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NS1 Completes Acquisition of Datapath.io's Network Optimization Technologies

NS1, the leader in next generation DNS and traffic management solutions, announced today that it has completed the acquisition of network performance optimization...

ArangoDB secures $10 million Series A investment as global demand for its native multi-model database accelerates

ArangoDB, the leading open source native multi-model database, today announced it has raised $10 million in a Series A financing led by Bow Capital, and...

TechBrunch @ Düsseldorf on 19 March 2019

Target Partners is coming to Düsseldorf on the 19th of March 2019 for a TechBrunch! Michael Münnix and Jakob Herold of Target Partners will be joined by...

German Autolabs Receives € 7 Million to Take Digital Assistant Chris to Market and Further Develop Voice AI platform for Automotive

German Autolabs, the Berlin-based startup behind Chris, the world’s first voice AI enabled digital assistant for in-car usage, today announced additional...

corrux raises $3.1 million seed funding led by Target Partners to bring AI to industrial equipment

corrux, an analytics layer for industrial equipment on job sites, raises $3.1 million of seed financing led by German venture capital firm Target Partners,...

Adjust acquires Unbotify, the pioneers in cybersecurity & AI

San Francisco / Berlin, January 22, 2019 - Adjust, the industry leader in mobile measurement and fraud prevention, today announced that it has entered...

Cision® Acquires Leading Social Media Company Falcon.io

Cision (NYSE: CISN) today announced it has acquired Falcon.io, a leading social media company with offices in New York, Copenhagen, Sofia, Berlin, Melbourne...

NavVis raises $35.5M to accelerate global expansion and meet rising enterprise demand for digital twin technology

NavVis, the leading global provider of indoor spatial intelligence solutions for enterprises, today announced that it has closed a $35.5 million investment...

Adjust announces the acquisition of Acquired.io

Adjust, the industry leader in mobile measurement and fraud prevention, today announced that it has entered into a definitive agreement to acquire the...

TechBrunch @ Munich on 17 Jan 2019

Target Partners is kicking off its TechBrunch Season 2019 in our home town Munich! We @ Target Partners would love to invite you to an informal networking...

tado° raises USD 50m in new financing round

tado°, the leader in intelligent home climate management, attracts USD 50m in international investment from Amazon, E.ON, Total Energy Ventures, Energy...

TechBrunch @ Aachen on 16 Nov 2018

Our next TechBrunch is coming to Aachen on the 16th of November 2018. We @ Target Partners would love to invite you to an informal networking brunch for...

Instana secures $30 million Series C investment led by Meritech to extend automated monitoring

Funding to Fuel New Levels of Automation in APM Solution and Accelerate Global Expansion

Abusix Inc. Announces Growth of Worldwide Business Development Team; New Sales Offices in Canada, Brazil & Argentina

Abusix Inc., a leader in abuse desk orchestration & automation for Service Providers, expands its Global Sales and Support capabilities with the hiring...

TechBrunch is coming to Frankfurt on 12 Jul 2018

Our next TechBrunch is coming to Frankfurt on the 12th of July 2018. We @ Target Partners would love to invite you to an informal networking brunch for...

Berlin-based SENIC GmbH raises 4M USD to build Premium Smart Home Systems that put Design first

Berlin-based hardware and software startup Senic has announced a 4m USD series seed funding from American and German investors including Birchmere Ventures,...

German Tech Startups on the Rise

Record year brings Target Partners’ portfolio market cap over €1 billion Munich, January 30, 2018: German technology venture capital investor Target Partners...

Swarm64 raises USD $12.5m in Series B financing round led by Intel Capital

Swarm64 - an enabler of real-time analytics for high velocity and big data - has raised $12.5 million USD in a Series B round led by Intel Capital and...

Instana secures $20M Series B Funding Round led by Accel

Funding to Fuel Growth of AI-Driven APM Solution and Accelerate Global Expansion San Francisco, CA, US and Solingen, Germany – December 14, 2017 – Instana,...

Target Partners welcomes new Technology Analyst

Johannes Landgraf joins early-stage venture firm's team Munich, November 21, 2017: Johannes Landgraf (linkedin.com/in/johanneslandgraf) has joined Munich-based...

