Start-up fairCamper: RV rental platform closes seven-digit seed-funding High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH) and Business Angel David Majert jointly invest in the marketplace for easy and secure rental of motorhomes and campers. fairCamper (also known as WOBI) is the portal to rent motorhomes and campers easily, cheaply and securely. In addition to the direct brokerage of motorhomes, the …

Emergence Therapeutics Announces a Bumped-up Follow-on Seed Round Financing Financing enables company to embark on additional targets and expand ADC technology reach Emergence Therapeutics AG, a European biopharmaceutical company developing novel antibody drug conjugate (ADC) immuno-therapeutics to treat high need cancers, announces that is has closed a Bumped-up Follow-on Seed Round Financing from a syndicate of leading European investors comprising …

FinTech troy wins HDI as new investor, existing investors strengthen their commitment troy is investing the new funds in further optimisations of its “debt collection experience” FinTech troy, that specialises in customer-friendly, digital debt collection, has successfully concluded its third round of financing. With Hannover Digital Investments GmbH, the venture capital company of insurance group HDI GROUP, the start-up has …

lino Biotech closes seed financing round and showcases a novel label-free biosensor platform for innovate modern drug screening After almost a decade of initial invention and joint research on the Focal Molography technology at Roche, a leading player in the diagnostics and pharmaceutical area, and ETH Zurich as one of Europe’s most renowned research institutes, lino Biotech AG has licensed …

High-Tech Gründerfonds: Successful sale of portfolio company m2p-labs GmbH to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences Together with lead investor FIDURA, KfW Development Bank, TechVision Fonds and other co-investors, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has successfully sold its shares in m2p-labs GmbH, one of the leading manufacturers of microbioreactors, to Beckman Coulter Life Sciences. Founded in 2005, m2p-labs is a leading global manufacturer of …

Synendos Therapeutics Raises CHF 20 Million in Series A Financing Breakthrough approach to developing safe and effective therapies for unmet needs in neuropsychiatric disorders Financing will allow Synendos Therapeutics to complete pre-clinical development and progress lead candidate through proof of concept clinical study Supported by strong European investor syndicate co-led by Kurma Partners and Sunstone Life Science Ventures Synendos Therapeutics …

Digital therapies ready for take off The first apps available via prescription have made it into reimbursement; the next ones are awaiting approval. Is digital medicine about to make a breakthrough in Germany? 15 months after the start of the Digital Healthcare Act, start-ups, health insurance companies, authorities and investors take stock of the situation: What are still the biggest …

Preparing for global growth: All3DP concludes another financing round All3DP, operator of a leading global internet platform for 3D printing located in Germany, has successfully closed another financing round. This round, involving an investment volume of over EUR two million, is led by the previous investors High-Tech Gründerfonds, Bayern Kapital and Deutsche Balaton AG. The new funds will flow into …

Successful Internationalisation Markus Kurch joined Crealytics as Chief Operating Officer in 2013. He was given the important task of internationalising the online marketing specialist’s business. Today, Crealytics has offices in New York, London and Berlin. In this interview, Kurch and HTGF Partner Romy Schnelle talk about their successes and setbacks and explain how the analytical approach adopted by the search …

Innovation leader for large-scale battery storage monitoring NOVUM secures capital increase for product portfolio expansion Dr. Hettich Beteiligungen and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invest a 7-digit sum in the battery monitoring start-up NOVUM. NOVUM has developed a patented technology which now makes large-scale battery storage monitoring possible offline. The new capital shall be used to expand the product portfolio in the …