Heike Reithmann

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.

Alpina Capital Partners LLP (Alpine Partners) is a private equity firm founded in 1995. The firm is headquartered in London, United Kingdom.

CECP Advisors (CECP-UK) is the Great Britain-based venture capital subsidiary of global private equity investment group Carlyle Group LLC, ultimately held by the Carlyle Group LP (NASDAQ: CG) in the US. The group has additional offices throughout Europe in Barcelona, Frankfurt, Luxembourg, Milan, Munich, Paris, Stockholm and Warsaw. Formerly known as CECP Investment Advisors Ltd., the firm was established in 1997 and is based in London. They cooperate closely with Carlyle offices in Paris, Munich, Milan and Barcelona, sub-advising private equity funds for the parent group. They manage the Carlyle Europe Partners series of buyout funds, as well as venture capital funds, all domiciled in Luxembourg. Their international clientele includes public pension funds and agencies, financial institutions, high-net worth individuals and corporate pension schemes.

Scope Group is a German European company that specializes in providing credit ratings, fund analyses, and customized solutions for risk assessment and monitoring. The private company has around 200 employees and has offices in several locations, including Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Madrid, Oslo, and Paris. The company was founded in 2002 by Florian Schoeller, who has been the CEO since then.

Scope SE & Co. KGaA is a holding company, which engages in the provision of services in sales, finance, human resources management, communications, IT, legal and compliance, and risk management to its subsidiaries. The company was founded in 2002 by Florian Schoeller and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Part of DIGITAL VISION GROUP GmbH, Smaser AG is a managed service specialist that simplifies the digital transformation process. The company is based in Darmstadt, Germany, and is led by CEO Steffen Zulauf. The German company offers a range of services, including SMASER Desktop Services, SMASER Application Services, Managed Network and Security Services, and more. Smaser helps clients save costs, improve scalability, ensure data security, and relieve their IT personnel.

A. III Beteiligungs GmbH provides business and economic services. The private company is based in Munich, Germany. The CEO of the German company is Manfred Vaillancourt.

Part of Armira Verwaltungs GmbH, AH Beteiligung 2 GmbH & Co. KG provides business and economic services. The company is based in Armira, Germany. The German company was founded in 2016. The CEO is Alexander Schemann.

Part of DIGITAL VISION GROUP GmbH, Stranet AG is a German company that specializes in providing advice and support throughout the entire value chain. The company is based in Hamburg, Germany. The company acts as visionaries, planners, developers, integrators, and realizers. The company understands the companies they support and strengthen them with customer-optimal IT services. The company's specialty is the implementation and operation of IT services. The company was founded in 1995. Jörg Rieckmann has been the CEO of the company since 2020.

Alpina Management GmbH provides PPM software solutions and services. The company is based in Munich, Germany and has subsidiaries in Germany and Switzerland. The CEOs are Sebastian Canzler, Florian Strehle. The German company was founded in 2018.