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POSpulse provides Smart Data for retailers and brands: By utilising crowdsourcing POSpulse collects data from the shopper’s perspective at the point-of-sale and provides retailers and brands with detailed analysis and optimization proposals for their POS activities. For the first time it is possible to gain extensive and comprehensive knowledge and real-time insights into the real purchasing situation at the point of sale – whether it is the exeution of shopper promotions, product placements

WeSustain, a software company with focus on Enterprise Sustainability Management, today announces that a new financing round of € 4 Mill. has been successfully closed. Companies like Daimler, Allianz or Commerzbank deploy WeSustain’s cloud-based software solution for their sustainability reporting. Deutsche Telekom is a strategic partner of WeSustain. The EU recently issued a new legislative directive, which makes sustainability reporting mandatory for large enterprises. As a result signi

Kick-off into the next round: minubo, a Business Intelligence cloud solution specifically developed for online shops, has received a second seven-digit seed investment and makes great strides towards the USA. With the founding of the minubo Inc. in Boston, as well as the continuous development of the international partner-networks, the basis for a successful market entry is established. With new capital and an expansion in the sales and development departments, the minubo team continues to po

Multiphoton Optics develops and sells 3D Laser Lithography Equipment which enables its customers to automate its opto-electronic assembly lines for the production of optical packages. Three-dimensional optical interconnects are fabricated to connect Silicon or III/V Photonic Chips to enable low-cost manufacture of optical packages. The equipment allows to flexibly produce arbitrarily shaped three-dimensional structures with highest precision. Driven by a continuously increasing demand on band

enercast, one of the leading providers of power forecasts for renewable energies, secures fresh equity from Innogy Venture Capital and the High-Tech Gruenderfonds Second financing round supports further company growth in Europe and entry to the US market Kassel-based enercast GmbH provides their customers with power forecasts for wind farms and solar energy plants. The reliable and precise forecasts facilitate the feeding of intermittent electricity production from renewable energy systems

gestigon successfully closed a series A financing. The seven-digit-USD investment was committed by two of the investors of the seed funding, HTGF and MBG-SH, as well as one of the founding shareholders and three high net worth business angels. This series A financing shall be used to enhance the customer orientated business development in Europe and North America as well as to set up a presence in Asia. Sascha Klement, founder and CTO of gestigon, comments, “With this financing we have the po

Andreas Richter new CFO of AYOXXA    AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH, an international biotechnology company, announces the closing of a third round of Series B financing, bringing the total amount raised to 11.3 Mio. EUR in 2014. An additional 2.3 Mio. EUR were now invested by BioMedPartners AG, Basel and Grazia Equity GmbH, based in Stuttgart, Germany. Both leading European venture capital firms joined the group of established AYOXXA investors, who successfully closed second round in June 2014. �

The Munich-based tech company All3DP GmbH is closing the gap between consumers and the 3D printing cosmos. All3DP’s consumer-oriented website provides extensive editorial coverage on topics related to 3D printing and offers an online marketplace for tested 3D printable designs. In order to establish the first mover and future global player in the market, High-Tech Gruenderfonds is funding the new startup company. 3D printing will be one of the key technologies in the coming decades - analys

Software systems not only pervade more and more industries, but they are also growing more and more complex. But regardless of whether software developers have to understand yesterday’s legacy systems or tomorrow’s hot technologies, one question is always the same: How do I tell the machine what to do? Using Big Data, the young company Codetrails GmbH answers this question for Java developers. High-Tech Gründerfonds funds the spin-off of TU Darmstadt to further Codetrails’ capabilities of

In the spring of 2013, PS Biotech GmbH, a spin-off of RWTH Aachen and the DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, received seed funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds to finance the market entry of the Feed Plate®. The Feed Plate® is a tool serving the field of industrial biotechnology, enabling cost-effective screening for the optimal production strain under fed-batch conditions using microtiter plates. Over the last year, PS Biotech could attract a first wave of prominent customers. T

No waiting for deliveries anymore. A new delivery system, developed by Lockbox GmbH, allows depositing deliveries securely at the recipient’s doorstep without him having to be at home. Lockbox is the temporary “Packstation” at the recipient’s doorstep and, at the same time, a reusable packaging. The High-Tech Gruenderfonds is investing in innovation and growth of this young Berlin start up. Lockbox, which was founded in May of 2013 by Thomas Kraker von Schwarzenfeld, is the temporary

Cash inflow enables for commercialization of the LiMAx test Berlin, Germany, November 10, 2014 – Humedics GmbH, a specialist for real-time and mobile measurement of the individual liver function at the bedside of the patient, today announced the closing of a Series C financing round totaling more than 6.3 million Euro. Humedics’ business model, products and company development has attracted new international investors that will join the current private and public investors. The fin

Further product development to combat hepatitis delta virus infection received a boost today thanks to commitments from MYR GmbH investors Maxwell Biotech Venture Fund and High-Tech Gruenderfonds. The combined investment of 7.9 million Euro (approximately $10 million) will be used by MYR for further development of Myrcludex B, a first-in-class drug for the treatment of chronic hepatitis B (HBV) and D (HDV) virus infections. Dmitri Popov, Managing Partner of Maxwell Biotech Fund said: “W