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High-Tech Gründerfonds

Founders Alexander von Frankenberg

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Total investments 922
Average round size
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The average size of a deal this fund participated in
$3M
Portfolio companies 638
Rounds per year 48.53
Lead investments 176
Follow on index
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How often the fund supports its portfolio startups at next rounds
0.30
Exits 78
Key employees 8
Stages of investment
Early Stage Venture
Seed

Areas of investment

  • Software
  • Biotechnology
  • Health Care
  • Information Technology
  • Manufacturing
Summary

The overall number of key employees were 16.

The typical startup value when the investment from High-Tech Gru00fcnderfonds is 5-10 millions dollars. The increased amount of exits for fund were in 2019. The important activity for fund was in 2013. The fund is constantly included in 25-48 investment rounds annually. The common things for fund are deals in the range of 1 - 5 millions dollars.

The fund has no exact preference in a number of founders of portfolio startups. In case when startup counts 4 of the founder, the chance for it to get the investment is meager. Moreover, a startup needs to be at the age of 2-3 years to get the investment from the fund. We can highlight the next thriving fund investment areas, such as Mobile, Health Care. Among the various public portfolio startups of the fund, we may underline Outfittery, Mister Spex, GWA Hygiene

The typical case for the fund is to invest in rounds with 2-3 participants. Despite the High-Tech Gru00fcnderfonds, startups are often financed by KfW, Peppermint Venture Partners, Earlybird Venture Capital. The meaningful sponsors for the fund in investment in the same round are Neuhaus Partners, NRW.BANK, MBG Baden Wuerttemberg. In the next rounds fund is usually obtained by Wellington Partners, Creathor Ventures, bm-t beteiligungsmanagement thu00fcringen.

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Notable deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

autarkize

Renewable Energy
21 Oct 2024 Bayern, Bavaria, Germany

Aerleum

Chemical
14 Oct 2024 Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Lymphatica Medtech

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
08 Oct 2024 Vaud, Switzerland

Syte

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Real Estate
$5M26 Sep 2024 Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

BIOVOX

$2M25 Sep 2024 -

become.1

Employee Benefits
Human Resources
Insurance
$3M18 Sep 2024 Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Symphera

Manufacturing
Medical Device
$2M16 Sep 2024 München, Bayern, Germany

IRUBIS

Biotechnology
Product Research
29 Aug 2024 München, Bayern, Germany

ABH Optics ApS

Eyewear
$1M07 Aug 2024 Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
News
Cardior Raises €64M in Series B Funding

– Cardior Pharmaceuticals from Hanover develops non-coding RNA (ncRNA)-based therapeutics for patients with cardiac diseases.
– The company closed a €64m ($76m) Series B financing round.
– The round was led by Inkef Capital, supported by fellow new investors Fund+, Sunstone, Hadean Ventures and Coparion with participation from existing investors including LSP, BioMedPartners, Bristol Myers Squibb and High-Tech Gründerfonds.
– The new investment will be used for the late-stage clinical development of its lead program and the expansion of its earlier-stage pipeline.

Alentis Therapeutics Raises $67M in Series B Financing

– Alentis Therapeutics from Basel develops new treatments for fibrotic diseases.
– The company raised $67m in Series B financing round.
– The round was led by Morningside Venture Investments, joined by Jeito Capital and Series A investors BioMed Partners, BB Pureos Bioventures, Bpifrance through its InnoBio 2 fund, High-Tech Gründerfonds and Schroders Capital.
– The new investment will be used to support the company’s drug discovery programs targeting other fibrotic diseases and hepatobiliary cancers.

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Total investments 922
Average round size 3M
Rounds per year 48.53
Peak activity year 2023
Lead investments 176
Follow on index 0.30
Exits 78
Group Appearance index 0.69

Latest deals

CompanyIndustryRound SizeDateInvestorsLocation

autarkize

Renewable Energy
21 Oct 2024 Bayern, Bavaria, Germany

Aerleum

Chemical
14 Oct 2024 Strasbourg, Alsace, France

Lymphatica Medtech

Biotechnology
Health Care
Medical
Medical Device
08 Oct 2024 Vaud, Switzerland

Syte

Artificial Intelligence
Information Technology
Real Estate
$5M26 Sep 2024 Münster, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

BIOVOX

$2M25 Sep 2024 -

become.1

Employee Benefits
Human Resources
Insurance
$3M18 Sep 2024 Heidelberg, Baden-Wurttemberg, Germany

Symphera

Manufacturing
Medical Device
$2M16 Sep 2024 München, Bayern, Germany

IRUBIS

Biotechnology
Product Research
29 Aug 2024 München, Bayern, Germany

ABH Optics ApS

Eyewear
$1M07 Aug 2024 Copenhagen, Hovedstaden, Denmark
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