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saperatec GmbH, an independent recycling specialist for all types of high-tech com-posite materials, is receiving seed financing in the amount of 3.3 million € from an investor consortium consisting of eCapital entrepreneurial Partners AG, the NRW.BANK, the Business Angel Oliver F. Gosemann as well as the investors of the first round Gründerfonds Bielefeld-Ostwestfalen and the High-Tech Gründerfonds. Amongst other things, the company will use the financial means to build a modular large demo

Innovations in artificial joint replacement illustrated by a modern shoulder implant are the focus of the third edition of "MedTech-Radar," a shared media service provided by the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), Earlybird Venture Capital, and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The publication contains a case study of Topsfield Medical GmbH, a company aiming to improve patient care with an innovative prosthesis anchor and minimally invasive technology. Also in the news: The results of the se

Yorxs.de, the online portal for diamonds and diamond jewelry (www.yorxs.de) founded in Munich in March 2012, concluded its seed financing at the end of 2012 with a seven-figure sum. Within the present financing round, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) based in Bonn and K5 Ventures are also now investing in the dynamically growing diamond portal along with further business angels. The diamond specialist intends to use the newly raised equity capital to become Europe’s leading online portal for bul

The GILUPI GmbH with its headquarters in Potsdam and a subsidiary in the city of Greifswald signed a cooperation agreement with the Chinese investor Hebei Viroad Biotechnology Co., Ltd., in December 2012. The collaboration includes a license agreement for large parts of Asia. With the acquisition of shares and an investment in the GILUPI GmbH of over Euro 5 million , the development and production capacities of GILUPI in the federal states of Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern will be extend

In a round of growth financing, High-Tech Gründerfonds has sold its share in Urban-Brand GmbH (Windeln.de) to an international consortium of investors. Windeln.de (“diapers.de”), Germany’s largest online store for everyday baby products, was founded in 2010 by Konstantin Urban, Alexander Brand and Dagmar Mahnel. Their assortment currently includes more than 20,000 products. In 2010, High-Tech Gründerfonds provided seed financing for the company together with DN Capital and several

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Georgieff Capital Beteiligungen and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MBG) with the Seedfonds BW invest in Notion Systems GmbH, Schwetzingen, Germany. Notion Systems develops inkjet, laser and automation equipment for technical applications. The financing enables the development of the n.jet lab inkjet printers to serial production. The printer provides customers at research institutes and various industries with a large variety of p

The positive growth seen by SEA technology camato has brought in investment from Bayern Kapital, LBBW Venture Capital GmbH, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Mountain Super Angel AG and new investor BayBG. crealytics GmbH has once again had a successful round of financing and has received a fresh investment of growth capital in the mid 7-figure range. In addition to the current early-stage investors Bayern Kapital, LBBW Venture Capital GmbH, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Mountain Super Angel AG, BayBG (

SimScale, a web-based engineering simulation platform, proves that modern simulation technology can be available to industrial product development with cost efficiency and high flexibility. SimScale gives engineers access to a broad variety of simulation tools coupled with scalable computing power and interactive collaboration features. With HTGF, Bayern Kapital and a consortium of Business Angels, SimScale has found strong partners for the further development of its platform. Simulation tech

Berlin-based SaaS firm linkbird is growing Thanks to the innovative concept of the linkbird SaaS solution, combining aspects of SEO project management, CRM and controlling, linkbird (www.linkbird.de) was able to grow significantly in 2012. Among hundreds of others, well-known online shops, agencies and portals such as Zalando, eDarling and Expedia belong to linkbird’s customer base. Now linkbird is receiving professional support on a consulting as well as financial basis: the High-Tech G

Open, application centric, free to try: The mission of Cumulocity is to make mobile machine-to-machine applications profitable for all businesses through ready-made, cloud subscription services. Finnish VersoVentures fund and HTGF invest in the experienced management team and support the spin off of NSN. NSN continues to support the M2M activities of this newly founded, dedicated company and remains strategic partner of Cumulocity. It all began in Mountain View, Silicon Valley, CA in 2010. At

The Berlin high-tech startup SOPAT GmbH is concluding its first round of financing. The investors are High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Steelhouse Ventures Limited (SVL). The mission of SOPAT is to revolutionize the measurement of particulate systems. Using the digital analysis of particle images in previously unattainable results, it becomes possible to directly optimize the production in chemical, pharmaceutical, and biotechnological processes. 2012 was most eventful year yet for the Berli

The expanding market leader in curated shopping Outfittery.de, the new e-commerce concept for men, has yet again gained notable investors for itself.  Mangrove Capital Partners, RI Digital Ventures as well as the VC fund Kreativwirtschaft managed by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft are amongst them, having invested in the budding company at the start of this year. Not only did Outfittery.de gain new investors, but existing venture capitalists such as Holtzbrinck Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfo

LEDeXCHANGE GmbH emerged on the scene promising that its line of products which create light “as natural as an incandescent bulb” would give consumers a genuine alternative to current energy efficient light bulbs. High Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) has been convinced by this innovative company’s commitment to producing light sources that save energy and cast that familiar, warm glow and as a result are investing in LEDeXCHANGE through a seed financing agreement. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (H

 Second financing round within a few weeks: after SEDO founder Tim Schumacher, HTGF invests in Stuffle Eight months after being launched, Hamburg-based start-up Stuffle (https://stuffle.it) has closed its second financing round. Following SEDO founder Tim Schumacher’s six-figure investment just a few weeks before, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is now joining as well. HTGF is acquiring a minority shareholding for a mid six-figure amount. “We were convinced by the Stuffle concept: Inno

ADVANOVA GmbH has successfully concluded its first round of financing. High Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), BayernKapital and a consortium of business angels are investing in the further development and marketing of the first mobile, electronic patient chart for use in hospitals. "In addition to working to further develop our VMobil software, we are paying particular attention to marketing this successfully,” states Bastian Bleisinger, Managing Director and Founder of ADVANOVA. “This investmen

media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, a consortium of three publishers, has invested in High-Tech Gruenderfonds II bringing the total number of corporate investors in the fund to 17. With this investment, the consortium has sent a clear signal to the publishing world about the importance of innovative technologies to the future of this branch of industry. media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG brings together three publishers: Badisches Pressehaus GmbH & Co. KG