Our Portfolio

Abolis

Abolis delivers tailor-made industrial solutions based on micro-organisms for a wide range of industries – from food and healthcare to cosmetics and chemistry.

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Allay Therapeutics

Allay Therapeutics is pioneering ultra-sustained analgesic products to transform post-surgical pain management and recuperation for patients and physicians.

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Biograil

Biograil is a pre-clinical stage pharmaceutical company unlocking the potential of transforming the tremendous market of injectable pharmaceutical products into convenient oral capsules

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Castor

Helping manufacturers decide how and when to apply 3D printing to their production processes.

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Circumfix Solutions

Circumfix has developed a new sternal closure device to improve patient recovery after open chest surgery. The patented orthopedic device, made of a high-performance polymer from Evonik, closes and holds the sternum securely together after surgery.

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Citrine Informatics

Citrine Informatics is the world leader in AI for materials and chemicals. 

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HPNow

Decentral on-demand electrochemical production of hydrogen peroxide, from water, air and electricity in a modular generator containing a proprietary electrocatalytic cell.

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Interface Polymers

A new solutions to long-standing compatibility problems in polymer blending, joining and finishing. 

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JLand Biotech

Develops non-animal derived (recombinant) collagen with potential for multiple cosmetic, medical & research, and food applications.

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Laxxon Medical

Laxxon is disrupting the current pharmaceutical drug delivery and manufacturing landscape through their innovative, patented Screen Printing Innovational Drug Technology.

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Modern Meadow

Biofabrication is Modern Meadow’s way of building with biology—a means for making materials inspired by nature and grown of life’s essential elements: cells, DNA and protein.

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Numaferm

Technology that solves limitations of available bio-based and chemical production technologies for peptides and enables their cost-efficient and scalable production.

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Revivo BioSystems

A realistic 4D model of human skin for the testing of chemical, cosmetic and pharmaceutical compounds, that provides an alternative to animal testing.

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Smart AHC

Using AI and IoT to improve farm efficiency and animal welfare. 

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Strohm

A superior offshore pipeline solution for Renewable Energy and Conventional Oil & Gas applications 

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Super C

A technological leader in graphene materials that improve the range, robustness, charging speed, and service life of lithium-ion batteries. 

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Union Tech

The market leader in Asia on stereolithography based 3D printing industrial solutions.

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Velox

Velox develops and manufactures industrial-grade direct-to shape digital decoration solutions for the rigid container industry.

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Vivasure

Developed and patented a bioabsorbable implant and percutaneous delivery system closing large arteriotomies in the femoral artery.

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Algal Scientific

A biotech developer producing beta-glucan products via algal fermentation. In March 2017 Kemin Industries purchased the companies feed and food activities

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Biosynthetic Technologies

A new class of bio-based synthetic oils called estolides that are used primarily in the passenger car motor oil and industrial lubricant sectors. The company was acquired by Biosyn Holdings in April 2018.

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CodeCheck

A mobile app that scans barcodes and provides consumers personalized information on nutrition, eco labels, allergens and alternatives.

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FRX Polymers

Manufactures Nofia polyphosphonates - fire resistant plastics. Nofia products are fully transparent, high flowing and, due to their high phosphorus content, are inherently flame retardant.

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InOvo

Quick and reliable gender determination of chicken embryos in the egg, tackling one of poultry farming’s greatest ethical problems.

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JenaCell

Nanocellulose for medical and cosmetic applications in an automated and continuous biotechnological process. 

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Nanocomp

Develops and produces micro- and nano-optical structures that are imprinted on polymer films, enabling optical systems to achieve higher performance while reducing size.

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Nanotech Industrial Solutions

NIS produces oil additives for engine oils, oil and water formulations for metalworking fluids, industrial oils and additive formulations for greases.

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Structured Polymers

A proprietary scalable process for commercializing high-performance polymer powders for 3D-printing. Evonik acquired the company in January 2019.

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Synoste

Patient friendly and innovative solutions for correcting skeletal deformations. The company has been acquired by Globus Medical in 2020.

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Azolla Ventures

Azolla is a venture capital firm that invests in early-stage technology companies in North America with the potential for gigaton-scale climate impact

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Capnamic

Fund supporting early-stage tech startups with people on the ground in Cologne, Berlin, Munich and Stuttgart. Investment focus on Germany and the German-speaking regions.

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Emerald Technology Ventures

Emerald Technology Ventures invest in the areas of energy, water and materials. Founded in 2000, Emerald has been a venture capital pioneer in these industrial sectors and invested in fifty companies to date.

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Global Brain

Global Brain is an independent venture capital firm that aims to bring new industries to the society through extensive hands-on support for startups and open innovation with large corporations.

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GRC Sinogreen Fund

Focus on private, material focused green technology companies with unique strengths and substantial growth potential in Greater China.

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Gründerfonds Ruhr

Actively supporting and investing in young companies in the Rhine-Ruhr region of Germany, the focus includes: chemistry and new materials, life sciences and health, and the digital economy.

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High-Tech Gründerfonds

Investing venture capital in young, up-and-coming technology companies, leading their promising research results to the production of a prototype or a proof of concepts or market launch.

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Hosen Capital Found

Focus on “Food Space”, investing along the food value chain and consumer well-being. Hosen Capital invests in both domestic and foreign companies with China exposure through consolidation and growth strategies.

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Pangaea Ventures Fund

Pangaea Ventures Fund III is a finite lifetime venture capital fund investing in some of North America's most exciting early-stage cleantech companies with world-class advanced materials.

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Richland Capital

One of China’s leading investment firms with an investment focus on advanced materials, advanced manufacturing equipment, digital technology, pan-semiconductor, e-mobility, digital manufacturing, 5G and alternative energy.

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Tech Council Ventures II

Tech Council Ventures invests in the most promising early stage, rapid growth technology companies in the Mid-Atlantic region. 

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Union Labs

Union Labs is a DeepTech venture fund building and backing early stage startups in the areas of industrial IoT, cyber security, machine learning, AI, robotics and more.

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Yttrium

Growth equity investor focusing on B2B technology companies in IndustrialTech and FinTech. Regional focus is mainly on Germany, Austria and Switzerland with substantial international growth potential.

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