High-Tech GründerFonds

About

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) is a German public-private seed fund, created in 2005 and based in Bonn, with offices in Berlin and Munich. Its subscribers include the federal government, through the Ministry of Economy, KfW Capital, and dozens of industrial companies: 45 for the fourth fund, closed at €493.8 million in 2023. Its successive funds represent over €2 billion, and it has funded more than 800 young companies since its inception, in digital, industry, climate and deeptech, life sciences, and chemistry. It invests starting from €800,000 in the first round, in pre-seed and seed, and can follow up to €30 million in growth rounds. Among its exits: Tubulis, acquired by Gilead in 2026. In France, the database lists it in deeptech companies: Hprobe in 2020, ZE Energy in 2020 and 2021, Samp in 2022, and Laclarée Vision in 2025. For a French founder developing a business in Germany, it is a seed co-investor backed by the federal government.

Key facts

Type: Venture Capital
Stages: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series A, Growth
Sectors: Agnostic, B2B, B2C, Consumer, Business management software, Marketplace, Software/SaaS, Vertical SaaS, Advertising/Media, Agritech, AI & Automation, Beauty/Fashion, Blockchain/Crypto, Data & Infrastructure, Cyber & Security, Defense, Education, Energy, Fintech & Insurtech, Foodtech, Gaming, Hospitality/Tourism/Travel, Future of work/HR, Industry & Manufacturing, Legaltech/Regtech, Logistics/Supply chain, Martech, Mobility & Transportation, Proptech/Construction, Retail/Future of Commerce, Digital health, Climate/Cleantech/Greentech, Deeptech, Quantum, Healthcare, Spacetech/Aerospace
Headquarters: Germany
Offices: Bonn, Berlin, Munich
Geographic focus: France,Europe
Founded: 2005

Track record

Total investments: 800
Exits: 200

Notable investments

Aerleum, Laclarée Vision

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Funds by stage

Other funds investing at the same stages, list by list.

Funds by sector

The funds investing in each sector, based on their rounds over the last 36 months.