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Das Handelsblatt berichtet, wie fünf namhafte Familienunternehmen in das Münchner Batteriespeicher-Start-up Encosa investieren, als Teil einer 25-Millionen-Euro-Runde für den Ausbau des Deutschlandgeschäfts.

First Momentum led the pre-seed round in encosa, the Munich-based full-service battery storage company. Now, encosa has closed €25M in seed funding, signed millions of project volume, and is scaling the German Mittelstand's most critical energy infrastructure.

Im Tagesspiegel argumentiert Quantum-Diamonds-CEO Kevin Berghoff, dass Europas Deeptech-Förderung zu langsam ist und an den falschen Teams vorbeigeht. Schnelle, kommerziell erfolgreiche Start-ups gehen leer aus.

Zenline AI co-founder Arber Sejdiji explains how AI agents automate assortment and pricing decisions, and why European retailers must move faster to compete with Amazon, Temu, and Shein.

On The Quantum Kid, young host Kai tours ZuriQ's lab at ETH Zürich to learn how atoms become qubits and what it takes to build a quantum-computing startup.

First Momentum's Andreas Fischer and Hyperdrives' Robin Renz tell Impact Loop why the city's industrial density keeps drawing climate and deep tech founders.

Im Industrieanzeiger erklärt Josef Waltl, CEO von Software Defined Automation, warum Transparenz die unsichtbare Grundlage für sichere, stabile und compliancefähige Smart-Factory-Produktion ist.

Today's cloud was built for predictable traffic and steady-state apps. AI demands something fundamentally different, and we're convinced Unikraft, the cloud infrastructure company backed by Vercel, Heavybit, Fly, and First Momentum, will lead the rebuild.