German Digital Care Act: Industry Experts Examine The New Law’s Impact In 13th MedTech Radar
With the new Digital Care Act ("Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz", DVG), the German digital health scene is gaining momentum. However, what potential does it offer for healthcare in Germany, and where do companies still see a need for improvement? These topics will be covered in the joint publication "MedTech Radar" of the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), Earlybird Venture Capital, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the magazine medtech zwo. The13th MedTech Radar edition is available
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Pioneering research projects at the 8th Life Science Pitch Day at the IZB
A total of sixteen teams presented their innovative ideas to more than 50 investors at the Munich start-up center.
Investors at the 8th Life Science Pitch Day (Photo: Dominik Gierke / IZB)
Martinsried near Munich, July 14, 2023 – On July 13, 2023, the Munich Innovation and Start-up Center for Biotechnology (IZB) organized the 8th Life Science Pitch Day in cooperation with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Leaps by Bayer, and Boehringer Ingelheim, which brought together sixteen biotech
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Successful Internationalisation
Markus Kurch joined Crealytics as Chief Operating Officer in 2013. He was given the important task of internationalising the online marketing specialist’s business. Today, Crealytics has offices in New York, London and Berlin. In this interview, Kurch and HTGF Partner Romy Schnelle talk about their successes and setbacks and explain how the analytical approach adopted by the search engine advertising (SEA) specialist might serve as a blueprint for other founders seeking to internationa
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“You don’t need entrepreneurship in your genes to successfully found a life sciences company”
HTGF Partner Marco Winzer has been with High-Tech Gründerfonds since its foundation. In an interview, he talks about why real entrepreneurship is not something you can learn in the classroom. However, he also advises anyone with an innovative idea to make sure they found a company themselves and outlines what they need to do to make this happen.
Marco, do successful founders usually have business degrees? Or do they tend to be inventors, programmers and scientists?
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Semknox (Exit)
SEMKNOX offers a smart semantic product search that allows online shop visitors to search for products in everyday language .
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Benefit from High-Tech Gründerfonds’ many years of experience: In seminars and training sessions, the HTGF Academy teaches you everything you need to know about founding companies, venture capital and innovation.
How do I achieve product-market fit? What do I need to pay attention to when growing my business? How do I organize remote work and team structure? What legal aspects do I have to consider when it comes to
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Pylba with Series A funding for Mobile News
Pylba Inc, an international technology company that develops services for mobile news, today announced that it has secured a $1.7 million investment from High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), a Germany-based venture capital company, and several strategic investors and business angels.
Pylba offers a Mobile Media Publishing Platform (M2P2) that enables publishers to deliver their content to mobile users through an elegant and intuitive app, named Simply.
Through Simply, mobile users can very effi
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The best network is an active one – how HTGF supports C-level recruitment
For every company, finding access to specialized expertise and especially finding the perfect individual to complement a team can be a lengthy and resource-intensive search. This is where the HTGF can offer excellent support, thanks to its extensive network. It connects those who are seeking with those who are offering. For nearly three years, these threads have come together through Christina Siebel, Senior HR Relationship Manager. With over 15 years of professional experience in human reso
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Frankfurt-based startup node.energy GmbH secures financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and 5 Business Angels are investing together just under 1 million euros in node.energy GmbH. The company develops software to optimize energy costs for companies with on-site power generation. The funding will be used to further develop the software and to finance the market launch in Germany.
Over a million small power plants went online in Germany in the last 10 years. At first, the electricity from these plants was simply fed into the public grid and paid fo
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neotiv
neotiv is a spin-off of the Otto von Guericke University in the German city of Magdeburg in close collaboration with the Magdeburg site of the German Centre for Neurodegenerative Diseases (DZNE). neotiv incorporates the latest scientific findings from the fields of neuroscience and dementia research into mobile software that can be used on smartphones and tablets. Our work focuses on the development of a digital assistant that can monitor and aid users' memories and provide support for patients
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A strong call for entrepreneurship
Think about your business from the perspective of the customer. Make sure you do not become arrogant. These two key tips to scaling companies come from someone who knows what he’s talking about. Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Hermann Simon is one of the most experienced economic experts and advisers in Germany. He is also a professor emeritus who has taught at some of the most prestigious universities. In 1985, he founded the consultancy firm Simon-Kucher & Partners. Prof. Simon is the autho
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crealytics receives 7-figure growth capital
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 (
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Soley GmbH: A consortium of Business Angels invests, together with HTGF, in Engineering Intelligence
The Munich-based company, Soley GmbH, demonstrates how better decisions can be made, and more quickly, in engineering, even in complex situations. Soley is developing and marketing a new type of software for Engineering Analytics. A consortium of Business Angels has now invested in Soley GmbH, together with High-Tech Gründerfonds.
Developers must understand and manage large quantities of data and dependencies in their processes and products more quickly. The quantity of information is growin
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Plancraft receives seed funding & grants to digitize the craft industry
Hamburg, 7 September 2022 – In its seed financing round, the software-as-a-service start-up Plancraft receives 1.9 million euros from institutional investors as well as 200,000 euros in funding. The Hamburg-based trio of founders is using the funding to boost the marketing of its simplicity-driven invoicing software in the craft market, which has been little digitized to date. The vision behind Plancraft is getting closer: to create the basis for businesses to be economically successful.
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node.energy
node.energy offers a software-as-a-service for the commercial optimization of local energy concepts – so-called microgrids. This allows industrial and commercial companies with on-site power generation to reduce both, their energy costs and CO2 footprint. The company is supported by the Climate-KIC Accelerator of the European Union and is the winner of the Startup Award 2017 of the auditing company EY. node.energy was founded in 2016 by Matthias Karger and Lars Rinn and is based in Frankfurt a