Thomas Krause

Nestlé (China) Ltd. manufactures and wholesales breakfast food and beverage products. The company is based in Beijing, China.

Part of Nestlé SA, PT Nestlé Indonesia is a company based in Jakarta, Indonesia. The Indonesian company manufactures and supplies coffee, chocolates, frozen food and drinks.

Emperra GmbH E-Health Technologies manufactures and designs telemedicine technologies. The firm specializes in the development of medical monitoring devices for the tracking and transmission of diabetic patients' diagnostic and therapeutic data. It develops components and systems under the ESYSTA product brand, featuring data acquisition, analysis, and transfer solutions. The company was founded by Janko Schildt in 2008 and is headquartered in Potsdam, Germany.

seed & speed GmbH (seed + speed Ventures) is a venture capital firm within the German family office of Carsten Maschmeyer. The firm was founded in 2016. It is headquartered in Hannover, Germany, with offices in Berlin and Munich, and a US office in San Francisco.

Nestle France SA engages in the food and beverage industry. The company was founded on September 21, 1929 and is headquartered in Noisiel, France.

Greiner Holding AG manufactures plastic and foam products. The company provides foam materials for laboratory and packaging technology, production of tools, mechanical engineering and terotechnology. The company was founded in 1868 and is headquartered in Kremsmunster, Austria.

The Institut für Demoskopie Allensbach, Gesellschaft zum Studium, is a renowned survey research institute based in Allensbach am Bodensee, Germany. The German company covers the entire range of survey research, from market research and media analysis to social research and current political opinion research to survey reports for legal practice. The company recently conducted a representative survey on behalf of the entire association of the German insurance industry (GDV) on the future of private retirement provision security in Germany. The survey found that security is the decisive criterion for Germans in the election of their pension, and the majority sees a good concept in the "citizens' pension" proposed by the insurance industry. The company also conducted a study on individual strategies for coping with demographic change, which poses enormous challenges to social security systems and requires profound decisions to make them future-proof. The company was founded in 1947 by Elisabeth Noelle-Neumann, and Renate Köcher has been the CEO since 1977.

Robert Bosch Stiftung GmbH operates as a non-profit corporate foundation. The firm finances researchers related to education, health, science, society, and international relations. It also engages in the funding of projects and scholarships. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in 1964 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Robert Bosch GmbH engages in the development of the engineering and electronics sector. Its business sectors include; mobility solutions, industrial technology, consumer goods, and energy and building technology. The company was founded by Robert Bosch in 1886 and is headquartered in Gerlingen-Schillerhöhe, Germany.

Beteiligungsgesellschaft Sachsen-Anhalt mbH is a private equity/ venture capital firm founded in 1996. The firm is headquartered in Magedeburg.

Deutsche Akademie der Technikwissenschaften eV advises on technical and technological issues for engineering and applied sciences. The private company is based in Munich, Germany.

Part of Infineon Technologies AG, Infineon Technologies Dresden GmbH & Co. KG is a company that manufactures and supplies semiconductors. The company is based in Dresden, Germany. Reinhard Ploss has been the CEO of the German company since 2009.

Hasso Plattner Ventures Management GmbH (HPV) is an independent venture capital firm established in 2005 by Hasso Plattner. HPV is headquartered in Potsdam in Land Brandenburg in the east of Germany. In addition to Hasso Plattner, the original investors included the government-funded InvestitionsBank of Brandenburg and the US-based technology venture capital firm CMEA Ventures. Later investors include high-net worth private individuals from the IT community. HPV manages a series on venture capital funds. The firm leverages their close proximity with the Hasso Plattner Institute for Software Systems Engineering, founded in 1998 and affiliated to the University of Potsdam.

MBG Mittelständische Beteiligungs GmbH Schleswig-Holstein (MBG Schleswig-Holstein) is a regional private equity firm which was established in 1994 on the initiative of the State of Schleswig-Holstein in Germany to increase equity base of medium-sized companies in Schleswig-Holstein and to improve the conditions for raising debt capital. Headquartered in Kiel, Germany the firm signed a cooperation agreement in 2007 with Investitionsbank Schleswig-Holstein, Bürgschaftsbank, Genossenschaftsverband Norddeutschland, Volksbanken and Raiffeisenbanken, aiming to improve the implementation of support for small and medium-sized companies in Schleswig-Holstein.

Creme 21 GmbH engages in the production and distribution of skin care products. Its products include cream, body lotion, shower gel, shampoo, and sun cream. The company was founded by Antje Willems-Stickel on March 21, 2003 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg vor der Höhe, Germany.