Dresden Fonds GmbH

www.sib-dresden.de
Dresden Fonds is a venture capital fund jointly financed by the Ostsächsische Sparkasse Dresden and the State Bank of Saxony (Sachsen LB). It is managed by their investment subsidiaries, SIB Innovations- und Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH (SIB), Dresden and Corporate Finance Holding GmbH (CFH), Leipzig. Dresden Fonds invests in regional high-tech companies offering support at managerial level and partner network access.

EMBL Ventures GmbH

www.embl-ventures.com
EMBL Ventures is an early stage life-science investor currently managing about €26 million on behalf of major institutional and private investors. It is the primary venture vehicle of the European Molecular Biology Laboratory (EMBL) in Heidelberg/Germany. EMBL Ventures profits from the unique scientific excellence of the EMBL and from the strengths of its limited partners. The objective of the fund is financial return; it is not a strategic fund.

KfW Bankengruppe

www.kfw.de
KfW is a German federal government agency promoting a wide range of initiatives in the economic, social and ecological spheres. Through its ERP-START Fund (ERP-Startfonds) instrument, KfW strengthens the equity base of SMEs focusing on German early-stage high-tech companies.

MASA Life Sciences Ventures LP

www.mlsvfund.com
MASA Life Science Ventures, LP (MLSV) is a venture capital fund focused on adding real value to the best of private, high-growth biotechnology and life science companies.  MLSV's investors include several of Japan and Korea's leading corporations and financial institutions.  These investors help provide an important bridge to key markets in East Asia. 

Max Planck Society (Max-Planck-Gesellschaft zur Förderung derWissenschaften e.V.)

www.mpg.de
The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science is an German, independent, non-profit research organization. Funding is provided predominantly from federal and state sources but also from research and license fees. The Max Planck Society has a world-leading reputation as a science & technology research organization and operates 80 research institutes whose their task is basic research in the natural sciences as well as in the social sciences and humanities.

NRW.BANK

www.nrwbank.de
NRW.BANK is the development bank of the State of North Rhine-Westphalia. Its four business segments are Promotion of Business Start-ups and SMEs, Municipal and Infrastructure Financing, Social Housing Promotion and Individual Promotion. For business start-ups and SMEs in North Rhine-Westphalia, NRW.BANK uses customised public promotion and equity finance products. The Bank aims to constantly improve the financing situation of this target group in line with actual requirements.

PEPPERMINT. Financial Partners

www.peppermint-vc.de
PEPPERMINT. Financial Partners is a venture capital firm located in Berlin, Germany with a fund of € 25 million under management. PEPPERMINT. focuses on early-stage high-tech companies in Germany and has expertise in micro- and nanotechnologies and the life sciences. PEPPERMINT. lends intense guidance to entrepreneurs, founders and the management team by shaping the business model and identifying key advisors.