Dirk Kohlen

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.

TechnoStart Beratungsgesellschaft für Beteiligungsfonds mbH (TechnoStart) is an independent German venture capital firm which was founded by Michael Mayer in 1990. Headquartered in Ludwigsburg, TechnoStart invests in seed and early-stage technology companies, seeking new and highly innovative technologies enabling a broad range of applications within large, lucrative markets. The firm believes in the enormous scientific and technological potential at European academic institutes waiting to be turned into business and in 2002 developed their Technology Radar program to generate dealflow through the pro-active monitoring of selected scientific fields and institutes. They are specifically looking for 'cross-over' themes that have not been picked up by academic institutes or corporate R&D labs. The funds managed or advised by TechnoStart are backed by blue chip financial institutions, corporate investors and selected private individuals.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

IDEA AG develops pain therapeutics and biopharmaceutical drugs. The firm develops and commercializes non-invasive therapeutic drugs and the targeted pain therapeutics for arthritic and osteoporosis-related inflammation, chronic pain and diseases. Its technology platform is based on proprietary carriers applied on skin and engineered to diminish side effects and increase drug potency. The company founded by Gregor Cevc in 1993 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Eracom Technologies AG provides information technology services and solution. It supports and integrates with key IT security initiatives such as EMV, Verified by Visa/Visa 3D secure. The company operates as subsidiary company of SafeNet, Inc

VM Capital Advisors GmbH (Vorndran Mannheims) is the private equity subsidiary of VM Principals GmbH, itself a subsidiary of VM Holding GmbH & Co. KG in Germany, headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany. Formerly known as Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG, the firm was founded in 2000 by Dr. Helmut Vorndran, Reinhard Löchner and NPM Capital NV and was renamed in 2012 to reflect a focus on private equity and buyouts. They focus on technology-oriented growth companies, utilizing the entrepreneurial background and the international operating experience of their management team to differentiate themselves from other private equity firms. Located in Düsseldorf with an advisory office in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Vorndran Mannheims advises Delaware and Jersey-based funds which invest in buyouts and growth equity for small and medium-sized high-tech companies primarily in German-speaking Europe. Their funds are backed by fund-of-funds, university endowments and foundations, pension funds, industrial companies and banks and insurance companies.

Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (AWS) is the Austrian promotional bank, fully controlled by the Government of Austria. Based in Vienna, AWS emerged in 2002 from the merger of several government funding agencies including FGG-Finanzierungsgarantiegesellschaft mbH and BÜRGES Förderungsbank GmbH. The firm later absorbed Innovationsagentur GmbH. The Seed Financing division of AWS manages venture capital investments by way of mezzanine financing. AWS also comprises several divisions not directly involved in investment management, namely Tecma which is specialized in technology marketing support, Tecnet which supplies technology information, i²-Ideas & Investment which is a networking platform for business angels and Biotech, providing business support for biotechnology projects. AWS manages the university spin-off fund Uni Venture, sponsored by BAWAG-Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft.

Novaled GmbH designs and develops organic light-emitting diode technologies. Its products include organic materials, OLED display materials, OLED lighting materials and organic photovoltaic materials. The company was founded by Karl Leo, Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, Martin Pfeiffer and Jorg Amelung in 2001 and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

Medos Medizintechnik AG manufactures medical devices for cardiac surgery and peripheral applications. It focuses on the continuous development of therapy solutions for cardiac surgeons and perfusionists. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Stolberg, Germany.

The effectiveness of efforts of enterprises and public institutions need above-average effective IT solutions for a long-reliable network performance and security. This challenge leads directly to COMCO AG, because it thinks in terms of power projection. It opens up space for new opportunities in order to orient itself precisely to your individual needs and possibilities. And as the firm consistently use as a market-leading system and software firm Best Practices, the firm will achieve these goals for you on the direct and economical route. The COMCO AG has two complementary business units: Business Security Software and Network Solution Provider. Zum Media industry customer base includes renowned companies, banks, insurance companies, utilities, large retailers and companies from the automotive sector, state and federal authorities. COMCO The unit has made since its formation in 1998, an outstanding reputation in the market, and covers the entire range of network solutions. For this the firm offers its customers in the areas of network infrastructure, network management and IT security excellent product know-how, extensive expertise and a deep understanding of the complex relationships between business and IT processes. From advice in the planning stage through implementation to service and support of the entire IT system environment here as its services. This division is focused on the development of security solutions to protect enterprise networks against internal attacks. Hardware or internal attacks by foreign intelligence data to be reported across a network to proactively detect and prevent.

