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Hamburg based cloudplan develops a next generation file storage solution that can replace central storage based products such as dropbox™, local NAS (Network Attached Storage) etc. To accelerate further development and market entry a first round of financing has been closed with OP Advisory Services GmbH and High-Tech Gruenderfonds. Led by an experienced team that has successfully built up other companies in the past such as Telecom Carrier Broadnet AG (IPO 2000, tradesale 2006), cloudplan is

Innovative diet program raises capital from existing investors as well as new partners Losing weight no longer has to be associated with sacrificing good taste or flavour. KUKIMI aims to fill the gap between convenience and health. The start-up delivers fresh and tasty ready-to-eat diet meals. Convinced by the concept, investors, like the founders themselves, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), seedcamp and existing partners like Atlantic Labs, Valessa Tech and NewBorn Capital invest a seven-

Biametrics GmbH today announced the completion of their most recent financing round with €3.1 Million. Partners of the A Series Investment were LBBW Venture GmbH, MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft BW, and KfW Bankengruppe. Together with seed investors HTGF and Seedfonds BW, they are aiming to accelerate the expansion of Biametrics’ bioanalytical business activities to an international level. The fresh capital will facilitate the development of the operating production and sales

Leipzig-based start-up company isaac10 develops an API-interface for recurring payment automation. With focus on recurring periodic payments the payment service isaac10 GmbH provides an innovative management solution for SaaS-models and all those based on recurring payments in European countries. Along with providers of Cloud Computing the key focus areas are also insurers, telecommunications provider, publishers and those in the field of the sharing economy. On the one hand he acts as a paym

Fun Music Learning Web App Runs In Any Browser; Listens, Gives Live Feedback, And Adapts In Real Time Skoove, a music learning platform that offers one of the world’s first interactive online piano lessons, has today opened to the public. Skoove operates through any web browser to deliver a library of expertly designed, software driven lessons, controlled via connecting a keyboard or e-piano to a computer. The app gives aspiring and returning pianists real time feedback on their progress, a

Venneos GmbH is based in Stuttgart and develops a novel imaging system for the analysis of biological cells. A consortium of business angels and family offices, along with the High-Tech Gründerfonds and Max Planck Society invest in the company to develop a market-ready product and prepare the market entry of the first product generation. Venneos, founded as a spin-off from the Max Planck Society, is developing a silicon-chip-based imaging system for the analysis of biological cells. The syst

Jena based siOPTICA GmbH has signed a shareholder agreement with Constantia New Business GmbH, the corporate venture capital arm of Constantia Industries AG, Vienna. With the newly won capital siOPTICA will extend its product portfolio of switchable privacy filters and also will move with its products into new markets. Currently the siOPTICA products are mainly used in ATMs and other payment terminals. siOPTICA has specialized in the development of switchable privacy filters. The siOPTICA priva

gestigon GmbH, a startup based in Lübeck, Germany, has announced that it closed a third financing round (Series A) in July 2015. The lead investor is nbr technology ventures GmbH, with additional investments from Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds. According to CEO Moritz v. Grotthuss, the amount raised in this round was “several million” USD. The company will use the funds to accelerate growth in its business, which is focused on licensing its gesture control and s

mitramaze® – First transfemoral mitral valve repair system with atraumatic anchoring being developed coramaze technologies GmbH, a German medical device company, is developing the mitramaze® valve repair system – a novel concept for transcatheter mitral valve repair (TMVRep) intended for treatment of inoperable patients suffering from severe functional mitral regurgitation (fMR). coramaze announced today the closing of a EUR 4.5 million (US$ 5.15 million) series A financing round led by

Investor group led by Earlybird and High-Tech Gruenderfonds sees strong growth potential in the neurostimulation market segment EBS Technologies, focused on the development and commercialization of EBS Therapy for the treatment of visual field loss, has successfully launched a new round of financing by raising 1.1 million Euros. Three private investors joined the new round led by Earlybird and High-Tech Gruenderfonds which is still open to additional investors. The newly raised capital will b

Up to now, special and upscale hardware was required to document the work done in the security business. With traditional systems, the high subsequent cost in the back office was quite common due to the necessity of preparing the data first. In the future, with the system developed by the startup company COREDINATE GmbH at Uffenheim just having a smartphone will be good enough. This will totally eliminate the time-consuming data collection. The High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in this innovative

The Jena biotech company successfully raises further venture capital in a Series A financing. The funds will be used for the expansion of its production capacity and the extension of its distribution network. JeNaCell is a specialist for biotechnologically produced nanocellulose and has developed a unique continuous manufacturing process.. A seed financing round in 2012 with the High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) and the Foundation for Technology, Innovation and Research of Thuringia (STIFT) allow

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has sold its shares in the high-tech start-up Magazino to Siemens Novel Businesses. Magazino develops solutions for cognition-controlled, autonomous systems in the logistics sector. In the future, people will be increasingly supported when doing manual tasks such as picking out parts from warehouses by autonomous systems capable of orienting themselves independently. The Munich-based start-up Magazino, which focuses on the automatic recognition of objects and

Over 3.000 businesses of all types and sizes use payever solutions to run and grow - in online shops, websites, facebook or local stores. Huge banks and payment service provider like PayPal, Stripe or Santander Consumer Bank cooperate with payever. After two years the team closed their first investment round with High-Tech Gruenderfonds. Europe´s small commerce businesses miss access to tools big businesses have in order to maximise their revenue. Especially payment is a critical factor. Whi

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

Estonian mobility company coModule has secured €500,000 in capital for its seed round from renowned German investor High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) to bring mobile connectivity, data analytics and Internet of Things to the world of electric vehicles. The “Android of light electric vehicles” coModule has developed a hardware and software platform for Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs). The hardware monitors vehicle and environmental metrics and sends the data directly to the end user’s s