Startup News Germany, Austria, Switzerland for May 2026

About this episode

This episode covers the latest startup news and funding activities in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland for May 2026.

Germany raised 3.67 billion dollars across 166 equity rounds through May 2026, up 11.61 per cent year-over-year. The headline signals: Helsing is raising 1.2 billion dollars at an eighteen-billion-dollar valuation, led by Dragoneer and Lightspeed, making it Germany's most valuable startup; SAP is acquiring Prior Labs of Freiburg with a commitment of more than one billion euros to build a frontier AI lab for structured data; Isar Aerospace's second orbital launch attempt has a window of May 18 to 24 from Andoya Spaceport; Bitpanda's Frankfurt IPO is approaching its H1 deadline with MiCA compliance due June 30; SPREAD AI raised 30 million dollars with In-Q-Tel on the cap table; and ATMOS Space Cargo secured 25.7 million euros to build Europe's first orbital return infrastructure. Germany recorded 142 acquisitions through May, up from 108 through April. Enjoy the show? - Blog recap: https://www.startuprad.io/post/startup-news-germany-austria-switzerland-for-may-2026-helsing-sap-and-the-orbit-question - Watch on YouTube: https://youtu.be/TDQCdXIBBQ0 🎧 The Audio Podcast Subscribe here: https://linktr.ee/startupradio 🚪 Connect with Us - Partner with us: partnerships@startuprad.io…

People in this episode

Host: Joe Menninger

Topics covered

• startup news
• venture capital
• acquisitions
• equity rounds
• AI
• space industry

Keywords

• Helsing
• SAP
• Bitpanda
• Isar Aerospace
• ATMOS Space Cargo
• equity rounds
• acquisitions
• venture capital
• AI

Mentioned in this episode

Organizations: Helsing, Dragoneer, Lightspeed, SAP, Prior Labs, Isar Aerospace, Bitpanda, SPREAD AI, In-Q-Tel, ATMOS Space Cargo

Places: Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Andoya Spaceport

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