures, and still doubt their success on a daily basis. They hope no one discovers that it's all fake! // einhorn.my

Over the past two years, Helpling has invested strongly in product development and migrated to a new technology platform in all countries they do business in. In 2017 the company was able to increase their investment to more than €67 million, and expanded their portfolio from private home cleaning to also include other additional home services. In summer of 2017, Unilever, one of the largest consumer good companies, joined Helpling as an investor: Customers will be able to buy cleaning products on their website in the near future. This makes the Helpling platform a central point for everything around the home! // helpling.de

N26 TH06 &TH07 Today, N26 is one of the fastest growing banks in Europe, operating in 17 countries. It has tripled its customer base to more than 300.000 within one year. Having been granted a banking licence by the German regulator and the European Central Bank in July 2016, N26 is consequently catering to its strategy to digitise all areas of traditional banks matched with an unrivalled user experience. Savings, investments, credit, or an individual insurance wallet, it’s just a few clicks in the N26 app. // n26.com

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HELPLING TH06 & TH07

MAKERIST TH02 & TH04

With the launch of makerist.fr and makerist.com, the company's planned internationalisation has begun. In addition, Makerist has introduced new verticals such as crafting and plotting to complement the existing verticals of sewing, knitting, and crocheting. In addition to their digital patterns marketplace and online shop for crafting materials, Makerist will expand what sort of videos are on offer, complementing their editorial content with user-generated content later this year. They hope to surpass one million members this year. // makerist.com

MISTER SPEX

TH04, TH05 & TH07 Since its founding in 2007, Mister Spex has grown to a team of more than 450 employees in Berlin and Stockholm, who manages the supply to 11 European countries. Thanks to the consistent expansion of a comprehensive network that currently consists of six stores and over 550 partner opticians in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the Netherlands, Mister Spex has grown to become Europe's most successful multichannel optician. // misterspex.de

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MONOQI TH06 Founded five years ago, Monoqi now boasts nearly three million registered users and a net turnover of €23.2M, always steadily growing. They are currently concentrating on their B2C business, with a new selection of offers on a daily basis, as well as a growing assortment of permanently available design products. Monoqi has also just finished a new financing round, including an investment that will allow them to move into the Middle Eastern market. // monoqi.com

JUNIQE TH04 & TH06 Since going live in 2014, the lifestyle brand Juniqe has recorded substantial growth, received investments of €20M, and has now established itself as the European market leader for affordable art. With a team of over 100 e-commerce professionals, its vision is to make inspirational artworks a part of people’s everyday lives: Art. Everywhere. Since starting off with 53 artists, Juniqe’s artist community has now grown to over 600, with more than 16,000 designs attracting 500,000 customers. They've also had successful collaborations with Jaguar Land Rover, Beiersdorf (NIVEA) and Casper, significantly increasing their brand awareness. // juniqe.com

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NATURAL CYCLES TH08 Natural Cycles is now the world’s first and only app to be certified for the use of contraception. Clinical studies have shown that the app is 93% effective for contraception, comparable to most other methods. With over 380.000 users in 161 countries, we are happy to see that it seems like women really like the idea of a product that provides a natural contraceptive alternative. Our mission is to increase contraceptive choice and empower women to take control of their fertility, championing a vision where every pregnancy is wanted. // naturalcycles.com

RESEARCHGATE

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ResearchGate, the professional network for scientists and researchers, now has over 13 million members. With the network’s new 'Projects' feature, researchers are speeding up scientific progress by sharing ongoing research in over a million projects with peers and the public. ResearchGate also connects the broader world of science. Its recruiting solutions connect scientists with career opportunities and its advertising solutions bring companies together with researchers who use their products every day. // researchgate.net

WOOGA TH01 & TH07

KIWI

TH02, TH04 & TH05 Today more than 57.000 residential units are connected to the Kiwi infrastructure. Housing companies such as degewo and Gesobau are among the Kiwi customers, and corporate groups like innogy, Deutsche Telekom, and Conrad Electronic are partners. Last year, the product portfolio was extended by the Kiwi Smart Lock for apartment doors. Since the summer of this year the real estate group Deutsche Wohnen has been holding a minority share in the company and will gradually equip the total stock of 17.000 houses with Kiwi. // kiwi.ki

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Since founding Wooga in 2009 the company has had to shift gears and refocus a couple of times, as the casual games market changed quite drastically. Today they solely focus on developing mobile puzzle as well as hidden object games, the two genres where the company has had the biggest successes, with games like Jelly Splash, Pearl’s Peril or Bubble Island 2. Wooga will soon be launching their next Hidden Object game called June’s Journey, and are really excited to see if players like it as much as they do. // wooga.com

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Smart Ideas Should and Will Naturally Prevail Klaus Siegers, chairman of the board at Weberbank, spoke to The Hundert about startups in Berlin, his participation in our jury, and robo-advising.

Banking can be considered a more conservative industry. In what way are you impacted by new technologies? Through the advent of robo advising in asset investment, we're currently experiencing the trend towards digitalisation. Additionally, it improves how information is transmitted, for instance in the case of access to market values and exchange rates, or deposit levels, and therefore aids in transparency. At its core, I think this is a good thing.

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Are there any reservations from investors about allowing machines to manage their investments? Anyone who follows algorithms can rule out human errors. This can be an advantage. On the other hand, there is no intuition involved. I am unsure if high-end customers have really been waiting for robo-advising. But smart ideas should and will naturally prevail, and there are definitely investors whom this service is well suited to. Asset management can be developed for a broader customer base by using various effects of scale. What some fintechs are coming up with on this topic is very impressive. As asset managers ourselves we're keenly following these developments. Lastly, weâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;ve started our social media activities. Please, follow us on weberbank-diskurs.de, Facebook, Twitter, YouTube, LinkedIn, and Xing. Weberbank Actiengesellschaft Hohenzollerndamm 134 14199 Berlin +49 (0)30 89798-0 service@weberbank.de www.weberbank.de

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What was your impression of the collaboration with The Hundert and what is of interest to you in the startup scene? It was a real pleasure being part of The Hundert's jury for the first time. Coming from a finance background I am interested in new business ideas and young, fresh start ups. The list of startups that The Hundert sent me was quite extensive, but it was definitely worth the effort of going through them all. I really hope that some of my choices will be reflected in the final hundred of this edition because their ideas were very promising. As a Berlin-based private bank, we hope that business is prospering and the region will grow further with well educated, hard working and ambitious people. For them to excel and succeed is important. We are the first choice for people that like to delegate their complex financial matters.

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Active startups 1.800-2.400 Jobs created by startups 60.000 Exits in 2016 12 Berlin GDP €131 billion VAT 19% Corporate Income Tax 15% Average office rent sqm/month €19.16 Coworking spaces 50 Female Founders 13%

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How are you different? We have disrupted the way of reaching out for survey participants. The quantity and quality of information we collect is unique. For our customers, we provide the first live database for opinion and market research. We take large sample sizes, so that customers can filter by many characteristics, e.g. age, gender, education, or population density, and still get valid answers concerning the preferences of their target group.

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Research Founded in 2015 31 employees Funding Undisclosed

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This polling company recruits its panelists with new user engagement methods in a live network of more than 12.500 websites. Official cooperation partners, among others, are Spiegel Online, Die Welt, and Süddeutsche Zeitung. With more than 310.000 users, Civey has built Germany’s largest and most active online access panel. The algorithm chooses missing participants for the respective polls and gives them immediate feedback. It corrects possible biases through a multi-stage weighting procedure. // civey.com

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? We believe in eSports becoming the dominant global sport in the next decades. We fit into this massive eSports industry by being the platform for player improvement. If we continue to succeed with our services and products, I expect us to provide great value to hundreds of millions of gamers through our products and services in the next ten years. What our checkpoints in between now and then look like, I will leave to the attentative follower to watch unfold.

Dojo Madness builds tools and services that help players and fans to understand and master their favorite eSports games. // dojomadness.com Image: Jens Hilgers (Co-Founder, CEO), Markus Fuhrmann (Co-Founder), and Christian Gruber (Co-Founder)

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How often does your product show up in a user’s day or week? Our users use our services several times a week as they follow their gaming passion. Often several times a day.

Creating Tools to Help Players Master Their Games

eSports Founded in 2014 50 employees Funding €12.75M / 3 Rounds

The Future of Music Education

What problem does your product solve? We are solving a problem for all the people that always wanted to be able to play an instrument. We make it fundamentally easier for them to reach their goal.

How are you different? One thing where we are different from traditional tutorials is that we use a unique technology to track your learning progress and give you feedback during practice. We have also developed a unique interface that combines the two proven teaching methods of learning by reading music and learning by ear.

Music Founded in 2014 25 employees Funding Bootstrapping

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? We define success by our ability to help as many people as possible to learn to play an instrument, while simultaneously creating a healthy, long-term, and profitable business.

Millions of people dream of being able to play a musical instrument. At Flowkey, the goal is to develop products which will allow everyone to fulfill this dream. Flowkey was launched in early 2015 and quickly evolved into one of the most successful music education apps, serving more than one million users on iOS, Android, and desktop. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;flowkey.com Image: Jonas GĂśssling (Co-Founder, CEO), Alexander Heesing (Co-Founder, CFO), and Ahmed Hassan (Co-Founder, CTO)

What inspired you to found your startup? There are many legal-tech startups which take care of specific areas such as flight delays or traffic fines. The typical cases where a person needs a lawyer are not covered though. We wanted to change this. What problem does your product solve? Many people don´t go to a lawyer because they think that they cannot afford it. Therefore 70% of users' claims are not enforced. This is what we are changing right now.

LegalTech Founded in 2016 20 employees Funding Undisclosed FragRobin provides consumers with fast legal transparency in over a hundred different aspects of the law, e.g. in case of a layoff, a divorce, or a testament. After an automatic case-check, FragRobin provides a free, personal initial consultation by a certified partner lawyer. // fragrobin.de Image: Florian Werner (Founder, CEO)

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Synfioo is a German logistics startup founded in 2015. It offers big data based arrival time predictions and transportation decision support for road, rail, ship, and air. Synfioo's clients, both logistics service providers and producing companies, use the software for end-to-end supply chain moni toring and proactive customer communication. // synfioo.com

Software Founded in 2015 13 employees Funding Undisclosed

Image: Marian Pufahl (Co-Founder) and Andreas Meyer (Co-Founder)

Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? We evolved out of a research project at the Hasso-PlattnerInstitute: when one of the industry partners said they would buy our software if it was available on the market, we knew we would go for it.

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? We will consider Synfioo a success when we reach a good portion of the logistics market and still have fun at work.

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Since May 2013, Geblitzt.de has been funding free legal aid for traffic offenses such as speed, distance, red light, and mobile telephone violations. By January 2017, over 60.000 applications were processed. 12% of cases were stopped. In a further 25% there was the possibility to achieve a positive change in the sentence for those charged. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;geblitzt.de

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How are you different? Geblitzt.de provides its attorneys with a software which standardises workflows, thus reducing the time required for efficient processing of the cases. In addition, there is a unique online strategy for acquiring mandates, which has been unusual for lawyers so far.

What problem does your product solve? Up to now, it was not possible to have a legal review of fines proceedings without a high financial risk, since there was no relationship between expenses and benefits. Geblitzt.de now offers this free of charge and, thanks to standardisation, with higher quality and better service for the customer.

How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? The startup scene in Berlin is getting more mature. Sustainability is the main focus of many companies. The value of content is becoming as important as the value of ideas.

Climate change is starting to affect our daily lives. Thus, municipalities should adapt to it. However, the creation of a climate risk analysis is complex and requires expert knowledge and time. Both often do not exist. GreenAdapt develops software that facilitates the creation of such analyses. Based on that, GreenAdapt proposes useful local adaptation measures. It has already received numerous requests for its products and won the business plan competition Berlin-Brandenburg 2017. // greenadapt.de Image: Adrian Pfalzgraf (Co-Founder, CEO), Mady Olonscheck (Co-Founder, CEO), and Leon Landen (Co-Founder, CTO)

How often does your product show up in a user’s day or week? Advice on climate change adaptation is a niche topic. We offer a comprehensive premium product and reach about a dozen districts and municipalities per month. However, this is perfectly adequate to keep the company running. We are not dependent on large numbers of users but increase our brand awareness by providing profound, high-quality products.

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Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Looking back, we would start much earlier with acquisition as it takes some time before first payments come in after the contract is filled. We recommend finding a common language within the company to convincingly present your company to the outside world. A young team should find out early what each member of the team expects from the future. Finally, we would build up larger stocks of sweets and coffee to better survive difficult periods.

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Municipal Sector Founded in 2017 6 employees Funding Undisclosed

Helping to Adapt to Climate Change

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Software as a Service Founded in 2017 3 employees Funding Undisclosed

Octorank is an online platform to publish calls for applications and to find the best submissions. It has developed a peer review technology to detect expertise, adjust personal bias, and smartly distribute submissions among reviewers. The best music, articles, and business ideas can already be identified. Designs, job applications, and academic papers will be covered soon. Organisations like Vattenfall, radioeins and the Berliner Sparkasse already trust Octorank's platform and technology. // octorank.com

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Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently if you could do it again? Start sales even earlier.

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? In Silicon Valley.

What problem does your product solve? In any area (music, photography, business, HR), finding the best is time consuming and requires deep domain expertise. Our technology helps automate the process and leverage the domain expertise of applicants or external experts.

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Information Technology Founded in 2013 25+ employees Funding Undisclosed

Turning Servers Into Data Storage Systems

Quobyte builds a software storage system that helps companies tackle one of their biggest challenges: Storing and managing their most important asset – data. Founded in 2013 by ex-Googlers Björn Kolbeck and Felix Hupfeld, they and their team created a data centre file system that enables companies like aerospace engineering leader Airbus to grapple with their volumes of data. Quobyte delivers ultra-fast access to that data while keeping the infrastructure flexible and all data safe and sound. // quobyte.com Image: Björn Kolbeck (Co-Founder, CEO) and Felix Hupfeld (Co-Founder, CTO) What problem does your product solve? We keep the most important asset of today’s companies safe and sound: Their data. That data needs to be safely stored while at the same time quickly accessible by all kinds of applications. Whether it’s a number-crunching financial institution, a life sciences company running genome sequencing, or a Hollywood studio with volumes of video data and the need for a scalable and universally accessible digital production infrastructure – their success depends on fast and reliable storage.

How are you different? We’re the first to prove that you can build storage for any realworld use case entirely in software while running on standard servers. We also show that it can be done without any downsides – quite the opposite: A Quobyte-based storage infrastructure is more flexible, more reliable, has a better performance, and is quite a bit cheaper to set up and operate than traditional products. We actually outperform the traditional storage solutions of our multi-billion dollar competitors.

How often does your product show up in a user’s day or week? Our goal is motivate users to practice every day, even though we know by our own experience this is nearly impossible. While we do have a small hard-core

fan base using Uberchord on a daily basis, the problem for the majority of users is that music learning itself (like language learning) requires a lot of time and dedication. People aren’t simply lazy. You need time, a quiet room,

and a bit of tranquility. Thus, while many of our active users practice 2-3 times per week, we want to push this further.

Uberchord is an AI-powered learning platform for music. The mobile app uses patent-pending technology to listen to the player, give instant feedback and seamlessly adapt to the player’s progress. The platform offers high-quality courses, a catalogue of popular songs, and will allow users to collaboratively create and share their own content, all licensed by publishers such as Universal and Sony. The company was founded by a team of four with the vision to change the way we learn to play musical instruments and create a marketplace for the music industry. // uberchord.com Image: Simon Barkow-Oesterreicher (Co-Founder, COO), Eckart Burgwedel (Co-Founder, CEO), and Martin Polak (Co-Founder, CTO) 88

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Music Founded in 2014 10 employees Funding €1.9M / 2 Rounds

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Sustainability in the City Anne-Sophie Garrigou, Editor-In-Chief at The Beam, believes in Berlin as leading the charge for sustainable cities Major cities all around the world will play an increasingly important role in addressing the challenges of climate change in the near future, and Berlin is at the forefront of this race to reach a zero carbon economy. The German capital wants to be seen as a pioneer, and is the ideal example to illustrate that even large urban areas can achieve climate neutrality. Christiane Averbeck, Executive Director of Climate Alliance Germany, reiterates the commitment of the city to being climate neutral through drafting the first bike traffic law in Germany and envisioning a fully connected network of bike lanes. She adds that “Berlin switched off the coal power plant Klingenberg – a

huge success for the local anti-coal movement”, which will lead to a quicker replacement of the other three coal power plants by renewable energy and heat. Additionally many citizens are encouraging a healthy and less climate-damaging lifestyle through countless vegan restaurants, urban gardening projects and even a zero-waste supermarket startup by the name of Original Unverpackt. Their aim is to eliminate plastic in the world, and founder Milena Glimbovski recently appeared on the German version of ‘Shark Tank’ to take her business online. Sustainability startups are pitching solutions for moving toward a greener future all over the city, and greatly succeeding in their ventures, such as solar startups Little Sun and Mobisol, who are making cheap, sustainable energy available across the globe. Fashion startups like Dit Is Balin and Design for Circularity are reducing waste and encouraging fair trade in the clothing industry, and Einhorn Kondome produce "fairstainable" vegan condoms in designer chip bags. But why is Berlin becoming this center for sustainable projects?

Ecoligo cofounder Markus Schwaninger adds that "locations such as the EUREF Campus that accumulate expertise in the CleanTech sector also facilitate the exchange between the startups, which is especially important in the early stages." For other entrepreneurs, sustainability describes a relationship between the company, its customers, and partners. "We decided to build an actual, profitable, and sustainable business rather than focusing on raising the next round," said Simon Becker, co-founder of Cabin Spacey. However, the scene isn’t all moonshine and roses: things are simply not moving fast enough. According to Maik Günther, PhD student at the FU, Berlin will become a cutting-edge clean-tech hub only if we are able to build "stronger partnerships between the industry and startups". For Benjamin Schulz, The Beam-founder, the major problem is that "while the city is rich in ideas and talent, it is sometimes very poor in real economic impact and investment." The Original Unverpackt store in Berlin-Kreuzberg.

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According to Paul Grunow, physicist and board director of the Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin, the reason is simple: "Similar to the booming IT startup scene in Berlin, these issues have the potential to be disruptive in terms of breaking up existing models of the old industry with its big energy, chemistry, and automotive companies located in the old western part of Germany".

Another issue is the dissonance between entrepreneurs and the support they receive from the government. And yet local governments are beginning to understand that supporting a sustainable future is a city’s best investment, with the new municipal government of Berlin developing a strong strong political orientation towards decarbonisation as confirmed by Hans-Josef Fell, president of the Energy Watch Group. A recent study investigating the feasibility of reducing Berlin’s CO2 emission by 85% and achieving climate neutrality by 2050 concluded that the climate-neutral transformation of the Berlin energy system would in fact possible and will ultimately stimulate the growth of value-added activities and employment in the city. When hearing "digital economy", San Francisco is usually the first city that comes to mind. The city’s dominance stems from their (r)evolution having kicked off decades ago. For sustainability, Berlin could become the torchbearer and carry the responsibility if there is greater awareness by all sectors, the government implementing policies that support carbon neutrality, and larger investments into cleantech. Berlin represents disruptiveness more than any other city in Europe, and we at The Beam would argue that it is in the city’s DNA to become the radical leader in sustainability. Little Sun lights in action.

