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JUNIQE Raises €14m to Become Europe’s Leading Marketplace for Curated and Design-led Art
JUNIQE, Europe’s leading marketplace for curated art from around the world, has raised €14m in an investment round led by Highland Europe, alongside previous investors Vorwerk Ventures, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Redalpine.
From wall art to zeitgeist lifestyle products, JUNIQE connects artists and designers with individuals who are looking to express their personal style and passion for art. Launched in 2014, the Berlin-based startup already ships to thirteen countries across Europe, gen
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Disruption in the field of incontinence: MedTech startup inContAlert raises EUR 1.5 million
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital, Carma Fund, and renowned business angels from Germany and the UK are participating in the pre-seed financing round.
The MedTech startup is developing a sensor to measure the bladder filling level for incontinence patients.
The medical device is expected to be approved in early 2024.
Bayreuth, 06.09.2023: The MedTech startup inContAlert, headquartered in Bayreuth, has successfully closed its pre-seed financing round of EUR 1.5 million in tot
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ReCatalyst Announces Successful Closing of Oversubscribed Seed Financing Round
ReCatalyst is developing a nano-tech platform for production of next-generation of intermetallic platinum-alloy PEM fuel cell catalysts with the core mission to enable an optimized usage of platinum group metals.
Slovenian Startup ReCatalyst was able to convince an outstanding international syndicate consisting of HTGF, xista science ventures and OCCIDENT, along with Slovenian investors, to invest €1.7 million.
The funding will be used to enhance market readiness and accele
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Bioprocess technology company PS Biotech GmbH receives Series A funding following the successful market entry of its Feed Plate®
In the spring of 2013, PS Biotech GmbH, a spin-off of RWTH Aachen and the DWI Leibniz Institute for Interactive Materials, received seed funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds to finance the market entry of the Feed Plate®. The Feed Plate® is a tool serving the field of industrial biotechnology, enabling cost-effective screening for the optimal production strain under fed-batch conditions using microtiter plates. Over the last year, PS Biotech could attract a first wave of prominent customers. T
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New component for Germany’s Future Fund: HTGF Opportunity Fund launches with €660 million for growth-phase investments
Through the new fund, HTGF will be able to invest in selected HTGF portfolio companies.
The objective of the HTGF Opportunity Fund is to increase the volume of later-stage financing rounds in the HTGF portfolio as required.
Tenth Future Fund component added – another measure taken by the German government as part of its start-up strategy, helping to strengthen the country’s profile as a start-up hub.
HTGF is one of Germany’s most active early-stage investors. Since its i
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Smart Grid startup envelio raises 1 million Euro from High-Tech Gründerfonds and Demeter
The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Demeter invest one million Euro in the startup envelio. envelio provides the Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP) to grid operators for the next phase of the energy transition. Grid planning and operation processes are digitalized and automated by envelio’s IGP. This automation enables a faster and more cost-efficient integration of renewable generation and charging points for electric vehicles into the energy system. The raised capital will be used to advance
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High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Bayern Kapital and a strategic partner invest in seiratherm GmbH
The High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Bayern Kapital and a strategic partner invest in the development of innovative devices for the regulation of the body-core temperature.
Seiratherm is working on innovative products for the controlled regulation of the body-core temperature. The therapy is intended to cool-down the patient (“hypothermia”), maintain a specific target temperature and subsequently rewarm the patient automatically.
The systematic lowering of the body-core temperature reduces the
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Innogy Venture Capital and AQTON invest in Kiwigrid GmbH
Innogy Venture Capital and AQTON invest together with High-Tech Gruenderfonds in the Dresden-located start-up Kiwigrid. The young technology company develops and runs an open communication and control platform for intelligent energy management, which enables the integration of distributed devices for generation, storage and consumption of energy into distribution grids.
“Kiwigrid addresses a fundamental precondition for a successful energy transition: the systematic integration and manag
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in KonTEM GmbH
Joint press release of High-Tech Gründerfonds, Max-Planck-Innovation GmbH, Center of advanced european studies and research (caesar) and KonTEM GmbH.
