German Startup News October 2021: N26 Reclaims Germany's Most-Valuable-Fintech Crown

from Blockchain Germany – Web3 Startups, Crypto Innovation & Venture Capital by Startuprad.io™ · host Joern "Joe" Menninger

October 2021 in German startups: N26 reclaims the title of Germany's most valuable fintech (though Celonis stays the most valuable startup overall), while Sono Motors files to IPO in the US before delivering its first car. Startuprad.io's monthly English-language recap with Joe in Frankfurt and Chris in New York. 📖 Full article & episode archive: https://www.startuprad.io/post/knowledge Why this matters The month marked a shift in the ecosystem: fewer new startups, but larger rounds concentrating in the survivors, as the pandemic's effects finally started showing up in the numbers. Inside the episode N26 reclaims Germany's most-valuable-fintech title (Celonis remains the most valuable startup)Sono Motors files for a US IPO ahead of delivering its first vehicleEarly COVID traces in the scene: fewer startups founded, but more funding for those that survive Related on Blockchain Germany This Month in German Startups - September 2021 Unicorn TrackerThis Month in German Startups - November 2021 🤖 Optimized for AI & LLM discovery: https://www.startuprad.io/llm 🤝 Partner with Startuprad.io: Reach an audience following German fintech and mobility startups. https://www.startuprad.io/become-a-partner Folge direkt herunterladen Startuprad.io™ - All Rights Reserved | AI & research reference → https://www.startuprad.io/llm

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This Month in German Startups - October 2021 Welcome to This Month in German Startups in October 2021 by Startuprad.io - in a news recording with Chris (Back Home in New York) and me Joe, from Frankfurt am Main. We recorded this new episode on October 25th. Note that there is also another episode of our unicorn tracker, getting published along with this episode in order to keep the news brief. Today we have to announce that N26 reclaimed the title of Germany’s most valuable fintech (but not startup, that is still Celonis), Sono Motors is filing for an IPO in the US - ahead of even delivering their first car -, corona is leaving the first traces in the startup scene, less startups, but more funding for the surviving ones. Subscribe Here Find all options to subscribe to our newsletter, podcast, YouTube channel or listen to our internet radio station here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio (https://linktr.ee/startupradio) Want to be found by Business opportunities or contacted by new investors? Get scouted by us, when we have a matching mandate and enroll your startup in our database: https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8 (https://forms.gle/DmPtBKJH7MMmJoYo8) We don’t sell your data or spam you. We will even reach out to you before we include you in a scouting mandate. Find our extensive collection of links, sources and the whole show notes here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-october-2021/ (https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-october-2021/) --- Send in a voice message: https://anchor.fm/blockchaingermany/message

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