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Real-Estate potential in a blink: SaaS start-up syte closes new seed funding for real-time land analysis The start-up syte raises 2.6 million euros in its latest round of financing. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and four other investors from the real estate industry invested. This brings the company closer to its ambitious goal of using AI to analyse the economic and ecological …

Aignostics Raises €14m Series A to Advance AI-powered Pathology Oversubscribed financing round with top-tier life science investors, led by Wellington PartnersSpin-off from Charité – Universitätsmedizin Berlin developing sophisticated AI models to improve understanding, diagnosis and treatment of complex diseasesFunds to expand US market presence and further advance AI platform Berlin, Germany, 15th September 2022 – Aignostics, a spin-off from Charité …

AWAKE Mobility secures €4 million in seed financing to drive greener, more efficient bus services Smart technology to drive greener, more efficient bus services €4 million in fresh capital for monitoring the condition of bus fleets with the aid of AIAWAKE Mobility secures B&C Innovation Investments as lead investor as part of capital increaseCo-investors include HTGF, the founders of Flixbus, …

ecopals secures seven-figure funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds and Fraunhofer Technologie-Transfer Fonds to make road construction more sustainable Berlin, 8 September 2022 – In cooperation with the Fraunhofer ICT and the University of Kassel, ecopals has developed an asphalt additive made from non-recyclable plastics that increases the service life of roads, reduces their carbon footprint, and presents a new recycling option …

faCellitate, a BASF spin-off, closes a €3.7m seed round led by SARSTEDT and HTGF Proprietary intelligent polymer surface coating platform enables development of first-in-class lab materials for modern cell culture applications Closing of seed round completed raising €3.7 million from SARSTEDT, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), R3 Consulting, ARVE Capital, ROI Verwaltungsgesellschaft and Chemovator.faCellitate has developed an intelligent and ultra-low attachment polymer …

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 …

C-mo Medical Solutions raises €4.1 million aiming to transform cough monitoring C-mo Medical Solutions is an award-winning start-up that is unravelling the potential of assessing cough towards improved diagnosis, treatment courses and disease management. The company has now raised 4.1€Mn in a seed round led by Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund. This investment will allow the company to bring its innovative …

From the sandpit to product-market fit: Instagrid features in HTGF Start-up Stories How do I find product-market fit? How do you find the right idea to start a business? And why is it so important to design a prototype early on? These are just some of the many questions that Andreas Sedlmayr, one of Instagrid’s founders, has got the answers …

Energy transition startup node.energy raises 7 million euros in Series A financing A total of four new investors are joining the company, while existing investors such as High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and renowned business angels are once again contributing fresh capital. The four new Series A investors were selected consciously. The financing round is led by Cologne-based VC BitStone Capital, the …

Embedded security startup Emproof secures €2m seed financing from European investor syndicate Eindhoven/Bochum, July 12th, 2022 – Emproof B.V. successfully closed a € 2 million seed financing round, which enables the company to further develop its product range and serve customers in Europe and the USA. This financing round is led by the Dutch investment group TIIN Capital through its …