Thomas Philippiak

Novaled GmbH designs and develops organic light-emitting diode technologies. Its products include organic materials, OLED display materials, OLED lighting materials and organic photovoltaic materials. The company was founded by Karl Leo, Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, Martin Pfeiffer and Jorg Amelung in 2001 and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

Rhebo GmbH engages in the provision of industrial monitoring solutions ensuring both cybersecurity and stability of ICS (industrial control system) and IoT (Internet of things) infrastructures. Its products include Rhebo Industry 4.0 Stability and Security Audit; Rhebo Industrial Protector; Rhebo IoT Device Protection; and Rhebo ReadyNow. The company was founded by Martin Menschner, Klaus Mochalski and Frank Stummer in 2014 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

Part of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, ESCRYPT GmbH is a leading provider of IT security solutions in embedded systems and consulting services for enterprise security and secured manufacturing. The company is based in Bochum, Germany, with four other German locations and subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, and other countries. The German company's solutions are widely used in the automotive security and production industry. ESCRYPT also provides dedicated security services for the Bosch Group's corporate IT and products. The company was founded in 2004 by Willi Mannheims and Christoph Paar, and the CEOs are Thomas Josef Wollinger and Uwe Bingel. ESCRYPT was acquired by ETAS GmbH on August 24, 2012.

Open-Xchange AG develops e-mail and collaboration software solutions. It specializes in the development of tools for on-premise or on-demand solutions, geared towards fueling clients' businesses. The company designs an application suite, a centralized cloud environment that lets users manage digital lives, emails, tasks, and files from a single interface. Its solutions include e-mail, calendar, address book, document, and task management applications. The company was founded by Rafael Laguna de la Vera, Martin Kauss and Frank Hoberg in 2005 and is headquartered in Nuremberg, Germany.

Heliatek GmbH develops, produces, and commercializes organic solar cells. The firm engages in the field of organic photovoltaics (OPV) based on small molecules. It is making the transition from pure technology development to industrial manufacture. The company was founded in 2006 by Jens Drechsel, Peter Bäuerle, Bert Männig, Martin Pfeiffer, Harald Eggers and Karl Leo and is headquartered in Dresden, Germany.

sonnen GmbH develops lithium storage systems and battery technologies. It specializes in the design of lithium storage systems and renewable energy development technologies. The firm engages in research and development investment projects focused on the production of power battery storage solutions. The company was founded by Christoph Ostermann and Torsten Stiefenhofer in April 2010 and is headquartered in Wildpoldsried, Germany.

Roland Berger GmbH provides business consulting services. It offers advisory services to international enterprises and public institutions on business management issues ranging from rule-breaking strategies to organizational structures and business processes. The firm focuses on corporate development, information management, marketing and sales, operations strategy, restructuring and corporate finance. Roland Berger was founded on September 14, 1998 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

beeOLED GmbH is a technology company based in Dresden, Germany that specializes in developing highly efficient blue emitters for OLED displays. beeOLED's technology concept is based on a single atom emitter that generates light 100%% efficiently, making it fundamentally impossible to break anything. The German company leverages the latest advances in europium chemistry and innovative organic ligands to develop highly stabilized blue eu (ii) -complexes that are air-stable and have nearly unity photoluminescence quantum yield. The company was founded in 2020 by Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth, Carsten Rothe, and Volodymyr Senkovskyy, with Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth serving as the CEO since then.

Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (AWS) is the Austrian promotional bank, fully controlled by the Government of Austria. Based in Vienna, AWS emerged in 2002 from the merger of several government funding agencies including FGG-Finanzierungsgarantiegesellschaft mbH and BÜRGES Förderungsbank GmbH. The firm later absorbed Innovationsagentur GmbH. The Seed Financing division of AWS manages venture capital investments by way of mezzanine financing. AWS also comprises several divisions not directly involved in investment management, namely Tecma which is specialized in technology marketing support, Tecnet which supplies technology information, i²-Ideas & Investment which is a networking platform for business angels and Biotech, providing business support for biotechnology projects. AWS manages the university spin-off fund Uni Venture, sponsored by BAWAG-Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft.

PHOENIX CONTACT Cyber Security GmbH engages in the development and manufacture of connection and automation technology for use in industrial environments. Its products include lighting and signaling, electronics housing, electronic switching devices and motor control, functional safety, HMIs and industrial PCs, industrial cloud computing, industrial communication technology, installation and assembly material, cables and wires, charging technology for electric mobility, PCB terminals and connectors, marking and labeling utensils, measurement, control and regulation technology. The company was founded on August 28, 2001 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Cdu Nordrhein-Westfalen operates as an online and service platform. The private company is based in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Part of RAG-Stiftung, Vivawest GmbH is a German company that focuses on the development and value enhancement of their properties. The company is based in Gelsenkirchen, Germany. The company manages over 120,000 apartments in NRW, providing homes for approximately 300,000 people. The company offers a repair service to quickly address emergencies and repairs for their tenants. The company was founded in 2006 and is led by CEOs Claudia Goldenbeld and Haluk Serhat. Vivawest was acquired by RAG AG on June 30, 2015.

