Munich \u2014 Munich-based tech startup Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion has closed its second round of finan\u00adcing and recei\u00adved another \u20ac1.5 million in fresh capi\u00adtal. As in the first finan\u00adcing round in Decem\u00adber 2018, the High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds (HTGF), BORN2GROW \u2014 a subsi\u00addiary of the ZFHN Zukunfts\u00adfonds Heil\u00adbronn \u2014 and the SIEMENS Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor (STA) inves\u00adted. The fresh capi\u00adtal will be used to prepare the market launch of the patent-protec\u00adted naXture actua\u00adtor platform.<\/p>\n
\u201cMetis\u00adMo\u00adti\u00adon\u2019s core tech\u00adno\u00adlogy is highly dyna\u00admic and light\u00adweight, powerful actua\u00adtors for auto\u00adma\u00adtion appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons. Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion has deve\u00adlo\u00adped an actua\u00adtor plat\u00adform (compa\u00adra\u00adble to servo\u00admo\u00adtors) that offers unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted, tech\u00adni\u00adcal possi\u00adbi\u00adli\u00adties. \u2014 Imagine being able to replace pneu\u00adma\u00adtic or hydrau\u00adlic solu\u00adti\u00adons with great power poten\u00adtial in exis\u00adting instal\u00adla\u00adtion spaces with highly effi\u00adci\u00adent elec\u00adtri\u00adcally opera\u00adted drives! This is usually not feasi\u00adble with conven\u00adtio\u00adnal elec\u00adtric motors,\u201d says Patrick Fr\u00f6se, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of MetisMotion<\/p>\n
Based on the outstan\u00adding power density and effi\u00adci\u00adency of Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion actua\u00adtors, a network of renow\u00adned natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal pilot custo\u00admers has grown since the company was foun\u00added in 2018, using Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion solu\u00adti\u00adons to drive the sustainable elec\u00adtri\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of drive tasks.<\/p>\n
With the capi\u00adtal raised in the current finan\u00adcing round, the tech\u00adno\u00adlogy will now be made available to a broad custo\u00admer group. The launch of the naXture plat\u00adform is plan\u00adned for late summer.naXture enables users to quickly and easily confi\u00adgure indi\u00advi\u00addual actua\u00adtors for the smal\u00adlest instal\u00adla\u00adtion spaces. Actua\u00adtor geome\u00adtry, available forces, speeds and travels, as well as the safety beha\u00advior are always based on the speci\u00adfic requi\u00adre\u00adments of the application.<\/p>\n
\u201cMetis\u00adMo\u00adtion was alre\u00adady very close to the market and active in many appli\u00adca\u00adtion areas at the time of the spin-off. Parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly in the Heil\u00adbronn region, the region of world market leaders, Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion has alre\u00adady been able to win promi\u00adsing custo\u00admers in the pilot custo\u00admer phase. The open\u00adness for inno\u00adva\u00adtion is obvious here and we are ther\u00ade\u00adfore looking forward to the further roll out. We see great market oppor\u00adtu\u00adni\u00adties \u2014 not only natio\u00adnally,\u201d explains Thomas Villin\u00adger, Mana\u00adging Direc\u00adtor of Zukunfts\u00adfonds Heil\u00adbronn<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cThe elec\u00adtri\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of today\u2019s inef\u00adfi\u00adci\u00adent pneu\u00adma\u00adtic and hydrau\u00adlic actua\u00adtors, parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly in indus\u00adtrial auto\u00adma\u00adtion, is an exci\u00adting growth oppor\u00adtu\u00adnity. Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion can define a new segment here with its tech\u00adno\u00adlogy! Exci\u00adting for inves\u00adtors who are looking for disrup\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies and want to parti\u00adci\u00adpate in their success,\u201d comm\u00adents Jens Baum\u00adg\u00e4rt\u00adner, Senior Invest\u00adment Mana\u00adger at High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds<\/strong>.<\/p>\n \u201cMetis\u00adMo\u00adtion has proven with its launch custo\u00admers that it can design and manu\u00adfac\u00adture high-perfor\u00admance actua\u00adtors for the most deman\u00adding envi\u00adron\u00adments. We are ther\u00ade\u00adfore convin\u00adced of the company\u2019s poten\u00adtial and look forward to conti\u00adnuing to contri\u00adbute to its success as an inves\u00adtor and through our network within Siemens and beyond,\u201d says Dr. Rudolf Frey\u00adtag, CEO of Siemens Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor GmbH<\/strong>.<\/p>\n About Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion<\/strong> About the ZFHN \u2014 Heil\u00adbronn Future Fund Since its foun\u00adding in 2013, Heil\u00adbronn-based BORN2GROW GmbH & Co. KG has been support\u00ading inno\u00adva\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies in the seed and start-up phase. The seed fund supports young compa\u00adnies by accom\u00adpany\u00ading them from the proof-of-concept stage to market launch. This early-stage finan\u00adcing enables fast-growing tech\u00adno\u00adlogy-orien\u00adted start-up compa\u00adnies to deve\u00adlop their ideas and concepts. BORN2GROW, a subsi\u00addiary of ZFHN Zukunfts\u00adfonds Heil\u00adbronn, coope\u00adra\u00adtes with other venture capi\u00adtal funds and busi\u00adness angels and makes fast and trans\u00adpa\u00adrent finan\u00adcing decisions.Contact: About the Siemens Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Accelerator<\/strong> About