Dr. Nikos Kotalakidis

MAKE IT IN SAXONY ❗ ❗ ❗ 35% more start-ups in Saxony compared to the previous year 🚀 According to a report by the data service Startupdetector and Hightech Gründerfonds, the number of startups founded in Germany rose by 17% in the first quarter of 2024, indicating a recovery in the sector. Saxony recorded particularly strong growth with an increase of 35%, highlighted by innovative start-ups in cities such as Leipzig, Dresden and Chemnitz. As LaunchHub42, we are happy to be part of this innovative start-up ecosystem and to help innovative teams in the field of cutting edge communication technologies and robotics to achieve greater visibility and feasibility of their solutions. This is never possible alone, but only with committed partners such as e.g. the Smart Systems Hub, HighTech Startbahn GmbH or Robot Valley Saxony. Let's continue on this path together. Find out more about launchhub42 at https://launchhub42.com/ The report is available at https://lnkd.in/evKg25JE

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🚀 Unlocking Switzerland’s AI Potential! 🇨🇭 A new study commissioned by Google reveals that the potential of generative AI in Switzerland is immense, with a projected +11% GDP growth per year! This surpasses most other European countries. While we - of course - also need to manage associated risks and challenges, we should put a strong focus on seizing the associated opportunities in a responsible way and lead the way in AI innovation! 💡✨ https://lnkd.in/esHzUYhE #AI #Innovation #Switzerland #GenerativeAI #EconomicGrowth #FutureTech economiesuisse digitalswitzerland

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Technology Talks Austria 2024 - talking about the second part of the „Trilemma“: The Challenges of the Digital Transformation. Thank you to all panelists! 🙏 #tec24 #digitalization #transformation #technology

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Start-ups in Europe: a light at the end of the tunnel - finally!    This article by Nadine Schimroszik in Handelsblatt gives reason for hope for the tech ecosystem, as it summarises a development that has been tentatively emerging for some time: The number of new #start-ups in Germany is growing again, by 17 per cent, as shown by a comparison of the first quarter of 2024 with the same quarter of the previous year.   💡It is particularly interesting to see that most investments are being made in AI. An unmistakable sign that they continue to be a driver of innovation for the German startup ecosystem.   We recently came to a similar conclusion with my team, as part of our analysis of the German startup landscape. Our conclusion: more and more funding are being mobilised for ♻️ #Greentech business ideas that are based on AI-based technologies and have a positive impact on our planet. More info on our research at IRIS can be found in Startup Insider`s Investors Report 2024: https://lnkd.in/dU-5AMPz More info on Nadine’s insightful article here: https://lnkd.in/depicwGA

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Check out the 'Startup Insider Investoren Report 2024' by Startup Insider - This comprehensive report offers valuable insights for startups, venture capital funds, investors and individuals with an interest in #venturecapital. Good one Jan Thomas and team!

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I'm thrilled to share that @Smart Reporting has successfully closed a financing round of 23 million euros, with TVM Capital Life Science leading this Series C funding. A warm welcome to our new investors, including Bayern Kapital, as we bolster our resources to expand further into #NorthAmerica and #Australia. This significant capital infusion will accelerate our #mission to revolutionize medical reporting with advanced, AI-supported products. As we step into the #future, our focus is clear: to enhance healthcare IT markets globally and introduce cutting-edge, AI-based solutions that transform radiological and pathological reporting. The power of #genAI and large language models (#LLMs) is redefining what's possible in the healthcare sector. At Smart Reporting, we're harnessing these advancements to provide crucial support to radiologists and pathologists, making their work not only faster but also more accurate. As we gear up for this growth phase, I'm also pleased to announce the expansion of our management team, welcoming Christian Matzen as our new CFO and COO, and recognizing Sigrid Auweter's expanded role as CPO. A big thank you to our existing #investors for continuing on this journey with us and to our new investors for believing in our #vision. The road ahead is exciting, and I look forward to what we will achieve together in making #healthcare more efficient and effective worldwide. #HealthTech #Investment #ArtificialIntelligence #MedicalReporting #Radiology #Pathology #GrowthStrategy #Innovation #AI

