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Humedics successfully closed its first VC-financing round with Charité Biomedical Fund, VC Fonds Technologie, KfW, HTGF and Ventegis Capital AG
Humedics GmbH, a specialist for rapid and mobile measurement of the individual liver function at the bedside of the patient, today announced the closing of its first equity financing round. The Charité Biomedical Fund (CBF) managed by Peppermint VenturePartners led this round which included VC Fonds Technologie managed by IBB-Beteiligungsgesellschaft, the ERP Startfonds of the KfW, Ventegis and current investor High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funding enables Humedics to complete the final developm
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Artifical intelligence for the textiles industry: APEX Ventures, Bayern Kapital and HTGF invest in robotics start-up sewts
The German robotics start-up sewts successfully completed a seven-figure financing round. sewts develops a software-as-a-service (SaaS) solution, which enables industrial businesses to automate processes, during which easily deformable materials are processed, for example textiles or foils. Initially, the technology is to be used in industrial laundry lines, but in the long term, cross-sector applications for the textile industry and the high-tech sector are planned as well. APEX Ventures, B
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Start-up capital for a new kind of technology to manufacture printed circuit boards
Limata GmbH has developed an innovative process based on UV-LED technology for exposing printed circuit boards. The Munich start-up team has secured as many as four investors to provide start-up finance for the company and is launching an innovative industrial precision machine for UV lithography of circuit printed boards.
High-Tech Gründerfonds, BayernKapital, Falk-Strascheg Holding and business angel have invested about EUR 750k in newly established Limata GmbH. The investment is intended
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How scientists become successful entrepreneurs
Interview with Klaus Lehmann, Partner
Successful industrial technology start-ups – Klaus Lehmann has helped scientists and researchers to found successful start-ups on behalf of the High-Tech-Gründerfonds since 2014. Now the industrial technology expert has been appointed partner of the HTGF. In an interview he explains what start-ups from the world of science and academia need to bear in mind and why the HTGF is great partner for them in particular.
Robotics, lasers, sensory,
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Cloud Startup Zimory Adds CEO and 4 Million Euro in Funding
Zimory announced today it has secured 4 Million Euro in funding and added a new CEO to deliver secure, scalable, accessible, end-to-end global solutions for private, public and database cloud.
The funding round was led by Creathor Venture, High-Tech Gruenderfonds and VC Fonds Technologie Berlin, managed by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft, T-Venture and KFW, to support the growth path the company is taking.
Ruediger Baumann has been appointed as the new CEO of Zimory to drive sustainable, long
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Why pivoting is a radically good move and fundamentally important
After more than 600 seed investments, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has conducted a study to see how founders can perform a successful pivot. Managing Director Alex von Frankenberg presents the results together with his colleague and Senior Investment Manager Gregor Haidl. In addition, the two experts explain why pivoting is also important for experienced companies – and why they believe “we all make mistakes”.
Alex, your credo is: “We all make mistakes.” What do you mean b
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Coinpanion raises seed round to over 5 million €: US-Ledger-Investor & Ex Bitpanda Executives invest in crypto company
New investors: US crypto Unicorn VC (Ledger, Blockchain.com), Finanzcheck.de founders, Busuu founder Bernhard Niesner, ex Bitpanda executives as well as existing investors Gschwandtner / HansmannOne of the highest seed investments in Austrian startup historyFunding for growth and expansion in Europe
Vienna, 12 April 2022 – Coinpanion, the Austrian start-up for easy entry into the world of crypto investments, increased its seed investment from last autumn (note: 1.8 million euros
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Successful exit for HTGF: adivo joins Zoetis to bring the benefits of species-specific antibody therapies to pet owners worldwide
adivo’s team and platform will strengthen Zoetis’ capabilities in therapeutic antibody drug discovery for companion animals.
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was among the first investors in a seed round in 2018 together with OCCIDENT and MorphoSys AG and closely supported the successful development of adivo.
