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Focus on digital health: BVMed, Earlybird, High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds and BIOCOM publish âMedTech Radar 6â
Digitalisation has now become part of everyday life and the health sector is no exception. There are currently around 100,000 health apps on offer in the app stores and the billion dollar market is growing rapidly. Whether fitness, nutrition, disease diagnosis or doctorâs appointments â thereâs a smartphone app for almost every aspect of health. The sixth issue of the joint media service âMedTech Radarâ, published by BVMed, Earlybird Venture Capital, High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds (HTGF) and
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Madsack and WAZ-Subsidiary “TheMediaLab” Invests in MeinProspekt
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 GrĂźnderfonds, 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
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Codetrails (Exits)
The complexity of software systems is steadily increasing. Be it large legacy systems or tomorrowâs hot technology, thereâs one question all software developers ask themselves: How do I tell the machine what to do? Using Big Data, Codetrails GmbH provides an answer to this question to the 9 million Java programmers world-wide.
The intelligent development environment by Codetrails is based on a simple observation: Software developers spend much more time reading code than writing it. To reduc
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Start-up meets corporate â an interview discussing the successful collaboration between Userlane and B. Braun
You could say that Alexander Katzung and Hartmut Hahn met by chance â and youâd be right, but it was in an organised setting. And itâs this idea that underpins the networking activities of High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds when it brings together fund investors and portfolio companies. The portfolio company in this instance is Userlane, which offers software that explains other software to users as part of a step-by-step process that is easy to understand. HTGF invested in the company in 2016, a
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The added value of collaborations
How can established companies and start-ups develop side by side? The secret is cooperation, to which HTGF attaches particular importance. Alex von Frankenberg, Managing Director of HTGF, picks up on a number of successful examples from the roughly 200 collaborations between portfolio companies and fund investors to show why in some cases one plus one equals three.
Alex von Frankenberg, what would you say are HTGFâs main tasks?Â
HTGF is a seed investor. And as this description s
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Life Science Pitch Day: Real entrepreneurs, real innovation, real added value
It was a special moment when CureVac founder Ingmar Hoerr shared his business story at the Life Science Pitch Day. More than 30 start-ups, investors, and scientists took part in the event at the end of September, which was organised by High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds (HTGF) together with partners Bayer, Boehringer Ingelheim and the Innovation and Start-Up Center Biotechnology (IZB). We spoke to the event organisers at HTGF: Dr. Caroline Fichtner and Dr. Martin Pfister, both HTGF Principals, touched
Sebastian Zubeil – Senior Controller
Sebastian Zubeil has been working as a senior controller at High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds since July 2018. Due to his professional experience in internal and external accounting, the graduate economist is responsible for internal controlling as well as first contact for start-ups in the areas of finance, reporting and controlling of portfolio companies.
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Geospin GmbH (Exit)
Geospin develops 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. The software unites the internal data of clients with more than 700 external pieces of information on the surrounding area, including weather, traffic, demographics, social media and points of interest su
Dr. Alex von Frankenberg – Managing Director
Dr. Alex von Frankenberg has been Managing Director of High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds since 2005 and has worked in the venture capital/start-up scene since 2000. Prior to that, he was Venture Manager at the Siemens Technology Accelerator where he was responsible for spin-offs from Siemens Corporate Technology. In 2001/2002, he was Head of Sales and Marketing at an IT start-up, having previously held the position of project manager at Siemens Management Consulting where he was responsible for setting up an internal incubator. He started his career at Andersen Consulting with the development of complex IT systems for the payment market. Alex von Frankenberg studied at the University of Mannheim and the University of Texas at Austin (MBA), earning his doctorate in Mannheim on the subject of establishing de facto technology standards.
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New routes in healthcare: BVMed, Earlybird, High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds and BIOCOM AG publish âMedTech Radar 7â
There is a growing need for innovation in the health system, but at the same time it is challenging to establish new healthcare solutions for the market. Many stakeholders such as insurance companies, investors and start-ups currently opt for alternative methods to achieve their goals. In its seventh issue, the media service âMedTech Radarâ, a joint publication of the German Medical Technology Association BVMed, Earlybird Venture Capital, the High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds and BIOCOM AG, reports on
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How do Industrial Tech founders recognize Product-Market Fit?
Part 2: The analytical and quantitative perspective
By Ingo Fehr and Gregor Haidl (both Investment Managers)
Supported by Yann Fiebig (Senior Investment Manager), Fabian Hogrebe (Analyst), Dr. Andreas Olmes (Principal)
âAre there any objective criteria or KPIs that can indicate that my start-up is on a good way to reach Product-Market Fit?â After dealing with the emotional perspective of founders when Product-Market Fit has been reached, this second blog post is dedicated to t
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Industrial 3D specialist Threedy Secures $10.4 Million in Latest Series A Investment Round
Threedy is a high-tech start-up founded in 2020 as a spin-off from Fraunhoferâs Institute for Computer Graphics Research (IGD) in Darmstadt, Germany. Three remarkably successful years after its foundation, Threedy has secured a $10.4 million investment to accelerate growth across industries and regions. New investors comprise LBBW Venture Capital, TRUMPF VENTURE, Futury Capital and EquityPitcher Ventures. The investment underlines Threedyâs strong position to capture a substantial market
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Systematically utilizing start-up innovations â Interview with Fabian Dudek, founder and CEO of GlassDollar
We sat down with Fabian Dudek, Founder and CEO of GlassDollar, to learn how established companies can systematically leverage start-up innovations. GlassDollar helps companies quickly identify the right solutions and gain competitive advantages through successful partnerships and proof-of-concepts. Fabian provides insights into various innovation methods and shares his tips for effective cooperation.
Fabian, what innovation methods are there for established companies that are lookin
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A conversation about concluding an exit during the coronavirus crisis and why itâs crucial for start-ups to adopt professional standards from an early stage
Dennis Schmoltzi, Founder & CEO of Emma, and Tanja Emmerling, a partner at HTGF, talk about why itâs important to have a good network in the start-up ecosystem and about how to achieve a successful exit during a global economic crisis.
Tanja, Dennis â The topic of our discussion today is very much a success story, wouldnât you agree?
Tanja: Absolutely â although at the start it may not have seemed that way at all. A high-tech investor investing in a mattress start-up? A
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Product-Market Fit in Industrial Tech – The way to customer understanding
By Ingo Fehr (Investment Manager), Gregor Haidl (Investment Manager), Fabian Hogrebe (Analyst), Yann Fiebig (Senior Investment Manager), Dr. Andreas Olmes (Partner)
The founders of Industrial Tech Start-Ups master difficult technological challenges: problems are identified, large problems are broken down into small elements and detailed analyses are performed. For most of the Start-Ups, this way of working solves the most difficult technological problems in product development: less than 10%