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Engagement — Platform Due Diligence

Code & Co. provides Tech & Product Due Diligence to HTGF ahead of its investment in deep-tech AI startup natif.ai

Code & Co. conducts Tech & Product Due Diligence for HTGF in preparation for its investment in natif.ai, an AI startup specializing in document process automation. natif.ai, born from the German Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence in Saarbrücken, leverages cutting-edge AI models and proprietary OCR technology, positioning itself as a leader in its industry.

Scope of Work

Code & Co. provides Tech & Product Due Diligence to HTGF

This encompassed a thorough analysis of natif.ai’s technological capabilities, including its architecture, infrastructure, security and automated testing. Code & Co. focused on a deep examination of its AI/ML strategy and capabilities, focusing on its proprietary OCR algorithms, innovation methodology, and IP safeguarding practices.

Code & Co. conducted a further analysis of natif.ai's product strategy, roadmap, the founding team, internal engineering workflows, including code reviews, and the company's hiring strategy.

About natif.ai

Based in Saarbrücken, Germany, founded by a German-French team and an official spin-off from the German Research Institute for Artificial Intelligence (DFKI), natif.ai is the provider for document automation in the context of a wide range of software products, company divisions and business processes.

Thanks to high-performance AI models and its proprietary OCR algorithms, documents can be analyzed extremely quickly and accurately, and relevant data can be extracted from them. Natif.ai enables developers to automate and classify documents independently via a platform. Complex workflows, state-of-the-art AI technologies, training modules and Active Learning are made available via API.

About HTGF

HTGF is a venture capital investor for innovative technologies and business models. HTGF has financed more than 700 start-ups in the industrial tech, digital tech, life sciences and chemicals sectors, and have overseen more than 170 exits, including IPOs.