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High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a public-private venture capital firm based in Bonn, Germany, founded in 2005. It is one of Germany's most active seed investors, financing high-tech startups across Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech, Life Sciences & Chemistry, and Digital Tech sectors.
Their most common stage is seed (42% of deals). Average disclosed round size is $22.6M (across 66 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
340
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
28
Team
JS
Jana Schönfeld
Managing Director
Sebastian Borek
Managing Director
Curtis MacDonald
Venture Partner
Dr. Bernd Goergen
Partner
FN
Florian Nöll
Partner, Corporate Development & Ventureing
Portfolio Breakdown
Stage Distribution
Sector Distribution
Investment Activity
DealsAvg Round Size
Portfolio
497 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Zymofix | Unknown | — | Sep 2026 |
 Syte | Series A | — | Sep 2026 |
 Computomics | Series B | — | Aug 2026 |
 eyeo B.V. | Series A | — | May 2026 |
 Eyeo | Series A | — | May 2026 |
 eyeo | Series A | — | May 2026 |
 VREY | Seed | — | Apr 2026 |
 Visiolab | Series A | $11M | Apr 2026 |
 Covalo | Seed | $3.7M | Apr 2026 |
 emproof | Unknown | — | Mar 2026 |
 Mycoverse | Pre-Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
 NOXON | Seed | — | Mar 2026 |
 Co-reactive | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
| CCoolSem Technologies | Pre-Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 ISPTech | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 PROXIMA FUSION GMBH | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
 Primogene | Unknown | — | Jan 2026 |
| RRevier Therapeutics | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
| TTwogee | Seed | — | Jan 2026 |
| Zymofix | Series A | $6.8M | Jan 2026 |
 Neural Concept | Series C | $100M | Dec 2025 |
 Zentio | Pre-Seed | — | Dec 2025 |
 FION Energy | Pre-Seed | — | Dec 2025 |
 SereneDB | Pre-Seed | $2.1M | Dec 2025 |
 Delft Circuits | Unknown | — | Dec 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Bayern Kapital50 shared
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund24 shared
European Innovation Council (EIC)21 shared
NRW.BANK20 shared
coparion15 shared
Seventure Partners14 shared
UVC Partners12 shared
Wellington Management11 shared
Carma Fund10 shared
Andera Partners9 shared
private angel investors9 shared
Verve Ventures9 shared
Forbion8 shared
LBBW VC8 shared
Brandenburg Kapital8 shared
xDeck7 shared
EQT Life Sciences7 shared
Fund+7 shared
Qbic7 shared
Last updated: 20 October 2026