Klaus Maerz

Sybase, Inc. engages in the development and provision of mobile and wireless software solutions for data integration. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in San Ramon, CA.

Walmart Labs operates as a business unit that creates platforms, products and businesses around social and mobile commerce to support Walmart’s global strategy. The company was founded by Anand Rajaraman and Venky Harinarayan and is headquartered in San Bruno, CA.

McKinsey & Co., Inc. provides management consulting services. It specializes in design, marketing and sales, analytics, operations, transformation and restructuring, risk, strategy and corporate finance, and sustainability and resource productivity. The company was founded by James O. McKinsey in 1926 and is headquartered in New York, NY.

TVM Capital GmbH (TVMC) is an international venture capital firm headquartered in Munich, Germany. Founded in 1983, the firm was formerly known as Techno Venture Management.

3i Deutschland Gesellschaft für Industriebeteiligungen mbH (3i Deutschland) is the German private equity subsidiary of 3i Group Plc (LSE: III) in Great Britain. Established in Frankfurt in 1984, the firm invests in small and medium-sized German companies at all stages of development, from start-ups to established businesses. In addition to the Frankfurt office, 3i Deutschland has offices in Munich and Stuttgart. They drive their investment focus and decisions from their Frankfurt and Munich offices, and the team collaborates with Swiss colleagues in Zurich and 3i's network across Europe, Asia and the U.S. to invest in a wide range of industry sectors.

Part of HCL/Luif/, Hcl is a Dutch company that provides automotive services except repair and carwashes. HCL was acquired by HCL/Luif/ on September 01, 1998 for $307.43 million.

Ventech SA is part of the venture capital arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of Natixis Private Equity (NPE), which in turn is a subsidiary of Paris-based Natixis SA (XP: KN). Ventech was established in 1998 and is located in Paris. The firm specializes in technology venture capital investing. Ventech manages venture capital funds for a clientele of European institutional investors, with NPE as their sponsor. The firm relies on international strategic alliances with seeding funds and venture capital firms in Germany, Switzerland, Israel, Japan and the US.

Aventeon GmbH develops and provides software solutions. It is a software company supplying vertical specific mobile enterprise solutions. The core competence of the company is the development of software applications and middleware that are designed to streamline processes that connect mobile client device users with the heavy back-end ERP systems of their organisations. On top of this middleware platform can sit a range of the company's applications designed specifically for the functional areas of sales, service and logistics as well as several industry vertical applications, namely for the utility, transport & logistics, manufacturing, telecom, retail, pharmaceutical and health care industry. The company was founded in 2000 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Definiens AG is a holding company, which engages in the development and market of biomedical imaging and data analysis software solutions. The firm specializes in the design and manufacture of imaging software suites for drug discovery, development, and diagnostics applications. It engages in the custom image analysis projects for the biopharmaceutical industry, spanning drug discovery, translational research, and clinical research. It offers image analysis processing, integration and deployment, planning, and consulting services. The company was founded by Gerd Binnig in 1994 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.

Omnes Capital SAS /Venture/ is a Venture Capital firm, a subsidiary of Omnes Capital SAS founded in 1999. Omnes Capital /Venture/ is headquartered in Paris.

Deny All SASU is a holding company engaged in the development and provision of information security software. It provides feature application security dashboards which clients can manage networks, run vulnerability scans, and detect application-layer attacks. The firm also offers solutions for data sharing and administration, web communications, application compliance, and virtual patching. The company was founded by Patrick Asty in 2001 and is headquartered in Sevres, France.

LogMeIn Germany GmbH provides software solutions for online meetings, web conferences, webcasting, as well as information technology and helpdesk support. Its products include GoToMeeting, GoToAssist, GoToWebinar, GoToTraining, and GoToAssist Corporate. The company was founded on June 22, 2001 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Winbox OEM Production Services GmbH provides OEM technology solutions for Windows Embedded based TV-centric consumer electronics. Its products are used for IPTV receivers, video on demand systems, hard disk video recorders, connected TV-sets, and set-top-boxes. The company serves consumer electronics, Internet service providers, telecommunications, and video on demand services sectors. It was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Furtwangen, Germany.

PINOVA Capital GmbH (PINOVA) is an independent private equity firm founded in 2007 by Katrin Brökelmann, Marko Maschek, Martin Olbort and Joern Pelzer. The firm is headquartered in Munich, Germany.