Thomas Balland

SymbioFCell SA manufactures and industrializes hydrogen fuel systems. It also engages in the development, assembly and integration of its fuel systems. The firm’s product applications include industrial and automotive embarkation, such as short- and mid-range trucks, industrial and specialized vehicles, buses, trams, ferries and barges. The company was founded by Fabio Ferrari in 2010 and is headquartered in Grenoble, France.

cooee GmbH operates an online 3D Internet communication platform. It offers 3D chat community, Club Cooee and a social music application, djparty.fm. The company was founded by Alexander Jorias, Werner Bruckner, Markus Wiekenberg and Ingo Frick in October 2007 and is headquartered in Kaiserslautern, Germany.

AGC Biologics A/S provides contract process development and biopharmaceuticals manufacturing services worldwide. It specializes in delivering custom solutions for the scale-up and the cGMP manufacture of protein-based therapeutics for pre-clinical, clinical trials, and commercial production. Its services include cell line development, bioprocess development, formulation, and analytical testing. The company was founded by Peter Vilby, Mads Laustsen, Thomas Sandal, and Morten Munk in 2001 and is headquartered in Soeborg, Denmark.

Part of Eurobio-Scientific SA, Gamma SA is a Belgian company specialized in immunological techniques for in vitro medical diagnostic use. The company is based in Angleur, Belgium. Gamma was acquired by InGen Biosciences SA, a subsidiary of Eurobio-Scientific SA from ZenTech SA on December 07, 2011.

IPSA SA (IPSA), a subsidiary of ACG SA, is a venture capital firm headquartered in Paris. Formerly known as Innoven Partenaires SA, the firm was founded in 1997.

Technolas Perfect Vision GmbH develops and markets laser and surgical technology solutions. Its brands include TENEO 317 Laser, VICTUS Femtosecond Laser, ZYOPTIX Diagnostic Workstation, and ZYOPTIX Microkeratome. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

HERE Deutschland GmbH supplies software and provides services for location-based information on mobile devices. The company introduced smart2go as a content delivery platform for content with a location aspect. The middleware developed by gate5, for real- time mapping, route planning, content management and messaging is available as an on-board version that is installed directly on the device which runs independent of any online access and as a service that allows real-time access and updates via server-side databases. Its independent modules support all major mobile operating systems such as Symbian (Series 80, Series 60, UIQ), Microsoft SmartPhone, PalmOS and PocketPC (Windows mobile). The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.