It was almost 24 years ago that economist and Harvard Business School (HBS) professor Clayton Christensen introduced the concept of disruptive innovation. Drawing lessons from the downfall of then-incumbents like Xerox and Sears, Christensen posited that new market entrants can disrupt established players by tending to the needs of low-end market segments, which the former…
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Now that everyone is back from the summer holidays, we invited the teams participating in the AtomLeap High-Tech Accelerator to an informal get-together over beer and pizza at our office this week. In a relaxed setting, we caught up on their news, shared ours, exchanged tips and impressions about different innovation programs in Germany, and…
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In times like ours, when more and more voices are calling for increased regulation of emerging technologies like artificial intelligence (AI) in order to avoid their potentially adverse social impacts, standards are more important than ever. That is because multi-stakeholder dialogue, which is part and parcel of the often laborious process of devising technical and…
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While we are busy with the second round of the AtomLeap High-Tech Accelerator, we always find the time to catch up with teams that we have supported in the past. Such was the case earlier this week, when we sat down to talk with Daniel Seidel, co-founder and CTO of LiveEO. If you’ve been following…
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If you are new to Germany, you may find the following combination of concurrent aspects perplexing: Europe’s industrial hub and one of the centers of global innovation has surprisingly slow internet. By slow we mean below the average speed for the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) member countries and lagging behind less developed…
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While the heat of the past few weeks may have pushed you to search for a cool respite away from the office, summer is quickly approaching its end. September is right around the corner and, with it, the conference schedule and the race to secure investment will recommence. In preparation for the pitch competitions, demo…
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Grover, a Berlin-based startup that offers pay-as-you-go subscriptions for consumer tech, has just raised €37m in funding in a series A round this week. Founded in 2015, the company offers customers the possibility to rent products ranging from hoverboards to espresso machines in exchange for a monthly fee, thus affording them the ability to test…
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Over the years and the course of the more than 40 startup events that AtomLeap has organized, we have been asked repeatedly how to balance fast company growth with effective communication amongst team members and productivity. While there is no one way to tackle this problem—in fact, any effective growth strategy should be tailored to…
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The AtomLeap High-Tech Accelerator has recently welcomed a fourth startup—Motor Ai—in the second round of our program. As is customary, we invited the team members to answer a few questions about themselves and what they do. Happy reading! How did Motor Ai come to be? For several years, we had been reading about how…
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Earlier this month, Berlin-based startup AIRTEAM Aerial Intelligence joined the AtomLeap High-Tech Accelerator, a program funded by the European Social Fund and the Berlin Senate. In order to introduce this inspiring team of entrepreneurs to the followers of this blog, we sat down with them to ask them a few questions. Happy reading and, as…
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