Our Exits

EH-D develops and distributes innovative electro-hydrostatic direct drives for various applications.

MAGAZINO develops, builds and sells innovative storage and picking machines. They enable highly efficient individual item storage and dispensing of a wide range of objects.

Exit since May 2015. Purchaser: Siemens Novel Businesses.

Development and distribution of direct digital printing machines for packaging.

Exit since Nov. 2011. Acquisition: KRONES

ALS Automatic Logistic Solutions GmbH, Munich, exclusive manufacturer of automatic box opening systems to cut or perforate cartons, closed at the beginning of this year a significant round of funding.

Cevotec sells the first production technology for carbon composites that works with fiber patches, enabling manufacturers to build complex composite parts in high volumes. As the key technology partner, Cevotec develops and provides production systems, composite design software and offers development services for prototypes and serial products.

Hofmann & Stirner Zuführsysteme GmbH was founded in 2016 by Daniel Hofmann and Florian Stirner. The company develops powerful and flexible feeding systems using digital twins and artificial intelligence. Hofmann & Stirner work closely together with well-known companies in machine and plant construction.
More: www.designforfeeding.com

As a B2B provider, finleap connect enables third parties to access various financial sources. This includes processed data of bank accounts, credit cards, deposits, Paypal accounts, as well as a variety of FinTechs. Initially, companies used the finleap solution, for example, to automate bookkeeping, simplify credit checks, or make account changes a trivial issue. In the meantime, more and more banks have counted themselves among the finleap customers. They develop products that deliver added value to the user. These applications allow banking to not take place at the bank, but in everyday life, offering aesthetic appeal and ease of use.

Mobilversichert provides a SaaS platform to digitize insurance brokers and facilitate online brokerage. Using a unique combination of broker platform and B2B2C mobile app, insurance brokers get the digital tools to conduct their business in a transforming market. Automatized workflows enable brokers to manage their clients efficiently and smart. With Mobilversichert brokers can tap into new digital clientele while defending their traditional business against digital contenders.

Betterfront is a Munich-based investment technology company dedicated to alternative investments. Our end-to-end fundraising and data analytics platform helps fund managers attract, engage and retain institutional investors.

Hamburg-based Etvas GmbH was founded in December 2019 by financial services expert Sören Timm and IT entrepreneur Ilie Ghiciuc. Etvas is the world's first digital B2B2C marketplace for additional services from various providers that add value to the products and services of banks and insurance companies. With just one API, banks and insurance companies have quick access to all services on the Etvas marketplace thanks to the platform technology, which creates highly personalized customer experiences through a variety of relevant services. This customer engagement platform ensures better monetization of customer relationships while keeping implementation and usage costs low and customer retention high. Etvas partners can thus increase their market share.

In early 2019, Etvas' innovative service platform was awarded funding from the InnoFounder program of Hamburg-based IFB Innovationsstarter GmbH. Subsequently, Etvas received INVEST accreditation from the BMWi. In October of the same year, Etvas achieved a place in the fifth batch of the Next Commerce Accelerator. One of the first customers is Sparkasse Bremen, which offers its customers added value through individually tailored additional services.

tech11 was founded in 2018 by Pierre Dubosq and Matthias Reining in Würzburg, Germany. The company grew to over 40 employees already in its third year of existence and reached seven-digit sales figures in a short time. Last year, a branch office was already opened in Cologne, and more are to follow this year to be able to hire future employees at multiple locations.

Intelligent Job Search Engine, which searches job boards, recruiting agencies and company career sites for jobs. Artificial Intelligence helps identifying the best jobs.

Exit since Jan. 2015.

Development of a selflearning Software which automatically places job ads target group specifically in a pool of more than 1500 jobboards.

Exit in March 2015: HTGF sold its Shareholdings in softgarden e - recruting GmbH in a Secondary to the Lead Investor CIPIO.

Exit since August 2007.