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This is not one, but 3 big milestones... #1 𝐆𝐏 𝐭𝐫𝐚𝐧𝐬𝐢𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are THE litmus test to a VC's leadership and culture - it takes time, trust and talent to get this right - and this marks an important milestone in the evolution of our firm. #2 𝐏𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐧𝐞𝐫 𝐏𝐫𝐨𝐦𝐨𝐭𝐢𝐨𝐧𝐬 are so important, as they are such a pinnacle to an investment career and shape a firm's leadership team. You don't make partner just because you're a dealmaker superstar - it takes personal growth and showing up differently for the entire company, team members and talents you mentor. This is why this promotion is BOTH a testament to the talent as much as it shapes the future of our company. #3 𝐈𝐧𝐜𝐥𝐮𝐬𝐢𝐨𝐧 —In the last years, HV Capital has gone from an all-male investment team to 33% women with Zuzanna Czapinska Maxi Pethö-Schramm Manal Belaouane Dr. Laura Seifert Ann-Christin Stiehl, and there are 𝘮𝘰𝘳𝘦 𝘸𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯 𝘪𝘯𝘷𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘳𝘴 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯 2025. The HV team is now +60 people, 40% female, 25% international, spanning 17 languages with an increasing number of non-German speakers.

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The most valuable HealthTech companies in Germany are BEAT81 by Tim Dettmann and Urban Sports Club by Moritz Kreppel & Benjamin Roth. when we talk about healthTech. We often dismiss the companies with the highest impact and focus on the companies with fancy tech and low impact. We think tech is impressive. I believe changing people’s behaviour to the better is f* impressive! It’s damn hard. By now, I have been active in the cancer space for 15 years. I was 21 when I first attempted to synthetise a Drug Conjugate in a chemistry lab (and failed and cried :D). And what I learned during these years is that we can decrease the non communicative disease burden globally by over 50%, if we just get humanity to have a healthier lifestyle. But modern civilisation put the responsibility on the shoulders of the individual without offering them the opportunity to execute. Modern cities aren’t build to promote health and what BEAT81 & UrbanSports are doing is making a healthy lifestyle accessible to everyone. And whenever I am taking a HIIT class from great coaches, I can’t help but acknowledge that these two companies are impacting the health of thousands of people in Germany in ways no health guidelines or doctor advice has been able to do in the last century. And it’s damn awesome to live in a time where I can access such an awesome workout experiences for ar. $100 a month! Sport is a cheatcode to joy. - Reflecting on great healthcare products. #HealthTech #StartUps

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Is your tech startup ready to enter the German market? 💼 Then, register for the Netherlands Enterprise Agency's (RVO) trade mission to the Startup Baden-Württemberg Summit (Startup BW Summit) on 9 - 11 July in Stuttgart. Top 5 opportunities that the Startup BW Summit offers: 1. Present your product or service to a large German audience. 2. Validate or test your product or service. 3. Expand your international network. 4. Meet potential investors. 5. Gain knowledge about the German market and create partnerships. Register before 7 May!

