Ernst Gerlach

NRW.BANK operates as a state-owned development bank, assisting the German Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia in its economic and social advancements. It offers interest-subsidized loans, subordinated loans, grants, financing, and advisory services. Its business activities are strictly limited to the Federal State of North Rhine-Westphalia. It serves small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs)/start ups, municipalities and the social housing sectors. The company was founded on August 1, 2002 and is headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Portigon AG engages in the management of its own assets. It also provides financial services and conducts banking activities. The company was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.

Scienion AG develops and provides DNA biochips and protein microarrays. It provides its customers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and reagent supply markets, as well as in academic research institutions with products, and services to facilitate confidence and efficiency in aspects of its applications. The company was founded by Holger Eickhoff in 2000 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

KfW Entwicklungsbank provides banking services. It is the development bank of Germany which focuses on the Waste, Education, Energy, Finance, Peace building, Health, Governance, Climate Change, Natural Resources, City development, Transport, and Water sectors. The company was founded in 1952 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

FIEGE Logistik (Schweiz) AG provides transportation and logistics services. The company is headquartered in Munchenstein, Switzerland.

Sparkasse KölnBonn provides banking services to private and corporate clients. Its products include online banking and payment system; current and savings accounts; credit cards; deposits and investments; loan and financing, building and home financing; securities and brokerage; retirement plan and insurances; international banking; liquidation management; as well as corporate formation and succession. The company was founded in 1826 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Officefirst Real Estate GmbH engages in the provision of asset management services. It operates through the following regional segments: North, Central, and South. The firm's portfolio includes Baumwall, Christoph-Probst-Weg, Rodingsmarkt, Sonninhof, and Spreespeicher. The company is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

Bundesverband Öffentlicher Banken Deutschlands, VÖB, eV operates as an association of German public banks. It represents institutions, regional banks, as well as development banks owned by the federal and state governments. The company was founded in 1916 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

OFFICEFIRST Immobilen AG engages in the acquisition, management, development, and sale of office properties. The company is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

THE SQUAIRE GmbH & Co. KG provides office space solutions. It offers spaces for offices, hotels, shops, restaurants, parking, as well as business events and conferences. The company is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

KATHREIN SE engages in the acquisition, holding, management, and sale of participations in companies that specialize in the development, production, and distribution of electronics, antenna technology solutions, components and systems, as well as electrical equipment used in the industrial sectors, automotive systems, broadband communications systems, filters, switches and amplifiers, broadcasting systems, mobile communications, satellites, and terrestrial receiving systems. The company was founded by Anton Kathrein Sr. in 1919 and is headquartered in Rosenheim, Germany.

Innolume GmbH manufactures laser diodes. Its products include single mode and broad-are laser diodes, DFB and DBR lasers, superluminescent diodes, semiconductor optical amplifiers, tapered amplifiers, gain chips, laser diode driver, and optical isolators. The company was founded by Bernd Meyer in 2005 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

azeti GmbH provides hardware components and applications. It also provides research and development services. The company was founded by Dirk D. Sommerfeld in 2006 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Peppermint Holding GmbH operates as a holding company with interests in textile industries. Its company portfolios include Zwickauer Kammgarn, Ertex Jacquard, and Color Textil. The company was founded by Ingeborg Neumann in 1997 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Investitionsbank des Landes Brandenburg operates as an investment and business development bank. The firm promotes public and private investment projects in business, infrastructure, and housing. It also engages in the financing of projects by municipalities, municipal special-purpose associations, municipal enterprises, as well as social, scientific, educational, and cultural institutions. The company was founded on March 31, 1992 and is headquartered in Potsdam, Germany.

Westdeutsche Spielbanken GmbH & Co. KG operates casinos and provides gambling services. The company is based in Duisburg, Germany. The German company is ultimately controlled by the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Georg Lucht has been the CEO of the company since 2019.

Founded in 1966, BANK IM BISTUM ESSEN eG is a state chartered commercial bank. The company is based in Essen, Germany and operates as a subsidiary of Bundesverband der Deutschen Volksbanken & Raiffeisenbanken eV.

DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH provides bioengineering services for industrial, molecular biology, and reaction chemistry applications. It offers enzyme and strain engineering, application development, and process engineering services. The firm also offers research and development services for bio-fuel production. The company was founded in July 2008 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH operates as a biotechnology firm. Its lunaris technology is the optimal analysis platform for the pre-clinical and clinical development work. The firm offers In-situ encoded bead array, a multiplexed protein analysis platform that allows users to measure proteins and biomolecular analytes. The company was founded by Dieter Trau and Andreas Schmidt in 2010 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

CEVEC Pharmaceuticals GmbH engages in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals using a human cell-based expression system. It provides therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies. The company was founded by Stefan Kochanek in 2004 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Creathor Venture Management GmbH is an independent private equity firm specialized in technology venture capital investing. Creathor was foundedi n 2003 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt in central Germany. The management invests their own capital, and manages venture capital funds on behalf of institutions.

2020 European Fund For Energy Climate Change & Infrastructure SICAV is a pan - European equity fund that invests in companies located in both Western Europe and CEE. It targets companies operating in the fields of transport, energy and mature renewables. It provides financing for buyout transactions, minority investments, and co-investments.

Abalos Therapeutics GmbH engages in the development of an anti-cancer arenavirus-based drug. It focuses on awakening immune responses against tumors and metastases. The company was founded by Karl Lang and Philipp Lang and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Emergence Therapeutics AG is biopharmaceutical company. It develops novel antibody drug conjugate. The company was founded by Jack Elands and Xavier Preville and is headquartered in Duisburg, Germany.