TIS Raises Further $12m As Demand Grows for its Leading SaaS B2B Payment Platform

Investment from 83North will be used to continue rapid global expansion Walldorf, Germany, November 9, 2017: TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH),...

Jan Wolter joins Target Partners as new Venture Partner

Founder and CEO of Applause EU strengthens VC’s Startup Network Munich, July 25, 2017: Munich Venture Capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

German Superconductor Manufacturer Closes 7 Million Euro Financing Round

Target Partners invests along with new investor EnBW New Ventures and other existing shareholders Munich/Ismaning (Germany), July 5, 2017: – Additional...

ArangoDB Finalizes 4.2 Million Euro Investment Led by Target Partners

Funding to accelerate and strengthen the company’s US-based presence Munich/Cologne (Germany), June 29, 2017: – ArangoDB GmbH (www.arangodb.com), the company...

Mercateo has secured successful growth financing

Quarton International supports growth financing for Europe's leading independent B2B marketplace Mercateo Munich, June 27, 2017 – Quarton International...

tado° appoints Toon Bouten as Chief Executive Officer

Munich, Germany, June 20, 2017 - tado GmbH announced today that Toon Bouten will succeed Christian Deilmann as Chief Executive Officer, effective July...

Iris Ostermaier is new Venture Partner at Target Partners

Consumer Business Expert strengthens team at Tech Venture Capital Investor Munich, June 20, 2017: Munich-based Venture Capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

High-Calibre Council Appointees for THEVA

Dr. Georg Bednorz, Prof. Dr. Klaus Töpfer and Dr. Lothar Stein as advisors Ismaning, 20 June 2017 – Since 1 June, THEVA management is reinforced by a Senior...

Dominik Tobschall joins Target Partners

Munich (Germany), January 31, 2017: Dominik Tobschall (twitter.com/DominikTo, linkedin.com/in/dominiktobschall) joined venture capital firm Target Partners...

ArangoDB Closes 2.2 Million Euro Investment Led by Target Partners

Funding to accelerate the company’s product development and international expansion Munich/Cologne (Germany), November 24, 2016: – ArangoDB GmbH (www.arangodb.com),...

Artificial Intelligence Goes Automotive: German Autolabs Secures Seed Funding to Develop First Digital Co-Driver

Target Partners and business angels invest 2 million euros AI to make in-car smartphone use safer IoT product transforms every car into a connected car To...

ARCUS Capital übernimmt Deutschlands führenden Auktionssender 1-2-3.tv

München/Grünwald, 24. Oktober 2016: ARCUS Capital AG („ARCUS“) übernimmt zusammen mit der BE Beteiligungen Fonds GmbH & Co. KG von den bisherigen Finanzinvestoren...

Senic Secures Seed Financing from Target Partners

Berlin-based hardware startup pioneers natural user interfaces for smart home control Munich/Berlin (Germany), August 30, 2016: Senic (www.senic.com),...

eCAPITAL and Bavarian Growth Fund invest in THEVA

Target Partners and Bayerische Beteiligungsgesellschaft increase their investment in second financing round Ismaning, July 4, 2016 – In a second financing...

Holger Weiss joins Target Partners as Venture Partner

Experienced entrepreneur and connected mobility expert strengthens tech Venture Capital firm Munich, June 29, 2016: Munich-based Venture Capital firm Target...

Instana Secures $6 Million Led by Target Partners

Next Generation Application Performance Monitoring To Meet Challenges of Modern Software Architectures Munich/Solingen (Germany) / San Mateo (CA), June...

GRENKE Bank AG and existing shareholders invest €4m in Munich-based InsurTech company Finanzchef24

GRENKE Bank - along with existing shareholders Target Partners, HW Capital und MERCURA CAPITAL - leads a €4m financing round for Finanzchef24 GmbH. Finanzchef24...

tado° raises $23m to internationally scale its service offerings

tado° among the world's best funded IoT startups / Venture capital rises to 57 million dollars Focus remains on being the leader in intelligent home climate...

Target Partners and Speedinvest invest in datapath.io

Optimizing data routing at the core of the Internet infrastructure Munich/Vienna/Mainz, February 18, 2016: datapath.io (www.datapath.io), founded in Germany...

