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Revision as of 19:30, 23 June 2018
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| Company type | Public-private partnership |
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| Industry | Private equity |
| Founded | 2005 |
| Headquarters | , |
| Products | Venture capital, growth capital |
| Total assets | €886 million |
The High-Tech Gründerfonds (or 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 up to €1 million 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
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 and Singapore, Mister Spex, a large German online retailer for glasses, plista, a recommendation platform, and SimScale, a web-based simulation platform.
References
- ^ Georg Räth. "Interview mit einem VC: High-Tech Gründerfonds". Gründerszene. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ^ förderland. "Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment". förderland. Archived from the original on 2012-04-01. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|dead-url=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ VDI. "Regionale Seedfonds unterstützen öffentliches Investment". VDI. Retrieved 2012-04-02.
- ^ HTGF. "Financing Terms". HTGF. Archived from the original on 2012-04-07. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ Magdalena Räth. "Evonik investiert in High-Tech Gründerfonds II". Gründerszene. Retrieved 2012-03-28.
- ^ Evonik. "Evonik Industries invests in High-Tech Gründerfonds II". Evonik. Retrieved 2012-03-30.
- ^ 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.
{{cite web}}: Unknown parameter|deadurl=ignored (|url-status=suggested) (help) - ^ 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.
- ^ Meyer, David (June 18, 2012). "Revealed: Why 6wunderkinder's backers really sold up". GigaOM. Archived from the original on April 11, 2014. Retrieved April 11, 2014.
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