Christian Ziach is a former German Air Force officer and space engineer who worked on the MASCOT asteroid lander for JAXA's Hayabusa2 mission before joining HTGF as a venture capital investor. He specializes in space and quantum infrastructure investments, combining his operational defense background with hands-on engineering experience to focus on companies building in-orbit logistics, satellite platforms, and quantum technologies.
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HTGF (High-Tech Gruenderfonds)
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Biotech, Medtech, Deeptech / Hardware, Climate, SaaS
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HTGF is a €1.3 billion public-private seed fund created by the German government in 2005 to commercialize publicly funded research from universities and institutes like Fraunhofer and Max Planck, serving as Germany's conversion engine from research to VC-ready companies. The fund leverages its industrial corporate limited partners as commercialization partners for portfolio companies and focuses specifically on Industrial Climate & Deep Tech plus Life Sciences & Chemistry, writing small seed tickets to prepare startups for follow-on private VC rounds.
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