Rouven Spinner

Next47 Services GmbH (Next47, fka Siemens Venture Capital GmbH) is the venture capital unit of Siemens AG (FR: SIE; NYSE: SI), a global electronics and engineering company based in Germany. It was founded in 1999 and is headquartered in Munich, with additional offices around the world.

Power Plus Communications AG provides broadband power line communication technology for energy grid sector. Its products deliver broadband connectivity over both power line and wireless infrastructure. The company’s solution uses the existing low- and medium voltage grid infrastructure to deliver broadband connectivity, which allows for a real-time, bidirectional, reliable and cost-effective data communication. The firm’s products include voltage regulated distribution transformers, smart meter gateways and BPL modems. The company was founded by Ingo Schönberg and Eugen Mayer in 2001 and is headquartered in Mannheim, Germany.