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About Investor

Tanja Emmerling is a Partner at HTGF (High-Tech Gründerfonds) based in Berlin, Germany. She focuses on Pre-seed and Seed-stage investments in highly technical sectors. Her key areas include DeepTech, AI, and Robotics, which often involve early-stage scientific innovation. In her role, she evaluates startups at very early stages, often before product-market fit is fully established. She is heavily involved in deal sourcing within Germany’s research and university ecosystem. She also supports founders through early development and fundraising stages. Her work includes helping companies translate deep research into commercial products. She plays a key role in HTGF’s mission of backing early German tech innovation. Her focus is on identifying breakthrough technologies at the earliest possible stage.