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High-Tech Gründerfonds secures another successful exit – EH-D acquired by Bosch Rexroth
By taking over an extensive technology package, Bosch Rexroth will increase its range of electrically driven, servo-hydraulic compact axesEH-D is the ninth HTGF portfolio company to be acquired by a HTGF fund investorHTGF and Bayern Kapital took up stakes in EH-D in 2010 as part of a seed financing round
Bonn, 29 June 2021 – High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has achieved another successful exit, with the EH-D assets being sold to Bosch Rexroth. The company’s site will be retained,
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Graylog Completes $18 Million Growth Equity Round
Enables Company to Accelerate Product and Global Go-to-Market Investments
HOUSTON – June 24, 2021 – Graylog, a global provider of next-generation log management solutions, today announced an $18 million growth equity round led by new investor Harbert Growth Partners and co-investor Piper Sandler Merchant Banking. The round also included participation from existing investors Mercury Fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), and Integr8d Capital. The investment will fuel the company’s gro
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High-Tech Gründerfonds secures successful exit – Schunk Group takes stake in Pulsar Photonics
Pulsar Photonics, a start-up based in Herzogenrath near Aachen, eyes new opportunities to further develop its cutting-edge technology and market it around the world thanks to tech company’s international networkForay into laser technology marks a technological expansion for Germany’s Schunk GroupHigh-Tech Gründerfonds was the start-up’s first institutional investor back in 2015, with Falk Strascheg Holding coming on board in 2018
Bonn, 24 June 2021 – The exit is a perfect match f
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Spacing rules in the brain: Novel compounds that act as molecular spacers in the brain prevent neurodegeneration
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) provides seed funding for the neuro start-up FundaMental Pharma GmbH (FMP), a spin-off of the Interdisciplinary Center for Neuroscience (IZN) at Heidelberg University. FMP scientists have discovered a “death complex” in neurons whose activation leads to neurodegeneration. With the identification of a novel class of drugs, the FMP has also laid the foundation for successfully combating life-threatening neurological diseases. The financing makes it no
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Successful Exit for Creathor Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and KfW – PerkinElmer Agrees to Acquire Viral Vector Gene Delivery Leader SIRION Biotech
SIRION Biotech, Martinsried near Munich, will continue to grow its leading position in viral vector technologies for cell and gene therapy as part of PerkinElmerThe addition of SIRION’s offerings will complement PerkinElmer’s Horizon Discovery portfolioIn 2007 High-Tech Gründerfonds, Creathor Ventures together with KfW and Bayern Kapital were the first seed investors of SIRION Biotech GmbHThe transaction is subject to regulatory approvals
Bonn, 23.06.2021 – High-Tech Gründerfonds,
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Expansion of a successful public–private partnership: seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds to launch its next fund generation
After three successful funds and over 600 seed investments, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is to launch its next fund generation, HTGF IV.Structuring of the fund has already begun. The seed fund HTGF IV will complement the ‘Zukunftsfonds’ (Future Fund) modules with investment focused on the areas of digital tech, industrial tech, chemistry and life sciences.“Confidence in HTGF is very high. It has been investing in young tech companies in Germany since 2005. We are delighted
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AI-driven eCommerce is booming: emax digital helps brands optimize their Amazon business
The Munich-based analytics hub has raised EUR 1.4M in Seed funding from leading venture capitalists High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital
Munich, June 17, 2021 – emax digital just acquired High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital as institutional investors in its recent round of Seed funding, while industry experts Dirk Freytag and Arndt Groth are on board as business angels. With the influx of capital, the start-up will accelerate its expansion efforts for its AI-driven r
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Alentis Therapeutics Raises USD 67 Million in Series B Financing
Funding to Advance Pipeline of Anti-fibrotic Molecules into the Clinic
Basel, Switzerland and Strasbourg, France, 15 June 2021 – Alentis Therapeutics, the Swiss biotech developing breakthrough treatments for fibrotic diseases, today announced that it has raised USD67 (CHF60) million in a Series B financing round. The funding will be used primarily for proof-of-concept clinical trials of Alentis’ first in class, Claudin-1 targeting, anti-fibrotic molecules in advanced liv
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EWE takes up stake in Solandeo
Partnership aims at developing digital business models for the energy sector.
