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Past Press Releases - High-Tech Gründerfonds Management
October 14, 2015
Human resources newcomer Loopline Systems adds investors
Loopline Systems (LLS Internet GmbH), a spin-off from the human resources division of the Berlin-based early-stage investor and company builder Project A Ventures, has added a series of new investors. More
October 13, 2015
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests in the waiting service virtualQ
Waiting on hold is part of many call centers. The startup virtualQ based in Berlin and Stuttgart puts an end to waiting on hold. HTGF supports this idea with a seed funding. More
September 28, 2015
Change the way you think storage – cloudplan closed first financing round
Hamburg based cloudplan develops a next generation file storage solution that can replace central storage based products such as dropbox, local NAS (Network Attached Storage) etc. More
September 24, 2015
KUKIMI secures seven-figure investment
Innovative diet program raises capital from existing investors as well as new partners. More
March 20, 2015
Bionic Robotics GmbH sucessfully concluded an early Series A round of funding
Bionic Robotics GmbH successfully concluded an early Series A round of funding for the extension of its development and marketing activities More
March 9, 2015
Another multi-million-Euro investment for REBELLE
Designer marketplace concludes Series B financing and gains new investors. More
March 4, 2015
HTGF invests in automatic package opening systems of ALS Automatic Logistic Solution GmbH
After a first successful financing round with a private investor, ALS Automatic Logistic Solution GmbH has now won the support of High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF). More
March 2, 2015
HTGF portfolio company OUTFITTERY raises $20 million led by new investor Northzone
Outfittery will use the investment to continue its geographic expansion and to further innovate the male shopping experience. More
February 24, 2015
Interior Design Tech Startup 99chairs closes seed round
99chairs is bringing aesthetical interior design to everyones home: The customer identifies his individual style, gets personal advice and eventually receives a design concept tailored to his individual needs. More
February 19, 2015
Big Data made easy – HTGF invests in altusInsight GmbH
The company enables easy and straight-forward handling of huge data-sets with their cloud-based Big Data solution LambdaNow More
February 2, 2015
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Implisense’s customer search engine
Success for Implisense: The Berlin-based startup has secured a seed round from High-Tech Gründerfonds to further develop their B2B customer search engine. More
January 28, 2015
High-Tech Gruenderfonds Investing in Farm Tech Startup fodjan
fodjan, an intelligent feeding program, represents a milestone in digital agricultural management. More
January 27, 2015
OneShore Energy wins support of HTGF for tapping into this fast-growing market
Transparency for Customers and Investors in Solar-Diesel Hybrid Projects: OneShore Energy wins support of HTGF for tapping into this fast-growing market More
January 26, 2015
High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Business Angel Robert Kabs invest in booking solution “bookingkit”
Berlin-based startup bookingkit successfully completed its first round of financing with investments by the High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) and Business Angel Robert Kabs, thereby strengthening sustainable growth in sales and product development. More
January 24, 2015
Six new publishers buying shares in the Kimeta job search engine
Kimeta, which currently offers more job listings than any other jobs portal in Germany, is expanding its ownership circle. More
January 22, 2015
Ceramic Matrix Composites for Industrial Heat Treatment: Constantia Industries Investing in WPX
Ceramic Matrix Composites for Industrial Heat Treatment: Constantia Industries Investing in WPX Faserkeramik. More
January 8, 2015
Europe’s leading online optician strengthens market position: Mister Spex receives 40 Million USD
US bank Goldman Sachs leads financing round. More
November 25, 2014
Bioprocess technology company PS Biotech GmbH receives Series A funding
Bioprocess technology company PS Biotech GmbH receives Series A funding following the successful market entry of its Feed Plate. More
November 21, 2014
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. More
November 11, 2014
Lockbox receives Seed Money through High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF)
A new delivery system, developed by Lockbox GmbH, allows depositing deliveries securely at the recipient’s doorstep without him having to be at home. More
October 28, 2014
High Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital invest in Cunesoft GmbH
Cunesoft GmbH, an innovative cloud software provider for regulatory document and submission management, specialized in the pharmaceutical industry, today announced that it successfully closed an investment round with High-Tech Gründerfonds and Bayern Kapital. More
October 15, 2014
High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Media Ventures ink food deal
Fooboo Holding GmbH is focused on developing mobile services for the food industry. More
October 14, 2014
Rigontec GmbH raises € 9.45 m in a first closing of a Series A financing round to advance RNA....
