
HTGF in €3m series-B round for POS Pulse
Existing backer High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF) has joined a group of investors to provide market research company POS Pulse with a €3m series-B funding round.
The round was led by former Schleich managing director Paul Kraut along with moebel.de founder Robert Kabs and his company Follow The Rabbit Ventures.
In 2016, the company expanded into Italy, Spain, Poland and the Czech Republic. It aims to use the new financing to launch in additional markets.
Previous funding
In December 2014, HTGF provided a €500,000 seed round for POS Pulse.
Company
Founded in 2014 and based in Berlin, POS Pulse develops the ShopScout consumer insights application. The application extracts real-time insights from consumers throughout the customer decision journey and sells the data to retailers and manufacturers. The company's clients include Mondelez Deutschland, Metro, Mars Petcare, Media Markt, Storck, Vodafone and Yakult.
People
High-Tech Gründerfonds – Chiara Sommer (senior investment manager).
POS Pulse – Dominic Blank (managing director).
Latest News
Stonehage Fleming raises USD 130m for largest fund to date, eyes 2024 programme
Multi-family office has seen strong appetite, with investor base growing since 2016 to more than 90 family offices, Meiping Yap told Unquote
Permira to take Ergomed private for GBP 703m
Sponsor deploys Permira VIII to ride new wave of take-privates; Blackstone commits GBP 200m in financing for UK-based CRO
Partners Group to release IMs for Civica sale in mid-September
Sponsor acquired the public software group in July 2017 via the same-year vintage Partners Group Global Value 2017
Change of mind: Sponsors take to de-listing their own assets
EQT and Cinven seen as bellweather for funds to reassess options for listed assets trading underwater