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Dr. Andreas Olmes Principal

Dr. Andreas OlmesPrincipal

Dr. Andreas Olmes

Principal

About me

Team Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech
at HTGF since 2008
my focus Product-Market-Fit & real DeepTech
my background Physicist, exManaging Director, exFounder, exSales

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Dr. Andreas Olmes, Principal & Authorised Signatory, has a PhD in physics from Leibniz Universität Hannover and invests in hardware-related start-ups at HTGF in the Industrial Tech Team. He has always developed companies strategically: In his first ten years in the profession, he managed the transformation of an ophthalmic surgery practice into a clinic, built his own VC-funded technology company and successfully established a pure distribution company, together with the owner, in the laser market. Currently, his diverse portfolio includes seven companies. Andreas has led numerous financing rounds and has already supported nine successful exits, including the IPO of Mister Spex in July 2021, one of HTGF’s biggest successes.

Four questions for …

What drives you?

Dr. Andreas Olmes

Challenges & deep understanding.

What has been your most important milestone so far?

Dr. Andreas Olmes

My own startup, which unfortunately was not so economically successful.

What inspires you outside of work?

Dr. Andreas Olmes

Wakeboarding on the cable.

What fascinates you about pre-seed/seed phases?

Dr. Andreas Olmes

The path to product-market fit.

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My success stories in the HTGF portfolio

12 of 500 Companies
2023

alteva

Energy Generation/Storage

alteva was founded in Cologne, Germany, in 2023 by Ida Milow and Aiko Bernehed. The start-up develops innovative, ultra-lightweight and high-performance battery cells for the decarbonisation of the global transport …

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2007

PicoLAS

Optics / Photonics

PicoLAS develops, manufactures and markets innovative, efficient and cost-effective power supplies for driving diode lasers and LEDs.

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2008

Mister Spex

IPO
E-Commerce

Mister Spex is the largest online retailer for designer glasses in Germany. The company offers a wide variety of high quality glasses, sunglasses, sport glasses as well as contact lenses, …

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2012

EXTOLL

Semiconductors

EXTOLL develops its own semiconductor IP for network components as well as its own ASIC chips for high-performance computing (HPC). EXTOLL networks are direct networks that can be operated without …

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2007

Cuculus

Energy

Cuculus supplies and operates software solutions for the energy sector and beyond. ZONOS, our core product, is only the starting point from which we develop tailor-made solutions together with our …

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Guided to exit

12 of 500 Companies
2014

Multiphoton Optics

Exit
Optics / Photonics

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

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2006

Nanda Technologies

Exit
Semiconductors

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. …

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2010

MinCell

Exit
Circular Economy

MinCell develops innovative technologies and recipes for foam-glass gravel and board production. We are aiming to be the cost leader with high quality in this segment (me-too product). Having successfully …

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2008

LUPHOS

Exit

Luphos develops and manufactures high-precision optical sensors for quality and process control in industrial fabrication as well as metrology platforms for the quality control of high precision optics. Exit since …

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2012

KonTEM

Exit
Optics / Photonics

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 …

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2009

RadioOpt

Exit

Development and distribution of a software which will be installed on SIM-cards of mobiles. This software controls the quality of broadcasting networks. Furthermore costs with the optimization of the networks …

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2008

HiperScan

Exit

HiperScan GmbH was founded in 2006 as a spin-off of the Dresdner Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS). The innovative scanning grating technology developed at the IPMS forms the basis …

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2007

FIDLOCK

Exit
Advanced Materials

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.

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2012

Cuciniale

Exit

Cuciniale develops and markets intelligent cooking assistence systems enabling everybody to cook ingeniously easy like a Chef.

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2009

Confovis

Exit

Confovis offers optical 3D measurement systems for industrial quality control of surfaces down to the nanometer range. The patented system works without moving parts and differs from the competition by …

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2010

EH-D

Exit
Robotics / Automation

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

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Recent posts

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HiperScan Management Zum Artikel

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27. April 2022

Successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds: Fagron acquires HiperScan

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18. November 2021

Operaize receives €1.5 million in seed capital to increase production efficiency and sustainability by leveraging AI

Mister Spex Logo Zum Artikel

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2. July 2021

Stock market launch for Mister Spex SE: Major success for early-stage investor HTGF

EH-D Bosch Rexroth Zum Artikel

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29. June 2021

High-Tech Gründerfonds secures another successful exit – EH-D acquired by Bosch Rexroth

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31. March 2021

Merger of Heidelberg Instruments and Multiphoton Optics strengthens German competitiveness in the international micro-optics market

Product Market Fit Zum Artikel

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19. March 2021

Finding Product-Market Fit: The “n=1” rule