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The international retail and wholesale concern METRO GROUP has confirmed its participation in High-Tech Gruenderfonds II. This investment brings to an end the second close of this fund which now has 17 private investors and a total managed fund volume of EUR 301,5 million. The METRO GROUP, a diversified and highly-successful international business enterprise, completes the list of investors in Fonds II from the worlds of commerce and industry and sends a clear signal to the German start-up scen

gestigon develops software to control devices without contact solely by gestures. The solution, the team and the latest development of the company convinced the High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein. They have jointly invested into gestigon and thereby support the international market entry of the Lübeck-based start-up. gestigon develops solutions for gesture recognition and control on the basis of 3D cameras. The software is the only i

BioRob GmbH, Darmstadt based manufacturer of the lightweight robot BioRob, announced the seed financing led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Dr. Schulze Consulting und Holding GmbH with the goal to enhance R&D and sales force. BioRob GmbH, Darmstadt based spin-off from Technical University Darmstadt, develops und markets the lightweight robot BioRob. The robot is designed to match the rising demand of cost-effective and easy to use automation solution. Especially small and medium en

The Hennigsdorf firm Drug Response Dx GmbH (DRDx GmbH) successfully concluded its first round of financing with High-Tech Gründerfonds and QIAGEN. The investment will serve to develop a biomarker test kit for rheumatoid arthritis treatment guidance with so-called TNF-alpha inhibitors. The test is secured by a unique patent platform exclusively in-licensed by the Max Planck Society. Rheumatoid arthritis (RA) is the most widespread autoimmune illness in the world, affecting around 70 million p

The German cloud specialist tocario GmbH (www.tocario.com) secures the first round of funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and from the Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg. The Investment supports tocario with the market launch of the next generation of Hosted Virtual Desktops (HVD) for SMB Customers as well as Service Providers worldwide.   tocario has been founded by former employees of the industry giant Hewlett-Packard and has developed a Hosted Virtual Desktop Solution, which helps organi

High Tech Gründerfonds, Klaas Kersting (Supercell, DailyDeal), CD-Venture, as well as further unnamed Angel Investors, just closed a high 6-figure investment in mobile startup Stocard.  Over the last year Stocard’s mobile loyalty card App has been installed over 425,000 times and has been recognized by Apple as one of the best Apps of 2011. Stocard makes it easier for customer loyalty programs to go mobile and allows users to replace their plastic cards with this smartphone app. This make

Software which creates itself and increases profit – this is the successful concept of SOTA SOLUTIONS, which convinced investors in the early stage. The High-Tech Gründerfonds together with the Gundlach Group supports the start-up from Berlin as investors to enter the market of biochemistry and biogas. SOTA SOLUTIONS develops software which enables to predict and improve complex processes. Those processes can be steps in the biochemistry’s production as well as controlling biogas facilit

Berlin software startup ezeep has an ambitious goal: make printing easy, no matter where you are or what device you are using. The Skype investor Mangrove backs the company, and The Cloud, Europe’s biggest Wi-Fi provider, is one of ezeep’s first customers. ezeep offers an easy and secure way to print in modern businesses. Employees can use the service to print when they are at the office or while they are on the go, either from their smartphone or tablet (both iOS and Android), or directl

InnoCyte GmbH has won three renowned investors for their cause: In a first round of financing, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft (MBG) – within the framework of the Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg – and Fraunhofer Venture have increased the capital of the young GmbH by a high six-figure amount. The goal is to push growth and further advance the technology. InnoCyte GmbH has developed a technology that standardizes, automates, accelerates and there

Lead investor Mountain Super Angel and United Prototype Ventures support the ambitious Cologne-based browser game startup; previous investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and RapidShare Entertainment also reinvest. Fliplife is a product of UP Web Game GmbH, which was founded in late 2009 by Ibrahim Evsan, Thomas Bachem and Tobias Hartmann. The company develops and publishes Fliplife as a life simulation in a contemporary, realistic setting with comprehensive social features. Players can choose fro

The Hamburg, Germany-based biotech startup GeneQuine Biotherapeutics today announced the completion of a seven-figure seed financing round. Investors are the German seed funds High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bonn and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg. Funding will be used to perform proof-of-concept studies with the lead product - a gene therapy drug for the treatment of osteoarthritis in horses. GeneQuine Biotherapeutics develops gene therapy for the treatment of osteoarthritis, a degenerative joint d

Trademob, the leading data-driven mobile app marketing platform, announced today a Series B investment of $15 million led by technology growth equity investor Kennet Partners. Kennet will invest $12.5 million, with additional funds coming from existing investors Tengelmann Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds. The financing will be used to fund Trademob’s continued global expansion and for further investment in its proprietary technology platform. Michael Elias, managing director at Kennet, an

By investing in Synapticon GmbH, Gruibingen, a group of investors consisting of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Seedfonds Baden-Wuerttemberg (SFBW), and the private investor Günter Lang is supporting a company in the growing market of robotics. The Synapticon GmbH team has already made a name for itself as a developer of high performance, autonomous robotics systems. With the products DYNARC and OBLAC, Synapticon GmbH is now introducing a hardware and software platform to the market that can be

Bonn Investor Supports Development of Darmstadt Software Provider Starting September – Goal Is Establishment in Billion Dollar Product Lifecycle Management (PLM) Market Along with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Fraunhofer Venture, Dr. Martin U. Schefter is stepping in with his holding company Schefter Capital GmbH in the second round of financing for ConWeaver GmbH. Dr. Schefter, an electrical engineering PhD, will use his experience as entrepreneur, management consultant, and CE

Investing in growth: avandeo, the online destination for designer furniture and home accessories, has secured additional investment from LBBW Venture Capital and KfW Bankengruppe. This funding round, numbering in the high single-digit millions, is also supported by long-term investors Partech International, Mountain Super Angel and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), ensure the continued growth of the fast-rising start-up. “The dual leadership of the company lies at the heart of this investme