Dirk Seewald

Gemplus International SA provides digital security systems and components based on smart cards. It manufactures smart cards, develops operating systems, software and hardware for them and provides a number of other associated services. Its products are used as SIM card in mobile telephones, banking cards, loyalty program cards, travel tickets, passports and ID cards. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

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.

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.

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.

European Network & Information Security Agency engages in prevention and detection of information security problems. It offers pan-European cyber security exercises, the development of national cyber security strategies, CSIRTs cooperation and capacity building, also studies on cloud adoption, addressing data protection issues, privacy enhancing technologies and privacy on emerging technologies, eIDs and trust services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Heraklion, Greece.

Roland Berger GmbH provides business consulting services. It offers advisory services to international enterprises and public institutions on business management issues ranging from rule-breaking strategies to organizational structures and business processes. The firm focuses on corporate development, information management, marketing and sales, operations strategy, restructuring and corporate finance. Roland Berger was founded on September 14, 1998 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

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.

Harald Quandt Family Office GmbH engages in the provision of financial services. It specializes in investment and asset management services. The company is headquartered in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.

SKion GmbH operates as an investment holding company, which engages in the management of shares and stakes in different businesses. It focuses in industrial goods and services, electrical engineering, optics, renewable energy and closed-loop material cycles, IT and digitization; and medical technology sectors. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg vor der Hohe, Germany.

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.

Heliatek GmbH develops, produces, and commercializes organic solar cells. The firm engages in the field of organic photovoltaics (OPV) based on small molecules. It is making the transition from pure technology development to industrial manufacture. The company was founded in 2006 by Jens Drechsel, Peter Bäuerle, Bert Männig, Martin Pfeiffer, Harald Eggers and Karl Leo and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

RAG-Stiftung operates as a private foundation. It provides financing services for the perpetual mine management as well as the educational, scientific, and cultural projects related to coal mining in the Ruhr and Saar regions. The company was founded on June 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

SOLARWATT GmbH specializes in the production of monocrystalline and polycrystalline solar modules. Its product range encompasses building integration and off-grid system modules, power packages, and ancillary components such as inverters, mountings, fasteners, plug connectors, and cables. The company also engage in the construction and operation of solar power plants. SOLARWATT was founded by Lothar Schlegel and Frank Schneider on February 17, 1993 and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

AVISTA OIL AG engages in the production, marketing, and distribution of base oils, lubricants, and refinery products. It offers products under AVISTA Kernsolvat, Motor Gold, Pennasol, AVISTA Flux, and AVISTA Fuel brands. The company was founded in 1951 and is headquartered in Uetze, Germany.

Part of RAG-Stiftung, RAG AG specializes in coal mining. The company is based in Essen, Germany. The CEO of the German company is Peter Schrimpf.

KMC Management Consultants GmbH & Co. KG is a German business development company that has been assisting medium-sized and large corporations in developing their business strategies and implementing them in their target markets since 1988. The private company is based in Meerbusch, Germany, and has an international team that develops pragmatic concepts, taking country-specific characteristics into account. KMC's primary activities include successful sales and marketing strategies, portfolio optimization, market entries, acquisitions, and the implementation of strategic alliances. The company is implementation-oriented and actively involves the client's organization to write enduring success stories. KMC is a cross-industrial functional specialist with extensive expertise in different sectors based on more than 29 years of experience. The CEO is Christian Klausmeier.

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.

Signa Prime Selection AG is a real estate developer and investor in Europe. The portfolio consists of exclusive properties in prime downtown locations in large cities and metropolitan areas in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Northern Italy. Its portfolio includes properties, such as KaDeWe in Berlin, the UPPER WEST in Berlin, the Golden Quarter in Vienna, with the Park Hyatt Vienna, Oberpollinger in Munich, Kaufhaus Tyrol in Innsbruck, and Alsterhaus in Hamburg. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria.

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.

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.

