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First financing round completedHigh-Tech Gründerfonds and wallstreet:online AG invest in FinMarieThe capital of EUR 1.4 million will be used to expand the digital finance platform Berlin, October 07, 2021 – Berlin-based financial startup FinMarie has received early-stage funding of EUR 1.4 million. In this first round, the early-stage investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Berlin-based wallstreet:online AG are participating. Our mission is to make women more fin

MedTech startup Smarterials Technology GmbH has successfully closed its second round of financing. Led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), pre-seed investors Think.Health Ventures and Emanet also invest a total of nearly €1 million in the Berlin-based company. The new funding will be used to complete final development steps and prepare production for the mass market. Berlin, 28.09.2021 – Smarterials Technology develops surgical gloves based on innovative materials with a double barrier

“The MessengerPeople team led by Franz Buchenberger has continually proven its executional excellence and always adapted to market requirements in order to gain market leadership. I’m delighted whenever strong portfolio companies find strong partners such as Sinch and are together able to further develop their potential,” says Dr. Tanja Emmerling, Partner at High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). She has supported the company together with co-investor and HTGF fund investor media + more ventu

The Munich-based software company welcomes new tech investors Capnamic Ventures and Iris Capital alongside existing investors signals Venture Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds.Moving from a goal-setting tool for the agile method OKR to a comprehensive platform for outcome-oriented, strategic business management and collaboration, Workpath’s revenue has increased by 250% in the past yearThe company signed several well-known market leaders as new customers such as Bosch, E.ON, and Ströer.

Vienna, 31 August 2021 – Coinpanion enables everyone, without any prior cryptocurrency experience, to benefit automatically from the cryptocurrency market. The fintech start-up provides a full end to end service, from entering the crypto market to automatic asset management. Within just a year, Coinpanion is already managing several million euros in cryptocurrency investments for its customers and is now receiving €1.8 million in seed investment from renowned investors in Germany and

Oversubscribed round enables late-stage clinical development of lead candidate, a micro-RNA-132 inhibitor, in heart failure and further accelerates pipeline expansion Hanover, Germany, August 25, 2021 – Cardior Pharmaceuticals, a clinical-stage biotech company developing non-coding RNA (ncRNA)-based therapeutics for patients with cardiac diseases, announced today the closing of a €64 million ($76 million) Series B financing round. The round was led by Inkef Capital, supported by fello

London, UK — August 24, 2021 — SKY ENGINE AI today announced it has closed a $1.2M financing round in July 2021 led by Movens Capital and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funding will be used to accelerate its growth and product innovation and to expand engineering to enable SKY ENGINE to further capitalize on its position as a leader in Machine Learning for Computer Vision and synthetic data platforms. SKY ENGINE AI is a UK-based data science technology vendor that builds the industry’

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH) as well as strategic investors and renowned business angels jointly invest in the digital platform for large-volume equity transactions of listed SMEs. Hamburg, August 19th, 2021 – SideCaps develops a transaction and information platform for large-volume share trading (so-called block trades) in the SME segment. The aim is to reduce market inefficiencies and thus avoid significant performance losses for professional

Munich, August 17, 2021 – FarmInsect has set itself the goal of making agriculture more sustainable with the help of insects. The startup enables farmers to produce protein-rich feed from regional residues using insect larvae. With the seven-figure financing round, led by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital, FarmInsect aims to establish a production site for breeding larvae and larvae rearing facilities on-site to farmers. The round is also supported by 5x Ventures, Genea Invest

Further expansion of rental platform and development of new locations planned Berlin, 10.08.2021 – Urban Ground provides tenants and landlords a drastically simplified rental process and has secured a fresh funding in the seven-figure range as part of its seed financing. The financing round was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), with investors from three continents participating in the deal overall. Urban Ground addresses the needs of landlords and tenants offering compelling

Berlin and Munich, 3rd August 2021 – Wirelane is getting ready for the dramatic rise in electromobility and the expansion of charging infrastructure. The full-service provider for charging solutions has received 18 million euros in growth capital as part of a B financing round led by ABACON CAPITAL, the investment arm of the Büll Family Office, along with other private investors. The company’s second financing round was oversubscribed by several times and consisted of 12.1 mi

Acquisition of JeNaCell expands Evonik’s portfolio of biomaterials used in medical technologyJeNaCell to realize full potential of its innovative technology and further expand its technology portfolio with Evonik’s supportHigh-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) financed the seed round in 2012 together with the Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research Thuringia (STIFT)bm|t acquired stake in JeNaCell in 2015 together with Sparkasse Jena-Saale-Holzland and HTGF fund investor Evonik Venture

Bonn, July 27 2021 – Anne Ossenbühl (51) has been appointed Chief Financial Officer (CFO) at seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) starting August 1, 2021. Anne Ossenbühl joins HTGF from Duales System Holding GmbH, where she was most recently Head of Finance, Accounting and Controlling. As well as assuming overall responsibility for all financial areas, she will be part of HTGF’s partners’ committee and the first point of contact for company management in commercial matters. M

In July 2021, Cevotec welcomes GFM GmbH as new partner and shareholder. GFM has acquired a 49% share in Cevotec from early financial investors who exit their investments after 5 years of supporting the company from the onset. Along with the new partnership, also the management team continues to adapt and grow.Shaping future innovations: since its foundation in 1945, GFM is recognized as a global leader for high-tech industrial systems tailored to individual customer needs. Their lines of mac

Max Planck spin-off develops immunotherapies through innovative platform technology Vienna, July 5 2021 – Cutanos GmbH, a Viennese biotech start-up, announces the successful closing of its first financing round with KHAN Technology Transfer Fund I (KHAN-I), High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), IST cube and another private investor. Cutanos was founded in early 2021 as a spin-off of the Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces. The core of the company is its Langerhans Cell Targ

Mister Spex goes public 14 years after its launch: The IPO is a major success for High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), which has held a stake in the eyewear company since 2008 as its first institutional investor.With more than 1,000 employees and annual sales of EUR 164 million (2020), Mister Spex is the leading digital omnichannel eyewear brand in Europe.Alex von Frankenberg, Managing Director of HTGF: “The IPO of Mister Spex is a fantastic achievement for the management team and founders