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Two early-stage venture capital investors are joining the i3 Membrane GmbH startup in August 2014. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) of Bonn and Innovationsstarter Fonds of Hamburg are investing in development and marketing of a novel filter technology. The new high-tech membrane is made of high-quality steel and is more stable and more flexible than conventional filters, also more environmentally-compatible because only inert gas and electrical power are needed for its manufacture. The process was

Hamburg start-up consolidates market leadership in Germany REBELLE, the website for second-hand designer fashion, has acquired its direct competitor, Glamloop. In a cash transaction, the Hamburg start-up operating as StyleRemains GmbH has purchased a 100 percent stake in ATK Shopping Solutions GmbH which operates the Glamloop website. This has consolidated REBELLE`s position as the German market leader. Glamloop's activities will be incorporated into the REBELLE brand and website. This will

SOPAT GmbH was founded in 2012 by Dr. Sebastian Maass, Juergen Rojahn and Joern Emmerich and offers the first fully automated, precise, in situ real-time analysis of particles in chemical processes. Since its foundation in Berlin, SOPAT has achieved strong growth in sales and could win well-known industrial clients. In 2013 High-Tech Gruenderfonds financed the company together with Steelhouse Ventures and supported the team set up their business. Due to the positive development of the company t

On 30th May 2014, AMETEK, Inc., a publicly traded U.S. company, acquired Luphos GmbH, the German specialist in metrology and measurement technology. With this acquisition, AMETEK and its Taylor Hobson business strengthen their leading position in the field of ultra precise measurement technology. The precise distance measurement technology developed by Luphos is based on the method of Multi-Wavelength interferometry (MWLI) and allows for the measurements of distances and positions with an acc

Predemtec GmbH in Hennigsdorf develops a blood test for a reliable diagnosis of Alzheimer's disease. In July 2014 the start-up received a seed financing from High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF). The seed investment will be used to finalize the first test into a marketable product and to expand the scope of the test towards early diagnosis. There are approximately 36 million patients worldwide suffering from dementia. With two thirds of all cases, Alzheimer's disease (AD) is the most frequent form

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and a business angel invest in Stuttgart based smoope GmbH. The company has developed a solution which redefines Business-To-Consumer communication. „Service To Go“ connects businesses to their customers via instant messaging - it’s mobile, personal and safe. The investment will be used for staffing, setting up marketing/sales and technical development. In just a few years „instant messaging“ has become the second most used means of communication on sm

By acquiring MeinProspekt, kaufDA expands its reach and offerings as the retail industry's leading advertising partner for local digital brochures in Germany. Today, consumer information portal kaufDA (www.kaufda.de) announced the acquisition of 100% of the shares of the Munich company MeinProspekt (www.meinprospekt.de). kaufDA, an enterprise of the Berlin-based Bonial International Group (www.bonial.com), thereby expands its leading position regarding mobile, location-based digital catalogs

The German-based connected fitness company eGym is accelerating its international expansion and product development by raising $15 million from new investor Highland Capital Partners Europe. Existing investors Bayern Kapital and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participated in the round. eGym provides connected fitness solutions to gym operators and gym members alike. The eGym product portfolio is a true mixture of hardware and software providing gym operators with granular information about thei

Juniqe is a success story. The online gallery only launched at the beginning of the year but has already secured a seven-figure funding round from investors just five months in. There is great demand for affordable art and Juniqe meets this demand by  delivering curated art at affordable prices. The curated selection of eclectic images really appeals to customers, as does the option of purchasing these images as framed prints, T-shirts, smartphone cases and home accessories. The business model

AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH, an international biotechnology company, completed a € 9,0m Series B financing round by the end of June 2014. All of the company’s existing investors (High-Tech Gründerfonds, KFW, NRW.BANK, Wellington Partners Venture Capital and private investors) took part, along with new investors b-to-v Partners AG, Creathor Venture and HR Ventures. In addition several private investors from the US and Europe, including AYOXXA employees and two of Qiagen’s founders, joined this

The Berlin-based start-up Sablono has successfully completed its first financing round. High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), Hasso Plattner Ventures and the construction software manufacturer Nemetschek Allplan take a joint share in the company. The winner of this year's founders’ competition “IKT Innovativ” develops innovative software solutions for digital planning, controlling and supervision of building projects. Complex building projects are often a major challenge for all parties invo

The parking angels of ParkTAG receive seed funding from the German High-Tech Gründerfonds. The investment secures further development of the young Berlin startup – set to solve the parking issue in metropolitan areas. German singer Herbert Grönemeyer landed a smash hit in `84 complaining about his private parking struggles. Since then, parking has become an even bigger problem in urban centers around the globe. The Berlin-based startup ParkTAG has now secured a seed investment from High-

akvolution GmbH has successfully closed a seed-financing round with High-Tech-Gründerfonds (HTGF) and will use the funds to bring their disruptive water treatment technology akvoFloat™ to the market. “More water for less energy”. Berlin-based akvolution aims to make seawater desalination more affordable and sustainable to fight global water scarcity. The startup designs and markets compact water treatment plants based on its proprietary technology akvoFloat™, a ceramic-based and high

The PPC advertising technology company crealytics successfully secured additional growth capital and receives a mid-7-digit capital injection from ALSTIN - Alternative Strategic Investment as new lead investor and its existing investors LBBW Venture Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Mountain Internet, Bayern Kapital and the BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft. The company will use the new funds for the further development of its proprietary semantic Pay-Per-Click advertising (PPC) technolo

GE Healthcare and Fiagon AG Announce a Patent License Agreement Fiagon AG today announced that it has entered into an agreement with GE Healthcare. Under the terms of the agreement, Fiagon will acquire a patent license to several of GE Healthcare’s ENT and Cranial navigation technologies. This will help Fiagon surround and back up the 35 issued patents and substantial intellectual property of Fiagon, resulting in greater protection from competitive interference by other companies. This ag

MAGAZINO GmbH has successfully completed the seed-financing round. High-Tech-Gründerfonds (HTGF) and two business angels invest into the company. MAGAZINO develops, builds and sells innovative storage and dispensing machines. These machines enable a highly efficient individual item storage and dispensing of a wide range of objects. The human is still the key factor in all logistical processes. The good-to-man systems automatically transport a bin or carrier to the human, but the picking (gr