KonTEM GmbH, a spin-off company of the Max-Planck-Gesellschaft (MPG) and the Center of advanced european studies and research (caesar), has developed an innovative phase contrast system for transmission electron microscopes (TEM). The system combines enhanced image contrast with high object resolution and thus opens up new possibilities for the
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Focus on stroke therapy: The German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), Earlybird and High-Tech Gruenderfonds publish “MedTech Radar 2”
Innovations in stroke therapy are the main focus of the second issue of "MedTech Radar", a joint media service from the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), Earlybird Venture Capital and High-Tech Gruenderfonds. Improvements in acute care mean that today many more patients survive a stroke, yet the damage to the relevant areas of the brain often results in lasting disabilities. Scientists are researching the possibility of repairing brain damage through non-invasive neurostimulation us
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Kiwigrid cooperates with Gemalto to further develop and commercialize new features for Kiwigrid’s innovative high security Smart Grid as a Service Platform.
Kiwigrid, a Dresden, Germany-based Smart Grid start-up is cooperating with Gemalto to further develop and commercialize new features for Kiwigrid's innovative high security Smart Grid as a Service Platform.
Gemalto will specifically support Kiwigrid to fulfill BSI (German state office for information security) security requirements for Smart Metering Gateways (SMGW) & Gateway Administrators (SMGWA). The collaboration will ensure Kiwigrid's readiness for the large-scale rollout of highly s
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BioRob: Seed financing for lightweight robot
BioRob GmbH, Darmstadt based manufacturer of the lightweight robot BioRob, announced the seed financing led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Dr. Schulze Consulting und Holding GmbH with the goal to enhance R&D and sales force.
BioRob GmbH, Darmstadt based spin-off from Technical University Darmstadt, develops und markets the lightweight robot BioRob. The robot is designed to match the rising demand of cost-effective and easy to use automation solution. Especially small and medium en
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A Successful Financing Round: Creathor Venture and High Tech Gruenderfonds invest in Roombeats
Berlin startup is a supplier of Image-based Content and Affiliate Marketing
The team around the ex-CEO of Jamba, MyHammer and StudiVZ Markus Berger-de Léon will receive a first round of financing in the high six figures
Roombeats receives fresh capital: the well-known venture capitalists Creathor Venture and High Tech Gruenderfonds are placing approximately 500,000 Euros at the disposal of experienced Internet pioneer Markus Berger-de Léon and his partner Florian Beba for their startup.
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Luxoft Acquires Symtavision, a Leading Provider of Software Tools and Services for Real-time System Design and Development for the Automotive Industry
Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, today announced that it has acquired Symtavision GmbH, a provider of automotive software tools and consulting services focused on scheduling analysis, architecture optimization, and timing verification. These tools and services are for planning, optimizing, and verifying embedded, real-time systems within all modern automobiles. Symtavision’s tools, building
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Personal MedSystems GmbH wins French investor Seventure Partners, concludes series A financing round with total volume of 2.5 million EUR
Personal MedSystems GmbH, with locations in Berlin and Frankfurt am Main, develops products and services for mobile healthcare. The Company is receiving growth financing in the amount of 2.5 million EUR from the French investor Seventure Partners. The capital will be used for the further development and market introduction of the company’s products.
Myocardial infarction patients with recurring angina pectoris or cardiac arrhythmia often face the question of whether or not they need to call
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German GME Medical Engineering GmbH wins BayBG as new investor: Financing round with a volume of 1 million Euro successfully completed
The positive development of the GME German Medical Engineering GmbH, based in Erlangen, convinced the BayBG to enter as a new investor in the medical technology company. Seed investors Bayern Kapital, HTGF and private investors have increased their commitment. This includes, among others, Dr. Dieter Manstein, (co-) inventor of two fundamental methods of modern dermatology. The total volume of financing (Series A) amounted to EUR 1 million.
Medical devices based on laser and light systems are