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How do innovative #healthcare solutions enter the German healthcare system? Parlez-vouz english? 😉 We have translated our book into English for all those innovators from outside Germany who are interested in entering the primary healthcare market. Our focus is on the areas where health insurance companies can help innovators to introduce their care solutions and innovations to the German healthcare market. We provide an overview of 👉🏻 how this specific market works and what potential it has 💪🏻 👉🏻 how health insurance companies deal with innovations and what drives them ⏭ 👉🏻 how cooperation between health insurers and innovators helps to bring good solutions to the market and - last but not least - ☝🏻 what it takes to make such cooperations a success. Florian and I have drawn on our many years of experience with start-ups in the digital health sector as part of our Healthy Hub initiative. We would like to share this first-hand experience with you. 👉Available as eBook PDF. Click here: https://lnkd.in/e-bCHX94 A big thank you to IKK Südwest and valued collegue Dr. Florian Brandt and our Healthy Hub Partners SBK Siemens-Betriebskrankenkasse, BIG direkt gesund and mhplus Krankenkasse and to our cooperation partner GWQ ServicePlus AG and those people behind: Christina Bernards Christiane Heidrich Julia Zink Jana Homey Fabienne Knaub Gertrud Demmler Stefan Montag Peter Kaetsch Also thanks to our supporters Julia Backhaus, Dr. Tobias Krick, Prof. Dr. David Matusiewicz, Florian Bontrup, Joerg Land, Rolf Stuppardt, Julia Rondot, Martin Blaschka, Lisa Tschalenko, Thilo Veil 🍀, Dr. Florian Caspari and the more than two dozen #startups that we have been able to accompany so far ... #DigitalHealth #MarketAccess #Innovation

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VC-Markt im DACH-Raum: So sieht die "neue Normalität" aus https://buff.ly/45vkOpn The VC market in the DACH region reflects the changing landscape of the "new normal." Companies are focusing on online presence, e-commerce strategies, cloud technologies, and data analytics for decision-making. Cybersecurity investments have increased, and remote work setups are crucial for business continuity. Adaptability and resilience are shaping the current VC market in the DACH region. #VCtrends #DACHregion.

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** Live von der #HealthTech24: Ein Highlight für mich bisher: der Aufritt von Gordon Herbert, Head Coach des Deutschen Basketball 🏀 Teams ** ☝🏻embrace adversity: chance to get better, you learn a lot about people and you can use it to gain resilience 👌vision: the only reason, that keeps us away from a clear vision, is being afraid of failure 👑 core values: respect, trust, commitment 💯leadership: vision, direction and support 🫶focus on the things you can control, if you do not recreate, you get left behind! VALUE EVERYONE HAVE AN OPEN DOOR STOP & LISTEN if you ask a question! Team mentality first. But we need individual talents - together united as one we can achieve greatness!

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I’m often asked how business angels act and think. - How do we source and evaluate deals? - How successful are business angels, from a financial point of view? - What are the geographical differences, for example, between Europe and the US? - etc. etc. Of course, I have my own knowledge and opinions, but they are more anecdotal than science-based. Until today, I came across an excellent, comprehensive literature review on business angel investment research. The researchers have meticulously examined all the available research on business angels from the past 25 years and distilled the key findings from 113 academic articles. This article is the best starting point if you want to dig into how business angels think and act. Thank me later ;-) #businessangels #research #science Download the paper here: https://lnkd.in/d_9HQ_2c

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🚨 Little update regarding the startup ecosystem in 🇩🇪. Q3 💰 reports are out. Where is Berlin?! Well, Munich has raised more capital than the capital in 2024. More importantly; both cities combined raised just as much as Paris. A year ago; Berlin was compared to Paris as being as impactful. (https://lnkd.in/eqTdYbWW by Handelsblatt ... I guess some changes are in the air. OpenAI also just arrived in Paris. What is happening in Berlin? Slowdown? Decline? Where are all the deep tech startups? (https://lnkd.in/eXcsKPKV and https://lnkd.in/eWCqvBmr) Still see tons of HR Tech, Legal Tech, and Fintech here in Berlin. Maybe too much of that. This report from the picture from Dealroom.co 📊 https://lnkd.in/emyhrck7 📉 Berlin is now ranked 30 worldwide on Pitchbook: https://lnkd.in/eBUJRH99 Ps: no idea what is the New Palo Alto here

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Thank you, Dr. Rapp, Julia Bahlmann, and FERI Cognitive Finance Institute, for challenging my perspectives on 2024's takeoff of tokenization. Your insights have been invaluable in exploring our future financial market infrastructure. The year 2024 marks an important milestone in the development of #tokenization and the transition to the #token economy. This is not least the result of the groundwork laid in 2023, which has created a solid foundation for concrete results on the blockchain. Major financial players are increasingly entering the market and driving the development of a token economy. Tokenization enables a sophisticated digital financial market infrastructure that overcomes numerous limitations of the existing economic and financial system. It goes beyond a simple technological upgrade and has the potential to fundamentally transform traditional financial markets and other economic sectors.

