Karl-Heinz Wiesmüller

Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG engages in the research and development of small molecule drugs focusing on the identification and analysis of selective drug candidates that target nuclear receptors. It also offers its resources and capabilities in the field of nuclear receptors to customers in the pharmaceutical and other life science industries. The company was founded by Claus Kremoser in 2002 and is headquartered in Ludwigshafen, Germany.

EMBL Ventures GmbH (EMBL Ventures) is a venture investment arm of EMBL which was founded in 2001 by Drs. Stefan Herr, Christoph Antz and Jan Adams to provide start-up companies exploiting EMBL research and intellectual property with equity and expertise to build up and expand their business. Headquartered in Heidelberg, EMBL Ventures manages funds on behalf of institutional and private investors, forming a triad with EMBL (European Molecular Biology Laboratory) and EMBLEM (EMBL Enterprise Management Technology Transfer GmbH) to provide exclusive access to unique technology commercialization opportunities from the EMBL. In addition, their investment activities complement and exploit synergies with EMBL and EMBLEM, providing financial and strategic investors with access to an attractive private equity market and an international scientific and research community, respectively.

Eyevensys SAS develops non-viral gene therapy process for the treatment of ocular illnesses. The firm's process enables prolonged production of all therapeutic proteins through electrotransfer. Its product, the single-used device is designed for treating ocular illnesses. The company was founded by Francine Behar-Cohen on December 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

Aelin Therapeutics NV develops drugs for antibiotics and first-in-class therapeutics. The company is based in Leuven, Belgium. The Belgian company was founded in 2017. The CEO is Els Beirnaert.

eTheRNA immunotherapies NV develops novel immunotherapies to overcome cancers and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Carlo Heirman, Kris Thielemans and Sonja van Meirvenne in January 21, 2013 and is headquartered in Niel, Belgium.

Rinri Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company developing a novel cell-based therapy to restore hearing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

Cardior Pharmaceuticals GmbH develops, manufactures and wholesales drugs. It focuses on the discovery, development and clinical validation of noncoding RNA therapeutics targeting microRNAs as medicines for patients with various forms of heart failure. The company was founded by Sandor Batkai, Claudia Ulbrich, and Thomas Thum on July 21, 2016 and is headquartered in Hannover, Germany.

T3 Pharmaceuticals AG provides medicines and treatment for cancer patient. The company was founded in May 2015 by Simon J. Ittig, Christoph A. Kasper, Marlise Amstutz and Helmut H. Kessmann and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Amal Therapeutics SA engages in the development of peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines. It offers KISMA, a novel peptide/protein-based immunization technology platform, which is self-adjuvanting and enables the assembly within one chimeric fusion protein of elements essential to generate potent immunity. The company was founded by Madiha Derouazi on September 3, 2012 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

STAT-Dx Life SL focuses on the development, manufacturing and commercialization of diagnostic solutions for fast and accurate diagnostic results of infectious diseases and critical care. It solution offers DiagCORE Cartridge, for sample and analyzation of cell material, nucleic acid purification, amplification and hybridization process. The company was founded by Jordi Cabrrera Fabra and Rafael Bru Gibert in 2010 and is headquartered in Barcelona, Spain.

Boehringer Ingelheim (BIVF) is the venture capital arm of Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH, itself a subsidiary of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG. The firm was founded in 2010 and is headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany. It also has two US offices located in Fremont, California, and Cambridge, Massachusetts.

Hookipa Biotech AG develops new generation prophylactic and therapeutic vaccines. The firm’s Vaxwave technology is a novel immunotherapy platform using a replication-defective viral vector for the prevention and treatment of cancer and infectious diseases. The company was founded by Lukas Flatz, Andreas Bergthaler, Rolf M. Zinkernagel and Daniel Pinschewer in July 2011 and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

LBBW Venture Capital GmbH (LBBW-VC) is part of the private equity arm and a wholly-owned subsidiary of LBBW-Landesbank Baden-Württemberg, a government-controlled regional bank based in southwestern Germany. Significant minority shareholders in LBBW include regional financial institutions and local government entities. LBBW-VC was established in 2000 and is headquartered in Stuttgart. The firm specializes in venture capital investing.

Luxendo GmbH manufactures and sells Single Plane Illumination Microscopes. The firm offers MuVi-SPIM technology which provides four simultaneous orthogonal views on large living specimens without the need for sample rotation. The company was founded by Lars Hufnageland is headquartered in Heidelberg, Germany.

Affectis Pharmaceuticals AG discovers and develops drugs for the treatment of neurodegenerative and neuroinflammatory diseases. Its products in pipeline include AFC-5128, P2X7 Compounds, AFC-5278 and AFC-08. The company was founded in January 2004 by Florian Holsboer, Wolfgang Wurst and Herbert Stadler and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

vasopharm GmbH operates as a pharmaceutical company. It discovers and develops novel therapeutics for the treatment of cerebro and cardiovascular diseases and their consequences. The firm focuses on therapeutics influencing the bioavailability of nitric oxide. The company was founded by Harald Schmidt and Ulrich Walter in July 1998 and is headquartered in Wuerzburg, Germany.