Investors in JENETRIC GmbH have closed a second round of financing. “The whole team impressed us with their determination, performance and ambitious plans for the future. We look forward to supporting their further development,” said Karin Rabe, Investment Manager at bm|t,…
NovaPump GmbH, a young cardiology company from Jena, closed another round of financing with bm|t (beteiligungsmanagement thüringen gmbh) – a subsidiary of the Thüringer Aufbaubank – and Sparkasse Jena-Saale. “This funding will allow the company to develop its technologies and…
On December 1, 2015, bm|t beteiligungsmanagement thüringen GmbH (bm|t) launched another fund called Mittelstands-Fonds Thüringen GmbH & Co. KG (MFT). The fund has a volume of €40 million and invests in established small and medium-sized companies that have above-average growth…
As part of the long-term preparation for the succession plan of PDV-Systeme GmbH, Aheim Capital, NORD Holding and TIB / bm|t have acquired shares in the Erfurt-based company. PDV-Systeme GmbH founder and longtime CEO, Wolfgang Schulz, has handed over the…
Three bm|t portfolio companies – jenetric GmbH, Zeilenwert GmbH and SecondSol GmbH – were awarded the ThEx (Thuringia Center for Start-ups and Entrepreneurship) Start-up Prize and took home a total of €23,000 in prize money. The ThEx Start-up Prize is…
On November 9, 2015, bm|t (beteiligungsmanagement thüringen GmbH) was awarded the management of two new funds with a total volume of €56.3 million, to be invested in Thuringian start-up and growth companies over the next five years. The Thüringer Start-up-Fonds…
Rotorvox, the manufacturer of full carbon fiber gyrocopters, was awarded the KfW Founders’ Champion 2015 Award for the state of Thuringia. With its already-airworthy Rotorvox C2A, the Thuringian aviation company won the confidence of a jury of representatives from the…
The smallest ten-finger scanner in the world was unveiled by the Jena startup JENETRIC in Tampa, Florida, at the Global Identity Summit, the primary international conference of the security industry. The “LIVETOUCH quattro” takes up only about a third of…
Biotech company oncgnostics GmbH has received CE-IVD approval to market the “GynTect” test for the detection of cervical cancer and its precursors. The test, based on cellular epigenetic biomarkers, delivers test results quickly and reliably, thus enabling cases of cancer…
Vienna/Jena – Jena-based siOPTICA GmbH has signed a shareholder agreement with Constantia New Business GmbH, the corporate venture capital arm of Constantia Industries AG, Vienna. With the newly-won capital, siOPTICA will extend its product portfolio of switchable privacy filters and…