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4. August 2023

Successful Exit for HTGF: OVHCLOUD ANNOUNCES THE ACQUISITION OF EDGE COMPUTING SPECIALIST GRIDSCALE

Cologne-based gridscale offers an innovative range multi-tenant IaaS and PaaS products and services. The strategic acquisition will enable OVHcloud, the European cloud leader, to significantly accelerate its geographical deployment, and to enter the very fast-growing market of Edge Computing. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) was the first investor back in 2016 and has closely supported the successful development of gridscale. The start-up’s existing investors including HTGF, En
 
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2. August 2023

YOND, the innovative Gym Operating System, secures pre-seed funding from HTGF

FitTech start-up from Wiesbaden successfully closes pre-seed financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). Innovative Gym Operating System enables gym club chains to scale their business model. The fresh capital will boost the young company’s innovation and growth. Wiesbaden, Germany, 2 August 2023 – YOND, the emerging FitTech start-up with its innovative Gym Operating System, has received pre-seed funding from HTGF. The mission of the YOND team, led by foun
 
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1. August 2023

Supportwave raises $2.2 Million Seed Funding to accelerate the Future of IT Support Services

London, United Kingdom – 1 August 2023 — Supportwave is pleased to announce the successful closure of its seed funding round, following their pre-seed round in late 2021. The capital injection will enable the IT Support resource platform to continue to deploy its industry leading strategic sourcing of IT Support Specialists.  The round of investment has been secured by industry leaders including High-Tech Gründerfonds, Big Sur Ventures and Fuel Ventures. The capital rais
 
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1. August 2023

Bind-X secures €10 million in financing as part of its Series B financing round

Specialist in biological binding of materials expands internationally and prepares further market entries in agriculture, mining, and infrastructure. Martinsried, 1st of August 2023 – Bind-X, a fast-growing industrial biotechnology company, has successfully closed a €10 million financing round. The funding was provided by renowned investors from Germany and abroad (HG Ventures, K&K 1, Greeneering Invest, Saxovent) and will help drive the decarbonization and biologization of es
 
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MATERIALS NEXUS
27. July 2023

Materials Nexus raises £2m to accelerate the world’s change to net-zero materials

Materials Nexus’ unique technology combines AI with quantum mechanics to accurately and rapidly predict novel, high-performing and sustainable materials. The innovation bypasses slow, conventional experimental approaches and accelerates material development from decades to just months – aiding our journey to net-zero. Many of our greenest technologies, including wind turbines and electric vehicles, can benefit from developments in efficiency and performance from their advance
 
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14. July 2023

Pioneering research projects at the 8th Life Science Pitch Day at the IZB

A total of sixteen teams presented their innovative ideas to more than 50 investors at the Munich start-up center. Investors at the 8th Life Science Pitch Day (Photo: Dominik Gierke / IZB) Martinsried near Munich, July 14, 2023 – On July 13, 2023, the Munich Innovation and Start-up Center for Biotechnology (IZB) organized the 8th Life Science Pitch Day in cooperation with High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Leaps by Bayer, and Boehringer Ingelheim, which brought together sixteen biotech
 
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12. July 2023

ReCatalyst Announces Successful Closing of Oversubscribed Seed Financing Round

ReCatalyst is developing a nano-tech platform for production of next-generation of intermetallic platinum-alloy PEM fuel cell catalysts with the core mission to enable an optimized usage of platinum group metals.   Slovenian Startup ReCatalyst was able to convince an outstanding international syndicate consisting of HTGF, xista science ventures and OCCIDENT, along with Slovenian investors, to invest €1.7 million. The funding will be used to enhance market readiness and accele
 
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VERTAMA
12. July 2023

Vertama raises seven-figure seed funding for efficient, digital healthcare processes

Berlin, 12 July 2023 – Vertama digitises medical reporting processes in the hospital environment, transforming time-consuming manual work into efficient, partially fully automated processes. Led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Berlin Angel Fund and renowned business angels are jointly investing in the seed round of the Berlin-based start-up. Following the philosophy of developing accessible services that can be easily implemented in existing systems as scalable products, Vertama
 
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Gründer Plastformance
11. July 2023

PlastFormance wins HTGF as lead investor for growth financing round – Internationally patented platform technology for innovative materials

Teisendorf, 11 July 2023 – The new material start-up PlastFormance strengthens the foundation for further growth and series production at its production site in Berchtesgadener Land, Bavaria. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is investing in PlastFormance GmbH with its newly launched HTGF IV fund together with ICIG Ventures Holding S.A. and Jobest GmbH. From e-mobility to fuel cell technology and nuclear medicine – the technologies of the future require the use of sophisticated m
 
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BB-EGYM
6. July 2023

Record investment for HTGF portfolio company: EGYM receives €207 million in growth capital from new US investor Affinity Partners

Shared vision: drive digitalization of the fitness industry and connect it with the healthcare market through corporate health This investment will allow for further expansion of EGYM Wellpass employee corporate health network EGYM expects a profitable fiscal year in 2023 EGYM has been part of HTGF’s portfolio since 2011. The round is one of the largest in the seed investor’s portfolio CEO Philipp Roesch-Schlanderer: “EGYM’s smart workout solutions accele
 
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5. July 2023
The Berlin-based legal tech start-up has successfully closed a seed financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds. Users can easily access the legal system through the digital consumer rights platform www.fine.so. These services range from overpayment refunds for private health insurance, gym refunds, data breach compensation to gambling refunds. Soon, consumers will also be able to get help with delayed flights, tenancy law and employment law. Tobias Schulz, Principal at HTGF: R
 
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Caeli Wind Team
29. June 2023

Digital marketplace for wind farms: Caeli Wind wins High-Tech Gründerfonds as investor

Berlin, 29 June 2023 – Caeli Wind, Germany’s first digital marketplace for wind farms, has set itself the goal of driving the expansion of wind energy in Germany through intelligent solutions. High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), one of Europe’s leading seed investors, is now backing the innovative start-up. Caeli Wind has developed a digital platform that identifies areas with wind potential and enables their professional marketing. The groundbreaking software checks all
 
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28. June 2023

Proven by Mittelstand: The B2B Tech Start-up FINDIQ raises €1 million to become the all-knowing service assistant for industrial machines  

B2B tech start-up FINDIQ develops solutions for an AI-based knowledge transfer in machine service   The aspiring company from the industrial region Ostwestfalen-Lippe has won the confidence especially of medium-sized companies, most recently of the global market leader Phoenix Contact €1 million in pre-seed financing for expansion into further industries and regions comes from renowned investors such as High-Tech Gründerfonds, Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund and Notion Capital.
 
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Doctorflix Gründer
27. June 2023

Doctorflix Secures €2 Million Seed Funding to Re-think Continuous Medical Education

Doctorflix, a next-generation e-learning platform re-thinking the consumption and exchange of medical knowledge, has announced the successful completion of a €2 million seed funding round. The funds raised will be strategically allocated for the extension of product offerings, the growth of the team, and the development of the platform, to continue the mission of simplifying and democratising medical knowledge by interlinking doctors, hospitals, and industry players. The seed round was
 
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Hema To Team
26. June 2023

hema.to raises €3.6M to bring precision diagnostics to immune medicine using AI-assisted analysis of single-cell blood data

Making clinical analysis of blood data automated & personalized hema.to’s mission is to make the clinical analysis of blood data — called cytometry — automated and fully objective to enable personalization of treatment to every person’s unique immune system. Currently, even for skilled laboratory personnel, cytometry analysis is a laborious process that has a large degree of subjectivity. hema.to’s mission is now backed by Elaia Partners, Heal Capital and High-Tech Gründerf