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• Bonn / Muenster / Bielefeld - 08.02.2011 eCAPITAL and High-Tech Gruenderfonds finance high-end raw materials recycling

  saperatec, an independent recycling specialist for high-tech products receives € 1 m seed capital from the seed funds „Gruenderfonds Bielefeld-Ostwestfalen“ managed by eCAPITAL and the High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF), Bonn. Saperatec will use these funds to build up the production in Bielefeld, Germany. The high-tech industry relies on sufficient availability of high-tech materials, such

• Bonn / Cologne - 07.02.2011 Fliplife receives seven-digit investment for further product development and growth

  Lead investor Mountain Super Angel and United Prototype Ventures support the ambitious Cologne-based browser game startup; previous investors High-Tech Gründerfonds and RapidShare Entertainment also reinvest. Fliplife is a product of UP Web Game GmbH, which was founded in late 2009 by Ibrahim Evsan, Thomas Bachem and Tobias Hartmann. The company develops and publishes Fliplife as a life

• Bonn / Munich - 07.02.2011 Leading secure service provider SSP Europe gains internet24 as an investor

  SSP Europe is embarking on 2011 with a new investor. With the support and capital of internet24, the Bavarian company will further expand its national and international sales and marketing structures for distributors and customers. The first objective is to broaden the network of partners across Germany and business activity in Austria. SSP Europe is thereby responding to the steadily rising

• Bonn / Munich - 03.02.2011 Demand Response provider Entelios completes successful fundraising

  Entelios AG, a European energy company, today announces the successful completion of its Series A financing round. The round was led by Yellow&Blue Investment Management, a Dutch clean energy investor, and High-Tech Gründerfonds, a German venture capital investor. Established in 2010, Munich-based Entelios is the first nationwide “Demand Response” aggregator and service provider. It has

• Bonn / Berlin - 02.02.2011 Natural Dental Implants Closes $2M Series A Financing

  Dental Technology Company funded by Berlin, Germany and Dallas-based Business Angels and German Investment Funds. Natural Dental Implants (NDI), Inc. the Dallas-based subsidiary of Natural Dental Implants AG, headquartered in Berlin, Germany, today announced the closing of its series A financing in the amount of $2M to be used for commercializing the Company’s patented REPLICATE™ Non-surgical

• Bonn - 20.01.2011 Matchmaking between small and large: high-tech corporates seeking industrial partners

  High-Tech Partnering Conference on 1 February in Bonn How varied and profitable collaboration between small and large companies can be and why high ability to innovate can help to provide a competitive edge are aspects that about 200 high-ranking representatives of industry and commerce will be discussing on 1 February 2011 at the High-Tech Partnering Conference in Bonn. “Sustainable

• Bonn / Düsseldorf - 19.01.2011 Fresh capital for online grocery shop froodies

  froodies (www.froodies.de), which claims to be Germany's first online supermarket for fresh groceries, has received new investment capital in the course of a second round of financing. In addition to the initial investor Sirius Venture, High-Tech Gründerfonds and several business angels have also joined as investors. The start-up company from Düsseldorf is investing the funds in strategic growth

• Bonn / Dresden - 13.01.2011 Capital for Caterna GmbH

  Technologiegründerfonds Sachsen (TGFS) and High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) are to invest about EUR 650k in Caterna GmbH. The investment is intended to fund market entry as well as further research and development work for more applications using the telemetric treatment software in ophthalmology. Caterna GmbH, a spin-off from TU Dresden (Dresden Technical University), develops and sells

• Bonn / Berlin - 11.01.2011 Milestone Venture Capital invests seven-digit amount in the international expansion of protected-networks.com

  Growth in access rights management market requires strategic expansion protected-networks.com has begun 2011 with a new investor.  Milestone Venture Capital will provide financial backing for the Berlin enterprise and help them to further develop their national and international sales and client support structure.  Initial target areas will be Europe and Asia.  protected-networks.com and

• Bonn / Potsdam - 10.01.2011 Third round financing for GILUPI GmbH with Aurelia Private Equity, Brandenburg Capital (BFBII), KfW Bankengruppe and High-Tech Gründerfonds

  GILUPI GmbH is an innovative company developing and producing medical devices for the in vivo isolation of rare cells out of the circulating blood. GILUPI will use the current financing mainly for the CE-certification and the subsequent introduction into the market of its patented medical detector. The early approval of the device according to the MPG (Medical Devices Act) is essential for

• Bonn / Hamburg - 10.01.2011 m8 Capital announces US$ 4.2 million investment in Schad

  m8 Capital, the venture capital fund investing exclusively in mobile technology, announced today a US$ 4.2 million investment in German mobile technology company SCHAD. SCHAD’s technology allows engineering staff of global enterprises to remotely access, monitor and manage their plants, systems and facilities from mobile phones (BlackBerry/iPhone/Android/Windows) and other mobile devices

• Bonn / Berlin - 22.12.2010 High-Tech Gründerfonds invests in Berlin-based startup 6 Wunderkinder

  The young Berlin-based startup 6 Wunderkinder closed the second investment: The investment of 500,000 Euro is primarily used for financing the technical realization of wunderkit. The launch for wunderkit is planned for the first half year 2011.  wunderkit, a modern working and productivity platform is supposed to help companies, freelancers, and other groups to connect and work efficiently on

• Bonn / Hamburg - 16.12.2010 Mikestar.com and TalentRun.com – duet rather than duel

  The duel turns into a singing duet. The two online karaoke portals and former rivals Mikestar.com and TalentRun.com are merging to become a single company. Both brands are as of now under the umbrella of Mikestar GmbH. However, the two karaoke sides will remain and will continue to be available to their users in the future. The merger of these two portals now gives them a joint base of about half

• Bonn/ Dresden - 10.12.2010 Software company ubigrate again convinces investors

  High-Tech Gründerfonds, sympasis innovation capital and KfW-Bankengruppe are investing jointly in the future of ubigrate. ubigrate is growing successfully and has secured a significant amount of capital in a second round of financing. The software company, established in 2008 in Dresden, specialises in business activity monitoring (BAM) in production and logistics. Its products provide

• Bonn / Berlin - 08.12.2010 Raumfeld gains strategic partner – exit for High-Tech Gründerfonds

  High-Tech Gründerfonds has successfully sold its shares in Raumfeld GmbH. Lautsprecher Teufel, Europe’s no. 1 direct seller of loudspeaker and home cinema systems, has taken over Raumfeld, the specialist in multi-room audio systems. Based on its unique, patent-pending software, Raumfeld has since 2009 been successfully developing and selling its own audio systems, which turn the enjoyment of