Press
BASF Venture Capital and Amathaon Capital Acquire Minority Stake in Bioinformatics Company Computomics
Computomics AI recommends crosses adapted to future climatic conditions
Plant breeders can significantly accelerate market launch of new varieties
Investment promotes innovative solutions for more sustainable agriculture
Tübingen, Munich and Ludwigshafen, October 14, 2021 – BASF Venture Capital GmbH (BVC), the corporate venture company of BASF Group, and Amathaon Capital, a venture capital company specializing in AgTech, are investing in the Tübingen-based bioinformati
Press
EWE invests in High-Tech Gründerfonds III
Regional energy and telecommunications group invests seven-figure sum in HTGF III
EWE AG, a regional energy and telecommunications service provider based in Oldenburg, Germany, is investing a seven-figure sum in HTGF III. Through its investment, the company will gain access to innovative tech start-ups and the fund's large network spanning the entire start-up scene. This will help the company to drive forward the issue of digitalisation, in particular, as well as to establish new business are
Press
High tech for eye patients: start-up team develops a new kind of diagnosis tool for glaucoma therapy
Recently established Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH, based in Hanover, has come up with a convincing, innovative piece of medical technology and will be launching a system for monitoring the chronic eye disease glaucoma. High-Tech Gründerfonds, hannover innovation fonds (hif), a Munich ophthalmologist as private investor as well as the two founders have invested about EUR 700,000 in this new technology business.
Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH (IOP) has developed a new kind of syste
Dr. Martin Pfister – Principal / Authorized Signatory
We are saddened that our long-time colleague and dear friend, Dr. Martin Pfister, passed away on Tuesday October 24th, 2023, after an insidious illness.
He was an example in many aspects: a sophisticated mind, an aesthete, a yogi, and a sportsman.
Highly educated, but always curious about what other people had to say.
A friend to all.
We miss you very much.
Press
Variolytics receives seven-figure seed funding for climate-neutral wastewater treatment plants
Proprietary measurement technology and AI-based process control to avoid greenhouse gases in wastewater treatment.
Seven-figure seed funding for patented measurement technology and AI-based process optimisation.
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), FTTF and Dr Jörg Gebhardt as well as other angel investors are participating in the financing round.
Key technology for wastewater treatment plants to meet their climate targets.
Variolytics system (EmiCo – Emission Control) already
Press
Successful Exit for HTGF: CData Software Acquires Data Virtuality
CData’s acquisition of Data Virtuality marks a new era for the company by providing customers with powerful, centralized data integration platforms that solve for the most pervasive data management challenges today.
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) led the seed round in 2012 as one of the first institutional investors together with Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) and supported the successful development of Data Virtuality.
Axel Nitsch, Principal at HTGF: R
Successful Exit for HTGF: CData Software Acquires Data Virtuality
CData’s acquisition of Data Virtuality marks a new era for the company by providing customers with powerful, centralized data integration platforms that solve for the most pervasive data management challenges today.
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) led the seed round in 2012 as one of the first institutional investors together with Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) and supported the successful development of Data Virtuality.
Axel Nitsch, Principal at HTGF: R
Press
SmartLoC secures 1.8 million Euros seed funding to revolutionize international trade payments
Hamburg, Germany – 6 June 2024 – SmartLoC, a pioneering startup focused on developing a cutting-edge, fully digital B2B payment solution based on the monitoring of shipments and specifically tailored for international trade, today announces the successful closure of its seed round, raising a total of 1.8 million euros. The round is led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), one of the leading seed investors in Europe. Other investors include Loggerhead -Ventures, an early stage climatech VC
Press
Seven-figure funding for sovity: Unlocking efficiency gains and digital business models through Data Spaces
Dortmund, February 15, 2023 – Dortmund-based start-up sovity has secured seven-figure seed funding to boost the efficiency and innovative potential of companies by providing fast and easy access to Data Spaces. sovity is backed by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), one of Europe’s leading seed investors, and Fraunhofer Technologie-Transfer Fonds (FTTF), which has supported sovity from the beginning. The fresh capital will be used for product development and the expansion of the comp
Press
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in ubigrate, a company specialized on device integration software
The integration of data from intelligent devices such as RFID readers, industrial scales, GPS receivers, smart meters, cameras, and others into enterprise software revolutionizes business processes. Ubigrate offers software to simplify setting up such connections. The company now receives an investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds.
Most processes in logistics, production and facility management happen in the physical world. However, they are only rarely integrated into enterprise software used
Dr. Anke Caßing – Principal / Authorized Signatory
Dr. Anke Caßing has many years of experience in strategic marketing and business development in medical technology, biotechnology and in pharmaceutics. She holds a doctorate in biology and studied economics. Before joining the HTGF, she developed the product portfolios of international companies ensuring their future growth.
Marco Winzer – Partner
Marco Winzer has been with High-Tech Gründerfonds since its foundation and has helped to establish the fund. The economics graduate has many years of experience in financing start-ups in the life sciences industry and has supported a number of start-ups all along the value chain of the ‘Venture Capital Model’ – from seed financing to successful exit. Before working for HTGF, the Partner acquired expertise in consulting start-ups and held various positions at the Business Innovation Center Kaiserslautern as well as the Technologie-Beteiligungsgesellschaft and development bank KfW.
Louis Heinz – Senior Investment Manager – Digital Tech
Louis Heinz studied business administration, during which time he already got a taste of the start-up world. After graduating, Louis went into private equity and analysed established software and service companies. His enthusiasm for working with intelligent business models and highly motivated founders finally led him to High-Tech-Gründerfonds. Louis relishes every opportunity he gets, both at and outside of work, to put into practice the Russian language skills he acquired during several stays in Russia.
Press
Improving ARDS treatment with digital twins: Ebenbuild secures seed financing round led by Bayern Kapital and High-Tech Gründerfonds
Munich/Bonn/Landshut, 31 March 2022 – Software start-up Ebenbuild has secured seven-figure funding as part of a seed financing round. Alongside lead investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital, the venture and growth capital organisation of the state of Bavaria, a number of well-known business angels also invested in the Munich-based HealthTech start-up, with the funding amounting to €2.5 million. Ebenbuild develops personalised lung simulation models based on patient data.
Press
Aignostics Raises €14m Series A to Advance AI-powered Pathology
Oversubscribed financing round with top-tier life science investors, led by Wellington PartnersSpin-off from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin developing sophisticated AI models to improve understanding, diagnosis and treatment of complex diseasesFunds to expand US market presence and further advance AI platform
Berlin, Germany, 15th September 2022 – Aignostics, a spin-off from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin, developing novel digital pathology solutions with “
The High-Tech Gründerfonds
The establishment of the High-Tech
Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the product of a working group of representatives from
the Federal Ministry of Economics, industry and sector experts in 2005. Their
goal was to revive the market for start-up financing, which at that time was
completely dormant. Following the burst of the New Economy bubble, seed phase
financing almost came to a complete standstill owing to the high risks
involved. Then as now, the focus of the initiative was on high-tech start-ups