Christian Arndt

Principal / Authorized signatory

Christian invests in early stage B2B software companies. He has been in the startup environment since 2010 and active on the investor side since 2015. He started his career at various startups in Cologne and Berlin. He holds a Bachelor of Science in Economics from the University of Cologne and a Master in International Business from Maastricht University. Moreover, he is an ambitious hobby triathlete.

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Press
16. July 2024

doinstruct raises €7.6M to address frontline-worker skills shortages

80% of the global workforce are frontline workers in industries such as food processing, logistics & warehousing, hospitality, retail, healthcare and manufacturing. Current training options are time-consuming, inefficient and not designed with workers in mind. doinstruct’s simple, mobile-first approach is training as it should be – low-threshold, bite-sized and in the worker’s native language. doinstruct secured €7.6M in funding led by Creandum, with participation from
 
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19. June 2024

More than €5 million for the future of AI-powered B2B video content creation StoryBox secures fresh capital with “video-first” approach

Munich, 19.06.2024 – StoryBox, the innovator in the area of KI-based video creation solutions for businesses, has successfully raised 5.5 million euros in a Series A round. The round was led by new investor Wille Finance with participation of existing investors BayBG, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), CK Ventures and G8 Way Ventures. The fresh capital supports StoryBox in its mission to revolutionize video creation management for enterprises. The financing round reflects the investors
 
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29. January 2024

akirolabs Raises $5M in Seed Funding to Revolutionize Strategic Procurement

Founded in 2021, Berlin-based akirolabs empowers procurement organisations to unlock 4-5x higher sustainable business value beyond traditional cost savings. The funding round was led by HTGF, OTB Ventures and D11Z. Ventures and strengthened by angel investments from industry leaders Fredrick Spalcke, Heiko Schwarz, Markus Ehrle, and Detlef Schultz. The funds will be used to evolve akirolabs SaaS product and enhance its AI capabilities, as well as to further scale customer growth and b
 
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15. December 2022

agriportance secures seed funding to replace fossil natural gas with biomethane

Münster, 15.12.2022 – Biomethane start-up agriportance raises a seven-figure sum in a seed round from seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and business angels. The founding team will use the fresh money to accelerate the product’s digitalisation and its launch on the European market. The current energy supply crisis affects the political and ecological climate. More and more people are calling for reforms and innovations because of the skyrocketing oil and gas prices.
 
Press
9. August 2022

Mobile learning start-up doinstruct closes seven-figure financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds and Born2Grow

Rethinking employee training, integration, and communication: doinstruct develops a low-threshold, multilingual mobile training solution for frontline workers. The software enables companies to train their employees and service providers by smartphone, across supply chains and in any location. With its strong new partners doinstruct hopes to revolutionize in-company employee training and push ahead with product development and the expansion of the company into new sectors. doinstruct