Frank Mühlenbeck

EMBL Ventures GmbH (EMBL Ventures) is a venture investment arm of EMBL which was founded in 2001 by Drs. Stefan Herr, Christoph Antz and Jan Adams to provide start-up companies exploiting EMBL research and intellectual property with equity and expertise to build up and expand their business. Headquartered in Heidelberg, EMBL Ventures manages funds on behalf of institutional and private investors, forming a triad with EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) and EMBLEM (EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH) to provide exclusive access to unique technology commercialization opportunities from the EMBL. In addition, their investment activities complement and exploit synergies with EMBL and EMBLEM, providing financial and strategic investors with access to an attractive private equity market and an international scientific and research community, respectively.

Sonetik AG develops and markets digital hearing aids. The firm specializes in the manufacture and distribution of medical aid devices and devices for individuals with hearing impairment or moderate hearing loss. It focuses on the integration of sound processing technologies, such as adaptive directionality, speech recognition, noise reduction, and feedback cancellation. The company was founded by Christian Stromsted in 2007 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Solstice Biologics LLC develops nucleic acid therapeutics. It specializes in the development of small, cell-permeable RNAi pro-drugs. The company was founded by Steven Dowdy and Curt W. Bradshaw in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Barnev, Inc. is a healthcare information technology company specializing in the development, manufacturing, and marketing of comprehensive monitoring and information solutions to clinicians and hospitals for labor and delivery. The firm is the first to market with delivery suite/product solutions that improve the clinical management of patients, and improve economic efficiency for its customers. Its first product, the BirthTrack™ Continuous Labor Monitoring System, is the most exciting innovation in labor progression monitoring since the Friedman Labor Curve was introduced over 50 years ago. The BirthTrack System is a revolutionary continuous labor monitoring technology that provides obstetric caregivers invaluable, precise, objective, real-time information about the physical progress of labor.

Calibrium Private Investments GmbH (formerly Aeris Capital AG) is a venture capital firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 2006.

Affimed NV Niederlassung Deutschland discovers and develops antibody-based therapeutic drugs. The firm generates and develops a pipeline of antibody product candidates based on proprietary technology platform. It offer therapeutic drugs that target autoimmune diseases and tumor cells. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.

Sonetik AG develops and markets digital hearing aids. The firm specializes in the manufacture and distribution of medical aid devices and devices for individuals with hearing impairment or moderate hearing loss. It focuses on the integration of sound processing technologies, such as adaptive directionality, speech recognition, noise reduction, and feedback cancellation. The company was founded by Christian Stromsted in 2007 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.