Rigontec GmbH raises € 9.45 m in a first closing of a Series A financing round to advance RNA-based immunotherapeutics for cancer and viral diseases. More
October 6, 2014
Venture capital firms High-Tech Gründerfonds and Born2Grow invest in Preventicus GmbH
Preventicus GmbH is developing smartphone-driven solutions to capture and analyze patients’ vital parameters for early preclinical risk screening of lifestyle-related illnesses. More
September 30, 2014
Heliatek completes 18 Million Euro in Series C Funding Round, led by Investment Holding AQTON SE
Heliatek GmbH, the world’s leading company in the production and commercialization of organic solar films, has successfully completed its C-Financing round by raising 18 million EUR. More
September 23, 2014
medineering GmbH, a Munich based medtech company, closes seed investment round
Innovative robotic products for the minimally invasive surgery. More
September 22, 2014
opentabs receives fresh capital
The founders of the hospitality app opentabs proudly announce a successful funding round. More
September 19, 2014
REWE Digital acquires e-commerce software provider commercetools GmbH
Intensification of digital activities through advanced web shop technology REWE Digital, a company of REWE Group, has acquired commercetools, a leading technology provider of e-commerce solutions, which is known for its high-performance cloud software More
August 28, 2014
New Filter Technology – Uses Inert Gas to Bore Holes in High-Quality Steel
Two early-stage venture capital investors are joining the i3 Membrane GmbH startup in August 2014. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) of Bonn and Innovationsstarter Fonds of Hamburg are investing in development and marketing of a novel filter technology. More
August 27, 2014
HTGF portfolio company REBELLE acquires its competitor, Glamloop
Hamburg start-up consolidates market leadership in Germany. More
August 6, 2014
High-Tech Gruenderfonds announces profitable exit of portfolio company SOPAT
SOPAT GmbH was founded in 2012 by Dr. Sebastian Maass, Juergen Rojahn and Joern Emmerich and offers the first fully automated, precise, in situ real-time analysis of particles in chemical processes. More
June 24, 2014
New financing round: crealytics receives mid single-digit million amount for further inter...
New financing round: crealytics receives mid single-digit million amount for further international expansion and development of its semantic PPC technology “camato”. More
May 20, 2014
embraase secures funding for real-time optimization of mobile apps
The Berlin-based startup embraase collects a six-digit investment from High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) and Axel Springer for its A/B testing and personalization platform for mobile apps. More
May 16, 2014
itembase secures investment from UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund
itembase, the personal inventory platform with offices in San Francisco and Berlin (www.itembase.com), today announced a recent investment from the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the private equity strategic investment arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS). More
November 25, 2013
TORCH Secures Seed Funding to further develop Graylog2
TORCH, the official provider of commercial services for Graylog2 (www.graylog2.org); the leading open source machine data analytics tool, has secured seed funding from e.ventures, High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Hasso Plattner Ventures and Atlantic Capital Partners. More
November 19, 2013
Scopis finances worldwide expansion with venture capital
Scopis GmbH (www.scopis.com) announces the successful conclusion of its Series A round financing. More
November 14, 2013
Synoste Oy raises € 2.8 M€ in financing to Develop Next-Generation implants ...
