Peter Sachse

Landesbank Baden-Württemberg is a public bank providing all kinds of financial services to retail and corporate clients, savings banks, institutional clients and high net worth client. The company was founded on January 1, 1999 and is headquartered in Stuttgart, Germany.

Conrad Electronic SE provides online and mail order services for the retail of electronic products. Its products include office supplies, printer, scanner, mobile, tack accessories, bicycle, batteries, lighting, garden tools, measurement and power supplies, cables and wires, and pneumatic and fluids. The firm offers pay, delivery, warranty, insurance and liability, repair, procurement, replacement, and individual product services. The company was founded in 1923 and is headquartered in Hirschau, Germany.

NRW.Bank (Private Equity) (NRWB PE) is the private equity operating division of the NRW Bank which traces their origins to 2002 when Westdeutsche Landesbank Girozentrale was split up into two entities. From this basis and further to the 2004 Reorganization Act, the current foundations for NRW Bank were established. Headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany, NRWB PE specializes in providing capital and business development support for SMEs in North Rhine-Westphalia. They manage a number of private equity funds. Through mezzanine capital as a co-investor alongside lead investors, they provide equity limited to minority stakes as a silent partner.

Triangle Venture Capital Group Management GmbH (TVC) is an independent venture capital firm founded in 1997 and headquartered in Sankt Leon-Rot near Heidelberg in southwestern Germany, with an office in nearby Bensheim. TVC manages a series of venture capital funds. Their clients are German family offices and high-net worth individuals, institutions and funds of funds. The firm does not manage public funds.

NORD Holding Unternehmensbeteiligungs GmbH is an independent private equity firm headquartered in Hanover in northern Germany. NORD Holding's shareholders include regional and savings banks as well as insurance companies. The firm originated in 1969 within NORD/LB Group and was among the earliest private equity firms created in Germany. The current firm was established in 1993 and became independent in 2000 through a spin-off. NORD Holding specializes in private equity investing. They also manage a private equity fund of funds. The firm invests directly through an evergreen fund. The fund's investors are NORD Holding's shareholders, including regional banks within NORD/LB Group.

Ströer DERG Media GmbH engages in the provision of out-door advertising services. It offers posters, billboards, city light posters, banners, information columns, as well as digital media. The company was founded on May 10, 2005 and is headquartered in Kassel, Germany.

Borromin Capital Management GmbH (Borromin Capital) is an independent German private equity firm. Formerly known as BHF Private Equity GmbH and Steadfast Capital GmbH, Borromin Capital was founded in 2001 by Nick Money-Kyrle and Clemens Busch within BHF Bank. The firm was renamed in 2005 when BHF Bank was divested by the ING Group and continued operating independently. The firm is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

Part of Mobile TeleSystems PJSC, Sibintertelecom ZAO provides mobile telecommunications services. The company is based in Chita, Russian Federation. Sibintertelecom was acquired by Mobile TeleSystems PJSC on December 21, 2006 for $2.81 million.

Part of Ernst & Young Global Ltd., EY GmbH & Co. KG Wirtschaftsprüfungsgesellschaft is a German company that revolutionizes non-core business tasks essential for the company. The company is based in Munich, Germany. The company offers assurance and audit-related services, tax consulting, business consulting, and strategy and transactions. With their industry knowledge, they support clients in developing new business models and assessing risks to promote sustainable growth.

VAUTID GmbH engages in the manufacture and distribution of wear protection products, welding supplies, as well as related services. Its products include composite wear-plates, hardfacing welding consumables, cast components, made from white cast iron and stainless steel. The firm's services include surfacing and hardfacing of components and assemblies, which includes design, implementation and inspection of repair weldings and overlay weldings. It also provides a fabrication service, that ranges from simple cutting services to complex steel fabrications. The company was founded by Hans Wahl in 1945 and is headquartered in Ostfildern, Germany.

EBS Universität für Wirtschaft und Recht gGmbH functions as a college or university. Its services include academic, coaching@EBS, career services center, EBS languages center, accommodation database and EBS mediations services. The company is headquartered in Wiesbaden, Germany.

VR Mittelstandskapital Unternehmensbeteiligungs AG invests in medium-sized companies, primarily in family companies located in the German-speaking region. It provides mezzanine financing in the form of silent partnership for growth capital, succession arrangements for family companies and buyout transactions in a volume of between EUR 1.5 million and EUR 15 million. The fund acquires both minority and majority stakes and includes syndication with other financial investors in coordination with co-shareholders and management if required.

Auto Tec Autotechnik Gmbh is a German company that wholesales motor vehicle parts and accessories. The company is based in Saarbrücken, Germany. The CEOs of the private company are Frisian Horst and Alexander Hummel.

Zentralverband Elektrotechnik- und Elektronikindustrie e.V. is a German parent company of ZVEI-Services GmbH (ZSG), which provides services to the ZVEI and companies in the industry. The company is based in Frankfurt am Main, Germany, and has subsidiaries in Germany. The ZVEI's foreign trade department advocates for economic policy issues in the electrical and electronics industry. The ZVEI Berlin office represents the interests and competencies of electrical industry companies in the Berlin-Brandenburg and Mecklenburg-Vorpommern regions to regional politics, institutions, and organizations. The electrical and digital industry is a leading sector in digitization and a driver of technological progress.

Lampe Capital Finance GmbH (Lampe Capital Finance) is the private equity subsidiary of Lampe Investment Management GmbH, itself a subsidiary of Lampe Corporate Finance GmbH & Co. KG. The firm was founded in 2013 and is headquartered in Dusseldorf, Germany.

Part of Wacker Chemie AG, Wacker Chimie SAS is a French company that develops and manufactures chemical products. The company is based in Lyon, France.

VR Equity Gesellschaft für Regionale Entwicklung in Bayern provides investment services. The company is headquartered in Frankfurt, Germany.

VR Automotive Dichtungssysteme GmbH is a German company that specializes in the development and production of sealing systems for demanding and dynamic deviator requirements in the automotive and industrial sector. The private company was founded in 2004 and is located in Auengrund, Germany. The company focuses on the production of radial wave light systems for the automotive and vehicle supply industry, particularly for the thermal management of combustion and electric vehicles, as well as for compressors with conventional and CO2 cheese. The CEOs are Andreas Schmidt and Martin Schaub.

Part of Lazard Ltd., Lazard & Co. GmbH is a German investment bank company that provides financial advisory and asset management services. The company is based in Frankfurt, Germany. The CEOs of the company are Ken Oliver Fritz-Früh, Christian Straube, Jörg Asmussen.

Part of Wacker Chemie AG, Wacker Chemicals Ltd. develops and manufactures chemical products. The company is based in Purley, UK.

Part of Wacker Chemie AG, Wacker Chemicals Norway AS develops and manufactures chemical products used for industrial use. The company is based in Hemne, Norway.