Hamburg \u2014 Soft\u00adware-as-a-service start-up Plan\u00adcraft recei\u00adves \u20ac1.9 million from insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors and \u20ac200,000 in funding in its seed finan\u00adcing round. The Hamburg-based trio of foun\u00adders is thus firing up the marke\u00adting of its invoi\u00adcing soft\u00adware, which is geared towards simpli\u00adcity, in the craft market, which has been little digi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adzed to date. The vision behind Plan\u00adcraft is getting closer: to create the basis for busi\u00adnesses to be econo\u00admic\u00adally successful.<\/p>\n
Enorm\u00adous poten\u00adtial in cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and crafts<\/strong><\/p>\n In Germany, around 500,000 craft enter\u00adpri\u00adses work in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and finis\u00adhing trades*. A large part is equip\u00adped with IT solu\u00adti\u00adons that tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcally date from the last three deca\u00addes. Skills shorta\u00adges and demo\u00adgra\u00adphic change are incre\u00adasing the pres\u00adsure on compa\u00adnies to become more effi\u00adci\u00adent. In his father\u2019s carpen\u00adtry shop near Hamburg, foun\u00adder and inven\u00adtor Alex\u00adan\u00adder Noll expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced first-hand which funda\u00admen\u00adtal proces\u00adses are crucial and where craft\u00adsmen lose valuable time.<\/p>\n \u201cWhen a quote takes seve\u00adral hours to complete, people in the plants suffer tremen\u00addous stress and can\u2019t focus on their craft,\u201d said Alex\u00adan\u00adder Noll, co-foun\u00adder of Plancraft.<\/p>\n Funding to enable scaling<\/strong><\/p>\n With a web appli\u00adca\u00adtion for office work that is desi\u00adgned for user-friend\u00adli\u00adness, Plan\u00adcraft is now brin\u00adging a breath of fresh air to the trade, which is not very digi\u00adtal in places. To actively shape the digi\u00adtal trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of the indus\u00adtry, the Plan\u00adcraft team now secu\u00adred \u20ac1.9 million in seed funding, follo\u00adwing initial fede\u00adral funding in 2020 and an angel invest\u00adment in 2021.<\/p>\n \u201cA very moti\u00adva\u00adted team, a simple product that is also in demand by custo\u00admers, and a poten\u00adti\u00adally gigan\u00adtic market convin\u00adced us. Plan\u00adcraft has prepared the scaling and we are happy to be on board, explains Louis Heinz\u201d, Senior Invest\u00adment Mana\u00adger at High-Tech Gr\u00fcnderfonds.<\/p>\n In addi\u00adtion to exis\u00adting inves\u00adtors and HTGF, three other VC compa\u00adnies inves\u00adted: BitStone Capi\u00adtal, XDECK and real\u00adPACE. The Hambur\u00adger Inves\u00adti\u00adti\u00adons und F\u00f6rder\u00adbank is funding the inno\u00adva\u00adtive start-up with a further 200,000 euros as part of the Inno\u00adFin\u00adTech funding program.<\/p>\n Modern tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies for contem\u00adpo\u00adrary work<\/strong><\/p>\n In times of grea\u00adter networ\u00adking and new work culture, the need for flexi\u00adble and decen\u00adtra\u00adli\u00adzed working is growing. The Plan\u00adcraft team\u2019s approach focu\u00adses firstly on redu\u00adcing the tech\u00adni\u00adcal burden for the chro\u00adni\u00adcally over\u00adloa\u00added target group. By elimi\u00adna\u00adting the need for initial instal\u00adla\u00adtion or manual updates, new tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgi\u00adcal foun\u00adda\u00adti\u00adons are crea\u00adted in opera\u00adti\u00adons thanks to the cloud. Secondly, users can work on their prefer\u00adred devices, whether tablet compu\u00adter, Apple laptop or smartphone.<\/p>\n \u201cWe all depend on the skil\u00adled trades, today and espe\u00adci\u00adally in a low-carbon future. With the help of the new capi\u00adtal, our team can now provide the thou\u00adsands of small busi\u00adnesses with a modern tool,\u201d explains Julian Wieden\u00adhaus, co-foun\u00adder and CEO of Plancraft<\/p>\n About Plan\u00adcraft About BitStone Capital About real Pace About High-Tech Gr\u00fcnderfonds<\/strong><\/p>\n The seed inves\u00adtor High-Tech Gr\u00fcn\u00adder\u00adfonds (HTGF) finan\u00adces tech\u00adno\u00adlogy start-ups with growth poten\u00adtial. With a volume of around EUR 900 million spread across three funds and an inter\u00adna\u00adtio\u00adnal part\u00adner network, HTGF has supported more than 670 start-ups since 2005. With the launch of HTGF IV, more than EUR 400 