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𝐈𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐆𝐞𝐫𝐦𝐚𝐧 𝐦𝐚𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐭 𝐭𝐫𝐮𝐥𝐲 𝐩𝐫𝐞𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐞𝐝 𝐟𝐨𝐫 hashtag #𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬? 𝐎𝐫 𝐢𝐬 𝐭𝐡𝐞 𝐦𝐚𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐫 𝐨𝐟 𝐟𝐚𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐲 𝐛𝐮𝐢𝐥𝐝𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐭𝐨𝐨 𝐩𝐞𝐫𝐬𝐨𝐧𝐚𝐥 𝐭𝐨 𝐢𝐧𝐭𝐞𝐠𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐰𝐢𝐭𝐡 𝐜𝐨𝐫𝐩𝐨𝐫𝐚𝐭𝐞 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬? These questions are still commonly raised when presenting Onuava vision. 🤝We are extremely proud to announce our partnership with L-Bank - Staatsbank für Baden-Württemberg, Start-up BW pre-seed program and innoWerft as our first milestone achievement. 🏠 In 𝐁𝐚𝐝𝐞𝐧-𝐖ü𝐫𝐭𝐭𝐞𝐦𝐛𝐞𝐫𝐠 alone, nearly 12 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 𝐩𝐞𝐨𝐩𝐥𝐞 reside, with 𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐨𝐮𝐭 𝐨𝐟 𝐬𝐢𝐱 affected by 𝐢𝐧𝐟𝐞𝐫𝐭𝐢𝐥𝐢𝐭𝐲 in their lifetime. Doing the math, we're talking about approximately 2 𝐦𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐢𝐨𝐧 people just in Baden-Württemberg. 🌟The 𝐬𝐡𝐨𝐫𝐭𝐚𝐠𝐞 𝐨𝐟 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 will also be challenging for Baden-Württemberg. According to the latest study, there will be a shortage for 500,000 𝐬𝐤𝐢𝐥𝐥𝐞𝐝 𝐰𝐨𝐫𝐤𝐞𝐫𝐬 𝐛𝐲 2030. So, attracting new talent and retaining them will be 𝐓𝐇𝐄 challenge for all employers, not only in this region. 💁‍♀️ And what could be a better fit than implementing 𝐥𝐨𝐧𝐠-𝐥𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐢𝐧𝐠, 𝐡𝐞𝐚𝐥𝐭𝐡-𝐟𝐨𝐜𝐮𝐬𝐞𝐝 𝐛𝐞𝐧𝐞𝐟𝐢𝐭𝐬 to support your 𝐞𝐦𝐩𝐥𝐨𝐲𝐞𝐞𝐬 𝐝𝐮𝐫𝐢𝐧𝐠 𝐝𝐢𝐟𝐟𝐢𝐜𝐮𝐥𝐭 𝐭𝐢𝐦𝐞𝐬 𝐢𝐧 𝐭𝐡𝐞𝐢𝐫 𝐥𝐢𝐯𝐞𝐬? Special thanks to Inga-Marit Nölle Thomas Lindner Maren Osterlitz Felix Schneider Alexandra Baumann Christiane Schneider Chantal Graßelt Nikolas Haag Prof. Jan-Steffen Krüssel Dr.med. Imke Mebes Almut Dorn Lone Aggersbjerg Paul Goldschmidt Katharina Horn Dr. med. Inke Bruns Renée Lohbusch Mag. Julia König Timo Maletschek Nina Mussmann Lussy Mrusek Lisa Göpfert-Dimanski Linda Winterbauer who already supporting our mission from day one 🙏. #healthbenefit #startupbw #startup #femalefounder #theländ

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