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Thüga SmartService takes over Start-Up Geospin
Thüga SmartService GmbH, a subsidiary of Thüga Aktiengesellschaft, takes over all shares in Geospin GmbH.
The start-up company from Freiburg offers location intelligence software solutions with a focus on Geo Machine Learning. These solutions evaluate environment and customer data with the help of artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms. This enables companies and municipalities to objectively identify geographical success factors and to position their product and service o
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Notion Systems GmbH receives seed financing for the development of inkjet printers for printed electronics, photovoltaics and printed circuit boards
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Georgieff Capital Beteiligungen and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Baden-Württemberg (MBG) with the Seedfonds BW invest in Notion Systems GmbH, Schwetzingen, Germany. Notion Systems develops inkjet, laser and automation equipment for technical applications. The financing enables the development of the n.jet lab inkjet printers to serial production. The printer provides customers at research institutes and various industries with a large variety of p
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3D-Mapping Startup: High-Tech Gründerfonds and BitStone Capital invest in dotscene GmbH
With the successfully concluded financing round, the Freiburg-based company is further expanding its capacities and thus responding to the great demand for its solutions for portfolio digitisation in the real estate industry.
With its technology for mobile 3D laser scanning, dotscene GmbH captures real estate from inside and outside, from the ground and from the air. It thus provides complete and accurate planning bases for a fraction of the resources previously required. These are used, for
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coModule Raises €500,000 from High-Tech Gruenderfonds to Empower Electric Vehicle Revolution
Estonian mobility company coModule has secured €500,000 in capital for its seed round from renowned German investor High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) to bring mobile connectivity, data analytics and Internet of Things to the world of electric vehicles.
The “Android of light electric vehicles”
coModule has developed a hardware and software platform for Light Electric Vehicles (LEVs). The hardware monitors vehicle and environmental metrics and sends the data directly to the end user’s s
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Deep-Tech made in Germany: 468 Capital from Berlin joins Natif.ai as investor
With 468 Capital, Deep-tech startup Natif.ai from Saarbrücken has gained another high-profile investor alongside HTGF. The Berlin-based VC of former Rocket-Internet executives will take a significant stake in the now closed seven-figure financing round.
With Natif.ai, a new player finally appears on the high-tech map of Germany. The experienced founding team has now been able to attract the new leading deep-tech investor from Berlin. 468 Capital was founded by Rocket Internet executives
Axel Nitsch – Principal / Authorized Signatory
Axel Nitsch, Principal, deals with all deep tech, B2B and B2C topics. He is especially excited about business models that think outside the box. Before starting at HTGF in 2016, he invested for six years at T-Venture, the corporate VC of Deutsche Telekom. With over 60 successful financing rounds in 26 companies, the two unicorn investments Appnexus (Exit to AT&T in 2018) and DocuSign (IPO in 2018) are among his greatest successes. He holds an MBA (Diplom Kaufmann) from Hochschule Bonn-Rhein Sieg and is a Certified Private Equity Analyst from TU Munich.
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The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests together with MIG Fonds and Business Angels about 2.5 million Euro in the medical technology start-up GWA Hygiene from Stralsund
The GWA Hygiene is fighting hospital germs and thus reducing the risk of their spread. The company from Stralsund combines innovative medical technology with modern information technology. The NosoEx system developed by the startup has already successfully passed the practical test at 70 wards in 10 hospitals.
Germ transmission due to improper hand disinfection
GWA Hygiene offers hospitals and nursing homes a simple and technologically mature solution to significantly reduce the risk of spreadi
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Ceramic Matrix Composites for Industrial Heat Treatment: Constantia Industries Investing in WPX Faserkeramik
In December 2014, Constantia New Business GmbH, a subsidiary of Constantia Industrie AG (CIAG), signed an equity participation agreement with WPX Faserkeramik GmbH for a seven-figure round of A Series funding. The corporate investor from Vienna serves as a strategic partner in support of young technology companies. The investment places it alongside DLR and HTGF as the third institutional shareholder in the company.
