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Endeit Capital and EnBW New Ventures lead the round Existing investors EnjoyVenture and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participate Investment will strengthen gridscale’s technology platform and enable further international expansion gridscale, the Cologne-based provider of innovative Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service solutions (IaaS, PaaS), has raised €7 million growth capital in its Series A financing round. The round is lead by Endeit Capital and EnBW New Ventures

The Munich based Startup offers insurance brokers an infrastructure for the digital control and administration of their customer portfolio. More than 1,000 registered insurance brokers already use the platform For PRINAS MONTAN, a company of the Degussa Group, the acquisition creates new synergies in the area of insurance brokerage. HTGF has accompanied the Insurtech Startup since the seed round in 2015.   Through its subsidiary company PRINAS MONTAN GmbH Versicherungsver

Plasmion has successfully completed a Series A investment round with strong consortium. In addition to the VC partners Bayrische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), an experienced business angel from the BayStartUP network is also on board. With SICRIT®, Plasmion has developed a novel ionisation technology for mass spectrometry that not only simplifies and improves existing chemical analysis in laboratories, but can also be used industrially as a highly sensitiv

High-Tech Gründerfonds, Thieme Group and a Business Angel from the BayStartUp network invest seven-digit amount in virtual back coach 8sense E-Health Startup supports back health with sensor and mobile app 8sense uses fresh capital to maintain growth to date   With its virtual back coach consisting of sensor and mobile app, the Rosenheim-based e-health start-up 8sense convinces numerous customers and now also other investors. In the course of the seed financing - even befor

Hornetsecurity completed the acquisition of the Spanish email security company Spamina successfully. This makes the Hanover-based company the leading German email cloud security provider in Europe and expands its locations with offices in Madrid and Barcelona as well as in Central and South America. Spamina's activities will continue as part of the Hornetsecurity Group, to provide customers of both companies with even more efficient technology and worldwide competent support. The investors Hi

Exclusive meeting between industry and start-ups from High-Tech Gründerfonds' portfolio More than 440 participants from Germany and abroad are in Bonn today The aim: to establish partnerships and client relationships, and to exchange views on pioneering developments in the high-tech scene Workshops on the following topics: enterprise security, precision medicine, sustainability in the chemical industry, engineering and AI, drones and the future, corporate innovation, and venture capita

Comprehensive range of training courses for portfolio companies Tailored to the needs of startups Wide range of topics: leadership, human resources, sales, marketing, business development, finance and legal At the High-Tech Partnering Conference, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) today officially announced the launch of its HTGF Academy. The experience gained through 14 years of seed investment has shown that certain issues often arise for many startups. The offer of the HTGF Academy

Established companies are often limited in their ability to innovate. It is not always easy to think in new ways within deep-rooted corporate structures. What is no longer disputed, however, is that innovation is a prerequisite when it comes to safeguarding the future. According to the 2018 Innovation Indicator, in 2012, Germany was one of the top three locations in the world for the sub-indicator economy. By 2018, however, it had fallen to 9th place. Companies are pursuing very different approa

Germany's largest seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), VC Fonds BW, Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg GmbH and Goldmann International GmbH have acquired stakes in 4GENE GmbH. The young company, based in Heilbronn with office and production facilities in Freising and Stuttgart, develops and distributes activatable flavor and fragrance precursors for cosmetics, food and industrial fragrance warning systems to its customers worldwide. The investment enables the

High million amount for team expansion and research and development Presentation of a new development at the SIAF in Guangzhou in spring 2019   Almost two years after the last capital increase and various new technological developments, Synapticon GmbH announces the successful completion of its current financing round. With its hardware and software, the young Southern German high-tech forge enables numerous international companies in the fields of robotics and automation to de

Iconiq Lab Holding GmbH, a global crypto asset management firm, has closed a seven-figure financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds III GmbH & Co.KG and FinLab AG (ISIN: DE0001218063; Ticker: A7A.GR). Iconiq Holding will primarily use the funds to further develop and launch the recently announced Asset-Manager-as-a-Service (“AMaaS”) platform as well as scale its existing business units, the decentralized venture capital group and accelerator program, Iconiq Lab, and crypto asset index