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{{short description|Venture capital investment firm in Germany}}
{{lead extra info|date=February 2022}}
{{Infobox company
{{Infobox company
| name = High-Tech Gründerfonds
| name = High-Tech Gründerfonds
| logo = [[Image:HTGF.svg|250px]]
| logo = HTGF.svg
| logo_size =
| type = [[privately held company|Private]]
| type = [[Public-private partnership]]
| traded_as =
| traded_as =
| foundation = {{Start date|2005}}
| founded = {{Start date|2005}}
| founder =
| founder =
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| location_city = [[Bonn]]
| key_people = Mirjam von Bös
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| location_city = [[Bonn]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
| location_country = [[Germany]]
| industry = [[Private equity]]
| industry = [[Private equity]]
| num_employees = 65
| products = [[Venture capital]], [[growth capital]]
| products = [[Venture capital]], [[growth capital]]
| assets = €560.5 million
| assets = €886 million
| homepage = <!-- {{URL|www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de}} -->
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The '''High-Tech Gründerfonds''' (or HTGF) is a [[venture capital]] investment firm based in [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]. High-Tech Gründerfonds is an early stage [[Seed funding|seed]] investor, focused on high potential high-tech start-ups.<ref>{{cite web | author = Georg Räth | title = Interview mit einem VC: High-Tech Gründerfonds | publisher = Gründerszene | url = http://www.gruenderszene.de/interviews/vc-high-tech-grunderfonds-michael-brandkamp | accessdate = 2012-03-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = förderland | title = Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment | publisher = förderland | url = http://www.foerderland.de/419+M55f6215bcde.0.html | accessdate = 2012-04-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = VDI | title = Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment | publisher = VDI | url = http://www.vdi-nachrichten.com/artikel/Bei-der-Gruenderfoerderung-bieten-andere-Laender-bessere-Bedingungen/57816/3 | accessdate = 2012-04-02 }}</ref> The seed financing is provided to allow start-ups to take their ideas through the prototyping phase up to the market launch. Usually High-Tech Gründerfonds invests €0.5 million in the seed stage and up to a total of €2 million per portfolio company in later rounds.<ref>{{cite web | author = HTGF | title = Financing Terms | publisher = HTGF | url = http://www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/financing/financingterms/ | accessdate = 2012-03-30 }}</ref>


High-Tech Gründerfonds is a [[public–private partnership]]. Investors include the [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology]], the [[KfW|KfW Banking Group]], and twelve industrial groups of [[Altana|ALTANA]], [[BASF]], [[B. Braun]], [[Robert Bosch]], CEWE Color, [[Daimler AG|Daimler]], [[Deutsche Post|Deutsche Post DHL]], [[Deutsche Telekom]], [[Qiagen]], [[RWE Innogy]], [[Tengelmann]] and [[Carl Zeiss]]. In March 2012, [[Evonik]] also invested €2.5 million in the fund.<ref>{{cite web | author = Magdalena Räth | title = Evonik investiert in High-Tech Gründerfonds II | publisher = Gründerszene | url = http://www.gruenderszene.de/news/evonik-high-tech-grunderfonds | accessdate = 2012-03-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Evonik | title = Evonik Industries invests in High-Tech Gründerfonds II | publisher = Evonik | url = http://corporate.evonik.com/en/media/press_releases/pages/news-details.aspx?newsid=25943 | accessdate = 2012-03-30 }}</ref> High-Tech Gruenderfonds has about €560.5 million under management in two funds (€272 million HTGF I, €288.5 million HTGF II).<ref>{{cite web | author = Federal Government of Germany | title = Innovationsdialog: Bundeskanzlerin Merkel kündigt Investitionszulage zur Wagniskapitalfinanzierung junger innovativer Unternehmen an | publisher = Federal Government of Germany | url = http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2012/02/2012-02-28-innovationsdialog.html | accessdate = 2012-03-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | title = Staatssekretär Burgbacher gibt Startschuss für den High-Tech Gründerfonds II | publisher = Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | url = http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Navigation/Presse/pressemitteilungen,did=452050.html | accessdate = 2012-03-28 }}</ref>
The '''High-Tech Gründerfonds''' ('''HTGF''') is a public-private [[venture capital]] investment firm based in [[Bonn]], [[Germany]]. High-Tech Gründerfonds is an early stage [[Seed funding|seed]] investor, focused on high potential high-tech start-ups.<ref>{{cite web | author = Georg Räth | title = Interview mit einem VC: High-Tech Gründerfonds | date = 2 March 2012 | publisher = Gründerszene | url = http://www.gruenderszene.de/interviews/vc-high-tech-grunderfonds-michael-brandkamp | accessdate = 2012-03-30 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |author=förderland |title=Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment |publisher=förderland |url=http://www.foerderland.de/419+M55f6215bcde.0.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120401220744/http://www.foerderland.de/419+M55f6215bcde.0.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=2012-04-01 |accessdate=2012-04-02 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = VDI | title = Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment | publisher = VDI | url = http://www.vdi-nachrichten.com/artikel/Bei-der-Gruenderfoerderung-bieten-andere-Laender-bessere-Bedingungen/57816/3 | accessdate = 2012-04-02 }}</ref> The seed financing is provided to allow start-ups to take their ideas through the prototyping phase up to the market launch. Usually, High-Tech Gründerfonds invests about €600,000 in the seed stage and up to a total of €3 million per portfolio company in later rounds.<ref>{{cite web|author=HTGF |title=Financing Terms |publisher=HTGF |url=http://www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/financing/financingterms/ |accessdate=2012-03-30 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120407145508/http://www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/financing/financingterms/ |archivedate=2012-04-07 }}</ref>