Vivawest Wohnen GmbH is a leading real estate company based in NRW, Germany. The private company manages over 120,000 apartments, providing homes for approximately 300,000 people. Uwe Eichner has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

RAG Foundation provides finance to mines. The private company is based in Essen, UK.

Faradion Ltd. manufactures batteries. It offers sodium-ion batteries that can be tailored to both energy and power applications. The company was founded by Jerry Barker and Christopher J. Wright and Ashwin Kumar Kumaraswamy in 2011 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

Part of BlackBerry Ltd., BlackBerry Deutschland GmbH is a German company that manufactures smartphones. The company is based in Dusseldorf, Germany. The company was founded in 2011. The CEO is Jay Peng Chai.

Heinrich Linssen Gmbh & Co. Kg provides business services. The company was founded on November 19, 1963 and is headquartered in Geldern, Germany.

ES.FOR.IN SE provides energy solutions for industrial customers. The private company is based in Essen, Germany. The German company was founded in 2014 by Christoph Gardlo and Christian Hövelhaus. Christian Hövelhaus has been the CEO since 2014.

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.

Cdu Nordrhein-Westfalen operates as an online and service platform. The private company is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

sonnen Holding GmbH (Germany) engages in the holding and management of participations in other firms. The company was founded on April 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Wildpoldsried, Germany.

Seedamm-Vermögensverwaltungs GmbH engages in asset management. It also provides management services to other firms. The company was founded on November 8, 1985 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg von der Hoehe, Germany.

Part of LichtBlick SE, Installion GmbH is a digital marketplace for photovoltaic systems, energy storage, and wall boxes, and a strong advocate for the energy transition. The company is based in Cologne, Germany. Installion offers a digital platform for nationwide PV installations with installation guarantees, and provides career opportunities for both beginners and professionals in the field. The German company was founded in 2019 by Florian Meyer-Delpho and Till Pirnay, with Florian Meyer-Delpho serving as CEO since then. Installion was acquired by LichtBlick SE on April 01, 2023.

1komma5° GmbH is a German Hamburg-based company founded in 2021 by Jannik Schall, Micha Grüber, Philip Liesenfeld, Philipp Schröder, and Michael H. Hinderer. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany, and has subsidiaries in Sweden and Germany. The company provides carbon-neutral home energy solutions, including solar systems, heat pumps, wallboxes, and energy storage, all connected to a smart energy system. The company offers a "One-Stop-Shop" for klimaneutrale Energiesysteme, providing tailored solutions for zero-impact power supply. Philipp Schröder has been the CEO since 2021.

Enclaive GmbH provides application security and data privacy through their revolutionary encryption technology. The company is based in Berlin, Germany and was founded by Andreas Walbrodt, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The German company's products are designed for developers and built for businesses, allowing them to move to the cloud with zero-trust and confidence. Enclaive's compute, storage, and other services are used by a plethora of businesses to develop, manage, and protect their applications.

Esforin SE is a market leader in flexibility marketing, offering fully automatic flexibility marketing services and intraday trading of electricity and gas. Esforin is based in Essen, DE and was founded in 2014 by Christoph Gardlo and Christian Hövelhaus. The German company provides attractive additional revenues for industrial, pharmaceutical, and chemical companies. Christian Hövelhaus has been the CEO since 2014.

beeOLED GmbH is a technology company based in Dresden, Germany that specializes in developing highly efficient blue emitters for OLED displays. beeOLED's technology concept is based on a single atom emitter that generates light 100%% efficiently, making it fundamentally impossible to break anything. The German company leverages the latest advances in europium chemistry and innovative organic ligands to develop highly stabilized blue eu (ii) -complexes that are air-stable and have nearly unity photoluminescence quantum yield. The company was founded in 2020 by Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, Carsten Rothe, and Volodymyr Senkovskyy, with Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth serving as the CEO since then.

Drees & Sommer SE provides construction consultancy services. The firm offers asset and portfolio analysis, infrastructure planning and consulting, lean construction management, project management, workplace consulting, real estate investment consulting, and general consulting management. The company was founded by Gerhard Drees and Hans Sommer in 1970 is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.