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VIOSO (Exit)
The technology
VIOSO’s patented smartprojecting technology was originally developed for the distortion-free, true-colour projection onto unusual surfaces like brick walls or rock faces. Creating such a virtual “blank screen†merely requires the automated, one-time calibration with the help of a digital camera connected to the control computer. The projector emits test patterns recorded by the camera. Once this procedure is complete, all projected contents are automatically adjusted on the
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PicoLAS
PicoLAS develops, manufactures and markets innovative, efficient and cost-effective power supplies for driving diode lasers and LEDs.
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PerformaNat
PerformaNat GmbH was founded in 2015 as a spin-off of the veterinary medicine department of the Freie Universität Berlin. The first product – an animal-feed additive for use with dairy cows – was developed with the help of the EXIST Transfer of Research Grant Program of the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, and it has already been successfully out-licenced. Further products are being developed.
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Pulsar Photonics
Pulsar Photonics GmbH was founded in September 2013 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT). The first prototypes were developed with the support of the “EXIST Transfer of Research†scheme as part of the EXIST support programme offered by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The company’s goal is to provide micro-machining production systems featuring lasers that can be set up and utilised as efficiently as today’s conventional CNC pro
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Successful Exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – fos4X becomes part of PolyTech
Buyer is the Danish wind technology company PolyTechThe Munich startup fos4X perfectly complements the core business of the buyerSeed investors Bayern Kapital, HTGF and UVC Partners sell their sharesFor the HTGF it is the 7th successful exit during the Corona crisis
The High-Tech Gründerfonds sold its shares in fos4X today. The seed investor has accompanied the company for 8 years. The buyer, PolyTech is the leading development, test, production and service company for the wind power ind
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LOEWI GmbH receives seed financing to make personalized health and nutrition available for everyone
The Munich-based technology company LOEWI has received new capital from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and a German family office in a seed financing round. The scientific spin-off of the Technical University of Munich is one of the technology leaders in the field of personalized nutrition and health and has been mainly active in competitive sports so far. Among LOEWI´s clients are teams and clubs from Tour de France and UEFA Europa League.
The investment is an important step to push the
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Yara acquires water crop sensor tech company
In a strategic move to engage in agricultural water use efficiency, Yara has acquired the German water sensor company ZIM Plant Technology GmbH.
ZIM Plant Technology sells crop water sensor technology, which is mostly used in high-precision irrigation systems to improve yields and water use efficiency.
“We will incorporate the knowledge and technology into Yara’s existing Crop Nutrition solutions, providing a valuable add-on for our offering to irrigated farming. This clearly improves
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FlyNex: Seven-digit seed-round for drone software
German DroneTech company FlyNex, founded by former special ops officers, raises big seed round. The co-investment by TGFS and HTGF ensures the implementation of the drone business software into industrial enterprises. The software empowers these companies to use drones for own applications, without having deeper technological and legal knowledge.
The DroneTech start up FlyNex closes a seven-digit seed round and extends its offices in Leipzig and Hamburg. With a co-investment by TechnologiegrÃ
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Global market leader acquires Munich-based AI startup Hofmann & Stirner Zuführsysteme
The global market leader of automated feeding solutions Rhein-Nadel Automation GmbH (RNA) acquires Hofmann & Stirner Zuführsysteme GmbH (H&S)H&S develops innovative machine hardware in combination with SaaS solutions for digital twins and AI in the field of feeding technologyWith this strategic acquisition, RNA expands its position as global market leader and aims to revolutionize the feeding technology marketHigh-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has been invested in H&S together w
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Series A financing round: Klingel Group and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in the monitoring startup , uberMetrics Technologies from Berlin
With a promising concept uberMetrics Technologies (www.ubermetrics-technologies.com), a spin-off from the Humboldt University Berlin, secured a seven-figure investment from the Klingel Group and the High-Tech Gründerfonds. The Berlin-based startup won the investors over with, among other things, an in-depth analysis of the communication channels of Klingel Group and its subsidiaries.
"The media monitoring market is growing – we recognized this and decided to enter this market segment tog
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m2p-labs on course for growth
m2p-labs reaches break-even point and strengthens growth with new capital
m2p-labs reaches break-even point, thanks to a strong demand for technology in 2010. Strengthened by good sales figures, long-standing investors are now investing in the company’s growth: the Seed Fund for the Region of Aachen GmbH & Co. KG, the KfW with the ERP Start-Up Fund and the High-Tech-Gründerfonds (business start-up fund), as well as two private investors. m2p-labs is a leading provider of innovative scr
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Easy access to justice: FINE Legal provides innovative digital platform for consumer rights
The Berlin-based legal tech start-up has successfully closed a seed financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds.
Users can easily access the legal system through the digital consumer rights platform www.fine.so.
These services range from overpayment refunds for private health insurance, gym refunds, data breach compensation to gambling refunds. Soon, consumers will also be able to get help with delayed flights, tenancy law and employment law.
Tobias Schulz, Principal at HTGF: R
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests venture capital in SCHAD GmbH from Hamburg (Germany)
Unique in the world: „Extend 7000“ for mobile access to industrial controls via BlackBerry
SCHAD GmbH developed „Extend 7000“ – a mobile innovative SCADA system, which for the first time offers mobile and direct access (worldwide) to programmable logic controllers via BlackBerry mobile devices. The access to automation technology is realized by using public mobile networks complying with the highest security standards. Thus mobile operation of all plant functions is possible for cus
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Arioso Systems closed it’s Venture Capital Seedround to advance a revolutionary µSpeaker technology
Arioso Systems GmbH, provider of a new disruptive micro-transducer technology announces the completion of its first financing round. Arioso Systems 2,6M€ financing round is led by Brandenburg Kapital (Potsdam, Germany), a subsidiary of Brandenburger Förderbank ILB, and supported by High-Tech-Gründerfonds (HTGF), Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (Dresden) and business angels.
Arioso Systems is developing and marketing a novel kind of an all silicon mirco-speaker chip which is able to r
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Tubulis Closes Upsized €128 Million Series B2 to Accelerate Clinical Development of Solid Tumor-Focused ADC Pipeline
Financing round co-led by EQT Life Sciences and Nextech Invest [1], with participation from current and new leading global biotechnology investors
Proceeds will support clinical evaluation of lead solid tumor ADC candidates, TUB-030 and TUB-040, further technology development and expansion into the US
MUNICH, GERMANY, March 14, 2024 – Tubulis today announced the successful completion of an upsized and oversubscribed €128 million ($138.8 million) Series B2 financing. The round
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A successful start into the new year: New Growth Funding for MedTech Company Mecuris GmbH
German med-tech company Mecuris GmbH has successfully concluded a new funding round amounting to 3.6 million euros. In addition to the seed investors Bayern Kapital and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the international investment company Mulcan, life science venture capital investor Vesalius Biocapital, and Sana Kliniken AG, one of the top five hospital chains in Germany, are once again also on board.
Clear yes from the O&P industry to digitalization
The Munich-based start-up has set out to