Three Million Euro for the Digitalization of Hotel Rooms with SuitePad

Munich, February 02, 2016: Berlin-based SuitePad GmbH (www.suitepad.de) announced a three million Euro financing round today. SuitePad provides hotels...

Target Partners names Michael Münnix as Partner

Munich, January 12, 2016: German early-stage technology investor Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) named Dr. Michael Münnix (34, www.linkedin.com/in/muennix)...

Target Partners Chalks Up Most Active Investment Year

€25 Million for Technology Startups in 17 Financing Rounds Munich, December 22, 2015: In 2015, German technology investor Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

Indoor Mapping Startup NavVis Secures €7.5 Million in Financing

Target Partners, MIG Fonds, BayBG and Don Dodge Invest in 3D Indoor Mapping and Navigation Platform Munich, December 15, 2015: Munich-based high-tech startup...

Target Partners invests €3.5 million in Sicoya

Silicon photonics based integrated microchips enable data centers to manage the explosive growth of Internet traffic Munich/Berlin, November 9, 2015: Munich-based...

Olaf Jacobi moving on from Target Partners

Munich, October 20, 2015: Olaf Jacobi (twitter.com/olafjacobi, www.linkedin.com/in/olafjacobi, www.facebook.com/olafjacobi) is leaving Munich-based technology...

adjust raises $17M in funding from Highland Europe to become the unified mobile data platform

Highland Europe led the $17M round - adjust processes over 1 petabyte (1,000 terabytes) of mobile data every month - Funding accelerates adjust’s mission...

Smart Thermostat company tado° raises $17.1 million financing round

The funding from the Venture Capital Unit of Siemens, Statkraft Ventures, Target Partners, Shortcut Ventures and BayBG will accelerate product innovations...

Swarm64 AS raises up to €7.1m from Alliance Venture, Target Partners and Investinor

Munich, September 29, 2015: Swarm64 AS (www.swarm64.com), the data acceleration company from Oslo and Berlin, has raised a total of up to €7.1 million...

Target Partners welcomes new associate from Silicon Valley

Raphael Weiner joins venture capital investment team Munich, May 12, 2015: Raphael Weiner (twitter.com/raphweiner, linkedin.com/in/raphaelweiner) has joined...

Target Partners invests in Dedrone

€2.7 million in growth capital for anti-drone early-warning system Munich/Kassel, April 28, 2015: Kassel-based startup Dedrone GmbH (www.dedrone.com) today...

Falcon Social Raises $16 Million in B-Round Financing from Prime Ventures, Northcap and Target Partners

Funding accelerates the company’s momentum and adoption of its social media platform Copenhagen / New York / Munich, March 24, 2015: Falcon Social (www.falconsocial.com),...

Target Partners invests €2.5 million in GPredictive

Software-as-a-service application uses big data analytics to predict consumer behavior Munich/Hamburg, February 5, 2015: Munich-based venture capital firm...

€2.1 million for trecker.com

Target Partners invests in SaaS platform for agricultural businesses Berlin/Munich, November 13, 2014: Berlin-based trecker.com (www.trecker.com) receives...

adsquare secures $4.3 million in Series A financing round as Target Partners invests in Europe's leading platform for Mobile Audience Targeting

Berlin/Munich, October 28, 2014: adsquare (www.adsquare.com), Europe's leading platform for Mobile Audience Targeting, has received $4.3 million from venture...

Marc Gumpinger - new Venture Partner at Target Partners

Scoreloop co-founder and CEO joins the technology venture capital firm Munich, October 8, 2014: Venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

Target Partners and HTGF provide multimillion financing for Quobyte

Boston/Berlin-based startup develops new software-defined storage systems Munich / Bonn / Boston (USA) / Berlin, September 16, 2014: Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

adjust Secures $7.6 Million USD Series C from ACTIVE Venture

Partners and Existing Investors for Rapid Expansion in US and Asian Markets BERLIN, SAN FRANCISCO and ISTANBUL – September 8, 2014 – adjust, a leading...

