Munich overtook Berlin in 2025 VC funding, Grok tells Earlybird’s Andre Retterath

Replying to Earlybird Venture Capital General Partner Andre Retterath on X, Grok said Munich overtook Berlin in 2025 VC funding (€2.7B vs €2.4B) and in startups per capita, citing a deep-tech edge — and removed Berlin from a European startup-ecosystem comparison image Retterath had prompted it to edit.

The exchange is a light, public flashpoint in the long-running Munich–Berlin rivalry over which German hub leads on venture capital and startup density. Treat the €2.7B / €2.4B figures as attributed to that X reply, not as independently audited Dealroom totals.

Source: Grok on X (reply to Andre Retterath)