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Web 3.0 with the Semantic Product Search from SEMKNOX
Who hasn’t had the problem of using an online shop’s search engine and just not finding the right products? Over the past three years, SEMKNOX has developed an unparalleled semantic product search engine that understands customers’ queries in everyday language. Search queries such as “long summer dress in red with sequins” or “affordable 4K TV with YouTube app and 50 inch screen” can be precisely understood and only fitting results shown. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and West
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in ConWeaver
Provider of semantic search engine with excellent positioning.
As easy as Google, but far more structured: ConWeaver’s semantic search function intelligently links up company-wide business data with a knowledge network. Company-relevant information can thus be found rapidly and with pin-point accuracy. High-Tech Gründerfonds is investing for further growth at ConWeaver GmbH.
Companies that possess a specific, proprietary know-how and are able to use it in a focused manner enjoy a signif
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Growth capital for crealytics: LBBW Venture Capital GmbH, Mountain Super Angel AG and Bayern Kapital invest in the profit driven search marketing specialists
Unique business model, technical know-how and comprehensive expertise convince investors.
crealytics GmbH attracts new investors: In addition to early stage investors Bayern Kapital, the Passau-based profit driven search marketing specialists have received a fresh injection of capital from LBBW Venture Capital GmbH and Mountain Super Angel AG. LBBW Venture Capital GmbH and Mountain Super Angel AG will support the young, innovative technology business as lead investors.
crealytics GmbH is
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Six new publishers buying shares in the Kimeta job search engine
Kimeta, which currently offers more job listings than any other jobs portal in Germany, is expanding its ownership circle. Six new publishers are making an initial investment in Kimeta, while two current shareholders, Heilbronner Stimme and Mannheimer Morgen, are increasing their stakes.
Whether they're listing jobs, cars or real estate, classified ads remain a major pillar of revenue for newspaper publishers. As digitalization of the industry progresses, an ever-increasing portion of sales is
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In addition to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and KfW Capital, the investors in our fourth fund (HTGF IV) include 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Medium-sized companies in particular are strongly represented, along with many large corporations and family offices. Here we introduce our strong partners.
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Implisense’s customer search engine
Success for Implisense: The Berlin-based startup has secured a seed round from High-Tech Gründerfonds to further develop their B2B customer search engine. Implisense's customer search engine provides companies with a Software-as-a-Service solution to help to find and bind B2B customers.
During a one-year period supported by an EXIST Business Startup Grant former Fraunhofer collegues Dr. Andreas Schäfer, Dr. André Bergholz and Hannes Korte developed a customer search engine to help companie
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AuditOne closes €800k seed round to scale smart contract audits and other Web3 security services delivered by a decentralized workforce.
Cybersecurity remains a strong market, while Web3 is a fast-growing sector becoming increasingly important.
Cologne-based AuditOne, a smart contract security platform, has completed a seed round of more than €800k led by HTGF.
Business angels, such as Sebastian Herzog, Florian von Bodman, and others, are also investing.
The funding will be used to drive the development of AI SaaS solutions and to scale faster.
There are now more than 400 security experts on the platform who re
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Proven by Mittelstand: The B2B Tech Start-up FINDIQ raises €1 million to become the all-knowing service assistant for industrial machines
B2B tech start-up FINDIQ develops solutions for an AI-based knowledge transfer in machine service
The aspiring company from the industrial region Ostwestfalen-Lippe has won the confidence especially of medium-sized companies, most recently of the global market leader Phoenix Contact
€1 million in pre-seed financing for expansion into further industries and regions comes from renowned investors such as High-Tech Gründerfonds, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and Notion Capital.
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Successful Exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – Zoovu and SEMKNOX Merger
Zoovu, is the global leader in Conversational SearchThe Startup SEMKNOX, based in Dresden, perfectly complements the core business of ZoovuSeed investors WestTech Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) as well as business angels Tobias Kroha and Dr. David Monbaron sell their sharesFor the HTGF it is the 9th successful exit during the Corona crisis
The High-Tech Gründerfonds sold its shares in SEMKNOX after accompanying the company for the past 5 years. Zoovu Boston, USA, is provider
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The new HTGF Academy: “Knowledge transfer shouldn’t just happen by chance”
Since 2019, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has offered a broad spectrum of knowledge to its portfolio companies through the HTGF Academy. The platform is now set to be systematically expanded, with fund investors, entrepreneurs outside the HTGF portfolio and other members of the start-up ecosystem now also benefiting from the seed investor’s nearly 17 years of experience. During that time, HTGF has completed more than 650 seed investments and almost 2,700 transactions. In this interview, A
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HepaRegeniX raises €15 million Series C round to advance clinical development of HRX-215 for liver regeneration
Funds to support Phase Ib clinical trial of HRX-215 in the US and an international multicenter Phase IIa clinical trial in liver regeneration
Elias Papatheodorou moves from Chair of the Board to CEO of HepaRegeniX
Dr. Linda Greenbaum joins HepaRegeniX as CMO
Tuebingen (Germany), July 10, 2024 – HepaRegeniX GmbH, a clinical stage company developing novel regenerative therapies for the treatment of acute and chronic liver diseases, today announced the closing of a Series C rou
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C2CALL raises 2 Million Dollar in series A funding
C2Call has raised 2 million dollar in Series A funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds, Draper Investment Company and Mr. Klaus Wecken, co-founder of KHK Software AG. C2Call will use the funds for expansion into international markets for its FriendCaller service, the first and only free browser-based Internet phone solution that can turn emails, social networks and any Internet-ready device, such as the iPod Touch or iPad, into a phone.
FriendCaller lets anyone make a call by clicking a unique
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Most retailers spend a lot of money on Paid Search and Social. They see great numbers and believe their investment is paying off – that is until they switch off their campaigns and realize that they barely lose any sales at all. Why? Because they have been targeting existing customers who would have purchased anyway.
Ten years of experience with digital champions such as Zappos, Zalando, ASOS, About You and Revolve have taught us lessons like this. It’s this experience and our innovative min
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Fresh capital for further development of label-free analytic devices
Biametrics GmbH, a spin-off from the University of Tübingen, is to obtain investment capital totalling EUR 600,000, which High-Tech Gründerfonds and Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg will jointly provide. The Company, established in 2007, develops analytic devices for the pharmaceuticals and life science sector. They operate label-free and at very low detection limits. They are also fast, robust and economical. The funding will enable this young business to engage in cooperation with international
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Do you remember buying books, shoes or booking travel 15 years ago? That’s still how the market for crafting and creative hobbies looks today. Enthusiastic sewers and knitters spend a lot of valuable time looking for their next project, booking a workshop or buying fabric, yarn and other materials – time that could be better spent actually doing their craft. Most of these things are still fragmented and offline.
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