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Micromobility – local transportation solutions based on devices such as e-scooters, electric bikes, and electric mopeds – is making important contributions to climate protection. With small electric vehicles, however, that all depends on how they’re charged. The distributed XOO charging points developed by LEON Mobility are crucial pieces in the sustainability puzzle – paving the way for the green transportation revolution by creating a decentralized charging infrastructure. LEON Mob

Sunvigo closes its next financing round with €15 million. Sparta and Eneco, which are providing the largest share of the new funding, are investing a total of €10 million together with existing investors.DKB again increased the financing volume for the PV systems by another €5 million in debt capital.In 2021, the first year after its founding, Sunvigo has grown its customer base by more than tenfold.The new capital will be used for the expansion of the Green Power Community, improve th

Lübeck and Stralsund, Germany, 31st of January 2022 – International leader in medical and safety technology, Dräger AG (Lübeck, Germany) and digital health startup GWA Hygiene (Stralsund, Germany) announced today that Dräger will become GWA Hygiene’s newest investor. GWA Hygiene has developed an electronic monitoring system for hand hygiene in hospitals. Before the current financing round, it attracted investments from other well-known funders in Germany, including venture capital fi

Altavo GmbH, a speech technology and medical technology spin-off of TU Dresden, successfully completed its seed financing round in December 2021. A consortium led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is investing in the development of Altavo’s AI-based speech prosthesis. Altavo is developing a non-invasive prosthesis aimed at restoring an individual, natural-sounding voice for people who have lost their voice, for example, due to laryngectomy. The approach is based on non-invasive radar se

LOEWI is a scientific spin-off of the TU München, which provides tailor-made nutrients based on your blood work and lifestyleThe acquisition is a continuation of bioniq´s global expansion and accelerates the European market presenceHigh-Tech Gründerfonds invested in LOEWI´s seed round in 2020   London, January 26th – Through the acquisition to the UK-based health tech company bioniq, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has sold its stake in LOEWI, a scientific spin-off of the TU

Quantonation VC fund, specialising in quantum computing, is leading a financing round. Capital investors UVC Partners, btov Industrial Technologies and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), who already hold a stake in the company, are once again investing.As part of the Q-Exa consortium, HQS Quantum Simulations supplies software for the first quantum computer manufactured in Germany.With the new injection of capital, HQS Quantum Simulations is looking to enhance its HQS Quantum Assisted Design clo

A quantum photonics spin-out from the University of Sheffield lands seven-figure investment from a syndicate, led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, to develop next-generation networking with quantum securityThe investment comes along with funding from Innovate UK and brings Aegiq’s total funding to over £3.5m Sheffield, UK; 20th January 2022: Aegiq has today announced that it secured seed investment from an investor syndicate led by High-Tech Gründerfonds, with participation of Deepbrid

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

Munich/Bonn/Heilbronn, January 19, 2022 – The Munich-based deep-tech venture MetisMotion further strengthens its capital base for accelerated growth. Following a previous financing round in spring 2021, the current investors BORN2GROW, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and SIEMENS Technology Accelerator (STA) are investing an additional 3 million Euros. Following the successful launch of the patent-protected actuator platform naXture in August 2021, the focus will be on developing smart f

PreOmics Offers Unique Technologies, Advanced Automation Solutions and High-Performance Consumables for the Homogenization, Enrichment and Proteomic Sample Preparation of Biopsy, Tissue, Cell Line and Plasma Samples in Unbiased, Deep Proteomics for Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research MUNICH, Germany – January 18, 2022 – PreOmics GmbH, a Martinsried, Germany-based developer of innovative automation and sample preparation tools and consumables for unbiased, deep proteomics analysis

Banxware is a lending-as-a-service provider for Embedded Financial Services that enables digital platforms such as marketplaces, payments providers, and other aggregators to offer embedded lending products such as white label merchant cash advance. Element Ventures, D4 Ventures and FinVC as well as Banxwares strategic partner Varengold Bank AG are new investors, joined by all of the existing

In the thriving field of neuroscience, CereGate is poised to revolutionize the treatment of neurological disorders by interacting with the human brain through a unique software-first approach. After making strides in the clinical development, including FDA Breakthrough designation for its first application in Deep Brain Stimulation Freezing of Gait Therapy (FOG-LIGHTS) and launching a clinical trial in the US, CereGate achieves additional funding to further accelerate the development of n

Hennigsdorf, January 11, 2022 – Pantherna Therapeutics today announces the successful completion of a follow-on financing round totaling EUR 4.0 Mio. led by existing investors Riesner Verwaltungs GmbH and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The proceeds of this round will be used to accelerate preclinical development activities for its lead program PAN004, an mRNA-based therapeutic for Acute Respiratory Distress Syndrome (ARDS).   ARDS causes a life-threatening damage to the lungs induced

The Karlsruhe-based start-up Enscape has quickly grown, establishing its position as a leading SaaS provider for real-time rendering and design workflow technology to the architecture, engineering and construction (AEC) industryHigh-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has been an investor in the company since it was spun off in 2017 from Inreal Technologies – a HTGF portfolio start-up since 2013The merger will create a global leader in 3D visualization and design workflow technology Bonn, Ja

Bonn, 21 December 2021 – Markus Kückelhaus has been appointed Partner at High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) effective 1 January 2022, with the 53-year-old set to strengthen the seed investor’s Industrial Tech unit. The technology expert has amassed over 25 years of professional experience in strategy, innovation and finance. His focus in recent years has been on developing and commercialising innovative solutions for logistics, such as data analytics, robotics and automation, the Internet o

Berlin, Germany, December 20, 2021 – Berlin Startup Newsenselab is rounding out a year of successes with their most recent financing round. Headlining the list of achievements is “M-sense Migräne”, a digital health application (DiGA) eligible to be reimbursed by statutory health insurances in Germany. With the results of a randomised controlled trial the company is now aiming to prove the effectiveness of the migraine app. With these milestones reached, both existing and new inves