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Cloud Solutions Provider gridscale Announces €7 Million Series A Funding
Endeit Capital and EnBW New Ventures lead the round
Existing investors EnjoyVenture and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participate
Investment will strengthen gridscale’s technology platform and enable further international expansion
gridscale, the Cologne-based provider of innovative Infrastructure-as-a-Service and Platform-as-a-Service solutions (IaaS, PaaS), has raised €7 million growth capital in its Series A financing round. The round is lead by Endeit Capital and EnBW New Ventures
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MedTech Radar Live 2019: Application submission for start-ups is now open
The German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), venture capitalist Earlybird, insurer BARMER, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), NRW.Bank and the medical technology magazine Medtech Zwo are organizing the second medtech start-up pitch. The pitch is part of the "MedTech Radar Live 2019" conference, which takes place on 5th June 2019 in Berlin and brings young med-tech founders together with representatives of the medical technology industry and potential investors. Industry representatives will d
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Frankfurt blockchain start-up Agora Innovation secures high six-figure investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests high six-figure sum in Frankfurt Blockchain start-up Agora Innovation GmbH
Frankfurt based fintech Agora Innovation develops software for legally compliant transactions on the blockchain
The Frankfurt based fintech Agora Innovation secures seed investment from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF): The blockchain start-up develops a platform-independent software, which enables global, legally compliant trading of tokenized securities (security token) with
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Degussa Bank AG Group acquires HTGF portfolio company Munich General Insurance Services GmbH
The Munich based Startup offers insurance brokers an infrastructure for the digital control and administration of their customer portfolio.
More than 1,000 registered insurance brokers already use the platform
For PRINAS MONTAN, a company of the Degussa Group, the acquisition creates new synergies in the area of insurance brokerage.
HTGF has accompanied the Insurtech Startup since the seed round in 2015.
Through its subsidiary company PRINAS MONTAN GmbH Versicherungsver
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Plasmion’s SICRIT® sensor technology convinces investors
Plasmion has successfully completed a Series A investment round with strong consortium. In addition to the VC partners Bayrische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (BayBG) and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), an experienced business angel from the BayStartUP network is also on board. With SICRIT®, Plasmion has developed a novel ionisation technology for mass spectrometry that not only simplifies and improves existing chemical analysis in laboratories, but can also be used industrially as a highly sensitiv
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High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests in back coach to plug in – 8sense receives million euro financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Thieme Group and a Business Angel from the BayStartUp network invest seven-digit amount in virtual back coach 8sense
E-Health Startup supports back health with sensor and mobile app
8sense uses fresh capital to maintain growth to date
With its virtual back coach consisting of sensor and mobile app, the Rosenheim-based e-health start-up 8sense convinces numerous customers and now also other investors. In the course of the seed financing - even befor
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HTGF portfolio company Hornetsecurity acquires Spanish market leader Spamina
Hornetsecurity completed the acquisition of the Spanish email security company Spamina successfully. This makes the Hanover-based company the leading German email cloud security provider in Europe and expands its locations with offices in Madrid and Barcelona as well as in Central and South America. Spamina's activities will continue as part of the Hornetsecurity Group, to provide customers of both companies with even more efficient technology and worldwide competent support.
The investors Hi
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instagrid: Mobile power can also be simple and clean
“Software defined Battery” technology from instagrid offers the opportunity to structure mobile power in a way that is simple, flexible and emission-free. With its portable battery storage, the start-up from Stuttgart makes work easier for users, freeing electricity from time and place. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is financing the innovative infrastructure solution with a seven-figure investment together with two Family Offices.
instagrid GmbH, a provider of mobile power infrastruc
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High-Tech Gründerfonds’ technology and networking conference HTPC celebrates 10-year anniversary
Exclusive meeting between industry and start-ups from High-Tech Gründerfonds' 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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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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Corporate Innovation and Venture Capital – Grownups Meet Startups – High-Tech Gründerfonds Technology Network Conference (HTPC) on 29 January 2019
Established companies are often limited in their ability to innovate. It is not always easy to think in new ways within deep-rooted corporate structures. What is no longer disputed, however, is that innovation is a prerequisite when it comes to safeguarding the future. According to the 2018 Innovation Indicator, in 2012, Germany was one of the top three locations in the world for the sub-indicator economy. By 2018, however, it had fallen to 9th place. Companies are pursuing very different approa
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3D-Mapping Startup: High-Tech Gründerfonds and BitStone Capital invest in dotscene GmbH
With the successfully concluded financing round, the Freiburg-based company is further expanding its capacities and thus responding to the great demand for its solutions for portfolio digitisation in the real estate industry.
With its technology for mobile 3D laser scanning, dotscene GmbH captures real estate from inside and outside, from the ground and from the air. It thus provides complete and accurate planning bases for a fraction of the resources previously required. These are used, for
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FLAVOR-ON-DEMAND – Startup 4GENE receives 7-digit Seed-Funding
Germany's largest seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), VC Fonds BW, Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg GmbH and Goldmann International GmbH have acquired stakes in 4GENE GmbH. The young company, based in Heilbronn with office and production facilities in Freising and Stuttgart, develops and distributes activatable flavor and fragrance precursors for cosmetics, food and industrial fragrance warning systems to its customers worldwide. The investment enables the
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HTGF Portfolio Company Synapticon Successfully Closes Further Financing Round
High million amount for team expansion and research and development
Presentation of a new development at the SIAF in Guangzhou in spring 2019
Almost two years after the last capital increase and various new technological developments, Synapticon GmbH announces the successful completion of its current financing round. With its hardware and software, the young Southern German high-tech forge enables numerous international companies in the fields of robotics and automation to de
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C2S2 tech start-up in Bonn receives seed financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests in the six-figure range
„Rulebook“-Platform is intended to revolutionize policy communication in companies
Technology based on innovative linguistic approach
The Bonn-based tech start-up C2S2 from the EGRC area (Enterprise Governance, Risk and Compliance) has developed software that enables employees to easily access company regulations in a specific decision context. C2S2 digitizes existing company policies and guidelines and com
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Iconiq Holding closes a seven-figure financing round as FinLab increases its stake and Germany’s largest VC, High-Tech Gründerfonds, invests
Iconiq Lab Holding GmbH, a global crypto asset management firm, has closed a seven-figure financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds III GmbH & Co.KG and FinLab AG (ISIN: DE0001218063; Ticker: A7A.GR). Iconiq Holding will primarily use the funds to further develop and launch the recently announced Asset-Manager-as-a-Service (“AMaaS”) platform as well as scale its existing business units, the decentralized venture capital group and accelerator program, Iconiq Lab, and crypto asset index