Manfred Krischke

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. designs, manufactures and launches rockets and spacecrafts. It develops the partially reusable launch vehicles Falcon 1 and Falcon 9. The company was founded by Elon Reeve Musk in 2002 and is headquartered in Hawthorne, CA.

Airbus Defence & Space GmbH develops and manufactures defense systems. The company provides military transport and fighter aircraft, defense electronics and security systems and space systems. It also conducts research activities. The company is headquartered in Ottobrunn, Germany.

HL Planartechnik GmbH develops, manufactures and sells components and subsystems using microstructures with sensory function on ceramic, glass and silicon chips. The company was founded in 1988 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

IONIC Software SA provides geospatial software. It operates through its brand which is RedSpider. The company was founded by Vincent Dessard and Dmitrie Monie and is headquartered in Grace-Hollogne, Belgium.

EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht gGmbH functions as a college or university. Its services include academic, coaching@EBS, career services center, EBS languages center, accommodation database and EBS mediations services. The company is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany.

TTTech Computertechnik AG engages in the provision of aerospace, space, manufacturing and energy market solutions. The company was founded by Stefan Poledna and Gerog Kopetz in 1998 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Seidel GmbH & Co. KG designs and fabricates aluminum products for the perfume, automotive, cosmetics, and pen manufacturing industries. Its services include aluminum deep drawing, extrusion, injection molding, hot-stamping, laser engraving, sandblasting, and tool manufacturing. The company was founded in 1830 and is headquartered in Marburg, Germany.

SpaceTec Capital Partners GmbH operates as a consulting and investment firm. Its services include strategy and technology consulting, communication activities and interdisciplinary project management mainly for public institutions in the space and space applications domain. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Deutsches Zentrum für Luft- und Raumfahrt e. V. operates as a national aeronautics and space research center. It specializes in aeronautics, space, energy, transport, and security. It also plans and implements German space programs. The company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Part of Securitas AB, Protection One GmbH is a market leader in 24-hour real-time response with 25 years of experience in providing effective protection against burglary, theft, robbery, vandalism, and fire. The private company is based in Meerbusch, Germany. The German company offers customized solutions for protection against burglary, theft, and robbery with a proprietary emergency and service control center. The company was founded in 1997 by Martell Schilling, and the CEO is Sylke Mokrus. Protection One was acquired by Securitas AB on August 19, 2021 for $84.96 million.

GreenCom Networks AG develops energy management software for the energy industry. The firm offers solutions for energy control and consumption control for end customers, as well as for the management of local energy production and electric cars. It provides solutions for electric vehicle management, distributed generation management, smart consumption, and energy monitoring for power and grid operators, utility retailers, and end customers. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Springlane GmbH develops and operates an online food and kitchenware shopping portal. It provides users with a web-based platform for searching and buying cooking equipment and kitchen accessories, such as cooking pots and pans, electronic grills, rice cookers, glassware, plates and cups, utensils, and table decoration. It also offers a selection of wine and gourmet food products. The company was founded by Lars Christian Wilde, Marius Till Fritzsche, Alexander Luik, Nils Wilde, and Björn Rust in 2012 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Apeiron Investment Group Ltd. is a family office and private investment firm based in Sliema, MT. The Maltese company has over $3 billion of assets under management and focuses on investments in various sectors such as financial services, deep-tech, life sciences, media & entertainment, and real estate & prop-tech. Apeiron has a unique approach and deploys its capital across the entire company lifecycle, from founding companies in-house, seed/start-up investments, to large-scale investments in listed companies. The private company is led by entrepreneur and investor Christian Angermayer and has subsidiaries in United Kingdom, Malta, Germany, and United States.

Digitalplus GmbH (Digitalplus) is a venture capital firm founded in 2015. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Alphapet Ventures GmbH engages in the operation of e-commerce platforms for the sale of pet food and other related services. its strategy is based on the digitization of the pet nutrition market combined with brand building and multi-channel distribution facilities. The company was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Part of Mynaric AG, Mynaric Lasercom GmbH is a German company that offers laser communication solutions for long distance wireless data transmission between moving objects for terrestrial, airborne and space applications. The private company is based in Gilching, Germany. The company was founded in 2009 by Markus Knapek, Joachim Horwath, Dirk Giggenbach. Joachim Horwath has been the CEO since 2009.

Neodigital Versicherung AG is a holding company, which provides online insurance solutions. It offers accident insurance, home insurance, personal liability insurance, as well as pet owner liability insurance. The company was founded by Dirk Wittling and Stephen Voss on December 27, 2016 and is headquartered in Neunkirchen, Germany.

ATAI Life Sciences AG operates as a holding company, which is a global biotech company builder. The company was founded by Christian Angermayer, Lars Christian Wilde, Srinivas G. Rao and Florian Brand in 2018 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Prime Movers Lab LLC (Prime Movers Lab) is a venture capital firm founded in 2018 by Dakin Sloss. The firm is headquartered in Jackson, Wyoming.

Global Space Ventures (Global Space) is a venture capital firm which was founded in 2018 by Laetitia Garriott de Cayeux. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

Part of Giesecke+Devrient GmbH, G+D Currency Technology GB Ltd. engages in the sale, maintenance and repair of currency counting equipment and related support services.

Yttrium Ltd. is a British company that rents and operates residential real estate properties. The private company is based in Stockton-on-Tees, UK. The company was founded in 1999.

xPay Holding AG is an investment holding German company. The private company is based in Munich, Germany. The CEO of the company is Marcus Sahanek.

Part of Spacebase GmbH, Workspace2Go AG is a Swiss company that provides on-demand workspaces for teams. The private company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The company offers spaces for meetings, offsites, and remote work, allowing distributed teams to easily book spaces, equipment, and catering with just a few clicks. Founded in 2016. Workspace2Go was acquired by Spacebase GmbH on October 12, 2022.

Sutura Therapeutics Ltd. is a British biopharmaceutical company that is advancing biomolecular medicine through its Peptigo technology platform. The company is based in Macclesfield, UK. Sutura's team is made up of skilled and passionate professionals who bring a unique perspective to the table. The company was founded in 2020, and Edwin J. Wagena has been the CEO of the company since 2021.

Cognitive Space, Inc. is a company that specializes in developing advanced automation systems for the space industry. The company is based in Manvel, TX. The company's focus is on software management of satellite constellations, including mission management, collection planning, communication link management, and modeling & simulation of future capabilities. The company is particularly focused on orchestrated collection management for the explosion of new remote sensing constellations. The CEO of the company is Guy de Carufel.

Part of Mynaric AG, Mynaric USA, Inc. produces optical communications terminals. The private company is based in Los Angeles, CA. The CEO of the company is Emin Bulent Altan.

Nextmarkets AG develops and operates trading software. The company is based in Cologne, Germany.

Part of Navitas Semiconductor Corp., VDDTech SRL is a Belgian company that creates digital-isolators for power conversion. The private company is based in Mont-Saint-Guibert, Belgium. The company was founded in 2017 by Vincent Dessard. VDDTech was acquired by Navitas Semiconductor Corp. on July 12, 2022.