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From Berlin out into the World – Enter New Markets with the Start Alliance Helping your ideas spread faster There’s no question that Berlin is THE city for startups in Germany. But at some time or another every successful startup reaches a point where they ask themselves: Berlin and then what? One answer is the Start Alliance Berlin startup exchange program. Together with partner cities all around the world, Berlin Partner for Business and Technology, the economic development corporation of Berlin, is helping young entrepreneurs get started in international markets. These include New York City, Shanghai, Paris, London, and Tel Aviv – and the network is still growing. But it’s not just startups around the world that are looking for new business opportunities: German companies are also extending their feelers. Berlin Partner organizes scouting visits to the startup metropolises of the world – where companies seek out the most innovative ideas from young entrepreneurs and promote their startup programs in Berlin. From Berlin to the Startup Metropolises of the World New York, Shanghai, or Paris – which metropolis will it be? The Start Alliance has them all. The partner cities offer the best starting point for quickly gaining traction in each foreign market. Depending upon the location, Berlin startups can secure a desk

in a co-working space free of charge for up to six weeks. For example, in New York City, it’s at the New Lab in Brooklyn’s Navy Yards creative hub or at Rise, the fintech forge from Barclays. In Shanghai, the program provides office space at Techcode or TusStart Shanghai, while The Library in Tel Aviv welcomes entrepreneurs from Berlin. In addition to a free co-working space, the partner network supports participants in the cities as they delve into the startup ecosystem and make contacts. Those preferring an organized program over an individual stay have the opportunity to apply for delegation trips. In 2017, startups from the German capital visited Shanghai and New York together with Berlin Partner. Here entrepreneurs got to know the specifics of the respective market in tutorials, networked with investors and potential partners, and pitched their business ideas. Entrepreneurs can find all the information about the partner cities, the application process, and current announcements for delegation trips at www.startalliance.berlin. Deutsche Bahn and Metro in Tel Aviv In addition to startups, Berlin Partner is also taking large companies along for the trip. On scouting visits, the Economic

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International Startup Program in Berlin at AirBnB, December 2016.

Scouting trip with DBmindbox to Tel Aviv, June 2017.

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Development Corporation brings together individual programs for the companies in the partner cities in order to seek out the best entrepreneurial ideas. This year the METRO Accelerator and the Deutsche Bahn’s mindbox visited the creative and tech hub Tel Aviv. The goal of the visit was to get Israeli entrepreneurs interested in the companies’ startup programs. Using the motto “The future in retail and food tech,” METRO invited participants to get to know them – six accelerators were visited in three days, where young entrepreneurs introduced themselves over the course of 30 pitches. Following that, four startups applied to the Metro-Accelerator, three were among the top ten, and one participated in the METRO batch in June. Deutsche Bahn participated once again – the 2016 trip to Tel Aviv resulted in a cooperation with the startup Railvision, which developed an optical early detection system for objects on the tracks.

Keep an eye out for startups from the partner cities: In December, you’ll have the opportunity to get to know the startup hub Berlin during a two-week program. Events, Tutorials, and pitch opportunities await you. More info. and registration at www.startalliance.berlin

Start Alliance goes Shanghai, April 2017 Pitch Night with Dr. Stefan Franzke, CEO

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Twyla was born with a vision to connect users of mobile messaging apps and businesses offering live chat customer support. Since then Twyla has quietly created proprietary blended AI technologies and built deep integrations into enterprise data systems to enable service chatbots to be better educated and more helpful. The company has worked with major brands like T-Mobile, Cebu Pacific Airways, and Heineken, and is due to grow rapidly still during the remainder of 2017. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;twylahelps.com Image: Paul Gibbins (Co-Founder, Managing Director) and Chris Lotz (Co-Founder, Managing Director)

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What inspired you to found your startup? The inspiration for Twyla came from a mutual frustration that, while we could communicate with friends and families through nice native mobile messaging apps, we had to fight to speak to brands and service providers. It didn’t make sense. The Twyla name came from a desire to convey a metaphor of helpfulness in connecting people, inspired by the switchboard ladies of the vintage telephone era.

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? 1 year from now we see ourselves having consolidated the entire platform into a viable softwareas-a-service product, delivering value to businesses of all sizes at scale. 5 years from now we see ourselves as an invaluable component in our clients’ enterprise software suites, as critical as CRM and ERP. In 10 years we’ll have fully unsupervised learning capabilities for our bots, which will have innate context awareness in conversation, able to pivot seamlessly with the customer.

April 2015: Four friends decided to start a business that democratises user data and offers transparency. Bonify specialises in credit ratings and does not just give users free access to their score online, but helps to improve and benefit from it. With Bonify, users can observe their credit score, manage their finances, and get individualised loan offers. The latest innovation is the Mieterauskunft – a document that unites all requirements for a landlord into one. A revolution has just started. // bonify.de Image: Gamal Moukabary (Co-Founder), Josef Korte (Co-Founder), Andreas Bermig (Co-Founder), and Jan Ortmann (Co-Founder) 98

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What market need does your service fill? Credit worthiness is not communicated in Germany. Most people do not know what the term means or what their own credit score is. With Bonify, users can check and observe their credit score online for free. Usually, you get information about your credit worthiness just once a year for free – with Bonify you get access to it at any time.

FinTech Founded in 2015 33 employees Funding €5.5M / 2 Rounds

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InsurTech Founded in 2016 3 employees Funding Undisclosed

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Due to unavoidable demographic development, dignified ageing and caregiving will become an

ever more relevant topic in the future with regards to its social and economic implications as European healthcare systems are facing increasing challenges

of sustainability and resource scarcity. I define success if we can help at least one million people per year and we build a profitable impact business.

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As we get older, we hope that our lives will become easier. But the older we get the more issues we are facing. The older we get, the more healthcare we need, the more we are feeling lonely and the more we need expensive prescription drugs. Engigo aims to promote the growth of seniors communities, allowing everyone to get involved around oneâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s home and so help improve the quality of live for everybody. Sharing ones own abilities for the benefit of all. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;engigo.de Image: Malte J. Wagenbach (Co-Founder, CEO)

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InsurTech Founded in 2016 12 employees Funding €2.5M / 2 Rounds

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Buying life insurance has always been a hassle. Customers had to fill out long paper forms, mail them to the insurance company and wait weeks for an answer. Getsurance is here to digitise this €2.2 trillion market. The young startup is building digital life insurance products that customers can buy online within minutes. In June 2017, Getsurance launched the world's first digital disability insurance. // getsurance.de Image: Viktor Becher (Co-Founder, COO) and Johannes Becher (Co-Founder, CEO)

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Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? In the beginning we talked to incumbent insurance companies to find out if we could digitise their existing products. That was a waste of time – we learned that paper-based insurance products cannot be digitised. If we were to start anew, we would launch our own product even faster.

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What inspired you to found your startup? When we founded Konetik we wanted to help customers get the most out of their vehicles and optimise utilisation with data driven insights. Our aim was to leverage IoT and data capturing capabilities to provide insights towards a safer, smarter and more efficient mobility. As we are e-mobility enthusiasts ourselves, after having our telematics platform, we shifted our focus to integrate and manage electric vehicles for company fleets.

Konetik developed a product which includes a plug-and-play hardware device and a cloud platform. It helps companies automate administration, optimise and organise their vehicle fleets, and increase the safety and efficiency of driving. Ultimately, Konetik helps companies integrate and manage electric vehicles. // konetik.com

The E-Mobility Management Solution for Company Fleets

Mobility Founded in 2015 12 employees Funding €1M / 2 Rounds

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Back in 2015, two trading technologists set out to bring secretive investment bank technology to everyone. Today, Deepstream has become the silent force behind some of the world’s largest banks, communication, and entertainment companies. Its lightning-fast realtime data platform helps developers of any background or skillset build apps, IoT platforms, and backends that always stay in sync - without having to worry about infrastructure or maintenance. // deepstreamhub.com

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Image: Wolfram Hempel (Co-Founder, CEO) and Yasser Fadl (Co-Founder, CTO)

What inspired you to found your startup? We’ve realised that the banks and hedgefunds we’ve worked with in London had brilliant solutions to problems experienced by technologists in any walk of life, yet kept their cards close to their chest. We wanted to take their approach and make it accessible to developers with any background and skillset.

Is there anything you’d do differently? We would have gone to market earlier, rather than trying to perfect every last bit before releasing the platform. How are you different? Traditionally messaging, storage, and communication between back-ends and front-ends was kept separate, leading to an eternal vortex sucking up development time and resources. We unify these, leading to a unique concept that makes it easy to operate realtime networks at scale.

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MotionTag develops a platform for seamless pay-asyou-go ticketing. Travelling from A-to-B has never been easier, as the user only needs a smartphone in her pocket. No more missing change to buy a ticket or thinking about fare zones. Travel first, get charged automatically with the best price afterwards. MotionTag thinks the future of transportation lies in easy travelling, achieved by seamlessly combining different transport modes. // motion-tag.com Image: Florian Stock (Co-Founder, CTO) and Stephan Leppler (Co-Founder, CEO) How are you different? We provide an oyster-card-like ticketing system without additional infrastructure: easy to scale, cost-efficient and simple access for the end-user. By integrating APIs and further data sources, we provide a fully software-based ticketing technology that works as a check-in/be-out solution. Our platform is designed to easily integrate public transportation and other mobility services such as car-sharing solutions.

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Mobility Founded in 2015 6 employees Funding €350K / Round

Step Inside Any Video and Make It Your Playground Mixed Reality Founded in 2015 19 employees Funding €2.5M / Seed

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Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? Generation Z is redefining the role social media and online content plays in our lives. They are not satisfied with just passively liking or commenting on something – they want to create their own content, they want to actively engage with other creators and be a part of the conversation. We were inspired by this drive to actively participate and have designed Spilly around making this possible. Also, we learned a lot from our Splash.

Spilly is the next app from the makers of Splash, the 360 degree video app (winner of 'SXSW 2016'). Spilly enables users to directly influence content by applying mixed reality effects onto videos. With these “spills”, users gain a new, meaningful way to connect with their friends and larger networks. The team is a unique complement of AI experts, game developers, VFX programmers, and designers, with a strong vision to develop a visual communication language in mixed reality. // spil.ly Image: Michael Ronen (CEO), Stefan Marx (CPO), and Maximillian Schneider (CTO) 105

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FoodTech Founded in 2016 35 employees Funding €9M / 2 Rounds

Lemoncat, the online marketplace for business catering, was launched with the mission to give business customers a platform to choose and book their catering in just seconds. From a small business meeting to trade fairs or a Christmas party â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the platform gives access to the best local caterers. Lemoncat has the largest variety in Germany with more than 400 caterers in 285 cities. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;lemoncat.de Image: Doreen Huber (CEO)

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Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Lemoncat will be the market leader in the catering space. We want to digitise the market and make customers and caterers aware that there is a new service like ours. The Lemoncat team is working very hard to build an amazing tech product for customers and caterers to make their lives easier.

Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently? Lemoncat is my fourth startup and there is no secret master plan behind running a company. Working hard and challenging the status quo and doing it differently all the time is a key to success. If you are not able to change and to adapt, the company is already dead.

How are you doing good? Most people have no idea how many amazing catering companies we have out there. Some are very passionate foodies who lov to cook but don't know how to win new customers. Lemoncat enables passionate local caterers to get access to customers. We want to democratise the catering market and not only display the big, well known caterers, but fight for more variety and food quality.

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Even today many patients can't be effectively treated with the highest standard of care. Most patients donâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t want to wait several years until new therapies become available. They want to take action. Viomedo's vision is to empower patients and researchers to realise the future of medicine. Their leading clinical trials platform connects patients in need with medical research, by matching the right patient with the right trials and facilitating their effective enrollment. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;viomedo.de

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Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? While developing a therapeutic in 2014, the team discovered that the way clinical trials were conducted was highly inefficient. Patients told the founders that, despite their interest, they didnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t have access to trials. On the other side, as researchers, it was really hard to find the right patients. It was really clear that both sides were searching for each other and that there was real potential to help patients and accelerate the development of better therapies.

What problem does your product solve? Most patients currently cannot access clinical trials, despite demand. According to a survey of cancer patients, 85% were either unaware or unsure that participation in a clinical trial was an option, while 75% of these patients said they would have

enrolled in a trial had they known it was possible. For researchers, patient recruitment represents the biggest challenge, and the number one cause for the exponential increase in cost and timelines for the development of new therapies.

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Berlin Will Become Europe’s Silicon Valley Victor Basta, Managing Director at Magister Advisors in London, on why Berlin is set to overtake London as Europe’s tech capital London has been the undisputed European technology centre. Until now. Our view is that Berlin will rapidly begin to take over, and in 10-15 years we will see the Berlin cluster as Europe’s technology hot-bed. The stage is set already: German tech companies receive only 400-500 VC investments per year, versus 1.000-1.500 for the UK as whole. However, Berlin has consistently been in Europe’s “top 4” (along with London, Paris, and Stockholm), and received more tech capital in 2015 than any other European city.

Secondly, German VC tech exits are on a par with the UK already, despite far fewer funding rounds. This year German VC exits are set to exceed the UK ones by number. This replenishment of the ecosystem is critical to fuelling growth; until the UK started seeing meaningful tech exits 10-15 years ago, the UK ecosystem’s development could only evolve so far.

The Berlin ecosystem is being fuelled by two key trends. Firstly, the number of international investors coming into Germany is greater than anywhere else in Europe, filling neatly the gap between exciting, investable companies, and the current, small, local VC group. Berlin inevitably attracts a major share of this capital year in and year out.

1. Berlin exceeds even London as a magnet for international talent: Visitors often remark how one can live and work in Berlin and never speak German. Berlin tech companies are attracting some of the best talent from all over the world, and English is its lingua franca.

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Building on these trends, here is why we believe Berlin will become Europe’s long-term Silicon Valley:

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2. Immigration issues in London will accelerate Berlin’s development: Brexit was largely about immigration, and the UK’s departure from the EU will inevitably slow immigration. The best, most mobile workers must reconsider where to work. Berlin has no such issues; free movement in the EU, and in a country which has the most open attitude in Europe towards immigration. Now Berlin is a magnet for immigrants, as the UK used to be. And remember Intel was founded by an immigrant. Microsoft is run by one. Apple was started by the son of one. nVidia’s CEO is one. You get the picture. 3. Tech majors are siting operations in Berlin: Until recently tech majors only operated sales offices. Now they are siting engineering talent, to be close to the ecosystem. Google’s prominence in Factory Berlin, promoting key technology developments to local entrepreneurs, is a poster child for serious engagement. Numerous German tech and digital companies are ramping up their Berlin capability, creating the first seeds of a two-sided ecosystem of large companies and startups engaging with one another in close proximity. 4. Berlin tech isn’t ‘distracted’ by a much larger local industry: London is dominated by financial services and consulting, and tech companies have natural competitors for the best talent. There is no such ‘gorilla industry’ in Berlin; tech and digital media are the gorilla industries. If anything, Berlin’s proximity to key industrial companies makes it a natural magnet for Internet of Things innovation. 5. Cost of living is far cheaper than London: While rents have ramped, Berlin remains far more affordable than London for young ambitious coders. We forget that when Silicon Valley was developing in the 1960’s, California rents were very modest and hardly grew; its only in recent years that it’s gone near vertical. Cheap housing means young bright coders able to move there, and only Berlin has this advantage today.

6. Berlin has its own Fairchild Semiconductor: Rocket Internet – It’s no exaggeration to say Fairchild Semiconductor created Silicon Valley. The ‘traitorous eight’ who founded Fairchild fathered dozens of ‘Fairchildren’ including AMD, Kleiner Perkins, and Intel. Rocket Internet has exploded internationally from Berlin, training a generation of German entrepreneurs now scaling companies. A company is founded in Berlin every 20 minutes today. We expect Rocket ‘graduates’ could create 10x the value of Rocket’s own €10B market in the next decade. 7. Venture money is growing: In 2016, 32 new German VC funds were raised, the vast majority with a Berlin interest. While 60%+ of all private equity money is based in London, it’s also true the second largest target market for that money is usually Germany, simply because of size. The more exits, the more quality Rocket alumni build companies, the more investors ready and willing to flock. 8. Finally, Berlin tech has the huge advantage of the biggest home market in Europe: Scale creates value. Germany has greater scale, greater economic power, and better prospects than any country other than China and the US. A German startup has the huge advantage of being able to scale to a larger size locally in Germany than anywhere in Europe. Take N26 for example, Berlin’s digital bank. It attracted hundreds of thousands of German customers, fuelling expansion into 18 market, years before the crop of London-based digital banks got going. And London is supposed to be the world centre for digital finance. The ingredients of a successful tech ecosystem have always been: the best people, both large and small companies reinforcing each other, and available capital. Those ingredients are most plentiful in one city in Europe. And it’s no longer London.

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TwentyBN is a computer vision company that builds advanced machine learning systems that understand video. It works with clients in industries like smart homes or automotive to enhance the performance of video applications for activity recognition and human-machine interaction. The software also facilitates a solution of entirely new and valuable applications, like turning cameras into health monitors that can track the health and wellbeing of patients and elderly people. // twentybn.com Image: Ingo Bax (Co-Founder, CTO), Florian Hoppe (Co-Founder, COO) and Christian Thurau (Co-Founder, CBO).Not pictured: Roland Memisevic (Co-Founder, Chief Scientist) Artificial Intelligence Founded in 2016 18 employees Funding €2.3M / 1 Round

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Teaching Machines to Perceive the World Like Humans

Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently if you could do it again? Focus on one idea and reject opportunities outside your area of focus. There is nothing more important for a startup than staying focused in the early days. What problem does your product solve? Our software consists of a machine learning system that takes the raw pixels of a video

feed as input and outputs a textual description in real-time whenever an action of interest is occurring. Using a large proprietary video database for training, our system delivers more accurate scene descriptions than competitor solutions. It works with any camera sensor, whereas competitor solutions rely on 3D sensing technologies to add depth information to the video sequence. 115

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E-Commerce Founded in 2014 51 employees Funding €3M

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99chairs offers online interior design solutions for commercial and residential spaces. More than 70 top architects all over Europe are working with the technology to create stunning concepts for their clients. Its curated selection of Europe's best furniture brands and a broad network of craftsmen enable 99chairs to provide a comprehensive service, from design to assembly. // 99chairs.com

Is there anything you’d do differently? When we started 99chairs we were of course very limited in our resources. There was a time when we hired more interns than full-time employees. When we look back, we see the huge value in full-time employees who shape, understand, and educate the values and culture of the company to new employees, to keep a strong and positive spirit alive.

How are you doing good? We save our customers a ton of time calculating their metrics and reports. We're also democratising analytics, so even small businesses can have access to very powerful data analysis without the need for big budgets and data teams. ChartMogul starts off free for new startups with under $10K in monthly revenues.

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Is there anything you’d do differently? Raise a larger seed round. Hire more engineers sooner.

