Guido Bohnenkamp

Analytik Jena AG provides analytical measuring technology, instruments, and products in the fields of biotechnology and molecular diagnostics, as well as liquid handling and automation technologies. The company was founded by Klaus Berka and Jens Adomat in 1990 and is headquartered in Jena, Germany.

BM-T Beteiligungsmanagement Thüringen GmbH (BMT) is the investment arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Thüringen Aufbaubank, which in turn is part of Landesbank Hessen-Thüringen Girozentrale, also known as HELABA-Hessische Landesbank. HELABA is a regional bank in Länder Hessen and Thüringen, controlled but the Government of Germany. BMT was established in 2003 and is headquartered in Erfurt, the capital of Land Thüringen in central Germany. The firm invests on behalf of the German government, and is backed by Land Thüringen. They originally received capital from TBG-Technologie Beteiligungs GmbH as well. TBG is a Bonn-based private equity entity part of the government-controlled KfW Bankengruppe. BMT manages venture capital and private equity funds.

X-FAB Semiconductor Foundries AG manufactures silicon wafers for mixed-signal integrated circuits (ICs). It combines modular CMOS and BiCMOS process technologies with service and support during IC development. In addition, from the early product development phase through to batch production, it offers online support, with access to technical documentation and product status on the production lines. The company is headquartered in Erfurt, Germany.

plazz AG engages in the development of applications for events and all event related processes and marketing tools. The applications include the event app itself, registr, used in the pre-event phase for administrational purposes and to create a pre event website for marketing, and check-in, an admission management app, to streamline the admission process on the day of the event itself. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Erfurt, Germany.

Q-Sensei Corp. develops an enterprise search platform. It builds an indexing technology that changes the way companies search data. The firm’s products are fuse and spark technology. The company was founded by Ute Rother, Hans-Jurgen Uffhaus, Nicolai Wirth, Rudy A. Mazzocchi, Ottolski Sascha and Wolfram Kerber in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.