Eric Brandt

MiCardia Corp. designs, develops, and commercializes implantable medical devices. The firm offers implantable devices for the treatment of heart diseases, such as mitral valve regurgitation and congestive heart failure. It also provides enCor, an annuloplasty device that corrects residual mitral regurgitation on a beating heart. The company was founded in November 2004 by Michael R. Henson, Shawn Moaddeb and Samuel M. Shaolian and is headquartered in Irvine, CA.

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.

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.

Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co. KG (Earlybird VC) is an independent venture capital firm founded by Hendrik Brandis, Roland Manger, Rolf Mathies, and Christian Nagel in 1997. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Earlybird VC Management GmbH & Co. KG. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with another German office in Berlin, and international office in Istanbul, Turkey.

Finistere Ventures LLC (Finistere Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded by Spencer Maughan and Arama Kukutai in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Newport Beach, California.

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.

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.

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.

American College of Cardiology Foundation provides cardiovascular education services. Its services include cardiac surgery, chronic angine, diabetes, geriatric cardiology and heart failure and cardiomyopathies. The company was founded by Franz Groedel, Robert P. Glover and Bruno Kisc in 1949 and is headquartered in Washington, DC.

Aescap Venture Management BV is an independent venture capital investment firm based in Amsterdam. Aescap was founded in 2005 by Michiel de Haan and Dinko Valerio. Inspired by the name of the Greek god of healthcare, Aesculapiu, the firm's name is an acronym for 'Accelerating European Science Companies and Products.' The firm focuses on developing growth in European firms in the biomedical sector.

California Medical Association is an organization that represents over 50,000 physicians in California across various modes of practice and specialties. The non-profit company is based in Sacramento, CA and has subsidiaries in the United States. The company is dedicated to improving the health of all patients in the state. The CEO of the company is Dustin Corcoran.

Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG engages in the research and development of small molecule drugs focusing on the identification and analysis of selective drug candidates that target nuclear receptors. It also offers its resources and capabilities in the field of nuclear receptors to customers in the pharmaceutical and other life science industries. The company was founded by Claus Kremoser in 2002 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, 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.

Peppermint VenturePartners GmbH (PVP) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 2008 by Ingeborg Neumann, Dr. Joachim Rautter, and Dr. Klaus Stöckemann. It is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Peppermint CBF 1 GmbH & Co. KG is a venture capital fund that invests in start-up and early-stage companies operating in the healthcare sector. It targets mainly medical devices, diagnostic & services, and biotech companies developing new technology platforms relevant for drug development. The fund invests between €0.5 and €2.5 million per investment round and participates in subsequent rounds with up to €20 million total investment per company. It acquires at least a 10% stake in the target company.

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.

Berlin-Brandenburg Aerospace Allianz e.V. provides aerospace support services. It specializes in connecting, networking and counseling, mediating political and industrial interests, representing members worldwide and, analyzing and administering aero-industrial projects. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Wildau, Germany.

Chundsell Medicals AB develops and markets novel molecular diagnostics for the treatment of cancer. Its product measures the expression pattern of selected embryonic stem cell genes in prostate cancer core needle biopsies. The company was founded by Sunne Rosell and Chunde Li in 2007 and is headquartered in Solna, Sweden.

Earlybird Health Management GmbH & Co. KG engages in the acquisition, management, and sale of participations in companies that specialize in the field of health technology with high growth and value enhancement potential. It also provides consulting services. The company was founded on June 16, 2014 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Sense Biodetection Ltd. provides molecular diagnostics research services. It focuses on improving healthcare decisions and processes by developing novel, user-centred, handheld tests in the fields of infections and oncology. The company was founded by Harry John Lamble and Ralph Lamble in 2014 and is headquartered in Abingdon, the United Kingdom.

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.

TACALYX GmbH engages in the discovery and development of Tumor Associated Carbohydrate Antigenantibodies to treat cancer. The company was founded by Peter Sondermann, Peter H. Seeberger, and Oren Moscovitz and 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.

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.