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Tubulis

Tubulis generates uniquely matched protein-drug conjugates by combining proprietary novel technologies with disease-specific biology. Our goal is to expand the therapeutic potential of antibody drug conjugates (ADCs) ushering in a new era and delivering better outcomes for patients. Employing the company’s proprietary ADC development approach, Tubulis will advance a variety of conjugates, unlimited by indication

Sector: Oncology
HTGF-Manager: Dr. Frank Hensel
Added to portfolio 17. Jul 2020

Twenty-One Semiconductors

Twenty-One Semiconductors GmbH was founded in 2019 as a spin-off of the Institute of Semiconductor Optics and Functional Interfaces (IHFG) at the University of Stuttgart. The company produces and markets a completely new type of laser crystals that can be used to efficiently generate laser radiation in the visible spectral range.
The underlying MEXL technology enables laser manufacturers to realize a new generation of laser sources for biomedical applications to obtain more detailed information when analysing cell and tissue samples.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Gernot Berger
Added to portfolio 17. Jul 2020

Ubermetrics Exit

uberMetrics Technologies is a technology provider for (social) media monitoring. The tool uberMetrics DELTA gathers data from public communication, extracts the relevant content for the client and makes it accessible in a SaaS-Tool for its analysis.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Ulrich Schmitt
In portfolio 22. Sep 2011 – 30. Dec 2020

Uniki

Uniki’s Edge Computing solution increases productivity between teams, customers and partners and securely connects devices and company locations.
It provides modern Cloud applications for all areas of business on a maintenance-free, scalable on premise platform with an unprecedented level of security – from data exchange to collaboration, project management, CRM, ERP and many more. As the world’s first private Cloud-App-Platform it combines the advantages of Software-as-a-Service in the Cloud with 100% data sovereignty and familiar integration into the local IT infrastructure (e.g. network shares, Outlook, industry specific software).

Website: uniki.de
HTGF-Manager: Frank Kerim Reinecke
Added to portfolio 15. Oct 2019

Urban Ground

Urban Ground is a curated marketplace. Private tenants get are offered a fully digitized renting experience and landlords get a guaranteed rental income.

HTGF-Manager: Louis Heinz
Added to portfolio 08. Jun 2021

userlane

Key to Userlane’s technology are interactive step-by-step guides, which can be implemented on top of every existing web-based software or e-commerce website. These interactive guides lead every user through all processes and show them real-time where to click next within the software – just like GPS navigation systems in cars advice drivers turn-by-turn how to optimally reach the destination. This way complex software can be easily used, without previous knowledge, making extensive software training obsolete.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Maurice Kügler
Added to portfolio 14. Oct 2016

Vacis

VACIS is the leading tissue engineering company for body-own blood vessels.
The VACIS technology uses a synthetic rod which induces the formation of a new fully functional blood vessel providing novel therapeutic options for vascular surgery. Prosthetic vascular graft failure is a frequent complication in vascular surgery with substantial morbidity and health care costs. VACIS provides patients autologous graft vessels, with sustained patency and fewer complications requiring less corrective interventions.
Vascular grafts are needed in many areas of medicine. VACIS initially focuses on vascular access in patients undergoing hemodialysis. Other indications will follow after clinical validation of the technology in hemodialysis. Such other indications include peripheral arterial occlusive disease.
VACIS provides an advantage over other therapeutic options in the hemodialysis access market. Current solutions have a low patency: many arteriovascular fistulas fail to mature or no adequate vein is available; the foreign material in synthetic grafts lead to infection, stenosis, thrombosis etc. and the synthetic material does not heal after cannulation.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Christian Kannemeier
Added to portfolio 31. Jul 2019

Vanatec Exit

Vanatec offers with OpenAccess a so-called object-relational mapping tool, which reduces the programming effort regarding data access to relational databases under .NET by 90%, by creating an application and database-independent mapping between object model and data model.

