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Equity

High-Tech Gründerfonds

High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF)

Status

Open continuously

No deadline — apply whenever you are ready.

Always open
Amount
€30,000,000

EQUITY, NOT A GRANT. "Der Sweet Spot unserer Erstinvestitionen in Pre-Seed und Seed liegt bei 800.000+ Euro." "In Wachstumsrunden können wir bis zu 30 Millionen Euro in ein Startup aus unserem Portfolio investieren." Follow-on capital is reserved for existing portfolio companies only.

Funder

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH

ppp · national

Deadline: Open all year — Continuous; pitch decks accepted at any time via the 'Mein Pitch' form.

Your odds
Not published

This funder does not publish a success rate. We rank it using the rate observed across similar programmes and label it as an estimate rather than implying we know.

Effort
moderate

Moderate — a form and supporting documents.

Who can apply

"Wir investieren frühphasig in Unternehmen, die nicht älter als drei Jahre sind." Focus sectors: "Digital Tech, Industrial, Climate & Deep Tech, Life Sciences, Chemie oder angrenzenden Tech-Bereichen". Company must be headquartered in Germany or have a German operating base. This is an equity investment, not public aid.

How to apply

  1. Submit a pitch deck via the 'Mein Pitch' form on the HTGF website. — link
  2. Screening and due diligence by the relevant sector team.
  3. Investment as lead investor, typically alongside co-investors from the HTGF network.

What you will need

Related reading: How grant deadlines actually work

Apply on the funder's site

Source. https://www.htgf.de/de/

"Der Sweet Spot unserer Erstinvestitionen in Pre-Seed und Seed liegt bei 800.000+ Euro. […] Wir investieren frühphasig in Unternehmen, die nicht älter als drei Jahre sind."

Verified on 14 August 2026

Source: funder's homepage — the programme page was not found

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