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Our press pages provide up-to-date information on important developments at the High-Tech Gründerfonds and in the HTGF family. This also includes news from our portfolio companies.
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Ventech, HTGF and Renown Business Angels Invest More than €4 Million in the Retail Tech Startup 7Learnings
7Learnings has secured more than €4 Million from Ventech (lead investor), HTGF and Celonis managers in its latest funding roundSince 2019, 7Learnings offers retailers a SaaS solution for machine learning-based pricing & marketing optimizationThe software increases profits for its clients by >10% on averageThe company targets to make its software the leading platform for retail optimization of tomorrow
Berlin, May 18, 2022 - The start-up was founded in 2019 by Martin Nowak, Ei
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Very successful exit for HTGF: AMCS to acquire Quentic – strong partners for a green future
With its modular SaaS solution, Quentic simplifies management and reporting in the fields of environmental, health, safety and quality (EHSQ) management and environment, social and governance (ESG).The acquisition by AMCS will further strengthen Quentic GmbH’s position as one of the leading providers of integrated software solutions in EHSQ and ESG.Together with a business angel, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the first investor in the company back in 2008 and has closely supported its
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Tubulis Closes €60 Million Series B Financing to Accelerate its ADC Pipeline and Expand its Breadth of Platform Technologies
MUNICH, GERMANY, May 3, 2022 – Tubulis today announced the successful completion of a €60 million (USD $63 million) Series B financing led by Andera Partners with participation from new investors Evotec and Fund+. All existing investors also participated in the round, including Bayern Kapital (with Wachstumsfonds Bayern 2), BioMedPartners, coparion, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), OCCIDENT and Seventure Partners. The new capital will be used to advance Tubulis’ proprietary pipeline of
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Venly Raises 21 Million Euros in Series A to Bring More Users Into Web3
Venly, a blockchain wallet solution, surpasses 2M users to provide frictionless solutions for game publishers and ecommerce businesses worldwide.
April 28th, Antwerp / Berlin—Venly, a major blockchain technology provider from Belgium, today announces it has secured over €21 million (USD$23 million) in Series A funding, led by Courtside Ventures with participation from Transcend Fund, Coinbase Ventures, Tioga Capital, High-Tech Gründerfonds, Fortino, Plug and Play, Leadblock Partners,
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Another successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – Bosch Sensortec acquires Arioso Systems
Bosch enters the attractive market segment for micro speakers. Acquisition means broader diversification of Bosch Sensortec’s portfolio.Arioso Systems is one of the world’s most innovative providers of MEMS micro speaker technology. Together with Bosch, it will leverage the full potential of its micro speakers.Dr. Alex von Frankenberg, Managing Director of High-Tech Gründerfonds: “Highly innovative start-ups provide a real business and technology boost to established companies. HTGF i
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Successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds: Fagron acquires HiperScan
High-Tech Gründerfonds invested in technology company HiperScan, a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems, shortly after its founding in 2008Dresden-based HiperScan has established itself as the market leader for raw material identification in German pharmaciesBecoming part of Fagron will help accelerate the international establishment of HiperScan's technology and promote the adoption of personalized medicine
Bonn, 27 April 2022 – Fagron, a leading global c
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Tangany closes €7m in seed round to continue their Whitelabel Crypto Custody growth strategy
Tangany uses proprietary technology to offer reliable, scalable and highly secure white-label custody of digital assets on the blockchainProvides custody services to more than 40 clients including Tezos Foundation, Quirin Privatbank and Exporo Currently has €400m digital assets under custodyFunding round is led by Nauta Capital and supported by existing investor HTGF and new investor C3 VC Fund
Munich, 20 April 2022 - Tangany, a BaFin-regulated white-label platform for custody
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Coinpanion raises seed round to over 5 million €: US-Ledger-Investor & Ex Bitpanda Executives invest in crypto company
New investors: US crypto Unicorn VC (Ledger, Blockchain.com), Finanzcheck.de founders, Busuu founder Bernhard Niesner, ex Bitpanda executives as well as existing investors Gschwandtner / HansmannOne of the highest seed investments in Austrian startup historyFunding for growth and expansion in Europe
Vienna, 12 April 2022 - Coinpanion, the Austrian start-up for easy entry into the world of crypto investments, increased its seed investment from last autumn (note: 1.8 million euros) to a
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“We had to scale up the scaling process itself”: An interview with BioNTech’s Dr Oliver Hennig
How do you develop, test and produce a vaccine within an extremely short space of time to combat a disease that little is known about? BioNTech knows the answer. Dr Oliver Hennig, Senior Vice President Operations, is a part of this success story. At HTGF’s High-Tech Partnering Conference (HTPC) on 12 April 2022, he’ll be talking about his experiences during the past months. In this interview, Dr Hennig explains how he and his team went about planning and implementing the production and d