Stefan Herr

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.

Topas Therapeutics GmbH engages in pharmaceutical preparations. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Allecra Therapeutics GmbH focuses on the development of novel treatments to combat multi drug-resistant bacterial infections. The firm serves the bio and pharmaceutical industry. The company was founded by Nicholas Benedict and Stuart Shapiro in 2013 and is headquartered in Weil am Rhein, Germany.