Thomas Hoch

EVP Capital Management AG (EVP) is the venture capital arm of Switzerland-based Co-Investor AG. Formerly known as equinet Venture Partners, the firm was formally established in 1998 and is located in Frankfurt. EVP manages venture capital funds including the EAP Start-Fonds sponsored by the government-controlled KfW Bankengruppe, and the VRP fund (Venture Capital Rheinland-Pfalz) sponsored by the regional development agency ISB-Investitions- und Strukturbank Rheinland-Pfalz and by the regional bank Landesbank Rheinland-Pfalz, as well as by leading insurance companies and corporations. EVP is also active in the secondary market. In 2004 the firm took over the management of Heptagon Capital Beteiligungsgesellschaft der Freien Sparkassen mbH on behalf of the seven independent German savings banks.

W&B Projektentwicklungs GmbH is a German company that specializes in the development and control of commercial and residential properties. The company was founded in 2006 and is based in Darmstadt, Germany. The private company finances their real estate stock from equity and loans from cooperative banks and savings banks. W&B Projektentwicklungs offers a range of services along the complete value chain, from the first idea to planning and development to implementation and marketing. The company takes care of the selection of suitable land, design and planning of the building, monitor and control the necessary construction companies, and complete their range of services with the rental, administration, and marketing of the property. The company also offers property management, operational object and rental management, facility management, as well as control of external service providers, conversion, renovation, and maintenance controlling and reporting on object levels. The CEOs are Thomas Hoch and Gerald Wörner.

Part of Aurelius Group, AURELIUS Management SE provides management services. The company is based in Munich, Germany. The CEO of the German company is Matthias Täubl.

AURELIUS Equity Opportunities SE & Co. KGaA invests in lower middle market companies located across the Europe with revenues of € 30 - € 1,000 million. The fund target companies operating in the fields of industrial & chemicals, lifestyle & consumer goods, IT and business services. It provides financing for corporate carve-outs, add-on acquisitions, platform build-ups and complex buy-outs with an investment size of up to EUR 100 million and also takes controlling position.

equinet Bank AG provides investment banking services. The firm acts as a broker, trade stocks, derivatives and fixed-income securities on behalf of German and foreign banks, investment companies, insurers and investment fund companies. The company was founded by Lutz Weiler in 1999 and is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Aurelius (Private Equity) (Aurelius) is a pan-European alternative investment arm of Aurelius Group founded in 2005 by Dirk Markus and Gert Purkert. It is headquartered in Munich, Germany with additional offices in London, Luxembourg, Amsterdam, Stockholm, Madrid, Milan and Düsseldorf.