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a [[public–private partnership]]. Investors include the [[Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology (Germany)|Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology]], the [[KfW|KfW Banking Group]] owned by the federal government, and 39 industrial groups of [[Altana|ALTANA]], [[BASF]], [[B. Braun Melsungen|B.Braun]], [[Robert Bosch GmbH|Robert Bosch]], BÜFA, CEWE, [[Deutsche Post DHL]], [[Drägerwerk|Dräger]], Drillisch AG, [[Evonik Industries|EVONIK]], EWE AG, Haniel, Hettich, [[Knauf]], [[Körber]], [[Lanxess|LANXESS]], media + more venture [[Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG]], [[Phoenix Contact|PHOENIX CONTACT]], Postbank, [[Qiagen|QIAGEN]], [[RWE]] Generation SE, [[SAP SE|SAP]], [[Schufa]], [[Schwarz Gruppe]], [[Stihl|STIHL]], Thüga, [[Vector Informatik]] und [[Wacker Chemie|WACKER]]. In March 2012, [[Evonik]] also invested €2.5 million in the fund.<ref>{{cite web | author = Magdalena Räth | title = Evonik investiert in High-Tech Gründerfonds II | date = 20 March 2012 | publisher = Gründerszene | url = http://www.gruenderszene.de/news/evonik-high-tech-grunderfonds | accessdate = 2012-03-28 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Evonik | title = Evonik Industries invests in High-Tech Gründerfonds II | publisher = Evonik | url = http://corporate.evonik.com/en/media/press_releases/pages/news-details.aspx?newsid=25943 | accessdate = 2012-03-30 }}</ref> High-Tech Gruenderfonds has about €886 million under management in three funds (€272 million HTGF I, €304 million HTGF II and €310 million in HTGF III).<ref>{{cite web|author=Federal Government of Germany |title=Innovationsdialog: Bundeskanzlerin Merkel kündigt Investitionszulage zur Wagniskapitalfinanzierung junger innovativer Unternehmen an |publisher=Federal Government of Germany |url=http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2012/02/2012-02-28-innovationsdialog.html |accessdate=2012-03-28 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20120306230113/http://www.bundesregierung.de/Content/DE/Pressemitteilungen/BPA/2012/02/2012-02-28-innovationsdialog.html |archivedate=2012-03-06 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web | author = Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | title = Staatssekretär Burgbacher gibt Startschuss für den High-Tech Gründerfonds II | publisher = Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology | url = http://www.bmwi.de/BMWi/Navigation/Presse/pressemitteilungen,did=452050.html | accessdate = 2012-03-28 }}</ref>


