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Fresh capital for web store windeln.de
windeln.de, Germany's largest online web store for baby products, successfully completed its Series A financing. Led by the British venture capital company DN Capital, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and a consortium of existing shareholders invested again in the company's growth. The Munich-based growth equity investor Acton Capital Partners could be gained as a new investor in this round.
windeln.de was founded in 2010 by Konstantin Urban, Alexander Brand and Dagmar Mahnel and has been o
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Further Omnichannel extension and international expansion: Mister Spex closes financing round of 65 million euros
Europe's leading online optician has completed a 65 million euro financing round. The Büll Family Office led the equity round with participation from existing investors (e.g. Grazia Equity, Stephan Schambach und Ehssan Dariani), while Global Growth Capital provided a senior debt facility. The company enjoyed strong growth and profitability in 2018, and the investment will enable the company to accelerate this strong momentum with further development of its retail store portfolio and acceleratio
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heartbeat medical
heartbeat ONE provides a streamlined patient management tool for health care facilities of all sizes. It offers intelligent evaluations of diagnostics and treatment methods. It supports the preparation, documentation and evaluation of medical interventions. Patient reported outcomes can automatically be collected for every patient. heartbeat ONE is hosted for customers in certified data centers in Germany or if desired self hosted on site.
Fully web-based the system heartbeat ONE runs on all maj
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CarJump closes seed round to develop new carsharing products
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Berlin-based startup CarJump. The funds will be used to develop new products, which will enable interconnectivity between different mobility service providers.
CarJump has closed a seed round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds. The carsharing service provider, that trades under the name of GHM Mobile Development GmbH, has so far been publically known for its app (CarJump). The app is available for iOS and Android, and aggregates Germany’s leading carsharing pr
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In addition to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and KfW Capital, the investors in our fourth fund (HTGF IV) include 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Medium-sized companies in particular are strongly represented, along with many large corporations and family offices. Here we introduce our strong partners.
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I. Legal NoticeHigh-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbHjointly represented byManaging Director Dr. Alexander von FrankenbergSchlegelstraße 253113 BonnTelephone: +49 – (0) 228 – 823001-00Fax: +49 – (0) 228 – 823000-50Email: info@high-tech-gruenderfonds.deCommercial register of the local court of Bonn HRB 13863Chairman of the Investors Advisory Board: Dr. Matthias KoehlerVAT identification number: DE281370736
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Biograil secures seed funding for oral delivery device with potential to transform market for injectables
Biograil ApS, an innovative biotechnology company developing a unique oral device for delivery of biologics that would otherwise be injected, today announced the closing of a seed funding of 3 Million Euro (with potential to expand to 5 Million Euro). The investor Syndicate was led by the experienced German seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and included Danish Megatrend Invest a/s, Swiss Investment group as well as a Danish private healthcare investor.
The device is being developed a
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Plancraft receives seed funding & grants to digitize the craft industry
Hamburg, 7 September 2022 – In its seed financing round, the software-as-a-service start-up Plancraft receives 1.9 million euros from institutional investors as well as 200,000 euros in funding. The Hamburg-based trio of founders is using the funding to boost the marketing of its simplicity-driven invoicing software in the craft market, which has been little digitized to date. The vision behind Plancraft is getting closer: to create the basis for businesses to be economically successful.
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Textunes gains Thalia as strategic partner – exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds has successfully sold its shares in textunes GmbH. With the purchase of textunes GmbH, Thalia is acquiring one of the leading providers of eBooks and eBook apps. With this step Thalia is setting new standards in digital reading as part of its "Smart Reading Strategy".
textunes was founded in 2009 by the three eBook enthusiasts Simon Seeger, Michael Oesterreich and Volker Oppmann as well as theCo.de AG. With financial support from High-Tech Gründerfonds the start-up ha
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High-Tech Gründerfonds and DocCheck AG Guano invest in heartbeat medical
Patient reported outcomes and intelligent treatment analytics: heartbeat medical, a Berlin and Cologne based startup, enables doctors to measure and improve their procedures. The High-Tech Gründerfonds, Germany's largest seed investor, and the DocCheck Guano AG invest a high six figure-number into the emerging startup.
With heartbeat ONE the general health and healing process of patients can be tracked even years after an actual intervention. Patients get digital questionnaires, which they c
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textunes (Exit)
textunes is the leading multi-device publishing Platform for publishers’ content on Smartphones and Tablet PCs .
Exit since August 2011.
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Bitwala Raises the Biggest Ever Equity Funding for a German Blockchain Startup
Bitwala, the only crypto-first banking service in the European Economic Area, raises 13 million Euro in Series A funding round to accelerate growth and offer B2B accounts
Global Brain and Sony Financial Ventures’ jointly invest in Bitwala as partners for Bitwala’s global expansion
NKB Group, the UK-based investment and advisory firm focused on blockchain technology, is expanding its European portfolio with Bitwala
Earlybird and coparion, two existing investors, contribute half of th
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i3 Membrane
i3 Membrane is a companion for filtration solutions and separation technologies in life science. With and for the customers, high-quality products in the fields of medical, lab / pharma and biotech are developed. By combining ion and membrane technology and with the help of plasma immersion ion implantation, the first digitally controllable membrane was developed for the i3 as early as 2013 and traditional separation technology was revolutionized.
The membranes equipped with functionalized surfa
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POSpulse receives second funding this year – High-Tech-Gründerfonds invests in retail-analytics company POSpulse
POSpulse provides Smart Data for retailers and brands: By utilising crowdsourcing POSpulse collects data from the shopper’s perspective at the point-of-sale and provides retailers and brands with detailed analysis and optimization proposals for their POS activities. For the first time it is possible to gain extensive and comprehensive knowledge and real-time insights into the real purchasing situation at the point of sale – whether it is the exeution of shopper promotions, product placements
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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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bookingkit Secures Multi-Million Euro Financing and Pushes Further Expansion in Europe
Series C Funding Round in mid-single-digit million euro amount
Intermedia Vermögensverwaltung and family of companies Müller Medien are once
again lead investors and seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds expands its commitment
Expansion into new European markets planned for this summer
Existing business in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, Italy and France to be further developed
bookingkit achieves profitability in Germany, Austria and Switzerland for the first time