Synoste Oy raises € 2.8 M€ in financing to Develop Next-Generation implants for correcting skeletal deformities More
November 12, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests in online platform GLAMOURRENT
The Berlin based start-up is a B2C online designer dress and accessories rental platform for women’s special occasions. More
November 7, 2013
WISE s.r.l. raises € 1 M in equity financing to Develop Next-Generation Neurostimulation Devices
WISE (Wiringless Implantable Stretchable Electronics), a Milan- and Berlin-based medical device company is developing next-generation implantable neurostimulation devices based on their unique and proprietary technology platform. More
November 6, 2013
HiperScan expands core business operations
The specialist known by pharmacists for near-infrared spectroscopy has acquired a new investor to finance the planned internationalisation of its operations. More
November 5, 2013
ALTANA AG and Innovationsstarter Hamburg GmbH co-invest in CCI – Custom Cells Itzehoe GmbH
ALTANA AG and Innovationsstarter Hamburg GmbH co-invest in CCI – Custom Cells Itzehoe GmbH – the future of flexible energy storage systems More
November 4, 2013
FIDURA Private Equity Fonds a new lead investor at m2p-labs
Investment in leading manufacturer of microbioreactors. More
October 29, 2013
Kinematic 3D Laser Scanning: High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg invest in
Kinematic 3D Laser Scanning: High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg invest in p3d Systems GmbH, Hamburg. More
October 25, 2013
Personal inventory and ecommerce analysis platform itembase raises $3.25Mio in new funding
itembase GmbH, a Berlin and San Fransisco- based startup founded by Stefan Jørgensen, recently announced that it has secured additional $3,25Mio financing. More
October 24, 2013
EXTOLL: HTGF, MBG Baden-Württemberg, EXTOREL, VRD and Business Angel Consortium invest in ...
EXTOLL: HTGF, MBG Baden-Württemberg, EXTOREL, VRD and Business Angel Consortium invest in Networking Technology for High-Performance Computing. More
October 23, 2013
High-Tech Gruenderfonds Invests in New Dental Surgery Microscope – dentaZOOM
dentaZOOM® is a new dental surgery microscope, which in recent years has been developed by dentaZOOM GmbH from Berlin. More
October 21, 2013
HIGH-TECH GRUENDERFONDS INVESTS IN VIRTUAL ARCHITECTURE
The startup company from Karlsruhe, Inreal, has successfully completed a growth investment round by the HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) and two private investors. More
October 21, 2013
High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests into fashion startup Rebelle
The online market place Rebelle, which was launched in August 2013, is a platform for second hand luxury and designer fashion. More
October 17, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Inventorum, a multi-channel-solution for local retailers
Founded in 2012, the Berlin-based startup Inventorum has successfully closed its second round of seed financing with backing from HTGF, Klingel New Media, Vogel Ventures and MCB Salt. More
October 16, 2013
Patient monitoring at cellular level: High-Tech Gründer Fonds and Bayern Kapital lead investment in
Patient monitoring at cellular level: High-Tech Gründer Fonds and Bayern Kapital lead investment in Photonics Healthcare More
September 27, 2013
Seven-figure seed invest for eCommerce Business Intelligence solution minubo
German startup convinces international investors: Seven-figure seed invest for eCommerce Business Intelligence solution minubo. More
September 17, 2013
Microstim successfully raised funds for the first clinical application of their heart assist system
The HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, the Technologiefonds MV, the High-TechGruenderfonds and the Fides Finanz-Invest invests about 500.000 EUR for the European CE-approval and the first clinical application of the Microstim muscle stimulator. More
September 16, 2013
The B2B cell phone data deletion and reselling service company reANGEL has received a new investmen
With High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) reANGEL (Recycling Angel GmbH) has been able to find a further investor to finance the expansion of its data deletion and resale service, reANGEL. More
September 4, 2013
HTGF invests in novel approach for the treatment of Obesity and Diabetes Type II – perora
perora GmbH, a new, privately held biotech company, that was incorporated in June 2013, announced today the closing of its seed venture capital financing round led by High-Tech-Gründerfonds. More
September 3, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen are investing in innovative process ...
