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bookingkit receives Millions in additional Strategic Investment Capital
bookingkit, Europe’s leading Software-as-a-Service company for providers of tours, attractions and activities, emerges strengthened from the Covid-19 crisis: The industry-wide dip in tourism-related revenue after the Europe-wide contact restrictions in spring is now facing a strongly accelerated sales development. In order to make strategic use of this momentum and further expand its position in various European markets, the Berlin-based company is receiving additional capital in the m
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instagrid: Mobile power can also be simple and clean
“Software defined Battery” technology from instagrid offers the opportunity to structure mobile power in a way that is simple, flexible and emission-free. With its portable battery storage, the start-up from Stuttgart makes work easier for users, freeing electricity from time and place. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is financing the innovative infrastructure solution with a seven-figure investment together with two Family Offices.
instagrid GmbH, a provider of mobile power infrastruc
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Successful pitches: 10 tips for an impressive pitch deck
In their day-to-day work, Kilian von Berlichingen, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF, and Arnas Bräutigam, Co-Founder of AddedVal.io, look at numerous pitch decks critically. In this blog post, they provide a series of tips on how you can avoid making the most common mistakes in your pitch deck
from left: Arnas Bräutigam, Co-Founder of AddedVal.io and Kilian von Berlichingen, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF
1. Keep your pitch deck short and sweet:Your pitch deck should be
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Heliatek raises €80 million
Heliatek, a world leader in organic photovoltaic and a manufacturer of solar films, has put together an €80 million ($88 million) round to finance the expansion of its HeliaFilm® manufacturing capacity by one million m² p.a.. This round comprises €42 million in equity, €20 million in debt and about €18 million in subsidies.
“We are very excited to have successfully completed this financing round. This allows us to strengthen our world leadership in organic solar film and to accele
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800,000 users worldwide convince investors: All3DP closes further financing round
All3DP, operator of a leading global Internet platform for 3D printing, has successfully completed a current financing round in the A2 Series Closing. The existing investors - including Bayern Kapital, HTGF and Deutsche Balaton AG - maintain on board. The new round will be led by Bayern Kapital with two new Business Angels from the BayStartUP investor network. All3DP operates the online magazine All3DP.com, which informs about the possibilities of 3D printing in the consumer and business segment
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New work without burn-out: Corporate Health-Startup DearEmployee receives seven-figure funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds and IMPACT51
DearEmployee, the platform for mental health at the workplace will use the capital to further expand the scientific platform and establish a marketplace for health and human resources measures. Expansion into further European markets and the USA is also planned.
With the DearEmployee platform, companies can identify work-related stress at an early stage and derive effective prevention measures against burnout.
Henning Jakob, Co-Founder & CEO of DearEmployee GmbH explains:
"Mental stress m
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Target Partners and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in GameGenetics
Series-A financing for distributor of free-to-play online games supports expansion into the UK and US markets
Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de), in collaboration with High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Estag Capital, has taken a financial stake in GameGenetics (www.gamegenetics.com), as part of a series-A financing round. The financial investment is in the seven-digit Euro figure, and will support the Berlin-based aggregator and distributor of free-to-
Sören Dreis – Investment Analyst
Sören Dreis supports the Digital Tech Investment Team as an Investment Analyst. Before joining HTGF, Sören completed a master’s degree in finance at the EBS University of Business and Law. He gained international experience at EMLyon in France, as well as during another semester abroad in the US. In addition to working for a medium-sized company and an auditing firm, he most recently helped develop the DACH region for a Paris-based SaaS startup as Business Development Manager. In his free time, Sören enjoys endurance sports.
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Soley adds new investors BayBG and Vito Ventures
Successful completion of Series A financing round
Business angels and existing investors continue their engagement as well
Funds will be used to expand innovative Soley SaaS solution
Focus on product portfolio optimization and complexity management
MAN and Festo among current Soley customers
Soley GmbH, which specializes in innovative smart data analyses and complexity management, successfully completed a Series A financing round. New investors are BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesel
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deal united wins the trust of German High-Tech Gründerfonds
Despite a difficult economy the German eCommerce startup deal united successfully secured funds from the High-Tech Gründerfonds and sympasis innovation capital. Beginning with its start in the end of 2007, deal united grew continuously and became the European leader in the space of conversion optimization by advert-finanzed incentivations.
By investing in deal united, the investors show their trust in deal united’s business model and its excellent prospects of success. Romy Schnelle, investm
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Is Product Management the missing puzzle piece in Europe?
In his daily work with early-stage Industrial Tech founders, our Principal Gregor Haidl places particular emphasis on deeply understanding the customer and defining a successful product. Effective product management is a cornerstone, vital not only for start-ups, but for companies of all sizes and industries. Gregor sat down with Elias Lieberich, who brings an extensive background in product management.
Having spent over a decade at Google and YouTube building some of their biggest
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“Industrial tech harbours a wealth of innovation potential”
Markus Kückelhaus has spent over 25 years driving innovation, strategy and financial topics for corporations – and has worked with many start-ups in the process. The 53-year-old has now joined High-Tech Gründerfonds as a partner. In this interview, he outlines the opportunities that arise when corporations and start-ups cooperate, takes a look at industrial tech trends, and reveals what he expects from start-ups in Germany.
Welcome to HTGF, Markus. We’re delighted to have you
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HR Tech Startup Become.1 Secures €3.3 Million in Seed Funding to Make Employee Benefits Simple, Flexible, and Compliant
The HR tech startup become.1 has secured a total of €3.3 million in seed funding to further expand its all-in-one platform for employee benefits. Fresh equity comes from lead investor D11Z.Ventures, Haufe Group Ventures, the Start-up BW Innovation Fund managed by MBG Baden-Württemberg, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), as well as prominent business angels, including Matthias Allmendinger (Taxdoo), Sebastian Koch (formerly KPMG), and Maru Winnacker (Urania Ventures). HTGF and other busin
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Mobile Customer Service via Smoope „Service To Go“
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and a business angel invest in Stuttgart based smoope GmbH. The company has developed a solution which redefines Business-To-Consumer communication. „Service To Go“ connects businesses to their customers via instant messaging - it’s mobile, personal and safe. The investment will be used for staffing, setting up marketing/sales and technical development.
In just a few years „instant messaging“ has become the second most used means of communication on sm
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PANDA starts AI-based root cause analysis and identification in industrial production with € 1.3 million seed financing
PANDA detects the error in the production process with the help of Artificial Intelligence and solves the biggest problems in industrial production. With the Plug & Play product DRIFT, PANDA offers an all-in-one system for minimizing plant downtimes and performance deficits in the production process. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH) and Business Angels are investing € 1.3 million in the Industrial AI startup. The capital is invested in product deve
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“HTGF plays a valuable role that goes beyond seed financing”
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is celebrating its 15-year anniversary. Professor Dieter Jahn, who spent many years heading up BASF Group’s Science Relations and Innovation Management competence centre, was one of the initiators and driving forces behind the seed-stage investor back in 2005. Since day one, Jahn has been at HTGF’s side as a member of its advisory board. In an interview, he talks about how it all began, underlines HTGF’s importance as a driver of innovation, and explains