European leader in intelligent climate control tado° raises €10m to fuel global expansion

Munich, July 16, 2014 - The smart thermostat company tado° has closed a new round of financing, raising €10m ($13.6m) from current backers Target Partners...

Finanzchef24 secures four million euros in equity financing

Finanzchef24 GmbH, established in 2012, operates the largest independent small business insurance comparison portal (www.finanzchef24.de) and Finanzchef...

TIS secures an additional € 4 million in equity financing

Zobito and Target Partners fund cloud platform for Smart Payments Walldorf / Munich, May 21, 2014. TIS (Treasury Intelligence Solutions GmbH) (www.tis.biz)...

To Combat Soaring Network Abuse Incidents, Abusix received Funding from Target Partners

Investment will fund market expansion and network security product development Palo Alto / Munich, February 12, 2014. Munich-based venture capital firm...

Smart Thermostat Market Heating Up As Tado Raises $2.6M For Its European Nest

TechCrunch has learned that European competitor Tado has raised a further $2.6 million from previous backers Target Partners, and Shortcut Ventures.

Target Partners invests in So1

Pioneer in personalized price discounts secures seven-figure Euro investment Munich / Berlin, August 26, 2013: Munich-based venture capital firm Target...

Falcon Social secures € 6 million in equity finance

Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners leads Series A round to drive international expansion Copenhagen, 19 August 2013 - SaaS social media...

Michael Kowalzik joins Target Partners Team

Former tyntec CEO is named new Venture Partner Munich, August 6th, 2013: Michael Kowalzik has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners...

Cisco Completes Acquisition of JouleX

SAN JOSE, Calif. – July 1, 2013 – Cisco today announced it has completed the acquisition of privately held JouleX, a leader in enterprise IT energy management...

adeven closes $4.3M Series B round from Capnamic Ventures, Iris Capital & Target Partners

adeven continues build-out of a complete enterprise intelligence solution for apps & to empower companies of all sizes to turn data into revenue Berlin,...

Cisco Announces Intent to Acquire JouleX

Acquisition Enhances Cisco’s Software-as-a-Service Offerings with Energy Management for Enterprise Networks and Data Center Infrastructures SAN JOSE, Calif....

Target Partners invests in Finanzchef24 GmbH

EUR 2 million Series A financing for Munich financial services start-up Munich, January 15, 2013: Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

Target Partners invests in Theva Dünnschichttechnik GmbH

Series A financing for innovative energy technology Munich, June 28, 2012: Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) today...

Target Partners invests in doo GmbH

Intelligent document management system for consumers and small businesses Munich / Bonn, June 15, 2012 – Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners...

Target Partners invests in adeven GmbH

Series A financing for mobile ad targeting and verification Munich / Berlin, May 24, 2012 – Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

Target Partners invests in GameGenetics

Series A financing for distributor of free-to-play online games supports expansion into the UK and US markets Munich / Berlin, April 03, 2012 – Munich-based...

Target Partners invests in tado

Venture capital for intelligent home climate control Munich, February 15, 2012 – Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de)...

Hetras receives Growth Financing from Scottish Equity Partners and Target Partners

Glasgow / Munich / Zell am See (Austria), 09 February 2011. Scottish Equity Partners (SEP) along with Target Partners completed a multi-million Euro investment...

New Social Games Company Crowdpark Secures US$8M in Funding from Target Partners & Earlybird

Berlin-based company to hire new talent & continue development of completely new genre of games called “social betting” BERLIN and SAN FRANCISCO –...

Target Partners further expands its team

Munich, 18. October, 2011: Michael Christopher Münnix has joined Munich-based venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) as an Associate,...

New Associate joins Target Partners’ Team

Munich, 13. September 2011: On September 1st, Markus Grundmann joined Munich based venture capital firm Target Partners as an Associate. Grundmann, who...

Serial Entrepreneur Stracke supports Target Partners

Munich, July 4, 2011: Tim Stracke (37), CEO of Chrono24 GmbH, has joined Munich venture capital firm Target Partners (www.targetpartners.de) as a Venture...

JouleX Secures $17 Million in Expansion Capital

Leading Enterprise Energy Management Technology Innovator Raises Capital to Expand Development and Sales Support Globally ATLANTA — June 10, 2011 — JouleX,...