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen are investing in innovative process measuring technology for electroplating technology. More
September 2, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds Invests in Young Bioprocess Technology Company – PS Biotech
PS Biotech GmbH will ease the selection of the best-suited bacteria strain for the subsequent large scale production of recombinant proteins thereby rendering the previously tedious primary screening more cost- and time-efficient. More
August 28, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in CCI – Custom Cells Itzehoe GmbH –the future of energy storage
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in CCI – Custom Cells Itzehoe GmbH –the future of energy storage systems. More
August 27, 2013
Measurement instrumentation specialist for wind turbines closes financing round
Measurement instrumentation specialist for wind turbines closes financing round for further scaling of business. More
August 14, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Start-up for Special Optics
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests a Start-up Company for Special Optics. The investment shall funds the setup of siOPTICA GmbH. More
August 13, 2013
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. More
August 2, 2013
High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests in internet-based- assistance systems for elderly people
High-Tech Gruenderfonds invests in internet-based- assistance systems for elderly people and signs a share of the exelonix GmbH. More
August 1, 2013
CorTec On The Way To The Future Of Neurotechnology: Company Closes Second Financing Round
Just two years after seed financing CorTec announces the closing of another round of investment. More
July 31, 2013
High Tech Gruenderfonds Invests in NovaPump GmbH
The Jena-based heart technology firm NovaPump GmbH has successfully completed a first round of financing with High Tech Gruenderfonds in July 2013. More
July 30, 2013
A-financing round successfully completed: Capical GmbH gains M-Invest and KfW as new investors
Capical GmbH’s positive development has persuaded M-Invest and KfW to get on board as new investors in the Braunschweig medical technology company. More
June 26, 2013
Middle Peak Medical Raises $8.5 M to Develop Novel Mitral Valve Technology
Middle Peak Medical, a development-stage medical device company that will commercialize a novel technology for treating mitral valve disease, has raised $8.5M in a Series A financing. More
June 24, 2013
evocatal draws two new investors as it closes €3.5m Series B round
evocatal GmbH has completed a Series B financing round. More
June 20, 2013
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. More
June 11, 2013
PressMatrix receives 2.5 million euro in series A investment
The digital publishing providers PressMatrix (www.pressmatrix.de) successfully closed a new round of financing. More
June 7, 2013
EBS Technologies receives CE marking for its NEXT WAVE brain stimulation device
EBS also reports Series “B” cash infusion of $3.9 million (€3,0 million) from existing investors to commence immediate European commercialization of NEXT WAVE™ . More
June 3, 2013
Klingel Group and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in the monitoring startup , uberMetrics Technologies
Series A financing round: Klingel Group and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in the monitoring startup , uberMetrics Technologies from Berlin More
April 23, 2013
Personal MedSystems GmbH wins French investor Seventure Partners, concludes series A financing round
Personal MedSystems GmbH wins French investor Seventure Partners, concludes series A financing round with total volume of 2.5 million EUR More
April 17, 2013
Rodos BioTarget Receives Growth Financing of EUR 2.6 m
Rodos BioTarget GmbH (RBT) is pleased to announce that it has in 2012 successfully realized corporate investment actions in the amount of EUR 2.6 million, with additional option payments attached to its milestones for 2013. More
April 10, 2013
LANXESS invests in High-Tech Gruenderfonds II
High-Tech Gruenderfonds II is pleased to present specialty chemicals company LANXESS as a further investor from the chemical sector. More
February 21, 2013
crealytics receives 7-figure growth capital
The positive growth seen by SEA technology camato has brought in investment from Bayern Kapital, LBBW Venture Capital GmbH, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Mountain Super Angel AG and new investor BayBG. More
February 20, 2013
SimScale: HTGF, Bayern Kapital and a Business Angel consortium invest in web-based simulation tech
SimScale: HTGF, Bayern Kapital and a Business Angel consortium invest in web-based simulation technology More
February 14, 2013
linkbird SEO management tool gains support of investors and business angels
Berlin-based SaaS firm linkbird is growing. More
January 29, 2013
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Stuffle, the flea market app
Second financing round within a few weeks: after SEDO founder Tim Schumacher, HTGF invests in Stuffle. More
January 29, 2013
LED light as natural as an incandescent bulb: LEDeXCHANGE GmbH receives seed financing from HTGF
LED light as natural as an incandescent bulb: LEDeXCHANGE GmbH receives seed financing from High-Tech Gruenderfonds. More
January 28, 2013
HTGF, BayernKapital and a business angel consortium invest in ADVANOVA GmbH
ADVANOVA GmbH has successfully concluded its first round of financing. More
January 15, 2013
Natural User Interfaces – Device control with gestures: gestigon receives seed financing
gestigon develops software to control devices without contact solely by gestures. The solution, the team and the latest development of the company convinced the High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Mittelständische Beteiligungsgesellschaft Schleswig-Holstein. More
January 9, 2013
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.
