Ralf Dieter Schnell

Figure 8 Wireless, Inc. provides software and networking solutions for wireless communications. Its customers include OEMs and semiconductor companies. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in San Diego, CA.

Greenfield Capital Partners BV is an independent private equity investment firm located in Naardent, the Netherlands. Founded in 1995, Greenfield specializes in providing capital for growth, MBO/MBI, buy-and-build opportunities or strategic re-positioning in mid- to later-stage firms active in the sectors of telecommunications, media and technology. Greenfield manages four active funds, namely Greenfield Capital Fund II, NEThave, Berghave, and NethCorp.

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 CommScope Holding Co., Inc., Philips Broadband Networks, Inc. is a company that provides broadband products and services. The company is based in Manlius, NY. Philips Broadband Networks was acquired by C-COR, Inc. from Koninklijke Philips NV on September 16, 2002 for $77.88 million.

Triginta Capital Holding GmbH engages in the acquisition and management of participating interests in medium-sized firms. It also provides consulting services in the areas of company successions, acquisition and sale of businesses, corporate financing, as well as reorganizations. The company was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Duesseldorf, Germany.

ZigBee Alliance creates, maintains and delivers open and global wireless standards. Its products include talkingplug 11202, safe plug 1202, 1313-11-SE-9942, safeplug 1313-01-SE-9935, safe plug 1203, YDF40, demo color light and demo color scene remote. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Davis, CA.

Emerald Technology Ventures AG (ETV) is a venture capital investment firm with headquarters in Zurich, Switzerland and offices in Montreal, Canada. The firm originated in 2000 as the Sustainable Asset Management (SAM) Group. In 2007, ETV was formed following an MBO by the SAM private equity management. The firm specializes in the global clean technology investment sector. ETV manages several venture capital funds and venture capital portfolio mandates. Among investors are financial institutions and multinational corporations.

Founded in 2000, Emerald Technology Ventures, Inc. is a venture capital firm located in Montreal, Quebec. The firm is a subsidiary of Emerald Technology Ventures AG

Triginta Capital GmbH (TCG), formerly known as AVIDA Equity Partners, is the investment arm of Triginta Capital Group GmbH, an independent private equity firm majority-owned by partners. Significant minority shareholders include German family offices and CDC Entreprises, the private equity arm of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations which is controlled by the Government of France. Triginta originated in 1999 as ERGO Equity Partner AG, the private equity arm of the German insurance group ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG (FR: EVG2). The group was spun off in 2004 through a management buy-out and is headquartered in Düsseldorf with offices in Hanover, Berlin, Appenzell and Paris. They provide an extensive range of private equity fund services. TCG was established in 2005 and is based in Düsseldorf. Their clients are institutions based in German-speaking countries, such as medium-sized insurance companies and corporate pension funds. They manage a diverse range of private equity funds, partially relying on third-party investment advisory services.

VERTILAS GmbH develops, produces, and distributes laser diodes for optical communications technology, sensor engineering, and measurement methods. The company's products include gas sensing spectroscopy, data and telecommunication applications, spectroscopic diode lasers, and engineering services in the fields of fiberoptics, semiconductors, laser diodes, and vertical cavity surface-emitting laser diodes. The company was founded in December 2001 by Markus Ortsiefer and Markus-Christian Amann and is headquartered in Garching, Germany.

SET Management BV (SET Ventures) is the venture capital subsidiary of SET Holding Powered By Chrysalix & Robeco BV founded in 2007 by Rene Savelsberg, Wouter Jonk and Wal van Lierop. SET Management BV is headquartered in Amsterdam.

Philips Healthcare engages in the manufacture of electromedical apparatus. It develops products that offer added value to the entire care cycle: from disease prevention to screening, diagnosis, treatment and follow-up care at home or in hospital. It also deals with cardiology, oncology, and women's health. It focuses on serious health problems, which people are confronted, such as heart problems, lung and breast disease. The company is headquartered in Eindhoven, the Netherlands.

Sobera Capital GmbH (Sobera Capital) is an independent private equity and venture capital firm founded by Johannes Rabini and Dr. Stefan Beil in 2010. The firm is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

GreenCom Networks AG develops energy management software for the energy industry. The firm offers solutions for energy control and consumption control for end customers, as well as for the management of local energy production and electric cars. It provides solutions for electric vehicle management, distributed generation management, smart consumption, and energy monitoring for power and grid operators, utility retailers, and end customers. The company is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

PowerHouse Dynamics, Inc. engages in the provision of energy management solutions. It offers IoT-based platform that connects, monitors, analyzes, and controls equipment to deliver enterprise-wide operational efficiencies to portfolios of small commercial facilities, including restaurants, convenience stores, retailers, and others. The company was founded by Carstern Steenberg and Nielsen van Duijn in 2009 and is headquartered in Newton, MA.

Luxexcel Group BV provides printoptical solutions for the LED lighting industry. It develops, manufactures, and markets optical solutions for the LED lighting industry. The firm offers Fresnel lenses, linear prism structures, micro optics, lens combinations, integrated-graphics, color lenses, and lens arrays. Its products are used in linear fixtures, LED arrays, recessed spotlights, recessed floor lights, table and floor lamps, and special applications. It also provides optics design, optical prototyping, small series production, and large-scale manufacturing services. The company was founded by Richard van de Vrie and Kurt Blessing in 2009 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands.