Harald Schuerz

Alpine Equity Management AG (Alpine Equity) is an Independent Private Equity firm founded in 1999. The firm is headquartered in Bregenz.

Innovacell Biotechnologie AG engages in developing personalized cell therapies for treatment of stress urinary incontinence. Its products include ICES13 and ICEF15. The company was founded by Jahren von Steffen Hering, Rainer Marksteiner and Hannes Strasser in 2000 and is headquartered in Innsbruck, Austria.

NiEDERMEYER GmbH owns and operates a chain of consumer electronics retail stores. It offers cameras, mobile phones, computer equipment and photo development services. The firm also operates as an online retailer of cameras and camera equipment. The company was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

Austria Wirtschaftsservice GmbH (AWS) is the Austrian promotional bank, fully controlled by the Government of Austria. Based in Vienna, AWS emerged in 2002 from the merger of several government funding agencies including FGG-Finanzierungsgarantiegesellschaft mbH and BÜRGES Förderungsbank GmbH. The firm later absorbed Innovationsagentur GmbH. The Seed Financing division of AWS manages venture capital investments by way of mezzanine financing. AWS also comprises several divisions not directly involved in investment management, namely Tecma which is specialized in technology marketing support, Tecnet which supplies technology information, i²-Ideas & Investment which is a networking platform for business angels and Biotech, providing business support for biotechnology projects. AWS manages the university spin-off fund Uni Venture, sponsored by BAWAG-Bank für Arbeit und Wirtschaft.

Partner Bank AG is the Austrian private banking subsidiary of the Foundation for Social and Economic Development in Liechtenstein. Headquartered in Linz, the firm was founded in 1992 and manages mutual funds and individual portfolios.