Olaf Schmitz

Morgan Stanley Investment Management, Inc. (MSIM) is an investment management firm headquartered in New York City. The firm was founded in 1975 and is a subsidiary of Morgan Stanley Domestic Holdings, Inc., ultimately held by Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS). MSIM provides discretionary and non-discretionary investment management services and products to institutional clients and individual investors. The firm also advises clients as to the appropriate allocation of assets among multiple separate accounts and/or investment companies or other pooled vehicles that the firm advises.

Fandom, Inc. engages in the operation of an entertainment social media platform for fans that offers games, movies, television shows, other videos, and a community portal. The company was founded by Jimmy Donal Wales and Angela Beesley Starling on October 18, 2004 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Glossier, Inc. provides online beauty products. It delivers newsletters and information in various categories, such as product recommendations, tutorials, makeup looks, culture, visual inspiration, shopping, video, and conversational first-person interviews with fashion's top ladies. The firm's platform also provides information related to backstage, fragrance, hair, health, lips, makeup, models, nails, and skincare. The company was founded by Emily Weiss, Michael Harper, and Nick Axelrod in September 2010 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

Institutional Venture Partners (Institutional Venture Partners) is a venture capital firm founded in 1980 by Reid Dennis. The firm is headquartered in Menlo Park, California.

Evernote Corp. develops applications for notes management. It offers mobile productivity apps, iPhone productivity apps, note taking apps, and personal task management apps. The company was founded by Stepan Alexandrovich Pachikov, Phil Libin and David Engberg in 2004 and is headquartered in Redwood City, CA.

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.

dooyoo AG offers interactive services through the internet. It offers a range of information that consumers need to find products and services, read in-depth information about them, compare them with each other and then offer price comparison to online shops for shopping convenience. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Trend Micro, Inc. (USA) provides security software, hardware and services. It offers layered data security to protect information on mobile devices, endpoints, gateways, servers, and the cloud of consumers, businesses and governments. The company was founded by Steve Ming-Jang Chang, Eva Yi-Fen Chen and Jenny Chang in 1988 and is headquartered in Irving, TX.

TCMI, Inc.(TCV) is a venture capital firm founded in 1995 by Jay Crandall Hoag and Richard Herrick Kimball. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Whoop, Inc. engages in the provision of feedback tool for athletes and coaches. It develops wearable sensors that track the movements and heart beats of the athletes during training. The company was founded by William Ahmed, John Capodilupo, Aurelian Nicolae, Demetrio Cuzzocrea, Andrew Dod, Stephen King, and Manuel Reyna in 2012 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

M-Brain Oy engages in the provision of global information services. It offers media, business and market intelligence solutions, strategic analysis and advisory services and consultation services. The company was founded by Liisa Marjukka Nyberg in 1999 and is headquartered in Helsinki, Finland.

carpooling.com GmbH develops and operates internet portals for car pooling. It operates Carpooling.com, which offers ridesharing opportunities that are accessed by computers, mobile phones, and social networks. The company was founded by Michael Reinicke, Matthias Siedler, and Stefan Weber in 2001 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Data.ai, Inc. engages in the provision of mobile market data and analytics platform. It offers product management, marketing, growth, ad platforms, retail, and strategy and partnerships solutions. The company was founded by Bertrand Schmitt and Bjorn Stabell in 2009 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Lulu's Fashion Lounge LLC operates as an electronic-commerce retailer of young women's apparel, shoes, and accessories. The company was founded by Debra Cannon and Colleen Winter in 1996 and is headquartered in Chino, CA.

Earlybird VC Management GmbH & Co. KG operates as a alternative investment manager. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

sonnen GmbH develops lithium storage systems and battery technologies. It specializes in the design of lithium storage systems and renewable energy development technologies. The firm engages in research and development investment projects focused on the production of power battery storage solutions. The company was founded by Christoph Ostermann and Torsten Stiefenhofer in April 2010 and is headquartered in Wildpoldsried, Germany.

World Innovation Lab, LLC (WiL) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Gen Isayama, Shinichi Saijo and Masataka Matsumoto. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

Algolia, Inc. develops a hosted search application programming interface. The firm?s solutions include security & compliance, E-commerce, media, SaaS, magento, salesforce commerce cloud, shopify and azure. The company was founded by Nicolas Dessaigne and Julien Lemoine in 2012 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Inven Capital SICAV as (Inven Capital) is a venture capital subsidiary of CEZ as founded in 2014 by Peter Míkovec. The firm is headquartered in Prague, Czech Republic.

Globesar AS provides geospatial information products and services. It engages in monitoring the earth using satellite images that includes environment, oil and gas, infrastructure, and research and development. The firm serves geo-related decision making, analyzing satellite data, optical sensors, and data from radar. The company was founded by Frano Cetinic and Tom Rune Lauknes on June 16, 2010 and is headquartered in Tromsø, Norway.

Forto GmbH provides freight forwarding and digital interface logistics services through online. The company was founded by Erik Muttersbach, Ferry Heilemann and Michael Wax and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

CLOUD & HEAT Technologies GmbH operates cloud-based virtual data centers. The firm provides distributed data center infrastructure with different hardware solutions. The company was founded by Jens Struckmeier, Rene Marcel Schretzmann and Christof Fetzer in 2011 and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

Deputechnologies Pty Ltd. provides cloud-based workforce management solutions. It specializes in Intelligent Scheduling, Accountability, Integration with Payroll, Compliance, Culture, Growth, Social Business, Workplace Communication, Task Management, Time and Attendance. The company was founded by Steve Shelley and Ashik Ahmed in 2008 and is headquartered in Surry Hills, Australia.

ZOLAR GmbH engages in the supply of solar power systems for private households through an online platform. Its product portfolio includes solar energy systems with photovoltaics, storage batteries, heating elements, service water heating pumps, and electric charging stations. The company was founded by Alex Melzer and Gregor Loukidis in May 2016 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

MyDataModels SAS develops and manages artificial intelligence based online platform. It offers detection, optimization, prediction, and valuation services. its products include TADA and Embedded ML. The firm serves the finance and services, information technology, marketing, healthcare, public services, real estate, and transportation industries. The company was founded by Denis Bastiment, Alain Blancquart, and Simon Gazikian and is headquartered in Le Cannet, France.

Earlybird Growth Opportunities Fund I GmbH & Co. KG is an investment fund based in Munich, Germany. The CEOs of the German company are Hendrik Brandis, Heiko Thiel.

McKinsey GmbH & Co. KG provides business consulting services. The company was founded on October 18, 2011 and is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.