"By gaining CIAG as a corporate investor, WPX can now position itself as a qu
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Industrial IT security marches forward: A consortium of investors centered around b-to-v Partners invests in software company ondeso
A consortium of investors centered around the Swiss holding company b-to-v Partners AG has invested in the young Regensburg-based software company ondeso along with previous investors Bayern Kapital GmbH and High-Tech Gründerfonds. Founded in mid-2010, ondeso GmbH has specialized in developing products having to do with IT security for manufacturing, production, and infrastructure companies (“Industrial IT Security”) and has already acquired well-known companies as clients, such as automoti
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ondeso develops software specifically in the fields industry 4.0 and digitalisation. No matter whether the client is a production company or a machine manufacturer, a medium sized business or a corporate group – ondeso supports them specifically in the field of IT operating management and security in production. The successfully launched products are suited for all industries and applicable across the entire range of production systems and procedures. Whether management systems, HMIs or contro
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Abalos Therapeutics Completes Series A Extension Bringing Total Raised to EUR 43 Million
Additional EUR 32.5 million will support clinical readiness and accelerate lead immuno-virotherapy candidates toward clinical proof-of-concept
Düsseldorf, Germany, October 14, 2021 – Abalos Therapeutics announced today an extension to its Series A funding round bringing the total raised in this round to EUR 43 million (USD 50 million). The extension was led by Seventure Partners with support from Coparion, Ventura BioMed Investors and Hx Bio Ventures as well as contributions from exist
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PreOmics Announces Early Investors’ Exit and Closing of Series B Financing to Accelerate R&D and Commercialization of Proteomics Tools and Consumables
PreOmics Offers Unique Technologies, Advanced Automation Solutions and High-Performance Consumables for the Homogenization, Enrichment and Proteomic Sample Preparation of Biopsy, Tissue, Cell Line and Plasma Samples in Unbiased, Deep Proteomics for Pharmaceutical and Clinical Research
MUNICH, Germany – January 18, 2022 – PreOmics GmbH, a Martinsried, Germany-based developer of innovative automation and sample preparation tools and consumables for unbiased, deep proteomics analysis
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A head start for the future – 2021 High-Tech Partnering Days
Germany’s innovators to take part in High-Tech Partnering Days on 9 to 11 February 2021 High-Tech Gründerfonds’ digital event to bring together experts from corporations, medium-sized firms, family-run companies and start-ups, as well as from the world of politics Notable speakers include German ministers Peter Altmaier and Jens Spahn, as well as top executives from Bosch, Lidl Digital, Deutsche Bahn, Deutsche Börse, Drägerwerk, Software AG and Techniker Krankenkasse
Anna Stetter – Investment Manager
Anna Stetter grew up between Switzerland and Chile, which had a lasting impact on her view of global problems and their ecological and economic effects. This perspective shaped her decision to attend the University of St.Gallen, where she studied Business Administration. During her Master’s degree in Business Innovation at the University of St.Gallen, she deepened her knowledge in business model innovation and product market fit. After graduation, Anna spent two years as Head of Operations & Finance at an emerging CleanTech start-up in the construction sector. Anna joined the Industrial Tech team in September 2023.
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More than €5 million for the future of AI-powered B2B video content creation StoryBox secures fresh capital with “video-first” approach
Munich, 19.06.2024 – StoryBox, the innovator in the area of KI-based video creation solutions for businesses, has successfully raised 5.5 million euros in a Series A round. The round was led by new investor Wille Finance with participation of existing investors BayBG, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), CK Ventures and G8 Way Ventures. The fresh capital supports StoryBox in its mission to revolutionize video creation management for enterprises.
The financing round reflects the investors
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Successful exit for HTGF: Miltenyi Biotec acquires biosensor company lino Biotech
Zurich, March 16, 2023 – lino Biotech, a leading biosensor company and the world’s only provider of Focal Molography®, announced today it has been acquired by Miltenyi Biotec, a global biotech company based in Germany, on February 22, 2023.
Since its founding in 2020, lino Biotech has made significant advances in developing new biosensors to facilitate quality control in bioprocessing, measuring viral load in cell & gene therapy manufacturing, and testing for off-target respo