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Berlin-based fintech start-up remind.me secures seed financing
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) and other business angels are investing almost EUR 1 million in total in remind me GmbH. The company, which provides a reminder and optimisation service for all types of contracts and insurance policies, is set to invest the money in refining its platform and expanding collaboration in Germany.
Berlin-based fintech start-up remind.me provides users with a convenient reminder and optimisation service for contracts and insurance policies. It has all bases covered, i
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IPO at High-Tech Gründerfonds – NFON becomes first HTGF portfolio start-up to go public. HTGF was cloud PBX provider’s first investor back in 2008 and remains shareholder after IPO
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) provides seed-stage financing and support to innovative tech start-ups. Munich-based NFON was among this group of companies a decade ago. Just one year after NFON was founded, HTGF became the cloud PBX provider’s first investor. The move represented a risky venture, seeing as the technology was still in its infancy back then. But the seed-stage investors’ instincts proved to be right – NFON, the only pan-European cloud PBX provider offering a “Made in Germa
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Resourcify raises 1 Million Euro financing round
Resourcify GmbH successfully raises a 1 Million Euro finance round together with the High-Tech Gründerfonds and the Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg in order to further strengthen its leading position in the digitization of recycling and waste management. With the Mein Recycling app, a cloud platform for digital waste management, Resourcify helps businesses to easily manage their waste, and recyclers to seamlessly connect with their customers online.
The company is tackling the digitisation
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Fresh Money for Berlin-based Machine Learning-Startup Bunch
The Berlin culture startup Bunch has convinced a mix of old and new investors to put up a seven-figure sum. Germany’s largest early-stage investor, High-Tech Gründerfonds, as well as past investors Atlantic Labs and Berlin angels Friedrich Neuman and Marius Schulze participated in the current seed financing for Bunch, a team management platform. With Bunch, companies can calculate the best team makeups, measure each member’s impact on team dynamics, and get actionable recommendations to opt
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in university start-up from Bochum
The start-up Zolitron Technology GmbH was able to convince the High-Tech Gründerfonds with their energy autonomous and cognitive sensors. Together with the private investor Christoph Mause, founder of the e-commerce provider ecx.io – an IBM company, the Bonn-based seed stage investor joins the circle of shareholders of Zolitron Technology GmbH. Through this investment the product development and market entry will be realized. Until now, the start-up was incubated at the Ruhr-University Bo
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Soley adds new investors BayBG and Vito Ventures
Successful completion of Series A financing round
Business angels and existing investors continue their engagement as well
Funds will be used to expand innovative Soley SaaS solution
Focus on product portfolio optimization and complexity management
MAN and Festo among current Soley customers
Soley GmbH, which specializes in innovative smart data analyses and complexity management, successfully completed a Series A financing round. New investors are BayBG Bayerische Beteiligungsgesel
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E-Bike drive system manufacturer FAZUA receives €6.5 million in new financing round
Unternehmertum Venture Capital Partners invests in FAZUA alongside existing investors HTGF, Bayern Kapital and business angels
Notable bicycle manufacturers such as CUBE, Pinarello and Focus integrate the FAZUA drive system into their products
Investment to further strengthen business growth and innovation
FAZUA GmbH, a Munich-based company founded in 2013 and provider of the innovative evation drive system for e-bikes receives €6.5 million in a new financing round. Unternehmertum
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Intelligent robotics – Fraunhofer start-up award 2017 for Mojin Robotics GmbH
On February 27, 2018, Mojin Robotics GmbH received the EUR 5,000 Fraunhofer start-up award, a joint initiative of Fraunhofer Venture and High-Tech Gründerfonds. This year’s award honors a spin-off of the Fraunhofer Institute for Manufacturing Engineering and Automation IPA. Combining, among others, semantic dialog systems and artificial intelligence, the company developed a robot that simplifies different areas of life. With its unique technology, it brings the quality of life and work to a n
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Migraines & headaches app M-sense receives seven-figure sum in follow-up financing
Additional financing round to help expand treatment offering and open the brand up to new markets
Migraine app M-sense allows users to follow a personalised and mobile migraine treatment plan, and can also learn from user data. The certified medical product is Newsenselab GmbH's first application and has not only racked up around 80,000 users but also a number of investors. This is why existing partners have now increased their investments as part of an additional financing round. The company
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eBlocker successfully concludes additional financing round with HTGF investment
Hamburg-based start-up eBlocker has secured a seven-figure sum in additional capital. Following the investments of Innovationsstarter Fonds Hamburg II and other renowned private investors, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has provided eBlocker with a further investment boost. In addition, eBlocker founder Christian Bennefeld will be taking part in the High-Tech Partnering Conference (HTPC18) on 30 January. At the conference, the Hamburg-born data protection expert will be sharing his expertise on
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Digital health start-up neotiv secures seed funding from High-Tech Gründerfonds
From basic research straight to a digital medical product: this vision has been turned into reality by neotiv. The team headed by Chief Executive Officer Dr. Chris Rehse and dementia researcher Prof. Emrah Düzel develops user-friendly apps that are able to measure the psychological effects of Alzheimer's disease in its early stage. The Magdeburg-based start-up is thus bringing the latest findings in the field of neurodegenerative disease research to mobile apps for private users, doctors and dr
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MedTech Radar Live 2018 Joint start-up pitch day by BVMed, Earlybird, BARMER, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Medtech zwo
The German Medical Technology Association (BVMed), venture capital firm Earlybird, BARMER, High-Tech Gründerfonds and the medtech magazine “Medtech zwo” are to hold a joint start-up day. At the “MedTech Radar Live 2018” on Mai 16th 2018 in cologne young medtech founders will have the opportunity to be introduced to established medical device companies and investors. Prof. Dr. Andreas Pinkwart, North Rhine-Westphalia minister for the economy, innovation, digitalization and energy, is the
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Thermoelectric generators from printing machines: fresh capital for Karlsruhe-based otego GmbH
Energy self-sufficiency for sensors and IoT devices
The pioneering method of Karlsruhe-based start-up otego GmbH for the production of thermoelectric generators (TEG) has made its mark on investors. otego, a spin-off of the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT), raised a seven-figure sum in seed funding by the close of its first round of financing. Among the financing consortium are High-Tech Gründerfonds, LBBW Venture Capital GmbH and Vector Venture Capital GmbH. otego's corporate develop
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The game changer in surgical education – breaking bones for better patient outcomes
Cologne based MedTech start-up RIMASYS received financing from investor HTGF. The investment will be utilized to expand the fracture portfolio, upgrade production technology and increase international reach. RIMASYS is the worldwide sole manufacturer of life-like fractures in human specimen with intact soft tissue mantle. Enabling medical science to enhance surgical skills and the health care industry to develop better implants will result in improved patient outcomes at a lower cost of care. No
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High-Tech Gründerfonds starts lining up investments for HTGF III fund
Europe’s most active seed-stage investor announces first investments from third fund, HTGF III
High-Tech Gründerfonds’ third fund is now operational After announcing the successful first close at the 2017 Family Day – the biggest event of the year for the venture capital sector in Germany – HTGF has now begun approving investments from the new fund. The launch coincides with HTGF’s publication of new investment terms.
This week sees the first investment decisions being made