Investors

	IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH The IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (www.ibb-bet.de) provides venture capital to innovative Berlin enterprises and has established itself as a market leader in the field of early stage financing in the location Berlin. The funds are used primarily for the development and market launch of innovative products or services, as well as for business concepts of creative industries. Currently two of the funds managed by the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft are in the investment phase, the VC Fonds Technologie Berlin with a fund size of € 52 million and the VC Fonds Berlin Kreativwirtschaft Berlin with a fund size of € 30 million. Both VC funds are financed by means of the Investitionsbank Berlin (IBB) and the European Fund for Regional Development (EFRE) administered by the State Berlin. Since 1997 the IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft Berlin, in consortia with partners, has made 786 million € available to creative and technology-orientated companies; thereof, the portion invested by IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft itself, as lead, co-lead or co-investor, was approximately 105 million €.

	Eckert Wagniskapital und Frühphasenfinanzierung GmbH Eckert Wagniskapital und Frühphasenfinanzierung GmbH is a venture and early-phase financer who has specialised for over 20 years in technology-oriented manufacturing companies in the field of life sciences (biotechnology, medical technology, pharmacy), with life science being broadly interpreted, including adjacent topics and industries such as analytics, material science or clinical developments. Regional focus is Berlin and its hinterland, and investments are made, with regard to the life cycle, mainly into start-ups or early phases. Among the most successful EWK foundations are Eckert & Ziegler AG (www.ezag.de) and Glycotope (www.glycotope.com). In total, since 1990, the EWK portfolio has supported nearly 20 companies and start-ups.

	About KfW Bankengruppe KfW finances and supports, among other things, business start-ups, small and medium-sized enterprises (SME) as well as investments in economic growth and employment projects in Germany. The ERP Start-up-Fund, administered and co-financed by KfW, offers equity financing for innovative, technology-based enterprises with excellent growth prospects. The fund finances research and product development as well as the launching of new products, procedures and services. KfW always cooperates with a lead investor and exclusively adopts market conditions.