Successful exit since March 2006. Purchaser: Telerik GmbH

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Alex von Frankenberg
In portfolio 29. Mar 2006 – 08. Aug 2008

Variolytics

Variolytics is a Stuttgart-based technology company focused on measurement technologies and process optimization. Dr. Matthias Stier (CEO), Johann Barlach (CFO) and Steffen Goerner (CTO) founded the company in March 2020, with the aim of making the invisible visible through innovative measurement technologies and thus contributing to a more sustainable society. The technology is used at wastewater treatment plants to monitor greenhouse gases in the wastewater treatment process and provide recommendations for actions to avoid them.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Anne Umbach
Added to portfolio 06. Dec 2022

Venly

Venly was founded in 2018 as Arkane Network and is a blockchain tech provider focussing on 3 main products:

- Venly Wallets: with our wallet services we help blockchain projects onboard their users by providing blockchain agnostic wallets.
- Venly Market and APIs: the Venly Market is a peer-to-peer NFT marketplace. With our Market APIs projects are able to build an NFT marketplace backed by our technology.
- Venly NFT Tools: the right tools to build fast and securely. From minting tools to a complete asset management system for Unity or webshop plugins to scale fast.

In April 2021, Venly closed a €1.55M seed round led by HTGF. Venly recently added Tioga Capital to its list of investors with an additional €500k funding, bringing the total of +2M€ in funding to continue its growth.

HTGF-Manager: Frank Kerim Reinecke
Added to portfolio 01. Apr 2021

Veodin Exit

Veodin develops software for management consultants. The flagship product “SlideProof” is a PowerPoint Add-In for proofing presentations. It's the fastest way to improve visual consistency of a deck while increasing productivity & efficiency.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Tanja Emmerling
In portfolio 20. Apr 2012 – 24. Jul 2018

Vertama

Vertama specialises in accelerating manual workflows by designing and implementing accessible, digital micro-processes in existing system environments. With its in-house developed platform for innovative web applications and a comprehensive toolkit of different modules, Vertama quickly implements flexible and scalable solutions.

Website: vertama.com
HTGF-Manager: Frank Kerim Reinecke
Added to portfolio 12. Jul 2023

Viamon

Theft of photovoltaik- (PV) modules leads to yearly losses adding up into the millions. The Viamon anti module is an intelligent system, integrated in the connection box of PV-modules, which permanently monitors the solar field and sets off an alarm, in case of theft.

Website: viamon.com
HTGF-Manager: Dr. Nils Lang
Added to portfolio 29. Oct 2013

viboo

viboo makes buildings more energy efficient through its Predictive Control as a Service platform. Rooted in extensive research at Empa and ETH Zurich, the company empowers smart thermostats with predictive algorithms, reducing energy usage by 20-40% in both light-commercial and residential buildings. With partnerships across the value chain, including Danfoss, ABB, Netatmo and Bouygues, viboo is ready to make buildings more energy efficient and sustainable.

Website: viboo.io
HTGF-Manager: Gregor Haidl
Added to portfolio 14. Sep 2023

VIOSO Exit

VIOSO is a vendor of soft- and hardwaresolutions for projector-based large scale displays.
Since its founding in the year 2007, VIOSO has established itself as a reliable, successful partner to system integrators in the audiovisual industry.

HTGF-Manager: Romy Schnelle
In portfolio 22. Oct 2007 – 09. Sep 2021

virtualQ

virtualQ® provides a software for call centers that avoids time on hold for callers and solves problems with peak management and reduces phone line costs for companies.

Website: virtualq.io
HTGF-Manager: Dr. Tanja Emmerling
Added to portfolio 23. Sep 2015

VisioLab

Osnabrück-based start-up VisioLab offers AI-based self-checkout solutions for the food service providers. The company's solutions are designed to simplify the checkout process and improve the customer experience while reducing labour costs. The founders Tim Niekamp (CEO) and Iwo Gernemann (COO) are supported by an 18-member international team.

HTGF-Manager: Dominik Lohle
Added to portfolio 12. Dec 2022

Visometry

Visometry is a startup and Fraunhofer spin-off founded in 2017, based Darmstadt, Germany. We create Augmented Reality core technology, develop custom solutions and support our customers integrating AR and computer vision into their business.

We are changing Augmented Reality bottom-up: with Machine Vision & AR Tracking at industrial scale. Our VisionLib tracking engine enables precise (multi-)object tracking, for a variety of high class AR applications along the entire ›product value chain‹, from prototyping, over production to sales, maintenance and training.

Sector: VR / AR
HTGF-Manager: Yann Fiebig
Added to portfolio 30. Aug 2018

VisuMotion Exit

3D Visualisation & Imaging preferred by but not limited to autostereoscopic displays

Exit since Feb. 2010.

