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Connections are everything 🤝 Anjella Klaiber and Laura Stotko from UVC Partners talk about gaining experience, meeting the right people, and building a network. 🔑 They say internships are the key. #femaleempowerment #femaleentrepreneurship #womenintech #entrepreneurship #startup

🚗 Our portfolio company FINN continues its strong growth trajectory.📈 With a fleet of over 25,000 vehicles, Germany's leading car subscription platform is getting ready for its next phase of expansion! To support this growth, FINN has secured a €1,000,000,000 (1 Billion) ABS II financing program from Citi and Jefferies, alongside extended fleet financing from Avellinia Capital – AvCap. The focus? 🇩🇪 Fleet expansion in the German market. 🌍 European market entry. "This enables us to pursue our ambitious growth plans and offer even more attractive options to our customers" - Nikolai Schröder, COO & Co-founder at FINN. Read the full press release here: https://lnkd.in/ey_KxEk9 #FINN #UVCPartners #Munich

Navigating complex supply chain decisions on your own? Why not consider decision intelligence? 🧠 In a recent Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung interview, Thorsten Heilig, co-founder of our portfolio company paretos, shared his perspective on how decision intelligence is transforming supply chain optimization. He explained that by making use of tailored solutions companies can adjust more quickly to market changes and make decisions with greater confidence. And nowadays, with AI-based platforms such as paretos, this process becomes even more efficient. 🔧 Thorsten’s insights on this recent interview are a reminder that the real strength of AI lies in enhancing decision making - helping teams navigate market challenges with agility and make more strategic choices. 🧭 Read the full article in the comments to learn more (behind a paywall, German only) #DecisionIntelligence #paretos #UVCPartners

We're happy to introduce you to the newest team member at UVC Partners: Jan Marc Mainka 👏 Jan enjoys diving into all kinds of technology-related topics, such as the future of health and biotech innovation. Before joining UVC Partners, Jan gained experience in finance-related roles and worked with startups in health tech and dental medicine. 🦷 Jan is studying finance as a master's student at the University of St.Gallen and holds a bachelor’s degree in business administration. He is currently working on his master's thesis at the Institute of Technology Management at the University of St.Gallen, focusing on M&A activities in the pharmaceutical industry. Outside of work, you’ll find him flying airplanes ✈️ or exploring the alps ⛰ Welcome aboard! -- Are you looking for your next challenge? Check our portfolio companies' Job Board: https://lnkd.in/ep_tVCsN

What to make of the DeepSeek craze? Before LinkedIn switches to the next hot topic next week, I am probably the last to comment on this week's excitement and panic around DeepSeek. Shame on me. But many people have asked what I make of it and so I am happy to share. To be honest, I truly think that no one should be too surprised that large-scale AI models become better & cheaper at this impressive rate. If you are a startup founder in the space, this is most likely phantastic news (and you don't need to lie about your gross margin anymore 😇). Thanks to Anne from Sifted for featuring my views in today's article. https://lnkd.in/dYDc2mQS PS: yes, I still used ChatGPT to visualize what happened this week.

A 30-month journey begins. 🗺️ The SPRIND Composite Learning Challenge just kicked off, and the selected teams are now hard at work on making AI training scalable, decentralized, and hardware-agnostic. Their key goals include: 🏗️ Building a scalable framework for Composite Learning. 💻 Training AI across heterogeneous hardware—from high-performance GPUs to diverse CPU architectures. ⚙️ Ensuring resilience against shifting resources and device failures. We’re excited that Andreas Unseld, General Partner, and Marc Alexander Kühn, Investment Associate at UVC Partners will bring in the expertise and insights that have shaped our investments on companies such as Aleph Alpha and paretos. Alongside a distinguished jury—including Johannes Otterbach, Katharine Jarmul, Dr. Wolfgang Stille, Tian Li, Hans Ramsl, and Gerhard Wunder—they will help identify and support the most promising approaches that will define the future of AI infrastructure. We’re looking to the breakthroughs ahead! SPRIND - Bundesagentur für Sprunginnovationen #UVCPartners #AI #CompositeLearning #DeepTech #VC #SPRIND

🏓 Vier Speichercontainer – ein Topspin für die Zukunft! Unsere neueste Video-Erfolgsstory zeigt den heimlichen Weltmarktführer ESN Technology Group bei seiner Mission einer Zero Emission-Fertigung von Tischtennisschlägerbelägen am Standort in Hofheim/Unterfranken. Dort haben im Dezember 2024 vier Container mit insgesamt 22 Batteriespeichersystemen und einer Speicherkapazität von 3,23 MWh ihren Platz gefunden. 🔋🔋🔋🔋 Sie sorgen für eine optimale Verwendung von Solarenergie und entlasten dank atypischer Netznutzung das regionale Stromnetz. 🎬 Lassen Sie sich davon inspirieren, wie die ESN industrielle Exzellenz mit Nachhaltigkeit verbindet und die Energiewende schon heute mitgestaltet: https://lnkd.in/ddWvSSRW Ein riesiges Dankeschön geht auch an unseren Partner Greenflash, der uns bei diesem Projekt tatkräftig unterstützt hat! 👏 #STABLEnergy #ESNTech #Greenflash #Batteriepeicher #Erfolgsgeschichte

Women-led startups receive just 2% of startup funding in Germany. Why? 🤔 Some of the challenges include: - 87% of capital flows to all-male teams. - Women face higher costs and stricter credit terms. - Only 15.2% of decision-makers in European investment firms are women. But what can be done to change this? Our Director of Value Creation, Dr. Sarah Theinert published a report along with Claudia Raber, where they analysed these challenges and explored solutions to enable more female founders Curious? Read the full report below (German only)👇 Female Investors Network (FIN) encourageventures e.V. HTGF | High-Tech Gründerfonds

An opportunity for sales champions! 🚀 Our fast-growing portfolio company Rencore is rapidly expanding their sales team and looking for Account Executives, Sales Development Representatives, and a Customer Success Manager in Munich and DACH region (remote possible). If you have:  🤝 passion for partner development and success 💡 ability to thrive in dynamic environments 🎯 talent for autonomous & collaborative work then this is your chance! Rencore is a B2B software company helping organizations stay in control of their Microsoft cloud environment. Join their diverse, non-hierarchical team of talented professionals across 7 countries! Interested? Apply directly via the link in the comments or reach out to Matthias Einig to learn more about these exciting opportunities. #hiring #rencore #sales #microsoft #uvcpartners Dr. Ingo Potthof Oliver Schoppe

💸 Construction salaries unveiled: The numbers that matter. Our portfolio company Crafthunt just revealed a game-changing salary report. Want to know what top construction talent really earns across Germany? By reading the report, you can also discover: - Salary benchmarks across 13 core trades - Best and worst-paying positions - Salary satisfaction insights Free download in the comments (in German) 👇 🤝 Looking to discuss the insights directly with the Crafthunt team? Meet them this week at the BAU: Messe München, Hall C3, Stand 630. #UVCPartners #Crafthunt #Construction