dotega receives million-euro financing for the expansion of its PropTech platform for homeowners’ self-administration of shared properties

Stuttgart-based PropTech start-up dotega raises €1.3 million in fresh capital: Together with HTGF, one of the leading and most active early-stage investors in Germany and Europe, and experienced PropTech investors, including the founders of casavi, the Stuttgart-based start-up is continuing to drive forward the digital transformation of self-administration of appartment owners’ associations in Germany (Wohnungseigentümergemeinschaft or WEG for short).

With the completion of the pre-seed financing round, dotega has received a boost for the further expansion of its PropTech platform for the smart self-management of homeowners’ associations.

“This financing is a strong signal for us – it confirms once again that we are solving a real market problem and have gained the trust of leading investors,” says Niklas Mocker, co-founder and managing director of dotega. “With the support of HTGF and experienced PropTech investors, we can accelerate our growth in a targeted manner, scale our product and establish self-management as a real alternative to traditional property management.”

Together with co-founder Lina Albert, Mocker is consistently driving forward the Germany-wide expansion and technological development of the platform – always with the aim of maximizing the automation of processes in WEG management and significantly reducing the administrative burden. “WEGs should have access to first-class management – at minimal monthly cost,” emphasizes Lina Albert, co-founder of dotega.

dotega is rethinking WEG management: digital, independent, legally compliant

Property managers refuse, owners despair—small appartment associations are left to fend for themselves. WEGs with 2 to 20 units are particularly affected. dotega achieves what the market refuses to do: a digital solution for self-management with backup. The intuitive web app gives owners access to all key functions: from automated annual statements and legally compliant draft resolutions to transparent business plans and digital owners’ meetings.

The focus is on three principles: legal certainty, user-friendliness, and independence from traditional property management companies.

Around 10 million residential and commercial units in Germany are organized in WEGs – a huge market that has hardly been tapped digitally to date. This is exactly where dotega comes in: as the first scalable platform for the complete and legally compliant self-management of small owner associations.

The solution takes care of all central commercial and technical administrative tasks – from billing to meetings – and expands these to include technical support for renovation, value preservation, and energy efficiency measures.

Max Bergmann, Investment Manager at HTGF, comments: “dotega addresses a key challenge in the real estate sector: small WEGs urgently need efficient and affordable digital solutions. We got to know the ambitious team early on and are convinced by the combination of their technological approach, strong implementation skills, and deep market understanding. This enables dotega to drive forward the transformation in this previously largely undigitized field and create real added value. We are delighted to be joining the team as lead investor on this journey.” 

About dotega
dotega is the first provider of fully digitalized self-management for apartment owners’ associations. The PropTech company, based in Stuttgart, enables apartment owners’ associations to organize their administration independently, legally compliant, and efficiently—without a traditional administrator. With this approach, dotega aims to provide small and medium-sized appartment owners’ associations with up to 20 units—which today can hardly find a professional property manager—with access to a transparent and legally compliant administration solution. The platform is seen as a response to structural market failure in the property management industry and offers a digital, future-oriented alternative to traditional property management. 

For more information about dotega and the founding team, visit www.dotega.de.

Media contact
Niklas Mocker, CEO & Founder
presse@dotega.de
https://www.dotega.de/presse/

About HTGF – High-Tech Gründerfonds
HTGF is one of the leading and most active early-stage investors in Germany and Europe, financing startups in the fields of Deep Tech, Industrial Tech, Climate Tech, Digital Tech, Life Sciences and Chemistry. With its experienced investment team, HTGF supports startups in all phases of their development into international market leaders. HTGF invests in pre-seed and seed phases and can participate significantly in later-stage financing rounds. Since its inception in 2005, HTGF has financed around 800 startups and achieved 200 successful exits. HTGF has a fund volume of over 2 billion euros. Fund investors in the public-private partnership include the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy, KfW Capital as well as 45 companies and family offices. For more information, please visit HTGF.de or follow us on LinkedIn.

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High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH 
Tobias Jacob, Senior Marketing & Communications Manager  
T.: +49 228 – 82300 – 121 
t.jacob@htgf.de