Curtis MacDonald – Venture Partner
As founding partner at ifMagic Ventures, Curtis invests in early stage technology companies led by entrepreneurs who have a passion and mission to make the world a happier place. Prior to founding ifMagic Ventures, Curtis was an investor at High Tech Gründerfonds, where he led early stage investments in over a dozen startups, including the fund’s first international investments. Curtis continues to assist High Tech Gründerfonds as the fund’s Venture Partner in Silicon Valley. Before becoming a startup investor, Curtis founded a Venture Capital-backed consumer electronics company, hField Technologies, which he led for six years. At Lehigh University, Curtis was awarded an IBE Business and Computer Engineering degree, followed later by a Masters in Mechanical Engineering.
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Matchmaking between small and large: high-tech corporates seeking industrial partners
High-Tech Partnering Conference on 1 February in Bonn
How varied and profitable collaboration between small and large companies can be and why high ability to innovate can help to provide a competitive edge are aspects that about 200 high-ranking representatives of industry and commerce will be discussing on 1 February 2011 at the High-Tech Partnering Conference in Bonn.
“Sustainable innovations are a vital source of nourishment for major technology companies. Large corporations and SMEs
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Very successful exit for HTGF: AMCS to acquire Quentic – strong partners for a green future
With its modular SaaS solution, Quentic simplifies management and reporting in the fields of environmental, health, safety and quality (EHSQ) management and environment, social and governance (ESG).The acquisition by AMCS will further strengthen Quentic GmbH’s position as one of the leading providers of integrated software solutions in EHSQ and ESG.Together with a business angel, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the first investor in the company back in 2008 and has closely supported its
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Million investment for marketing technology start-up Adtriba
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Seed + Speed, Aschendorff Next, Lightfield Equity, IFH and business angel Jens Schumann jointly invest in the start-up for AI-supported marketing optimisation.
The SaaS company Adtriba has won two new investors within the next financing round, Carsten Maschmeyer’s seed + speed Ventures and Aschendorff Next GmbH. The existing investors Lightfield Equity, business angel Jens Schumann, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH) ar
Dr. Maurice Kügler – Senior Investment Manager
Maurice invests in early stage tech companies with a focus on B2B and B2C software start-ups. He gained a wealth of operational experience as IT strategy and IT M&A consultant at an international consultancy before joining High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF). Maurice started his career at SAP, developing software prototypes in the R&D division. Prior to obtaining his PhD in business information systems at EBS Business School with a research stay at Boston College, he studied Business Information Systems at Karlsruhe Institute of Technology and at KTH in Stockholm.
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AI Startup – Tomorrow Things – secures €1.5m to help the manufacturing industry save money by automating system integration efforts
Tomorrow Things simplifies and accelerates the complex digitalization of machines and connects them seamlessly to the industrial internet.
The “Cloud Connect” solution from Tomorrow Things allows non-technical users to create digital twins of machines in minutes – a process that usually takes days, sometimes even weeks. This saves up to 90 percent of costs.
The Bonn-based startup has secured €1.5m in funding to develop an AI-powered operating system for global machinery.
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With additional funding raised and a new advisory board Neural Concept is getting ready for a strong year 2021
Neural Concept, the Swiss design and engineering software company, is extremely pleased to announce new steps in its development. With the start of the year, Constantia New Business and High-Tech Grunderfonds financed the next stage of the growth by providing seed-extension capital. The two investors already led the seed-funding 18 months ago. Neural Concept is therefore accelerating its quest to put the power of deep learning into the hands of design engineers, for real-time simulation and
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Investment in virtual power plant
Together with Neuhaus Partners and Business Angels, High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Next Kraftwerke GmbH. This new, Cologne-based technology business specialises in the marketing of microgeneration plant on the electrical power market. In particular, Next integrates emergency power generators, cogeneration units and biogas plants by means of intelligent networking on what is known as the minute reserve market.
In conjunction with partners experienced in this market, the Company covers the
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Selfapy secures seven-figure funding
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft and experienced business angels invested a seven-figure sum in the Digital Health start-up Selfapy in July. Selfapy offers scientifically proven online therapy courses that make fast and affordable care easily accessible to people with mental disorders such as depression, eating disorders and anxiety. “The funding enables us to help even more people suffering from mental illness. In the end, it is our goal to cooperate with health in
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Nebula Biocides receives millions in seed funding
Great success for Nebula Biocides GmbH: Three investors decide to invest in the Greifswald-based start-up company. This brings the business a major step closer to its goal of obtaining approval for the highly effective disinfectant Sporosan® and finally placing it on the market.
Greifswald, 10.11.2021 – With a total investment of 1.6 million euros, the start-up Nebula Biocides, founded in 2019, can now really take off: The approval of the novel disinfection process Sporosan® is suppo
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The next generation of sustainable functional membranes is on the way
dimpora AG closed a seed financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds, Safer Made, and Closed Loop Partners as lead investors, joined by several other local and international investors, some with ties to the textile industry. The waterproof and breathable membranes made with dimpora’s patented technology are used in outdoor and active apparel and footwear to keep moisture out and allow perspiration to evaporate and keep the body comfortable. This financing allows dimpora to grow the team,
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MetisMotion accelerates the growth of its actuator business with a strengthened capital base and 3 million Euro investment round by BORN2GROW, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Siemens Technology Accelerator
Munich/Bonn/Heilbronn, January 19, 2022 – The Munich-based deep-tech venture MetisMotion further strengthens its capital base for accelerated growth. Following a previous financing round in spring 2021, the current investors BORN2GROW, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and SIEMENS Technology Accelerator (STA) are investing an additional 3 million Euros. Following the successful launch of the patent-protected actuator platform naXture in August 2021, the focus will be on developing smart f
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gestigon closes a successful Series A financing
gestigon GmbH, a startup based in Lübeck, Germany, has announced that it closed a third financing round (Series A) in July 2015. The lead investor is nbr technology ventures GmbH, with additional investments from Vorwerk Direct Selling Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds. According to CEO Moritz v. Grotthuss, the amount raised in this round was “several million” USD. The company will use the funds to accelerate growth in its business, which is focused on licensing its gesture control and s
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Venture capital for innovative, high-end IT security solutions
High-Tech Gründerfonds and private investors acquire stake in SSP Europe GmbH, the vendor of IT security solutions. By either partially or completely out-tasking their IT security to SSP Europe, companies receive a maximum level of IT security.
The management team with experience in the IT security market already enjoys a high degree of attention on the market with its unique software-as-a-service business model. Thomas Haberl, Head of Sales/Marketing at SSP Europe, is pleased about the posi
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Shares by token: Investments and employee participation at the click of a mouse
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), w3fund and seed + speed as well as several business angels join Tokenize.it, a platform for token-based corporate financing and employee participation, as investors.
The total funding amounts to € 2 million.
Tokenize.it offers an innovative approach to give German private limited companies (GmbH) access to the capital market.
Goal: Expansion of the platform with new Public Offer feature
Tokenize.it founder Christoph Jentzsch has experience in bu
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Fresh capital for online grocery shop froodies
froodies (www.froodies.de), which claims to be Germany's first online supermarket for fresh groceries, has received new investment capital in the course of a second round of financing. In addition to the initial investor Sirius Venture, High-Tech Gründerfonds and several business angels have also joined as investors. The start-up company from Düsseldorf is investing the funds in strategic growth and nationwide expansion.
“We believe that froodies, with its decentralized delivery system and