Our Exits

EH-D develops and distributes innovative electro-hydrostatic direct drives for various applications.

MAGAZINO develops, builds and sells innovative storage and picking machines. They enable highly efficient individual item storage and dispensing of a wide range of objects.

Exit since May 2015. Purchaser: Siemens Novel Businesses.

Development and distribution of direct digital printing machines for packaging.

Exit since Nov. 2011. Acquisition: KRONES

ALS Automatic Logistic Solutions GmbH, Munich, exclusive manufacturer of automatic box opening systems to cut or perforate cartons, closed at the beginning of this year a significant round of funding.

Cevotec sells the first production technology for carbon composites that works with fiber patches, enabling manufacturers to build complex composite parts in high volumes. As the key technology partner, Cevotec develops and provides production systems, composite design software and offers development services for prototypes and serial products.

Hofmann & Stirner Zuführsysteme GmbH was founded in 2016 by Daniel Hofmann and Florian Stirner. The company develops powerful and flexible feeding systems using digital twins and artificial intelligence. Hofmann & Stirner work closely together with well-known companies in machine and plant construction.
More: www.designforfeeding.com

The mission of Cumulocity is to make mobile machine-to-machine applications profitable for all businesses through ready-made, cloud subscription services.

Quentic is one of the leading solution providers of Software as a Service (SaaS) for EHSQ and ESG management. The Quentic platform comprises ten individually combinable modules and offers an ideal way for companies to manage Health & Safety, Risks & Audits, Incidents & Observations, Hazardous Chemicals, Control of Work, Legal Compliance, Online Instructions, Processes, Environmental Management and Sustainability. The portfolio is complemented by the Quentic App for mobile reporting and by Quentic Analytics for powerful HSEQ data analysis using clear and daily updated dashboards. Over 900 companies rely on Quentic software solutions to strengthen their organization’s HSEQ management and responsibility-related areas in Environment, Social and Governance (ESG). The integrative software is also suited to supporting comprehensive management systems in compliance with ISO 14001, ISO 45001 and ISO 50001.

gestigon develops software solutions for skeleton tracking and gesture control on the basis of 3D depth data for the markets consumer electronics and automotive offering a B2B licensing model.

Exit since February 2017.

Market Logic helps companies to mitigate the risk of wasting enormous budget allocations (typically up to 10% of annual sales) by making sure marketing investments are driven by customer needs and competitor differentiation.

Exit since May 2010.

RAIDBOXES offers convenient, fast and secure managed WordPress hosting from Germany. Our customers are internet professionals who value good design and high usability. Founded in 2016, we provide an allround service that makes hosting as convenient as possible. RAIDBOXES customers have more time to invest in creating websites, selling products or marketing their brands.

Development and distribution of a software which will be installed on SIM-cards of mobiles. This software controls the quality of broadcasting networks. Furthermore costs with the optimization of the networks will be reduced.

Exit since September 2016.

Digitising music has brought many benefits – but there are also downsides. Music collections are often shared between various devices and media, which can be confusing. Furthermore, the music is only available in the room containing the equipment. Raumfeld is the solution to these problems. The Raumfeld Audio System enables music to be distributed and experienced wirelessly throughout the home. Raumfeld integrates the customer’s music files and brings back the fun of listening to music by providing easy access along with first class sound quality.

Exit since Oct. 2010. Purchaser: Lautsprecher Teufel GmbH.

sunhill technologies GmbH develops and implements cashless payment processes using mobile telephones in cooperation with the leading German and European mobile operators.

CommSolid is the cellular IP company providing leading edge ultra-low power solutions for the growing IoT market. This market demands highly optimized and easy to integrate communication solutions for the NB-IoT standard, allowing every sensor to be directly connected to the Internet. Once integrated into customer integrated circuits (ICs), CommSolid’s baseband IP enables smart applications that modernize and enrich our life in areas like health care, smart home, transport, logistic systems, or industrial applications. Leveraging the experience of more than a decade at the forefront of the wireless communication business, we have unique capabilities to handle high volume and extremely integrated low power solutions.

