High-Tech Gründerfonds

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Type: Venture FundStage: Pre-Seed, Seed, Series ALead: Leads or followsCheck: Up to €1MFund Size: $500M-999MLocation: GermanyContinent: EuropeWebsite

High-Tech Grunderfonds is a Bonn, Germany-based public-private venture capital partnership founded in 2005 managing $500M-999M to invest in 800+ high-tech startups across industrial tech, deep tech, climate tech, digital tech, life sciences, and chemistry. The firm has mobilized EUR 8B+ in private capital since inception, supporting visionary founders in pre-seed and seed stages with capital and extensive technical and industry expert networks. HTGF announced integration of the DeepTech & Climate Fonds from February 1, 2026, maintaining climate tech as a core focus area with EUR 50M+ per investment capacity. The firm combines government backing from the Federal Ministry for Economic Affairs and KfW Capital with private investor networks to accelerate deep tech commercialization.

Clean Energy GenerationTransportationAgricultureAdvanced ManufacturingCarbon CaptureUtilizationand StorageClimate AdaptationConservationWater TechBuilt EnvironmentSoftware and SaaS

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