How a German wants to change shopping in New York

How a German wants to change shopping in New York

– Ralf Wenzel Wenzel founded a delivery service with Foodpanda back in 2012. – (Photo: Softbank) – – – – New York Finding small warehouses in the heart of New York has never been easier. The city is badly hit after the pandemic, every third retailer and every third restaurant did not survive the crisis. … Read more

Houston, we have a problem

Houston, we have a problem

Düsseldorf It was last September when an almost gigantic collision occurred far overhead. The International Space Station (ISS) narrowly avoided a piece of space debris. As a precaution, the astronauts on board had already moved to the rear, Russian part of the station in order to avoid being hit directly in the event of an … Read more

Founding duo receives capital for WhatsApp alternative for doctors

Founding duo receives capital for WhatsApp alternative for doctors

Famedly founders Niklas Zender and Phillipp Kurtz (Photo: company) – – – Berlin When Famedly founder Phillipp Kurtz completed a practical year in a hospital while studying medicine, a thought occurred to him that continues to drive him to this day. He had to look for fax paper in the ward in order to receive … Read more

The hunt for the super battery

The hunt for the super battery

Electric car of the future Companies around the world are researching how to improve battery performance. – (Foto: Cultura/Getty Images) – – – – Düsseldorf Sila Nanotechnologies, Solid Power or Quantumscape – battery start-ups are currently experiencing a real hype. A small announcement is enough and the price skyrockets. Her specialty: the development of more powerful, … Read more

House against an annuity – reverse mortgage – the reverse mortgage property

Retire calmly with your own house In the US, seniors can sell their house to a bank for a pension and stay in it. That is also possible here on land. However, the future of such models in Germany is uncertain Jeanne Luise Calment was 90 years old when she sold her house. Instead of … Read more

What’s behind the new hype app?

What’s behind the new hype app?

San Francisco, Düsseldorf The German start-up and venture capital scene (VC) moved into the clubhouse within a few hours at the weekend. The app of a startup from San Francisco offers a social audio platform on which people can discuss live in so-called rooms – a mixture of radio talk show and Twitter-Discussion. Investors like … Read more

Better returns than Silicon Valley

Better returns than Silicon Valley

Start-up Young tech companies fail less often in Europe than in the USA. – (Photo: plainpicture / Mascot) – – – – Düsseldorf International venture investors are increasingly interested in young European technology companies – for good reason: The start-ups are now more attractive to investors than US start-ups. This is shown by a data … Read more

The founding team wants to make the care profession more attractive with an app

The founding team wants to make the care profession more attractive with an app

Katrin Alberding and Clemens Raemy The founders of Kenbi operate six outpatient care services with a total of 85 nurses and around 400 patients who are cared for using their own app. Foto: Kenbi – – – – – Berlin Kenbi founder Clemens Raemy was working on a project in South America when his grandmother … Read more

Science & Technology: Isar Aerospace: Funding for rocket launch secured

Science & Technology: Isar Aerospace: Funding for rocket launch secured

– Isar Aerospace The rocket manufacturer Isar Aerospace has collected a further 75 million euros from investors and sees it as “the first launch of a German launcher” secured. Photo: – / Isar Aerospace / dpa – (Photo: dpa) – – – – The company announced on Wednesday in Munich that there were already customer … Read more

After robot cars, Uber is also selling air taxi project

After robot cars, Uber is also selling air taxi project

– Uber The driving service broker also saves on another division. – (Photo: Reuters) – – – – San Francisco Uber just one day after his robot cars also sold his air taxi project. The Uber Elevate division will be taken over by the flight technology developer Joby, as the companies announced on Wednesday night. … Read more