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Epigenetics Specialist Epivios Financed by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Life Science Inkubator´s Pre-seed Fund
Start-up financers High-Tech Gründerfonds and the investment company of Life Science Inkubator are investing together with the TTHU [Technology Transfer Heinrich Heine University GmbH] and a private investor in the development of molecular diagnostic cancer tests. Epivios GmbH, a spin-off of the Heinrich Heine University of Düsseldorf is receiving seed financing that will secure the further development of its platform technology.
The five-member founding team works on innovative processes t
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Kinematic 3D Laser Scanning: High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg invest in p3d Systems GmbH, Hamburg
p3d Systems develops, markets and sells systems which utilize Terrestrial Laser Scanners to capture 3D data in a kinematic mode. The experienced team as well as the innovative approach convinced the High-Tech Gruenderfonds and the Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg to jointly invest into p3d Systems with a Seed – Financing for a successful future.
The fast, accurate, cost-efficient and highly productive capturing of our physical reality in 3D is a growing demand in various vertical markets and
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PreisAnalytics GmbH, Munich: High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Bayern Kapital and Tengelmann Ventures invest in innovative solution for price monitoring, market analysis and product range management
Right at the beginning of the new year, the company PreisAnalytics GmbH – one of the leading providers of tools in the sector of price monitoring, market analysis and product range management in e-commerce – has announced a new financing round. In addition to High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Bayern Kapital, PreisAnalytics’ data collection and data analysis software could equally convince the renowned e-commerce investor Tengelmann Ventures. The funds will be used for an increase in growth, nati
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High-Tech Gründerfonds and MAZ level one invest in MobileBits GmbH
MobileBits GmbH is a German publisher and developer of games for all platforms with an AppStore. Following the iPhones example, these kinds of AppStores also emerge on other major platforms such as Google Android, Windows Mobile, Nokia Ovi or even Xbox360 Arcade. That is why MobileBits develops a multiplatform-engine called „Delta Engine“, which allows developing games for all AppStore platforms at once completely under Windows and by using the popular Microsoft .NET framework. This way game
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Evonik is investing in NUMAFERM, a specialist in the biotechnological production of peptides
NUMAFERM makes the production of peptides more efficient
Investment strengthens Evonik’s growth engines Health & Care and Specialty Additives at Evonik
New technical applications are becoming realistic for the first time
Through its Venture Capital unit, Evonik has invested in the start-up NUMAFERM and now holds a minority share in the spin-off of Heinrich Heine University Düsseldorf. The investment was made as part of a seed financing round and also includes investments by H
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Neural Concept Raises $27 million Series B to further accelerate global growth
Lausanne, Switzerland, June 3, 2024- Neural Concept, the leading Engineering Intelligence platform that transforms product design with 3D Deep Learning, today announced that it has raised $27 million in a Series B funding round. The round was led by Forestay Capital, with the D. E. Shaw group and existing investors Alven, CNB Capital, HTGF, and Aster Group also participating. This round follows the company’s $9 million Series A round in March 20
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New safety-solution for industrial applications: Keeper – Beeper – Collision-Sweeper
Comnovo GmbH, a spin-off from the Communication Networks Institute at TU Dortmund, develops and distributes innovative warning systems to avoid collisions between humans and mobile vehicles. The wireless technology for precise distance measurement around the vehicle has received several awards, including the ICT Innovation business plan competition and the Health and Safety award of the professional association BG RCI. Today Comnovo announces that it has raised financing from High-Tech Grün
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Exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – Goodix Technology counts on Dresden-based startup CommSolid for product development for the Internet of Things (IoT)
The Dresden-based startup CommSolid develops very cost-effective and efficient radio chip solutions for IoT
The Chinese Goodix Group is an integrated chip design and software solution provider dedicated to deliver leading biometrics and human-interface solutions for smart mobile terminals
Together the companies want to develop new IoT communication solutions
Goodix invests in Dresden location; new jobs to be created
The High-Tech Gründerfonds has accompanied the startup from th
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Iconiq Holding closes a seven-figure financing round as FinLab increases its stake and Germany’s largest VC, High-Tech Gründerfonds, invests
Iconiq Lab Holding GmbH, a global crypto asset management firm, has closed a seven-figure financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds III GmbH & Co.KG and FinLab AG (ISIN: DE0001218063; Ticker: A7A.GR). Iconiq Holding will primarily use the funds to further develop and launch the recently announced Asset-Manager-as-a-Service (“AMaaS”) platform as well as scale its existing business units, the decentralized venture capital group and accelerator program, Iconiq Lab, and crypto asset index
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HTGF and MBG Schleswig-Holstein invest into innovative diagnostic solution for the early detection of oral cancer
The biotech company Abviris Deutschland GmbH from Ammersbek near Hamburg, Germany, developed a rapid test for the early detection of mouth and throat cancer. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein (MBG) invest a mid six-figure amount and support therefore the nationwide roll-out of the diagnostic tool as well as the international expansion of the company.
