Anke Hecht

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.

Via Transportation, Inc. operates an online marketplace for cabs and car rental services. The firm through its platform connects users with vehicle-sharing transportation providers and enables users to book and share rides. The company was founded by Daniel Ramot and Oren Shoval in 2012 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

NRW.Bank (Private Equity) (NRWB PE) is the private equity operating division of the NRW Bank which traces their origins to 2002 when Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale was split up into two entities. From this basis and further to the 2004 Reorganization Act, the current foundations for NRW Bank were established. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, NRWB PE specializes in providing capital and business development support for SMEs in North Rhine-Westphalia. They manage a number of private equity funds. Through mezzanine capital as a co-investor alongside lead investors, they provide equity limited to minority stakes as a silent partner.

Future Capital (Future Capital) is an independent venture capital firm which was founded in 1999 as the initiative of the Hessen State Government and Hoechst AG (now Sanofi-Aventis Group). The firm is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

vasopharm GmbH operates as a pharmaceutical company. It discovers and develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of cerebro and cardiovascular diseases and their consequences. The firm focuses on therapeutics influencing the bioavailability of nitric oxide. The company was founded by Harald Schmidt and Ulrich Walter in July 1998 and is headquartered in Wuerzburg, 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.

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.

wiredminds GmbH provides web-based solutions for online lead generation and tracking software. It offers products for data protection compliant website analysis, identification of business visitors of the website, and the tracking of mobile devices. The company was founded by Markus Mueller and Sascha Buhr in 1997 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

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.

BiognoSYS AG operates as a biotechnology company. Its products include iRT Kit, HRM Kit, Sample Prep Kit, PlasmaDive, Spectronaut and SpectroDive. The company was founded by Philipp M. Antoni, Johan Malmstroem and Oliver Rinner on September 3, 2008 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

TA Venture is a venture capital firm founded in 2010 by Viktoriya Tigipko. The firm is headquartered in Kyiv, Ukraine.

Cryotherapeutics SA develops and markets a cryotherapy system, with focus on highlighting the safety and efficacy of cryoneergy in the cardiovascular system. The firm specializes in the design of a proprietary system to be used in the treatment of coronary artery diseases that cause heart attacks. Its focus areas encompass technology research, system development, and early-stage product commercialization. The company was founded by Randell L. Werneth, John Yianni and Maurice Buchbinder on September 8, 2009 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.

Blueprint Genetics Oy engages in the provision of genetic diagnostics and clinical interpretation of hereditary diseases. It offer dignistic tests for cardiology; dermatology; endocrinology; immunology; metabolic disorder; nephrology; and pulmonology. The company was founded by Tommi Pietari Lehtonen, Juha Koskenvuo, Tero-Pekka Alastalo, and Samuel Myllykangas in 2008 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

coparion Komplementär GmbH (coparion) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with another German office located in Cologne.

Invision AI, Inc develops and provides machine learning and video analytics solutions for security and automotive applications. It offers Artemis 1 which detects people regardless of camera positioning and environmental conditions, whether indoor or outdoor and enables users to include intrusion detection, smart cameras, and 24/7 tagging of video timelines. The company was founded by Karim Ali and is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.

Concepter HQ, Inc. operates as a consumer technology company. It offers hardware and software products. The company was founded by Oleg Malenkov and Vlad Tislenko and is headquartered in Kiev, Ukraine.

IQ Friends SA develops brain training games. It offers scientific and social brain games to train user’s cognitive areas, such as logic, memory, visual perception, arithmetic, reaction speed, and mental flexibility. The firm's games also delay or prevent Alzheimer. The company was founded by Georg Homolatsch, Helder Luis, Dusan Ristic, George Leszczynski and Eike Post in 2013 and is headquartered in Sao Paulo, Brazil.

Aurora Labs develops self healing platform for connected cars. Its services include onguard, remote inspection and delta compression installer. The company was founded by Ori Lederman and Zohar Fox and is headquartered in Tel Aviv, Israel.

signals Invest GmbH (signals Venture Capital) is venture capital investment subsidiary of SIGNAL IDUNA Lebensversicherung AG, ultimately owned by SIGNAL IDUNA Gruppe, founded in 2017. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Fasciotens GmbH engages in the development of external medical device that provides solution for the open abdomen or abdominal compartment syndrome. It offers fasciotens abdomen. The company was founded by Gereon Lill and Frank Beyer in 2016 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Vay Technology GmbH develops and operates software platform for people movement in urban areas. The company is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

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.

heal.capital Management GmbH (heal.capital) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2019 and headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Smile2Impress SL is a Spanish invisible orthodontics company that offers rapid, effective, and safe treatments. The company is based in Barcelona, ES, and has subsidiaries in the United Kingdom and the United States. The company has more than 160 innovative clinics equipped with the latest technology and an optimized app with IA. The company creates a treatment that fits with the patient's lifestyle to help them get a healthy and aligned smile in a practical and effective way. Smile2Impress offers different types of treatments, including invisible orthodontics with microimplants, distribution, and hybrid orthodontics treatments. The company was founded in 2019 by Diliara Lupenko, Khaled Kasem, and Vladimir Lupenko, who has been the CEO since 2019.

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.

Resolve BioSciences GmbH is a German company that applies molecular cartography to provide scientists with a high-resolution view of spatial biology. The company is based in Monheim am Rhein, Germany. The company's proprietary technology offers full spatial context at subcellular resolution, which helps scientists detect individual transcripts and rare signals to interpret fundamental biology. The company's technology is used in critical fields such as oncology, neuroscience, infectious disease, and agriculture. The company was founded by Jason T. Gammack, and John Stark has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Shipfix Technologies SAS provides an email client designed for the shipping industry, along with other products that enhance market intelligence and collaboration. The company is based in Vincennes, France and was founded in 2018 by Serge Alleyne and Antoine Grisay. The French company offers an independent platform and data community for the maritime and trade sectors, utilizing innovative AI-enabled tools. Shipfix's research team produces a daily market update called "The Fix," which covers market developments and relies on the company's unique cargo order data.

Mobile Healthcare Solutions GmbH provides various at-home test kits for individuals to monitor their health and receive personalized nutrition and lifestyle recommendations. Mobile Healthcare Solutions was founded in 2020 by Tobias Schütz, Lennart Hahn, and Raphael Wichmann, and is based in Hamburg, DE. The German company's CASC Eisen Testkit allows users to check their iron levels without visiting a doctor, while their CASC Care membership offers free shipping and discounted products. Honest Natural, their line of supplements, ensures optimal micronutrient supply for the body and is produced sustainably. The company also offers CASC Flow, a wellness urine test that provides nutrient and health information along with nutrition recommendations. Lennart Hahn and Tobias Schütz have been the CEOs since 2020.

Spider AI is an Israeli company that provides an online grocery store.

Shopgate GmbH develops and markets mobile shopping solutions. The firm's solution offerings encompass mobile optimized websites, mobile shopping applications, and tablet mobile commerce applications. It offers mobile marketing, social media, and direct customer communications tools. It also designs interfaces for shopping cart systems, payment methods, and tracking and analysis applications. The company was founded by Ortwin Kartmann, Andrea Anderheggen, and Dieter Kartmann in September 2009 and is headquartered in Butzbach, Germany.