INLEAP Photonics develops precision laser-beam steering for industrial processing and counter-drone defense.
High-Tech Gründerfonds
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High-Tech Gründerfonds is a venture platform backing German and European technology businesses from pre-seed through growth, across deep tech, life sciences and digital technology.
Its specialist investment areas separate industrial, climate and deep technology from life sciences and chemistry, and from digital technology. That structure accommodates companies with scientific development and industrial deployment requirements alongside software businesses.
HTGF’s mandate includes technologies that are early, complex or require a long development horizon. Its team combines technical specialists and startup operators, connecting research-led founders with financing and an industrial investment network as they commercialise their work.
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- 0 11 roles undisclosed
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- 12 First participation on record · 0 follow-on
- Funding in participating rounds
- $116.8M 9 disclosed · full round size, not this investor’s share
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12 in this selectionDevelops manufacturing technology for MicroLED displays
Develops solid-state electrocaloric refrigeration systems eliminating compressors and conventional refrigerants
Develops nanostructured sensor chips for rapid pathogen detection in food
Develops nanophotonic colour-splitting technology for image sensors used in mobile, XR and industrial systems
Enables property owners to deploy and bill shared rooftop solar in multi-family buildings
Develops orbital transport and re-entry vehicles
Develops AI-powered visual self-checkout solutions for food service operators
Develops new generation of data converters for modern communication and sensor systems
Develops propulsion systems for in-orbit manoeuvring
Develops ultra-high-resolution real-time intraoperative imaging for brain surgery
Develops wafer-level thermal management solutions for advanced semiconductor and photonic devices