Thomas-Krenn AG operates online shops for server systems and accessories. It offers rack servers, tower-systems, workstations, IPC systems, storage systems, low energy systems, PCs and thin clients, appliances, special solutions, and software. The firm also offers virtualization, software defined storage, backup solutions, pfSense firewall, CAD workstations, database server, and mail server. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Freyung, Germany.

Part of VM Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Vorndran Capital (Schweiz) AG is an alternative investment manager. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 2007. The CEO is Helmut Vorndran.

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

UltraSoC Technologies Ltd. engages in the development of debugging technology for the embedded electronic systems. It offers semiconductor IP for on-chip analytics, performance optimization, and hardware-based security. The company was founded by Stephen Karl Heeks, Andrew Brian Thomas Hopkins, and Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Part of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, ESCRYPT GmbH is a leading provider of IT security solutions in embedded systems and consulting services for enterprise security and secured manufacturing. The company is based in Bochum, Germany, with four other German locations and subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, and other countries. The German company's solutions are widely used in the automotive security and production industry. ESCRYPT also provides dedicated security services for the Bosch Group's corporate IT and products. The company was founded in 2004 by Willi Mannheims and Christoph Paar, and the CEOs are Thomas Josef Wollinger and Uwe Bingel. ESCRYPT was acquired by ETAS GmbH on August 24, 2012.

videantis GmbH provides vision and video processor Internet Protocol (IP) and solutions. It offers computer vision, imaging, and video coding solutions to the automotive, mobile, and consumer markets. The company was founded by Andreas Dehnhardt, Mark B. Kulaczewski, Hans-Joachim Stolberg, Carsten Reuter, and Sören Moch in 2004 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

BrandMaker GmbH provides marketing resource management systems. It offers software modules, such as planning and budgets, job management, and digital asset management. The firm serves financial services, manufacturing, pharmacy and life science, logistics, and franchise industries. It markets and sells its products through distributors. The company was founded by Mirko Holzer and Sven A. Sch?fer in 1999 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Rhebo GmbH engages in the provision of industrial monitoring solutions ensuring both cybersecurity and stability of ICS (industrial control system) and IoT (Internet of things) infrastructures. Its products include Rhebo Industry 4.0 Stability and Security Audit; Rhebo Industrial Protector; Rhebo IoT Device Protection; and Rhebo ReadyNow. The company was founded by Martin Menschner, Klaus Mochalski and Frank Stummer in 2014 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

Fluxunit GmbH (Fluxunit) is a venture capital arm of OSRAM Licht AG founded in 2016. The firm is headquartered in Germany.

RIPS Technologies GmbH delivers automated security analysis for PHP applications as platform independent software or highly scalable cloud service. The company was founded by Johannes Dahse, Martin Bednorz and Hendrik Buchwald in May 2015 and is headquartered in Bochum, Germany.

Sweepatic NV develops data driven cyber security platform. The firm specializes in passive reconnaissance, cyber security, data leakage, cyber threat intelligence, digital footprint, digital risk monitoring, counterintelligence and asset management. The company was founded by Stijn Vande Casteele and Martin Carnogursk? in 2016 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Isits AG International School of IT Security offers high-quality seminars for the qualification of specialists and managers in the field of IT security and information security. The German company's seminars are ideal for those who want to train themselves in a certain sub-area of IT security. Isits AG is a recognized seminar provider and their offers cover the topics holistically.

febit holding GmbH engages in the design and development of technologies used for DNA analysis. It specializes in technologies with applications in genomic research, RNA expression profiling, and other diagnostic and molecular biology fields. The company was founded by Markus Beier, Ramon Gueimil, Peer F. Staehler, Matthias Scheffler, and Cord F. Stähler in 2005 and is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.

VMRay GmbH provides third generation malware analysis software and threat detection solutions. The firm analyzes the behavior of malware such as computer viruses and worms, Trojans, spyware, kernel root kits and boot kits. The company was founded by Carsten Willems and Ralf Hund in September 2013 and is headquartered in Bochum, Germany.