Dietrich Ulmer

smac partners GmbH is an independent German venture capital firm headquartered in Bamberg, Germany. Formerly known as Siemens Acceleration in Communications, the firm was founded in 2001 and reorganized by Dietrich Ulmer, Oliver Kolbe and Ingo Potthof in 2006.

ImageID is a leading provider of imaging-based traceability products & solutions. Visidot, the company's line of proven traceability products, consistently enhances logistics and manufacturing process efficiency and reliability. ImageID is a privately-held multinational company with R&D facilities in Israel and partner networks in the U.S., in Europe and in Japan. The company is backed by international venture capital firms, including Shamrock Holdings and Smac Partners Venture Capital. Visidot provides complete supply chain control to customers in a broad range of industries, from fresh food manufacturers and RPC poolers to automotive companies and others.

SVOX AG develops speech, voice and language output solutions and related equipment. The company was founded by Volker P. Jantzen, Alexander E. Fries and Bettina Hein in April 2000 and is headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland.

Olive Software, Inc. provides digital publishing solutions. The firm’s Software products allows the users to transform content resources into knowledge assets, opening new revenue streams, enabling information discovery, search and future-proof preservation. Its product lines support entire content lifecycle, including digitization, transformation, warehousing, search, access, view, and Web-based delivery. The company was founded by Yohnatan Stern in 2000 and is headquartered in Aurora, CO.

FonJax, Inc. provides mobile communication services. The company offers automated testing solution and reusable test scripts. The company was founded by Mark Douglass Moore, Niall Sweeny, and Robin Jones in May 17, 2005 and is headquartered in Walnut Creek, CA.