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16. November 2018
The 100th exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – SolarWinds offers 8MAN a global platform for growth
The 100th successful exit for Germany's largest seed investor HTGF 8MAN was developed by the Berlin-based start-up, Protected Networks More than one million users use the Access Rights Management solutions (ARM) of the start-up already The listed US company SolarWinds complements its product portfolio with 8MAN and brings further technology and development expertise on board   High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has successfully sold its shares in the Berlin-based start-up, Pr
 
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12. November 2018
AMAL Therapeutics finalises €29 million (CHF 33.2 million) Series B round
Second closing of Series B raises €21.2 million (CHF 24.2 million) Funding to support clinical development of lead vaccine and extension of KISIMA® technology platform Financing round co-led by Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund, BioMedPartners and Helsinn Investment Fund with VI Partners, Schroder Adveq and High-Tech Gründerfonds also participating AMAL Therapeutics SA (AMAL), a Swiss biotech developing peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines, today announces that it has completed
 
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9. November 2018
11th edition of MedTech Radar: Focusing on the healthcare of the future
Digital and intelligent – that’s the healthcare of the future. Many medical technology companies already have promising products on offer. Artificial intelligence in particular has great potential. This eleventh edition of MedTech Radar, a joint media service of the Bundesverband Medizintechnologie (BVMed), Earlybird Venture Capital, the High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI), and BIOCOM AG, reports on ideas currently being developed in the fields of radiology, diagn
 
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6. November 2018
Nordantech receives financing from High-Tech Gründerfonds
High-Tech Gründerfonds III GmbH & Co. KG and other investors invest in Nordantech Solutions GmbH. The young company based in Hamburg develops and distributes Falcon - an intelligent project management tool for business transformations. Whether it is company acquisition, expansion, turnaround or digitization - the associated transformation projects determine the further development of every company. The financial implications are significant and the project risks high. More than two-third
 
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5. November 2018
AirGateway GmbH raises a seed round to expand its product portfolio and operations
AirGateway GmbH, a German B2B airline distribution company, raised its seed round to advance its product portfolio. The company offers an API solution as well as a Web-based Booking Tool which allows Travel Agents to connect directly to the world's most prominent legacy carries. Through AirGateway’s state of the art technology, travel agents can now offer the best and personalized fares, a broader range of airline products, as well as ancillary services to their customers. AirGateway’s under
 
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18. October 2018
SYNOSTE Ltd raises €5.1 million to launch its smart skeletal deformation correction technology
SYNOSTE Ltd, a Finnish medical device company creates smart solutions for patient-friendly bone-lengthening and bone-deformation correction. The company, also located in Düsseldorf, Germany has raised over five million euros to start clinical investigations and to develop new clinical applications. SYNOSTE’s patented technology platform provides the basis for further disruptive changes in the treatment of congenital, trauma- and tumour-related limb discrepancies, adult and paediatric deformit
 
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17. October 2018
High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in medical engineering of the future
Kumovis develops 3D printers specifically for medical technology. With its technology the team of Kumovis enables the manufacturing of individualized medical products, like patient-customized implants. The HTGF now participates in the seed financing round. This investment especially supports Kumovis‘ market launch of the innovative printers. The founders of Kumovis have set themselves the goal of enabling the additive production of plastic implants and are developing innovative 3D printers
 
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2. October 2018
Innovative actuators in an ultra-compact design made of shape memory alloys – Fresh capital from KIT and HTGF for memetis GmbH in Karlsruhe
As a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), memetis GmbH completed its first funding round with a seven-figure amount. Within the financing consortium, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) are investing side by side for the first time, together with other venture capital investors with extensive high-tech investment experience. The investment supports memetis' business development, in particular the establishment of the comparatively un
 
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25. September 2018
IT security startup Code Intelligence raises 700,000 € in seed capital
The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and the Digital Hub Bonn invest in the IT security startup Code Intelligence from Bonn, Germany. Code Intelligence is a spin-off from the University of Bonn’s Usable Security & Privacy group and uses intelligent algorithms to uncover vulnerabilities and bugs in software. The capital raised will be used to further develop the product and for market entry. Code Intelligence enables companies to strengthen the security and reliability of their software. A
 
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17. September 2018
800,000 users worldwide convince investors: All3DP closes further financing round
All3DP, operator of a leading global Internet platform for 3D printing, has successfully completed a current financing round in the A2 Series Closing. The existing investors - including Bayern Kapital, HTGF and Deutsche Balaton AG - maintain on board. The new round will be led by Bayern Kapital with two new Business Angels from the BayStartUP investor network. All3DP operates the online magazine All3DP.com, which informs about the possibilities of 3D printing in the consumer and business segment
 
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5. September 2018
Asana Rebel raises over $17M in Series B round led by Greycroft and e.ventures to become the leading destination for Health & Fitness enthusiasts
The German Health & Fitness startup Asana Rebel has closed over $17M in a Series B financing round led by Greycroft Partners and e.ventures with participation from seed investor High-Tech Gründerfonds, La Famiglia and business angel Florian Huber besides other existing investors. The company is going to use the capital for further internationalization, as co-founder Pascal Klein explained today in Berlin. Co-founder Pascal Klein: “The concept of Yoga Inspired Fitness hits a nerve. Within
 
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3. September 2018
New HTGF FinTech investment troy revolutionizes the debt collection process and combines machine learning with friendliness
The FinTech company troy is changing the traditional debt collection industry by introducing marketing and CRM methods into the collection process. The start-up with sites in Lippstadt (NRW) and Hamburg aimes to preserve the precious relationship between client and customer, while successfully recovering the receivables. troy’s founders, Philip Rürup and Till Völzke, optimize customer experiences during the collection phase and apply multichannel communications, data and AI-driven targeting
 
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23. August 2018
c-LEcta lays foundation for further growth and closes financing round
Closing of financing round with new investors Capricorn and bm|t brings growth capital and valuable access to international network Growth financing to take c-LEcta to a new level by upscaling food ingredients manufacturing to commercial production in a multi-billion-euro market New CFO Thomas Pfaadt to manage and support growth   c-LEcta, a world-leading biotechnology company focused on enzyme engineering and applications in regulated markets like food and p
 
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20. August 2018
Pet therapeutic antibody firm adivo announces closure of seed-financing round
German biotech company adivo specializing in generating species-specific therapeutic antibodies for companion animals announces that it received a seed financing from three investors. The adivo team aims to address high medical needs in dogs including cancer and chronic inflammation, with the potential of expanding activities into the development of therapeutics for other species in the future. “Now, we are very pleased to have gained three strong and reliable partners that share our vision
 
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15. August 2018
Templafy Acquires Veodin and SlideProof, Adding Berlin Office
Templafy, a global leader in enterprise template management and document creation, announced today that it has acquired Berlin-based Veodin, making Veodin’s popular ‘SlideProof’ add-in part of Templafy’s enterprise communications productivity and governance platform. SlideProof is a PowerPoint add-in designed for management consultants & professionals to streamline presentation creation with improved visual quality. Templafy and Veodin each offer essential tools in the document cre