Sector: VR / AR
HTGF-Manager: Klaus Lehmann
In portfolio 19. Oct 2006 – 10. Feb 2010

VMRay

At VMRay, our purpose is to liberate the world from undetectable digital threats.
Led by reputable cyber security pioneers, we develop best-of-breed technologies to detect and analyze unknown threats that others miss. Thus, we empower organizations to augment and automate security operations by providing the world’s best threat detection and analysis platform.
We help organizations build and grow their products, services, operations, and relationships on secure ground that allows them to focus on what matters with ultimate peace of mind. This, for us, is the foundation stone of digital transformation.

Sector: IT-Security
HTGF-Manager: Dr. Ulrich Schmitt
Added to portfolio 27. Feb 2014

Volterion Exit

Volterion offers fully melted Stacks and flexible Elektrodes for use in Redox-Flow-Batteries and further implications.

In portfolio 04. Oct 2017 – 30. Jul 2019

WeSustain Exit

Sustainability is the next competitive frontier in many industries. WeSustain has developed a software solution (SaaS) that supports large enterprises measuring, improving and communicating their sustainability performance.

HTGF-Manager: Jens Baumgärtner
In portfolio 30. Jul 2010 – 30. Apr 2021

wetransform

There are more than 25.000 standards for data exchange. wetransform makes it easy to integrate complex systems with its data-driven design and transformation platform and enables experts to create better specifications for data exchange.

HTGF-Manager: Dominik Lohle
Added to portfolio 24. Jan 2017

Wiferion Exit

Our innovative etaLINK technology brings wireless charging to the next level with efficiencies far above 90 %. Based on the principle of magnetic induction, we made innovations in several key areas of the system. Modern algorithms and an integrated communication link to the batterymanagement- system (BMU) guarantees a gentle fast-charging process for the battery.

Sector: Mobility, Mobility
HTGF-Manager: Yann Fiebig
Added to portfolio 29. May 2017

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.

Sector: E-Commerce
In portfolio 16. Aug 2010 – 29. Jan 2013

Wirelane

Wirelane is a full-service technology provider in the field of electromobility. The company’s innovative technology simplifies all aspects of EV charging, starting from the search of charging stations over an app, through to payment, billing and maintenance.

Sector: Mobility
HTGF-Manager: Tobias Schulz
Added to portfolio 29. Oct 2018

WISE

WISE Srl is a Milan and Berlin-based company developing genuinely novel and minimally-invasive implantable leads for Neuromodulation and Neuromonitoring: highly conformable, stretchable, unbreakable and cheaper to produce.

Sector: Neuromodulation
HTGF-Manager: Kay G. Balster
Added to portfolio 05. Nov 2013

WMT

WMT developes small molecules for cancer indications by targeting the Warburg Metabolism. The Warburg Metabolism was first described 100 years ago by Otto Heinrich Warburg and the therapeutic approach is based on the fact that many cancer cells predominantly produce their energy through a high rate of glycolysis followed by lactic acid fermentation even in the presence of abundant oxygen. Using this mechanism for the treatment of cancer turns out to be very difficult, as interventions targeted at the sugar metabolism also cause harm to healthy cells. The approach WMT is using offers an improved therapeutic window as opposed to classical cancer medicines.

Sector: Oncology
HTGF-Manager: Dr. Frank Hensel
Added to portfolio 29. Apr 2021

Workpath

Workpath is an enterprise software provider that helps organizations in a dynamic environment to move from strategic goals to results faster and more flexibly. Intuitive workflow tools and a comprehensive analytics suite help Workpath's clients bring greater transparency, focus and alignment to their strategic planning and execution. The enterprise SaaS platform collaboratively engages all teams of an organization in the development, daily operationalization and performance measurement of strategic goals. Customers like SAP, Metro, Scout24 and HolidayCheck rely on Workpath as the central software tool for effective and agile strategy execution with OKRs.

HTGF-Manager: Dr. Maurice Kügler
Added to portfolio 17. Sep 2019

WPX Faserkeramik

WPX Faserkeramik GmbH significantly improves energy efficiency and product quality in industrial heat treatment processes for metals by providing oxide fiber ceramic components made of patent registered Whipox® high performance ceramics used as refractories.

HTGF-Manager: Kay G. Balster
Added to portfolio 13. Dec 2013