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January 7, 2013
Drug Response Dx Concludes First Round of Financing with Support from QIAGEN and HTGF
The Hennigsdorf firm Drug Response Dx GmbH (DRDx GmbH) successfully concluded its first round of financing with High-Tech Gründerfonds and QIAGEN. More
December 18, 2012
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Seedfonds BW invest in the future of Desktop Infrastructures
The German cloud specialist tocario GmbH (www.tocario.com) secures the first round of funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and from the Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg. More
December 10, 2012
Easily improving efficiency: SOTA SOLUTIONS receives seed investment
Software which creates itself and increases profit – this is the successful concept of SOTA SOLUTIONS, which convinced investors in the early stage. More
November 12, 2012
GeneQuine Biotherapeutics Closes Seed Financing with HTGF and Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg
The Hamburg, Germany-based biotech startup GeneQuine Biotherapeutics today announced the completion of a seven-figure seed financing round. More
November 5, 2012
Synapticon: Investment in the Future of Robotics
By investing in Synapticon GmbH, Gruibingen, a group of investors consisting of High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Seedfonds Baden-Wuerttemberg (SFBW), and the private investor Günter Lang is supporting a company in the growing market of robotics. More
July 11, 2012
Epigenetics Specialist Epivios Financed by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Life Science Inkubator
Epigenetics Specialist Epivios Financed by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Life Science Inkubator´s Pre-seed Fund More
June 12, 2012
KeyRocket received seed financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests as lead investor in KeyRocket (Veodin Software GmbH). More
June 12, 2012
Holtzbrinck Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in men‘s fashion
Holtzbrinck Ventures and High-Tech Gründerfonds invest in Berlin-based ecommerce start-up PAUL SECRET (www.paulsecret.com). More
June 8, 2012
High-Tech Gruenderfonds, venturecapital.de and Business Angels Invest in zuuka group GmbH
zuuka group GmbH, publishers of the iTalk entertainment apps, zuuka Comics and iStoryTime, the largest library of mobile children’s book apps, announced a financing round from High-Tech Gruenderfonds and Business Angels. More
May 29, 2012
High-Tech Gründerfonds and Business Angel Invest in AudioCure Pharma GmbH Drug Development
AudioCure Pharma concentrates on the clinical development of drug candidates in neurodegenerative disease indications with a high unmet medical need. More
May 15, 2012
t-cell Europe GmbH successfully completes initial financing round
t-cell Europe GmbH, a spin-off of the Berlin-Brandenburg Center for Regenerative Therapies, has announced the successful completion of its first round of financing, raising a total of EUR 1.45 million from Germany’s High-Tech Gruenderfonds, Constantin Bastian Leander Venture Capital GmbH, and the Brandenburg state development bank (ILB). More
May 14, 2012
High-Tech Gründerfonds, Private Investors and KfW invest €4.3 million in Algiax Pharmaceuticals GmbH
Advanced Therapy for Neuropathic Pain. More
February 8, 2012
The OakLabs GmbH receives High-Tech Gründerfonds seed funding for intelligent breeding methods
The development of new types of plants can be reduced by up to ten years with the reliable diagnostic DNA markers from OakLabs. More
February 2, 2012
crossvertise: HTGF and BambooVentures finance the first cross-media booking platform for advertising
crossvertise GmbH: High-Tech Gründerfonds and BambooVentures investment consortium finance the first cross-media booking platform for advertising media. More
January 30, 2012
1.4 million series A financing of Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH
1.4 million series A financing of Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH: new kind of diagnosis tool for glaucoma therapy shortly before market launch. More
January 30, 2012
Conceptboard gets funded by High-Tech Gründerfonds and Seedfonds BW
The Stuttgart based startup secures funding from the High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Seedfonds Baden-Württemberg. More
June 14, 2011
High-Tech Gründerfonds portfolio company Natural Dental Implants AG completes follow-on financing
Dallas and Berlin-based dental technology company receives 1M EUR from BB Biotech Ventures and IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft. More
June 9, 2011
Capital for innovative carbon processing technology from Stuttgart
The company Compositence GmbH is set to play a major role in providing broader applications for carbon-fibre components. More
January 19, 2009
HiperScan GmbH sets new standards in near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) analytic
A revolution in the near infrared spectroscopy (NIR) is done by the implementation of an innovative micro scanner technology. More | 
