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Biograil secures seed funding for oral delivery device with potential to transform market for injectables
Biograil ApS, an innovative biotechnology company developing a unique oral device for delivery of biologics that would otherwise be injected, today announced the closing of a seed funding of 3 Million Euro (with potential to expand to 5 Million Euro). The investor Syndicate was led by the experienced German seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and included Danish Megatrend Invest a/s, Swiss Investment group as well as a Danish private healthcare investor.
The device is being developed a
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A successful start into the new year: New Growth Funding for MedTech Company Mecuris GmbH
German med-tech company Mecuris GmbH has successfully concluded a new funding round amounting to 3.6 million euros. In addition to the seed investors Bayern Kapital and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), the international investment company Mulcan, life science venture capital investor Vesalius Biocapital, and Sana Kliniken AG, one of the top five hospital chains in Germany, are once again also on board.
Clear yes from the O&P industry to digitalization
The Munich-based start-up has set out to
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Dr. Michael Brandkamp is leaving the HTGF to establish the European Circular Bioeconomy Fund
On December 31, 2019, Dr. Michael Brandkamp is leaving the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) after 14 very successful years in order to set up the new European growth fund (ECBF) as a general partner.
The European Commission has mandated the European Investment Bank (EIB) to launch this fund to close the gap in the financing of growth companies in the fields of sustainable chemistry, circular bioeconomy, blue economy and nutrition/personal care. Dr. Brandkamp's enormous experience and network will
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IT security start-up deviceTRUST successfully completes its 7-digit Series A financing round
Hessen Kapital I GmbH and TF H III Technologiefonds Hessen GmbH invest together with Seed Investor High-Tech Gründerfonds in the German IT security start-up deviceTRUST. With its context-based security, deviceTRUST offers companies the secure and flexible provision of modern, digital workplaces.
“Companies want and need to provide their employees and external partners with a digital workplace that enables them to work flexibly and productively from anywhere. However, all security, compliance
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New work without burn-out: Corporate Health-Startup DearEmployee receives seven-figure funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds and IMPACT51
DearEmployee, the platform for mental health at the workplace will use the capital to further expand the scientific platform and establish a marketplace for health and human resources measures. Expansion into further European markets and the USA is also planned.
With the DearEmployee platform, companies can identify work-related stress at an early stage and derive effective prevention measures against burnout.
Henning Jakob, Co-Founder & CEO of DearEmployee GmbH explains:
"Mental stress m
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envelio successfully completes Series A financing round with eCAPITAL
eCAPITAL invests in energy grid digitization startup envelio. With the Intelligent Grid Platform (IGP), envelio offers distribution system operators a platform to digitize their energy grids and all related planning and operations processes. The existing shareholders Demeter and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) both also join this Series A financing round with significant additional investments. The total round amounts to six million Euros.
“Today’s energy grids are facing millions of new, ren
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Over 5 Million Euros For Lindis Blood Care: Development Of A New Product For The Removal Of Tumor Cells From Surgical Blood
Clinical development of the product CATUVAB secured
CATUVAB is designed to enable tumor cell free return of autologous blood collected during a surgery without significantly altering standard surgical procedures
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Brandenburg Kapital and five private investors participated in a capital increase
Including the ILB grants from the "ProFIT" program of the European Regional Development Fund (3.3 million euros), the Company receives a total of more than 5 million
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PANDA starts AI-based root cause analysis and identification in industrial production with € 1.3 million seed financing
PANDA detects the error in the production process with the help of Artificial Intelligence and solves the biggest problems in industrial production. With the Plug & Play product DRIFT, PANDA offers an all-in-one system for minimizing plant downtimes and performance deficits in the production process. The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg (IFH) and Business Angels are investing € 1.3 million in the Industrial AI startup. The capital is invested in product deve
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Vaccine developer Verovaccines GmbH concludes international pharma cooperation agreement
Verovaccines enters into first collaboration with an international pharmaceutical company to jointly develop a veterinary vaccine
The company was financed for the seed phase by High-Tech Gründerfonds, Business Angels and the founders as well as a seven-figure GO-Bio grant
The goal is to develop and commercialize novel, cost-effective vaccines with high safety and efficacy for animal health
The biotech start-up Verovaccines GmbH has signed the first cooperation agreement with a Japanese
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Laclarée raises 2m€ for its seed round with two of the most active Seed investors in France and Germany
Laclarée gets financial support from Kreaxi (France) and High-Tech Gründerfonds HTGF (Germany) alongside with Bpifrance and a pool of banks. The total amount raised will be 2m€, including non-dilutive financing. Laclarée develops adaptive eyeglasses for presbyopia correction. This seed investment will help developing the product to reach industrialisation and market readiness by the end of 2021.
In Europe, more than 25 million presbyopes are unsatisfied with progressive lenses. Laclarée h
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Berlin-based startup Datarade raises €1m seed investment from HTGF to help companies source external data more efficiently
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests EUR 1 million in Datarade GmbH. Datarade is building a platform for companies to discover, compare and connect with already over 1,500 data providers across the globe. The invested capital will be used to grow the team in Berlin to further develop the platform.
Companies increasingly use external data sources to fuel their analytics and predictions about their customers, markets and risks. But finding the right data sources amongst thousands of data provid
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Successful exit of High-Tech Gründerfonds – Vodafone intends the acquisition of IoT solution provider grandcentrix
With this strategic acquisition, Vodafone intends to strengthen its IoT business and its position as a partner for the digitization of the economy
grandcentrix brings the products of the German "Mittelstand" into the "Internet of Things"
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the only institutional investor to accompany grandcentrix
Whether cameras, washing machine, Smart Home devices, jukebox or professional tools - grandcentrix brings the products of the German "Mittelstand" into
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EverReal Successfully Completes Seed Investment Round
Seed X Liechtenstein AG and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invest seven-figure euro amount
EverReal offers real estate companies a digital platform for renting and selling of real estate
The new capital will be invested into the further development of the platform, customer acquisition and the expansion of the team.
The two institutional venture capital companies HTGF and Seed X have invested a seven-figure euro amount in the further growth of EverReal GmbH, based in Munich. Foun
German Digital Care Act: Industry Experts Examine The New Law’s Impact In 13th MedTech Radar
With the new Digital Care Act ("Digitale-Versorgung-Gesetz", DVG), the German digital health scene is gaining momentum. However, what potential does it offer for healthcare in Germany, and where do companies still see a need for improvement? These topics will be covered in the joint publication "MedTech Radar" of the German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), Earlybird Venture Capital, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the magazine medtech zwo. The13th MedTech Radar edition is available
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Qnami Closes CHF 2.6M Seed Financing Round
Qnami announced today the closing of a CHF 2.6M (USD 2.6M) seed round led by Venture Capital fund Quantonation and further supported by investiere, ZKB Start-up Finance and the High-Tech Gründerfonds. The funds will support the market entry of Qnami’s first product, a quantum microscope for inspection of magnetic materials at the nanoscale, and further developments of quantum sensing applications.
Qnami is a Swiss start-up founded in November 2017. It has developed an innovative platform for