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ParkTAG closes investment round with HTGF to solve parking problem for stressed drivers
The parking angels of ParkTAG receive seed funding from the German High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds. The investment secures further development of the young Berlin startup â set to solve the parking issue in metropolitan areas.
German singer Herbert GrĂśnemeyer landed a smash hit in `84 complaining about his private parking struggles. Since then, parking has become an even bigger problem in urban centers around the globe. The Berlin-based startup ParkTAG has now secured a seed investment from High-
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Tanja and Dr Dennis Schmoltzi, the CEO of Emma â The Sleep Company (Bettzeit GmbH), discuss the right HR strategy in high-growth startups
Tanja: Hi Dennis, so we invested in your company, Emma â The Sleep Company, back in 2015. At that point, you were of course a classic seed company. Just 4 years later, youâre making an annual profit of more than EUR 100 million and you have over 250 employees. To keep things running, you need plenty of capacity for recruitment, job interviews, onboarding, training and employee support. How did you get to that point on an operative level in such a short space of time?
Denn
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High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds’ technology and networking conference HTPC celebrates 10-year anniversary
Exclusive meeting between industry and start-ups from High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds' portfolio
More than 440 participants from Germany and abroad are in Bonn today
The aim: to establish partnerships and client relationships, and to exchange views on pioneering developments in the high-tech scene
Workshops on the following topics: enterprise security, precision medicine, sustainability in the chemical industry, engineering and AI, drones and the future, corporate innovation, and venture capita
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attenio starts the digital transformation in industrial assembly with 1.1 mio ⏠seed funding.
The product family Tio of the attenio GmbH is a digital cooperation platform between the planning and the assembly of industrial companies. Usually, companies print drawings and instruction on how to assemble a product and provide them on the shopfloor. This is done, though the planning and the design of the products are done in state of the art software on computers. Three typical problems are the consequences: the loss of productivity on the shop floor, assembly errors and the challenge to
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Templafy Acquires Veodin and SlideProof, Adding Berlin Office
Templafy, a global leader in enterprise template management and document creation, announced today that it has acquired Berlin-based Veodin, making Veodinâs popular âSlideProofâ add-in part of Templafyâs enterprise communications productivity and governance platform.
SlideProof is a PowerPoint add-in designed for management consultants & professionals to streamline presentation creation with improved visual quality.
Templafy and Veodin each offer essential tools in the document cre
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traceless materials secures âŹ36.6 Million Series A to build first industry plant for bio-circular alternative to plastic
The financing round was led by UB FIGG and SWEN CPâs Blue Ocean fund. traceless materials secures the funding to expand the production capabilities for its innovative biomaterial technology to industrial scale.
Hamburg, Germany – September 25, 2023. Bioeconomy startup traceless, which produces a natural biomaterial as an alternative to plastic, announces the completion of a âŹ36.6 million funding round. The Series A funding round is led by private equity fund UB Forest Industry G
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Space for new ideas: investment in new space
In his earlier career, Christian Ziach used to work on space missions. Now, heâs investing in start-ups taking off into space. The HTGF Principal is viewed as an expert in the field of new space. In this interview, he talks about his latest investment, sheds light on the commercial use of space, highlights opportunities for start-ups, and he also reveals how he once helped to bring a rock sample from space down to Earth.
Christian, where does your fascination with space travel com
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DJTUNES.COM wins MP3 inventor and bm-t as investors
The leading digital premium music service for club and dance music in Germany, DJTUNES.COM, receives prominent support. The company was able to win two further renowned investors with the MP3 co-inventor, Professor Dr. Karlheinz Brandenburg, and bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thĂźringen GmbH.
After the premium music service DJTUNES.COM received a seed investment from the leading German early-stage investor, High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds, in 2006, the Bochum-based company now enters another growth stage.
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Pharmaceutical research and life sciences profit from unique biosensor technology
Biametrics GmbH today announced the completion of their most recent financing round with âŹ3.1 Million. Partners of the A Series Investment were LBBW Venture GmbH, MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft BW, and KfW Bankengruppe. Together with seed investors HTGF and Seedfonds BW, they are aiming to accelerate the expansion of Biametricsâ bioanalytical business activities to an international level. The fresh capital will facilitate the development of the operating production and sales
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beeOLED raises EUR 13.3m in Series A funding from world-class deep tech investors to solve the last big challenge of the OLED industry
The German deep tech startup will use the investment to further develop its innovative, high-efficiency, deep-blue emitter technology towards go-to-market-readiness.
Dresden, 23 August 2023 – beeOLED, a Dresden-based deep-tech startup, today announced it has raised EUR 13.3m for a Series A funding co-led by eCAPITAL and Innovation Industries. The round was joined by KBC Focus Fund as well as existing investors M Ventures (the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, G
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HTGF portfolio company OUTFITTERY raises $20 million led by new investor Northzone
Outfittery is fundamentally changing the way men shop for clothes. Individually tailored personal service provides men with a great fashion look and a stress-free experience. As a pioneer and clear European leader of this disruptive model, Outfittery is delighted to announce that it has raised further capital from Spotify investor Northzone with significant participation from existing investors. Outfittery will use the investment to continue its geographic expansion and to further innovate the m
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How do Industrial Tech founders recognize Product-Market Fit?
By Gregor Haidl (Investment Manager)
Supported by Yann Fiebig (Senior Investment Manager), Fabian Hogrebe (Analyst), Ingo Fehr (Investment Manager), Dr. Andreas Olmes (Partner)
Part 1: The emotional perspective
âHave I found Product-Market Fit?â This question is particularly difficult to answer for first-time founders in early-stage start-ups. The answer has far-reaching consequences: If I don't have Product-Market Fit (yet), everything in the start-up should revolve around the search fo
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ESG at HTGF: Helping to drive sustainable innovations
In this interview, Claudia Raber and Dr. Adrian Fuchs from our ESG team offer insights into their work and present High-Tech GrĂźnderfondsâ (HTGF) recently published ESG Report. They talk about the importance of sustainability in the start-up world and show how we and our portfolio are actively contributing to a more sustainable future.Â
Our first ESG Report was recently published. What did it focus on?
Claudia: The ESG Report centred on our fourth fund generation, HTGFâŻ
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MeinProspekt.de takes bargains online
High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds invests in leading provider for digital mobile leaflet advertising.
More than 500 million leaflets a week are distributed throughout Germany to advertise bargains and special offers; an unmanageable number for finding the best buys. Furthermore, there is a significant increase in the number of advertising leaflets distributed in the period leading up to Christmas. Yet this common marketing tool used by discount stores and retail chains is very costly and environmentall
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Funding assured â B2B business launched
plista has successfully closed a second round of financing and launches its B2B business for personalization- und targeting-services
Agitating times for the Berlin-based startup plista GmbH (www.plista.com). Despite the sluggish economic environment, plista was able to secure yet another round of financing from the High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds (www.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de) as well as DuMont Venture (www.dumontventure.de) who, together with the existing investors, Draper Investment Company and the
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OUTFITTERY closes $22M funding round
German-based OUTFITTERY raises funding led by Octopus Ventures
Europeâs leading curated shopping service OUTFITTERY has raised $22 million in new funding. The backing comes from London and New York-based VC firm Octopus Ventures, which is leading the round, as well as the U-Start Club, an Italian group including some of the worldâs most renowned fashion families. Existing investors Northzone Capital, Highland Europe, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Mangrove Capital Partners have also joined the