Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth

Joe Menninger

Booking Overview

This European startup and venture analysis show combines solo coverage with in-depth interviews featuring founders, investors, operators, policymakers, and ecosystem builders. Agencies could credibly pitch European startup founders, venture capitalists, scale-up executives, and experts in areas such as artificial intelligence, fintech, deep tech, climate tech, and innovation policy; booking difficulty is medium.

Metrics

Episodes: 393

Frequency: Several times a week

Rating: 5.0/5.0

Estimated listeners: 1,000 - 10,000

Gender skew: Male

Listener location: USA

YouTube: 26.4k subscribers

Instagram: 2.1k followers

Contact Information

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Host

Joe Menninger - Host and publisher of Startuprad.io, covering European startups, venture capital, innovation, funding, and growth with a focus on Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and the broader European market.

Booking Intelligence

Booking Requirements

medium

Typical Credentials:

Founders, investors, venture capitalists, operators, policymakers, and ecosystem builders with direct experience in European startups, funding, technology, innovation, or scale-up growth.

Required Achievements:

Founded or leads a technology startup or scale-up, Managed venture investment, company operations, or innovation initiatives, Has specialized expertise in European technology markets, funding, or policy

Recent Guest Discussions

Delia Hallberg - Vendor Lock-in, Missing Apis, Software Replacement Decisions, Open Interfaces, Digital Sovereignty, Data Ownership, And Changing Enterprise Software In Germany.

Delia Hallberg - AI Agents In Company Operations, Process Redesign, Custom Software, Automation, Quality Control, Shadow IT, And Applying AI To German Mittelstand Businesses.

Recent Topics

Business, Entrepreneurship, Venture Capital, Startup Funding, Artificial Intelligence

Episodes

Here's the recent few episodes on

Startuprad.io™ – Europe’s Voice on Startups, VC, Innovation & Growth

E 781 — Europe's Scale-Up Gap: Why Strong Hubs Don't Add Up

October 08, 2026

Everyone asks where the Silicon Valley of Europe is. Jörn "Joe" Menninger asks a better question: when the capability your company needs sits in another European hub, can you actually use it? Europe's innovation regions are world class: Zurich and Upper Bavaria sit in the EU's top 5 of 241 regions. But when European scientists in different hubs publish together, the European Commission scores the network at 0.76 against America's 0.81. When inventors patent together, Europe falls to 0.40 agai...

Q3 2026 DACH Review: Isar in Orbit, Helsing $18B, Uber Bid

October 01, 2026

The Q3 2026 review for Germany, Austria, and Switzerland. Germany passed the Strategic Necessity Test; Q3 posed the Ownership Test. In this episode: the public prediction card (1 confirmed at 8/10 confidence — in 11 days) · Helsing $1.8B at $18B · Quantum Systems $1.2B · Proxima Fusion €411M · Isar Aerospace reaches orbit Sept 5 · 354 rounds (−11%), Berlin pre-seed −65% · Uber's $14.8B Delivery Hero offer, Cohere–Aleph Alpha, NVIDIA–Hugging Face · The Exploration Company: $450M + ESA in 48 ho...

E 779 — Leapsome: 10 Years to an Agentic HR Platform

September 29, 2026

Leapsome bootstrapped 5 years to a $60M Series A, rebuilt its core as an HRIS in 2024, and now runs EU-hosted AI agents for 2,000+ organizations. Co-CEO Jenny von Podewils explains the 10-year bet. Chapters: 03:52 Five bootstrapped years 12:44 The 2024 HRIS rebuild 17:04 AI agents in production 30:48 The Density Gap: 1:53 vs 1:299 56:00 The 2028 forecast Why this episode matters: Every HR vendor claims AI agents in 2026. The real question is who built the data foundation that makes agents wor...

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