Günter Steffen

zfhn Zukunftsfonds Verwaltungs GmbH (ZFHN) is an independent German venture capital firm which was founded in 2005 to support the development of innovative start-up companies in Southern Germany. Headquartered in Heilbronn, ZFHN manages a venture capital fund backed by private investors. They also have a cooperative agreement with ZFH High-Tech Gründerfonds.

Implandata Ophthalmic Products GmbH develops diagnosis tool for glaucoma therapy. Its technology Pro-IOP is an eye pressure measurement system consists of an implantable micro sensor, responsible for pressure sensing, an external hand held device, which is transferring energy to the micro sensor telemetrically and which is responsible for data read out and storage and a GSM module which can be connected with the hand held device for transfer of measurement data to a database, which can be accessed by the eye doctor in order to get information about the disease status of the patient. The company was founded by Max Georg Ostermeier and Stefan Meyer in January 2010 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

venture forum neckar eV provides matching services for investors and start-up companies. It offers technological, credential, and capital, financing, and credit services. The firm also provides funding advices. The company was founded by Stefan Reineck, Axel Krauss, and Tilmann Distelbarth in 2002 and is headquartered in Heilbronn, Germany.