
HTGF, based in Bonn, is a public-private VC firm, providing seed financing to high-tech start-ups.
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High-Tech Gründerfonds is marking its 15th anniversary. The page interviews Professor Dieter Jahn, an HTGF advisory board member and former head of BASF Group’s Science Relations and Innovation Management competence center.
The page discusses how developers can instruct computers as software systems grow more complex and says Codetrails GmbH uses Big Data to serve Java developers.
The page features an interview with Daniel Esser, managing director of CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH, at Family Day on June 9 in Bonn. It discusses the potential dangers of extracting and transporting oil in light of the Gulf of Mexico oil disaster.
The page analyzes product-market fit as a main reason Industrial Tech startups in the HTGF portfolio fail. It also describes HTGF’s experience reviewing hundreds of industrial technology pitch decks and business plans each year.
A €3.0 million Series B financing round from existing investors is intended to support the immediate launch of EBS NEXT WAVE across Europe. Clinical data indicate that NEXT WAVE therapy can improve visual impairments caused by stroke, brain trauma, or other neurological conditions.
evocatal GmbH closed a Series B financing round with existing investors and new investors LANXESS and NRW.BANK. The funding will support the expansion of its technology platform and product portfolio.
HQ plus GmbH develops a competitor-monitoring tool that helps hoteliers adjust room prices based on competitors’ prices and local market fluctuations. The company closed its first financing round with High-Tech Gründerfonds.
Kiwigrid develops and operates an open communications and control platform for smart energy management. The platform integrates units that generate, store, and consume energy into distribution grids; Innogy Venture Capital and AQTON invested alongside High-Tech Gründerfonds.
The company funds deep-tech, life sciences, and digital tech companies.
German AI security startup Kontext raises $4 million to control what AI agents can do inside businesses. It checks each requested action against policy based on the agent’s identity, target resource, and assigned task, denying unauthorized actions and logging decisions. Teams can test policies in observe mode before enforcement, and developers can use the software with Claude Code and Codex. 42CAP leads the round, joined by a16z CSX and High-Tech Gründerfonds; Kontext plans to expand its engineering team.
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