Nanda sells wafer inspection systems to chip manufacturer world wide. The innovative optical design allows for faster inspection speed. This reduces costs dramatically and increases yield in the production process.

Exit since Nov. 2011. Purchaser: Nanometrics Inc. (Nasdaq: NANO).

The Leipzig startup was founded in 2017 by Robin Maier, Lukas Stenzel and David Schumann and shortly afterwards was accepted to the SpinLab Startup Accelerator. Since then, clients such as BOSCH and AOK PLUS have been acquired. At the end of last year, a cooperation agreement was also concluded with a German health insurance company. MINDANCE clients thus receive a financial subsidy of up to 100% for the use of MINDANCE. This year this model is to be rolled out on a large scale in cooperation with other health insurance companies.

Propertybase is the leading cloud-computing CRM tool for real estate companies. The customer base continues to grow globally and includes real estate developers, brokers, and agents in Europe, North America, the Middle East, and Asia.

reINVENT is a Munich-based provider of construction software. The solution offers 15 features that connect all stakeholders during the entire lifecycle of construction projects on a centralized platform. reINVENT’s mission is to bring construction processes to the digital century and make a difference through facilitating communication, collaboration, and exchange of data to save time and money.

Limata GmbH develops industrial precision machines for UV lithography of printed circuit boards. The equipment is ideal for manufacturing rigid, semi-flexible and flexible PCBs and does mot require a mask.

Erfolgreicher Exit seit Februar 2017.

siOPTICA is dedicated to developing and delivering innovative optical solutions for different buisness verticals; primary products are latest generation secretive filters for payment terminals/ATMs, secure access terminals and mobile devices.

Exit since July 2015.

VIOSO is a vendor of soft- and hardwaresolutions for projector-based large scale displays.
Since its founding in the year 2007, VIOSO has established itself as a reliable, successful partner to system integrators in the audiovisual industry.

Sample analysis in structural biology often suffers from weak contrast in the transmission electron microscope (TEM). The KonTEM PhazR solves this contrast problem and thus enables scientists to extract more information about structure and function of cells on molecular level.

Exit since May 2014. Purchaser: FEI Company (NASDAQ: FEIC)

Multiphoton Optics develops 3D printers for the serial production of optical components with previously unattainable precision.

Pulsar Photonics GmbH was founded in September 2013 as a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Laser Technology (ILT). The first prototypes were developed with the support of the “EXIST Transfer of Research” scheme as part of the EXIST support programme offered by the German Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Energy. The company’s goal is to provide micro-machining production systems featuring lasers that can be set up and utilised as efficiently as today’s conventional CNC processing machines. This enables customers to substantially reduce main and auxiliary process times in production, meaning that the systems can be used for a broad range of applications.

HQ plus – the new generation of competitive intelligence for hotels.

kinkaa is a Meta Travel Search Engine for all relevant travel categories (flights, hotels, cars, packages and more to come) focusing on various European markets.

Exit since Sep. 2010.

B2B software for easy and fast flight booking and management. eWings.com's mission is to make it as easy as possible to find, book and manage flights via web and mobile. The ideal travel companion for the professional frequent flyer. eWings.com sorts flight itineraries by stress - weighted by cheapest price, duration and stop-overs. The top search results are the best itineraries, always. Flights are presented on a time table to identify uncomfortable flights as easy as possible. eWings.com's focus is to provide the most simple booking process ever.
Purchaser: Hogg Robinson Group

Our innovative etaLINK technology brings wireless charging to the next level with efficiencies far above 90 %. Based on the principle of magnetic induction, we made innovations in several key areas of the system. Modern algorithms and an integrated communication link to the batterymanagement- system (BMU) guarantees a gentle fast-charging process for the battery.

Compositence, a University of Stuttgart spin-off, offers innovative platform technology combining the fully automatic and low-cost mass production of composite components with maximum flexibility in the fibre architecture.

Exit since January 2017.

Development, manufacture and marketing of patented magnetic closure and coupler technology for a variety of applications where a high degree of comfort and function is in demand.