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Attack on the lucrative service business in mechanical engineering: HTGF invests in AI startup Lytra
Munich-based startup Lytra has completed a pre-seed funding round led by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). The company develops an AI operating system for industrial services that allows machinery manufacturers to scale and automate their after-sales business.
HTGF integrates DTCF
The German federal government plans to integrate the DeepTech & Climate Fund into the High-Tech Gründerfonds. This creates a comprehensive financing platform for technology-oriented startups from founding to scaling.
€800,000 pre-seed funding for Sedivention
Early-stage investor High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) invests €800,000 in Sedivention as part of a pre-seed funding round. The medtech startup develops a medical device that enables a one-time, interventional, and minimally invasive therapy for obesity.
€660 million for scaleups: HTGF launches Opportunity Fund
The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is regarded as one of Germany’s most active early-stage investors. With the Opportunity Fund, it aims to strengthen its commitment to scaleups and increase the volume of later-stage financing rounds according to actual needs.
Guido Schlitzer leaves management of High-Tech Gründerfonds
Personnel change at High-Tech Gründerfonds: Guido Schlitzer is leaving the seed investor at the end of the year. The position of the third member of management will be advertised and is to be filled by the end of the year.
High-Tech Gründerfonds: nearly 500 million euro fund IV
High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) closes its fourth fund generation with a total volume of 493.8 million euros. This makes HTGF IV the largest fund of HTGF to date.