HTGF is a venture capital investor for innovative technologies and business models. We successfully support the best founders whose ideas can revolutionise entire industries and improve people’s lives – from seed to exit.
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As a seed investor, we have financed more than 700 start-ups in the industrial tech, digital tech, life sciences and chemicals sectors. We have overseen more than 180 exits, including IPOs. When founding your company together with us, you benefit from an experienced partner at your side.
We are a public–private partnership that works closely and successfully with companies from a wide range of industries. Our fund investors include medium-sized companies, family businesses and corporations. We provide them with access to innovative start-ups and technologies insights into deal flows and connections to our global network.
In addition to the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and Climate Action (BMWK) and KfW Capital, the investors in our fourth fund include 45 companies from a wide range of industries. Medium-sized companies in particular are strongly represented, along with many large corporations and family offices.
Our portfolio
Our portfolio companies are the heart of HTGF. We are proud of each and every one of them. Our investment managers have a direct line to the founders and are on hand with support and the entire HTGF network.
We see ourselves as a platform that offers young startups important added value in addition to flexible financing as part of the #HTGFFamily, tailored to their very individual needs.
HTGF shares its experience with us in matters of reporting, for example. That helps enormously when it comes to optimizing processes on the one hand and remaining transparent on the other. However, the investor never intervenes more deeply than necessary, so that our start-up momentum is maintained.
Dipl. Ing. Miriam HaerstCo-founder and managing partner
HTGF has developed a very rational and scientific approach to addressing problems in start-ups. I like that. The experience and the breadth of the portfolio make that possible.
Pierre BaquéCo-Founder / CEO – Neutral Concept Ltd.
Participating in HTGF’s network as a start-up cannot be overstated. We met our first customer at an HTGF event, even though we weren’t even in the portfolio at the time.
Philipp BürlingFounder Numaferm GmbH
HTGF has supported us unconditionally for many years. On the journey of a startup, many things develop differently than expected. We entrepreneurs therefore need a partner who supports us with advice and peace of mind to get up anew each time and make things better.
Philipp Roesch-SchlandererFounder and managing director eGym
HTGF was the first investor who understood our idea and vision and invested pre-product.
Julia Bösch Founder and managing director OUTFITTERY
We really enjoy being at the HTPC every year. This is where we meet corporate champions from large industrial companies who pass us on to the relevant contacts. That’s worth its weight in gold for our business development.
Dr. Tim PohlmannFounder and managing director IPlytics GmbH
At Family Day, we found a strong investor for our follow-on financing.
Felix BrandFounder and managing director CardioSecur
Insights
Press
11. April 2024
Scavenger AI secures €1.1m pre-seed funding for data-driven decision making
The AI start-up helps companies to use their data to make the best possible decision under any circumstances.
Scavenger AI receives € 1.1 million from High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF), Calm/Storm Ventures, Femventix and the B4i Investment Fund.
The new capital will be used to launch the first version of the software on the market and serve customers on the waiting list.
Frankfurt, 8 April 2024 – The German data analytics & AI start-up
Press
10. April 2024
Proxima Fusion Raises €20M Seed to Accelerate Timeline to Fusion Power
Less than one year from its €7.5M pre-seed round, the first Max Planck fusion spin-out has delivered on its vision of simulation-enabled stellarator design.
New funding supports expansion of the world-class team in Munich and its public-private partnerships in Europe to build on existing momentum.
Proxima Fusion directly builds on €1.3B of public investment in the ground-breaking W7-X experiment in Germany.
Munich, Germany, April 10, 2024 – Proxima Fusion, the first spi
Blog
22. March 2024
Successful pitches: 10 tips for an impressive pitch deck
In their day-to-day work, Kilian von Berlichingen, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF, and Arnas Bräutigam, Co-Founder of AddedVal.io, look at numerous pitch decks critically. In this blog post, they provide a series of tips on how you can avoid making the most common mistakes in your pitch deck.
from left: Arnas Bräutigam, Co-Founder of AddedVal.io and Kilian von Berlichingen, Senior Investment Manager at HTGF
1. Keep your pitch deck short and sweet:Your pitch deck should be prec
Blog
22. February 2024
Digital health investments: Road to success requires bold steps and an interdisciplinary approach
Since as far back as 2012, High-Tech Gründerfonds has been investing in start-ups that operate at the intersection between healthcare and digital solutions. In this interview, our Senior Investment Managers Louis Heinz (Digital Tech) and Niels Sharman (Life Sciences) share some insights into the synergies that arise from the HTGF team’s diverse perspectives and also give their take on where the sector stands in Germany and internationally.
Louis Heinz and Niels Sharman, Senior Investme
Blog
18. January 2024
2024: Trends, opportunities and challenges for founders
What trends and technologies can we expect to see in 2024? And what are the opportunities and challenges that founders will face? Our Partners Dr. Angelika Vlachou, Dr. Markus Kückelhaus and Markus Kreßmann provide an outlook, focusing on our investment fields industrial tech, life sciences & chemistry, and digital tech.
Industrial Tech, Deep Tech and Climate Tech: An outlook by Dr. Markus Kückelhaus
In the traditional industrial tech cluster, which encompasses fields such a
Event
20. March 2024
MedTech Pitch Day 2024
MedTechStartups – Take your opportunity and present your technology to leading MedTech investors and corporate decision-makers. 👇
High-Tech Gründerfonds, together with B. Braun Accelerator, B. Braun Stiftung, Dräger, Health Innovation Port (HIP) by Philips and Die Techniker, is organizing the MEDTECH PITCH DAY 2024 on March 20, 2024. This time we’ll be hosted by TUM Venture Labs Healthcare at TranslaTUM in Munich. 👩🔬🧬
You will get the opportunity to meet an exclusive a
Finding a promising Start-up is our expertise, then leading it to a successful exit is our job. We are very proud of every sale, in most cases to grow further with even more energy.
We work as a team. Our investment managers contribute a great deal of experience and expertise. They are not only financing experts, but many of them have also founded their own companies or bring years of industry experience or specialized scientific know-how with them.
Our start-ups become part of the #HTGFFamily, one of the strongest networks in the high-tech venture sector, where we use our expertise to actively support growth, customer acquisition, hiring, co-investment and follow-up financing.
Become Part of the HTGF Family
Are you the founder of a high-tech start-up? Does your company match our industry focus and meet our investment criteria? Then we look forward to getting to know you and your company! Send us your pitch deck – we’ll be in touch.
Sector focus?
We invest in start-ups in the fields of industrial technology, digital tech, life sciences, chemistry or related areas.
Investment criteria?
Your start-up is less than three years old and is headquartered in Germany or – in the case of start-ups from other European countries – has a German base of operations.
Financing?
We invest flexibly according to the needs of the start-up.
Investment volume?
In the seed round up to 1 million euros. In total we can invest up to 4 million euros in a start-up.
Added Value?
We are sparring partners in all questions regarding the development of start-ups and will open doors for you.
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