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Another successful exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – Bosch Sensortec acquires Arioso Systems
Bosch enters the attractive market segment for micro speakers. Acquisition means broader diversification of Bosch Sensortec’s portfolio.Arioso Systems is one of the world’s most innovative providers of MEMS micro speaker technology. Together with Bosch, it will leverage the full potential of its micro speakers.Dr. Alex von Frankenberg, Managing Director of High-Tech Gründerfonds: “Highly innovative start-ups provide a real business and technology boost to established companies. HTGF i
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itembase secures investment from UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund
itembase, the personal inventory platform with offices in San Francisco and Berlin (www.itembase.com), today announced a recent investment from the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund, the private equity strategic investment arm of UPS (NYSE: UPS). Terms of the investment were not disclosed.
“We are excited to welcome the UPS Strategic Enterprise Fund as a new investor,” said Stefan Jørgensen, founder and Chief Executive Officer of itembase. “This confirms that we are pursuing the right strate
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POSpulse receives second funding this year – High-Tech-Gründerfonds invests in retail-analytics company POSpulse
POSpulse provides Smart Data for retailers and brands: By utilising crowdsourcing POSpulse collects data from the shopper’s perspective at the point-of-sale and provides retailers and brands with detailed analysis and optimization proposals for their POS activities. For the first time it is possible to gain extensive and comprehensive knowledge and real-time insights into the real purchasing situation at the point of sale – whether it is the exeution of shopper promotions, product placements
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High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) invests in innovative B2B-Connectivity-Solutions (B2B/EDI) developed by eddyson GmbH
Eddyson GmbH has secured a seed round from High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) for the development and marketing of their B2B connectivity solutions. Thanks to the completely new technological platform, eddyson products offer an unprecedented level of stability and performance. The standard version of the software is provided free of license fees, which will make a thing of the past the high entry prices for the electronic data interchange solutions that today constitute a hurdle for smaller comp
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The B2B cell phone data deletion and reselling service company reANGEL has received a new investment
With High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) reANGEL (Recycling Angel GmbH) has been able to find a further investor to finance the expansion of its data deletion and resale service, reANGEL. Especially the successful acquisition of large corporates and the strong growth prospects was decisive for the investment decision.
reANGEL offers corporates a full service solution for unused cell phones. “Most corporates do not have a solution for their obsolete cell phones and usually the devices collect dus
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JUNIQE.com wins mass market for high-quality art in Europe
The online art market is growing rapidly: in the last year, the sector has expanded by 68%1, and it is expected to be worth 10 billion Euros by 2020². This growth is reflected in the marketplace for affordable art, JUNIQE, which has been growing at a rate of 60% a month since its launch in January 2014.
Investors have picked up on this growth: the online art gallery has recently announced that it has received a Series A total investment of almost 5 million Euros from a new partner, Vorwerk V
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Big Data Makes Life Easier for Software Developers
Software systems not only pervade more and more industries, but they are also growing more and more complex. But regardless of whether software developers have to understand yesterday’s legacy systems or tomorrow’s hot technologies, one question is always the same: How do I tell the machine what to do? Using Big Data, the young company Codetrails GmbH answers this question for Java developers. High-Tech Gründerfonds funds the spin-off of TU Darmstadt to further Codetrails’ capabilities of
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incapptic Connect (Exit)
Error-prone manual labor and frustrating communication loops – to date, large companies need multiple days to publish a new app version. With incapptic Connect it's a matter of seconds: Our software simplifies the data exchange with external developers. incapptic Connect signs automatically with your enterprise's private keys. incapptic Connect is compatible with popular app distribution systems such as MobileIron, Apple App Store and Google Play. It enables large enterprises to move as fast a
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windeln.de (Exit)
windeln.de is Germany largest online shop for baby care products. The store has launched in October 2010, offering now more than 17.000 different products for the daily need of babys and mothers. windeln.de features more than 200 brands – among them Pampers, HiPP, Avent, Nuk, Penaten, Milupa, Alete, MAM
Exit since January 2013.
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High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Stuffle, the flea market app
Second financing round within a few weeks: after SEDO founder Tim Schumacher, HTGF invests in Stuffle
Eight months after being launched, Hamburg-based start-up Stuffle (https://stuffle.it) has closed its second financing round. Following SEDO founder Tim Schumacher’s six-figure investment just a few weeks before, High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is now joining as well. HTGF is acquiring a minority shareholding for a mid six-figure amount.
“We were convinced by the Stuffle concept: Inno
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bookingkit
bookingkit offers a SaaS-solution tailored specifically to the activity industry. Due to an automatic booking process and a simple administration the workload of the vendor is reduced to a minimum. At the same time their sales are rising – due to higher booking numbers on the company’s own website and the promotion of their experiences via our connected marketing- and sales channels. The intelligent software of bookingkit manages the entire inventory of an activity provider, all incoming boo
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CAVI – the revolution in online commerce
A young team of entrepreneurs from Hamburg is using inVideo technology to make online shopping and internet advertising a reality. The Munich-based investor, Kalmund Capital, has now secured long-term financing.
Imagine that you are watching a film on the internet – a new video clip of Madonna, for example. If you’re a woman, you might perhaps like the megastar’s jeans or her cool top. You would like to wear them yourself. But instead of spending a lot of time on Google & Co, you si
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payever makes commerce easier for everyone and closed a seed round with the leading early stage venture capital firm in Germany
Over 3.000 businesses of all types and sizes use payever solutions to run and grow - in online shops, websites, facebook or local stores. Huge banks and payment service provider like PayPal, Stripe or Santander Consumer Bank cooperate with payever. After two years the team closed their first investment round with High-Tech Gruenderfonds.
Europe´s small commerce businesses miss access to tools big businesses have in order to maximise their revenue. Especially payment is a critical factor. Whi
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Comydo: Smart front door opener for parcel carriers secures high six-figure seed investment
Comydo offers a clever door opening system with a barcode scanner to facilitate access to apartment buildings.
With Comydo, couriers are no longer standing in front of a locked front door or ringing all available door bells. "We turn the parcel itself into a temporary key granting the postman access to the entrance hall of apartment buildings," says CEO and Co-Founder Julian Wulf. Comydo uses the existing shipping labels and track & trace interfaces to open the door. All relevant carriers
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Strong exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds – Shell to acquire Next Kraftwerke
Shell is acquiring Next Kraftwerke to strengthen its position in the field of renewable energy tradingThe Cologne-based start-up Next Kraftwerke GmbH will obtain the necessary resources to fuel further growth and the development of complex new commercial products High-Tech Gründerfonds has been an investor in the company since its foundation in 2010The transaction remains subject to regulatory approval
Subject to regulatory approval, Shell* is to acquire 100% of the shares in Next
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Maxburg Capital Partners takes over High-Tech Gründerfonds portfolio company metoda
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), together with co-investors Bayern Kapital (the venture capital company of the State of Bavaria) and TEV, has successfully sold its stake in Munich-based software firm metoda. metoda is one of the leading providers of software-as-a-service solutions for real-time market analysis in online retail. The company’s new owner is Maxburg Capital Partners. The three early stage investors had taken up a stake in metoda together with several business angels as part