==Investments==
==Investments==
High-Tech Gründerfonds has approximately 240 companies in its portfolio, including [[Trademob]], a mobile app marketing platform, [[6Wunderkinder]], the company behind [[Wunderlist]] and [[Wunderkit]], [[fruux]], a cross-platform synchronization service, [[Mister Spex]], a large German online retailer for glasses, and [[plista]], a recommendation platform.
High-Tech Gründerfonds has approximately 490 companies in its portfolio, including [[Trademob]], a mobile app marketing platform, [[6Wunderkinder]], the company behind [[Wunderlist]] and [[Wunderkit]],<ref>{{cite news |title=Revealed: Why 6wunderkinder's backers really sold up |first=David |last=Meyer |url=http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/mystery-resolved-6wunderkinder-htgf-earlybird/ |work=[[GigaOM]] |date=June 18, 2012 |accessdate=April 11, 2014 |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413123128/http://gigaom.com/2012/06/18/mystery-resolved-6wunderkinder-htgf-earlybird/ |archivedate=April 13, 2014 |url-status=live }}</ref> [[fruux]], a cross-platform synchronization service, [[Ayoxxa Biosystems|AYOXXA Biosystems]], a protein multiplexing company based in Cologne, Boston and Singapore, [[Mister Spex]], a large German online retailer for glasses, [[plista]], a recommendation platform, and [[SimScale]], a web-based simulation platform.{{Citation needed|date=June 2022}}


==References==
==References==
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==External links==
==External links==
*{{official|http://www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de}}
*{{official website|http://www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de}}
*[http://www.en.high-tech-gruenderfonds.de/portfolio/portfolio-finder/ Portfolio companies]
*[https://www.htgf.de/en/portfolio-2/ Portfolio companies]


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Latest revision as of 05:14, 16 April 2023

High-Tech Gründerfonds
Company typePublic-private partnership
IndustryPrivate equity
Founded2005 (2005)
Headquarters
Bonn
,
Germany
Key people
Mirjam von Bös
ProductsVenture capital, growth capital
Total assets€886 million
Number of employees
65

The High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a public-private venture capital investment firm based in Bonn, Germany. High-Tech Gründerfonds is an early stage seed investor, focused on high potential high-tech start-ups.[1][2][3] The seed financing is provided to allow start-ups to take their ideas through the prototyping phase up to the market launch. Usually, High-Tech Gründerfonds invests about €600,000 in the seed stage and up to a total of €3 million per portfolio company in later rounds.[4]

High-Tech Gründerfonds is a public–private partnership. Investors include the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology, the KfW Banking Group owned by the federal government, and 39 industrial groups of ALTANA, BASF, B.Braun, Robert Bosch, BÜFA, CEWE, Deutsche Post DHL, Dräger, Drillisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, Körber, LANXESS, media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Postbank, QIAGEN, RWE Generation SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Thüga, Vector Informatik und WACKER. In March 2012, Evonik also invested €2.5 million in the fund.[5][6] High-Tech Gruenderfonds has about €886 million under management in three funds (€272 million HTGF I, €304 million HTGF II and €310 million in HTGF III).[7][8]

Investments[edit]

High-Tech Gründerfonds has approximately 490 companies in its portfolio, including Trademob, a mobile app marketing platform, 6Wunderkinder, the company behind Wunderlist and Wunderkit,[9] fruux, a cross-platform synchronization service, AYOXXA Biosystems, a protein multiplexing company based in Cologne, Boston and Singapore, Mister Spex, a large German online retailer for glasses, plista, a recommendation platform, and SimScale, a web-based simulation platform.[citation needed]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Georg Räth (2 March 2012). "Interview mit einem VC: High-Tech Gründerfonds". Gründerszene. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  2. ^ förderland. "Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment". förderland. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  3. ^ VDI. "Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment". VDI. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
  4. ^ HTGF. "Financing Terms". HTGF. Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  5. ^ Magdalena Räth (20 March 2012). "Evonik investiert in High-Tech Gründerfonds II". Gründerszene. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  6. ^ Evonik. "Evonik Industries invests in High-Tech Gründerfonds II". Evonik. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
  7. ^ Federal Government of Germany. "Innovationsdialog: Bundeskanzlerin Merkel kündigt Investitionszulage zur Wagniskapitalfinanzierung junger innovativer Unternehmen an". Federal Government of Germany. Archived from the original on 2012-03-06. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  8. ^ Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. "Staatssekretär Burgbacher gibt Startschuss für den High-Tech Gründerfonds II". Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
  9. ^ Meyer, David (June 18, 2012). "Revealed: Why 6wunderkinder's backers really sold up". GigaOM. Archived from the original on April 13, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.

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