Confovis offers optical 3D measurement systems for industrial quality control of surfaces down to the nanometer range. The patented system works without moving parts and differs from the competition by its robustness and high measuring speed.

CONTROS provides sensor systems for detecting dissolved CO2, hydrocarbons and methane in water for up to 6,000m. These systems find their applications in Offshore risk management (platform safety, leak detection, blow out prevention, etc.), general oceanographic research such as greenhouse gas studies as well as the exploration / exploitation of methane hydrates. One major future challenge is the monitoring of CO2 sequestrated oil and gas deposits.

Exit since March 2015.

Cuciniale develops and markets intelligent cooking assistence systems enabling everybody to cook ingeniously easy like a Chef.

Founded in Munich in 2010, fos4X GmbH is a specialist for reliable, fiber-optic measurement technology and sensor technology as well as for innovative data analysis. It develops intelligent solutions for optimizing wind energy. These solutions are primarily used in wind turbines to optimize operation.
The fiber optic sensors and solutions are also used in the fields of electromobility, process measurement technology and railway technology.

HiperScan GmbH was founded in 2006 as a spin-off of the Dresdner Fraunhofer Institute for Photonic Microsystems (IPMS). The innovative scanning grating technology developed at the IPMS forms the basis for the near-infrared (NIR) spectrometer developed by HiperScan. The analytical systems make it possible to significantly reduce investment costs to make NIR-analytics affordable even to small companies. Today, the company HiperScan stands for high-quality technologies to quickly analyse nutrition facts of processed meat and fish and to reliably qualify pharmaceutical raw materials. So, the product Apo-Ident has been tailored for the safe and easy identification of compounding substances in pharmacies.

Luphos develops and manufactures high-precision optical sensors for quality and process control in industrial fabrication as well as metrology platforms for the quality control of high precision optics.

Exit since May 2014. Purchaser: AMETEK Inc. (NASDAQ: Ametek)

More efficient industrial processes enabled by enhanced safety: Comnovo develops and markets a new radio-based warning system to reduce the accident risk for collisions between persons and vehicles, in particular for forklifts and wheel loaders.

EnShape GmbH develops, produces and sells highly accurate and very fast 3D sensors, which simplify manifold automation task or even make such possible for the first time.
Purchaser: Cognex

Exit since October 2016.

bentekk develops gas measurement instruments for detecting toxic pollutants in industrial applications.
10x faster measurements at lower total cost enable regulatory compliance and increase workplace safety.

bitstars GmbH has developed a SaaS platform technology that enables customers to set up their own augmented reality (AR) applications. Focus was laid on very intuitive usability and joy of use. The platform enables users to create applications meeting their specific requirements with little effort. These applications can be managed and used in multiple end user devices, such as smartphones, tablets and smart glasses.

Exit since September 2016.

3D Visualisation & Imaging preferred by but not limited to autostereoscopic displays

Exit since Feb. 2010.

The Enscape software is a virtual reality and real-time rendering plug-in for architectural software such as Autodesk Revit or Trimble SketchUp.
With their solution, you only need one click and in a few seconds you can commit the project in high quality and directly from the architect software.

Tools and services for real-time systems design in automotive and other markets, increasing quality and safety of electronics and software. At the same time, system performance optimization and reduction of integration and test cost.

Exit since February 2016.

As a B2B provider, finleap connect enables third parties to access various financial sources. This includes processed data of bank accounts, credit cards, deposits, Paypal accounts, as well as a variety of FinTechs. Initially, companies used the finleap solution, for example, to automate bookkeeping, simplify credit checks, or make account changes a trivial issue. In the meantime, more and more banks have counted themselves among the finleap customers. They develop products that deliver added value to the user. These applications allow banking to not take place at the bank, but in everyday life, offering aesthetic appeal and ease of use.

Mobilversichert provides a SaaS platform to digitize insurance brokers and facilitate online brokerage. Using a unique combination of broker platform and B2B2C mobile app, insurance brokers get the digital tools to conduct their business in a transforming market. Automatized workflows enable brokers to manage their clients efficiently and smart. With Mobilversichert brokers can tap into new digital clientele while defending their traditional business against digital contenders.