Cathrin Pauly

DIB Doblinger Industriebeteiligung GmbH & Co. Holding KG is a private equity firm. The company is based in Munich, Germany.

U3 Pharma AG researches and develops novel targeted therapeutics aimed at treating human disease. It develops products for hyperproliferative diseases such as cancer and commercializes human monoclonal antibody therapies directed against validated proprietary drug targets selected from its portfolio. In addition, it has created a second generation functional genomics platform, TASC, which mimics the progression of a tumor cell as it progresses towards its fully malignant cancerous state. Founded in 2001, the company is headquartered in Martinsried, Germany.

QIAGEN GmbH provides products for preanalytical sample preparation and molecular diagnostics solutions. It develops and markets consumable products and automated solutions to molecular diagnostics laboratories, academic researchers, pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies, and applied testing customers for purposes such as forensics, animal or food testing and pharmaceutical process control. The company was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Hilden, Germany.

Mountain Partners AG is a private equity and venture capital firm headquartered in Germany. The firm founded in 2005 by Dr. Cornelius Boersch and Daniel S. Wenzel.

Part of Evotec SE, Evotec (München) GmbH is a German company that provides manufacturing and research support services for pharmaceutical and biotechnology companies. The company is based in Neuried, Germany. The CEOs are Dirk Ullmann, Loëtitia Edith Rouxel. The company was founded in 2005 by Axel Ullrich, Hellmut Kirchner, Henrik Daub. Evotec (München was acquired by Evotec SE on April 19, 2011 for $20.40 million.

QureInvest AG targets seed and early stage companies located in Germany and Switzerland. It seeks investments in biotechnology and life sciences firms.

BiognoSYS AG operates as a biotechnology company. Its products include iRT Kit, HRM Kit, Sample Prep Kit, PlasmaDive, Spectronaut and SpectroDive. The company was founded by Philipp M. Antoni, Johan Malmstroem and Oliver Rinner on September 3, 2008 and is headquartered in Schlieren, Switzerland.

5K Investment GmbH engages in the provision of investment and financing support services. The firm’s investment activities focus on a range of businesses, including those operating in the medical technology, architecture, manufacturing and digital platform development. Its focus areas encompass investment management, business acquisition and financing operations. The company was founded by Hellmut Kirchner in June 2002 and is headquartered in Tutzing, Germany.

Qiagen SRL is engaged in providing assay technologies. The company is headquartered in Milan, Italy.

ETHRIS GmbH is a German company that specializes in developing innovative therapies and vaccines using its proprietary messenger RNA technology platform. The company is based in Planegg, Germany. The company is a leader in delivering stabilized mRNA directly to the respiratory system via optimized formulation and nebulization technologies. ETHRIS is rapidly advancing its pipeline of immuno-modulation, protein replacement therapies, and differentiated vaccines, with the ultimate goal of improving patients' lives. The company was founded by Carsten Rudolph and Christian Plank, and Carsten Rudolph has been the CEO since incorporation.