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The signs are set for growth. The startup virtualQ has raised growth financing. With its enterprise software solutions, the company following the vision of “a world without waiting” is one of the innovation drivers in the call center industry. Among its backers are well-known venture capital investors and experienced business angels. Companies that focus on service quality do not waste their customers’ time by leading them through endless queues. virtualQ has recognized that and offers

fos4X has concluded a growth financing (Series B) of 8.2 mn Euro (USD 10 mn). Equinor, formerly Statoil, strengthens the group of shareholders Sensor platform and digital business Fiber optic sensor technology is the company’s nucleus from which the successful product busi-ness with its sensor platform fos4Blade was developed. fos4Blade is a modular measuring sys-tem to acquire different physical quantities of wind turbine rotor blades. With the help of sensor data fusion, classical model-bas

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), together with Thüga AG, is investing a seven-figure sum in software startup Geospin. The University of Freiburg spin-off is developing a B2B software-as-a-service solution for the analysis of geodata using machine learning methods. The solution makes it possible to link up internal company data with external geodata to produce real time predictions of when and where clients' products or services are in demand. Geospin's clients include HTGF fund investors Thüga

In Dr. Reinhold Gahlmann and Stuart Marcus, Neu-Ulm-based Zimmer BioTech has now hired two experts in the field of pharmaceutical development. As Head of Clinical Development, Dr. Gahlmann will be responsible for establishing and implementing the clinical development programme right through to obtaining marketing authorisation for drugs. He will be assisted in his role by Stuart Marcus, who will assume the position of Executive Consultant. In addition to their many years of experience in science

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and other business angels are investing almost EUR 1 million in total in remind me GmbH. The company, which provides a reminder and optimisation service for all types of contracts and insurance policies, is set to invest the money in refining its platform and expanding collaboration in Germany. Berlin-based fintech start-up remind.me provides users with a convenient reminder and optimisation service for contracts and insurance policies. It has all bases covered, i

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) provides seed-stage financing and support to innovative tech start-ups. Munich-based NFON was among this group of companies a decade ago. Just one year after NFON was founded, HTGF became the cloud PBX provider’s first investor. The move represented a risky venture, seeing as the technology was still in its infancy back then. But the seed-stage investors’ instincts proved to be right – NFON, the only pan-European cloud PBX provider offering a “Made in Germa

The Berlin culture startup Bunch has convinced a mix of old and new investors to put up a seven-figure sum. Germany’s largest early-stage investor, High-Tech Gründerfonds, as well as past investors Atlantic Labs and Berlin angels Friedrich Neuman and Marius Schulze participated in the current seed financing for Bunch, a team management platform. With Bunch, companies can calculate the best team makeups, measure each member’s impact on team dynamics, and get actionable recommendations to opt