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High-Tech Partnering Conference on 1 February in Bonn How varied and profitable collaboration between small and large companies can be and why high ability to innovate can help to provide a competitive edge are aspects that about 200 high-ranking representatives of industry and commerce will be discussing on 1 February 2011 at the High-Tech Partnering Conference in Bonn. “Sustainable innovations are a vital source of nourishment for major technology companies. Large corporations and SMEs

froodies (www.froodies.de), which claims to be Germany's first online supermarket for fresh groceries, has received new investment capital in the course of a second round of financing. In addition to the initial investor Sirius Venture, High-Tech Gründerfonds and several business angels have also joined as investors. The start-up company from Düsseldorf is investing the funds in strategic growth and nationwide expansion. “We believe that froodies, with its decentralized delivery system and

Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are to invest about EUR 650k in Caterna GmbH. The investment is intended to fund market entry as well as further research and development work for more applications using the telemetric treatment software in ophthalmology. Caterna GmbH, a spin-off from TU Dresden (Dresden Technical University), develops and sells software that can be used to correct defective vision. For the first area of application, amblyopia or lazy

Growth in access rights management market requires strategic expansion protected-networks.com has begun 2011 with a new investor.  Milestone Venture Capital will provide financial backing for the Berlin enterprise and help them to further develop their national and international sales and client support structure.  Initial target areas will be Europe and Asia.  protected-networks.com and Milestone Venture Capital are thereby responding to the steadily growing demand for the company's product

GILUPI GmbH is an innovative company developing and producing medical devices for the in vivo isolation of rare cells out of the circulating blood. GILUPI will use the current financing mainly for the CE-certification and the subsequent introduction into the market of its patented medical detector. The early approval of the device according to the MPG (Medical Devices Act) is essential for achieving the economic objectives of GILUPI. New innovative products for isolating rare cells out of the

m8 Capital, the venture capital fund investing exclusively in mobile technology, announced today a US$ 4.2 million investment in German mobile technology company SCHAD. SCHAD’s technology allows engineering staff of global enterprises to remotely access, monitor and manage their plants, systems and facilities from mobile phones (BlackBerry/iPhone/Android/Windows) and other mobile devices (iPads/tablets). The technology frees maintenance engineers from centralised control centres, and allow

The young Berlin-based startup 6 Wunderkinder closed the second investment: The investment of 500,000 Euro is primarily used for financing the technical realization of wunderkit. The launch for wunderkit is planned for the first half year 2011.  wunderkit, a modern working and productivity platform is supposed to help companies, freelancers, and other groups to connect and work efficiently on one platform that embraces all necessary tools. The team has a strong focus on a beautiful and ef

The duel turns into a singing duet. The two online karaoke portals and former rivals Mikestar.com and TalentRun.com are merging to become a single company. Both brands are as of now under the umbrella of Mikestar GmbH. However, the two karaoke sides will remain and will continue to be available to their users in the future. The merger of these two portals now gives them a joint base of about half a million users. Mikestar.com and TalentRun.com intend to take advantage of the merger to expand

High-Tech Gründerfonds, sympasis innovation capital and KfW-Bankengruppe are investing jointly in the future of ubigrate. ubigrate is growing successfully and has secured a significant amount of capital in a second round of financing. The software company, established in 2008 in Dresden, specialises in business activity monitoring (BAM) in production and logistics. Its products provide maximum transparency by precisely and automatically recording and evaluating process information in real time

High-Tech Gründerfonds has successfully sold its shares in Raumfeld GmbH. Lautsprecher Teufel, Europe’s no. 1 direct seller of loudspeaker and home cinema systems, has taken over Raumfeld, the specialist in multi-room audio systems. Based on its unique, patent-pending software, Raumfeld has since 2009 been successfully developing and selling its own audio systems, which turn the enjoyment of music into a special experience with wireless speakers in various rooms as well as remote control. The

The investors in the Munich company nfon AG, one of the leading providers of outsourced telephone systems (IP Centrex), have decided together with nfon’s management to commit additional capital to accelerate growth against the backdrop of this year’s positive business performance. The investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co. KG, MIG Fonds and Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft have, in a further round of financing, made four million euros of capital ava

High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in leading provider for digital mobile leaflet advertising. More than 500 million leaflets a week are distributed throughout Germany to advertise bargains and special offers; an unmanageable number for finding the best buys. Furthermore, there is a significant increase in the number of advertising leaflets distributed in the period leading up to Christmas. Yet this common marketing tool used by discount stores and retail chains is very costly and environmentall

The winners of this year’s German Enterprise Awards (Deutscher Unternehmer Preis) were commended in a formal ceremony held yesterday evening at the Frankfurter Opern Turm. The Mister Spex company, funded by High-Tech Gründerfonds, won in the start-ups category. Mister Spex GmbH is Germany’s largest online retailer of branded eyewear. Over the Internet this young, rapidly growing and innovative Berlin-based e-commerce start-up offers an extensive selection of high-quality spectacles, sung

The latest investment will be used by Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH (HMC+) to enlarge the marketing and sales force worldwide. HMC+ is an innovative developer and producer of pure biopolymers and nanoparticles based on chitin and chitosan. Heppe Medical Chitosan GmbH produces pure chitin, chitosan und derivates for the cosmetics and pharmaceutical industry under GMP (Good Manufacturing Practice) conditions. The cationic polymer chitosan is most suitable for applications in the above mentioned

High-Tech Gründerfonds, Seedfonds Bayern and Extorel are investing in Altruja.de. The online fundraising company (www.altruja.de) was established in Munich in mid March of this year, and already offers numerous aid institutions and other non-profit organisations an interactive, online fundraising tool. Highly regarded organisations such as UNESCO, Aktion Deutschland Hilft as well as many regional charities are already managing their fundraising campaigns with the help of Altruja’s tool. Along

High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital finance Curefab to develop innovative tools to enhance early diagnosis and prevention of stroke. In Germany alone, every year about 200.000 people are hit by a stroke. The majority of this collective suffers from severe long-term disabilities. Stroke patients occupy up to 25% of hospital long term beds. Alone the direct medical stroke related costs sum up to 7.1 billion Euros each year in Germany. Early diagnosis in combination with appropriate th