Heinrich Linssen Gmbh & Co. Kg provides business services. The company was founded on November 19, 1963 and is headquartered in Geldern, Germany.

Part of RAG-Stiftung, RAG AG specializes in coal mining. The company is based in Essen, Germany. The CEO of the German company is Peter Schrimpf.

RAG-Stiftung operates as a private foundation. It provides financing services for the perpetual mine management as well as the educational, scientific, and cultural projects related to coal mining in the Ruhr and Saar regions. The company was founded on June 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Vivawest Wohnen GmbH is a leading real estate company based in NRW, Germany. The private company manages over 120,000 apartments, providing homes for approximately 300,000 people. Uwe Eichner has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

RAG Foundation provides finance to mines. The private company is based in Essen, UK.

European Network & Information Security Agency engages in prevention and detection of information security problems. It offers pan-European cyber security exercises, the development of national cyber security strategies, CSIRTs cooperation and capacity building, also studies on cloud adoption, addressing data protection issues, privacy enhancing technologies and privacy on emerging technologies, eIDs and trust services. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Heraklion, Greece.

Signa Prime Selection AG is a real estate developer and investor in Europe. The portfolio consists of exclusive properties in prime downtown locations in large cities and metropolitan areas in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and Northern Italy. Its portfolio includes properties, such as KaDeWe in Berlin, the UPPER WEST in Berlin, the Golden Quarter in Vienna, with the Park Hyatt Vienna, Oberpollinger in Munich, Kaufhaus Tyrol in Innsbruck, and Alsterhaus in Hamburg. The company was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria.

Enclaive GmbH provides application security and data privacy through their revolutionary encryption technology. The company is based in Berlin, Germany and was founded by Andreas Walbrodt, who has been the CEO since incorporation. The German company's products are designed for developers and built for businesses, allowing them to move to the cloud with zero-trust and confidence. Enclaive's compute, storage, and other services are used by a plethora of businesses to develop, manage, and protect their applications.

sonnen Holding GmbH (Germany) engages in the holding and management of participations in other firms. The company was founded on April 15, 2010 and is headquartered in Wildpoldsried, Germany.

Faradion Ltd. manufactures batteries. It offers sodium-ion batteries that can be tailored to both energy and power applications. The company was founded by Jerry Barker and Christopher J. Wright and Ashwin Kumar Kumaraswamy in 2011 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

KfW provides housing-related loans, grants, and financing services. The firm offers financing for infrastructure projects for municipalities, global funding to regional development agencies and financial institutions, and export and project finance. It also promotes small and medium-sized enterprises, business founders, start-ups, self-employed professionals, and developing and transition countries. The company was founded on November 18, 1948 and is headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, Germany.

Secusmart GmbH sepcializes in the development of security solutions for the communications sector. Its solutions support landline networks, e-mail and text message applications, mobile networks and devices. The firm offers phone call security, authenticated subscriber identification, and message and data encryption services. The company was founded by Christoph Erdmann and Daniel Fuhrmann in 2007 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Part of Atecs Mannesmann AG, Philips Car Systems International provides automotive services.

VPIsystems, Inc. engages in the provision of network planning software and services for the global telecommunications industry. It enables optimized solutions through LTE network analytics for the escalating bandwidth requirements in backhaul and core networks. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Somerset, NJ.

Exein SpA develops firmware security software and middleware. Its software provides hardware profiling, parallel learning, and machine learning systems. The company was founded by Giovanni Cuozzo in July 2018 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.

Build38 GmbH is a mobile application protection solutions provider based in Munich, Germany. The German company offers the Trusted Application Kit (T.A.K) solution, which combines AI-platform and app shielding technology to protect mobile channels from fraud and reduce compliance risk exposure. The solution also enables new use cases and opens the market for new digital business models. Build38 protects applications across various industries, including automotive, financial, public transport, and healthcare. The company was founded by Pedro Hernandez, and the CEO is Christian Schläger.

CounterCraft SL provides information technology security solutions. Its solutions portfolio includes designing, deploying, and monitoring counter intelligence campaigns across the breadth of digital assets. The company was founded by David Barroso Berrueta, Daniel Grayston Brett, and Fernando Braquehais on September 30, 2015 and is headquartered in San Sebastian, Spain.

nyris GmbH develops software solutions. Its product are nyris API and MESS-visual similarity search. The company was founded by Markus Lukasson and Anna Margaretha Lukasson-Herzig on August 31, 2015 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Tenzir GmbH is a company based in Hamburg, Germany. The German company specializes in providing threat intelligence solutions to help organizations detect and respond to cyber attacks. The company's platform uses advanced machine learning algorithms to analyze large amounts of data and provide real-time insights into potential threats. Tenzir's solutions are designed to be highly scalable and customizable, making them suitable for organizations of all sizes. With a team of experienced cybersecurity professionals, Tenzir is committed to helping their clients stay ahead of the ever-evolving threat landscape.

Eracom Technologies AG provides information technology services and solution. It supports and integrates with key IT security initiatives such as EMV, Verified by Visa/Visa 3D secure. The company operates as subsidiary company of SafeNet, Inc