If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Talk to the hosts:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger joe@startuprad.io
Chris Fahrenbach chris@startuprad.io
Enabler
Together with our enabler we are running a podcast called “Tech Startups Germany”, which will focus on startups at a Serie A stage or even more mature. You will also find all the videos we produce for this podcast on our YouTube channel www.youtube.com/startupradio. This podcast is available directly on our device as audio and video podcast, yes, Startuprad.io makes the first downloadable video podcast. Find all options to subscribe here:
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💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io – Audio only
- 💢 Tech Startups Germany by Startuprad.io – Video
Find all the links here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-december-2019-by-startuprad-io/
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Recommended Holiday Readings (Affiliated Links)
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Find more content here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/2019-fintech-review-germany-talkshow-by-startuprad-io-video/
The tradition
This is a Startuprad.io tradition. Every year close to Christmas Joe gets together with smart people from the German fintech scene and talks about what was going on. Usually, the discussion drifts fast in a talk show and does not stick to the usual news format. None the less it is very informative and there are great ideas for fintech entrepreneurs and investors here.
Trust is repeated positive experience – Frank Schwab during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review
This episode was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest, learn more at www.invest-in-hessen.de
Find the video and more content here: https://www.startuprad.io/blog/2019-fintech-review-germany-talkshow-by-startuprad-io-video/
The tradition
This is a Startuprad.io tradition. Every year close to Christmas Joe gets together with smart people from the German fintech scene and talks about what was going on. Usually, the discussion drifts fast in a talk show and does not stick to the usual news format. None the less it is very informative and there are great ideas for fintech entrepreneurs and investors here.
Trust is repeated positive experience – Frank Schwab during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review
This episode was made possible by Hessen Trade and Invest, learn more at www.invest-in-hessen.de
To digitize the relationship with clients in banking, that will be the unicorn – Paolo Sironi during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review
Our Guests
(in alphabetic order)
Mario Hachemer, CTO Fastbill (https://www.linkedin.com/in/mahachemer/)
Luka Ivicevic, Co-Founder / Chief of Staff at Penta (https://www.linkedin.com/in/luka-ivicevic/)
Frank Schwab, Co-Founder Fintech Forum (https://www.linkedin.com/in/frankschwab/)
Paolo Sironi , Author and Thought Leader IBM (https://www.linkedin.com/in/thepsironi/)
Host:
Jörn “Joe” Menninger, Founder and Host Startuprad.io
joe@startuprad.io / Twitter / LinkedIn / Video Interview (2018)
To succeed in Fintech you need to digitize the client relationship – Paolo Sironi during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review
Further Reading
During the discussion we are touching:
Challenger Bank / Neo Bank https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Challenger_bank
Share of Wallet https://www.investopedia.com/terms/s/share-of-wallet.asp
Tiktok https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQEGJMmqBTw
Mortgage: https://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/mortgage.asp
related:
Mortgage market shares in Germany. Statista has only numbers for 2015, but online banks had a 40% market share: https://de.statista.com/statistik/daten/studie/661264/umfrage/entwicklung-der-marktanteile-der-vertriebskanaele-in-der-deutschen-baufinanzierung/
Goldman Sachs’ Marcus: https://www.marcus.com/us/en
Related:
https://www.fool.com/investing/2019/12/09/why-is-goldman-sachs-investing-in-marcus.aspx
Having a good user experience is ok, but it will not lead to a transformation people will do banking – Paolo Sironi during Startuprad.io’s 2019 Fintech Review
https://youtu.be/fFxCiGsnD48
Find all the links we are talking about, as well as the show notes on our website https://www.startuprad.io/blog/this-month-in-german-startups-november-2019/
If you are new to our podcast(s), we are wrapping up the startup news of the German-speaking area in a monthly recording from Frankfurt and New York. Have a look at our website www.startuprad.io or www.startup.radio and you will find all the links to our recording and the articles we are quoting from there. Some of the source articles are in English, some are in German.
Enabler
This recording was made possible by Invest in Hessen. Learn more about our enabler here: https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/home
Housekeeping – Time to brag
We set up sub-podcast for special interest and our Fintech Germany made it up to No 72 in the iTunes Business Charts of Qatar. Thank you!
Now there is
- 💢 Fintech Germany by Startuprad.io
- 💢 Security Sutra by Startuprad.io
- 💢 Deeptech Germany
- 💢 Blockchain Germany
Tech Startups Germany – By Startuprad.io
This is the first video of our new podcast Tech Startups Germany. All the recordings on this channel are made possible by Invest in Hessen (learn more here https://www.invest-in-hessen.com/home).
You can find this specific channel here as audio and video stand-alone podcast or via all channels of Startuprad.io.
Frankfurt as a location is good from an international recruiting standpoint, since Frankfurt has a really really great reputation.
VC Funding
In this interview, Joe from Startuprad.io is talking to Florian Brokamp (https://www.linkedin.com/in/florian-brokamp-5a329876/), CEO of Thinksurance (https://thinksurance.de/en/start/), a Frankfurt-based insurtech startup. The fintech just raised 13 mn venture capital (https://www.policendirekt.com/en/thinksurance-raises-e13m-in-series-b-funding/) so Startuprad.io took the opportunity and stop by on short notice to ask one of the founders what they will do with all the money.
Startup is not about the events, it is not about “raising big”… its more important to believe in yourself, be happy and create your vision.
Thinksurance
First some information on the startup: Thinksurance is the leading commercial insurance distribution platform in Germany. Its technology connects insurers, distributors from all sales channels and business customers on its intelligent analytics and distribution platform. The company was founded in Frankfurt, Germany, first entered the market in 2016 under the brand “Gewerbeversicherung24” and was rebranded in 2019. By now, the insurtech has almost 50 employees and is led by its two founders Florian Brokamp and Christopher Leifeld as well as Vasil Vasilev and Timm Weitzel.
The insurtech is looking to increase headcount considerably and expand to other countries like France, Belgium and the Netherlands. As second priority they are looking to the USA and Asia.
Tune in the interview to learn more.
We would hope that in Germany in general and Frankfurt in specific there would be more support from the Government …
Learn more here:
https://www.startuprad.io/blog/thinksurance-connects-brokers-and-insurance-companies-on-their-platform/