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KonTEM GmbH, an HTGF-financed spin-off of the Max Planck Society and the research centre caesar, was taken over by FEI Company on a share deal basis. Thus the phase contrast technology developed by KonTEM is absorbed in the portfolio of a globally operating market leader in the field of high-performance microscopy workflow solutions. The phase contrast system for transmission electron microscopy (TEM) developed by KonTEM enables a two to three times better image contrast without compromising

During the course of the latest financing round, High-Tech Gründerfonds sold its LEDeXCHANGE Shares through a profitable Secondary Transaction to a private Investor.  LEDeXCHANGE, founded in 2011, is an innovative Startup multi-award winner selling proprietary LED Lamps and Tubes.  LEDeXCHANGE is now present in over 10 locations in Germany and in several European countries. In 2012, High-Tech Gründerfonds invested in LEDeXCHANGE. In March 2013 LEDeXCHANGE acquired further capital from

The Berlin-based startup embraase collects a six-digit investment from High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) and Axel Springer for its A/B testing and personalization platform for mobile apps. The capital will be used for further product development and distribution setup. There are as much as 2.5 million mobile apps available on the digital distribution platforms of Apple (iOS) and Google (Android) while up to 7,500 new ones are released every day. The competition for the users´ attention is alrea

itembase, the personal inventory platform with offices in San Francisco and Berlin (www.itembase.com), today announced a recent investment from the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the private equity strategic investment arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS). Terms of the investment were not disclosed. “We are excited to welcome the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund as a new investor,” said Stefan Jørgensen, founder and Chief Executive Officer of itembase. “This confirms that we are pursuing the right strate

VMRay GmbH has successfully closed its seed financing round. High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) invests in the development and marketing of the next-generation malware analysis software of VMRay, which has a special focus on complex 64-bit malware such as APTs and kernel rootkits. Organizations are upgrading their IT security in order to defend themselves against the surge in hacking attacks, cyber sabotage and spying assaults, which cause annual damages in the billions. The IT security software

Lophius Biosciences GmbH, a privately held biotech company focusing on the development and marketing of innovative T cell based research tools and diagnostic systems for functional assessment of disease-reactive T cells, today announced that the company has secured a EUR 2,0 Million financing round. This financing was led by one of the current main investors, VRD GmbH, Heidelberg, Germany with participation of two of the existing investors one of which S-Refit AG, Regensburg. The current invest

CryoTherapeutics GmbH (CryoTherapeutics), the developer of a proprietary cryotherapy system for use in the treatment of coronary artery disease, announced today that it has completed an extension to its Series A financing round led by Peppermint Venture Partners (PVP) via its Charité Biomedical Fund with participation by existing investors NRW.BANK, Rainer Christine Asset Management GmbH, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Getz Brothers. New investor KfW also participated in the financing. C

ezeep, one of the leading lights of the Berlin startup scene, announces today a huge distribution partnership supported by another sizeable seven-digit financing round. Amazing direct sales success in over 12 countries with small to publicly listed companies have enabled ezeep to strike a huge distribution partnership with Europe’s third largest IT distributor ALSO. ALSO will immediately start reselling ezeep to over 10,000 resellers with millions of customers. The announcement comes hot on

High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Berlin-based startup CarJump. The funds will be used to develop new products, which will enable interconnectivity between different mobility service providers. CarJump has closed a seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. The carsharing service provider, that trades under the name of GHM Mobile Development GmbH, has so far been publically known for its app (CarJump). The app is available for iOS and Android, and aggregates Germany’s leading carsharing pr

High Tech Gruenderfonds II presents Bayer Pharma AG (Bayer) as its first investor from the pharmaceutical industry. This is expected to give a considerable push to start-ups in the pharmeceutical sector. Together with the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, the KfW bank group and the private sector, a total of 20 investors participates in HTGF Fund II of the public-private-partnership, now totalling 304 million Euros. High-Tech Gruenderfonds II intends to support and fina

REBELLE, the website for second-hand designer fashion gained new investors, who are contributing a medium single digit million Euro amount to the Hamburg-based start-up. The existing shareholders, such as Hanse Ventures and High-Tech Gruenderfonds, are also participating in the financing round. REBELLE intends to use the fresh capital to further develop its business in the German-speaking market and drive its internationalisation. "We were particularly impressed by the dynamic and competence

MicroDimensions GmbH has recently closed a seed round: Convinced by the already successful product placement as well as the market potential for software solutions in digital pathology, High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and business angel Dr. Adriaan Hart de Ruijter invested into the company specializing in microscopic image processing. The new capital allows microDimensions to accelerate the development of further products and the growth of the company. MicroDimensions GmbH spec

High-Tech Gründerfonds and business angel Dieter Lorenzen finance first wheelchair with dynamic seating system. With the completion of the first financing round the DESINO GmbH took a definite step towards attaining their objective of making the sitting more comfortable for wheelchair users. High-Tech Gründerfonds as well as business angel Dieter Lorenzen will hence forward support the project of this enterprise which was founded in Cologne in 2012. The DESINO GmbH was able to convince inv

QSC AG, the leading ICT provider for medium-sized businesses in Germany, takes over 51 per cent of the shares in the Munich based FTAPI Software GmbH, a company specializing in encrypted data exchange between business customers. The start-up was founded in 2010 and offers a range of products around high-security transfer and storage of confidential company data. With FTAPI, files can be transferred and stored at different security levels, from an SSL download link to an end-to-end encryption.

Amal Therapeutics SA, a Geneva and Berlin-based company focusing on the development of therapeutic cancer vaccines, announced today that it has closed its seed financing round. The funds will be used to consolidate the cell-penetrating peptide based technology platform and progress the first vaccine candidate up to pre-clinical development. The investment round was led by Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF), joined by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). The company also announced that it appoin

FAZUA GmbH – a company specializing in the development and distribution of the evation drive system for e-bikes – has successfully concluded the seed stage of its financing. High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), Bayern Kapital and a Business Angel invest in the serial development of the exchangeable, light-weight and visually appealing next generation e-bike drive system: evation. The company FAZUA GmbH is based in Munich and develops and distributes an innovative drive system for e-bikes under