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Successful end to the year 2022: NewSpace satellite manufacturer Reflex Aerospace receives seven million euros in seed financing round
Seed financing: First closing includes investments of approx. EUR 7 million.
Bulent Altan (Investment Partner Alpine Space Ventures): “The number of satellites in space will skyrocket from 5,500 to 100,000 by 2030: this is Reflex Aerospace’s demand environment.”
Christian Ziach (Principal HTGF): “50% market growth to come from broadband satellites. Catch-up demand especially in Europe. Reflex Aerospace is perfectly positioned to leverage this market potential.”
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INERATEC closes $ 20 M+ Series A financing round to scale up sustainable e-fuel production
Engie, Safran and MPC, as well as existing investors provide further growth capital
Karlsruhe, Germany, 20 January 2022 – Strategic investors join INERATEC to scale up the production capacities of synthetic fuels made from CO2 and “green” hydrogen towards the megaton scale. With the new shareholders from the energy, aviation and shipping sector, INERATEC is extending the setup that enables significant company growth.
In 2021, INERATEC has already opened the to date world’s
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Sunvigo secures HTGF investment for a revolutionary solar power product
Sunvigo is the first company in Germany to offer homeowners the opportunity to use solar power from their own roof with a flexible power contract. With the investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds, Sunvigo is now expanding its market position.
“Millions of homeowners in Europe want to contribute to fighting climate change with solar power from their own roofs – but they can’t find a suitable product in today’s market,” explains co-founder Dr. Michael Peters. Sunvi
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in EnShape: Accurate and Rapid 3D-Measurement for Industrial Automation
High accuracy and a high rate of measurement rolled into one system? These combined properties are often desired yet not found in available sensors on the market. Currently, industrial users have to choose between fast and inaccurate or slow and accurate 3D-sensors. EnShape developed a sensor technique which enables full-field measurements with high accuracy and a high rate of measurement. The innovative sensor therefore allows 100 percent inline-inspection at the rate of production. High-Tech G
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MediaMetrics GmbH: High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in intelligent media monitoring solution socialMeme
MediaMetrics technology helps you save time and costs in media monitoring. socialMeme automatically analyzes and filters the social web as well as TV, radio and print in real time, bringing the latest in computer linguistics into your company. This way, corporate communication departments can keep tabs on all media channels in one interface.
socialMeme is a browser-based SaaS (software as a service) solution providing a detailed overview of opinions expressed on all media channels. This is hi
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Efficient machine-tool technology for micromachining that incorporates ultrashort pulse lasers – Pulsar Photonics successfully completes seed financing with High-Tech Gründerfonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in laser-technology firm Pulsar Photonics GmbH. The company develops innovative system and machine-tool technology for materials processing that incorporates ultrashort pulse lasers. This manufacturing technology enables practically all materials to be processed efficiently with maximum precision.
Lasers have established themselves as a production tool on an industrial scale in many areas, heralding a major shift that sees traditional production practices repla
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IT security start-up deviceTRUST successfully completes its 7-digit Series A financing round
Hessen Kapital I GmbH and TF H III Technologiefonds Hessen GmbH invest together with Seed Investor High-Tech Gründerfonds in the German IT security start-up deviceTRUST. With its context-based security, deviceTRUST offers companies the secure and flexible provision of modern, digital workplaces.
“Companies want and need to provide their employees and external partners with a digital workplace that enables them to work flexibly and productively from anywhere. However, all security, compliance
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Atriva announces closing of € 8.6 million ($ 10.2 million) oversubscribed convertible loan
Round led by existing investors Meneldor and High-Tech GründerfondsProceeds to be used to start Phase II study with ATR-002 in moderate to severe COVID-19 and clinical development in influenza and other respiratory viral infectionsATR-002 mode of action inhibits viral propagation of respiratory RNA viruses and prevents the cytokine storm, as demonstrated in preclinical studies
Atriva Therapeutics GmbH, a biopharmaceutical company pioneering the development of host-targeting antiviral the
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Munich construction tech start-up reINVENT raises a million Euro round
Munich-based construction tech start-up reINVENT has closed a low seven-digit investment in its first financing round. The current round is led by lead investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) from Bonn. Foundamental, Bayern Kapital and Astutia Ventures are also participating. With the new funding, the reINVENT team intends to expand its sales team and develop new software features.
The construction industry is still among the least digitized. About 30% of construction costs are caused by inef
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Amal Therapeutics raises CHF 3 million in a Series A financing round led by Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund
Amal Therapeutics (Amal) completes CHF 3 million (EUR 2.75 million) Series A financing round with Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) as cornerstone investors. VI Partners and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participated in the round which will help progress Amal’s cancer vaccines.
Amal Therapeutics is a Swiss biotech company developing and progressing therapeutic cancer vaccines. The company will use the funds to progress the preclinical development of its lead vaccine (ATP124) for color
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bentekk GmbH receives seed funding to develop the market with gas measurement technology
The manufacturer of measurement instruments for toxic industrial gases bentekk successfully completes a seed funding round. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH) invest a six-figure sum in the Hamburg-based company. The handheld X-PID allows fast and selective measurements of carcinogenic organic compounds as benzene and increases safety at work in the oil, gas and chemical industry. The funding is used to open up the German-speaking market and to deve
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envelio successfully completes Series A financing round with eCAPITAL
eCAPITAL invests in energy grid digitization startup envelio. With the Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP), envelio offers distribution system operators a platform to digitize their energy grids and all related planning and operations processes. The existing shareholders Demeter and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) both also join this Series A financing round with significant additional investments. The total round amounts to six million Euros.
“Today’s energy grids are facing millions of new, ren
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QphoX raises €2m to turbo-charge quantum computing with breakthrough Quantum Modem
Linking quantum computers over the ‘quantum internet’ will allow them to talk to one another for the first time, enabling them to achieve more, faster.QphoX conceived the Quantum Modem at Delft University of Technology and will now develop it into a commercial product that will serve as the gateway to the quantum internet.Round led by Quantonation, Speedinvest and High-Tech Gründerfonds, with participation from TU Delft
Quantum technology startup QphoX has raised €2 million to brin
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Crocus Labs closes a seven-figure seed investment round to build energy efficient lights designed for horticulture
Berlin, 23.11.2022 – Crocus Labs’ vision is to spark life into spaces. The team achieves this by producing the most energy-efficient full-light spectrum lighting solutions that enable a sustainable future for vertical farms and greenhouses.
With the seven-figure investment round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Brandenburg Kapital, the company will focus on R&D and bring the next generation of luminaires to the market. The round is also supported by BACB Bet. GmbH
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High-Tech Gründerfonds launches HTGF Academy for its startup portfolio
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
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Strong growth: bookingkit secures seven-digit Series A funding
Booking software company bookingkit from Berlin raised a Series A financing round. Intermedia, an investment company of Media Union, which is one of the leading media groups in Germany, has joined the team of investors. In early 2015, Germany's largest early-stage investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) as well as business angel Robert Kabs from Hamburg already participated in a Seed round. Combined, these three partners now participate in a Series A funding with an seven-digit sum to further ex