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Gruenderfonds’ stake in Terrawater flows to Taprogge

High-Tech Gruenderfonds, the venture capital firm backed by the German government and a host of Germany-based corporations, exited water filtration technology company Terrawater yesterday, selling its stake to Taprogge Esaco, a holding company for Germany-based clean technology firm Taprogge. High-Tech Gruenderfonds contributed to a €600,000 ($420,000) seed round for Terrawater in September 2007, while Taprogge… Continue reading Gruenderfonds’ stake in Terrawater flows to Taprogge

6Wunderkinder goes Atomico

Germany-based mobile application (app) developer 6Wunderkinder secured $4.2m in funding on Wednesday last week from Atomico, the venture capital firm set up by Kazaa and Skype co-founder Niklas Zennstrӧm. 6Wunderkinder secured €500,000 ($665,000) of seed funding in December last year from corporate-backed venture capital firm High Tech Gründerfonds. This was followed by a further, undisclosed… Continue reading 6Wunderkinder goes Atomico

Google won’t renew energy initiative

Internet company Google retired its Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal fund on Tuesday as part of a ‘spring cleaning’ operation that saw it shut down several projects initiated by the company which it feels it can no longer successfully sustain. Renewable Energy Cheaper than Coal operated as part of Google.org, the firm’s philanthropic division, with… Continue reading Google won’t renew energy initiative