ChartMogul helps hundreds of subscription businesses extract value from their data – from large SaaS and media businesses to niche monthly gift box companies. With their all-in-one approach to analytics, teams don't need to worry about provisioning data warehousing, and can instead focus on what matters – tracking metrics, and getting insights from their data. // chartmogul.com Image: Nick Franklin (Founder, CEO) SaaS Founded in 2014 20 employees Funding €1.5M / 2 Rounds

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AI That Can Predict Bestselling Books What problem does your product solve? We solve gut feeling-driven decisions that crush authors' dreams. Harry Potter was rejected by 13 editors, Twilight by 14 editors, and even Stephen King’s first book Carrie was rejected by 30 editors. And, how many great authors who could have become the next J. K. Rowling gave up after the second or third rejection? At Inkitt we present a solution to this problem by analysing the reading patterns of readers on scale, in order to make a publishing decision. If readers love a book, we publish it.

Inkitt is the world’s first reader-powered book publisher using an algorithm to predict future bestsellers. It offers an online platform where authors can post their manuscripts, readers can read them for free for a limited amount of time, and authors with well-performing books are offered a publishing deal. Inkitt’s proprietary algorithm analyses reading behaviour of users to predict the potential of novels. // inkitt.com

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Design for Circularity supports recyclable product design and builds an infrastructure for a circular economy in textiles. The team developed the revolutionary 'Extended Closed Loop'-model based on an industry connecting digital platforms with software tools for all stakeholders to create, reuse, and recycle sustainable garments. A wearable Smart Tag in all clothes provides an interface to consumers and recyclers and for the first time makes it possible to organise an effective and valuable closed-loop material flow. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;circular.fashion

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How are you doing good? 1/3 of all chemicals worldwide and huge amounts of scarce resources are used in the textile sector. We make a change providing know-how and access to sustainable and recyclable materials to fashion brands. While offering our take back and recycling infrastructure (SmartTag) we can actually reuse and recycle these products and decrease the 55 million textiles that are yearly discarded or down-cycled. 1kg of recycled textile can save up to 6000l water, lots of CO2 and harmful chemicals.

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Marketing Technology Founded in 2015 40 employees Funding €6M / 2 Rounds

CrossEngage is a customer engagement platform that combines a customer data platform with cross-channel campaign management capabilities. It easily integrates with all data sources and channels, without the need to replace existing tools. Based on actionable 360° user profiles, a powerful segment builder enables marketers to create real-time automation and personalise messages across all channels. The Berlin-based company has already won clients such as Deutsche Bahn and HelloFresh. // crossengage.io Image: Markus Wuebben (Co-Founder, Managing Director) and Manuel Hinz (Co-Founder, Managing Director)

What problem does your product solve? We enable our customers to execute a consistent communication strategy across all channels in real-time. The best-of-breed approach allows our customers to pick the provider that best satisfies their needs in each channel and to stay agile in the changing marketing environment.

How are you doing good and building a better future? We help our customers provide the right information to their users at the right moment. This allows them to make informed choices without being annoyed with ads.

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What are the pros and cons of launching your startup from Berlin? Berlin offers more opportunities and a more exciting environment for each one of our employees than any other city in Europe. Entering the US market, however, is more difficult if you’re based in Berlin.

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The GuruCollective was founded in early 2016 and is Germany's first Ghost Restaurant. As such it operates a range of made-for-delivery restaurants without physical locations. All brands follow contemporary international culinary trends in the fast-casual and street-food sectors. The GuruCollective currently operates two kitchens in Berlin, one in Kreuzberg and one Mitte. Kitchens in other major European metropolitan areas are planned to open next year. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;gurucollective.de Image: Dimitrios Ploutarchos (Co-Founder) and Paul Gebhardt (Co-Founder)

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What inspired you to found your startup? The general state of delivery food is terrible. Delivery-restaurants are lagging behind contemporary culinary tastes and restaurants that can now deliver their food with Deliveroo and similar services are not focused on delivery. We realised this gap in the market in 2016 and were inspired to found the GuruCollective. How are you different? Our complete operations are designed for food delivery only to be able to offer a better value proposition to customers looking for delivery food than current brick & mortar businesses for which delivery food is just a side-business.

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What problem does your product solve? We visualise thousands of interesting questions and debates – allowing for multiple perspectives. This is something that is badly lacking in most people's lives as we retreat ever deeper into our own filter bubbles. How are you different? Stop shouting, start listening: In publishers' and brands' battle for attention we do away with clickbait, autoplay etc. and instead put users and their views front and centre. If you really want someone to listen to you, ask them a question first!

Opinary's technology makes static content interactive, and gives users a voice. Its platform creates a win-winwin for users, publishers, and brands: Over 60 million monthly users share their views in visualised debates embedded in the content they read with a single click. Publishers from The Times to FAZ engage and monetise their audience better. Brands like Toyota distribute their content to an engaged audience that actually cares about their message. // opinary.com Image: Pia Frey (Co-Founder), Stephen Lumenta (CTO), and Cornelius Frey (Co-Founder) Research Founded in 2015 22 employees Funding €1M / 1 Round

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Code + People Management

How are you different? No one else is concentrating on CPM (Code & People Management). We analyse how software and code is built in a company to give them their assets, and how people work with these assets.

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How often does your product show up in a user’s day or week? Every day. There are thousands upon thousands of interactions between software and people, which gives us a massive amount of complex data. We then make these massive volumes of data easily understandable for executives.

Seerene sets a new standard for how CIOs manage their most important asset – their codebase and engineering capacity. // seerene.com Image: Oliver Muhr (CEO)

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Medlanes was founded for one reason: To provide the highest quality of healthcare to anyone in need. In over 20 cities – and counting – its doctors diagnose, treat, and advise patients in the comfort of their home, office, or wherever they might be. It truly provides health care without borders. // medlanes.com Image: Erik Stoffregen (Co-Founder) and Emil Kendziorra (Co-Founder)

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Providing high quality and high comfort healthcare all over Europe. What problem does your product solve? For a long time patients (and doctors!) have been unhappy with the lack of service in the healthcare industry. Long waiting times and short doctor-patient consultations are the norm. We provide the space for doctors to really interact with the patient, allowing for a deeper and more reliable analysis of the ailment.

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? Success for us means happy patients and happy doctors.

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Pitch Like a Girl Gender and sexism in the startup scene, by Sabine Petzsch

The topics discussed ranged from having children, to founding a company, to declining the sexual advances of a potential employer. When asked if any of the women in the audience would want to found something, only a few hands shot up, which correlates with reports by DACH startup monitors: In Germany, 14% of founders are female, compared to 12% in Austria, and a dismally low 6% in Switzerland. Even in this edition of The Hundert there are only 13% female founders. In the tech scene, a reason for this underrepresentation could be the additional hoops women have to jump through, simply to get their ideas funded. Swedish researchers observed government venture capital decision-making meetings to study financial decision making, but were struck by the gendered discourse that VCs used. As VCs can take risks that banks cannot afford to, the biased evaluations of male and female entrepreneurs not only personally affect those seeking funding, but have long-term societal consequences. Their findings show that VCs maintained stereotypes where men were evaluated as entrepreneurial for being assertive and having established networks, whereas the credibility of female founders was questioned and their experiences diminished. Additionally, the researchers found that the same characteristics were seen as positive in men and negative in women: youth was a sign of inexperience for female founders, but of promise for male founders, just as arrogance was linked to being too emotional in women and yet praised in men.

In Germany, 14% of founders are female, compared to 12% in Austria, and a dismally low 6% in Switzerland These biases impacted the distribution of funds, with 53% of women being completely denied funding, compared to 38% of men, which is remarkable given that governments have to take into account European equality criteria and gender requirements. Another study in the US that examined Q&A sessions between VCs and founders at TechCrunch Disrupt in NYC found that not only were women asked different questions than men, but also that the consequence of the different style in questioning also led to less funding. VCs “tended to ask men questions about the potential for gains and women about the potential for losses”, employing an orientation towards promotion with men and prevention with women. This also led to a disparity in funding, with entrepreneurs fielding prevention questions receiving seven 128

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times less funding on average than those faced with promotion questions. Seven. Times. Less. This calls for revolution, or at least a pivot. And yet this might be harder to do than imagined, simply because the stereotypes might be more deep-seated than expected. The Global Early Adolescent Study 2017 by the World Health Organisation asked parents and children between the ages of 10-14 from 15 different countries questions on their individual experiences in the community. The results were startling: Around the world “the hegemonic myths that girls are vulnerable and that boys are strong and independent” prevails. In every culture and every country a division of power where girls are sexualised, their mobility restricted, they are excluded and seen as vulnerable was shown to exist.

More than half of the female employees in German startups have had to deal with sexual harassment in the past year One would think that founder culture, which bases itself on accelerating change for the good of humankind, would be the place where these stereotypes go to die. Any yet they prevail in the tech scene. In 2017 Silicon Valley was shook by Susan Fowler’s account of working as an engineer at Uber, where HR was inept at dealing with sexual harassment and sexism. Similarly, Ellen Pao filed and lost a gender discrimination suit against her former employer, Silicon Valley VC firm Kleiner Perkins. Pao details having to deal with sexual harassment, sexism, and exclusion, citing examples such as partners being asked which type of sex workers they preferred or being taken on an all-male ski trip. Susan Wojcicki, the CEO of YouTube, writes of an important invitation-only conference where most of the top leaders in tech and media were convening, and her (and thus YouTube) not being invited to attend. The German scene is not without its own contenders: In 2014 a tech investor wrote to various women how he wouldn’t leave the city without having slept with them. A poll conducted in 2017 is equally sombering: More than half of the female employees in German startups have had to deal with sexual harassment in the past year, with only 15% reporting it to HR, either for fear of being fired, or because the person harassing them is also their superior. Wojcicki also reacted to the anti-diversity letter that surfaced at Google this year, lamenting the persistence of these stereotypes for a new generation. This doesn’t only entail small daily infractions such as having one’s experience questioned, being interrupted, or having one’s ideas rephrased by men, but extends to women traditionally taking more maternity leave than their partners because of the enduring gender pay gap and the person

Sources: Harvard Business Review, WHO, Johns Hopkins Bloomberg School of Public Health, Susan Fowler, Ellen Pao, Vanity Fair, Fortune, Susan Wojcicki, AAUW, The Berlin Startup Salary Report 2016, Senatsverwaltung für Gesundheit, WEF .

The Station Berlin was filled to the brim with mingling women holding glasses of G&T, picking at healthy snacks and waiting to have their makeup done. In the midst of this, the stage was set for five ladies to speak on their life changing moments. One could feel the energy in the room, a solid mix of expectation, sisterhood, and snark. In startup speak: It was time for disruption.

earning more logically returning to work first; starting a family slowing down the career trajectory for women; and women being pigeonholed in jobs that pay less (such as nursing or hairdressing). In Europe, the gender pay gap at the moment sits at 16%, with the Berlin Startup Salary Report 2016 detailing how the difference in median salaries for women that work in the startup ecosystem hikes up to 25%. Plain and simple: You earn a quarter more for having a dick. Considering the rate of change between 1960 and 2016, women are expected to reach pay equity with men only in 2059, which leaves us to debate whether a sex change might not make more financial sense.

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What could be answered to this room full of women, holding a glass of bubbly whilst discussing these inequalities? How can women take their seat at the table when it feels like the table is at the end of a labyrinth that entails booby traps such as your aunt asking when you’ll be getting married or having to lie to your friend about how cute his baby is?

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But all is not lost. We’ve been taught by startup clichés and Apple ads to "think different", to not be ignored in order to push the human race forward, to be crazy enough to think that we can change the world (Hysteria 2.0, perhaps). The underrepresented cannot aspire to positions of power when they see no one like themselves in theses positions. If girls are taught that they are weak and that there are limitations to what they can achieve, in only the rarest of cases the women that they will become will think of proving these stereotypes wrong. The solution isn’t in endlessly perpetuating the same cycle, but in breaking it by insisting on diversity and inclusivity on all levels. Simple acts such as having more women as board members, as part of panel discussions, and on stages isn’t only an ethical choice, but makes financial sense: reducing gender inequality boosts innovation, diminishes groupthink, enhances productivity, and leads to significant GDP growth. Pushing for diversity isn’t only a superficial hack, it is a monetary incentive as well.

Reducing gender inequality boosts innovation, diminishes groupthink, enhances productivity, and leads to significant GDP growth Those currently in positions in power, be they male or female, need to extend their privilege to those that are underrepresented. Additionally, CEOs need to take a personal stand on inclusivity. It is great that HR departments are insisting on diversity, but if a company has an upper tier that consists solely of men there is an entire perspective that is missing. The tech scene also has a visibility problem: DeliveryHero has 13 board members, all of whom are male. The same goes for Rocket Internet and HelloFresh, while Zalando has two women on their supervisory board. Despite Angela Merkel ascending to the chancellery for a fourth term, the harem of old white men behind her was most notable. Let us disrupt this image.

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Marketplace Founded in 2013 60 employees Funding €16.9M / 3 Rounds

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Campanda has grown to become the largest online marketplace for RV rentals worldwide. It currently has 26.258 vehicles in 42 countries. The vehicles range from compact campers to premium Class A motorhomes. On Campanda, users can search for RV rental deals around the world or offer their own motorhome or trailer to prospective customers. // campanda.de Image: Frederik Fröhle (Co-Founder, COO) and Chris Möller (Co-Founder, CEO)

What problem does your product solve? Our platform connects RV owners with travelers around the world; people who never would have been able to get in touch with each other before. Campanda brings together both RV rental companies and private owners with international travelers and RV enthusiasts so now anyone can experience a holiday on wheels.

How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? It's undertaken a development from being very German-centric into a vibrant hub for international businesses. Every day it's a more and more attractive choice for international talent to relocate. There is more competition for VC money, and Berlin-based startups are maturing, companies are becoming more professional in their operations.

Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? We've learned that international expansion adds a lot of complexity to almost every aspect of our business, so we would probably take internationalisation a little bit slower if we could do it again.

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Founded in July 2014 by the creators of the popular and fast-growing open source software project Apache FlinkÂŽ, Data Artisans enables Fortune and Global 500 companies to drive their businesses in real-time with stream data processing. Alibaba, ING, Netflix, and Uber are a selection of companies that have built real-time applications with Apache Flink to deliver value to their users faster than has ever been possible. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;data-artisans.com

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How are you different? Apache Flink allows our customers to build real-time applications that accelerate their business goals, in a way that's cost-effective and easy to manage. We strive to build tools that developers love to work with but that also solve a new set of high-impact problems. Real-time software tools from previous generations left a lot of important questions unanswered, and it’s our goal to build the most complete solution on the market.

How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? The Berlin ecosystem has matured significantly in the past few years, and we’ve seen a number of startup success stories in the city. That’s helped a lot for attracting new talent, venture capital investment, and the availability of good mentors. It’s exciting to see the progress.

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How are you doing good? One refrigerator can store between 625 and 4.100 doses of vaccines, costing between $600 and $5000. This way it can help health workers serve thousands of people every year. If it fails, however, the vaccines spoil, resulting in a heavy financial loss and potentially the prolonged interruption of high-impact immunisation activities. Coolar's refrigerator ensures highly reliable, fail-safe cooling and can enable uninterrupted immunisation efforts.

CleanTech Founded in 2016 8 employees Funding €200K

Coolar develops a radically new electricity-free refrigerator that is powered with solar hot water instead of electricity. It will be used to enable reliable cooling for medicine and vaccines for the >1.2B people living off-grid/with unreliable electricity. Its cycle is 100% water-based and the system is highly durable. As the Coolar system taps into abundant solar heat and avoids the use of hazardous cooling fluids, it holds great potential for making any cooling application more sustainable. // coolar.co Image: Kilian Mähne (Co-Founder), Julia Römer (Co-Founder, CEO), Roland Kühn (Co-Founder), and Christoph Göller (Co-Founder)

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Smunch is the best way for companies to enhance culture and communication through a food programme. Food from a new restaurant each day ensures variety, and tax-benefits make Smunch ultra affordable for all employees. Smunch was founded in 2016. Wayfair, Book A Tiger, Smava, and Audible are some of the customers who use Smunch as their company lunch program. // smunch.co Image: Oliver Hüfner (Co-Founder, CFO) and Shivram Ayyagari (Co-Founder, CEO)

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How are you doing good? Smunch is enabling companies to take care of their employees and improve communication. Employees get delicious, healthy food at ultra-affordable prices and the restaurants increase their kitchen utilisation by up to 500%, ensuring a stable, brand new income stream. This is a win-win-win solution for everyone involved.

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Diversicon develops the skills of people in the autism spectrum with the aim to place them into a work environment. They aspire to a win-win-situation on four levels: people with autism find a meaningful job, companies find skilled employees, society benefits from inclusion and diversity, and the government pays less aid money for unemployed people with autism. // diversicon.de

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Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? At the age of 14, the son of the co-founder Dirk MĂźller-Remus was diagnosed with Asperger Syndrome. Inspired by his son, Dirk decided to make a substantial career change from his previous work in IT: In 2011 he founded the IT consultancy Auticon that employs autistic people as IT consultants. However, approx. 80% of autists have their special interests and skills in fields other than IT. Thus, Diversiconâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s purpose is to make the often hidden potentials of many autists accessible to companies.

Anything you'd like to be asked? Our management team consists of one director who is autistic and one who is not. Thus, we practice what we preach. We hope that our example will give applicants the courage to take their future into their own hands and work with us. Furthermore, we believe that by being an example, we will convince future employers about the skills of people with autism. Moreover, we as a team gain valuable experience in our daily work, which we then include into training, coaching and placement.

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Robotics Founded in 2016 10 employees Funding Undisclosed

Intelligence for Service Automation

This cutting-edge robotics innovation hub and solution provider has a focus on cognition, interaction, and perception. The interdisciplinary core team is tackling automation problems from intuitive user interfaces to tailored service robotics hardware, based on extensive knowledge in the fields of robotics, computer vision and human factors. Current venture-building activities include an AR simulation for industrial robotics and the design of delivery robot hardware. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;gestalt-robotics.com Image: Jens Lambrecht (Co-Founder), Thomas Staufenbiel (Co-Founder), and Eugen Funk (Co-Founder)

How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? We encountered fantastic early support for our startup from the universities in Berlin. Last year, the Technische UniversitĂ¤t supported us with offices in order to help us stand on our own feet and to bootstrap from scratch. Furthermore, in Berlin there evolved a huge ecosystem of incubators, meetups, investors, and skilled people.

How are you building a better future? Especially in the German society there is a crucial misunderstanding that the main reason for using robots is to replace jobs. In contrast, we are following the recent paradigm shift in robotics towards human-centered design of robotic solutions. Robotics have a great potential to assist, work and live together with humans by offering physical, informational and emotional support.

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Success is when we over-satisfy the expectations of our customers and partners, while developing novel ideas for new business opportunities.

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Sound Personalisation Software which Adjusts Music to your Unique Hearing Profile Mimi Hearing Technologies defines the future of sound, and revolutionises the way people experience music. With extensive experience in R&D, two medically certified apps, and over a million ears tested world-wide, Mimi is the leading expert in sound personalisation. Its unique sound personalisation technology is developed by hearing scientists and audio engineers in Berlin, whereby Mimi enables you to hear more details in your music which you might have been missing because of your hearing. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;mimi.io Image: Nick Clark (Co-Founder), Philipp Skribanowitz (Co-Founder, CEO), Pascal Werner (Co-Founder), and Henrik Matthies (Managing Director)

E-Health Founded in 2014 32 employees Funding Undisclosed

What problem does your product solve? One sound fits all is outdated in the age of customisation. Ears are not perfect. Sound technology advanced, but the biology of human hearing did not. This is where Mimi comes in. We set out to complete the last inch in the audio chain, by optimising your earâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s ability to hear. The Mimi sound personalisation technology is available as a software development kit that can integrate with any audio product to provide the most personal listening experience anytime.

