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The start-up company make.tv was founded in 2007 and opens up new horizons in the web-tv sector. It enables everyone to produce their own live-show alone or in a team – without the need to invest in conventional broadcasting technology. The virtual studio is operated from the computer, user-friendly and does not require prior installation as make.tv is run by the internet browser. Thus, it is possible to broadcast shows at almost no cost – from each place in the world. “’We are looking

Manfred, Rietzler, High-Tech Gründerfonds, the Swiss based investor Mountain Super Angel AG (Open Market Frankfurt, ISIN: CH0033050961) and KfW invest in the fourth financing round in Public Solution GmbH. With its brand "Yvio" Public Solution is the leading the market for RFID based board games. "Applying industrial strength RFID technology to board games offers new possibilities for board games. Now it is possible for the games and its figures not only to interact among themselves but also

High-Tech Gründerfonds named as number one “Equity Gap Fund” at the 2008 „Investor AllStars Awards“ in London The leading European venture capital investors meet annually at the „Investor AllStars Venture Capital Awards” to celebrate the winners of ten investment categories. This year, the German based High-Tech Gründerfonds was able to claim the number one spot in the category “Equity Gap Fund of the Year” ahead of ten other nominees mainly from the UK. The jury considered

The High-Tech Gründerfonds and Sirius Seedfonds, Düsseldorf are funding together with a group of private experts in different industries the ILIAS-medical GmbH, Bochum. Due to the good reputation and professionalism the High-Tech Gründerfonds and SSFD were the 4 founders first choice. ILIAS-medical is developing the smallest artificial lung worldwide. Based on the Exist-Seed scholarship the company was founded in December 2007 in Cologne, Germany by Albert Großer, Hayat Koubaa, Philipp Maye

Regensburg-based biotech company to receive 600,000 euros venture capital for the development of novel diagnostic tools to detect infectious and autoimmune diseases Lophius Biosciences GmbH (Regensburg) has successfully closed its first financing round. High-Tech Gründerfonds (Bonn, Germany) and Bayern Kapital (Landshut, Germany) invest a total 600,000 euros in the young Biotech company. The funding will be used for the development of novel diagnostic tools for rising diseases such as tubercul

Start-up from Gera offers high-efficiency processes for purification of Active Pharmaceutical Ingredients The shareholders and staff of HAPILA GmbH, a provider of sophisticated pharmaceutical and chemical development services located in Gera, are delighted to announce that the High-Tech Gründerfonds has invested in their company. “With this engagement by the HTGF, the ideal foundations have been laid to commercialize our high-tech crystallization technology” - said CEO, Dr. Uwe Müller. T

The biotech company Corimmun GmbH has successfully closed a series A financing with EUR 5 million. The company which is specialized in inflammatory mechanisms in cardiovascular diseases received seed-financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayernkapital in 2006. This current investment will enable Corimmun to develop the lead product COR-1 until proof of principle in man in phase II. The product pipeline will be further expanded and developed. COR-1 is a peptide-drug, which inhibits the au

Unique in the world: „Extend 7000“ for mobile access to industrial controls via BlackBerry SCHAD GmbH developed „Extend 7000“ – a mobile innovative SCADA system, which for the first time offers mobile and direct access (worldwide) to programmable logic controllers via BlackBerry mobile devices. The access to automation technology is realized by using public mobile networks complying with the highest security standards. Thus mobile operation of all plant functions is possible for cus

Heilbronn-based start-up develops mobile fuel cell systems as self-sufficient power supply for recreational applications. Enymotion’s fuel cell system allows spatiotemporally independent usage of electricity consumers. It uses the caloric equivalent of conventional fuel or liquid gas to provide the power. Equal-zero-emission of noise and exhaust permit the service in almost all areas of life, where other techniques are inadequate in compliance with requirements. This lightweight energy source

Sense Inside GmbH has finished its second round financing successfully during its development phase. A group of private investors certifies Sense Inside GmbH great impact on the field of medical engineering. Leading edge technology in diagnostics and therapy of teeth grinding (bruxism) developed by Sense Inside GmbH is now close to market launch. Sales and marketing as well as finalization of the product development stage are now financed. A group of private investors made a seven-digit inves

High-tech startup from Jena fixes drawbacks of LEDs Light Emitting Diodes (LEDs) are considered to be the lightsource of the future. Under the keword of energy efficiency they allow energy saving yet powerful lighting. However, for their operation they request for special driver circuits. Conventional LED drivers control only groups of LEDs in order not to consume too much electrical energy. Moreover, the control of temperature-, aging- and production-related fluctuations in light flux is not p

nfon AG, developer of hosted PBX solutions and provider of integrated communication solutions wins High-Tech Gründerfonds as a lead investor. The patent pending technology and its integration into a coherent marketing concept convinces High-Tech Gründerfonds of the investment. Jens Blomeyer, Director of Marketing at nfon AG comments „after a successful market launch, the planned investments into further extension of the platform and its usability will help us to extend our technical advanta

The team of amedo smart tracking solutions GmbH is highly appreciating the investment of the High-Tech Gründerfonds and the ELS fund managed by enjoyventure. "Now we can finally realize a technology platform which enables, similar to GPS, the wireless, sub-millimeter precise localisation and tracking for all types of minimally invasive surgical instruments," stresses Volker Trösken, CEO of the young company with headquarters in Bochum Technology Centre. Currently existing real time location

The Berlin-based company Qiro GmbH has, after its initial start-up phase, successfully completed the second financing round. A group of strong financial investors have acknowledged Qiro’s huge potential for future success in the fast growing market for mobile services. Since 2006 the company offers a unique combination between mobile community with the buddy finder service and the extensive range of event-listing and classified directories. With the help of the new funds, the application is to

Innovative wafer inspection system for the semiconductor industry Largest Series B financing round to date of any company in the portfolio of the High-Tech Gruenderfonds The „Deutsche Effecten- und Wechsel-Beteiligungsgesellschaft AG (DEWB)“ – Prime Standard, Securities No.: 804100 / ISIN: DE0008041005 – and Brains-To-Ventures AG (b-to-v), a business angel network, participated in the Series B financing round of Nanda Technologies. The lead investor DEWB jointly with the investors of th