Oldenburg, 04 June 2021 – Oldenburg-based energy and telecommunications company EWE AG is to become a new minority shareholder in Berlin technology firm Solandeo and is the second energy company after TWL AG, Ludwigshafen on the Rhine, to acquire shares in Solandeo. Solandeo GmbH is a specialist in smart metering solutions as well as in intelligent forecast and analysis products. Individual forecasts for e
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Medtech startup Inovedis closes 7-digit seed financing round
The medical technology start-up Inovedis located in Albstadt has closed a financing round of EUR 1.8 million, led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. The fund invests together with MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg and Volksbank Albstadt ChancenKapital and a group of renowned angel investors. Inovedis is developing a new surgical technique for shoulder injuries based on a PEEK implant. The optimal treatment result is achieved through simple, fast and safe surgical tec
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The next generation of sustainable functional membranes is on the way
dimpora AG closed a seed financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds, Safer Made, and Closed Loop Partners as lead investors, joined by several other local and international investors, some with ties to the textile industry. The waterproof and breathable membranes made with dimpora’s patented technology are used in outdoor and active apparel and footwear to keep moisture out and allow perspiration to evaporate and keep the body comfortable. This financing allows dimpora to grow the team,
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Qnami closes 4.0M CHF Series A financing round
Qnami announced today the closing of a 4.0M CHF (4.4M USD) Series A financing round led by Venture Capital funds Runa Capital and SIT Capital, further supported by Seed Round investors Quantonation, Verve Ventures, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funds will support extension of Qnami’s patented quantum microscope technology into applications enabling the design and production of quantum computers and spintronics devices, plus scaling the launch of the Qnami Proteu
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QphoX raises €2m to turbo-charge quantum computing with breakthrough Quantum Modem
Linking quantum computers over the ‘quantum internet’ will allow them to talk to one another for the first time, enabling them to achieve more, faster.QphoX conceived the Quantum Modem at Delft University of Technology and will now develop it into a commercial product that will serve as the gateway to the quantum internet.Round led by Quantonation, Speedinvest and High-Tech Gründerfonds, with participation from TU Delft
Quantum technology startup QphoX has raised €2 million to brin
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MetisMotion: BORN2GROW, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Siemens Technology Accelerator invest 1.5 million Euro in second financing round
Munich-based tech start-up MetisMotion has closed its second round of financing and received a further €1.5 million in fresh capital. As with the first financing round in December 2018, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), BORN2GROW – a subsidiary of the ZFHN Zukunftsfonds Heilbronn – and the SIEMENS Technology Accelerator (STA) invested. The fresh capital will be used to prepare the market launch of the patent-protected naXture actuator platform.
MetisMotion’s core tec
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Artifical intelligence for the textiles industry: APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital and HTGF invest in robotics start-up sewts
The German robotics start-up sewts successfully completed a seven-figure financing round. sewts develops a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, which enables industrial businesses to automate processes, during which easily deformable materials are processed, for example textiles or foils. Initially, the technology is to be used in industrial laundry lines, but in the long term, cross-sector applications for the textile industry and the high-tech sector are planned as well. APEX Ventures, B
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Seed financing round for female-founded circular bioeconomy startup traceless materials
The funding lays the foundation to bring an advanced natural material to market that solves the global plastic pollution.
The Hamburg-based, female-founded startup traceless materials has developed a holistically sustainable alternative for plastics and bioplastics that is fully compostable in nature, contributing to solve the global plastic pollution. The circular bioeconomy startup was now able to raise a lower million Euro amount in its first financing round from Planet A, HTGF and b.v