How are you doing good and building a better future? Mimi is not only at your side to provide you the best, most immersive, and personal hearing experience but also to help you protect your ears. Our Mimi Hearing Test is a great tool to continously check on your hearing health and on top, the Mimi sound personalisation technology makes it possible that you can also turn down the volume of your music.

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Idagio is the first streaming service for classical music to offer a search function designed for the needs of the genre. Enjoying straightforward usability and a high-quality aesthetic; users, musicians, and labels already recognise that Idagio has developed the best interface for classical music. Subscribers can access a comprehensive catalogue of top recordings alongside playlists and personal recommendations compiled by experts. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;idagio.com Image: Till Janczukowicz (Co-Founder) and Christoph Lange (Co-Founder)

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Music Founded in 2015 30 employees Funding Undisclosed

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Streaming Reinvented for Classical Music

What are the pros and cons of launching from Berlin? Berlin is the worldâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s capital for classical music: Eight professional orchestras and three opera houses. No other city has this. The world associates classical music with central Europe and especially Berlin. And Berlin is a startup and technology hub. These two resources are only available in Berlin in the symbiosis we needed to launch a successful company. For us, there has never been any alternative to Berlin.

Launched by serial founder Marco Börries, the mission of Enfore is to help the 200 million small businesses worldwide to run their business – mainly by offering a cloud based open business platform. Over the last eight years Enfore has developed a combination of innovative hardware, powerful and easy-to-use software, as well as comprehensive services that enable small businesses to remain competitive in times of digitisation and an increasingly connected world. // enfore.com Image: Marco Börries (Founder) Hardware/Software Founded in 2009 65 employees Funding Undisclosed

How are you building a better future? At the moment small business are not able to use technology and software for their benefit in the same way large companies do. It is therefore increasingly difficult for small businesses to keep customers in the long term. By providing small business owners with the technology they need to be competitive in a connected world, we will help them to survive and grow their business. I think small is beautiful, and I do not want to live in a world where there is only Amazon, Ebay, and Zalando. Please do not get me wrong. These are great companies, but I like competition and diversity. Enfore is here to enable competition and diversity.

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Social Network Founded in 2015 10 employees Funding €550K / Seed

Trevivo was founded in the summer of 2015, and the website launched in November 2016 in Berlin. It connects senior citizens in Berlin via activities: opera, theatre, bike trips, coffee and cake, walks, shopping, cooking...There will always be someone willing to join in. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;trevivo.de Image: Alexandra Pabst (CEO, Founder)

What inspired you to found your startup? Spending quality time outside with my twin daughters, I realised that there are many senior citizens in Berlin who wish to have more social contacts in their neighbourhood: so we founded Trevivo. What problem does your product solve? Trevivo simplifies the life of senior people: it helps them find people with equal interests close-by. What is your unique value proposition? Trevivo focusses on the activity, but we also have our own academy to train senior people on how to use their mobile, tablet, notebook, etc.

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The Big Awakening Jan Thomas, Founder of NKF Media, muses on the necessity for corporates to get in on the startup boom

Digitalisation and globalisation are two hurricanes that are breaching the German economy at the same time, with vehemence and brute force. By now this is also dawning on the late risers. After the shock waves, no stone will be left standing. Every business model will be unhinged. The established rules will be turned on their head, and turnover guarantees will disappear. Yesterday's market leaders might be history tomorrow. Nokia, Blackberry, and Kodak are precursors. Everything is radically changing. We are experiencing an era in which the relationship between companies and customers is intensified. The startup credo of "cutting out the middleman" is threatening the very existence of many well-established companies. We already know what the future could look like by examining numerous tech giants from the US: The world's largest taxi company has no cars, the world's largest residential property company is not a real estate company, and the most popular media company does not produce its own content. They are unified in that they have understood or even impacted the new generation's rules, and are causing more established market players to run scared. Disruption – to break up established structures – is the buzzword which makes the managers of established companies quiver in their boots: “Software is eating the world.” And yet anxiety would be the wrong reaction. Constant adaptations to the law provides new opportunities. Germany, too, is a country where a new generation of young companies is emerging with the objective to change the world. Although most of the German startups are not yet present on the world stage, there are exceptions. Zalando is leading this race: Starting with the idea as an online shoe store, the ten-year-old e-commerce company has long since passed the status of a startup. Today they are selling an entire range of fashion, employ 12.000 people, and in 2016 had a turnover of more than €3.64 billion. This is not a reason for other German startups to run and hide. For example, the fast food delivery startup Delivery Hero picked up nearly €1 148

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billion during its recent IPO. The biggest German stock market launch in 2017 thus belongs to a startup that was founded in 2011. Delivery Hero belongs to the startup forge Rocket Internet, who have lined up the next contender for an IPO with HelloFresh. The startup from Berlin sends out cooking boxes and had a turnover of €600 million in 2016. Trivago, the travel platform from Düsseldorf, also went public in 2016 and is now estimated to be worth €5 billion. Apart from these IPO-stars there are countless other contenders with promising ideas and business plans. One example is ResearchGate, the research network from Berlin, which can boast with Bill Gates as an investor. The route planner GoEuro, the imaging service EyeEm, the credit intermediary Keditech from Hamburg, or the mobility startup Flixbus are more notable examples. And although they might seem in crisis at the moment, the music streaming platform Soundcloud equally belongs on the list of exemplary companies in the German startup scene.

We are experiencing an era in which the relationship between companies and customers is intensified. The startup credo of "cutting out the middleman" is threatening the very existence of many well-established companies. The trend towards more investment in the German startup ecosystem remains positive: In the first six months of 2017 a total of 260 German startups collected an estimated €2.2 billion in venture capital, which is nearly double the amount of money received in the previous year (roughly €972 million). But what is a startup? Everyone has a different opinion on how a startup should be defined. The business dictionary Gabler defines startups as young, not yet established companies, who are founded with low starting capital to realise an innovative business model and who are dependent on venture capital/seed capital or an IPO to succeed. Other definitions only define the age of a startup as criteria. As this is often an insufficient definition,

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Countless established companies, which includes corporates and SMBs, are embarking on a pilgrimage to Berlin and pitching their tents here. They are coming in order to understand the current startup-hype. Strictly speaking they have no other choice because it concerns the survival of their companies.

the innovative character or the growth of a startup will be the focus. For example, the US startup expert Steve Blank describes startups as “companies that are founded to find a scalable business model”. Even the Bundesverband Deutsche Startups defines startups as companies “in search of a suitable solution in yet unknown markets”. The startup landscape in Germany is consistently evolving. New business models, ambitious entrepreneurs, and larger investment rounds are the cause of vitality and sustainability. The German startup ecosystem has not only achieved praise on a national level. And the scene is growing: The startup database heet.io has listed over 6.000 startups in Germany alone. Similar to the US, France, and the UK, Germany also has a high concentration of the startup scene, with Berlin remaining in the top spot as the German startup stronghold. Almost half of the German startups are located in the capital and every day a new startup is added to this list. This is also reflected in the investments: With 116 business deals and 44% of all affected transactions, Berlin has no competitor for first place. Bayern remains second, with Hamburg coming in a close third. The largest VCs are Lakestar, Rocket Internet, Project A, Cherry Ventures, and Earlybird. But large German media houses such as ProSiebenSat1, Axel Springer, and Burda are starting to play a significant role in the financing of startups, as well as

the out-of-home specialist Ströer. However, there is a fly in the ointment: Most of the big transactions in Germany are still being made by foreign investors. It thus seems only logical that an increasing number of large German enterprises such as Lufthansa, Klöckner RWE, and Metro are consciously pursuing the startup scene. The corporations and SMBs want to understand what makes startups tick and how their agility can be integrated and used in their own company. Referencing the comparison between an oil tanker and a speedboat. However, the characteristics and strategies of the startups' activities are very different: While some companies are investing in so-called labs in order to have their finger on the pulse, other companies are going a step further and start their own accelerators, invest in company building, or set up a venture capital fund. They all have the same goal: The companies want to integrate relevant digital competencies into their own projects, and want to master digital transformation. It remains to be seen whether the current attempts will be sufficient to build a superior operating competency in the digital segment, which will enable a differentiation and provide the company with a new competitive edge. Now every established company interacting with the startup scene to rid themselves of outdated structures and technologies faces a decision: “all or nothing”.

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Money, Money, Money Investment in Berlin startups jumped by €1 billion this year, writes The Local Funding rounds for startups in Germany and the overall value of funding hit record levels in the first six months of this year, a report released this month by professional services firm EY reveals. The total number of investments in German startups rose by 6 percent in comparison with the same period in 2016, to 264. But the really explosive growth was seen in the overall size of investment. In the first half of this year, €2.163 billion of investors' money went into startups, an increase of roughly €1.2 billion in comparison with the first half of 2016. That growth was mainly driven by the e-commerce sector. At €939 million, over 40 percent of overall funding went into e-commerce. But health, FinTech and software startups all saw significant investment growth. The report also confirmed that Berlin is the unrivalled startup capital of Germany. Forty-four percent of all investment deals happened in the capital - the size of Bavaria, Hamburg, North Rhine-Westphalia, Baden-Württemberg and Hesse combined.

There was good news outside the capital too, though. Hamburg was actually the city that saw the largest growth in investment relative to the first half of 2016. While in the first half of last year startups in the harbour city raised €53 million, this year they pulled in €178 million - a 236 percent increase in funding. This was just the latest good news for Germany's second-largest city. A study published in June by German government-owned bank KfW showed Hamburg beat out Berlin for the first time in terms of the number of people who started a business per capita. Between 2014 and 2016, Hamburg had 253 new founders annually per 10,000 working people. In Berlin, this figure was 238 business starters.

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And while the number of investment rounds in Berlin stayed stable, the size of the investments increased massively. Whereas in the first half of 2016 Berlin startups raised €531 million in investment funds, so far this year they have pulled in €1.48 billion - a 178 percent increase. Two deals in particular contributed to the eye-watering growth in Berlin. Food delivery firm Delivery Hero, which made its stock market debut in June, took in a €387 million investment round. Meanwhile Auto1, an online used car marketplace, banked a €360 million investment earlier this year.

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BigBoxBerlin <3 shipping containers. Its team develops, designs, constructs, builds, and markets used shipping containers that have been repurposed for events, catering, living, and working. In addition to the operation of its own box systems (for example, mobile locker systems for large events), its focuses on modern and modular living concepts, as well as lifestyle architecture. // bigboxberlin.de

Mobile Architecture Founded in 2016 6 employees Funding Undisclosed

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How are you doing good? Globalisation, fast-paced market developments, and ever-shorter product life spans mean that our society is faced with major challenges, not least to save resources. We work not only with upcycled shipping containers, but also develop solutions for the increasing demand for temporary spaces. Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently? No, I wouldn't change a thing. There are certain things that could be solved differently in hindsight, but these are experiences that one simply had to go through. How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? It grew up. It's no longer all talk â&#x20AC;&#x201C; people are simply doing things.

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Bioprinting Complex Living Fabrics to Advance Regenerative Medicine

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Cellbricks is a specialist in bioprinting and developed a new technology which allows for the three-dimensional printing of biological material. Driven by the vision to advance human health care, the company produces miniorgans for drug development and vital tissues for regenerative therapies. Cellbricks manufacture tailor-made biological products to individual customer specifications as well as standardised biological assays. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;cellbricks.com

How do you define success for yourself and your company? The vision to print organ material can be overwhelmingly huge â&#x20AC;&#x201C; in order to stay focused, we have to concentrate on one step at a time. But if we manage to create a transplantable human fabric that helps cure a disease or save lives it would mean a great success to us. How are you building a better future? We are printing organ models to reduce animal testing and to develop drugs and cosmetics in a quicker, more sustainable way. Our vision is to advance our technology to the point where we can print patient-specific organs to solve the shortage of donor organs. These fields have an enormous impact on our health care system and therefore our technology really can make a difference for everyone.

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Omeicos is a drug-development company. Its first aim is to develop a novel treatment for atrial fibrillation, the most common arrhythmia of the human heart, a disease that comes with severely increased risks like stroke or heart failure. The molecules are stable synthetic analogues of naturally occurring derivatives of the omega-3 fatty acid family. Omeicos’ compound family also has high potential for the treatment of ophthalmic and other chronic inflammatory diseases. // omeicos.com Image: Karen Uhlmann (Co-Founder), Wolf-Hagen Schunck (Co-Founder), and Robert Fischer (Co-Founder)

E-Health Founded in 2013 14 employees Funding €15M / 3 Rounds

How are you different? The compounds activate the body's own cardio-protective molecular pathway which then stabilises the heart’s rhythm.

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What inspired you to found your startup? The key has been the aim to bring effective treatment to the patient – together with the strong belief that our approach will succeed, since it is based on sound understanding of the underlying scientific field.

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Today, the world is facing an unprecedented shortage of qualified professionals in construction and industry. Journeyman is helping to close the skills gap by building a platform that combines staffing with exciting experiences abroad. It connects highly skilled construction and industry professionals that have not yet had the opportunity to live and work abroad with companies all around the world â&#x20AC;&#x201C; enabling an exchange of culture and knowledge. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;journeyman.io Image: Samuel Wurster (Co-Founder, CEO) and David Patzer (Co-Founder, Managing Director)

Human Resources Founded in 2016 7 employees Funding Undisclosed What problem does your product solve? We solve major needs on both sides. On the companies side, we help with the supply of reliable and highly skilled talent, motivated to contribute their skill

for a fixed amount of time during their stay. Our talents on the other hand get the opportunity of having work experience abroad, seeing other cultures and learning a new language, as well as other working techniques.

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German Autolabs is a technology startup developing IoT solutions. By applying the latest state of the art software technologies, interaction methods and artificial intelligence, the company works at a solution for consumers to connect their digital lives to every car. The founders Holger G. Weiss (former CEO, Aupeo) and Patrick Weissert (former Director Consumer, HERE) together rely on 30+ years on automotive and connected car experience. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;germanautolabs.com Image: Holger G. Weiss (Co-Founder, CEO) and Patrick Weissert (Co-Founder, CPO) 160

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Making Driving More Pleasant, Safer, and Human

Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? I live in Berlin and traffic here is exhausting. There was this day when I realised that I was using my phone almost constantly while creeping from one red traffic light to another. And of course I knew it’s illegal and very dangerous. I was wondering why there was no real solution and started to dig deeper. Shortly afterwards I met Patrick, a real product enthusiast. He immediately had a passion for solving the problem. From that time onwards we developed Chris together – the digital co-driver.

How often does your product show up in a user’s day or week? As often as someone is sitting in the car. How are you doing good and building a better future? I think in our case that’s easy – short and mid-term we will help to avoid accidents and casualties by making driving safer. Prospectively we want to become the assistance while being on the move that knows about your general condition, your cognitive status, and helping you with everything which you need to stay well and organised.

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PaperHive is a web platform enabling researchers and students to collaborate while reading complex academic texts. It lets them review, discuss, and annotate millions of articles and books, and simplifies research communication dramatically. PaperHive facilitates and decentralises the evaluation and quality assurance of research results. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;paperhive.org

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EdTech Founded in 2016 5 employees Funding €150K / 1 Round

How are you different? We are enabling real-time communication in the margins of millions of publications. Groups and communities of researchers can now finally collaborate during the process of reading and reviewing academic texts.

What problem does your product solve? Researchers read forbetween 12 and 25 hours a week. However, they cannot easily exchange opinions about the complex concepts in academic books and articles. Time is wasted by repeating others’ mistakes and tackling problems others have already solved. Similarly, students often read in isolation, do not share lecture notes and quickly lose motivation to study without the support of their peers.

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Success is having users and customers who are so happy with your existing product that they start asking you: “We also have this other problem. Can you build a product to solve it, too?”

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FinTech Founded in 2013 100 employees Funding €60M / 3 Rounds

Raisin is the leading marketplace for investments throughout Europe, giving customers access to exclusive savings products free of charge. Currently there are more than 150 products from 35 European banks on the platform. Since its foundation in 2013, more than 85.000 European customers have invested almost €4 billion. To expand its position, Raisin will broaden its offer with additional partner banks, new investment products, and distribution partnerships with banks across Europe. // raisin.com

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Europe's #1 Deposit Marketplace

What inspired you to found your startup? It was back in 2008 when former McKinsey consultant and Georgian national Tamaz Georgadze was asked by colleagues to help them privately to open savings accounts in Georgia. Helping them with the verification of their identities and carrying documents from Germany to Georgia he understood on a personal level how hard it is to open bank deposits across borders. This experience inspired him to conceive a platform that would blend cross-border horizons with the simplicity of an online platform.

What must we know about Raisin? Our employees are our most important asset: This is why we really put an effort into our recruiting process to make sure we get the right people and the right mix. We are a very international company with colleagues from more than 20 different nationalities and about 40% of our team are women. We regularly offer knowledge exchanges, invite CEOs and founders of other companies to share their insights, invest in training, do sports together, and have a good time at our yearly company retreats.

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Mobility Founded in 2013 45 employees Funding €6M / 2 Rounds Vimcar has quickly grown to be a surprising success story within the multi-billion-dollar connected car industry. The startup’s flagship product, a mileage tracking application, has already helped over 5.000 companies to save thousands in taxes. But even bigger plans are ahead: Vimcar’s mission is to digitise and automate every aspect of fleet management for small to medium-size businesses, which in many cases don’t have a human fleet manager of their own. // vimcar.com Image: Christian Siewek (MD), Lukas Weber (CTO), and Andreas Schneider (MD)

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? Our customers’ success is our success. Only when we know that we are solving real problems for our customers, do we consider Vimcar to be successful – what ever that may entail is secondary. Every department at Vimcar is primarily focused on assisting our customers in any way possible: Not only customer service, but every team from product and development to marketing and sales.

What are the pros and cons of launching your startup from Berlin? Clients, investors, suppliers, other startups: Berlin has it all and is superb for networking. Having a vibrant scene here also forces you to reflect on your own business constantly. That way, you are less likely to make the same mistake that another startup has already made.

Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Don’t underestimate what HR can do for your startup. It’s an enormous lever – getting the right people on board quickly and early on makes all the difference.

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Freeing Small Businesses From Paperwork

FinTech Founded in 2015 50 employees Funding €4.2M / 1 Round

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By combining artificial intelligence and experts, Zeitgold offers an end-to-end solution for managing the financials of cafés, restaurants, craftsmen, and agencies. The company empowers the owners to get bookkeeping, payroll, invoice payment, collections, and coordination with the tax adviser done in less than ten minutes per day on their smartphones, usually saving more than ten hours per week. // zeitgold.com Image: Kobi Eldar (Co-Founder), Jan Deepen (Co-Founder), and Stefan Jeschonnek (Co-Founder)

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How are you doing good? We firmly believe that everyone should do what they do best. For our customers that is focusing on their products and services (for which they often have a deep passion) and on their customers. We empower them to have that focus. We see in the data that when we free small business owners from paperwork, their businesses become financially healthier and often start growing.

