Carsten Willems

VM Capital Advisors GmbH (Vorndran Mannheims) is the private equity subsidiary of VM Principals GmbH, itself a subsidiary of VM Holding GmbH & Co. KG in Germany, headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany. Formerly known as Ventizz Capital Partners Advisory AG, the firm was founded in 2000 by Dr. Helmut Vorndran, Reinhard Löchner and NPM Capital NV and was renamed in 2012 to reflect a focus on private equity and buyouts. They focus on technology-oriented growth companies, utilizing the entrepreneurial background and the international operating experience of their management team to differentiate themselves from other private equity firms. Located in Düsseldorf with an advisory office in St. Gallen, Switzerland, Vorndran Mannheims advises Delaware and Jersey-based funds which invest in buyouts and growth equity for small and medium-sized high-tech companies primarily in German-speaking Europe. Their funds are backed by fund-of-funds, university endowments and foundations, pension funds, industrial companies and banks and insurance companies.

Sweepatic NV develops data driven cyber security platform. The firm specializes in passive reconnaissance, cyber security, data leakage, cyber threat intelligence, digital footprint, digital risk monitoring, counterintelligence and asset management. The company was founded by Stijn Vande Casteele and Martin Carnogursk? in 2016 and is headquartered in Leuven, Belgium.

Part of Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH, ESCRYPT GmbH is a leading provider of IT security solutions in embedded systems and consulting services for enterprise security and secured manufacturing. The company is based in Bochum, Germany, with four other German locations and subsidiaries in the USA, Japan, and other countries. The German company's solutions are widely used in the automotive security and production industry. ESCRYPT also provides dedicated security services for the Bosch Group's corporate IT and products. The company was founded in 2004 by Willi Mannheims and Christoph Paar, and the CEOs are Thomas Josef Wollinger and Uwe Bingel. ESCRYPT was acquired by ETAS GmbH on August 24, 2012.

Rhebo GmbH engages in the provision of industrial monitoring solutions ensuring both cybersecurity and stability of ICS (industrial control system) and IoT (Internet of things) infrastructures. Its products include Rhebo Industry 4.0 Stability and Security Audit; Rhebo Industrial Protector; Rhebo IoT Device Protection; and Rhebo ReadyNow. The company was founded by Martin Menschner, Klaus Mochalski and Frank Stummer in 2014 and is headquartered in Leipzig, Germany.

Isits AG International School of IT Security offers high-quality seminars for the qualification of specialists and managers in the field of IT security and information security. The German company's seminars are ideal for those who want to train themselves in a certain sub-area of IT security. Isits AG is a recognized seminar provider and their offers cover the topics holistically.

BrandMaker GmbH provides marketing resource management systems. It offers software modules, such as planning and budgets, job management, and digital asset management. The firm serves financial services, manufacturing, pharmacy and life science, logistics, and franchise industries. It markets and sells its products through distributors. The company was founded by Mirko Holzer and Sven A. Sch?fer in 1999 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.

RIPS Technologies GmbH delivers automated security analysis for PHP applications as platform independent software or highly scalable cloud service. The company was founded by Johannes Dahse, Martin Bednorz and Hendrik Buchwald in May 2015 and is headquartered in Bochum, Germany.

videantis GmbH provides vision and video processor Internet Protocol (IP) and solutions. It offers computer vision, imaging, and video coding solutions to the automotive, mobile, and consumer markets. The company was founded by Andreas Dehnhardt, Mark B. Kulaczewski, Hans-Joachim Stolberg, Carsten Reuter, and Sören Moch in 2004 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

UltraSoC Technologies Ltd. engages in the development of debugging technology for the embedded electronic systems. It offers semiconductor IP for on-chip analytics, performance optimization, and hardware-based security. The company was founded by Stephen Karl Heeks, Andrew Brian Thomas Hopkins, and Klaus Dieter McDonald-Maier in 2006 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Medos Medizintechnik AG manufactures medical devices for cardiac surgery and peripheral applications. It focuses on the continuous development of therapy solutions for cardiac surgeons and perfusionists. The company was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Stolberg, Germany.

eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG (eCAPITAL) is a venture capital firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Münster, Germany.

Thomas-Krenn AG operates online shops for server systems and accessories. It offers rack servers, tower-systems, workstations, IPC systems, storage systems, low energy systems, PCs and thin clients, appliances, special solutions, and software. The firm also offers virtualization, software defined storage, backup solutions, pfSense firewall, CAD workstations, database server, and mail server. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Freyung, Germany.

University of Houston System offers higher education degrees and job training or vocational study programs. It offers about 280 undergraduate and graduate degree programs in fields such as business, education, humanities and law. It was founded in 1927 and is headquartered in Houston, TX.

Part of VM Holding GmbH & Co. KG, Vorndran Capital (Schweiz) AG is an alternative investment manager. The company is based in Zurich, Switzerland. The Swiss company was founded in 2007. The CEO is Helmut Vorndran.

Eracom Technologies AG provides information technology services and solution. It supports and integrates with key IT security initiatives such as EMV, Verified by Visa/Visa 3D secure. The company operates as subsidiary company of SafeNet, Inc