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Amal Therapeutics (Amal) completes CHF 3 million (EUR 2.75 million) Series A financing round with Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) as cornerstone investors. VI Partners and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participated in the round which will help progress Amal’s cancer vaccines. Amal Therapeutics is a Swiss biotech company developing and progressing therapeutic cancer vaccines. The company will use the funds to progress the preclinical development of its lead vaccine (ATP124) for color

High-Tech Gründerfonds invests together with private investors in a new modern life yoga app Asana Yoga, which was founded in 2015 today announced the seed financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and other experienced seed investors including Astutia Ventures, Florian Huber, Jeannette Fürstenberg and Sebastian Johnston. The Asana Yoga package includes: Yoga e-commerce as well as an extensive online magazine and is extended by the Asana Rebel Yoga app from March. The first milestone

Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, today announced that it has acquired Symtavision GmbH, a provider of automotive software tools and consulting services focused on scheduling analysis, architecture optimization, and timing verification. These tools and services are for planning, optimizing, and verifying embedded, real-time systems within all modern automobiles. Symtavision’s tools, building

High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in laser-technology firm Pulsar Photonics GmbH. The company develops innovative system and machine-tool technology for materials processing that incorporates ultrashort pulse lasers. This manufacturing technology enables practically all materials to be processed efficiently with maximum precision. Lasers have established themselves as a production tool on an industrial scale in many areas, heralding a major shift that sees traditional production practices repla

The young Hamburgian high-tech company Cycle announces the conclusion of seed-financing round with participating High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the business angel Tim Bode and the Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH). The start-up develops and produces synchronization systems based on fiber-optic technology and ultra-short pulsed lasers. Cycle´s highly precise synchronization allows to shoot „movies“ of molecules in high-profile research facilities – which in turn, enables better under

So far property management and residential real estate companies have been dodging the digital transformation. Munich-based startup casavi is about to change this with their industry-optimised Software-as-a-Service platform, enabling companies to modernise their customer engagement processes. „Just looking at Germany there are more than 20,000 companies dedicated to managing flats. This puts them in pole position in terms of the residential property market as a whole”, explains Peter Schi

Baimos Technologies, a company specialising in secure mobile communication and authorisation management for smart devices, has announced today a seven-digit investment from HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital, to support future company growth. Baimos Technologies is a developer of award winning BlueID device authentication and authorisation technology which enables objects to securely connect and interact with smart phones and smart watches. Mr P

The diagnostics company SeNostic GmbH announced today the closing of a seed round of financing led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). SeNostic will set out to develop and commercialize a reliable differential diagnostic test for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy-bodies. Currently, the company is validating its SeedCycler platform technology that makes use of highly specific, directly disease-defining biomarkers. The proceeds

High-tech implant will make leg-lengthening treatment easier and less painful New medical application with high performance polymer VESTAKEEP® PEEK from Evonik Technology estimated to be available on the market in 2017 Evonik Industries has invested in the start-up company SYNOSTE Oy via its venture capital arm and now holds a minority share in the medical technology company based in Düsseldorf (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland). The investment was made as part of a series A round,

The biotech company Abviris Deutschland GmbH from Ammersbek near Hamburg, Germany, developed a rapid test for the early detection of mouth and throat cancer. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein (MBG) invest a mid six-figure amount and support therefore the nationwide roll-out of the diagnostic tool as well as the international expansion of the company. Each year more than 18.000 people in Germany are newly diagnosed with mouth and thr

During the 34th JP Morgan Healthcare Conference, the German Accelerator Life Sciences (GALS) announced the first four companies to participate in its Cambridge-based program. AYOXXA Biosystems, PEPperPRINT, Personal MedSystems, and Sonormed will receive support tailored towards the specific needs of each company for up to 12 months. The scope of these young German companies ranges from treating tinnitus patients with filtered music and preventing stroke via a mobile ECG app to novel platform tec

Patient reported outcomes and intelligent treatment analytics: heartbeat medical, a Berlin and Cologne based startup, enables doctors to measure and improve their procedures. The High-Tech Gründerfonds, Germany's largest seed investor, and the DocCheck Guano AG invest a high six figure-number into the emerging startup. With heartbeat ONE the general health and healing process of patients can be tracked even years after an actual intervention. Patients get digital questionnaires, which they c

Intermedia and Mobile Ventures invest in POSpulse  Further growth to be boosted by international expansion and enhancement of analytics platform POSpulse gathers shopper insights via smartphone in the stationary retail sector The point of sale analytics provider POSpulse (www.pospulse.com) once again attracts new investors: The young Berlin startup receives a seven-digit investment in a Series A financing round. Among the investors are Medien Union GmbH, one of Germany’s leading

Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Alexander Graham Bell, British and American Speech Therapist, Inventor and Large-scale Manufacturer Disruptive innovations are rarely reached via signposted routes. Every day, start-up entrepreneurs and individuals making their way in the tech ecosystem face the challenge of taking the right path. When you do choose a route that is truly undiscovered, it’