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Mindance (Exit)
The Leipzig startup was founded in 2017 by Robin Maier, Lukas Stenzel and David Schumann and shortly afterwards was accepted to the SpinLab Startup Accelerator. Since then, clients such as BOSCH and AOK PLUS have been acquired. At the end of last year, a cooperation agreement was also concluded with a German health insurance company. MINDANCE clients thus receive a financial subsidy of up to 100% for the use of MINDANCE. This year this model is to be rolled out on a large scale in cooperation
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Synendos Therapeutics Raises CHF 20 Million in Series A Financing
Breakthrough approach to developing safe and effective therapies for unmet needs in neuropsychiatric disorders Financing will allow Synendos Therapeutics to complete pre-clinical development and progress lead candidate through proof of concept clinical study Supported by strong European investor syndicate co-led by Kurma Partners and Sunstone Life Science Ventures
Synendos Therapeutics (Synendos), a biopharmaceutical company developing a new class of small molecules aimed at restoring the
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Successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital –
Proteintech acquires ChromoTek
Proteintech, which is based in Chicago, Illinois, USA, is the benchmark in antibodiesMartinsried-based startup ChromoTek is a market leader in nanobodiesThe acquisition enables Proteintech to expand its next-generation antibody toolsBayern Kapital and HTGF arranged the seed financing in 2010The transaction marks HTGF’s 10th successful exit during the coronavirus crisis
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital have sold their shares in ChromoTek after having spent 10 years at the start
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HTGF portfolio company: EIB backs Atriva Therapeutics with €24 million for the development of a potential COVID-19 treatment
European Investment Bank and Atriva Therapeutics sign financing agreement of €24 million for the research, development and clinical testing of the company’s lead product candidate against influenza and COVID-19Atriva’s ATR-002 molecule is the only host-cell targeting antiviral therapeutic specifically developed to treat severe respiratory infections caused by RNA (ribonucleic acid) viruses – it may prevent progression to critical-stage COVID-19 in hospitalised patients and holds stro
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Innovation leader for large-scale battery storage monitoring NOVUM secures capital increase for product portfolio expansion
Dr. Hettich Beteiligungen and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invest a 7-digit sum in the battery monitoring start-up NOVUM. NOVUM has developed a patented technology which now makes large-scale battery storage monitoring possible offline. The new capital shall be used to expand the product portfolio in the field of large-scale storage and 2nd life quick tests for the automotive industry.
The determination of battery charge and wear status still remains a challenge in many cases. Most larg
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Betterfront completes seed financing from HTGF to bring private equity fund raising to the next level
Private equity fund managers can say goodbye to the madness of the capital-raising process thanks to Betterfront’s data-driven fundraising platform. The company provides fund managers with a fundraising and data analytics platform, which generates insights that drive allocators’ investment decisions. High-Tech Gründerfonds led the seed round and was joined by a group of angel investors.
Betterfront closed an oversubscribed seed round. HTGF led the financing with the participation of
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High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) portfolio company MoBerries raises seven-digit Pre-Series A for its AI-based HR platform from international investors.
MoBerries, headquartered in Berlin, closes a seven-figure funding round from the Abu Issa Investment Group, HTGF, 42CAP, LITTLEROCK and other renowned business angels.
MoBerries continues to develop & expand in Germany, solving the inefficiencies in the HR market with the AI-based automated preselection of applicants.
MoBerries builds technology which connects actively seeking candidates to companies by leveraging an AI-based matching engine. The engine adapts the sourcin
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Successful Exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – Intersect ENT acquires Fiagon
Buyer is the Intersect ENT, a medical technology company based in the USThe startup Fiagon AG Medical Technologies expands Intersects portfolio of ENT product offeringsFor the HTGF it is the 8th successful exit during the Corona crisis
The High-Tech Gründerfonds sold its shares in Fiagon. The seed investor has accompanied the company for 11 years. The publicly traded company Intersect ENT (NASDAQ: XENT), Menlo Park, California, USA, is dedicated to transforming the treatment of ear
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Yoga hits the digital opportunities of the 21st century
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests together with private investors in a new modern life yoga app
Asana Yoga, which was founded in 2015 today announced the seed financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and other experienced seed investors including Astutia Ventures, Florian Huber, Jeannette Fürstenberg and Sebastian Johnston.
The Asana Yoga package includes: Yoga e-commerce as well as an extensive online magazine and is extended by the Asana Rebel Yoga app from March. The first milestone
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HTGF portfolio company Hornetsecurity acquires Spanish market leader Spamina
Hornetsecurity completed the acquisition of the Spanish email security company Spamina successfully. This makes the Hanover-based company the leading German email cloud security provider in Europe and expands its locations with offices in Madrid and Barcelona as well as in Central and South America. Spamina's activities will continue as part of the Hornetsecurity Group, to provide customers of both companies with even more efficient technology and worldwide competent support.
The investors Hi
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Gründerszene Honours High-Tech Gründerfonds
Gründerszene, the online magazine, has awarded Bonn-based early phase investor High-Tech Gründerfonds the “Investor of the Decade” jury prize for the internet industry. The prestigious, 31-member selection committee consisted of journalists, successful founders and investors. The internet start-ups and founders of the 2000 to 2010 decade were also selected by the jury and the audience.
The distinction was awarded to both managing directors of the €272 m investment fund, Dr. Michael Br
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figo GmbH – FinTech startup successfully completes financing round
figo GmbH, Europe’s first banking service provider, successfully completed another financing round. In addition to High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), the new investment syndicate consists of Carlo Koelzer, founder of professional e-trading platform 360T, and Joerg Heilig, Vice President of Engineering at Google. This financing round sets a milestone for the Hamburg-based FinTech startup. The team is now set to strengthen the German market position and to capture the financial sector in Europe, ta
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Successful Exit for HTGF: DocuWare Announces Acquisition of natif.ai
With AI at the forefront of DocuWare’s product strategy, natif.ai’s technology further increases the competitive edge of the DocuWare platform.
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) led the pre-seed round in 2020 as the first institutional investor of natif.ai and has actively supported the start-up on its path to becoming a leading provider in the field of intelligent document processing.
Christian Arndt, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF: “The team of natif.ai has shown a great perfo
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Caeli Wind, the digital platform for wind energy sites, secures €11 million in fresh capital in a Series A funding round.
Notion Capital, Santander Alternative Investments and existing investors provide the digital wind energy pioneer with growth capital for deeper value creation and international expansion.
Berlin, London, Madrid (16 May 2024) – Caeli Wind, the platform for analysing and marketing wind energy locations founded by Ben Schlemmermeier and Heiko Bartels in 2022, announced today that it has secured €11 million in growth capital from international investors.
The round was led by re