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Gründer Tangany - HTGF Start-up VC Finanzierung
13. February 2020

Tangany: Seed financing for Munich blockchain custody startup

The High-Tech-Gründerfonds invests with well-known business angels in the Munich company Tangany. The startup offers a reliable blockchain crypto storage solution for companies. This includes the secure management of wallets in a kind of digital safe (so-called hardware security module) and the simple use and communication with various blockchains such as Ethereum, Bitcoin or the customer’s own blockchain. The solution can be integrated into any system using an interface (API). Altern
 
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11. February 2020

Tyrolean virtual reality start-up Innerspace receives seven-figure growth financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds and MAD

DeepTraining approach successfully executed in Virtual Reality technologyProducts tailored towards the Life Science industryFinancing round used for global expansionTeam in Innsbruck will be doubled to approx 50 employees As a pioneer in education technology, Innerspace develops novel, psychologically based training solutions for highly critical applications in the life science industry. Cleanroom operators are comprehensively prepared for the key moments of their work using the DeepTrain
 
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Team attenio - HTGF Start-up Investment
11. February 2020

attenio starts the digital transformation in industrial assembly with 1.1 mio € seed funding.

The product family Tio of the attenio GmbH is a digital cooperation platform between the planning and the assembly of industrial companies. Usually, companies print drawings and instruction on how to assemble a product and provide them on the shopfloor. This is done, though the planning and the design of the products are done in state of the art software on computers. Three typical problems are the consequences: the loss of productivity on the shop floor, assembly errors and the challenge to
 
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Team CI Hub - HTGF Start-up Investment
10. February 2020

Martech start-up CI HUB closes seven-digit financing

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Brandenburg Kapital, R.O.I. and the Business Angel Club Berlin-Brandenburg Bet jointly invest in the start-up for marketing automation CI HUB. The Potsdam-based start-up CI HUB has already convinced numerous partners and now also investors with its software platform. In the course of the first financing round the company secures the necessary means to further implement its strategy. Under the leadership of High-Tech Gründerfonds, Brandenburg Kapital GmbH,
 
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Team Sdui - HTGF Start-up Investment
6. February 2020

High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Sdui – The school app extends its seed financing to around two million euros

The school app Sdui extends its seed financing. The potential of the central communication platform, on which teachers, students and parents can exchange information in a GDPR-compliant manner, convinced High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and business angels Martin Ostermayer and Dirk Freise (blau.de, handy.de, among others) to join the seed round as new lead investors. The Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz (ISB) as well as Udo Schloemer, founder and CEO of Factory Berlin, have also
 
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Team Spacegoats - HTGF Start-up Investment
6. February 2020

Galactic Start-up Receives Financial Booster for International All-in-One Solution for Amazon Sales

International at the push of a button: The German start-up SPACEGOATS from Stuttgart provides automated software to make the life of amazon-sellers a lot easier – and earns early-stage financing by German investment fund High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). E-Commerce is complex and international even worse? Not anymore – SPACEGOATS to the rescue: The start-up SPACEGOATS allows small and medium-sized companies to grow quickly and easily on international markets. The investment fund HTGF recog
 
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4. February 2020

Hprobe, Leader in Magnetic Field Testing Announces Completion of a New Funding Round with International Investors

Hprobe, a provider of semiconductor Automatic Test Equipment (ATE) for magnetic devices, today announced the completion of a new funding round driven by international investors, providing an exceptional depth of expertise, a global ecosystem of partnerships and the endorsement of industry market leaders. Hprobe has raised more than 2 million euros to support its strong international development in the field of spintronics based devices testing, such as MRAMs (Magnetic Random Access Memories)
 
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31. January 2020

Digital therapy provider Selfapy receives 6 million investment: Medtech investor SHS joins in

Selfapy is Germany’s leading provider of online therapy for mental stress and already cooperates with 16 health insurance companiesSHS expects strong impetus from the new Digital Supply Act (DVG) for digital health companies Fifth investment of the fifth SHS fund: The Tübingen-based medical technology and life science investor SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement has taken a stake in the Berlin-based digital health company Selfapy GmbH as part of a capital increase. In addi
 
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31. January 2020

Mental fitness for office: MINDANCE digitizes mental wellbeing in companies and receives a seven-figure sum in seed financing

Ever more companies recognize that the mental fitness status of their employees is mission critical in achieving strategic and operational goals. Employees who care about their mental fitness show higher motivation, satisfaction and hence work more efficiently. First, this leads to positive effects on the employees themselves and second it generates considerable competitive advantages for employers.For the first time, the MINDANCE platform provides its customers with a tailor-made pack
 
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29. January 2020

Thüga SmartService takes over Start-Up Geospin

Thüga SmartService GmbH, a subsidiary of Thüga Aktiengesellschaft, takes over all shares in Geospin GmbH. The start-up company from Freiburg offers location intelligence software solutions with a focus on Geo Machine Learning. These solutions evaluate environment and customer data with the help of artificial intelligence and self-learning algorithms. This enables companies and municipalities to objectively identify geographical success factors and to position their product and service o
 
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23. January 2020
CereGate GmbH receives financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds to accelerate development of a new software platform for neuromodulation therapy
CereGate enables “Mind-Writing”, i.e. it directly transmits information to the brain The CereGate system is successfully validated in a clinical study Study results are currently presented during the NANS-Meeting in Las Vegas High-Tech Gründerfonds enters with a capital increase and convertible The financing shall accelerate development of the system for new indications in stroke rehabilitation, neuroprosthetics and computer/brain-interfacing   According to WHO more than 1
 
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23. January 2020
Industry and SMEs meet innovation and start-ups
For the eleventh time, the High-Tech Partnering Conference (HTPC) will bring together industry and SMEs with innovation and financing experts More than 300 participants and more than 150 high-tech start-ups from sectors such as software, chemistry, healthcare, mechanical engineering and energy are expected to attend the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) event on 28 January 2020 Expert workshops are held on topics such as New Work, Security Token Offerings, IoT or Accelerators Inspirational
 
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21. January 2020
HepaRegeniX GmbH secures Series B Financing in excess of €11 Mio. to advance first drug candidate to the clinic
Preclinical data demonstrate efficacy of MKK4 inhibitors in liver regeneration and experimental acute and chronic liver disease models. HepaRegeniX GmbH, a preclinical stage company developing a novel therapy for the treatment of acute and chronic liver diseases today announced the closing of its Series B financing round in excess of €11 Mio. with contribution from all its existing investors namely Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund GmbH (BIVF), Novo Holdings A/S, the High-Tech Gründerfonds,
 
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16. January 2020
VISUS Industry IT receives funding for the digital revolution in quality assurance
Gründerfonds Ruhr, NRW.BANK and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invest a seven-digit amount in VISUS Industry IT, which digitizes industrial test procedures with their test data and report management system JiveX NDT and provides a standardized archiving and distribution of the results. Today, the processes and results in material testing, inspection and maintenance of safety-relevant components or systems are still not entirely digital. Test results are often only available on paper or in the
 
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15. January 2020
HTGF Portfolio Company: Cunesoft joins forces with Phlexglobal
The Munich-based Cunesoft GmbH, an innovative provider of cloud-based intelligent regulatory data management software and services for the life sciences industry, announced today that it has been acquired by Phlexglobal from current investors including Bayern Kapital, High-Tech Gründerfonds and OCCIDENT. Phlexglobal, the leading provider of Trial Master File (TMF) software and expert services joins forces with Cunesoft, which expands the company’s portfolio of best-of-breed technologies desi