High-Tech Gr\u00fcnderfonds<\/strong> Munich \u2014 Munich-based tech startup Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion has closed its second round of finan\u00adcing and recei\u00adved another \u20ac1.5 million in fresh capi\u00adtal. As in the first finan\u00adcing round in Decem\u00adber 2018, the High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds (HTGF), BORN2GROW \u2014 a subsi\u00addiary of the ZFHN Zukunfts\u00adfonds Heil\u00adbronn \u2014 and the SIEMENS Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor (STA) inves\u00adted. The fresh capi\u00adtal will [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":37356,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[886,1364,1366,1369,1373],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-43462","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-general-en","category-featured-en","category-news-en","category-investors","category-venture-capital-en","news-category-venture-capital-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nActua\u00adting Inno\u00adva\u00adtions \u2014 Follo\u00adwing the Genius of Nature. Accor\u00adding to this guiding prin\u00adci\u00adple, Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion GmbH has been deve\u00adlo\u00adping bio-inspi\u00adred actua\u00adtor systems since 2018. The company is a spin-off from the Siemens Group and sets new stan\u00addards for the sustainable elec\u00adtri\u00adfi\u00adca\u00adtion of drives with maxi\u00admum energy effi\u00adci\u00adency. Based on highly inte\u00adgra\u00adted micro-hydrau\u00adlic circuits, Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion is able for the first time to combine a parti\u00adcu\u00adlarly high force density with ultra-dyna\u00admic move\u00adments in the smal\u00adlest instal\u00adla\u00adtion spaces. At the same time, Metis\u00adMo\u00adtion actua\u00adtors gene\u00adrally require only a quar\u00adter of the energy compared to pneu\u00adma\u00adtic solu\u00adti\u00adons, for exam\u00adple. Custo\u00admers include natio\u00adnal and inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adr\u00aders from the factory and process auto\u00adma\u00adtion, robo\u00adtics and mobi\u00adlity sectors.
\nThe Munich site is curr\u00adently home to in-house deve\u00adlo\u00adp\u00adment, manu\u00adfac\u00adtu\u00adring, marke\u00adting and sales.<\/p>\n
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\nSince its foun\u00adda\u00adtion in 2005, ZFHN Zukunfts\u00adfonds Heil\u00adbronn has been one of the major venture capi\u00adta\u00adlists in Germany. It prima\u00adrily supports young, inno\u00adva\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies that are loca\u00adted in the Heil\u00adbronn area or are prepared to settle there in the short to medium term. The Future Fund is priva\u00adtely finan\u00adced and has equity capi\u00adtal in the hundreds of milli\u00adons. It supports compa\u00adnies with capi\u00adtal, know-how and cont\u00adacts in the Heil\u00adbronn econo\u00admic region. The goal is to further deve\u00adlop Heil\u00adbronn into a very successful tech\u00adno\u00adlogy loca\u00adtion. This also includes the estab\u00adlish\u00adment and expan\u00adsion of clus\u00adters (MedTech, BioTech, Clean\u00adtech) locally.<\/p>\n
\nZukunfts\u00adfonds Heil\u00adbronn GmbH & Co. KG. www.zf-hn.de<\/p>\n
\nSiemens Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor GmbH is a subsi\u00addiary of Siemens AG and has been successfully commer\u00adcia\u00adli\u00adzing inno\u00adva\u00adtive Siemens tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies in appli\u00adca\u00adti\u00adons outside the stra\u00adte\u00adgic focus of Siemens busi\u00adness units for more than 20 years. This is done either by foun\u00adding venture capi\u00adtal funded start-ups or by selling or licen\u00adsing to estab\u00adlished companies.Contact:
\nSiemens Tech\u00adno\u00adlogy Acce\u00adle\u00adra\u00adtor GmbH. www.siemens.com\/sta<\/p>\n
\nThe seed inves\u00adtor High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds (HTGF) finan\u00adces tech\u00adno\u00adlogy start\u00adups with growth poten\u00adtial. With a total volume of 892.5 million euros distri\u00adbu\u00adted across three funds and an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal part\u00adner network, HTGF has alre\u00adady supported more than 500 start\u00adups since 2005. His team of expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced invest\u00adment mana\u00adgers and startup experts supports the young compa\u00adnies with know-how, entre\u00adpre\u00adneu\u00adrial spirit and passion. The focus is on high-tech start-ups in the hard\u00adware, soft\u00adware, life scien\u00adces and chemi\u00adcals sectors. More than \u20ac1.9 billion in capi\u00adtal has been inves\u00adted in the HTGF port\u00adfo\u00adlio by exter\u00adnal inves\u00adtors in around 1,400 follow-on finan\u00adcing rounds to date. In addi\u00adtion, the fund has now successfully sold shares in 100 companies.
\nInves\u00adtors in the public-private part\u00adner\u00adship include the German Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adtry for Econo\u00admic Affairs and Energy, KfW, the Fraun\u00adho\u00adfer-Gesell\u00adschaft and the busi\u00adness enter\u00adpri\u00adses ALTANA, BASF, Bayer, Boeh\u00adrin\u00adger Ingel\u00adheim, B.Braun, Robert Bosch, B\u00dcFA, CEWE, Deut\u00adsche Post DHL, Dr\u00e4ger, Dril\u00adlisch AG, EVONIK, EWE AG, Haniel, Hettich, Knauf, K\u00f6rber, LANXESS, media + more venture Betei\u00adli\u00adgungs GmbH & Co. KG, PHOENIX CONTACT, Post\u00adbank, QIAGEN, RWE Gene\u00adra\u00adtion SE, SAP, Schufa, Schwarz Gruppe, STIHL, Th\u00fcga, Vector Infor\u00adma\u00adtik, WACKER and Wilh. Werhahn KG. www.htgf.de<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"