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The financing round was led by UB FIGG and SWEN CP’s Blue Ocean fund. traceless materials secures the funding to expand the production capabilities for its innovative biomaterial technology to industrial scale. Hamburg, Germany - September 25, 2023. Bioeconomy startup traceless, which produces a natural biomaterial as an alternative to plastic, announces the completion of a €36.6 million funding round. The Series A funding round is led by private equity fund UB Forest Industry Green G

adivo’s team and platform will strengthen Zoetis’ capabilities in therapeutic antibody drug discovery for companion animals. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was among the first investors in a seed round in 2018 together with OCCIDENT and MorphoSys AG and closely supported the successful development of adivo. Dr. Kathrin Ladetzki-Baehs, Founder and CEO of adivo: “I look forward to seeing what our team can achieve as part of a leading organization with global reach while continuing

High-Tech Gründerfonds, Swisscom Ventures and Rainmaking Impact have invested CHF 1.5 million into Swiss climate tech start-up viboo.  The seed round showed strong investor interest and confidence in viboo’s innovative energy-saving solutions for buildings.  viboo will use the funding to scale up the commercialization of its proven Predictive Control as a Service platform, capitalizing on the upcoming heating season to make a significant impact in decarbonizing buildings.

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), w3fund and seed + speed as well as several business angels join Tokenize.it, a platform for token-based corporate financing and employee participation, as investors. The total funding amounts to € 2 million. Tokenize.it offers an innovative approach to give German private limited companies (GmbH) access to the capital market. Goal: Expansion of the platform with new Public Offer feature Tokenize.it founder Christoph Jentzsch has experience in bu

With this step, production will be scaled up and the company will receive support from partners in high-tech such as ASML and Philips. Delft, 7 September 2023 – Delft Circuits has been working for a few years now on the supply of high-tech cabling for quantum computers. It has several tech giants as customers and organizations such as space agency NASA. DTXL is a 100 M€ deep tech investment fund with leading partners such as ASML, Philips, PME pension fund and is therefore deeply r

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

Jena, September 05, 2023. The Hong Kong-based company Grande Bio-tech Co. Ltd. is making a seven-digit Euros investment in the Jena-based diagnostic company Oncgnostics GmbH. Oncgnostics has developed the cancer diagnostic Gyntect for the reliable detection of cervical cancer. Since 2022, this test has also been distributed and utilized in collaboration with a local partner in China. Following the successful launch of Oncgnostics’ test in China, Grande Bio-tech Co. Ltd. has decided to make

Berlin, 29 August 2023 - Berlin-based AI startup traide has secured a seven-figure funding round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) with participation from Smart Infrastructure Ventures, Prequel Ventures and renowned angel investors including the founders of Taxdoo and Byrd. The capital will be used to further develop and scale the AI-based SaaS solution that enables companies of all sizes and industries to automate their customs processes. traide's solution is a breath of fresh ai

Call for Applications – AgriTech Pitch Day 2023 in Hannover Bonn and Hannover, August 24, 2023 - The AgriTech Pitch Day 2023 on September 28 in Hannover will focus on the future of agriculture. The event is organized by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and RootCamp, with RootCamp serving as host. Founders of agricultural technology companies (AgriTech) will have the exclusive opportunity there to present their innovative solutions and ideas to a select group of investors, corporate ve

The German deep tech startup will use the investment to further develop its innovative, high-efficiency, deep-blue emitter technology towards go-to-market-readiness. Dresden, 23 August 2023 - beeOLED, a Dresden-based deep-tech startup, today announced it has raised EUR 13.3m for a Series A funding co-led by eCAPITAL and Innovation Industries. The round was joined by KBC Focus Fund as well as existing investors M Ventures (the corporate venture capital arm of Merck KGaA, Darmstadt, Germany

Cologne-based gridscale offers an innovative range multi-tenant IaaS and PaaS products and services. The strategic acquisition will enable OVHcloud, the European cloud leader, to significantly accelerate its geographical deployment, and to enter the very fast-growing market of Edge Computing. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the first investor back in 2016 and has closely supported the successful development of gridscale. The start-up's existing investors including HTGF, Endeit C

FitTech start-up from Wiesbaden successfully closes pre-seed financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Innovative Gym Operating System enables gym club chains to scale their business model. The fresh capital will boost the young company's innovation and growth. Wiesbaden, Germany, 2 August 2023 - YOND, the emerging FitTech start-up with its innovative Gym Operating System, has received pre-seed funding from HTGF. The mission of the YOND team, led by founders Serge R

London, United Kingdom - 1 August 2023 — Supportwave is pleased to announce the successful closure of its seed funding round, following their pre-seed round in late 2021. The capital injection will enable the IT Support resource platform to continue to deploy its industry leading strategic sourcing of IT Support Specialists.  The round of investment has been secured by industry leaders including High-Tech Gründerfonds, Big Sur Ventures and Fuel Ventures. The capital raised wil

Specialist in biological binding of materials expands internationally and prepares further market entries in agriculture, mining, and infrastructure. Martinsried, 1st of August 2023 - Bind-X, a fast-growing industrial biotechnology company, has successfully closed a €10 million financing round. The funding was provided by renowned investors from Germany and abroad (HG Ventures, K&K 1, Greeneering Invest, Saxovent) and will help drive the decarbonization and biologization of establis