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HTGF

Venture Capital · Founded 2005 · Bonn, Germany

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Seed investor for start-ups in the fields of digital tech, industrial technology, life sciences, chemistry and related business areas - Based in Bonn, Germany

578 portfolio companies Venture Capital · $4.3B invested · 881 investments · Investor rank #675 · Last investment 7/2026
Portfolio companies 578 ↑ 42% 5y
Decacorns 0
Thoroughbreds 5
Power Law #340Investor Ranking · Global · 2026 · Top 2%
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Exits

HTGF’s biggest exits.

Portfolio companies that IPO’d or were acquired at $1B+, with the valuation recorded at exit and — for those still public — their value today. Exit events come from each company’s funding-round history; entry stage from HTGF’s transaction record.

Tubulis
$3.1B acquisition · 2026
Entered Series AHealth
MYR
$1.3B acquisition · 2020
Entered SeedHealth
Cardior Pharmaceuticals
$1.1B acquisition · 2024
Entered Series AHealth
Hornetsecurity
$1.0B acquisition · 2025
Entered SeedSecurity
Portfolio analysis

Where HTGF’s portfolio is concentrated.

Distribution of portfolio companies by headquarters country, sector, entry stage and current growth stage. Across all 578 portfolio companies. "Stage entered" is the first priced round the investor joined, derived from the investor’s transaction history.

By countryCount
  1. Germany502
  2. Switzerland26
  3. USA10
  4. UK8
  5. Netherlands7
  6. France6
  7. Belgium5
  8. Austria3
  9. Denmark3
  10. Finland2
  11. Portugal2
  12. Estonia1
By sectorCount
  1. Health166
  2. Enterprise Software121
  3. Energy62
  4. Fintech46
  5. Semiconductors32
  6. Marketing31
  7. Transportation27
  8. Food24
  9. Robotics23
  10. Security23
  11. Media20
  12. Real Estate16
By stage enteredCount
  1. Seed441
  2. Series A116
  3. Series B+18
By growth stageCount
  1. Early Growth456
  2. Breakout Stage100
  3. Late Growth21
  4. Mature1
Portfolio market map

Inside HTGF’s portfolio.

The 60 highest-funded portfolio companies, of 578 tracked.

Proxima Fusion
Energy · Unicorn
$2.6B
EGYM
Wellness Beauty · Unicorn
$1.2B
Tubulis
Health · Unicorn
$3.1B
Alentis Therapeutics
Health
$900M
commercetools
Marketing · Unicorn
$1.9B
Orbex Space
Space
INERATEC
Energy
$519M
Mister Spex
Fashion
$52M
Ferroelectric Memory Company
Semiconductors
$339M
Neural Concept
Engineering and Manufacturing Equipment
$400M
Instagrid
Energy
$450M
Heliatek
Energy
$66M
Sdui
Education
$92M
ZE Energy
Energy
$238M
Emergence Therapeutics
Health
$383M
Resolve
Health
$284M
Cardior Pharmaceuticals
Health · Unicorn
$1.1B
FTAPI Software
Security
$66M
Windeln.de
Kids
$5.9M
SimScale
Enterprise Software
$226M
Taxdoo
Legal
$256M
Mosanna Therapeutics
Health
$320M
SciRhom
Health
$277M
CustomCells
Energy
$277M
Reflex Aerospace
Space
$220M
Heparegenix
Health
$95M
eyeo
Semiconductors
$176M
Plancraft
Fintech
$167M
Outfittery
Fashion
$88M
AIgnostics
Health
$136M
Blickfeld
Security
$155M
Abalos Therapeutics
Health
$143M
Bitwala
Fintech
$440K
Magazino
Robotics
$92M
WISE
Health
$55M
Wirelane
Energy
$99M
Amal Therapeutics
Health
$358M
Dualyx
Health
$176M
traceless materials
Food
$161M
CryoTherapeutics
Health
$68M
Quentic
Legal
$3.6M
VMRay
Security
$75M
OMEICOS Therapeutics
Health
$68M
ATMOS Space Cargo
Space
$113M
Avelios Medical
Health
$132M
Graylog
Enterprise Software
$36M
Qwist
Fintech
$97M
Banxware
Fintech
$66M
Stocard
Fintech
$116M
Rigontec
Health
$510M
Sunvigo
Energy
Synapticon
Robotics
$40M
FAZUA
Transportation
$66M
Doinstruct
Food
$73M
mbiomics
Health
$72M
Tacalyx
Health
$48M
Venly
Fintech
$92M
Resourcify
Energy
$62M
node.energy
Energy
$66M
kupando
Health
$72M
Portfolio founders

Where HTGF’s portfolio founders come from.

198 founders across the 100 highest-funded portfolio companies — by current location, university attended, and the companies they worked at before founding. Sourced from the founder records the API links to each portfolio company.

LocationCount
  1. Germany150
  2. Switzerland13
  3. Netherlands8
  4. United Kingdom5
  5. Belgium3
  6. Italy3
  7. United States3
  8. Chile2
  9. Denmark2
  10. France2
UniversityCount
  1. Technical University Munich17
  2. Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich13
  3. Technical University Berlin9
  4. Karlsruhe Institute of Technology7
  5. University of Heidelberg7
  6. Otto-von-Guericke-University Magdeburg5
  7. University of Bonn5
  8. Dresden University of Technology4
  9. Hult International Business School4
  10. INSEAD Business School4
Previous companyCount
  1. McKinsey & Company5
  2. Autonomous Intelligent Driving4
  3. Bosch4
  4. Massachusetts Institute of Technology4
  5. Siemens4
  6. Technical University Munich4
  7. BMW Group3
  8. Bosch Solar Energy3
  9. EIFER3
  10. ETH Zurich3
How HTGF stacks up

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Key people

Key people at HTGF.

Romy Schnelle
Romy Schnelle
Managing Director
 Tanja Emmerling
Tanja Emmerling
Partner
 Alexander Bruehl
Alexander Bruehl
Co-Founder
 Alexander von Frankenberg
Alexander von Frankenberg
Founder
 Michael Brandkamp
Michael Brandkamp
Co-Founder
Source: Dealroom next-gen API — investor team endpoint.
Figures on this page are sourced live from the Dealroom next-gen API, joined with Dealroom’s cap-table dataset (estimated holdings) and the Power Law Investor Ranking. News in “Featured in” is drawn from Dealroom’s own coverage — the stories that name this investor, not only those it is the subject of. Market sentiment is omitted until the API exposes it.