A picture of Bavaria's digital affairs minister Fabian Mehring

Interview

May 27, 2024

‘There are two hubs for tech - Paris and Munich’: Bavaria’s digital minister on becoming a ‘startup nation’

Bavaria’s minister for digital affairs was in Paris for VivaTech to find out more about what’s driving the French tech ecosystem

Last week, the VivaTech conference took over Paris. The annual gathering brought together more than 150k startups, corporates and investors from around the world for what has become, in just eight years, a four-day show of the best of France’s “startup nation”. This year, Bavaria’s digital minister Fabian Mehring was there to take notes.

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Daphné Leprince-Ringuet

Daphné Leprince-Ringuet is a senior reporter for Sifted, based in Paris. She covers French tech and writes Sifted's AI and Deeptech newsletter . You can find her on X and LinkedIn

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