Video Archive

Start-up Festival Bits & Pretzels 2022 in Munich

After a break due to the pandemic, Bits & Pretzels – one of Europe's leading start-up festivals – finally took place again in Munich in 2022. France was represented as the first guest country including the La French Tech Munich stage and we from Invest in Bavaria were pleased to welcome a French delegation to Bavaria. ? ?? We were able to talk to some of the people involved, including Felix Haas | Bits & Pretzels, IDnow, 10x Founders Carsten Rudolph | BayStartUP Gregor Voigt | Witco Bekale Jean-Cedric & Jack-Hermann NTOKO | TradeIn Dr. Robert Richard Richter | WERK1 – the most startup-friendly place in Munich Pauline Gauthier & Céline FEVRIER | Business France (Export) Klaus Dittrich | Messe München Katinka Uppendahl | Invest in Bavaria

Video statement by N. MAEKAWA, Consul General of Japan in Munich

Nobutaka MAEKAWA, Consul General of Japan in Munich, Germany, talks in detail about Bavaria as an ideal business location for Japanese companies.

Mobility collaborations in Bavaria: it takes more than one industry.

Panel discussion at the IAA Mobility 2021 on Marienplatz in Munich. How cross-industry innovation is shaping a unique ecosystem for reinventing mobility?

Invest in Bavaria @ Bits & Pretzels 2020

As part of Bits & Pretzels 2020, Invest in Bavaria organized the Bavaria Panel "Bavarians Breaking Boundaries" in cooperation with BayStartUP and Gründerland Bayern. In addition to pitches by innovative start-ups, there were panel discussions.  We asked the international start-ups why they chose Bavaria as their location in Germany / Europe. 

Opening ceremony of Sunstar Engineering Europe headquarter in Rain am Lech

The global Japanese Sunstar Group is now conducting its European business in the automotive and chemicals sectors from Northern Swabia, where the company has set up a production and development site. Invest in Bavaria supported the important settlement from the beginning – investment volume: 20 million euros.

Maifest 2019 in San Francisco - Future of Manufacturing

This year’s edition of the Maifest of the Bavarian U.S. Offices in San Francisco took place on May 10 at the Quadrus Conference Center in Menlo Park, CA. It was focused on the “Future of Manufacturing” and was geared towards experts, companies, and strategic investors active in the Industry 4.0, and advanced manufacturing space. Its goal was to initiate collaborations between German and Bavarian multinational corporations and SMEs as well as US American growth- and early-stage start-ups.

Bavarian Mobility Success Story: EmQopter

From its home in Würzburg, Bavaria, the start-up EmQopter developed the first approvable unmanned aircraft system (UAS) in Germany for fully autonomous flights beyond the visual line of sight (BVLOS). The technology opens up two great opportunities. Firstly, EmQopter drones are ideal for industrial use and could even replace cars as tomorrow's mobility solution of choice. And secondly, they can perform key functions for research and development at universities.  The latter is particularly important to the company's founders. Without Bavaria's R&D infrastructure, they could never have established their business. The idea for EmQopter was born many years ago when Nils Gageik and Paul Benz wrote their doctorates in the only academic department for Aerial Computer Science in Germany – at the Julius Maximilians University in Würzburg. 

Bavarian Additive Manufacturing Success Story: Sandhelden

A washbasin made of sand? Sounds like a crazy idea – at first. But the start-up Sandhelden thought different and proved the opposite. Its additive manufacturing techniques permit totally new designs and options for material procurement. The company has great plans for the future. Not only for the sanitary market. Using 3D printing and an array of recycled materials, Sandhelden wants to expand into building furniture and even entire home environments. 

Bavaria – The ideal location for start-ups

Don’t believe everything about Bavaria. Just believe the facts. Discover why its true beauty lies beyond its mountains, beer and brass music and join the Bavarian start-up ecosystem.

Bits & Pretzels Conference 2018

Impressions from the Bits & Pretzels Conference 2018 in Munich.Including: Personal insights from Javier Echarri, Olga Barreto Gonçalves & Terell Sterling.

Year of the Rooster 2017 x Invest in Bavaria

The Year of the Rooster is a business conference around the topics of innovation and digitalisation. Each year the conference is named after the current Chinese zodiac, which is the rooster in 2017. Invest in Bavaria partnered the event and talked to some of the attendees, including Marek Cynowski from SentiOne.

#Bytevaria talk

SXSW 2016 - Playlist

Invest in Bavaria x Monocle Film – Why it's great to to live and to do business in Bavaria.

Welcome to Bavaria. Germany’s largest Bundesland is a region characterised by a series of contrasts. It is both an industrial powerhouse and a land of stunning natural beauty. It is international and welcoming to outsiders and yet also has a strong sense of its own identity. And it is a seat of tradition and history but simultaneously a dynamic 21st-century centre for innovation.

Topping-out ceremony for the BMW Group's distribution centre in Kleinaitingen

The BMW Group is expanding its centralised spare parts logistics system. After a decision was made to establish a new distribution centre in Kleinaitingen (in the district of Augsburg) in early May, designed to supply dealerships in the southern region of Germany as well as in Austria, the topping-out ceremony took place in September.

Was ist die Aufgabe von Invest in Bavaria?

Darauf antwortet Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle, Leiter von Invest in Bavaria, bei der Werk1.Bayern Eröffnung am 25.06.2015.

Was ist das besondere am Standort Bayern?

Darauf antwortet Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle, Leiter von Invest in Bavaria, bei der Werk1.Bayern Eröffnung am 25.06.2015.

Was macht die bayerische Start-up Szene aus?

Darauf antwortet Dr. Wolfgang Hübschle, Leiter von Invest in Bavaria, bei der Werk1.Bayern Eröffnung am 25.06.2015.

Bayerns Wirtschafts- und Medienministerin Ilse Aigner stellt das Werk1.Bayern vor

Für das neue Gründerzentrum Werk1.Bayern ist der offizielle Startschuss gefallen. Die vier Partner WERK1, Invest in Bavaria, Mediennetzwerk und media.lab unterstützen Gründer und vernetzen Wirtschafts- und Medienvertreter sowie internationale Akteure.

Monocle's most liveable city: Munich

According to a survey of the international news and lifestyle magazine Monocle, Munich jumps back up the scale in 2010 to the No. 1 of the most livable cities worldwide. The magazine explored the urban environment and talked to its visionary thinkers to uncover how and why this city has usurped other metropolises in their quality of life survey.

That's why it's great to live in Bavaria, Germany (short version)

The promotional film 'Bavaria – Your Location. Your Future' is a special gem for friends of beautiful pictures. Invest in Bavaria was able to sign renowned director Joseph Vilsmaier for this project. 

That's why it's great to live in Bavaria, Germany (long version)

 And here is the long version of the image film.

Digital Bavaria

In the 21st century, digitalisation is the innovation engine driving the economy. Discover the opportunities available in Bavaria! (In German)