Thomas Merten

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

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

PI Photovoltaik-Institut Berlin AG operates laboratories for the testing and advancement of photovoltaic modules. It also offers consulting services focusing on the design, construction, and operation of solar power plants. The company was founded by Stefan Krauter, Sven Lehmann, and Paul Grunow in 2007 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

SuperBioMarkt AG operates supermarkets. The company is based in Germany. The German company was founded in 1973 by Rainer Welke. The CEO is Michael Radau.

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.

DESRAD Immobilien GmbH & Co. KG engages in the rental and leasing of land and non-residential buildings. The private company is based in Muenster, Germany. The CEOs are Vasant Desai, Michael Radau. The German company was founded in 2014.

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.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.

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.