Dr. Kathrin Ladetzki-Baehs, Founder and CEO of adivo: “I look forward to seeing what our team can achieve as part of a leading organization with global reach while continuing
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High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and SpaceTec Capital Partners to invest in United Maps GmbH
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and SpaceTec Capital Partners jointly invest into United Maps GmbH, Munich. United Maps "fills the gaps in road networks" adding building footprints, pedestrians paths, mass transit information and relevant topical layers.
United Maps produces a new generation of fully routable, highly detailled and multimodal vector maps. Basemaps known from vehicle navigation and market leaders like Navteq, Tele Atlas or AND are algorithmically matched with value added
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Change the way you think storage – cloudplan closed first financing round
Hamburg based cloudplan develops a next generation file storage solution that can replace central storage based products such as dropbox™, local NAS (Network Attached Storage) etc. To accelerate further development and market entry a first round of financing has been closed with OP Advisory Services GmbH and High-Tech Gruenderfonds.
Led by an experienced team that has successfully built up other companies in the past such as Telecom Carrier Broadnet AG (IPO 2000, tradesale 2006), cloudplan is
Ramona Carmenia – Contract Manager
After completing her training as a paralegal, Ramona worked for 12 years in a law firm specializing in banking and capital markets law as well as receivables management. After her parental leave, she initially worked in the internal sales department of an English company and after one year switched internally to financial accounting. In addition to her work in accounting, she was also responsible for office organization, marketing and human resources management. Most recently, she was a financial accountant in a start up for cyber insurance. In her free time she likes to spend a lot of time with her family and her dog in nature.
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High-Tech Gründerfonds: Successful sale of portfolio company m2p-labs GmbH to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences
Together with lead investor FIDURA, KfW Development Bank, TechVision Fonds and other co-investors, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has successfully sold its shares in m2p-labs GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of microbioreactors, to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences.
Founded in 2005, m2p-labs is a leading global manufacturer of microbioreactors. „m2p“stands for „from microreactor to process“. Using optical measuring technology and microfluidic chip technology combined with min
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Middle Peak Medical Raises $8.5 M to Develop Novel Mitral Valve Technology
Middle Peak Medical, a development-stage medical device company that will commercialize a novel technology for treating mitral valve disease, has raised $8.5M in a Series A financing. The round was co-led by healthcare investment specialists Wellington Partners and Seventure Partners, along with seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF).
The proceeds will provide capital for further development of Middle Peak’s unique technology for treating mitral valve disease. Following the financing
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Legal AI Start-up rfrnz receives seven-figure investment for contract analysis
The Munich-based start-up rfrnz automates contract analysis with the help of artificial intelligence. By using it lawyers can not only save costs and time, but also minimize errors and upgrade for the digital age. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), UnternehmerTUM Initiative for Industrial Innovators and two other investors support rfrnz with a seven-figure seed investment. The funds will be used to finance and advance the growth and further development of the product and team.
The analysis of con
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ICE Gateway: HTGF invests in intelligent LED-Lighting
ICE Gateway integrates efficient LED-lamps with proprietary communication and control electronics for the M2M infrastructure of smart cities and outdoor facilities of industrial customers. In combination with an innovative contracting model (“Lighting-as-a-Service”), together with a big player of the telecommunications industry, ICE Gateway offers the replacement of the lamps without initial capital investment (capex free) and with an immediate reduction of operative expenditures through ene
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Arkane Network raises €1.55M to continue its growth as a blockchain industry leader
Belgian blockchain technology provider, Arkane Network, closed a €1.55M seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). DM-BB David Majert, Palentine Ventures (Blockrocket) and imec.istart Fund joined the round. Aiming further growth as technology pioneer in the blockchain industry, Arkane will grow its team and set up an independent branch in Berlin.
Arkane was founded in 2018 by Tim Dierckxsens, Karel Striegel, Davy Van Roy and Gerbert Vandenberge to solve the complexity of blockcha