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The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Germany’s leading seed stage investor, has invested in the software company Filestage. The startup offers freelancers, agencies and marketing departments a review tool for the coordination of media content. With its unique review workflow it simplifies the daily communication with customers and colleagues. Filestage is a web application to share, review and approve media content with teams and clients. Instead of sending emails back and forth, reviewers

The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests together with Commerzbank’s subsidiary main incubator and Business Angel Robert A. Kabs in the Munich-based SaaS-company Userlane. The technology developed by Userlane guides users through software like a GPS turn-by-turn navigation system. This allows every user to operate even complex software on a professional level without any previous knowledge. Key to Userlane’s technology are interactive step-by-step guides, which can be implemented on top o

There is a growing need for innovation in the health system, but at the same time it is challenging to establish new healthcare solutions for the market. Many stakeholders such as insurance companies, investors and start-ups currently opt for alternative methods to achieve their goals. In its seventh issue, the media service “MedTech Radar”, a joint publication of the German Medical Technology Association BVMed, Earlybird Venture Capital, the High-Tech Gründerfonds and BIOCOM AG, reports on

The leading network provider Vodafone GmbH acquires 100 percent of the shares in Dresden based RadioOpt GmbH, a specialist for crowd based analysis of network per-formance using smartphone applications. RadioOpt, established in 2008, is THE partner for performance data at smartphone level. For this purpose, device and network dependent data on the availability and performance of mo-bile and WLAN networks are collected anonymously around the world. This raw data is ag-gregated and processed by

High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in online factoring portal Fundflow. Fundflow buys accounts receivable from small companies and freelancers, enabling them to cover short-term liquidity gaps. Fundflow will use the financing to further improve their product and expand their business. Invoices not being paid on time has been a growing problem in Germany for years. This development has led to companies being driven to the brink of insolvency, with clients failing to pay invoices on time. Berli

All3DP GmbH, operator of a fast growing English-language Internet platform for 3D printing, has completed seven-figure Series A financing round. All3DP publishes an online magazine at All3DP.com that familiarizes broad target groups from the consumer and small business segment with 3D printing and connects users with leading 3D printing service providers. The investors of the current financing round include Deutsche Balaton AG, Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and four private inve

Evalu is a Munich startup whose software offers athletes the opportunity to be coached at a professional level. The team of engineers, athletes, and coaches has been developing artificial intelligence software, which assesses, evaluates, and supports athletes. Recently, evalu secured seed funding with several high-profile investors from the Munich area as well as the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). The startup was aided in this endeavor through the BayStartUp GmbH and the UnternehmerTUM GmbH.

Immunic AG (Immunic), a recently formed private start-up biotech company in Planegg-Martinsried near Munich, Germany, today announced that it has closed its Series A financing round totaling EUR 17.5 million of preferred stock financing. The financing round was led by Life Sciences Partners V Coöperatief U.A. (LSP, The Netherlands) and LifeCare Partners (LCP, Switzerland). Further participating investors were Bayern Kapital (Landshut, Germany), High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF, Bonn, Germany) and

Evaluation results for High-Tech Gründerfonds II released The German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy (BMWi) is today publishing the evaluation results for HTGF II. After being commissioned to carry out the evaluation by the BMWi, technopolis group has concluded that HTGF has positioned itself as Germany’s most important seed-financing provider by quite some distance. It boasts a highly integrated network of contacts, comprising financing partners as well as innovative start-

Heliatek, a world leader in organic photovoltaic and a manufacturer of solar films, has put together an €80 million ($88 million) round to finance the expansion of its HeliaFilm® manufacturing capacity by one million m² p.a.. This round comprises €42 million in equity, €20 million in debt and about €18 million in subsidies. “We are very excited to have successfully completed this financing round. This allows us to strengthen our world leadership in organic solar film and to accele

Rigontec, the leader in RIG-I targeting RNA therapeutics, today announced that it has secured EUR 15 million in a third and final closing of its Series A round. The financing represents additional capital from current investors Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, Forbion Capital Partners, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), NRW.BANK, MP Healthcare Venture Management, Sunstone Capital and Wellington Partners Life Sciences. The funding will advance the ongoing development of Rigontec’s RIG-I agonist

Backed up with an investment by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), three entrepreneurs from Münster seek to revolutionize the German webhosting market. RAIDBOXES is specialized in WordPress and offers a service that makes hosting fast, secure and more convenient. WordPress is the most popular content management system (CMS) in the world, powering blogs, e-commerce sites and online media. An estimated 26 percent of all websites rely on it, including the New York Times, TechCrunch and NASA. RAIDBOX

HTGF finances gridscale GmbH with its first seed capital. gridscale was founded in September 2014, has been available on the market since November 2015 and has been financed by its founders (Michael Balser, Henrik Hasenkamp and Torsten Urbas) so far. Together they have accumulated more than 40 years of professional experience in the hosting industry. gridscale offers unique, virtual data center services that are based on the latest technological standards and are particularly user-friendly. grid

German-based OUTFITTERY raises funding led by Octopus Ventures Europe‘s 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 world’s most renowned fashion families. Existing investors Northzone Capital, Highland Europe, Holtzbrinck Ventures and Mangrove Capital Partners have also joined the

akvola Technologies ("Company"), a water technology company providing solutions for the removal of oils and suspended solids from hard-to-treat industrial effluents, has today announced the completion of its Series A financing round following its commercial successes in 2016. In addition to the private investors and industry experts Bruno Steis (ex-CEO of inge AG) and Detlef Taprogge (Managing Director of TAPROGGE GmbH), the investment consortium includes two new investors, VNG Innovation GmbH a

microDimensions GmbH, a Munich-based software and service provider for digital pathology that specializes in automated image analysis raised a Series A financing round. The company’s unique image processing technology can significantly speed up and automate workflows in (pre-)clinical drug development studies and clinical diagnosis. A consortium of five investors, led by Business Angel Dr. Adriaan Hart de Ruijter and complemented by High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and a group of busine