million in fund volume will be added in the fall of 2022. The team of expe\u00adri\u00aden\u00adced invest\u00adment mana\u00adgers and start-up 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 fields of digi\u00adtal tech, indus\u00adtrial tech, life scien\u00adces, chemis\u00adtry and rela\u00adted busi\u00adness areas. More than \u20ac4 billion in capi\u00adtal has been inves\u00adted in the HTGF port\u00adfo\u00adlio by exter\u00adnal inves\u00adtors in more than 1,900 follow-on finan\u00adcing rounds to date. In addi\u00adtion, the fund has alre\u00adady successfully sold shares in more than 160 companies. Hamburg \u2014 Soft\u00ad\u00adware-as-a-service start-up Plan\u00adcraft recei\u00adves \u20ac1.9 million from insti\u00adtu\u00adtio\u00adnal inves\u00adtors and \u20ac200,000 in funding in its seed finan\u00adcing round. The Hamburg-based trio of foun\u00adders is thus firing up the marke\u00adting of its invoi\u00adcing soft\u00adware, which is geared towards simpli\u00adcity, in the craft market, which has been little digi\u00adta\u00adli\u00adzed to date. The vision behind Plancraft [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":45821,"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-45830","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"],"yoast_head":"\n
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\nPlan\u00adcraft allows craft\u00adspeo\u00adple to focus on what they love. With apps desi\u00adgned for user-friend\u00adli\u00adness, Plan\u00adcraft makes office work easier and saves valuable working time when calcu\u00adla\u00adting quota\u00adti\u00adons, writing invoices or commu\u00adni\u00adca\u00adting with employees. The cloud-based app impres\u00adses small craft busi\u00adnesses with unpre\u00adce\u00adden\u00adted perfor\u00admance and is the only tool fully opti\u00admi\u00adzed for use on tablet devices. With a start\u00ading price of 29 euros per month, large invest\u00adments in IT are a thing of the past, ther\u00adeby support\u00ading the urgen\u00adtly needed start-up culture in the skil\u00adled trades. Back in 2019, the three foun\u00adders Alex\u00adan\u00adder Noll, Richard Keil and Julian Wieden\u00adhaus found each other. In the mean\u00adtime, around 16 employees at Plan\u00adcraft GmbH are pursuing the common mission: \u201cLess office. More craft\u00adsman\u00adship.\u201d www.plancraft.de<\/p>\n
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\nBitStone Capi\u00adtal is a venture capi\u00adtal inves\u00adtor focu\u00adsed on inno\u00adva\u00adtive and sustainable tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies in the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and real estate indus\u00adtries. Beyond finan\u00adcing, BitStone Capi\u00adtal cata\u00adly\u00adzes the growth of its real estate and cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion tech port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies with its exten\u00adsive network, unique indus\u00adtry know\u00adledge and access, and speci\u00adfic exper\u00adtise in emer\u00adging tech\u00adno\u00adlo\u00adgies. With its invest\u00adments, BitStone Capi\u00adtal aims to contri\u00adbute to the sustainable and future-orien\u00adted trans\u00adfor\u00adma\u00adtion of the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and real estate industry.<\/p>\n
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\nreal PACE is an inde\u00adpen\u00addent inves\u00adtor and company buil\u00adder focu\u00adsed on the cons\u00adtruc\u00adtion and real estate indus\u00adtries, inves\u00adt\u00ading from a deep under\u00adstan\u00adding of the market. Focu\u00adses on inno\u00adva\u00adtive and disrup\u00adtive tech\u00adno\u00adlogy compa\u00adnies, scalable busi\u00adness models, and teams that are chan\u00adging the indus\u00adtry for the long term. real PACE market under\u00adstan\u00adding and network are based on a team that combi\u00adnes foun\u00adder expe\u00adri\u00adence with rele\u00advant indus\u00adtry exper\u00adtise and success-criti\u00adcal profes\u00adsio\u00adnal skills. With its own market intel\u00adli\u00adgence team, real PACE supports port\u00adfo\u00adlio compa\u00adnies sustain\u00adably and provi\u00addes access to a broad network of powerful partners.<\/p>\n
\nThe fund inves\u00adtors in the public-private part\u00adner\u00adship include the German Fede\u00adral Minis\u00adtry for Econo\u00admic Affairs and Climate Protec\u00adtion, KfW Capi\u00adtal, the Fraun\u00adho\u00adfer-Gesell\u00adschaft and nume\u00adrous compa\u00adnies from a wide range of industries.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"