Maren Breuer – Senior Relationship Manager
Maren joined the High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds team as Senior Relationship Manager in June 2019. Her professional career began with an apprenticeship as an event manager, which ignited her passion for event organization. She then deepened her knowledge by studying media and marketing management.
At HTGF, she now combines both and is responsible for our largest networking event, the Family Day (FD). She is also the contact person for all external events to further expand the HTGF network.
Her goal is to create platforms where ideas can flourish and transformative connections can be made.
Dr. Bernd Goergen – Partner
Dr Bernd Goergen, Partner, has been a part of High-Tech GrĂźnderfondsâ Life Science Team since early 2008. He holds a PhD in biology and is a certified biotech analyst with the German Association for Financial Analysis and Asset Management (DVFA). He brings with him five years of research experience in the field of virology and immunology and seven years in international diagnostics marketing for German and international companies. Between 2000 and 2007, Dr Goergen also acquired extensive knowledge in M&A and capital market deals while working in the investment banking division of a major German bank.
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DeepScenario
DeepScenario is an AI start-up that provides the worldâs leading platform for training, testing, and validating autonomous systems of any kind, with a particular focus on the automotive industry. The company traces its roots to cutting-edge research in computer vision, autonomous systems, and artificial intelligence spanning multiple man-years. The team at DeepScenario combines scientific domain knowledge, industrial usage knowledge, and a passion for innovation and entrepreneurship to help cu
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userlane
Key to Userlaneâs technology are interactive step-by-step guides, which can be implemented on top of every existing web-based software or e-commerce website. These interactive guides lead every user through all processes and show them real-time where to click next within the software â just like GPS navigation systems in cars advice drivers turn-by-turn how to optimally reach the destination. This way complex software can be easily used, without previous knowledge, making extensive software
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Altavo completes Seed Financing Round for the Development of AI-based Voice Prosthetics
Altavo GmbH, a speech technology and medical technology spin-off of TU Dresden, successfully completed its seed financing round in December 2021. A consortium led by High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds (HTGF) is investing in the development of Altavoâs AI-based speech prosthesis.
Altavo is developing a non-invasive prosthesis aimed at restoring an individual, natural-sounding voice for people who have lost their voice, for example, due to laryngectomy. The approach is based on non-invasive radar se
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bunch
Bunch is a team management platform enabling companies to build, manage, and scale organizational culture with strategic hires and real-time analytics. Bunchâs Berlin-based team combines deep knowledge of organizational psychology with machine learning expertise, and they are building Bunchâs platform to be at the heart of every innovating organization. Bunch sends the strong message that a culture of growth is crucial to success, and proactive management is the best way to stay ahead. The t
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Alentis
Alentis Therapeutics discovers and develops novel medications to treat advanced liver diseases, such as liver fibrosis, cirrhosis and liver cancer (hepatocellular carcinoma, HCC).
Alentis has in-licensed platform technologies and monoclonal antibodies which are the result of more than a decade of research from the University of Strasbourg and Inserm, the French National Institutes of Health and the Mount Sinai Hospital, New York.
The portfolio is based on profound knowledge and expertise in live
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BORN2GROW supports biotech start-up Venneos with its further growth
Venture capital fund BORN2GROW has invested in Stuttgart-based Venneos GmbH in the current round of series A financing. The start-up is successfully developing and marketing the CAN-Q â a silicon chip-based imaging system for analysing biological cells.
âWe are thrilled to have BORN2GROW on-board as a new investor, and that we will be able to benefit from its extensive expertise in the field of life sciences,â says David Wehner, one of the co-founders and co-directors of Venneos GmbH.
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Cybersecurity pioneer VMRay extends Series B investment to a total of $34 million USD to drive growth into new markets
VMRay, a global player in advanced threat detection and analysis that offers solutions for enterprises, governmental organizations, and MDRs to detect and analyze the most challenging malware and phishing threats, announces the closing of a Series B led by global alternative asset manager Tikehau Capital, through its subsidiary Tikehau Ace Capital and its European Cybersecurity Growth fund alongside new investors NRW.BANK and GrĂźnderfonds Ruhr. Previous investors eCAPITAL and High-Tech GrĂź
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Innovative measurement for geothermal probes and industrial applications
HTGF, LBBW Venture and KIC InnoEnergy invest in enOware GmbH
Operators of near-surface geothermal probes can get up-to-the-minute relevant system data with GEOsniff and an app. GEOsniff is a wireless, miniaturized measuring capsule, the first product developed by Karlsruhe startup enOware.
The measuring capsule delivers data in real time, creates transparency, and helps with optimum monitoring of existing and new geothermal systems. As part of seed financing, the High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds, LB
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More Than Capital
HTGF is a seed investor for innovative technologies and business models. We are successful in supporting the best founders whose ideas can revolutionize entire industries and improve peopleâs lives â from the foundation of a start-up to its exit.
Miriam Haerst
Co-Founder / Managing Partner Kumovis GmbH
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HTGF, BayernKapital and a business angel consortium invest in ADVANOVA GmbH
ADVANOVA GmbH has successfully concluded its first round of financing. High Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), BayernKapital and a consortium of business angels are investing in the further development and marketing of the first mobile, electronic patient chart for use in hospitals.
"In addition to working to further develop our VMobil software, we are paying particular attention to marketing this successfully,â states Bastian Bleisinger, Managing Director and Founder of ADVANOVA. âThis investmen
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What have you learnt? Episode 3 with Lymphaticas Valentina Triacca
What have you learnt? This is a question we’re putting to company founders from our portfolio. Because if you found a start-up, run a company, make investments or work in management, you are learning something new every single day. You also have to deal with new situations. And continue to develop new skills. To cover the latter aspect, we expanded the HTGF Academy this year to offer a comprehensive programme for company founders. And because we firmly believe in the power of peer-to-p
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Kickstart International Program
“Kickstart International” offers a new opportunity for founders to prepare for international expansion at an early stage and to acquire the necessary knowledge and tools. Free program, run by German Accelerator.
German Accelerator supports German startups with high potential in successfully entering the US and Asian markets.
Program participants are also supported in making critical decisions when it comes to business model and products and get prepared for a siginificant growth in t
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Venly Raises 21 Million Euros in Series A to Bring More Users Into Web3
Venly, a blockchain wallet solution, surpasses 2M users to provide frictionless solutions for game publishers and ecommerce businesses worldwide.
April 28th, Antwerp / BerlinâVenly, a major blockchain technology provider from Belgium, today announces it has secured over âŹ21 million (USD$23 million) in Series A funding, led by Courtside Ventures with participation from Transcend Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Tioga Capital, High-Tech GrĂźnderfonds, Fortino, Plug and Play, Leadblock Partners,
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High Tech Gruenderfonds Invests in NovaPump GmbH
The Jena-based heart technology firm NovaPump GmbH has successfully completed a first round of financing with High Tech Gruenderfonds in July 2013. This financing will support the development of a catheter-based procedure for right heart and biventricular support.
The basic concept being developed by the team working with NovaPump founder and cardiologist Dr. Markus Ferrari and Managing Director Ronald Reich (M.Eng.) offers significant advantages over the current state of technology. NovaPump