HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
VC Fund
Bonn, Germany
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) is a VC fund in Bonn focused on Software and Biotechnology. High-Tech Grunderfonds finances startups with growth potential. Its team of investment managers supports young companies with expertise, entrepreneurial spirit, and passion. The company focuses in the fields of digital tech, industrial tech, life sciences, chemistry, and related business areas. It also focuses on financial services in varioussectors.
- Total investments:
- 739
- Last investment:
- Lead investor:
- 35%
- Fund size:
- $515M
- Last fund:
Last updated:
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Industries HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) invests in
Stages HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) invests in
Countries HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) invests in
Round sizes
Contacts
| Name | Phone | Socials | |
|---|---|---|---|
| See all 32 contacts → | |||
Round size
- Seed
- $850k–$7M
- Series A
- $3.1M–$31M
Investment Focus
Industry
- Software 102 (14%)
- Biotechnology 65 (9%)
- Information Technology 59 (8%)
- Health Care 55 (7%)
- SaaS 44 (6%)
Stage
- Seed 242 (33%)
- Series A 101 (14%)
- Funding Round 56 (8%)
- Pre-Seed 41 (6%)
- Series B 31 (4%)
Country
- Germany 310 (42%)
- Switzerland 25 (3%)
- United States 10 (1%)
- France 6 (1%)
- The Netherlands 6 (1%)
Team
| Name | Title | Investments | Links | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
Alexander Hölz
Investment Controller
|
Investment Controller | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Cornelia Klug
Marketing & Communications
|
Marketing & Communications | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Irina Gerlach
Head of Office
|
Head of Office | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Kristin Müller
Investment Manager
|
Investment Manager | Total investments: 0 | Find email | |
Lena Krzyzak
Principal
|
Principal | Total investments: 3 | Find email | |
| See all 32 team members → | ||||
Investments
| Company | Description | Round | Links |
|---|---|---|---|
| Veridue uses AI to automate M&A due diligence and project finance for renewable energy. | $4M / Pre-Seed / Sep 08, 2026 | ||
| Jaipur Robotics focuses on developing AI software for waste recycling ecosystem. | $5M / Seed / Sep 07, 2026 | ||
| INLEAP Photonics is a German deep‑tech company that develops ultra‑fast, solid‑state laser beam‑steering systems to boost the productivity of laser material processing and enable laser‑based drone defense. | $23.2M / Seed / Sep 01, 2026 | ||
| Revier Therapeutics is a biotechnology company focused on developing innovative solutions to improve human health and treat diseases. | $7M / Seed / Aug 25, 2026 | ||
| Computomics is a team of world-leading experts in plant research and bioinformatics, offering next-generation sequencing (NGS) analyses for agriculture biotech companies and crop scientists. Whether you are concerned with crop improvement, seed production or plant protection, Computomics helps navigate the complexities of grain, vegetable, fruitand other genomes. Our advanced bioinformatics services provide our customers with quality NGS data interpretation from state-of-the-art genomics tools and technologies. Let us help you achieve your research goals. | $7.3M / Series B / Aug 18, 2026 | ||
| Pixel-Flo is developing a fluidic self-assembly mass transfer process that uses a slot-die mechanism and meniscus forces to continuously position microLEDs onto substrates. This backplane-agnostic technology is designed to assemble red, green, and blue LEDs in a single step for mass-market display manufacturing. | $7M / Seed / Jul 09, 2026 | ||
| reverse.fashion is an AI-powered textile sorting technology company that automates the classification of used garments for reuse, resale, and recycling. | Pre-Seed / Jul 08, 2026 | ||
| Proxima Fusion is a fusion energy company developing stellarator-based fusion power plants to deliver safe, carbon-free, and commercially viable electricity. The company focuses on commercializing quasi-isodynamic (QI) stellarators, a type of magnetic confinement fusion reactor designed to provide continuous and stable plasma operation. ProximaFusion collaborates closely with research institutions, industrial partners, and energy companies across Europe through the Alpha Alliance, a consortium established to scale the manufacturing and engineering capabilities needed for commercial fusion. The company leverages scientific breakthroughs from the Wendelstein 7-X (W7-X) stellarator while developing proprietary engineering, simulation, and manufacturing technologies to industrialize fusion power generation. | $470.1M / Series B / Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| Auxilius is an AI-native Governance, Risk, and Compliance (GRC) software platform designed to automate enterprise control activities for internal audit, internal control, and operational teams. | $1.5M / Pre-Seed / Jul 07, 2026 | ||
| smartbax develop novel multi-targeted, antibacterial compounds with extraordinary potency against multi-drug resistant bacteria and difficult-to-treat biofilms. | Seed / Jun 30, 2026 | ||
| See all 739 investments → | |||
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FAQ
What does HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) invest in?
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) invests primarily in Software, Biotechnology and Information Technology startups, most often at Seed and Series A stage. Most of the 739 investments tracked by Shizune back companies in Germany. The Investment Focus section breaks down every industry, stage and country in the portfolio.
What is HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)'s check size?
HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) typically joins rounds of $850k–$7M at Seed and $3.1M–$31M at Series A. These ranges are 10th–90th percentile round sizes calculated from confirmed public funding rounds, so they are a realistic guide to the rounds HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) participates in.
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Who are the partners at HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)?
The team at HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds) includes Alexander Hölz (Investment Controller), Cornelia Klug (Marketing & Communications) and Irina Gerlach (Head of Office), among 32 team members tracked by Shizune. The Team section lists each member with their title, investment count and links.
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