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Eyefactive receives renewed investment

The High-Tech Gründerfonds and the MBG Schleswig-Holstein have renewed their investment in eyefactive GmbH.

April 21, 2016

The High-Tech Gründerfonds and the MBG Schleswig-Holstein have renewed their investment in eyefactive GmbH to the tune of a six-figure sum that is intended to promote the international growth of the first app platform for professional touchscreenns, according to a press release.

"We are very happy about the positive development of eyefactive GmbH and envisage the app platform to be a promising addition to the existing business with a high growth potential," said Dr. Sebastian Suhr, investment manager at High-Tech Gründerfonds in Bonn, Germany.

In addition to their previous portfolio of scalable multi-touch technology for interactive tables and walls, eyefactive announced a fan app platform for large-scale touchscreens in November 2015. The apps enable users to simultaneously operate interactive content on displays by any manufacturer on basis of a specifically developed software technology. The technology facilitates a performant operation by any number of users on professional touchscreens or combined display walls in high resolution, according to the announcement.

This multi-user technology is the progression from the touch operation of smartphones and tablets to larger touchscreens. Such systems with diameters up to several meters are being employed in interactive brand communication in public spaces as well as in company in-house presentations and organization, according to the announcement.

All apps in the app store can be customized due to a content management system in minimal time. Eyefactive said it already chose to cooperate with a growing number of international partners that participate in the turnover by recommendations, can distribute apps themselves and offer additional services for end clients. It also wants to make its software technology available for third-party developers medium term in order to constantly feed the ecosystem with new apps.

"What the team has achieved so far is impressive and we believe eyefactive with its current developments to play a significant role in the field of digital signage," said Bernd Ernst of the MBG Schleswig-Holstein.