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ProBioGen AG operates as a contract development and manufacturing organization. It specializes in cell line engineering, process development, and GMP manufacturing of biopharmaceuticals. The firm offers services such as cell line development, process development, manufacturing programs, physio-chemical analyses, and cell-based assays. The company was founded by Uwe Marx on June 13, 1994 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

CFH Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (CFH) is the investment arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary Landesbank Baden-Württemberg. CFH was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Leipzig on the eastern side of Germany. CFH manages private equity funds including regional funds focused on Saxony and venture capital funds. They also manage a portfolio of direct participations and a private equity fund of fund. In addition to their parent Sachsen Landesbank and the Government of Land Sachsen, their investors include large regional savings banks and European entities.

Novoplant GmbH develops and provides veterinary medicines. It produces antibodies and antibody fragments in plants for veterinary use to fight intestinal pathogens. It received a license for the development and commercialization of therapeutic antibodies as feed components for use in veterinary medicine. It will use MorphoSys’s HuCAL GOLD technology to generate antibodies against viruses, parasites and pathogenic microorganisms. The addition of such antibodies to animal feed stock may offer protection against infectious diseases in the respective animal’s gastro-intestinal tract. The company was founded in 1998 and is headquartered in Gatersleben, Germany.

BioM AG Munich BioTech Development (BMBD) is a venture capital firm specialized in the life sciences sector. Located in Martinsried on the outskirts of Munich, BMBD was established in 2002 to manage the investment portfolio of BioM AG, a regional technology transfer and venture capital services company. BioM was created in 1997 following Munich's selection in the Government-sponsored BioRegio Competition, and provides business support services to Munich-based biotechnology companies, focusing on start-ups. BMBD manages the BioM Venture Capital fund. Their clients include regional banks, German and European private equity firms and private individuals. The firm operates in partnership with public entities, in particular the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) and HighTech Gründerfonds (HTGF), a partnership between the Government of Germany, the KfW banking group and leading technology corporations.

Scienion AG develops and provides DNA biochips and protein microarrays. It provides its customers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and reagent supply markets, as well as in academic research institutions with products, and services to facilitate confidence and efficiency in aspects of its applications. The company was founded by Holger Eickhoff in 2000 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

Connecting for Health addresses the challenges of protected health information between sub-network organizations on a nationwide health information network. The company is headquartered in New York, NY.

Market Logic Software AG designs and develops enterprise business software for product management. Its software helps to manage research, search information, build knowledge, guide innovation, plan marketing and drive sales. The firm provides marketing information systems to the marketing and research teams. Its clients include global brands from FMCG and CPG, healthcare, retail, high-tech, finance and communications sectors and research agencies. The company was founded by Kay Iversen in 2006 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Acktar Ltd. engages in the development, industrialization and production of black light absorbing coating. Its products include light absorbing foils, die-cuts solutions, optical components, black optical coatings, high specific surface area coatings, vacuum coater and high capacitance anode and cathode foils. The firm also offers coating services that include black optical coating and light absorbing foil. It serves the space, defense, semiconductor, solar energy and commercial industries. The company was founded in 1994 by Zvi Finkelstein and Dina Katsir and is headquartered in Kiryat-Gat, Israel.

Emperra GmbH E-Health Technologies manufactures and designs telemedicine technologies. The firm specializes in the development of medical monitoring devices for the tracking and transmission of diabetic patients' diagnostic and therapeutic data. It develops components and systems under the ESYSTA product brand, featuring data acquisition, analysis, and transfer solutions. The company was founded by Janko Schildt in 2008 and is headquartered in Potsdam, Germany.

asphericon GmbH manufactures aspherical components using CNC-technology. It offers aspheres, freeforms, reflectors, cylinders and axicons. The firm improves imaging properties and reduces the overall number of optical elements. The company was founded on May 17, 2001 and is headquartered in Jena, Germany.

Novosom Verwaltungs GmbH provides clinical development services and hospital equipment. It offers its own euqipment and technology to discover new methods of healing and researching on ribonucleic acid. The company was founded by Steffen Panzner in 1999 and is headquartered in Halle, Germany.

Carbon Clean Tech AG engages in the production and distribution of alternative carbon black products. It also develops and markets industrial facilities for the manufacture of these products. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bad Lauchstaedt, Germany.

CODIXX AG specializes in the production, development, and distribution of glass polarizers. It encompasses visible and infrared standard, ultraviolet, and high-transmittance polarizers. The company was founded on September 1, 1998 and is headquartered in Barleben, Germany.

Caterpillar Energy Solutions GmbH engages in the production of gas engines. Its product portfolio includes gas-fueled gensets and cogeneration power plants, which are used in industries such as agriculture, forestry, mining, oil exploration, construction, manufacturing, gas compression and power production. The firm also provides support, diagnosis, parts sales, maintenance, and repair services. The company was founded by Carl Benz in 1871 and is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany.

ApaNovis Biotechnologie GmbH develops, manufactures, and markets immunotherapeutics for cancer. The company was founded on February 11, 2005 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

bmp Ventures /Venture Capital/ (bmp Ventures) is the venture capital arm of bmp Ventures AG. It was founded by Oliver Borrmann in 1997. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, Germany, with another German office located in Magdeburg.

Elector GmbH engages in the acquisition, holding, and management of participating interests in firms. The company was founded on November 20, 2012 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Caterna Vision GmbH provides and develops technologies for the vision therapy. It develops and markets treatment software for therapeutic applications in ophthalmology. The firm’s product is used in the treatment of amblyopia. The company founded by Nicolaus Widera and Sascha Seewald in 2013 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

4teen4 Pharmaceuticals GmbH engages in the research and development in diagnostic and therapeutics bio markets. The company was founded by Andreas Bergmann in 2013 and is headquartered in Hennigsdorf, Germany.

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