Analysis

December 27, 2021

Germany tech in review: the key moments of 2021

Flying cars, rider protests, funds for female founders... German tech has had it all in 2021


Credit: Flo Karr

First, the numbers. 

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Members of the Gorillas Workers' Collective
Members of the Gorillas Workers' Collective blockade the entrance to a warehouse, in solidarity with their fired colleague, Santi.
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Formel Skin's dermatology app, which connects in-house doctors to patients with chronic skin conditions
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Lilium's 7-seater flying taxi
Lilium's seven-seater flying taxi
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Miriam Partington

Miriam Partington was a senior reporter at Sifted, based in Berlin. She covered the DACH region and the future of work, and wrote Startup Life , a weekly newsletter on what it takes to build a startup.

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