Andreas Sichert

Apax Partners Beteiligungsberatung GmbH (APB) is a private equity firm located in Munich, Germany. APB is a subsidiary of London-based Apax Partners Holdings Ltd. with the ultimate parent firm being UK-headquartered Apax Partners Worldwide LLP which can trace their history to 1972. In 1972, Ronald Cohen and Maurice Tchenio co-founded the Multinational Management Group (MMG). In 1976, the Alan Patricof Associates firm joined forces with MMG to form Apax Partners. In 2002, the European and the U.S. operating firms merged to become Apax Partners Worldwide LLP, headquartered in London. They also operate through offices in New York, Madrid, Milan, Paris, Stockholm, Mumbai, Tel Aviv and Hong Kong. In 2005, the Apax Foundation was established for the group's charitable donations. The foundation supports entrepreneurial endeavors, social investment and educational initiatives aimed at alleviating poverty worldwide.

Voith GmbH & Co. KGaA operates as a holding company with interests in paper, fabrics, and hydro power generation. The firm’s principal activities are manufacturing of paper machinery, textile machinery, hydro fluid machinery, and turbo power transmission engineering. Its products and services include automation and digital solutions, drives & transmissions, connection components & couplings, hydropower components, hydraulics, pneumatics, cooling, braking systems and papermaking components. The company was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Heidenheim, Germany.

Part of B & C Privatstiftung, B & C LAG Holding GmbH functions as an investment holding Austrian company. The company is based in Vienna, Austria.

B&C Industrieholding GmbH operates as a holding company with interest in building and offers investments to other holding companies. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

KAEFER SE & Co. KG provides industrial insulation services. It provides insulation services in heat, cold, noise and fire protection areas. The firm offers insuation, access solutions, surface protection, passive fire protection, refractory, asbestos solutions and interior outfitting services. The company was founded by Carl Kaefer and Robert Berman in 1918 and is headquartered in Bremen, Germany.

TES Vsetín sro manufactures electric machines, drives and components. It offers industrial automation and test stands, hydro power generation, marine and offshore, steel industry, and subcontracting services. The company was founded by Josef Sousedík in September 1919 and is headquartered in Vsetin, Czech Republic.

btov Partners AG (btov) is a venture capital firm founded in 2000 by St. Gallen University students as an online job platform BrainsToVentures, with backing from Swiss business angels. The firm is headquartered in St. Gallen, Switzerland.

Wellington Partners GmbH (Wellington Partners) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1991 by Rolf Christof Dienst. The firm is headquartered in Munich, with offices in Zurich, London, and Palo Alto.

Part of Equal 1 Laboratories Ireland Ltd., Equal1 Labs is a technology company that specializes in developing desktop quantum computers with unmatched performance, affordability, and energy efficiency. The company is based in Fremont, CA, and the CEO of the company is Dirk Leipold. The company's groundbreaking quantum processors integrate an entire quantum system onto a single chip, including millions of spin qubits, measurement and control microelectronics, AI-powered real-time error correction, and high-speed input/output.

Part of Freepik Co. SL, EyeEm Ltd. is a British company that provides business support services. The company is based in Birmingham, UK. EyeEm was founded in 2011.

ROMO Wind AG provides products that focus on improving the wind turbine rotor function. It offers wind farm optimization, and yaw and pitch correction services. The firm also provides iSpin1, a retrofit product that is used for accurate detection and subsequent one-off correction of static or average wind turbine yaw misalignments. The company was founded by Soren Mouritsen, Poul Anker Lubker and Jan Nikolaisen in 2011 and is headquartered in Zug, Switzerland.

Fritz Schäfer GmbH & Co KG Einrichtungssysteme is an investment holding private company based in Neunkirchen, DE. and has a global presence of subsidiaries in several regions. The CEOs of the German company are Bruno Krauss, Steffen Bersch, Manfred Muckenhumer. The company functions as an investment holding company.