What are the pros and cons of launching your startup from Berlin? We are based in Tel Aviv and Berlin and think this is an amazing combination. Berlin is an incredibly exciting and ever-changing city. It is a big hiring magnet for people from all over the world. Tel Aviv is a true tech hub with outstanding engineering and data science talent. It also has much better surfing and winter days than Berlin :)

Anything else that we need to know? We have a culture of what we call â&#x20AC;&#x153;radical transparency.â&#x20AC;? Our team consists of people who share their successes as well as their failures, so that we can learn from each other and help each other grow.

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How are you different? Nebenan.de exclusively focuses on the context of neighbourhood. With the help of a verification process only residents receive access to geographically limited neighbourhoods. This way the platform builds a trusting environment in which neighbours can meet and feel at home. The users concentrate on community rather than promotion of the self. As the first German neighbourhood portal we are also certified by the TÜV.

Nebenan.de is Germany’s biggest social network for neighbours and helps people to feel at home in their neighbourhood again. The platform enables people to connect and support each other in daily life so strangers become neighbours. By revitalising neighbourhoods and encouraging exchange, shared activities, and mutual assistance among neighbours, Nebenan.de aims to contribute to a positive change in society towards a more humane, sustainable, and secure living environment that offers a higher quality of life. // nebenan.de Image: Matthes Scheinhardt (Co-Founder), Ina Brunk (Co-founder), Michael Vollmann (Co-Founder), and Christian Vollmann (Co-Founder)

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Social Network Founded in 2015 45 employees Funding €8.3M / 2 Rounds

A Perfect Start in an Effective Office Get equipped for success

There is another effect of a well-planned office that may even be more important: it makes the workflows more efficient. What are the work methods at the company? Where is space needed for quiet concentration? Where does the team have discussions? Where do the employees meet informally? These are very individual requirements and need to be looked at closely in order to plan a truly effective office. How do you do that?

How to plan an individual, well-designed office In order for a working environment to encourage employees to develop their full potential, the many aspects of interior design – layout, lighting, acoustics, colours and materials – must form a harmonious whole. To promote this holistic approach for creating office and work environments, designfunktion – Germany’s leading furniture and planning company in the segment of modern office and work environments – has developed the PRISMA consultation method. It supports planners and customers with several sets of reliable questions that illuminate all dimensions of the office concept: the requirements of the company as a brand as well as the goals of productivity, well-being and economic efficiency. It makes sense to involve designfunktion’s consultants in your own plans at an early stage. As a matter of fact, the ideal time is as soon as you start searching for suitable spaces. This offers the best prospect of getting a truly custom-fit office concept that fully matches all of the company’s requirements. Early and detailed planning may also lower costs by avoiding the need to make adjustments later.

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We picture start-ups to be full of new ideas, bursting with energy and set on conquering the market. But start-ups also understand the associated risks and are often looking for a solid foundation from which the company can take off. In this regard, it is hard to overestimate the positive role an office can play because it has a stabilising effect, both internally and externally. A well-designed working environment helps people identify with the venture. Employees, business partners and customers experience the same positive image of the company and a look at the design of the space is all it takes to give them an impression of the values and culture which the start-up stands for.

Planning today for tomorrow: flexibility A well-furnished office is always also a flexible office. Start-ups are designed for growth and looking for new challenges. For that reason it’s good if your own working environment can grow with you as you go through the different stages of development. Two examples can illustrate this: Modular furnishing systems such as USM Haller are extremely adaptable. They can be combined, reassembled and expanded for new tasks as needed. Their high quality ensures that the components will still be used even decades later. So the somewhat higher acquisition cost of the quality furnishings pays for itself after just a few years.

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Another example is planning flexible conference and meeting rooms. designfunktion Berlin specialises in an interaction of technology and aesthetics that turns a conference room into a multifunctional work environment. A key element is that the conference room provides up-to-date media technology and can be used in as many ways as possible: darkened for presentations or bright for negotiations, a space for team discussions or for project work. Attractive colours and furnishings will also make the meeting room a desirable hub for creativity at the company. Spaces that can be used in this flexible manner require carefully coordinated furnishings. It is certainly a good idea to get product suggestions from an interior designer who really has a good overview of the countless collections of high-quality furnishings.

designfunktion Gesellschaft für moderne Einrichtung Berlin mbH Lindenstraße 1 10969 Berlin www.designfunktion.de berlin@designfunktion.de +49 30 400337600

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As representative and voice of startups, the Federal Association of German Startups is very committed to a "founder-friendly" Germany. In dialogue with decision makers in politics, it develops proposals which encourage a culture of self-employment and minimise the obstacles of business formation. As a network, it connects, founders, startups and their friends with each other. deutschestartups.org

The German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (Bundesverband Deutscher Kapitalbeteiligungsgesellschaften - BVK) is the representative of the German private equity industry covering private equity firms, from venture capital through growth capital to buyouts, as well as institutional investors. BVK has almost 190 full and more than 100 associated members. bvkap.deâ&#x20AC;&#x2030;

TU Berlin combines expertise from reÂsearch, education, and startup support. A one-stop shop for startups has resulted from it: the Centre for Entrepreneurship (CfE). The CfE provides access to the huge potential of seven faculties to develop and form startup mentality, ideas, and teams based on technology and knowledge. Since 2012, more than 29 startups from TU Berlin received funding, Panono and TestObject among them. entrepreneurship.tu-berlin.de

dfv Conference Group, the event arm of dfv Media Group, develops, organises and produces executive-level conferences and conventions. It turns media and information into a hands-on experience fostering professional exchange and networking throughout the business community. The majority of the delegates attending its events come from senior management and other top-ranking corporate positions. dfv.de

Get Started is the startup initiative within Bitkom aiming at connecting startups with established companies in the digital sector and at representing startupsâ&#x20AC;&#x2122; interests in politics. Overall, Bitkom represents more than 1.500 companies including 300 startups which can join the association at special startup terms. getstarted.de

The Humboldt University Research Service Centre and Humboldt-Innovation are jointly responsible for HU Venture Service, which supports students and researchers to establish their own company. The Venture Service assists with applying for funding and provides office space as well as networking and training opportunities. It also supports alumni startups. gruendung.hu-berlin.de

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The Chamber of Commerce and Industry (CCI) of Berlin is an advocate for companies, actively promoting Berlin as a place to do business. As a critical partner of political institutions, it acts as a market promoter. As a service provider, the CCI Berlin supports its 274.300 members through its services and activities. Some 3.500 voluntarily active businessmen and women assist the CCI‘s 250 employees. ihk-berlin.de

Management Forum der Verlagsgruppe Handelsblatt is one of the leading providers of congresses and trade fairs in the consumer goods industry and retail area. The mission of Management Forum is “Excellence in Business Information” and represents our claim for top information, excellent expertise, and networking opportunity for our participants. managementforum.com

For almost 15 years, media.net berlinbrandenburg ranks among the biggest and most successful regional networks of the creative and digital industries in Germany. Cross-border and cross-sectoral, it represents more than 400 members including established companies but also more than 140 startups. The aim of the association is the cross-linking and representation of member interests at state and federal level. medianet-bb.de

The Medienboard is the first stop agency for creative professionals active in the film and media industries in Berlin and Brandenburg. Medienboard’s funding programme for interactive and innovative content funds the development and production of games, apps, transmedia, virtual reality, and other innovative projects with an annual budget of €1 million. medienboard.de

Software and Support Media is an international publishing house focused on the IT sector. The company’s information and service offer is tailored to IT- professionals of all important technology markets. The portfolio covers conferences, trainings, specialist magazines, online services, and books. In Europe, it ranks as one of the most comprehensive portfolios of its kind. sandsmedia.com

The digital economy, technology and creativity are the engines empowering Berlin's growth. In collaboration with other partners, the Senate Chancellery paved the way for the Berlin Startup Unit in 2014, in order to create even better conditions for tech entrepreneurs in the startup capital. The cooperation with The Hundert, as well as the new platform techberlin.com are fine examples of what has emerged since then. berlin.de

The business associations Berlin-Brandenburg (UVB) are the leading associations in economics and socio-politics in the capital region. As a parent organisation of about 60 trade and employers' associations, the UVB is an ideal platform for contact between established companies and startups from the B2B sector. uvb-online.de

Founded in 1879, the VBKI is the oldest and one of the most distinguished business associations in Germany. Thanks to the expert knowledge and varied backgrounds of its more than 1.800 members, the VBKI serves as an important crossroad between key stakeholders from Berlin and beyond. As a business network and debate platform, the VBKI connects everybody, thus shaping the bright future of Berlin. vbki.de

project networks GmbH is an independent event service provider offering companies, ranging from medium-sized enterprises up to large corporations, an exclusive platform for efficient networking and exchanging ideas and innovations. project networks‘ Strategy Summits are designed in close consultation with the business world. They offer opportunities to generate interesting business contacts. project-networks.com

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Facility Services Founded in 2013 95 employees Funding Undisclosed

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Book A Tiger is the pioneer in digitising the facility management industry. Operating at the intersection of technology and facility services, Book A Tiger operates a platform that provides customers with the possibility to access services such as office cleaning in an easy and convenient

way, while giving partner companies the opportunity to increase its revenue without any additional overhead. It is active in four countries, and plans to become market leader in Europe. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;bookatiger.com Image: Claude Ritter (Co-Founder, CMO) and Nikita Fahrenholz (Co-Founder, CEO)

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? Providing a service that makes our customers happy. Being a good partner for the service companies that we work with. Providing a workplace for our employees that they enjoy going to every day.

How are you doing good and building a better future? We are combatting the black market in the cleaning industry by working with employed cleaners and by paying our partner companies fairly so that they in turn are able to fairly compensate their employees.

Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently if you could do it again? Start with a smaller budget for the first 12 months and increase spending later.

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Element applied for a P&C insurance license at the end of 2016 in order to become the prime supplier of digital insurance solutions in Germany (and elsewhere). Its solutions are designed to optimise the customer relationships of its partners: insurtechs, e-commerce companies, brokers, other insurers, and the like. Insurance will never be sexy, but in terms of socio-economic value it beats most other industries - and it deserves good players! Element contribute to that with a great and diverse team. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;element.in Image: Henning GroĂ&#x; (CTO), Sascha Herwig (Board Member), and Wolff Graulich (Board Member)

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Delivering Digital Insurance Solutions for Partners' Customers

What is your unique value proposition? We are a tech company with an insurance license. And we know what we are doing in every step of the value chain. Currently, that combination is pretty rare! How are you doing good and building a better future? Customers are alienated from the insurance concept and products, which is a shame (and the customers are not to blame!). If we and other players can convince consumers that a timely interaction with insurance needs throughout changes in their lives are worthwhile, we will have achieved an important goal.

How do you define success for yourself and your company? We want to be the ones being called upon when modern insurance sales companies need flexible and digital solutions for their clients. We want to help reshape the image of insurance after the modern customer demand: individual, accessible, convenient. And since insurance operations are costly, we want to establish a healthy >100M revenue business!

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What inspired you to found your startup? Our vision is to avoid infections in healthcare settings and to prevent the costs and misfortunes that come with them. Our CEO Ehsan worked as a urological surgeon himself for seven years and was directly affected by infections in his everyday work. Infections lead to increased stress and less time for hygiene which results in more infections. With our solution, we want to break through this vicious circle and add value to the work of healthcare professionals.

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How are you doing good? In times of increasing antimicrobial resistances, rising hospital infections, and growing requests for quality by patients and cost bearers, HygNova delivers data to improve processes and useful content to support medical staff in their valuable work.

HygNova helps hospitals and nursing homes avoid their hospital infections. It uses sensors to measure hand disinfections, the single action with the highest impact on hospital hygiene, and a tablet that reminds you to sanitise in the right situations. Gamification in the HygNova App motivates a long-term behavioural change by centering on the needs of healthcare professionals. Within a year, HygNova developed the required hardware and software, and is now being used by its first paying customers. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;hygnova.com Image: Simon Slama (Co-Founder, CTO), Theresa Ebeling (Co-Founder, CMO), and Ehsan Khaljani (Co-Founder, CEO)

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Liqid is a digital wealth manager that levels the playing field for affluent investors. It provides a unique combination of 30 years investment expertise and cutting-edge technology. Through the relationship with one of the largest family offices in Europe, Liqid is able to offer its customers access to terms and opportunities previously reserved for the very rich. // liqid.de Image: Christian Schneider-Sickert (Founder, CEO) and Christian Neuhaus (Managing Director)

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FinTech Founded in 2015 38 employees Funding €10M / 3 Rounds

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Sie Vermögen Mehr

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Day-to-day, success can mean different things to different people at Liqid, which I believe is a great thing. While a UX designer gets excited about finding a more intuitive way to help a customer get from A to B, a digital marketer loves finding a new channel that improves his acquisition cost. At the same time, the one thing that drives us all is positive customer feedback. Because everything we do ultimately comes together in how a customer experiences our product and service.

How are you doing good? While Germans are great at saving, they are – sadly – among the worst investors in Europe. This has already had a huge impact on average household wealth, which is lower than in many other EU countries. Looking ahead, more and more people will realise that they don’t have enough money to retire on and to sustain the lifestyles they are used to. If we can play a part in helping people make better, long-term investment decisions, it would have a big impact on people's lives.

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Our lives are enriched by technology. But not everyone is participating in this development equally. Founded in 2015, Nepos is on a mission to make the digital world accessible to seniors. Its first product, built on customer research and fulfilling expectations for usability and aesthetic design, will be the Nepos 1, a user-optimised tablet with a unique “Universal Interface”, which is a consistent structure for all applications. // nepos.de Image: Paul Lunow (Co-Founder, CEO) and Florian Schindler (Co-Founder, Chairman)

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Bringing Todayâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s Technology to Seniors What inspired you to found your startup? For every iPad application and after every update Paul had to write down the navigation details for his grandmother again and again. We have found out that the biggest access barrier of a whole generation lies in the inconsistency of the application, which overstrains anyone who did not grow up with it (and annoys many who got used to it in the meantime). There was no â&#x20AC;&#x153;Universal Interfaceâ&#x20AC;? up to now, even though front- and back-end are increasingly available in a separate form. But we have developed it.

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Nepos will become the leading technology brand to assist seniors in all technology questions. We recommend the best products out there and develop our own when nothing fits our needs. In 10 years Nepos is the trusted brand for tech that enriches the day-to-day life of the elderly. How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? English instead of German. Visionaries instead of consultants. Wedding instead of Prenzlberg.

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Transparent Global Real Estate Investments for Institutional and Private Investors

Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? Digital real estate investments in a few years will become as normal as buying stocks through online brokers today. We want to place more than €200M per year in real estate projects in the next 2-3 years. How are you different? We are the only digital real estate investment platform offering securities and subordinated loans for private and institutional investors to invest in selected real estate projects with an investment volume of up to €50M.

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PropTech Founded in 2015 12 employees Funding Undisclosed

iFunded makes global real estate investments highly accessible, simple, transparent, and affordable for institutional and private investors by using state of the art technology. Since its launch, iFunded has build a significant database of private and institutional investors. Currently it is offering a €10M bond, Germany's largest digital real estate investment opportunity in the market. // ifunded.de

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The First Global M-Commerce Platform for Generation Z How do you define success for yourself and your company? For me money isn’t the motivator. It comes from passion and loving what I do. And it matters to me that work never compromises the relationship I have with my partner and kids. Having a business and a family shouldn’t be an either/or. For Yeay, it’s seeing that there is a need for the thing the team put everything into bringing to life. Creating something that makes shopping fun and social. And giving independent-minded teens a way to stand on their own and build successful brands and businesses.

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E-Commerce Founded in 2015 36 employees Funding €5.8M / Seed Yeay is a mobile platform where anyone can buy and sell by shooting and sharing short videos. The company combines social and commerce to help Generation Z create, consume, and build brands and businesses, while helping brands build a closer, more collaborative relationship with this elusive generation. The app only came out of beta in January 2017 but it already has users in more than 160 countries. Yeay's mission is to become the leading mobile commerce platform for the next generation of shoppers. // yeay.com Image: Melanie Mohr (Founder, CEO) 189

Scientists and entrepreneurs at Smarterials develop materials for enhanced safety of healthcare workers. 500.000 blood-to-blood contaminations are counted annually in Germany, potentially transferring infections like Hepatitis B/C or HIV. The team develops gloves for enhanced safety, tactile sensation, and high comfort (patent pending). Universities, research institutions, and advisers support with expertise in science, certification, and market knowledge. The company is funded by public and private investors. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;smarterials.berlin Image: Michael Schneiker (Co-Founder, CFO), Martin Bothe (Co-Founder, CEO), and Nikolaus Mirtschin (Co-Founder, CTO)

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E-Health Founded in 2016 4 employees Funding â&#x201A;Ź900K / 1 Round

What problem does your product solve? Many surgeons and healthcare workers do not sufficiently protect themselves, despite recommendations and warnings from renowned institutions. For them, wearing two pairs of gloves impairs their tactile sensation too much. Our product solves those issues. It offers enhanced safety and provides better tactile sensation. As a result, it reduces the infection risk for healthcare personnel.

What inspired you to found your startup? Employees at Subway, struggling to wear and use their disposable gloves, sparked the idea to use new materials in gloves. Discussions with physicians encouraged us to target the medical / surgical market.

How often does your product/ service show up in a userâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s day or week? In health care, our product enables surgeons to do their job. In Germany about 44.000 operations take place every day.

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Training the Data Experts of Tomorrow

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StackFuel (formerly dataX Academy), an online learning platform for data science and big data, focuses on B2B clients wanting to take their workforce to the next skill level needed in a data-driven corporation. The platform offers a variety of courses for non-technical employees, engineers, or data scientists. StackFuel has been widely recognised in the education space with 'f.ex.', the digital education award at CeBIT, or the award for Best Startup Pitch at Europe’s largest e-learning fair Learntec. // stackfuel.com Image: Leo Marose (Co-Founder, CEO) and Stefan Berntheisel (Co-Founder, CTO)

What inspired you to found your startup? We have been building our last startup (boxrox.com) for the past 5 years and the work was very data-driven. After a while we decided to work freelance in big data and data analytics projects and realised how big the actual skill gap for data experts was. Instead of building a consulting business we decided to build a scalable business model and educate employees rather than being the only experts ourselves. Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Everyone says they work lean and fast but in reality you end up shaping the product too far without getting early feedback. So validating the product much earlier. When we did it the feedback was mind-blowing. How are you different? We provide every user/learner with their own server and learning environment. We don't rely on theory but practical learning. Therefore every user can access data science tools and libraries within the browser and has zero setup fees.

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Marketplace Founded in 2015 12 employees Funding Undisclosed

While carsharing and e-mobility get the limelight, Vehiculum is setting itself up to digitalise car sales and with that the fundament of a $400 billion industry. It combines two trends: The growing demand for use-based mobility such as leasing, and the shift towards online car sales. Vehiculum has developed the first independent platform that empowers users to compare and order new lease cars entirely online within just a few clicks â&#x20AC;&#x201C; supported by a smart algorithm and guided by industry experts. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;vehiculum.de Image: Lukas Steinhilber (Co-Founder, CEO), Melchior Bauer (Co-Founder, CEO), and Guy Moller (Co-Founder, CTO)

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Unleashing the Potential of Digital Car Sales

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What inspired you to found your startup? In 2014 I was asked to organise lease cars for our company. I first liked the task, but after four months of experiencing the painful and unsatisfying car-buying process, I still didn‘t order a car. I told my collegue and good friend Melchior about it and we realised that we coincidentally stumbled across one of the most untransparent and old-fashioned billion-dollar markets worldwide. We thought: Where there's a problem, there's an opportunity!

Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? To be honest – no. Of course you sometimes go through some pretty rough periods. E.g. eight months after our foundation we were nearly broke and I had to move out of my apartment and move into a friend's place. But those experiences strengthened us as entrepreneurs. We have developed an amazing and unique product and have managed to build a great team that is working extremely hard on doing things better every day – we're quite proud of that.

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Grab a Copy Coworkings, accelerators, and incubators ensuring that the magazine is available in every corner of the city

Alte Kantine Wedding / TEATRIS A coworking space for creative independent professionals and free thinkers who have rejected traditional structures but still desire professional working conditions. It offers affordable monthly rates for flexible or fixed working spaces. // alte-kantine-wedding.de

Amapola Coworking A cosy, owner-managed coworking space located in the heart of Berlin. Their spaces feature a kitchen (naturally with great coffee) and a meeting room which are used communally and may also be used for events. // amapola-coworking.de

betahaus The space for people who want to work on their own projects while exchanging knowledge, ideas, and inspiration with others. The community consists of entrepreneurs, startups, corporate teams, freelancers, and creatives, who, to various degrees, collaborate, and cooperate. // betahaus.com

Blue Factory The one-stop shop for entrepreneurship support at ESCP. It is part of Blue Factory Europe, with coworking and incubation offices at several different campuses of ESCP Europe. Students, alumni and friends are supported with office space, a network and mentoring by experienced entrepreneurs. // berlin. blue-factory.eu

flexible individual desks and office suites, and coworkers range from advertising, to startups and engineering firms. // creativemedialab.de

Enklave The space is famous for its strong community vibe and connecting more than 200 members with weekly events like lunch and free beer tastings. It also offers the most flexible membership options in Berlin - besides the classical fixed desks and hot desks you can also pay your usage per hour. // enklave.de

ESDIP Berlin A coworking space and art school in Berlin, Friedrichshain. It is a small creative community, aiming to encourage people to be active creators. // esdipberlin.com

fritz46 Together with the Wallyard-Hostel, fritz46 shares an industrial building from the 70's at Lübecker Straße 46. The U9 (Turmstraße or Birkenstraße) and Berlin Central Station are right around the corner. // fritz46.de

House of Clouds Coworking desks and team offices for startups and young companies, for low prices and short time periods. // houseofclouds.de

co.up A coworking space with an emphasis on community and peer-to-peer education, supporting self-organised learning initiatives and meetups by providing the space for free. // co-up.de

Hub:raum The Deutsche Telekom incubator enables startups to jointly develop business opportunities. hub:raum offers seed funding and also runs programmes in focus fields such as Communication & Connectivity, Artificial Intelligence, Smart Home, and Internet of Things. // hubraum.com

creative|media|lab A coworking space in the heart of Berlin at Alexanderplatz. It offers flexible solutions, ranging from virtual office to

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church. It welcomes people of all trades who don’t want their own office but still would like to have other nice people around. // launch.co

LAUNCH/CO Berlin-Friedrichshain based launch/co is a coworking space that’s situated in the parish house of an old

Meeet With two locations in Berlin (Wilmersdorf and Mitte), Meeet’s diverse, inspiring, and alterable spaces make for the perfect place to host workshops, meetings, coachings, and events. // meeet.de Mindspace The rapidly-growing global provider of beautiful and inspiring office spaces for teams of all sizes offers an upscale coworking environment with inspiring unique design, an exceptional level of service to its members, and a vibrant real-world community in locations in Berlin, Munich, Hamburg, Tel Aviv, Herzliya, Warsaw and soon London. // mindspace.me

Office Club Situated in the middle of Berlin’s vibrant Prenzlauer Berg district Office Club offers generous workspace, stateof-the-art conference rooms, event space and a great variety of convenient business services. // officeclub.com

Project A With its unique organizational structure featuring 100 operational experts, Project A offers its portfolio companies hands-on support in the areas of IT, Marketing & Brand Building, Business Intelligence, Sales and Recruiting. // project-a.com

raumstation A coworking space in a historic factory building - a bright, lively office with four diversely furnished floors that encourage networking and feeling well. They're located in Berlin-Moabit, close to Berlin Central Station. // raumstation-berlin.net

Space Shack Helps you focus on your priority No.1 tasks. It offers a workspace with an insane variety of areas for different purposes, event venues and business networks that serve as shortcuts through all the essential but not primary business tasks. // space-shack.com

St. Oberholz The coworking concept was partly conceived here in the Summer of 2005, and many startups have made their first steps in this space. // sanktoberholz.de

The Place An international startup hub within a former printing factory. The Place is well positioned to bring in a new breed of founders and young companies. // rainmakingloft.de

Thunderbolt Collective Located in Kreuzberg, this is where the laidback creative souls and culture lovers hang out. // thunderbolt-collective.com

Unicorn.Berlin Its coworkers enjoy contracts without minimum term, free access to the coworking café and meeting rooms, healthy and delicious lunches, and much more. // unicorn.berlin

Microsoft Accelerator An accelerator which supports later stage, Series A ready B2B tech companies all around the world. It accelerates the success of innovative, enterprise-ready companies by providing unprecedented access to top Microsoft partners and customers, powerful business connections and technical knowledge. // microsoftaccelerator.com

WeWork With the community as its catalyst, WeWork started in 2010 as a space that was more than beautiful, shared office spaces. It has 211 office locations in 52 cities worldwide, including three in Berlin. // wework.com

Welance A community of hand-picked developers, designers, consultants, and marketing professionals. Working at the intersection of people, technology, and design, they transform ideas into viable digital products. // welance.de

Weserland Awesome coworking since 2011 concentration, collaboration, community. // weser.land Partners

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#FunFacts Things you never knew about Berlin

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The flow rate of the river Spree is 9cm per second.

Tiergarten Park is larger than Monaco.

Berlin is 6 minutes and 22 seconds behind Middle European Time.

The international distress signal SOS was first adopted in Berlin in 1905.

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The first Berlin airport in Tegel was made operational in only 90 days.

Xantener StraĂ&#x;e is the only Berlin street beginning with an X.

If the total forest area in Berlin was divided amongst its citizens, each would receive 47m2.

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30 species of fish can be found in Berlin's rivers and lakes.

Every day the vehicles of the public transport system collectively circumvent the Earth 8.7 times.

The Berliner Ring is the longest ring road in Europe, with a length of 196 kilometres.

Every hour 18 Berliners move from one district to another.

The Beatles never performed in Berlin.

In 1978/79 the "Mampe" Schnapps label was featured on the jerseys of the Hertha BSC football club.

The S-Bahn ring is the same shape as a dog's head.

Every year the city spends â&#x201A;Ź35M to clean graffiti off of its walls.

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Candis is a pioneer in accounting automation and its related financial processes. Operating at the intersection of financial data and human work, Candis leverages machine learning to help companies get KPIs faster with less manual effort. That enables companies and tax advisers to save time and have a better collaboration within finance teams. To date Candis has served thousands of customers and has invested heavily in technology (supported by DAI Laboratory at the TU Berlin). // candis.io Image: Christopher Becker (Co-Founder, CSO), Garik Suess (Co-Founder, CTO), and Christian Ritosek (Co-Founder, CMO) What problem does your product solve? Many processes are manual and thus time-consuming, expensive, and error-prone. We solve that problem with Candis. How are you different? We really focus on tech. Competitors employ humans to type data. This seems to be automated but is not. That is our differentiation from the business model side. How often does your service show up in a user’s day or week? A user comes back to Candis every couple days. In addition he gets daily reminders.

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M-sense is a health assistant for headache and migraine sufferers which incorporates pattern recognition of trigger factors as well as a therapy chatbot that guides users through a personalised in-app therapy programme. The goal is to reduce at least 50% of headache days for its users. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;m-sense.de

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What inspired you to found your startup? The inspiration to found the company came out of a personal experience of our CEO, Stefan Greiner. A good friend of his has suffered from migraines for more than 13 years and told him about her assumptions of environmental trigger factors (e.g. weather changes). Seeing the opportunity to empower migraine sufferers with a personal tool to test these assumptions of triggers and provide a personalised therapy, he asked his co-founders to join.

Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently if you could do it again? Of course, especially in the beginning there is a steep learning curve in many aspects. To highlight one thing: Get private funding earlier to hire the best talents as early as possible. How are you building a better future? We empower people with tools to treat their chronic diseases. Everyone should have access to leading research and medical guidance in the case of suffering from a chronic disease.

The Certified Medical App Against Migraines & Headaches

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Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? As first time founders there are plenty of things we would have done differently, given the chance. Founding without a tech-guy is just one example. Luckily none of our mistakes have been lethal. So far ;-) What problem does your product solve / market need does it fill? We are solving the need for an easy, in-depth mindfulness training that enables its users to deal better with stress and focuses on their wellbeing.

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The 7Mind app provides modern mindfulness for everyone – whenever and wherever it is needed, whatever their day looks like. // 7mind.de

Online Edutainment for Vocational Trainees

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? As a social enterprise, we are not only focused on our financial success, but equally on our social impact. At the moment, 25% of all vocational trainee contracts are terminated prematurely, many because of problems with the vocational school content. We want to help our users improve their school results and ultimately reduce the number of terminations.

Depreciation, moving-average cost, and general ledger – does that sound boring? The online learning platform built by the social startup Veedu shows that even accounting lessons can be fun. Using a combination of entertaining videos, challenging exercises, and gamification, Veedu helps businesses get their vocational trainees through their education with fun and ease. And if it gets too difficult, there is always an online tutor ready to help out. // veedu.de

EdTech Founded in 2015 9 employees Funding Undisclosed

Image: Markus Hardt (Co-Founder), Tobias Ilg (Co-Founder), and Julian Fürstenau (Co-Founder)

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TravelTech Founded in 2015 16 employees Funding â&#x201A;Ź2.5M / 2 Rounds

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Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Be even faster; especially IT development takes way too long. How are you different? We are 100% independent and compatible. Users can place their hotel booking on any website and use us afterwards to make sure they get rebooked in case prices drop. We use all booking platforms, even many more than what you find on any meta search engine.

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DreamCheaper helps customers worldwide to save up to 60% on their existing hotel bookings. Its unique software compares prices every single day on almost all booking platforms worldwide, making sure no price drop is missed. It works great for all refundable hotel bookings, no matter where you booked and no matter if you want to enjoy your vacation or business trip. Customers from more than 72 countries already saved more than €3M in total. // dreamcheaper.com Image: Leif Pritzel (Co-Founder) and Nathan Zielke (Co-Founder) 209

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FinTech Founded in 2016 25 employees Funding â&#x201A;¬2.5M / 1 Round

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The Leading Financing Platform for SMEs

Heller founded FinCompare in 2016 to change the way SMEs find, compare, and choose the right financing solutions. He experienced how broken the market is during his previous startup when he was looking for working capital solutions. FinCompare is an online loan network facilitator. After a brief application, the company matches SMEs and appropriate lenders within the FinCompare network. After nine months the company closed partnerships with over 200 lenders and generated over €300M in volume. // fincompare.de Image: Stephan Heller (Founder, CEO)

What market need does your service fill? FinCompare specialises in getting businesses the financing they need, no matter what size, industry, or stage of business they are in. Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Since this is already my second venture-backed startup I had some previous experience. However, the key learning I have is to pay a lot of attention to hiring. It‘s so important to build the right team. You make mistakes but overall you should focus on building the best team and enable them to be successful.

What are the pros and cons of launching your startup from Berlin? It's the best city in the world and I moved here from London. There are no other successful industries in Berlin other than startups. So everyone is very focused. This is fun. The alternative is only the rave and club scene which drives a lot of creativity.

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Fitness Founded in 2015 21 employees Funding Undisclosed

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What are the pros and cons of launching your startup from Berlin? Pros: Talent and creative people, and an existing startup ecosytem. Also, it is still relatively cheap and you have access to investors. Cons: Competition for talent is very intense and building a startup gets more and more expensive.

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This female fitness app is designed for women who make their own rules! The goal? To encourage each and every one of its millions of users to feel sexy and healthy every day. How? Through exclusive 'Yoga Inspired Fitness' workouts, which have infused traditional yoga flows with interval training to help users get the most out of their time on the mat. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;asanarebel.com

What inspired you to found your startup? Both of us experienced how hard working life can be for entrepreneurs in a big company. That's why we started with the ambition to build a company where we create an atmosphere for entrepreneurs.

How do you define success for yourself and your company? The biggest reward is positive feedback from our users. Edition F is not just some business but a movement, an idea from two women of today who were trying to create a digital place that brings women together, that

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Media Founded in 2014 25 employees Funding €855K / 3 Rounds

spreads the spirit of inspiration, support and independence. Success is when we hear all these personal stories of people who tell us how we inspired them to go for their dream. Of course, to be able to do this, we need to make money. And we do. One comes from the other.

Edition F was started in 2014 by Susann Hoffmann and Nora-Vanessa Wohlert. The two friends wanted to revolutionise the media landscape for women by taking them and their needs seriously, leaving the stereotypes of fashion, beauty, and dieting as a woman's highest interests behind. It has grown into a very lively online and offline community. The platform with its online magazine, job board, events, and digital coaching programme 'Female Future Force' has about 600.000 unique users per month. // editionf.com Image: Nora-Vanessa Wohlert (Co-Founder) and Susann Hoffmann (Co-Founder)

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StoYo creates highly engaging social videos for brands and publishers. The Berlin-based company is well-respected around the globe for its unique data-driven approach, which has lead to more than 10 billion organic video views on Facebook in less than two years. In times of banner blindness, pre-roll skip buttons, and a decline in TV consumption, it gives brands a tool to reach audiences organically in the newsfeed and are the only company in the world able to guarantee one million organic views. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;stoyo.io Image: Patrick Bales (Co-Founder, CEO) and Markus Mohr (Co-Founder, VP Operations) 214

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Branded Social Videos

Media Founded in 2015 50 employees Funding â&#x201A;Ź3M / 2 Rounds

Is there anything youâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;d do differently if you could do it again? Probably trusting myself even more, change, and make hard decisions faster. What problem does your product solve? Brands are increasingly having a hard time reaching their (potential) customers via traditional advertising. TV consumption is decreasing, banner ads are routinely ignored, and honestly who doesnâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;t skip a pre-roll ad? This is where StoYo comes in: We help brands reach their target group organically via their Facebook newsfeeds. With our data driven approach we find out which stories your target audience will love, craft a suitable storyline, and integrate your brand in a non-intrusive way. How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? One big change which comes to mind is that there has been a shift away from the startup incubator model. Four to five years ago, there was Rocket, Project A, Team Europe, and many others who tried to become company builders. Now I see far more startups being founded by real founders who start first and then just look for the right investors. I also think that's the better approach.

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Enlarging of scale in dairy farming increases management costs and challenges the health of cows. Since 2014 the team behind Rumicon has been working on a sensor-based, long-term online cow monitoring solution for dairy farmers. Once swallowed, the rumen sensor stays inside the cow and continuously sends out vital data such as temperature and movement activity. Thus the farm's decision-makers are always up-to-date on the health status of their cows and can take appropriate measures at an early stage. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;rumicon.com Image: Lars Abraham (Co-Founder, CEO) and Michael Breitenstein (Co-Founder, CTO)

How are you building a better future? While increasing dairy farmers' income we improve cow welfare and longevity. With the help of an intelligent health monitoring system, all farmers can guarantee their products' quality and animal welfare. They are able to see each cow's satisfaction which helps them to understand their needs.

Anything else? Our product and service is enabling more leisure time for farmers who are working 365 days a year because cows need to be fed and treated on Saturdays and Sundays as well. This customer need is often not directly articulated but has become a key need to address.

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What problem does your product solve? We tackle farmers' challenges to detect cow diseases and production-relevant behaviour early on before they become clinical and expensive to treat. Our self-controlled sensor solution can uncover small but important health and fertility issues sooner than ever before.

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The Cost of Redevelopment How the tech boom is driving gentrification, by David Quintern

The perpetrators may point to the positive change they bring to affected areas, to the revitalisation of urban centers, the creation of jobs, and added value through money spent in local businesses. But for whom do these positive changes really occur? The

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newcomers’ spending power is often directed at boutique tastes, and speciality stores addressing these desires require startup capital which locals often do not have access to – likewise, jobs created by a tech boom can be unattainable to locals of a gentrifying area without the means to access tertiary education. Instead, outsiders flock to the district to seize these opportunities, and the local population is displaced as housing demand rises and the cost of living increases. An especially pertinent example of how the tech boom can drive gentrification and raise tensions among locals is San Francisco. A steady stream of young tech talent wishing to live in the city’s hip downtown areas resulted in a massive spike in housing costs, with prices rising 29% from 2011 to 2012 alone. To address their employees’ struggle with the inadequate public transport system, tech companies such as Apple, eBay, Facebook, and Google began providing private buses to shuttle workers back and forth. Housing demand further increased. Movements to develop residences were blocked by neighbourhood associations, ostensibly because taller buildings would ruin the city’s skyline – while constraining the availability of housing increased their own

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Part of the difficulty in addressing the issue of gentrification is that participants of the process often have good intentions. The young professionals’ desire to move to “edgy” low-income areas occurs on a level that often does not run deep enough to recognise the accompanying problems. As an area begins to redevelop, demand for housing begins to rise and the original population is displaced, along with the diversity that made the area so attractive to begin with. While gentrification of low-income urban centres in such processes has been linked to the reduction of crime and vacancy rates, increased property values, and consumer purchasing power, conversely, local populations are displaced in the process. As rent and property prices increase and affordable housing is lost, pressure is put on surrounding poor areas and homelessness increases. Increased costs and charges to local services and a loss of social diversity lead to socially disparate areas evolving into rich ghettos.

property values. The shuttles themselves became symbolic of the city’s gentrification, and were targeted by frustrated protesters who smashed bus windows and bus-shaped piñatas in demonstrations. As the tech boom in Berlin is gaining traction and the city continues to develop following the reunification, gentrification has been a prominent issue. The city has gained popularity among artists and entrepreneurs and housing demands have risen, with property prices doubling within the inner city ring from 2014 to 2016. The housing demand has led some investors to simply purchase building sites in order to sell them again at a profit a few years later, leading to calls for building obligation laws. Historically working class districts such as former East Berlin’s Prenzlauer Berg, home to many startups and institutions such as the coworking space St. Oberholz, have become gentrified. As the young urban professionals get older and begin to start families, they are beginning to look for more space and housing prices continue to rise. Other locations are beginning to look attractive – such as Kreuzberg to the south. The punks and artists who have lived in this area for years are now at risk of being displaced as office space becomes more and more valuable, such as the 150 artists whose studio rents were recently terminated in order to free up space for the new location of Berlin coworking space Factory. The Cuvry-Brache, a plot of land in Kreuzberg originally meant for new housing projects, is set to be home to the new offices of online fashion giant Zalando, much to the dismay

of residents. At the end of the year Google is set to open a new campus elsewhere in the district, raising concerns among locals about the effect the tech giant’s presence will have on the area. While the features of startup campuses are often impressive, they can also have an insular effect, as the appeals of cold-brew coffee bars and nap rooms sequester employees away from the communities around the campus, effectively creating a physical class bubble while housing prices in surrounding areas skyrocket. A viable method to start combating gentrification is the investment of some of the fortunes made by the tech boom into local initiatives. While philanthropy is common among tech giants, highly localised spending is needed specifically – philanthropy aimed at communities and nonprofits active in gentrifying areas which are directly affected by the presence of tech hubs. In response to the backlash against its private bus system, Google contributed $6.8 million to the 'Free MUNI For Low-Income Youth' programme, funding the initiative which provides free bus passes to disadvantaged kids for two years; Zendesk employees logged about 1.400 hours of community service in 2013 through company initiatives. In Berlin, Google has promised to offer local businesses free programmes for digital training in its new planned campus. What is needed from the tech industry in order to preserve, maintain, and build culturally diverse communities, is a willingness to recognise its effect on local cultures, and actively distribute some of the wealth being made in order to truly boost local development and avoid the displacement of native populations.

