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High-Tech Gründerfonds is a public–private partnership and was founded in 2005 to address a funding gap in early stages and foster growth in high-tech startups.
Across its four generations of seed funds, investors include the Federal Ministry of Economic Affairs and Energy, the KfW Banking Group owned by the federal government, and industrial groups of ALTANA, BASF, B.Braun, Robert Bosch, BÜFA, CEWE, Deutsche Post DHL, Dräger, Drillisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, Körber, LANXESS, media + more venture Beteiligungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Postbank, QIAGEN, RWE Generation SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Thüga, Vector Informatik und WACKER. HTGF has a fund volume of over 2 billion euros across all funds, including the HTGF Opportunity Fund launched in 2024.
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