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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.
Average disclosed round size is $29.3M (across 41 rounds with reported amounts).
Portfolio
203
Fund Size
—
Top Stage
Seed
Last 12 Mo
22
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
239 investments
| Company | Round | Amount | Date |
|---|---|---|---|
 Computomics | Series B | — | Aug 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 |
 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 |
 AILOS Robotics | Seed | — | Dec 2025 |
 dotega | Pre-Seed | — | Nov 2025 |
 Reflex Aerospace | Series A | — | Nov 2025 |
| SScavenger AI | Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 Zeeg | Pre-Seed | — | Oct 2025 |
 Tubulis | Series C | — | Oct 2025 |
 Factor2 Energy | Unknown | $9.1M | Sep 2025 |
 TrustNXT | Pre-Seed | — | Sep 2025 |
 Tangany | Series A | — | Sep 2025 |
 RedMimicry | Seed | — | Aug 2025 |
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Top Co-Investors
Bayern Kapital30 shared
Boehringer Ingelheim Venture Fund15 shared
NRW.BANK9 shared
Carma Fund8 shared
Wellington Management7 shared
coparion7 shared
Plug and Play Tech Center6 shared
UVC Partners5 shared
Seventure Partners4 shared
APX4 shared
Auxxo Female Catalyst Fund4 shared
Verve Ventures4 shared
KfW4 shared
Bpifrance4 shared
Robin Capital4 shared
Brandenburg Kapital4 shared
xDeck3 shared
Creandum3 shared
Andera Partners3 shared
Fund+3 shared
Last updated: 7 September 2026