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For almost one year, Berlin-based start-up Lockbox GmbH has been making beverage delivery for its customers as easy as possible thanks to its Trinkkiste.de service. After expanding the company’s delivery area from Berlin to Hamburg and Cologne earlier this year, Lockbox was able to secure investment capital in the high six-figures to provide further expansion of its service. The delivery area has just been expanded in March to include Hannover, Freiburg and Potsdam. Trinkkiste.de will continu

Bitwala, the easiest way for international money transfers using blockchain technology, announced today that it has raised €800k in a seed funding round including the largest German VC investment firm High-Tech-Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the leading bitcoin and blockchain investor Digital Currency Group (DCG). Traditional banking is no longer making the cut for global payments. International wire transfer options offered today are slow, expensive and complicated for everyday customers. As a sol

Amal Therapeutics (Amal) completes CHF 3 million (EUR 2.75 million) Series A financing round with Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund (BIVF) as cornerstone investors. VI Partners and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participated in the round which will help progress Amal’s cancer vaccines. Amal Therapeutics is a Swiss biotech company developing and progressing therapeutic cancer vaccines. The company will use the funds to progress the preclinical development of its lead vaccine (ATP124) for color

Luxoft Holding, Inc (NYSE:LXFT), a leading provider of software development services and innovative IT solutions to a global client base, today announced that it has acquired Symtavision GmbH, a provider of automotive software tools and consulting services focused on scheduling analysis, architecture optimization, and timing verification. These tools and services are for planning, optimizing, and verifying embedded, real-time systems within all modern automobiles. Symtavision’s tools, building

Baimos Technologies, a company specialising in secure mobile communication and authorisation management for smart devices, has announced today a seven-digit investment from HCS Beteiligungsgesellschaft, High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) and Bayern Kapital, to support future company growth. Baimos Technologies is a developer of award winning BlueID device authentication and authorisation technology which enables objects to securely connect and interact with smart phones and smart watches. Mr P

The diagnostics company SeNostic GmbH announced today the closing of a seed round of financing led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). SeNostic will set out to develop and commercialize a reliable differential diagnostic test for neurodegenerative diseases including Alzheimer’s disease, Parkinson’s disease and dementia with Lewy-bodies. Currently, the company is validating its SeedCycler platform technology that makes use of highly specific, directly disease-defining biomarkers. The proceeds

High-tech implant will make leg-lengthening treatment easier and less painful New medical application with high performance polymer VESTAKEEP® PEEK from Evonik Technology estimated to be available on the market in 2017 Evonik Industries has invested in the start-up company SYNOSTE Oy via its venture capital arm and now holds a minority share in the medical technology company based in Düsseldorf (Germany) and Helsinki (Finland). The investment was made as part of a series A round,

Intermedia and Mobile Ventures invest in POSpulse  Further growth to be boosted by international expansion and enhancement of analytics platform POSpulse gathers shopper insights via smartphone in the stationary retail sector The point of sale analytics provider POSpulse (www.pospulse.com) once again attracts new investors: The young Berlin startup receives a seven-digit investment in a Series A financing round. Among the investors are Medien Union GmbH, one of Germany’s leading

Don’t keep forever on the public road, going only where others have gone. Leave the beaten track occasionally and dive into the woods. Alexander Graham Bell, British and American Speech Therapist, Inventor and Large-scale Manufacturer Disruptive innovations are rarely reached via signposted routes. Every day, start-up entrepreneurs and individuals making their way in the tech ecosystem face the challenge of taking the right path. When you do choose a route that is truly undiscovered, it’

SimScale, the web-based simulation company, today announced it has closed its Series A funding round, led by Union Square Ventures with support from Earlybird Venture Capital and angel investor Axel Bichara. The funding will be used to accelerate its vision of bringing high-performance 3D simulation technology to designers and engineers everywhere. Companies use SimScale’s platform to virtually test their designs in-browser, improving their product development process. With SimScale, small

In realizing the next step of its growth strategy, Bonn-based start-up Bomedus has strengthened its equity position, obtaining more than 2.5 million Euros through two new investors: NRW.Bank, the state development bank of North Rhine-Westphalia, and private investor Dr. Christoph Schug, financial expert and serving on the supervisory board of several companies. The funding will be mainly used to extend the product portfolio and to foster commercialization internationally. The new capital will be

figo GmbH, Europe’s first banking service provider, successfully completed another financing round. In addition to High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), the new investment syndicate consists of Carlo Koelzer, founder of professional e-trading platform 360T, and Joerg Heilig, Vice President of Engineering at Google. This financing round sets a milestone for the Hamburg-based FinTech startup. The team is now set to strengthen the German market position and to capture the financial sector in Europe, ta

The Munich-based company, Soley GmbH, demonstrates how better decisions can be made, and more quickly, in engineering, even in complex situations. Soley is developing and marketing a new type of software for Engineering Analytics. A consortium of Business Angels has now invested in Soley GmbH, together with High-Tech Gründerfonds. Developers must understand and manage large quantities of data and dependencies in their processes and products more quickly. The quantity of information is growin

China is the world's largest and most dynamic market, and one that is difficult for small companies to develop. The Chinese investment bank Donghai Securities and the German HTGF have therefore concluded a cooperation agreement that will allow German high-tech companies to access this important market. Not only will Donghai contribute its expertise and excellent contacts, it will also facilitate German high-tech companies with capital resources for production set-up and market launch in China. H