Water Treatment Founded in 2013 15 employees Funding Undisclosed

Founded in 2013, Akvola Technologies aims to enable the industry worldwide to become excellent water stewards by reducing their water footprint and overall environmental impact. akvoFloat™ – an energy-efficient water treatment technology – was designed to clean even the most challenging of industrial water in order to make it reusable in a sustainable and cost-competitive way. To date the team has won renowned customers such as Siemens, ThyssenKrupp, Daimler, Skoda, and Total. // akvola.com Image: Johanna Ludwig (Founder, CTO), Matan Beery (Founder, CEO), and Lucas León (Founder, CFO)

How do you define success for yourself and your company? Our success is our company's. Every step towards a more sustainable future is a success: Making the industry use a litre less of water, discharge a litre less to a river, generate 1g less of CO2, and generate 1g less of by-products. How are you different? Our technology uses 90% less energy than the competition, has a higher reliability, and overall can boast 50% lower operating costs.

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How are you doing good and building a better future? The only way to achieve a sustainable freshwater supply is by wastewater reuse, which requires increasing amounts of energy. At the same time, energy generation and storage also requires increasing amounts of water. This mega trend, the Water-Energy Nexus, poses one of the main challenges of the 21st century. We believe that making wastewater reuse affordable and sustainable is essential to the future development of mankind in terms of economy, environment, and society.

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Empowering Everyone to Speak Any Language

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EdTech Founded in 2015 16 employees Funding â&#x201A;¬2.6M / 2 Rounds

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Tandem is the mobile app for learning languages with amazing people. The Tandem language exchange community connects people from all around the world who want to learn new languages. Members form one-to-one partnerships to teach each other their native languages for free via text, audio, and video chat. With two million members already signed up, it's changing the way we learn languages forever. // tandem.net Image: Tobias Dickmeis (Co-Founder, CPO) and Arnd Aschentrup (Co-Founder, CEO)

Was there a key moment that gave you the idea for the business? I always knew that the best way to learn a language was by practising with native speakers, but I learnt as a student that this is often easier said than done. I went on a study trip to Sweden with the intention of learning Swedish – but every time I tried to practice with the locals, they immediately switched to flawless English! What I needed was a way to find people to practice with who wanted to learn from me, too. This is exactly what Tandem does! What's a look behind-the-scenes at Tandem like? We’re proud to have an incredibly international team, with more than 14 languages spoken between us.

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Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Prepare for the possible success. At the time we didn't really plan for the time after our graduation. On the day of our launch it took one tweet for the platform to go viral. What followed were thousands of emails, radio and TV interviews, and overall just an overwhelming amount of attention. While we tried to make the most of it we definitely lost a lot of the momentum by for example not even being registered as a business and therefore not accepting donations, etc.

Workeer was launched in July 2015 as the first online job platform specifically aimed at refugees, which facilitates the access of refugees to the labour market in Germany by tackling obstacles in their job search. The non-profit offers a platform where refugees, interested employers, and supportive initiatives can get in touch directly with one another and find the jobs, skills, and assistance they need. // workeer.de Image: Karl Liebich (Co-Founder), David Jacob (Co-Founder), and Philipp Kühn (Co-Founder)

Human Resources Founded in 2015 2 employees Non-Profit

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The Urban Farming Company

How are you doing good? InFarm aims to build the infrastructure for an alternative food system that is not only better for people, but is better for the planet. We combine highly efficient vertical farms with IoT, AI and Big Data, to solve some of the most pressing issues facing our current food supply chain: food waste, use of pesticides, CO2 emissions, transportation, and pollution. Is there anything you’d do differently if you could do it again? Not really – every step pushed us forward to better define and accomplish our vision.

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InFarm distributes its smart modular farms throughout the urban environment to grow fresh produce for city dwellers. By removing the distance between the farm and the consumer, InFarm is contributing to an emerging urban food system that is resilient, transparent, and affordable. // infarm.com Image: Erez Galonska (Co-Founder, CEO) and Osnat Michaeli (Co-Founder, CMO) Not pictured: Guy Galonska (Co-Founder)

AgriTech Founded in 2013 45 employees Funding €4M / 1 Round

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BioTech Founded in 2014 32 employees Funding Undisclosed

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The global problem of air pollution is addressed by combining a special, vertically installed moss culture with IoT technology to fight air pollution. The “CityTree” has the same effect as 275 urban trees, but requires 99% less space. It contains sensors collecting environmental and climatic data, to regulate and control the unit. By using technologies like WiFi and digital screens, CityTrees can also transmit digital and visual information. // greencitysolutions.de Image: Peter Sänger (COO), Victor Splittgerber (CTO), and Liang Wu (CIO). Not pictured: Dénes Honus (CEO)

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Clean and Cool Air in Cities Worldwide

What inspired you to found your startup? During our travels to Asia and the South of Europe we noticed the tremendous impact of air pollution on health and wellbeing, experiencing the problems caused by polluted air on our own skin. At the same time, we had the chance to observe how beneficial urban greening was in combating this issue and were learning about the ability of specific moss culture in improving the local pollution levels.

How are you doing good? By the year 2050, about 80% of the population will live in cities. All of them will be affected by air pollution. With the CityTree we have developed an intelligent air filter that reduces air pollutants and also cools the surrounding air, therefore turning the cities of the future into healthier places that are worth living in.

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Where do you see your company in 1/5/10 years? We want to become the best catering solution in Europe. In 5-10 years we will be the market-leading online catering platform in Europe that provides the best quality catering to hundreds of thousands of business clients every day. We will also have changed the catering image by establishing new norms â&#x20AC;&#x201C; the 'Heycater standard of catering' â&#x20AC;&#x201C; and will have built a great household brand.

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FoodTech Founded in 2015 25 employees Funding â&#x201A;Ź2.5M

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How has the startup scene in Berlin changed? The startup scene in Berlin is crazy! I love it! We are experiencing super exciting times and are pulling so many new ventures, financing and talents to our capital. Although this momentum is clearly on, things have changed during the last years and we have entered an era of disillusion. Many hugely hyped startups have failed to prove what they promised, the investment scene has suffered from it and consequently became more cautious. However, I see a huge opportunity in the fact that 'the hype is over' and we all have to become a bit more grounded as we are hopefully now maturing to produce more novel ideas.

This online platform started in order to simplify the choice and ordering of business catering. Heycater aims to eliminate extensive searches and frustrating organisation by bringing together innovative caterers and their clients, making catering for any occasion and every budget possible. //â&#x20AC;&#x2030;heycater.com Image: Sophie Radtke (Co-Founder), Therese KĂśhler (Co-Founder, CEO), and Miriam Neubauer (Co-Founder) 231

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What problem does your product solve? University, nowadays, is lagging behind, both in terms of daily data management – that is usually very fragmented – and in terms of actual content, that is too outdated and academic in respect of what companies are actually looking for. Unfortunately, universities are simply too slow to be able to adapt to the world of the 21st century, and are detached from the needs and the habits of this generation of students. Anything else? We're Italians and expats, and proud to be as such. We brand ourselves as truly Europeans, and that's what we most believe in.

Uniwhere is a career management platform that, by using data about students’ careers and performances, helps them to manage their daily academic life and guide their career education choices when they need to make decisions about their future. // uniwhere.com

EdTech Founded in 2016 3 employees Funding Undisclosed

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Image: Giovanni Conz (Co-Founder), Gianluca Segato (Co-Founder), and Federico Cian (Co-Founder)

Careship helps families find the right caregiver for their loved ones so that they can age at home with joy. It thereby gives families easy access to qualified personnel using a matchmaking algorithm, while advising on insurance benefits and coordinating all stakeholders involved to increase the quality of life for senior citizens. // careship.de

E-Health Founded in 2015 15 employees Funding €4M

Image: Nikolaus Albert (Co-Founder) and Antonia Albert (Co-Founder)

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What inspired you to found your startup? I founded Careship together with my brother, Nikolaus, due to a very personal experience in our family: When our grandmother became care dependent, it was extremely difficult for us to find the right caregiver for her. This experience

was so frustrating that we decided to provide a better solution for others by giving all families easy access to qualified personnel. I quit my job and Nikolaus moved from Berkeley to Berlin and we founded Careship to help families find the right caregiver for their loved ones so that they can age at home with grace.

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How do you define success for yourself and your company? We’re putting the patient first. Every single patient who finds the right place for his medical treatment through Qunomedical means success for me and my team. We are working tirelessly to create this digital platform to accelerate access to high-quality medical treatments regardless of a patient’s location or level of income. How are you different? We revolve around the idea of 'Patients First', building our product around the needs of the patient – not hospitals, health insurances or doctors. We work for patients, nobody else – allowing us to give patients an unbiased and transparent overview of the options they have. We are data-driven. Instead of having to browse through massive amounts of confusing information, we only show patients high quality facilities that we’ve selected through our proprietary quality scoring algorithm.

Dr. Chung is fundamentally transforming how patients access and experience healthcare by leveraging smart technology and codifying human expert knowledge with medical facts and data. The company aims to democratise healthcare in a world without borders. In line with the Qunomedical guideline of "move slow to move fast", the company aims to generate sustainable growth. // qunomedical.com

E-Health Founded in 2015 25 employees Funding Undisclosed

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Image: Gero Graf (Co-Founder, COO) and Dr. Sophie Chung (Co-Founder, CEO)

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SirPlus is an impact venture, aiming to tackle one of society’s major problems: Food waste. Half of all food in Europe is wasted, while most is still edible. Together with the food industry, SirPlus wants to make food saving mainstream and increase the appreciation of food. First, it is selling surplus food in Berlin's first food outlet store, combined with same day delivery. 10-20% of all the saved food is donated to NGOs. Later, SirPlus will develop a digital marketplace to match supply and demand. // sirplus.de Image: Alexander Piutti (Co-Founder, Exec. Chairman), Raphael Fellmer (Co-Founder, CEO), and Martin Schott (Co-Founder, Director Special Projects)

How are you doing good? Our key stakeholder is mother nature, planet earth. If we succeed, we'll reduce pollution and save resources, helping mitigate climate change. But of course that will take many, many years. First, we want to create an impact on a local level, later worldwide. Imagine Berlin without hunger, say in five years. Berlin is still somewhat of a poor city. One in four school kids here do not bring a packed lunch to school. This is something we’d like to solve. Reducing poverty would also be a fantastic result.

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What inspired you to found your startup? Raphael has battled food waste since 2009, when he founded the foodsaving movement (today 'foodsharing' with 27.000 volunteers). In 2014, Alex got sick and was misdiagnosed with cancer. Luckily, he recovered quickly but the experience left its mark. As a serial entrepreneur, Alex decided to apply his skills in a meaningful way. During his research Alex met Raphael. Together with SirPlus founder #3, Martin Schott, the three teamed up to develop the SirPlus concept and enable maximum impact.

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Stuttgart, 03.11 This event connects more than 1800 representatives of established companies and global players, innovative startups, creative heads, the press, VCs and investors. Look forward to two days full of key notes, workshops, brainstorming sessions, pitches and networking. innolutionvalley.com

Hamburg, 06.11 - 12.11 This annual event brings together newcomers, Fintech professionals and established players from Banking and Insurance. Up to 2.000 participants will discuss the future of finance in close to 40 different events, including a FinAsia day and a Startup Weekend Hamburg #Fintech (both in English). Fintech Week Hamburg is hosted by finletter and betahaus Hamburg. fintechweek.de

Berlin, 10.11 The focus of #INREACH is to bring together brands and influencers for dialogue, exchange and cooperations. The conference tackles all areas of Influencer Marketing from A (as in Advertorials) to Z (as in Zeitgeist). Futurebiz, one of the leading German business-blogs on Digital Marketing & Social Media, is also operated by Brandpunkt. inreach.de

Berlin, 11.11 - 12.11 There are alternatives to the excess of consumer society everywhere. Everyone, from the biggest to the smallest, are represented at the Heldenmarkt – the fair for all who want to do better. Get to know the manufacturers and get inspired by discussions and lectures, cooking shows & tastings, exhibitions & workshops because the future does matter. heldenmarkt.de

Berlin, 13.11 - 14.11 Limitless Online Marketing & Analytics Knowledge: Three conferences, more than 60 speakers, seven parallel running tracks, book one or all four – for two days, the focus at Data Driven Business will be on Online Marketing Analytics and Controlling, the Optimisation of Customer Journey and the use of Predictive Analytics. datadrivenbusiness.de

Frankfurt, 13.11 - 17.11 With several thousand participants, 300 (inter)national speakers as well as over 20 conferences and evening events, Euro Finance Week is one of Europe’s largest and most prominent business meeting points for the financial industry. From 13-17 November 2017 this event will celebrate its 20th anniversary. eurofinanceweek.com

Frankfurt, 16.11 A conference for the digitalisation of the finance industry, Euro Finance Tech targets decision makers of banks, fintechs, regulators, IT service providers, legal offices, and everyone who is interested in the future of finance. Topics vary from AI to RegTech, digital identity, payments, and big data. eurofinancetech.com

Berlin, 15.11 - 17.11 This conference for the data-driven generation is focusing on mobility, GovTech, and HealthTech this year. Over three days, they'll have 1500 attendees, 110 speakers, 2 conference tracks, 12 workshops, and 40+ talks. Attending are major influencers in AI, Machine Learning & IoT. datanatives.io

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Munich, 16.11 The Digital Energy Innovation Forum deals with the subject of ‘sector coupling’ and is primarily aimed at entrepreneurs and decision-makers from all energy sectors concerned. Moreover, the best startups from Europe, Israel, and Maghreb demonstrate their solutions and will be rewarded with the Verbund Innovation Award for Digital Energy 2017. digitalenergyforum.com 238

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Paderborn, 22.11 We believe that face-to-face is still the best way to make business. IMEiM is the perfect combination of interesting, practical key notes and a cross-industry exhibition, including around 50 participating companies. Almost 900 managers visit the congress every year, in order to catch up with the latest trends, expand their network and do some business. meim.de

Krakow, 23.11 - 25.11 This startup festival connects the vibrant startup communities of Zurich and Krakow in a unique setting. Get inspired by interesting talks and workshops. Network in a relaxed atmosphere or enjoy live music by Swiss and Polish artists. zurkow.org

Frankfurt, 28.11 The true value of data is the ability to contextualise, understand, and employ it to your advantage. Big Data World, Frankfurt will show you how. This is a practical ‘how to’ event designed to help data and business professionals, shape their big data strategies. bigdataworldfrankfurt.de

Berlin, 28.11 Europe’s interactive business festival for digital movers and makers, hub.berlin brings together key players of Europe’s leading industries, politics and 500+ startups in a unique environment to discuss, shape and experience the digital transformation. hub.berlin

Helsinki, 30.11 - 01.12 Each fall, this event brings together the leading actors of the global tech ecosystem to Helsinki for something very special, to accelerate the growth of startups. In 2016, Slush had 17,500 attendees, including 2,300 startups, 1,100 investors, and 610 journalists, from over 120 countries. slush.org

Berlin, 06.12 - 08.12 Bringing you to the forefront of learning and technology developments, OEB Global 2017 will give you new insights on opportunities and challenges that are changing the world of learning, show you the latest best practice from leading organisations and allow you to meet, discuss and network with policy makers, higher education leaders, chief learning officers, technology & learning experts. oeb.global

Heidelberg, 08.12 Promote scientific, technology driven and knowledge based startups and spinoffs, this joint initiative offers a comprehensive portfolio of events, accelerator programs, individual consultation services as well as lecture series and seminars. The Heidelberg Startup Partners facilitate access to an international network of industry experts and investors. uni-heidelberg.de

Berlin, 15.02 The biggest pure play e-commerce event in Berlin. The next edition will gather more than 4,000 visitors and speakers from companies such as Alibaba, Google, Zalando, Otto, Spreadshirt or Rakuten. It provides business opportunities for the entire ecommerce ecosystem: from merchants to platforms, hosting providers, logistics providers, payment processors and other online solution businesses. ecommerceberlin.com

Hessen, 20.11 - 22.11 Hypermotion offers an exciting mix of exhibition, conferences and the Hypermotion lab, featuring pitches, talks, and a hackathon. The focus will be on new business models, and on exchange of information and networking among all participants. It will be the venue where established firms will meet, along equally with small enterprises, start-ups, mobility pioneers and entrepreneurs. hypermotion-frankfurt.com

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Jasper Kettner Berlin-based photographer Jasper Kettner is mainly working in the field of portrait, documentary, and reportage, even though he is always open for adventures. After a career in the art world, including curating, writing, and producing, he now focuses on photography, based on his studies at Ostkreuzschule fĂźr Fotografie Berlin.

Contact Details: jasperkettner.de hallo@jasperkettner.de @jasperkettner

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Anne Schรถnharting A nomadic people in Kirghizia, the urban landscape of India or life between the walls of Belfast - Anne Schรถnharting photographs a variety of motifs using the whole spectrum of photographic genres, from portrait photography and travel reports to visual studies. The joy of exploring the unknown and an enormous concern for the protagonists of her pictures connect all of her work. From 1999 onwards Anne has been part of the prestigious Agentur Ostkreuz. She lives and works in Berlin.

Contact Details: anne@schoenharting.com ostkreuz.de/en/photographers/ anne-schoenharting/

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Nils Lucas Nils Lucas is a Berlin-based photographer, specialised in reportage and portrait photography. After spending several years in the film business as an editor, he switched industries and started his photography career at Ostkreuzschule. His portfolio includes musicians, artists, and reportages.

Contact Details: Nils-lucas.de hello@nils-lucas.de @nils.lucas

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Chris Abatzis Berlin-based freelance photographer Chris Abatzis specialises in portraits, food, and travel photography. A graphic designer in a previous life, his grasp for composition and aesthetic is impeccable. To him, the beauty in photography is the act of capturing moments for eternity. Chris is inspired by both young artists and old legends. Be it the sensuous curves of a womanâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s body or the crisp shade of a desert palm, Chris likes to keep things simple, so as not to distract from the main message.

