Co-Founder & Podcaster @ found hamburg // Community @ Impossible Founders // Venture scout @ First Momentum
Canuck in Hamburg 🇨🇦🇩🇪
Joined December 2011
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Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
This I can get excited about
Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
Mark Carney ist dabei absoluter GOAT zu werden! Der hat’s kapiert! 🫡
In Budget 2026, we’re cutting Canada’s marginal effective tax rate on new business investment from 13% to 6.4% — the lowest of any major economy in the world.
That means businesses, large and small, can deduct the full cost of most new investments.
Making Canada the best place in the world to build.
Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
Still disappointed with the mid-terms.
Why did voters try to stop the 90s jordan run of corruption?! The davinci of self enrichment? The michaelango of side deals? The ronaldo of kickups? The picasso of blame deflection?
You shouldnt do this. Especially not in the middle of a generational "0 to trillionaire-clan" speed run.
We were witnessing almost a new art form.
It will take decades to have the next speedrun like this. No banana republic could pull this off. Not even Putin in Russia. Not at this velocity and unapologetic brashness.
My conclusion: Young americans hate professional athlete mindset. Especially in enrichment sports for elites. Just sad.
5/ Deep tech is coming out of Hamburg’s research campuses hard.
Huge congrats to Kristjan, Andi and the whole team 👏
Sifted exclusive also just dropped: sifted.eu/articles/exclusive…
4/ What’s next: → First Active Muon Imaging service for industrial customers – early 2027
→ First real-world rocket engine assessment with DLR – 2027
→ Full-scale laser-driven system – 2029
→ Growing to ~25 people by end of 2027 (7 roles open in Hamburg right now)
3/ The round: → €3.5M private led by First Momentum Ventures (full disclosure: I’m part of their scout community) and co-led by Caelora (Marvel Fusion)
→ €3.6M non-dilutive, including a Horizon Europe grant
Also just joined the Impossible Founders Genesis Program.
MuRay is a DESY spinout.
Founded by: • Kristjan Põder — led DESY’s laser-plasma accelerator team
• Andi Hektor — worked on the Higgs discovery at CERN and co-founded GScan
Serious physics pedigree.
1/ BREAKING: #Hamburg deeptech MuRay Tech raises €7.1M 🇩🇪
World’s first team building a portable laser-based particle accelerator for #muon imaging.
100x more powerful than X-rays.
Sees through more than a metre of steel.
This is one to watch.
youtu.be/hpCcpVZa8us?si=BoDH…
Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
Untitled (flipped), by Georges Mathieu, mid-20th century, 📸 by @scottrovak
Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
Does Europe actually build anything?
Introducing: 🇪🇺 The EU Frontier Tech Map
1,400 companies. 28 ecosystems. 8 frontier technologies. AI. Space. Robotics. Energy. Biotech. Quantum. Industrials. Defense.
Explore the map: eufrontier.tech/
Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
Peter Thiel on the difference between American and German wealth:
“In the US, nine out of 12 of those people made their own money.”
“In Germany, all 20 of those 20 inherited it.”
“Not a single person did something new.”
everything nowadays is “dead this” and “RIP that”.
That said, I see where he’s coming from. Also true of centrist politics
.@jayleno says the middle of the consumer market is disappearing, from cars to hotels to restaurants.
"The middle is dead."
"I see Porsche moving upscale and they want to be like Ferrari."
"Everything is that way now. With hotels, you're either at the Motel 6 or the Four Seasons."
"Restaurants are either fast food or top end restaurant."
"We have no middle class anymore."
Hamburg Startup Guy retweeted
BREAKING: Nvidia has now announced 4 investments into German startups 🇩🇪:
@MireloAI - develops AI models that generate sound effects, speech and music for video, helping creators and production teams produce high-quality audio that perfectly matches their visuals on screen.
@AgileRobots - which builds AI-powered robots, from robotic arms to its Agile ONE humanoid, for manufacturing, logistics and healthcare.
@aveliosmed - develops an AI-native hospital information system that serves as the core system of record for clinical and administrative workflows, integrating AI directly into hospital operations to free up doctors and nurses to deliver better patient care.
@reflexaerospace - designs and builds high-performance satellites ready for launch in about 12 months instead of years.
The company has already invested in n8n, Neura Robotics and Black Forest Labs.
Just like that infamous 2018 clip of the Volkswagen exec dunking on Tesla.
Le CEO d’Ariane en 2013, l’air inspiré, qui explique tranquillement que SpaceX ce sont des rêveurs.
Dix ans plus tard, Ariane 5 est à la retraite et l’Europe dépend de @SpaceX pour lancer ses satellites.
