Marko Maschek

Konarka Technologies, Inc. developed nano-enabled polymer photovoltaic materials. The company was founded in 2001 and was headquartered in Lowell, MA.

3i U.S. is a venture capital firm headquartered in Menlo Park, California. The firm is a subsidiary of 3i Group Plc (LSE: III).

DAFCA, Inc. develops programmable IP, embedded security for system and device assurance, and software solutions that automate and accelerate ASIC and FPGA validation. The company was established in 2003 and it is headquartered in Framingham, MA.

AmberWave Systems Corporation was founded in 1998 to answer the market demand for a technology development organization that could commercialize Silicon Germanium-graded buffer technology from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Since the beginning, AmberWave Systems has been focused on building bridges between advanced materials science developed at leading universities and industrial applications. AmberWave Systems continues to develop industry partnerships to explore applications of its innovations. These relationships have led, for instance, to the development of Strained Silicon, a technology that is now used at the heart of advanced microchips to improve performance and decrease power consumption. AmberWave Systems has expanded the number of both its university partnerships and its industry partners. The company's current materials platforms encompass applications as diverse as next-generation semiconductor memory, solar energy and advanced battery technologies. From the success of the commercialization of Strained Silicon in the CMOS semiconductor industry, to current work on advanced materials for the 21st Century, AmberWave Systems is leading the way in materials science and applications. At AmberWave Systems, using an intellectual property business model of innovation, patenting, licensing and tech transfer was recognized early on as the best way to achieve efficiency in bringing new materials to users. This IP model has been successful at bringing the company's first technology platform SiGe for strained silicon to the consumer; it is dedicated to the continued effective use of this model.

SyChip, Inc. engaged in the production and development of radio frequency chip scale modules, semiconductors, software, and silicon for wireless mobile market. It offers pectrum encompasses controller, home automation, and bluetooth module cards. The company was founded on June 1, 2001 and is headquartered in Dallas, TX.

Mimix Broadband, Inc., supplies high performance gallium arsenide (GaAs) semiconductors from DC to 50 GHz for RF, microwave and millimeter-wave applications. Mimix has offices in Houston, Sydney, Belfast and Hsinchu, and offers a unique combination of semiconductor design expertise and communications systems background to develop state-of-the-art RF, microwave and millimeter-wave semiconductors. Mimix markets a highly diversified product line that serves the top tier telecom, satellite and defense companies worldwide.

PINOVA Capital GmbH (PINOVA) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2007 by Katrin Brökelmann, Marko Maschek, Martin Olbort and Joern Pelzer. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Marondo Capital GmbH (Marondo Capital) is a private equity firm founded in 2016 by Stefan Elsser, Christopher Höfener, Marko Maschek and Hansjoerg Ruof. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Datavard AG provides consulting and software services. It offers solutions for data management, system landscape optimization, system housekeeping and archiving. The company is headquartered Heidelberg, Germany.