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aws-mittelstandsfonds Management GmbH provides investment services. It offers services that allows to increase production and marketing capacity and invest in new technologies. The company is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

aws Mittelstandsfonds Beteiligungs GmbH & Co KG is a private equity fund that invests in Austrian middle market companies with revenues at least EUR 2 million. It makes growth investments ranging to EUR 5 million, finances MBOs and MBIs, also invests in a form of silent partnerships. It makes minority investments. The fund has no sectorial preferences. Its usual investment period is up to 10 years.

eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG (eCAPITAL) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Münster, Germany.

Lead Equities Beteiligungsverwaltungs AG (Lead Equities) is an independent Austrian private equity firm which was founded in 2001 to invest in mid-market businesses in Austria and bordering EC countries. Headquartered in Vienna, Lead Equities manages the Lead Equities private equity funds, backed by institutional and private investors. Their Investment Committee and Advisory Board provide a range of professional partners which allows investee companies to leverage their industrial and financial expertise. Through the firm's cooperation with AUCTUS they are the only Austrian private equity fund with a strong presence in Germany.

Calm Storm Management GmbH (Calm/Storm Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2020 by Lucanus Polagnoli. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Redalpine Venture Parners AG (Redalpine) is an independent venture capital investment firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2006.

Innogy Venture Capital GmbH (Innogy Venture Capital) is an independent venture capital firm headquartered in Dortmund, Germany. The firm was founded in 2010.

Bundesimmobiliengesellschaft mbH engages in the construction, leasing, and management of real estate. It specializes in the administration and maintenance of buildings, construction and project management, overall restoration, and facility management. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

INMATEC Technologies GmbH manufactures and supplies ceramic injection moulding compounds. Its services include material design, laboratory testing and operations, prototype development and technical support. The firm's application areas encompass the electronics, automotive, porcelain manufacturing, aviation, aerospace industries. The company was founded by Moritz von Witzleben and Wolfgang Kollenberg in 1997 and is headquartered in Rheinbach, Germany.

3VC Management GmbH (3VC) is a venture capital subsidiary of startup300 AG (Venture Capital) founded in 2017 by Peter Lasinger and Roman Scharf. The firm is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Global Equity Partners Beteiligungs-Management GmbH (GEP) is a venture capital firm which was founded in 1998 as a joint project by Dr. Michael Tojner and Meinl Bank AG. In 2001 GEP began to focus on industrial and small- to medium-size businesses and in 2002 they acquired WertInvest Immobilien AG, adding a property arm to their industry, SME and venture capital activities. Headquartered in Vienna, Austria with partner offices in Lausanne and Munich, the firm has built up a cross-industry network which includes Austrian banks Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH, Erste Bank AG, Meinl Bank AG, and Volksbank Investment Bank AG. In addition to their main activities, GEP manages the Asia Private Equity Beteiligungs AG, L.A.I. Beteiligungs-Invest AG, Private Equity Performance Beteiligungs AG and ETV Holding AG investment firms.

Wiener Städtische Versicherung AG provides insurance services and solutions. It operates through the following segments: Property and Casualty, Life, and Health. It offers financial security as well as homeowner, household, motor vehicle, and travel insurances to private customers. It also specializes in company pension plans, severance pay schemes, company health insurances, and actuarial services. The company was founded in 1824 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Cycleenergy Holding GmbH is a holding company, which engages in the construction and operation of biomass and biogas combined heat and power plants. It provides services such as operating, financially structuring, and constructing renewable energy power plants. The firm also supplies electric and thermal energy. The company was founded by Stephan Oliver Schuster in 2006 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Miracor Medical SA engages in the development and manufacture of medical devices. Its product PICSO (Pressure-controlled Intermittent Coronary Sinus Occlusion) Impulse System has a driving console and associated catheters to improve outcomes for severe heart attack patients. It seeks to increase blood flow to the affected heart tissue, thereby improving the overall heart function after a heart attack. The company was founded by Werner Mohl in May, 2008 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Esforin SE is a market leader in flexibility marketing, offering fully automatic flexibility marketing services and intraday trading of electricity and gas. Esforin is based in Essen, DE and was founded in 2014 by Christoph Gardlo and Christian Hövelhaus. The German company provides attractive additional revenues for industrial, pharmaceutical, and chemical companies. Christian Hövelhaus has been the CEO since 2014.

KMC Management Consultants GmbH & Co. KG is a German business development company that has been assisting medium-sized and large corporations in developing their business strategies and implementing them in their target markets since 1988. The private company is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and has an international team that develops pragmatic concepts, taking country-specific characteristics into account. KMC's primary activities include successful sales and marketing strategies, portfolio optimization, market entries, acquisitions, and the implementation of strategic alliances. The company is implementation-oriented and actively involves the client's organization to write enduring success stories. KMC is a cross-industrial functional specialist with extensive expertise in different sectors based on more than 29 years of experience. The CEO is Christian Klausmeier.

Part of LichtBlick SE, Installion GmbH is a digital marketplace for photovoltaic systems, energy storage, and wall boxes, and a strong advocate for the energy transition. The company is based in Cologne, Germany. Installion offers a digital platform for nationwide PV installations with installation guarantees, and provides career opportunities for both beginners and professionals in the field. The German company was founded in 2019 by Florian Meyer-Delpho and Till Pirnay, with Florian Meyer-Delpho serving as CEO since then. Installion was acquired by LichtBlick SE on April 01, 2023.

ES.FOR.IN SE provides energy solutions for industrial customers. The private company is based in Essen, Germany. The German company was founded in 2014 by Christoph Gardlo and Christian Hövelhaus. Christian Hövelhaus has been the CEO since 2014.

1komma5° GmbH is a German Hamburg-based company founded in 2021 by Jannik Schall, Micha Grüber, Philip Liesenfeld, Philipp Schröder, and Michael H. Hinderer. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany, and has subsidiaries in Sweden and Germany. The company provides carbon-neutral home energy solutions, including solar systems, heat pumps, wallboxes, and energy storage, all connected to a smart energy system. The company offers a "One-Stop-Shop" for klimaneutrale Energiesysteme, providing tailored solutions for zero-impact power supply. Philipp Schröder has been the CEO since 2021.

Faradion Ltd. manufactures batteries. It offers sodium-ion batteries that can be tailored to both energy and power applications. The company was founded by Jerry Barker and Christopher J. Wright and Ashwin Kumar Kumaraswamy in 2011 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

sonnen Holding GmbH (Germany) engages in the holding and management of participations in other firms. The company was founded on April 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Wildpoldsried, Germany.

sonnen GmbH develops lithium storage systems and battery technologies. It specializes in the design of lithium storage systems and renewable energy development technologies. The firm engages in research and development investment projects focused on the production of power battery storage solutions. The company was founded by Christoph Ostermann and Torsten Stiefenhofer in April 2010 and is headquartered in Wildpoldsried, Germany.

Österreichische Hotel- und Tourismusbank GmbH engages in the financing and promotion of investments in tourism. It also provides consulting services related to investments and financing. In addition, the firm offers other services, which includes export pre-financing as well as support of cooperation and restructuring of financing of tourism businesses. The company was founded in 1947 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.