Startup City Highlights

29 November 2024

Top five monthly reports from Hamburg's startup ecosystem

The term “venture clienting” refers to the way in which large companies work with startups particularly in relation to their growth plans and prospects for success. A corporate or venture client uses a startup's technology to its own advantage because it lacks the resources and none of its partners can provide the technology. The term was coined by Gregor Gimmy at BMW, where he founded the first venture client unit in 2015. Based on this success, he founded 27pilots, the first company dedicated to venture client-specific consulting and technology in 2018. Gimmy has explained in an interview the essence of venture clienting and what startups and their clients should bear in mind.

Knowledge management and fresh capital

Can collective knowledge be made available to everyone in a company? This is where artificial intelligence can make a difference. Jan Marius Marquardt founded Zive specifically for such knowledge management. And investors are already showing interest in the idea. As a result, the Hamburg-based startup raised EUR 3 million in a financing round just months after setting up shop.

TCC, a Hamburg-based medical technology startup, has raised EUR 20 million in a Series A financing round. Captain Thomas Pötzsch, ship owner and logistics company, invested the fresh capital. TCC provides digital remote care for intensive care patients and will use the funds to develop clinical decision support systems.

Philipp Schröder of 1Komma5° — Philipp Schröder, 1Komma5°

Awards and surveys

Startup awards for two Hamburg-based companies: Bluu Seafood won the KfW Entrepreneurs' Award and Philipp Schröder, founder and CEO of 1KOMMA5°, was named "EY Entrepreneur of the Year” (2024) in the sustainability category. The startup achieved billion-euro unicorn status in 2023.

Skills shortage – demand for global talent: A new survey by the German Startups Association in co-operation with The Stepstone Group jobs portal analysed employment in startups and scaleups. Such fledgling companies are becoming increasingly important catalysts of growth. Around 522,000 employees are employed in the sector and the numbers are rising. Yet, the sector is not immune to the shortage of skilled labourers. The solution may lie in recruiting talented professionals from other countries.
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Sources and further information

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