Nico Hemmann

SeedCapital Beteiligungs GmbH (SCB) is a regional venture capital firm and a subsidiary of the government-controlled regional savings bank Sparkasse Dortmund. SCB is located in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, in the Ruhr area. The firm aims to strengthen the local economy through the initiation of an investment momentum in technology-related sectors. Their objectives include facilitating institutional investments into regional startups. They manage the SeedCapital Dortmund GmbH & Co. KG investment company. SCB invests public funds from regional government entities as well as international subsidies from EFRE-European Fund for Regional Development. Their German investors include Sparkasse Dortmund, NRW.BANK which is the development bank for Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, and the Schüchtermann-Schiller'sche family foundation which manages the estate of 19th century Dortmund industrialist and benefactor Heinrich Schüchtermann. SCB often co-invests with the government-controlled KfW group and with High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH, a public-private partnership based in Bonn and specialized in technology venture capital investing.

coramaze technologies GmbH operates as a medical device company which develops valve repair system. It offers mitramaze a novel concept for transcatheter mitral valve repair intended for treatment of inoperable patients suffering from severe functional mitral regurgitation. The company was founded by Laura Figulla and Till Neumann in 2013 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

S-Venture Capital Dortmund GmbH (S-VCD) is a regional venture capital firm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of the government-controlled savings bank Sparkasse Dortmund. Established in 1999, S-VCD is located in Dortmund, North Rhine-Westphalia, a large city in the Ruhr area on the western side of Germany. The firm aims to strengthen the regional economy through the initiation of an investment momentum in technology-related industries. They manage a seed fund. S-VCD invests a combination of private and public funds. Their investors include the regional savings bank Sparkasse Dortmund, the regional development bank for Land Nordrhein-Westfalen NRW.BANK, and a private foundation. The firm cooperates with the government-controlled KfW group and with High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH, a public-private partnership based in Bonn and specialized in venture capital investing in technology.