Our Exits

Altruja provides social fundraising software that can easily and quickly be integrated into any website. Using this software and Web 2.0, aid organizations and other fundraising institutions like universities, associations, schools, political initiatives etc. can reach new contributors and thereby exponentially increase the amount of funds they raise.

Hornetsecurity is premium provider of cloud-based security services. Hornetsecurity products protect companies’ IT infrastructure and data.

Multilingual language portal, including dictionaries, language quizzes, language games and a vocabulary trainer. Wiki-style approach allows users to collaborate.

Exit since April 2015. Purchaser: Oxford University Press (OUP).

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

ChromoTek focuses on the discovery and development of innovative fluorescent nanoprobes derived from single-chain antibodies from Camelidae (Chromobodies) for applications in research and high-content screening.

According to market surveys Collinor IRP is one of the leading Project Management Systems in the Enterprise Area and due various interfaces (above all to SAP) specially designed for midsized and big companies.

Compositence, a University of Stuttgart spin-off, offers innovative platform technology combining the fully automatic and low-cost mass production of composite components with maximum flexibility in the fibre architecture.

Exit since January 2017.

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.

crossvertise is the first marketplace for online and offline advertising media, where advertisers and agencies get free access to comprehensive sector news and have the possibility to book all kinds of media directly online.

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

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

Custom Cells manufactures customer-specific acculumators and intermediate products based on lithium technology.

Quentic is one of the leading providers of HSE and CSR software in Europe.The software is suitable for management systems according to ISO 14001, ISO 50001 and OHSAS 18001. Quentic connects software and people, involves people in a task-oriented manner, and generates enthusiasm for the whole HSE and CSR field – via web browser or app. The solution supports seamless cooperation across departments, locations, and even countries, thereby helping companies to coordinate all processes efficiently and in compliance with legal requirements.

evoxx technologies GmbH, a German Industrial Biotechnology Company, is focusing on the development and production of industrial enzymes and novel carbohydrate ingredients produced by enzymatic bioconversion. With its proprietary enzymes and carbohydrate ingredients, evoxx is active in high growth markets addressing consumer needs in the Global Food Health & Wellness Sector and Consumer Products Markets. Product development is based on the proprietary technology and patent platform covering the whole value chain from early enzyme and process development to industrial scale production and product deregulation. evoxx industrial partners and customers benefit from the unique metagenomics libraries, the enzyme and carbohydrate development skills and tech-transfer and production capabilities. evoxx is located on the Creative Campus in Monheim am Rhein and on the Biotech Campus Hermannswerder in Potsdam.

Fiagon develops a new medical navigation system for intraoperative process control and positioning of instruments for ENT, head-/ neck- and neurosurgery.

Development, manufacture and marketing of patented magnetic closure and coupler technology for a variety of applications where a high degree of comfort and function is in demand.

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.

futalis provides personalized petfood for dogs. To prevent health issues caused by feeding mistakes, each individual dog is offered a veterinary diet calculation. Based on scientific criteria, the nutritional requirements of each dog are calculated. On that basis a unique feed with personal recipe consisting of high quality ingredient is created.

Exit since July 2015.

GeneQuine Biotherapeutics is a biotech company focused on the development of gene therapy-based drugs for treatment of musculoskeletal disorders. In the lead program GeneQuine develops drug candidates with potentially disease-modifying activity for treatment of osteoarthritis.
In 2017, one of GeneQuine's lead candidates was acquired by the US pharma company Flexion Therapeutics Inc.

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.

grandcentrix is IoT Solution Provider for Smart Products, Internet of Things, Smart Home and Smart Energy. Over 200 experts in embedded development, IoT security, IoT cloud platform development and operation, machine learning and front-end development advise some of the strongest references in the German market. The company is among others a certified Microsoft Gold Azure IoT Cloud Solution Provider and Microsoft Cloud Platform Advisor, OPC Foundation member, LoRa Alliance member, Bluetooth SIG member, zigbee Alliance member and Thread Group member.

H. C. Carbon develops and produces tailor-made products, which allow to replace metals by plastic materials. Further application is possible for paint/varnish, lubricant and production of batteries.

Exit since June 2015.

Production of chitin and chitosan-based high purity biopolymers. HMC develops new chitosan applications for the pharmaceutical industry, nanoparticles for drug delivery systems, and is a custom manufacturer of chitosan derivatives.

Lighting as a Service: Intelligent lighting with M2M (Machine to Machine) services in outdoor sector with focus on Information, Communication, Energy efficiency (ICE).

Exit since November 2016.

JeNaCell produces biotechnologically generated nanocellulose (BNC) in an IP protected, continuous and automated production process: high quality innovative products for applications in medicine, cosmetics and more.

Intelligent Job Search Engine, which searches job boards, recruiting agencies and company career sites for jobs. Artificial Intelligence helps identifying the best jobs.

Exit since Jan. 2015.

Kiwigrid is an energy management system, which is connecting producers of renewable energy, consumers, storages, electric mobility and the energy grid with Microgrids.
Purchaser of HTGF-Shares: AQTON SE

Exit since December 2016.

m2p-labs supplies microbioreactor systems focusing on micro fermentations and automated solutions for screening and bioprocess development. The product portfolio comprises high-throughput BioLector® micro fermentation systems, microtiter FlowerPlate® plates, and automated cultivation RoboLector® platforms, an integration of the BioLector® tool into a liquid handling system.
Proprietary online monitoring technology increases the number and the information content of microbial experiments, either aerobic, microaerophilic, or strictly anaerobic. Experiments can be conducted with excellent efficiency and high quality at low costs in microscale.

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.