Taking Soundcloud aside, the German scene simply lacks technology-driven innovation and technology insights. As an insight example - how does one expect to produce a productivity platform called Wunderkit that is intended to be stable enough to be used and paid for by companies on the base of Titanium Appcelerator? Germany has a great tradition of a hardcore hacking culture and engineering culture, yet the startups of Berlin seem to be driven purely by generic management graduates and it shows. Not sure why this is - maybe saying 'I work on my startup' is the same as saying 'I work in Media' five years ago - it's a lot more about the lifestyle, than the substance and results.