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#52 Sarah Fleischer: On Battery Recycling, Deep Tech, Growing Up Between Cultures and Lessons from Failure
In this episode, we talk to Sarah Fleischer, 3x founder and Co-founder & CEO of tozero, a Munich-based startup that recovers lithium and graphite directly from battery waste. Sarah is a…
#51 Pip Klöckner: On Tech, Podcasting, AI and Building in Germany
In this episode, we talk to Pip Klöckner, tech analyst, angel investor, and host of Doppelgänger, Germany's leading tech podcast. Pip started doing data entry at Idealo, climbed through marketing and…
#50 Magnus Grünewald: On AI Sovereignty, Deep Tech Infrastructure and Building High-Performance Teams
In this episode, we sit down with Magnus Grünewald, the 23-year-old founder and CEO of Lyceum, who recently raised a massive €10.3M pre-seed round to challenge US hyperscalers. Rather than just a…
#49 André Petry: On Agency, Ambition, and Building Europe’s Industrial Future
In this episode, André Petry, co-founder and CEO of Tacto, joins us for a wide-ranging conversation about ambition, agency, and what it means to build from Europe. We trace André’s journey from a…
#48 Julia Gottfriedsen: On Future of Space Tech, AI in Climate Resilience, and Leadership
In this episode, Julia Gottfriedsen, Head of Data Science & AI at OroraTech, shares how space and artificial intelligence come together to address one of the most pressing challenges of our time.…
#47 Judith Dada and Hanno Renner: 11 years later - on what makes CDTM special
In this special guest episode, Judith Dada (General Partner at La Famiglia) and Hanno Renner (Co-founder & CEO of Personio) join us to reflect on their time at CDTM and how it shaped their…
#46 Erik Muttersbach: On building ambitiously, scaling wisely, and betting on Europe
Erik Muttersbach, co-founder of Forto and now Zauber AI, joins us to talk about what it takes to build globally competitive tech companies from Europe. A CDTM Spring 2013 alumnus, Erik reflects on…
#45 Verena Pausder: Why Germany must bet on bold founders and digital education
Verena Pausder joins us to talk about what Germany needs to truly scale innovation. We dive into how the next generation of founders is redefining work, what’s broken in the startup ecosystem, and…
#44 Gustaf Alströmer: What AI changes about startup wisdom from the last 20 years
In this episode, we sit down with Gustaf Alströmer, YC Partner and former Head of Growth at Airbnb, to explore how AI is rewriting the playbook for early-stage startups. From why output matters more…
#43 Marc Klingen: On Building Trust, Shipping Fast, and Staying Open in AI
Insights from Marc Klingen CEO and co-founder of Langfuse, the open-source LLM observability platform.In this episode, we dive Marc shares his journey of moving back to Europe post-YC and…
#42 Clemens Meyer: On supporting nobel prize winning research teams
In conversation with Clemens Meyer, Technical Director @ Google DeepMind.This time we first dive into Clemens’ journey from startups to joining DeepMind and making an impact in interdisciplinary…
#41 Viet Le: Building, selling, and investing at the application layer of AI
Insights from Viet Le, an Early-Stage VC and Partner @ General Catalyst: Betting on Young, Naive Founders and Navigating the AI Hype In this episode, we dive into a conversation with Viet who shares…
#40 Thomas Kirchner: How to scale up a hardware startup and sell it for hundreds of millions
In this episode, we are talking to Thomas Kirchner. Thomas is an entrepreneur and founder of ProGlove, a company that sells smart gloves used in countless German and international companies for…
#39 Hamza Tahir: From indie-hacking in Pakistan to raising $6.4 Million for his AI startup in Germany
Hamza Tahir is a software developer turned ML engineer. An indie hacker by heart, he loves ideating, implementing, and launching data-driven products. His previous projects include PicHance, Scrilys,…
#38 Gyri Reiersen: Secure a future for generations by achieving net zero emissions
We just released a brand new episode of our podcast featuring an in-depth conversation with the co-founder and chief product officer of Tanso, Gyri Reiersen, a groundbreaking company revolutionizing…
Teaser Season 5 with our hosts Ruby, Claudia, and Ali!
Welcome to the new season of the Mostly Awesome podcast! Our first episode will drop on May 10, but before that we wanted to give you all a sneak preview of what season 5 is all about. Over this…
#37 Gesa Biermann: Enabling sustainable forestry and making your grandma proud
When you think about trees, what comes to mind? In most of our heads, they are probably the prime example of “something good for the environment”. Even though it is by far not the only way to capture…
#36 Johannes Hussak: Automating privacy related processes
Today we welcome Johannes Hussak in our podcast, one of the co-founders of Kertos, a platform that automates data privacy operations. Always fascinated by technology, Johannes did his bachelor and…
#35 Eva Spannagl: On leadership, angel investing and women's empowerment
This week we are excited to welcome Eva Spannagl, head of Strategy & Business Development at Moss, founder of Femstory, business angel, and personal inspiration to both of us. Eva studied at…
#34 Claudius Jablonka: On Venture Capital and Beyond
How do you found a VC firm, really? Today we will talk to Claudius Jablonka, a former CDTM Centerling and Center assistant who co-founded 10x Founders. Claudius co-founded and led the Munich office…
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