Frank Mühlenbeck

Solstice Biologics LLC develops nucleic acid therapeutics. It specializes in the development of small, cell-permeable RNAi pro-drugs. The company was founded by Steven Dowdy and Curt W. Bradshaw in 2012 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Sonetik AG develops and markets digital hearing aids. The firm specializes in the manufacture and distribution of medical aid devices and devices for individuals with hearing impairment or moderate hearing loss. It focuses on the integration of sound processing technologies, such as adaptive directionality, speech recognition, noise reduction, and feedback cancellation. The company was founded by Christian Stromsted in 2007 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

EMBL Ventures GmbH (EMBL Ventures) is a venture investment arm of EMBL which was founded in 2001 by Drs. Stefan Herr, Christoph Antz and Jan Adams to provide start-up companies exploiting EMBL research and intellectual property with equity and expertise to build up and expand their business. Headquartered in Heidelberg, EMBL Ventures manages funds on behalf of institutional and private investors, forming a triad with EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) and EMBLEM (EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH) to provide exclusive access to unique technology commercialization opportunities from the EMBL. In addition, their investment activities complement and exploit synergies with EMBL and EMBLEM, providing financial and strategic investors with access to an attractive private equity market and an international scientific and research community, respectively.

Curetis NV engages in the manufacture, research and development, and commercialization of molecular microbiology solutions. It offers unyvero platform, which comprsises of the unyvero system with the A50 analyzer at its core, proprietary software, and single-use, application-specific cartridges. The company was founded by Johannes Bacher, Gerd Luedke and Andreas Boos in August 2007 and is headquartered in Holzgerlingen, Germany.

Sensovation AG manufactures and supplies scientific imaging instrumentation products. The firm specializes in the development and production of scientific imaging and low light detection solutions, based on charge coupled device and complementary metal oxide semiconductor technologies. It offers automated digital microscopes, microarray analyzers, and scientific cameras for bioimaging, diagnostics, and quality control in clean technology applications. It also engages in partnerships focused on building and supplying commercial production systems and platforms. The company was founded by Stefan Bickert and Paul Hing in 2000 and is headquartered in Radolfzell, Germany.