Paul Alfons Decraemer

Capricorn Partners NV (Capricorn) is an independent European licensed manager of private and public equity investment funds which was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Dr Jos B. Peeters and Baring Venture Partners Ltd. In 1999, Capricorn became a fully partner-owned, independent firm. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

COLEXON Energy AG engages in the provision of solar solutions. It operates through the following segments: Wholesale, Projects and Services, and Plant Operation. The Wholesale segment comprises the wholesale business with modules and accessories. The Projects and Service segment involves activities as a system provider of photovoltaic systems. The Plant Operation segment includes analyses, technical, legal and financial investment reviews, and financing and operating solar power plants. The company was founded by Helmut Bückle and Bernd Kocher on January 22, 1999 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Capricorn Cleantech Fund NV makes early stage investments in technology start-ups that are based in Europe and that develop technologies with a reduced impact on water, air, soil and/or are active in the field of renewable energy. Target companies need to be privately held, and have substantial defendable intellectual property. Capricorn Cleantech acquires significant minority shareholdings. Initial investments vary between €1 to €5 million and also considers follow-on investments. Exits are made after a 3-7 year period, in some cases through an IPO.

Metallkraft Singapore Pte Ltd. provides slurry recovery and recycling solutions. It focuses on photovoltaics solar energy industry and invests in solid-liquid separation technology with the emphasis on physics and mechanical method. The company was founded by Knut Henriksen in 1999 and is headquartered in Singapore.

Xylophane AB provides food-packaging products made from recycled cardboard and paper. The firm’s products are used for packaging of oxygen-sensitive dairy products, greasy snacks or pet foods, as well as aromatic products such as spices and coffee. The company was founded by Paul Erik Gatenholm, Maria Helena Gröndahl and Lisa Maria Bindgård in 2004 and is headquartered in Hisings backa, Sweden.

Capricorn Venture Partners NV (Investment Management) (Capricorn Partners-IM) is the investment management division of Capricorn Venture Partners NV, a private venture company headquartered in Leuven, Belgium. The firm was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Dr. Jos B. Peeters and Baring Venture Partners Ltd. They were renamed as Capricorn Venture Partners in 2019. Capricorn Partners-IM manages private and public equity investment funds for retail and institutional investors.

Inbiose NV manufactures specialty carbohydrates. It offers carbohydrates, prebiotics, infant food formula, nutraceutical, human milk oligosaccharide, contract manufacturing, fermentation, Downstream processing, white biotechnology, monosaccharide, glycan, oligosaccharide, glyconutrients, bioactive. The company was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.