Dr. Olaf Joeressen

Senior Investment Manager

Olaf Joeressen holds a Ph.D. in electrical engineering and leverages his experience in industrial R&D since 2018 in the Industrial Technology Team of the HTGF. After his Ph.D. in the area of signal processing and semiconductor implementations he worked 15 years for Nokia where he had the privilege to lead the team that developed world’s first Bluetooth Chipset. He also developed new technologies for mobile gaming and mobile phone accessories with his teams. In his subsequent position as head of R&D of an international beverage can manufacturer Olaf gained expertise with respect to industrial mass production, metal forming and the challenges involved with bringing product innovations to a mature mass market. His name can be found on 22 patent families. In his spare time he can be seen playing the bass guitar in a big band. His current portfolio demonstrates a clear focus on deep-tech Hardware.

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5. June 2024

Synthara Raises Over USD 11M to expand the embedded computing market and enable AI applications

Swiss semiconductor startup Synthara raises USD 5.5m in financing and USD 5.9M in grants to increase compute performance of embedded chips by orders of magnitude. Synthara’s ComputeRAMTM enables general-purpose embedded chips to address a wide variety of AI-rich applications, lowering costs and time to market and creating new opportunities for chipmakers and device makers. The round is led by leading European deep tech investor Vsquared Ventures, with OTB Ventures, Hermann Hauser’
 
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24. January 2024

Chipmetrics Secures € 2.4 Million Seed Funding Round to Accelerate Product Innovation and Global Expansion

24.01.2024, Joensuu, Finland – Chipmetrics Ltd, the Atomic Layer Deposition (ALD) technology company and a pioneer in 3D ultra-high aspect ratio test elements for metrology of semiconductor and advanced thin film material manufacturing, announces the successful closure of a €2.4 million investment round. The international investor syndicate was led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and co-led by OCCIDENT from Germany. Other investors were Innovestor, REDSTONE and BALD Engineering.
 
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17. January 2024

QphoX raises €8m to bring quantum modem technology to market, building towards the quantum internet

QphoX is building the world’s first Quantum Modem device as a critical step towards scaling quantum computers and establishing a quantum internet, connecting quantum computers across the globe The funds will be used to bring its first products to market, helping to push quantum computing towards its commercial potential Round led by QDNL Participations, alongside the EIC Fund, and existing investors Quantonation, SpeedInvest, High-Tech Gründerfonds, and Delft Enterprises
 
Sunvigo Founders
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18. April 2023

Solar Utility Sunvigo raises EUR 20 million

Future Energy Ventures, Triodos Energy Transition Europe Fund and existing Sunvigo shareholders invest EUR 12 million growth capital DKB AG provides another EUR 7.5 million to finance Sunvigo’s residential solar PV systems, batteries and e-vehicle charging solutions Sunvigo to use growth funding to scale its smart solar-as-a-service proposition and further develop its virtual power plant Cologne 18th of April, 2023 – Leading greentech investors Future Energy Ventures (
 
Team InCirT
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24. October 2022

Aachen based semiconductor start-up InCirT closes seed round with High-Tech Gründerfonds

Aachen, 24.10.2022 – InCirT develops microchips for the next generation of mobile wireless communication such as 5G-Advanced and 6G. Their groundbreaking microchip achieves an up-to 100x higher data rate than current state-of-the-art. It is at the same time up to 10x more energy efficient and implemented in low-priced standard semiconductor technology. The investment of HTGF will be used to finance the ongoing product development and market entry. Mobile applications of the future s