Hans-Joachim Klenz

Credit Suisse AG is an investment management firm headquartered in Zurich, Switzerland. The firm was founded in 1856 and was acquired by UBS Group AG (SWX: UBSG) from Credit Suisse Group AG in 2023. Credit Suisse manages global and regional portfolios, mutual funds, and other investment vehicles for governments, institutions, corporations and individuals worldwide. They also offer private banking and wealth management, investment banking, and corporate and business support services.

Deutsche Bank AG operates as a national commercial bank. It provides clearinghouse services, loans, certificates of deposits, and derivatives. The company is headquartered in Singapore.

Jefferies International Ltd. (JIL) is a brokerage firm headquartered in London, UK. The firm was founded in 1986 and is a subsidiary of Jefferies Holdings II Ltd., ultimately held by Jefferies Financial Group, Inc. (NYSE: JEF) in the US. JIL provides broking services to various investors.

Part of Deutsche Bank AG, Deutsche Bank AG (Hong Kong) is a financial institution that has been connecting worlds for 65 years. The company is based in Hong Kong, Hong Kong, and serves as the hub for corporate and commercial clients. The company's asset management division, DWS, is a market leader in Hong Kong with a broad product offering. Its corporate bank division is an established market leader in transaction banking, with a presence in 60 countries, including an extensive footprint in HK. The investment bank provides strategic advice to corporate and institutional clients, focusing on the bank’s traditional strengths in financing, advisory, fixed income, and currencies, together with a focused equity capital markets business. The private bank focuses on private customers across all segments as well as business clients, and in HK, this division is represented by a highly competitive wealth manager. The Chinese company was founded in 1958, and its CEO is Werner Steinmüller.

Credit Suisse (Deutschland) AG (CS-Deutschland) is the German investment banking subsidiary of Credit Suisse AG, itself a subsidiary of Credit Suisse Group AG (SW: CSGN, ADR: CS) in Switzerland. Headquartered in Frankfurt, the firm was founded in 1997 and provides a range of financial products and investment advisory services including securities underwriting, placement services, privately negotiated equity investments to institutional, corporate, government, and individual customers worldwide.

EPG (Engineered nanoProducts Germany) AG provides coating, binding materials and surface technology solutions. It produces nano-chemical coating of metal surfaces on the basis of Sol-Gel technology and the development of novel forms of composite materials for the oil and gas industries. The company was founded by Helmut Schmidt in 2003 and is headquartered in Griesheim, Germany.

Glycotope GmbH operates as a biotechnology company to develop pharmaceutical therapeutics and nutrition additives. It focuses on the optimization and humanization of therapeutically relevant sugar structures on biopharmaceuticals known as glycosylation and on the development of innovative antibodies targeting glycostructures on cell surfaces. The company was founded by Steffen Goletz and Andreas Eckert in Febraury 2001 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Hanse Ventures BSJ GmbH (Hanse Ventures) is an independent ventures capital firm headquartered in Hamburg, Germany. It was founded in 2010 by Jochen Maaß, Dr. Bernd Kundrun and Rolf Schmitz-Holtz.

High-Tech Gründerfonds Management GmbH (HTGF) is a venture capital firm founded in 2005. The firm is headquartered in Bonn, Germany.