Mike Kunze

LeasePlan Corp. NV engages in the provision of leasing and fleet management services, including the purchase, financing, insurance, maintenance, and remarketing of vehicles. It operates through the Europe and Rest of the World segments. The Europe segment includes all European countries including Turkey, Russia and United Arab Emirates. The Rest of the World segment focuses on Brazil, India, and Mexico. The company was founded by Anton Goudsmit in 1963 and is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

Lowell Financial Services GmbH engages in the provision of receivables management services. Its solutions include national debt collection, international debt collection; purchase of receivables; risk management; and advanced analytics . The company was founded by Peter Jaensch in 1992 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Carl Zeiss AG engages in the development and manufacture of scientific optics technologies and solutions services. Its products and solutions inlcude medical, microscopy, optemetry, industrial metrology spectroscopy, semicondictor technology, camera and film lenses, and simulation solutions planetariums. The company was founded by Carl Zeiss in 1846 and is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany.

TK Elevator GmbH engages in the manufacture, sale, and distribution of passenger transportation systems. Its products include passenger and freight elevators, escalators, moving walks, passenger boarding bridges, as well as stair and platform lifts. It also provides maintenance, real-time troubleshooting, and remote monitoring services. The company was founded in 1865 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

University of Miami (Florida) is a private research university with students from around the world that is focused on teaching and learning, the discovery of new knowledge, and service to the South Florida region and beyond. The university was founded in 1925 and it is headquartered in Coral Gables, FL.

Earlybird Venture Capital GmbH & Co. KG (Earlybird VC) is an independent venture capital firm founded by Hendrik Brandis, Roland Manger, Rolf Mathies, and Christian Nagel in 1997. It is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Earlybird VC Management GmbH & Co. KG. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with another German office in Berlin, and international office in Istanbul, Turkey.

Carl Zeiss SMT GmbH develops and manufactures lithography optics solutions and nanotechnology systems. It offers semiconductor equipment and lithography optics for wafer steppers and scanners. The company was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Oberkochen, Germany.

Light Blue Optics Ltd. develops miniature laser projector systems. It also develops and supplies advanced user-interface technology for use in markets including education, training, corporate boardrooms and consumer electronics. The firm’s software is embedded in cutting-edge interactive flat-panel displays and projection-based whiteboards. The company was founded by Adrian Cable James, Lawrence Nicholas Alexander, Peter Mash, Susan Elizabeth Dixon and Edward Buckley on January 19, 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Addiko Bank dd Sarajevo engages in the provision of retail and corporate banking services. It operates through the following segments: Population, Small and Medium Entities, Large Entities, and Public Financing. The Population segment offers banking services to private entrepreneurs and natural persons with gross annual income less than 978 thousand BAM. The Small and Medium Entities segment provides investment loans and financial products to entities with gross annual income between 978 thousand and 97.791 million BAM. The Large Entity segment includes banking services to entities with gross annual income greater than 97.791 million BAM. The Public Financing segment engages in the financing of ministries, government enterprises, and local government. The company was founded on January 21, 2000 and is headquartered in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

TopQuadrant, Inc. provides semantic web consulting solutions and services. Its solutions include data governance, semantic search, enterprise metadata management, enterprise taxonomy and ontology, and jumpstart program. The company was founded by Irene Polikoff, Robert Coyne and Ralph Hodgson in 2001 and is headquartered in Alexandria, VA.

Vakzine Projekt Management GmbH develops vaccines and biopharmaceuticals products from laboratory stages through to clinical examination. It offers VPM2001 vaccine to prevent human cytomegalovirus infections and VPM5001 Soluferon vaccine, treatment for multiple sclerosis (MS) and hepatitis C. The company was founded in August 2002 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

Part of Vishay Intertechnology, Inc., Vishay Siliconix Itzehoe GmbH is a company that manufactures electronic components and semiconductors. The company is based in Itzehoe, Germany. The CEOs of the German company are Werner Gebhardt, Martin Schneider.

Mercedes-Benz Bank AG provides banking and financing services. Its products include investments, credit cards, leasing, loan financing, and insurances. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Commerz Real AG engages in the provision of asset and investment management services. Its products and services include open-ended real estate funds, institutional investments, infrastructure funds, alternative investment funds, asset structuring, and equipment leasing. The company was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany.

TES Electronic Solutions GmbH provides electronic engineering services. Its services include radio frequency design for wireless systems, digital processing and transmission, multi-channel data acquisition and processing, digital signal processing, battery and power management solutions, antenna design and optimization, home automation and metering, and component library subscription. The company is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Lazard SRL provides investment advice. The company was founded in 1960 and is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

The German Private Equity & Venture Capital Association is the federal association of participation capital and serves as the voice of the participation capital industry. The private company is based in Berlin, Germany. The association analyzes the market and its constant development.

Part of Carl-Zeiss-Stiftung, Carl Zeiss Microscopy GmbH is a German company that manufactures microscopy products. The company is based in Goettingen, Germany. Markus Weber has been the CEO of the company since 2015.

Asia Germany Productivity Promotion Ltd (AGIC Capital) provides industrial technology investments. The company was founded by Henry Cai, Anne Wang, Wolfgang Seibold and Heiko von Dewitz in 2015. It is headquartered in Shanghai, China.

Hermes Germany GmbH engages in the provision of logistics services. The firm specializes in the domestic and international delivery of packages. It also develops and operates an online platform and a mobile application, which give users access to services such as package delivery options, selection of packaging, shipment tracking, and parcel shop search. The company was founded on November 6, 2008 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Concardis Payment Group GmbH engages in the acquisition, holding, management, and sale of participations in domestic and international companies. It also provides support and consulting services. The company was founded on September 27, 2016 and is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

Hitachi Ventures GmbH (Hitachi Ventures) is the venture capital subsidiary of Hitachi Ltd. The firm was founded in 2019 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Expert Dojo, Inc. (Expert Dojo) is a accelerator incubator firm founded in 2014 by Brian Mac Maho. The firm is headquartered in Santa Monica, California.

myNexio, Inc. develops mobile applications. The American company was founded by Thomas Richter.

Vertical Topco Sarl is an investment holding Luxembourger company. The private company is based in Luxembourg, Luxembourg and was founded in 2020.

Carl Zeiss NV is a Belgian company that wholesales photo and film equipment as well as optical items. The private company is based in Zaventem, Belgium. The company was founded in 1864 by Carl Zeiss. The CEO is Karl Lamprecht.

Part of Rothschild Concordia SAS, Rothschild & Co. Deutschland GmbH is a German company that provides financial advisory services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Dirk Pahlke, Martin Reitz.

Part of Lazard Ltd., Lazard & Co. GmbH is a German investment bank company that provides financial advisory and asset management services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Ken Oliver Fritz-Früh, Christian Straube, Jörg Asmussen.