This Month in German, Swiss, and Austrian (GSA) Startups - March 2024
Women Who Rock GSA – Female Founders, Startups & Venture Capital by Startuprad.io™ · 2024-03-28 · 29 min
Episode notes
Welcome to our March 2024 wrap-up with vital news from the startup and tech entrepreneurship scenes in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland in 30 minutes or less . Our startup news is recorded with Chris in New York City and Joe in Frankfurt. Recording date is March 25th 2024 and all news not included will be in our next news to be released on April 25th 2024. Happy Easter! Today we publish on Holy Thursday (Gründonnerstag) in Germany. Note that the Friday before and Monday after Easter are public holidays. Many people will take off around the holidays. So don’t expect your calls to be returned promptly during this time. A Seismic Shift in the Regional Startup Scene You are witnessing a seismic shift in the GSA startup scene with us here and today. The headlines of our startup news used to be dominated by fintech funding. Now we have more than 7 billion € investments in green startups (battery, renewable energy) vs. “only” around 150 million in fintech funding in different forms. This is surely a foretaste of what’s to come. Our Highlights: The European energy landscape is witnessing significant developments with key investments across sectors.