Michael Brandkamp

ECBF Management GmbH is a private venture capital impact fund that aims to catalyze the transition towards a sustainable future by speeding up the shift from a fossil-based to a circular bio-based economy. The German company invests €300m in growth-stage companies with high potential for innovation, favorable returns, and sustainable impact. The company offers flexible financing tools from equity to mezzanine in syndicates with private and public investors. The experienced team at ECBF Management brings over 100 years of VC and industry experience and has international, resilient networks consisting of investors, companies, industry experts, and regional organizations in the bioeconomy. The company supports the best founders whose technologies are making a difference by revolutionizing industries and improving people's lives and the environment.

Part of Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft eV, Fraunhofer-Institut für Umwelt-, Sicherheits- und is a research institute based in Oberhausen, Germany. The German company develops climate-neutral energy systems, resource-efficient processes, and circular products. The private company also advises on the transition to sustainability and accompany the change in the energy and raw material system. The company offers support to complete doctorates and encourages the establishment of spin-offs to put developments into practice and market the institute's own technologies. Manufacturers can use their compostable plastics or have plastics made from renewable raw materials certified according to various standards. The company was founded in 1990 by Paul-Michael Weinspach, and Eckhard Weidner has been the CEO of the company since 2004.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.