Carsten Rust

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.

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.

Schäfer Beteiligungs GmbH is a private company based in Hagen, Germany that was founded in 1999. The German company provides administration and management services.

eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG (eCAPITAL) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Münster, Germany.

Metapath Software International, Inc. provides business and open-source software used by the wireless telecommunications industry to launch and support mobile voice and data services. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.

Part of Agfa-Gevaert NV, Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsberatung und Informatik AG is a company based in Trier, Germany. The German company develops and markets administrative and clinical information technology solutions for hospitals through its fully integrated and scalable information technology solution ORBISO. Gesellschaft für Wirtschaftsberatung und Informatik AG was acquired by Agfa-Gevaert NV on January 13, 2005 for $458.44 million.

Human Inference BV provides software solutions. It offers data quality and identity management software . The company was founded in 1986 and is headquartered in Arnhem, the Netherlands.

July Systems, Inc. develops and provides cloud-based mobile solutions. Its products include July MX, WiFi-MX and July Rapid; and also specialize in the design and management of a platform that offers end-to-end solutions enabling brands to publish, distribute, and monetize inventory and personalized services for consumers on the mobile internet. The firm serves retail and hospitality industries, malls, stadiums, airports and convention centers. The company was founded by Ashok Narasimhan and Rajesh T. S. Reddy in July 2001 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Part of Siemens AG, Siemens Nixdorf Informations Systeme AG is a German company that manufactures high performance printers. The company is based in Oldenburg, Germany.

CitySquares Online, Inc. provides online advertising and information services. It provides an opportunity to local businesses to reach local consumer audience through a search engine optimized profile. The firm enables users to find content, rate businesses, review, and contribute other kinds of content. The company was founded by Benjamin Saren and Robert Leland in 2005 and is headquartered in Boston, MA.

Pyramid Technology Corp. manufactures virtual memory super mini-computers for sale to engineering, scientific and military applications. It designs, manufactures, markets and support of high-end, large-scale servers that deliver mainframe-class performance for the open enterprise client server environment. The company is headquartered in San Jose, CA

Brainloop AG provides software solutions for managing confidential information and documents. It offers document compliance management, asset management, biopharmaceutical licensing, board communication, legal department, project finance, research and development intellectual property protection, as well as investor relations and secure file protection solutions. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Jedox AG provides enterprise technologies for Excel applications. It offers consulting, training, support, workshops, newsletter and social media services. The firm also offers planning/forecasting, reporting/analysis, sales controlling, procurement controlling and project controlling. The firm has operations in France and Germany. The company was founded by Kristian Raue in 2002 and is headquartered in Freiburg, Germany.

Groove Mobile, Inc. provides mobile music services. The firm offers full track mobile downloads, peer-to-peer sharing, and personalized music recommendations. It has operations in the United States, Canada, and Europe. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Open-Xchange AG develops e-mail and collaboration software solutions. It specializes in the development of tools for on-premise or on-demand solutions, geared towards fueling clients' businesses. The company designs an application suite, a centralized cloud environment that lets users manage digital lives, emails, tasks, and files from a single interface. Its solutions include e-mail, calendar, address book, document, and task management applications. The company was founded by Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Martin Kauss and Frank Hoberg in 2005 and is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.

Collax GmbH provides software service solutions for network infrastructure, communication, collaboration, protection, security, high availability, and virtualization industry, It delivers comprehensive solutions for the fields of collaboration, security, and infrastructure. The firm offers software only solutions, virtual servers, and a customer support. The company was founded by William Hite, Boris Nalbach, and Olaf Jacobi in 2005 and is headquartered in Ismaning, Germany.

Part of Versant Object Technology Corp, Versant Object Technology GmbH distributes database systems. The company is based in Munich, Germany. Versant Object Technology was acquired by Versant Object Technology Corp on March 20, 1997.

Daimler Truck AG manufactures commercial vehicles. Its brand offerings include Bharat Benz, Freightliner, Fuso, Mercedes-Benz, Setra, Thomas Built Buses, and Western Star. The company is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.