Each year more than 18.000 people in Germany are newly diagnosed with mouth and thr
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Digital therapy provider Selfapy receives 6 million investment: Medtech investor SHS joins in
Selfapy is Germany’s leading provider of online therapy for
mental stress and already cooperates with 16 health insurance companiesSHS expects strong impetus from the new Digital Supply Act (DVG) for digital health companies
Fifth investment of the fifth SHS fund: The Tübingen-based medical
technology and life science investor SHS Gesellschaft für
Beteiligungsmanagement has taken a stake in the Berlin-based digital
health company Selfapy GmbH as part of a capital increase. In addi
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Laclarée raises 2m€ for its seed round with two of the most active Seed investors in France and Germany
Laclarée gets financial support from Kreaxi (France) and High-Tech Gründerfonds HTGF (Germany) alongside with Bpifrance and a pool of banks. The total amount raised will be 2m€, including non-dilutive financing. Laclarée develops adaptive eyeglasses for presbyopia correction. This seed investment will help developing the product to reach industrialisation and market readiness by the end of 2021.
In Europe, more than 25 million presbyopes are unsatisfied with progressive lenses. Laclarée h
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Successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds: Brainlab acquires medical robotics start-up Medineering
High-Tech Gründerfonds has partnered the start-up since the seed round in 2014
Medineering develops robotic assistance systems for use in operating theatres
Ulrike Kalapis (HTGF): “Medineering is a real success story. It took the team only a few years to develop a sophisticated, innovative product, and now bring it to market.”
High-Tech Gründerfonds and other investors are selling all of their shares in the robotics start-up Medineering GmbH, based in Munich, to Brai
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High-Tech Gründerfonds portfolio company Immunic Therapeutics to trade on NASDAQ
Reverse takeover enables Immunic to secure US listing on world’s largest electronic stock exchange
Existing Immunic investors invested a further EUR 26.7 million as part of NASDAQ listing
Founded in Bavaria, Germany, in 2016, the biotech start-up develops novel treatments for chronic inflammatory diseases
High-Tech Gründerfonds has been at Immunic’s side from the very beginning
Immunic’s listing on the NASDAQ has been achieved through a reverse takeover, with the company slippin
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Threedium Ltd. raises €1 Million seed round led by HTGF
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has led a €1 Million seed round in Threedium Ltd. along with Kinisis Investment (KI), Sandhutch Ltd. and George Zarifis. The London-based tech startup has developed a 3D product configuration and visualisation platform. It will use the investment to further advance its 3D SaaS platform and expand into Germany, U.S. and other European markets.
Threedium, which was founded in 2017, has built notable traction in the UK by supporting large enterprises such as Sainsb
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Successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) – HTGF sells its Cytena shares to CELLINK in a trade sale
The shareholders of Cytena GmbH ("Cytena") have agreed to sell all Cytena shares to CELLINK AB ("CELLINK") for a purchase price of 30.25M euros ("acquisition"). Through CELLINK’s complimentary technology offering cytena sees great synergies that will support and accelerate future growth of Cytena. An extended product offering and a stronger global presence are just some of the benefits for our Cytena’s customers and partners.
Background and motivation for the acquisition
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