Thomas Hoch

W&B Projektentwicklungs GmbH is a German company that specializes in the development and control of commercial and residential properties. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany. The private company finances their real estate stock from equity and loans from cooperative banks and savings banks. W&B Projektentwicklungs offers a range of services along the complete value chain, from the first idea to planning and development to implementation and marketing. The company takes care of the selection of suitable land, design and planning of the building, monitor and control the necessary construction companies, and complete their range of services with the rental, administration, and marketing of the property. The company also offers property management, operational object and rental management, facility management, as well as control of external service providers, conversion, renovation, and maintenance controlling and reporting on object levels. The CEOs are Thomas Hoch and Gerald Wörner.

Aurelius (Private Equity) (Aurelius) is a pan-European alternative investment arm of Aurelius Group founded in 2005 by Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany with additional offices in London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid, Milan and Düsseldorf.

COI Partners AG (COI Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 2000. The firm is headquartered in Zurich.

EVP Capital Management AG (EVP) is the venture capital arm of Switzerland-based Co-Investor AG. Formerly known as equinet Venture Partners, the firm was formally established in 1998 and is located in Frankfurt. EVP manages venture capital funds including the EAP Start-Fonds sponsored by the government-controlled KfW Bankengruppe, and the VRP fund (Venture Capital Rheinland-Pfalz) sponsored by the regional development agency ISB-Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz and by the regional bank Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz, as well as by leading insurance companies and corporations. EVP is also active in the secondary market. In 2004 the firm took over the management of Heptagon Capital Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Freien Sparkassen mbH on behalf of the seven independent German savings banks.

SECUDE AG provides information technology data protection solutions. It solutions include auditing, classification, data loss prevention, data protection, governance and risk and compliance. The company was founded by Heiner Kromer and Florence Kromer in 1996 and is headquartered in Lucerne, Switzerland.

SYSGO AG engages in the design, development, implementation, and configuration of device software for the embedded market. It specializes in embedded operating systems for the aerospace and defense, automotive, as well as railway industries. The firm also provides services such as software installation and orientation, design of partitioning, assistance with creating security- or safety-critical code, software integration, legacy application and infrastructure migration, as well as process compliance. The company was founded by Knut Degen in 1991 and is headquartered in Klein-Winternheim, Germany.