Contact Details: chrisabatzis.com @chris_abatzis

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Locations The places and spaces where we spent the summer doing photo shoots 01 Charlottenburg KNOW Technische Universität Berlin [136] The TU Berlin has over 33.000 students enrolled, 20% of which are foreign nationals. The university prides itself on being family-friendly, equal opportunity, and offering great workplace health policies. // tu-berlin.de Institute of TU Berlin & Fraunhofer Gesellschaft [140] The institute of the TU Berlin and Fraunhofer Gesellschaft was built between 1982 and 1986 as an experiment hall. Today it hosts the Department of Machine Tools and Factory Management. Located right by the river Spree, the building is known for its groundbreaking industrial architecture and contains auditoriums, laboratories, and several research areas. Literaturhaus Berlin [104] Since 1986 literary events, symposia, and exhibitions can be found at the Literaturhaus Berlin. The building also contains a bookstore and a café & bistro with a cosy, historic ambience to nourish the body as well as the mind. // literaturhaus-berlin.de

SEE Savignyplatz [76] Berlin nightlife is not restricted to only Friedrichshain-Kreuzberg. The Savignyplatz is home to a variety of bars and restaurants that cater to every taste. Charlottenburg Gate [182] At an intersection of history, the neo-baroque Charlottenburg Gate flanks the western approach of the Straße des 17. Juni leading to the iconic Victory Column, named for an uprising of East Berliner workers against state violence in 1953. To the West lies the upscale district of Charlottenburg, named after the first Queen of Prussia, Sophia Charlotte of Hanover. 244

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Ludwig-Erhard-Haus [86] The Ludwig-Erhard-Haus is the communications- and service centre of Berlin's economy. Nicknamed Gürteltier ("armadillo") by Berliners, the building offers a variety of rooms, halls and atria that make for guaranteed memorable events and conferences. // leh-berlin.de

Prinzessinnengärten [26] Nomadisch Grün launched the Prinzessinnengärten as a pilot project in the summer of 2009 at Moritzplatz after the site had been a wasteland for over half a century. Now it is a new urban place of learning, where locals can come together to experiment and discover more about organic food production, biodiversity and climate protection. // prinzessinnengarten.net

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U2 [28] The U2 subway is one of only two Berlin metro lines to run above ground. The first line was inaugurated in 1902, running between Stralauer Tor and Zoologischer Garten. Today the Ubahn system serves 173 stations and runs along a length of 146 kilometers. // bvg.de

Café Kranzler [132] Café Kranzler was named after its founder Johann Georg Kranzler, and opened its doors in Mitte in 1834. In 1932 a Charlottenburg branch was born, but destroyed during WWII. It reopened in 1951, and is now a branch of local coffee roasters The Barn. // kranzler-eck.berlin

Victoriapark [54] The park is situated on the Kreuzberg, the tallest natural elevation in Berlin and namesake for the surrounding district. Opened in 1894, it's waterfall and breathtaking view over Kreuzberg, as well as the historic Prussian monument, make it a beautiful and unique site to visit.

Monkey Bar Berlin [78] Grab a drink here for a breathtaking view over Berlin with their huge range of international cocktails and excellent wine card. The Monkey Bar was chosen as the best bar in Berlin. // monkeybarberlin.de

Park am Gleisdreieck [162] Located at the intersection of Schöneberg and Kreuzberg at the site of a former train junction, this park offers large, versatile spaces for beach volleyball, skating, exploring, walks, picnics, and more. // gruen-berlin.de/park-am-gleisdreieck

Café Maître Münch [184] Named after owner-operator and master pastry chef Gerhard Münch and located on Kurfürstendamm, Café Maître Münch offers a mix of German and French cuisine made using locally sourced, organic ingredients. A particularly popular delight are Münch's Swabian Maultaschen. // cafe-maitre-muench.de

Birgit & Bier [114] This techno club is a veritable playground for adults with three different themed floors, a large beergarden, and fresh food and self-brewed beer, offering a quintessential Berlin experience all summer long. // birgit.berlin

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Görlitzer Park [108] Since the 90's Görlitzer Park has been the central recreational area of zKreuzberg. The site of a former train station, the park is today jammed with play areas, lawns, barbecue spots and a children's farm.

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Ipse [48] A cavernous open air club in Kreuzberg, [ipse] is located on the banks of the Spree. It allows for daytime dancing throughout the year, with two indoor floors protecting visitors from sunburn and snow. // facebook.com/ipse.offline

Oberbaumbrücke [98] The double-decked Oberbaumbrücke has become a symbol of Berlin's unity as it links Friedrichshain and Kreuzberg, former boroughs that were divided by the Berlin Wall. The bridge also appears prominently in Tom Tykwer's film Run Lola Run.

East Side Gallery [178] At 1316 metres long, the East Side Gallery in Friedrichshain is the longest continuous section of the Berlin Wall still in existence. Immediately after the wall came down, 118 artists from 21 countries began painting the wall, with 110 paintings now being on exhibit. // eastsidegallery-berlin.de Agostino Iarcurci Mural [102] For the 25th anniversary of the fall of the Berlin wall the Italian region of Puglia decided to give the city a special present by commissioning the Italian artist Agostino Iacurci from their region. He created a unique work of art representing the human aspects of the unification. // agostinoiacurci.com Jadore Tong Mural [208] This 750sqm mural at Theodor-WolffPark is only a sample of Jadore Tong's large body of work. 24 metres high, with a completion time of 4 weeks, its Kreuzberg location is well worth a visit. // @jadore_tong Kunstraum Kreuzberg/Bethanien [210] This is Kreuzberg’s artistic heart, offering a space for exhibition and discussion to six projects of current social and cultural relevance every year. With an exhibition space of 450sqm, the Kunstraum is the perfect gathering place for people passionate about current issues. // kunstraumkreuzberg.de Core Tex Records [159] The punk and hardcore record label has signed artists such as Hatebreed and Sham 69. Their store is a heaven for punk rock enthusiasts, offering vinyl, band merch, shoes, DVDs, and even hair dye. // coretexrecords.com Tempodrom [60] The event location is used for a variety of purposes such as gala dinners, conferences, concerts, readings and ceremonies. // tempodrom.de Fluxbau [170] The event location of the Berlin radio station Flux.fm is located directly on the river Spree. Fluxbau is available for large and small events and also offers boating courses from their riverside terrace. // fluxfm.de Hallesches Haus [57] This cosy and stylish event space also

contains a crafty general store and a kitchen offering healthy breakfasts and lunches. // hallescheshaus.com

Berlin in an iconic coffee truck available for hire at events and festivals. // kaffeekirsche.berlin

RAW Gelände [190] A hotspot for leisure pursuits, the RAW Gelände in Friedrichshain is covered in impressive street art and features intercultural projects, exhibitions, markets, an indoor climbing hall, and several bars and clubs.

Vertikal Restaurant [189] The elegant Vertikal restaurant offers a range of beautiful, high-class dishes served at their location at Reichenberger Straße in Kreuzberg. The restaurant is easily recognisable by its namesake vertical garden on the building's facade. // vertikalberlin.com

TASTE Rose Garden [116] Rose Garden is a deli concept store where sustainability meets that sense of om nom nom. Their products are ethically sourced, so you can truly savour their grilled roast beef with Mongolian salsa, paired with a glass of red wine. // rosegarden.de Café Dresden [212] Hosting various pop-ups, from Peruvian conceptual food to an aperitivo evening, they're also famous for their variety of wheatgrass concoctions. // facebook.com/dresdeninkreuzberg Populus Café [100] The Berlin-based coffee roastery and café pays particular attention to every step of the sourcing, roasting, and brewing, which makes for a memorable pleasure when enjoying one of their coffees. Beans are roasted every Monday. // populuscoffee.de Kaffee A.Horn [122] The modern, family-run restaurant, offers traditional dishes, made with love and local produce. Emphasising mindful consumption and an appreciation of food, their cosy premises are well worth a visit, especially to grab a bagel. // kaffee-ahorn.de California Pops [234] Inspired by the huge variety of ice pops witnessed on a trip to South America, California Pops offers a mix of European and South American ice cream traditions in the form of handmade, organic ice pops with flavours such as blueberry cheesecake, cinnamon, and white chocolate and matcha tea. // california-pops.de Kaffeekirsche [62] The haven for coffee lovers who want to enjoy the pleasure of self-roasted beans in a homey atmosphere. They also offer barista courses and travel the streets of

03 MITTE KNOW Märkisches Museum [177] The impressive Märkisches Museum was conceived toward the end of the 19th century when, following rapid growth of the city, Berlin's bourgeoisie developed an interest in preserving the city's history. In 1875 a call for objects of historical or scientific significance yielded massive results, and plans for the museum were finalised in 1897. The building was completed a decade later and today houses several collections documenting the city's past. // stadtmuseum.de Buchhandlung Ocelot [224] This bookstore aims to connect every person with the right book. Offering a considerable range and variety of literature, the store is an ideal place to relax and enjoy a good book with a cup of coffee. // @ocelotberlin

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SEE Potsdamer Platz [206] The location of Germany's first electric street lights, installed in 1882 by the electrical giant Siemens, developed from an intersection of rural thoroughfares into the most bustling traffic intersection in Europe. It was laid to waste during WWII, and left desolate during the Cold War as Locations

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the Berlin Wall bisected its former location. // potsdamerplatz.de Marie-Elisabeth-Lüders Haus [82] Together with the Paul-Löbe-Haus and the German Chancellery on the other side of the river, the building completes the "Band of the Federation", an architectural rearrangement of the government district that symbolically reconnects the previously divided city, visible from the air as a wide band that crosses the Spree twice. Jannowitzbrücke [52] Built in 1822, the Jannowitzbrücke connects the districts Kreuzberg and Mitte across the Spree. Nearby are the Embassy of the People's Republic of China and mooring spots for popular sight-seeing tours on the river. Checkpoint Charlie [126] Former border crossing and site of a famous stand-off between Soviet and U.S. tanks in 1961, Checkpoint Charlie is one of Berlin's most iconic tourist attractions. A museum documenting the city's division, and various escape attempts by citizens of the GDR can be found nearby. Berliner Dom [142] Berlin's largest cathedral is located on the Museum Island. One of the city's biggest tourist attractions, the Evangelical community provides tours and gives over 100 concerts every year. Below the cathedral is the final resting place of the Hohenzollern, a dynasty of rulers over Prussia and the German Empire. // berlinerdom.de Gendarmenmarkt [186] One of the most beautiful squares in Berlin, located around the Gendarmenmarkt are the concert house, the German and French cathedrals, and a monument to famous German intellectual Friedrich Schiller directly at its center. // gendarmenmarkt.de Hackesche Höfe [88] A popular destination for tourists and locals alike, Hackesche Höfe is a historic courtyard complex containing high-class restaurants, a cinema, several shops and boutiques, and the Anne-Frank Museum, as well as Café Cinema, the oldest café in Berlin. // hackesche-hoefe.de

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Mitte, whether it is in one of their Strandkörbe on their terrace or in the delectable meals their serve all-day. Bring your kids: they can enjoy the playground next door whilst you kick back with a coffee or a glass of red. // strandbad-mitte.de Zur Letzten Instanz [230] Founded in 1621, Berlin’s oldest restaurant can boast a history of prominent patrons including Napoleon Bonaparte, Charlie Chaplin, and Clara Zetkin. Today it offers the pleasures of authentic German food à la carte, or a beer in their romantic beergarden. // zurletzteninstanz.com Chupenga [145] "Build your own menu in 4 steps" is the motto of Chupenga. Their unique concept is characterised by self-service that allows patrons to mix their own individual burrito, taco or salad, while sipping on a self-made margarita or one of their special "agua de lima & chia". // chupenga.de Paul Möhring [37] The home of homemade soft serve ice cream, made fresh every day! With a huge variety of innovative flavours and toppings, their motto "Tradition and Insanity" is confirmed every time one of their mad creations is served up. // paulmoehring.de Data Kitchen [79] The small restaurant in the backyard of the Hackesche Höfe impresses with a futuristic concept: Drinks and meals are ordered via app for a specified time and served by a digital machine in the restaurant. // datakitchen.berlin The Tree [226] The Brunnenstraße in Mitte contains a lot of bars and restaurants, however one that particularly stands out is The Tree. This lovingly decorated restaurant offers authentic Asian food and a relaxing, peaceful ambience. // facebook.com/thetree.berlin

WORK Factory [36] Factory in Mitte boasts a status as the first and largest startup campus in Germany, with the offices of SoundCloud, Uber, Pinterest and many more being located on these premises. Offering free coffee and tea, sports and outdoor activities, exclusive events, flexi-

ble desks, and a "no bullshit" policy for its members, the Factory is the perfect place for startups to connect and grow. // factoryberlin.com

04 PRENZLAUER BERG MOVE Volkspark am Weinberg [124] Volkspark am Weinberg is named for the vineyards that once covered the area. Containing a small lake, a café, a play area, and a huge sunbathing lawn, the park makes for a great place for a football or tennis match, and also houses several themed historic gardens. Mauerpark [166] Mauerpark, formerly part of the Berlin Wall and its death strip, is today used for flea markets and open air music events. A popular karaoke occurs here every Sunday, and thousands of Berliners can be found picnicking, going for walks, and enjoying the atmosphere.

SEE Zeiss Planetarium [233] The planetarium was revamped in 2014 and now boasts a 14m high-tech dome showing visitors the sky, the planets, the sun, and the moon up close. They can discover more about the planets or enjoy an evening listening to Die drei ???. // planetarium.berlin Marcus Haas Mural [156] Up for a period of three months only, this mural is part of the “If walls could talk…” project by Talenthouse, which had 396 submissions. The work of Marcus Haas's was chosen and turned into a mural with the help of the art group Xi-Design and the artists Size Two and Mario Mankey. // xi-design.com Wasserturm [164] Berlins oldest water tower, the Wasserturm Prenzlauer Berg, was built in 1877 to service the increasing demands of the surrounding worker's district. Today the tower is still in use and the apartments of the former engineers are in particularly high demand. Freie Internationale Tankstelle [32] The FIT-movement aims to reclaim abandoned gas stations and rebrand them

as social sculptures that move beyond a perceived elitist, self-centered art system. Several other FITs have already been established in locations across Europe and in the USA. Hints about abandoned gas stations fit for transformation can be submitted on their website. // f-i-t.org

TASTE Beakers Bar [30] Offering a variety of beers and gins, as well as a special breakfast concept in which components can be combined for the perfect individual breakfast plate, this bar is known by locals as "Dorfschenke". It's a homey place that screens the popular German crime series "Tatort" every Sunday night. // beakers.de Café Chagall [214] The menu of the discerning Café Chagall features a wide range of international dishes such as pasta, chili-con-carne, and Russian blinis. They also offer a Monday cocktail special. // cafechagall.de Daluma [213] Offering smoothies, juices and soups, this café also provides nutritional advice to companies to encourage healthy lifestyles in the workplace. // daluma.de Nihombashi [168] Close to the Rosenthaler Platz sushi fans can settle in at the colourfully decorated Nihombashi. Try their red-rice veggie rolls or go for classic Maki. // nihombashi.de

05 SCHÖNEBERG MOVE Rudolph-Wilde-Park [207] The calm, idyllic park contains a duck pond and a beautiful fountain featuring a golden deer. It is a popular spot for residents of the surrounding district Schönberg to go jogging or relax on the grass.

LEARN EUREF Campus [228] A symbol of the green energy revolution, the EUREF campus hosts a variety of companies in the fields of energy, sustainability, and mobility. Startups and global players mingle and exchange ideas to work on a common solution for the city's future. // euref.de

SEE Winterfeldtplatz [24] Its location between rough Kreuzberg and precious Wilmersdorf gives the Winterfeldtplatz a special touch. This is reflected in its mix of stylish bars, restaurants and cafés. It also boasts the biggest weekly market in Berlin, offering everything from fresh fruit to self-made clothes, as well as a pleasant walk among the stalls. Malzfabrik [50] Opened in 1917, the Malzfabrik is celebrating its 100th anniversary this year. The former malt processing plant provides a huge rambling location for a variety of events such as concerts, exhibitions, and small festivals. // malzfabrik.de Gasometer [236] The Gasometer is a former gas storage container, decommissioned in 1995. Today it is an emblem of the surrounding district Schöneberg and serves as a poignant reminder of fossil fuel consumption to the nearby EUREF campus.

06 OTHER KNOW MRT Research Building [158] The unique design of the MRT research building, part of the Max-Delbrück-Centre for molecular medicine, helps to shield the highly sensitive equipment inside from magnetic fields and other outside frequencies. When closed, the metal elements on its facade lend the building the appearance as if under a veil. // architektur-und-wissen.de

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public pleasure-grounds. The huge forest park features a variety of gardens and memorials, as well as several historic and political buildings such as Bellevue Palace, the German Chancellery, and the iconic Brandenburg Gate at its east end.

SEE Allmende Kontor [138] The 5000sqm communal garden at the heart of the Tempelhofer Feld was founded in 2011. Around 500 gardeners tend to the 250 raised garden beds and let the Tempelhofer Feld flourish. // allmende-kontor.de Behala [222] BEHALA was founded in 1923 to operate Westhafen, with the port beginning operations that same year. The listed port facility continues to be used for shipping to this day, but parts of the warehouses are no longer needed. As a result, the granary has now been converted to house the newspaper division of the Staatsbibliothek Preußischer Kulturbesitz (the Prussian state library collections). // behala.de Classic Remise [160 Situated in a historic tram depot and featuring garages, dealers, and services for vintage cars, the Classic Remise also provides a memorable location for conferences, exhibitions, galas, and more. // remise.de

TASTE Biergarten Moabiter Freiheit [120] The Biergarten is hidden away behind the St. Johannis church and borders on the Tiergarten. Enjoy a sundowner with friends and tuck into their burgers, or simply sip on their house brand of beer, Allgäuer Büble. // biergarten-moabiter-freiheit.de

Insel Der Jugend [74] The Island of Youth doesn't turn back time, but it does offer a calm retreat in nature right in the middle of Berlin. Get off at Treptower Park and amble along the water til you cross the bridge to the island, also known by locals as the island of love. // inselberlin.de Tiergarten [29] Tiergarten originated in 1527 as the private hunting grounds of the prince-elector of the Holy Roman Empire, Frederick the Great, who, out of a distaste for hunting, ordered the area be turned into a Locations

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Notes of Berlin Notes of Berlin, a homage to all the signs and personalised posters pasted across the city, was featured in our very first edition and has since grown into Germanyâ&#x20AC;&#x2122;s largest user-generated content blog, with over 300.000 social media followers and 25.000 submissions. This project acts as a sounding board for the city, a space for all the voices of Berlin to express their joy and frustration, and to look for things lost or found, whether this be bikes, balls or hearts. They were also present at The Haus, a street art space in an old bank building that was created to be destroyed at the end. Notes can be submitted via notes@notesofberlin.com For daily notes get the calendar, in stores now. Notesofberlin.com

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The NKF Media Team Meet the ‘Nonkonformist’ Family NKF Media is where innovative projects find a home. For us, thinking big comes naturally and there are no limitations on turning our visions into concrete realities. We began this adventure with the first edition of The Hundert, which was soon followed by the launch of our German publication Berlin Valley. The latter has become Berlin’s leading startup magazine, both in print and through its online platform. In line with always being on the lookout for what is exciting and avant-garde, the Nonkonformist (NKF) family has evolved beyond publishing our two magazines to also include the Startup Calendar; the job portal Heet.io; as well as Venture Daily, a newsletter that summarises everything you need to know about what’s happening in the world of startups. Thanks to the wonderful team for supporting us in making this edition, we couldn’t have done it without you! // nkf.media

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