Ralf Thiericke

Capricorn Partners NV (Capricorn) is an independent European licensed manager of private and public equity investment funds which was founded in 1993 as a joint venture between Dr Jos B. Peeters and Baring Venture Partners Ltd. In 1999, Capricorn became a fully partner-owned, independent firm. It is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

SHS Gesellschaft für Beteiligungsmanagement mbH (SHS) is an independent private equity and venture capital firm founded by Bernhard Schirmers and Reinhilde Spatscheck in 1993, and was headquartered in Tübingen, Baden-Württemberg in the southwest of Germany.

Brockhaus Private Equity GmbH (Brockhaus PE) is an independent German private equity firm which was founded in late 1999 by Marco Brockhaus. Headquartered in Frankfurt, Brockhaus PE manages the Brockhaus Private Equity Funds which invest in German and European middle market technology companies.

Caloritum NV offers innovative technology to industrial customers. The firm provides transform wasted heat into useful process heat and reduces the total energy bill by saving fossil fuels and CO2 emissions. The company was founded by Wouter Ducheyne and Christian Heeren in 2012 and is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

ViroVet NV is a Belgian company that focuses on the discovery, licensing, and development of biopharmaceutical products for livestock. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium. ViroVet was founded by Erwin Blomsma, Stefaan Wera, and Nesya Goris, with Erwin Blomsma serving as the CEO since incorporation.