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High-Tech Gründerfonds

Venture capital · Bonn, Germany · Europe

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High-Tech Gründerfonds is a venture capital firm that invests in young high-tech startups, providing seed financing to take an idea through prototyping to market launch. It describes itself as a multi-stage VC platform backing tech founders from pre-seed to growth with capital and network.

Invests inHealthcare & BiotechAI & Machine LearningIndustrial & Manufacturing

In its own wordsdeep techlife sciencesdigital techclimate techindustrial techbiotech

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115portfolio companies
81funding rounds on record32 led
55rounds, last 12 months
$5M to $20Mtypical round it comes in at
Seedmost frequent entry
EUR 272 millionlatest fund

High-Tech Gründerfonds lists 115 checked portfolio companies on its own site and is named in 81 funding rounds, 32 of them as lead. Its most frequent entry is Seed, 68% of the companies with a known first round. Its largest themes are Healthcare & Biotech (21%), AI & Machine Learning (20%) and Industrial & Manufacturing (18%). 78% of its companies are based in Germany. It invests most often alongside Bayern Kapital, Creative Destruction Lab and Robin Capital.

Counts come from funding rounds that name High-Tech Gründerfonds, complete from mid-2025: earlier rounds appear only when they were reported later. Round amounts and full round histories are on Fundup AI.

Entry stage

share of companies by the stage of its first round
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Share of companies by the stage of the firm's first round
Value
Pre-seed5%
Seed68%
Series A21%
Series B4%
Growth3%

Activity by year

rounds it joined, last 10 years
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Funding rounds per year
TotalRounds it led
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Investor profile

percentile among all firms
Portfolio size: 114 companiesRecent activity: 55 rounds in 12 monthsEarly stage: 73% of entries at pre-seed or seedEvidence: 7% of companies confirmed by a roundSector focus: 21% in its largest sectorReach: 10 countriesPortfolio size97th pctRecent activity100th pctEarly stage81th pctEvidence69th pctSector focus18th pctReach95th pct
This firmMedian of all firms
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High-Tech Gründerfonds compared with all firms
MeasurePercentile of all firmsValue
Portfolio size97th114 companies
Recent activity100th55 rounds in 12 months
Early stage81th73% of entries at pre-seed or seed
Evidence69th7% of companies confirmed by a round
Sector focus18th21% in its largest sector
Reach95th10 countries

Investment themes

share of its checked companies

This firmAll checked companies

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Investment themes
This firmAll checked companies
Healthcare & Biotech21%15%
AI & Machine Learning20%18%
Industrial & Manufacturing18%7%
Education6%7%
Enterprise Software5%8%
E-commerce & Marketplaces5%6%
Real Estate & Construction4%3%
Cybersecurity4%4%

Invests most often with

firms sharing its portfolio companies
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Co-investors
Share
Bayern Kapital9
Creative Destruction Lab5
Robin Capital5
NRW.Venture4
UVC Partners4
Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund3
D11Z.Ventures3
Kickfund3

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Its portfolio companies

where they are based, and what their own sites show

Headquarters

Site status

  • Site answers115100%
  • No longer answers00%
  • Points to another company00%
  • Parked or sold domain00%

A site that stops answering three checks in a row is counted as no longer answering; that is not proof of closure. A site that points to another company is often an acquisition.

Compare High-Tech Gründerfonds head to head

portfolio size, rounds, entry stages, themes and the companies both back

Three or more firms at once: portfolio overlap.

Funds

as stated on its site
HTGF I"EUR 272 million" on its site
HTGF II"EUR 301.5 million" on its site

Recent portfolio activity

when companies last raised with High-Tech Gründerfonds
DateCompanyStage
9 Nov 2026SRTD Biotechsrtd-biotech.comSeed
4 Nov 2026Biograilbiograil.comRound
14 Oct 2026Ceregateceregate.comSeries C+
8 Oct 2026TODAYusetoday.ioSeed Led
6 Oct 2026Finchesfinches.aiPre-Seed Led
24 Sept 2026Kontextkontext.securitySeed
18 Sept 2026Arcosarcos.euSeed Led
17 Sept 2026sytesyte.msSeries A

Round details for High-Tech Gründerfonds

Amounts, full round histories and every co-investor in High-Tech Gründerfonds' rounds are on Fundup AI. VCinfo covers investors and their portfolios.

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Portfolio

115 companies checked against their own sites
CompanyWhat it doesThemesFirst round with itEvidence
7Learnings7learnings.com · Germany
May 2025Series BFunding round
AILOS Roboticsailos-robotics.com · BelgiumAILOS Robotics produces gearboxes for robotics and automation.
Robotics & Hardware
Dec 2025SeedFunding round
Alentis Therapeuticsalentis.ch · SwitzerlandAlentis Therapeutics is a clinical-stage biotech company that treats cancer and reverses fibrosis by developing anti-Claudin-1 antibody-drug conjugates and monoclonal antibodies
Healthcare & Biotech
Portfolio page
Alpine Eaglealpineeagle.com · GermanyAlpine Eagle provides scalable defence capabilities against autonomous threats
AI & Machine LearningAI & Machine Learning
Mar 2025SeedFunding round
Altavoaltavo.eu · GermanyAltavo is a medical device startup that works to help voiceless people regain their own, natural-sounding voice using non-invasive silent speech technology
Healthcare & Biotech
Jan 2026Series AFunding round
Arcosarcos-global.com · EuropeArcos combines monitoring expertise with a modern platform to assess alarms, filter false positives, and document incidents.
Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction
Portfolio page
Arcosarcos.eu · EuropeArcos combines monitoring expertise with a modern platform to assess alarms, filter false positives, and document incidents.
Industrial & ManufacturingReal Estate & Construction
Sept 2026SeedFunding round
Argá Medtechargamedtech.comArgá Medtech develops technology for cardiac ablation to treat atrial fibrillation
Healthcare & Biotech
Portfolio page
ATMOS Space Cargoatmos-space-cargo.com · EuropeATMOS Space Cargo builds reusable spacecraft and return logistics for spaceflight
Space & Defense
Apr 2026Series AFunding round
Auxilius.aiauxilius.ai · GermanyAuxilius.ai provides continuous risk and control assessment for internal audit and business decisions
FintechCybersecurity
Jul 2026Pre-SeedFunding round
Avelios Medicalavelios.com · GermanyAvelios Medical develops a clinical information system for hospitals using artificial intelligence
Healthcare & Biotech
Feb 2025Series APage + round
Bind-Xbind-x.comBind-X provides biological dust control for mining haul roads, tailings storage facilities, and stockpiles.
Industrial & ManufacturingAI & Machine Learning
Portfolio page
Biograilbiograil.com · DenmarkBiograil is a pre-clinical stage pharmaceutical company unlocking the potential of transforming the tremendous market of injectable pharmaceutical products into convenient oral capsules
Healthcare & Biotech
Nov 2026RoundPage + round
brainjobrainjo.de · GermanyThe company develops virtual reality training and therapeutic applications for health issues such as ADHS and anxiety disorders.
Healthcare & Biotech
Apr 2026SeedFunding round
BTRYbtry.ch · SwitzerlandBTRY develops and produces solid-state batteries for various applications, including IoT, MedTech, and consumer electronics.
ConsumerHealthcare & Biotech
Nov 2025SeedFunding round
c-LEctac-lecta.com · Germanyc-LEcta is a global biotechnology company with over 20 years experience in the development, production and distribution of enzyme products
Food & AgricultureHealthcare & Biotech
Portfolio page
Cancilicocancilico.com · GermanyCancilico develops AI-assisted bone marrow morphology technology for diagnostics in hematology
Healthcare & Biotech
Jan 2026SeedFunding round
Ceregateceregate.com · GermanyCeregate is developing a computer-brain interface platform for therapeutic solutions.
Healthcare & Biotech
Oct 2026Series C+Funding round
Certivitycertivity.io · GermanyCertivity provides a platform for managing regulations, standards, and internal documents to help companies with product compliance
Enterprise SoftwareAI & Machine Learning
Jul 2025Series AFunding round
Chaos Groupchaos.comChaos Group develops and provides design and visualization software
Media & EntertainmentEnterprise Software
Portfolio page

About this data

site last read 5 Nov 2026
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Site
htgf.de
Last read
5 Nov 2026
Watching since
5 Nov 2026
Rounds since
1 Apr 2024
Companies checked
115

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