Knut Heitmann

Media Lario Technologies SRL supplies cost effective reflective optical components and systems for a variety of applications in Semiconductor Lithography, Semiconductor Processing Capital Equipment, Space and Terrestrial Science and Medical and Life Science Devices, thereby serving the radiation spectrum from X-ray to millimeter waves. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Bosisio Parini, Italy.

Media Lario International SA manufactures and supplies reflective optical components and subsystems. The company was founded by Arnoldo Valenzuela and Jeffey Charles Lyons on December 12, 2003 and is headquartered in Luxembourg.

PT Capital-Partners GmbH (PTCP) is an independent partner-owned private equity firm established in 2008 as the successor firm of PolyTechnos Venture-Partners GmbH, which was renamed PolyTechnos Venture-Partners II GmbH and went on managing a maturing portfolio of private equity participations held through two funds. PTCP is based in Munich with a U.S. office in Silicon Valley. The firm manages the private equity fund PT European Growth Fund I. Their clients include financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, universities, foundations, corporations and fund-of-funds. They operate in close relationship with U.S. venture capital firms based on the west coast.

PolyTechnos Venture-Partners II GmbH (PTVP) is an independent partner-owned European private equity firm established in 1998 and based in Munich with a U.S. office in Silicon Valley. Their clients include financial institutions, banks, insurance companies, universities, foundations, corporations and fund-of-funds. They operate in close relationship with U.S. venture capital firms based on the West Coast. PTVP manages and divests a portfolio of private equity participations held through two maturing funds, namely the German fund PolyTechnos Venture Fund II and the UK fund Enabling Technology. PTVP's successor firm PT Capital-Partners GmbH was established in 2008.

Freiberger Compound Materials GmbH manufactures semi-insulating and semi-conducting gallium arsenide substrates for micro and optoelectronics industries. Its products include semi-insulating and semi-conducting liquid encapsulated czochalski and vertical gradient freeze wafers. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Freiberg, Germany.

Color Chip (Israel) Ltd. designs and manufactures optical sub-systems and components. It develops application specific photonic integrated circuits. The firm delivers optical high-speed transceivers to the datacom/telecom markets and passive optical splitters to the FTTx markets. The company was founded by Shimon Eckhouse, Moshe Price and Shlomo Ruschin in January 2001 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.