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The High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Bayern Kapital and a strategic partner invest in the development of innovative devices for the regulation of the body-core temperature. Seiratherm is working on innovative products for the controlled regulation of the body-core temperature. The therapy is intended to cool-down the patient (“hypothermia”), maintain a specific target temperature and subsequently rewarm the patient automatically. The systematic lowering of the body-core temperature reduces the

The development of new types of plants can be reduced by up to ten years with the reliable diagnostic DNA markers from OakLabs. With its seed investment, High-Tech Gründerfonds enables this young company to further develop its technology and to introduce it into the market. The primary objective of plant breeding is to optimise specific traits such as resistances, crop yield or taste. „This is not always an easy task – particularly for traits, which are controlled by more than one gene“,

Financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds and a consortiumof BambooMedia, a subsidiary of BambooVentures GmbH, in the nearly 7-figure range secures the launch of the world’s first cross-media booking platform for advertising media. crossvertise is an online marketplace where agencies and companies engaged in advertising gather comprehensive information and, for the first time, can directly and easily book advertising media of all types online. The successful conclusion of the financing roun

The Stuttgart based startup secures funding from the High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg. The innovative software as a service solution and a fast-growing market convinced the investors. With its cloud software the Conceptboard team offers a new approach to online collaboration: Multiple users are able to work on documents and concepts on an online whiteboard - at the same time and from anywhere. High-Tech Gründerfonds and Seedfonds BW see the potential of these Concep

Hanover-based Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH distinguishes itself with innovative medical technology and will soon be executing the market launch of a promising system for monitoring the chronic eye disease of glaucoma. In a first closing round, Hannover Beteiligungsfonds, High-Tech Gründerfonds and a group of private investors are investing approx. €1.4 m in the young medical technology company. Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH has developed a new kind of system that makes it poss

  Telephone systems “from the cloud” – BayernLB Capital Partner joins existing investors in investing in nfon AG. BayernLB Capital Partner is putting its money on virtual telephone systems and has concluded a banner year with its seventh investment in 2011. Founded in 2007, the Munich-based company nfon, which offers telephone systems “from the cloud”, was able to use its impressive growth story to persuade the investment company Bayerische Landesbank to join its existing investors

Humedics GmbH, a specialist for rapid and mobile measurement of the individual liver function at the bedside of the patient, today announced the closing of its first equity financing round. The Charité Biomedical Fund (CBF) managed by Peppermint VenturePartners led this round which included VC Fonds Technologie managed by IBB-Beteiligungsgesellschaft, the ERP Startfonds of the KfW, Ventegis and current investor High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funding enables Humedics to complete the final developm

CorTec is developing a neurotechnological platform for measuring and stimulating of brain activity. With their seed investment High-Tech Gründerfonds, Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg and K & S W Invest are enabling the young company to go on with its development towards a clinical application of the platform system and to bring it to market maturity. „The platform character of our system opens up a wide variety of applications to us“, explains Dr. Jörn Rickert, one of the managing direc

The German state Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, the Technologiefonds MV, the High-Tech-Gruenderfonds and the Fides Finanz-Invest place together 1.5 Mio. EUR into the Wismar, Germany located medical technology company Microstim GmbH. In close collaboration with the Clinic of Cardiac Surgery, Lübeck, Germany of the University Hospital Schleswig-Holstein, Germany, Microstim develops a new, tissue-maintaining and function-preserving implantable muscle stimulator for muscle powered cardiac assistance. "

The newly founded company Lipocalyx GmbH announces the start of its development activities in the field of siRNA delivery. With the conclusion of the seed funding round, High-Tech Gründerfonds and GoodVent are helping to enable the development of transfection reagents for siRNA based on innovative polymers. “I’m excited that we are able to press ahead with the development of innovative systems for the delivery of siRNA molecules thanks to the investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds and Goo

Gründerszene, the online magazine, has awarded Bonn-based early phase investor High-Tech Gründerfonds the “Investor of the Decade” jury prize for the internet industry. The prestigious, 31-member selection committee consisted of journalists, successful founders and investors. The internet start-ups and founders of the 2000 to 2010 decade were also selected by the jury and the audience. The distinction was awarded to both managing directors of the €272 m investment fund, Dr. Michael Br

Autoloader GmbH has successfully completed its seed financing. High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in the company in cooperation with the senior shareholder, Thomas Breuer / BF Consulting GmbH. The start-up company has developed a robot-based automation system, by means of which baggage handling procedures at airports, which have thus far been carried out manually all over the world, are automated. With the support of development partners such as BF Maschinen GmbH, Framos GmbH, Sturm Maschin

By the employment of a new electrode technology, the Capical GmbH takes new paths in the diagnosis of heart diseases. The Closing of the seed-financing-round with High-Tech Gründerfonds and a private investor now enables the advancement and the following market launch of the capacitive ECG-device (cEKG). “The cEKG operates entirely wireless. All electrodes are embedded in a compact device. Since an electrical conduction is not necessary, no contact spray or gel is needed,” explains Dr. M

The two media groups invest in a leading provider of digital business TheMediaLab has taken another up-and-coming company on board with its investment in the digital advertising experts at MeinProspekt. TheMediaLab, together with initial investors Mountain Super Angel and High-Tech Gründerfonds, invested a seven-digit sum in MeinProspekt. On the information portal meinprospekt.de, consumers can learn about the latest offers and deals of various brands and businesses. The classic daily new

eyefactive GmbH brings on High-Tech Gründerfonds as a new investor, supplemented by an additional investment from Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein (MGB). The startup company has caused quite a stir with its multitouch installations. Modular components are used to create interactive displays of any size or shape. On this multitouch  surface, applications can be intuitively operated by hand, even by several people simultaneously. For use at trade fairs and events

Technology-oriented companies being founded in Hamburg can count on two strong partners in future: High-Tech Gründerfonds and the new Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg will henceforth be working closely together. The aim is to provide joint seed financing to promising technology start-ups from the region. Newly formed Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg invests in innovative companies in Hamburg up to the age of six years. Investment volume of EUR 12 m is provided in equal share by the City of H