Marcus Kostka

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.

Eyevensys SAS develops non-viral gene therapy process for the treatment of ocular illnesses. The firm's process enables prolonged production of all therapeutic proteins through electrotransfer. Its product, the single-used device is designed for treating ocular illnesses. The company was founded by Francine Behar-Cohen on December 8, 2008 and is headquartered in Paris, France.

NBE-Therapeutics AG operates as biotechnology company. It develops next-generation ADCs improving treatment options for cancer patients. The company was founded by Ulf Grawunder in 2012 and is based in Basel, Swizerland.

Actym Therapeutics, Inc. engages in development of novel immuno-oncology therapies. The company was founded by Christopher D. Thanos and Laura Hix Glickman and is headquartered in Berkeley, CA.

Founded in 2016, Boehringer Ingelheim Corporate Center GmbH is a subsidiary of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG. The company is based in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany and specializes in leasing real estate properties.

Amal Therapeutics SA engages in the development of peptide-based therapeutic cancer vaccines. It offers KISMA, a novel peptide/protein-based immunization technology platform, which is self-adjuvanting and enables the assembly within one chimeric fusion protein of elements essential to generate potent immunity. The company was founded by Madiha Derouazi on September 3, 2012 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.

Rinri Therapeutics Ltd. operates as a biotechnology company developing a novel cell-based therapy to restore hearing. The company was founded in 2018 and is headquartered in Sheffield, the United Kingdom.

TACALYX GmbH engages in the discovery and development of Tumor Associated Carbohydrate Antigenantibodies to treat cancer. The company was founded by Peter Sondermann, Peter H. Seeberger, and Oren Moscovitz and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Topas Therapeutics GmbH engages in pharmaceutical preparations. The company is headquartered in Hamburg, Germany.

T-Knife GmbH operates as an next-generation adoptive T-cell company using its proprietary humanized T-cell receptor mouse platform to treat solid tumors. The company was founded by Thomas Blankenstein, Elisa Kieback and Holger Specht in 2018 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Oncomyx Therapeutics, Inc. develops and operates software platform to orchestrate an immune response and treat cancer. Its platform's features include non-human pathogen, immuno-stimulatory, ability to multi-arm, and systemic delivery. The company was founded by Steve Potts, Michael Wood, Grant McFadden and is headquartered in Phoenix, AZ.

HepaRegeniX GmbH engages in the development of treatment for acute and chronic liver diseases. It focuses on Mitogen-Activated Protein Kinase 4, which unlocks the regenerative capacity of hepatocytes even in severely diseased livers. The company was founded in by Wolfgang Albrecht in 2017 and is headquartered in Tuebingen, Germany.

Boehringer Ingelheim International GmbH manufactures pharmaceutical prodcuts. It offers human and animal health products. The company was founded by Albert Boehringer in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim, Germany.

DiogenX SAS engages in the discovery and development of biologics therapeutics options of Diabetic patients. It operates in Diabetes preclinical stage business segment. The company was founded by Benjamin Charles, Patrick Collombat and Jean Pascal Tranié on December 24, 2019 and is headquartered in Marseille, France.

AgomAb Therapeutics NV operates as a Belgian biotherapeutics company, developing agonistic antibodies for regeneration of damaged tissues. The company was founded by Paolo Michieli, Manuela Cazzanti, Virginia Morello, Federica Caterina Linty, Michael Potter Saunders, and Hans J. W. de Haard in 2017 and is headquartered in Ghent, Belgium.

Centauri Therapeutics Ltd. engages in manufacturing processing drugs in pharmaceutical preparations for life threatening diseases. The firm focuses on on the discovery and development of novel molecules targeting life threatening diseases. The company was founded by Mike Westby and Stuart Lawson and is headquartered in Sandwich, the United Kingdom.

Metabomed Ltd. operates as a drug discovery company. It focuses in the field of cancer metabolism with a proprietary target identification platform based on computational biology and metabolomics. The company was founded by Eytan Ruppin, Tomer Shlomi and Eyal Gottlieb in 2013 and is headquartered in Yavne, Israel.

Bodyport, Inc. manufactures sensor fitted weighing scales. It offers scale that measures weight like others do, but also measures blood pressure, heart rate, heart rate variability, and arterial stiffness through a user's feet. The company was founded by Corey Centen and Sarah Smith and is headquartered in San Francisco, CA.

Brainomix Ltd. develops imaging biomarkers for neurological and cerebrovascular disorders. It offers e-ASPECTS, medical imaging software that automates a scoring system on brain images from acute ischaemic stroke patients to identify and quantify signs of early stroke damage and assist the physician's decision to treat. The company founded by Michalis Papadakis, Alastair Buchan, Iris Grunwald, Constantin Thiopoulos, and Michael Printzos in 2010 and is headquartered in Oxford, the United Kingdom.

Remiges Ventures Inc. (Remiges Ventures) is a venture capital firm founded in 2014 by Taro Inaba. It is headquartered in Cambridge, United States.

C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG operates as a holding company, with interests in the manufacturing of pharmaceutical products. It offers prescription drugs for the treatment of human respiratory, cardiovascular, gastrointestinal, and central nervous system diseases, including human immunodeficiency virus infection and cancer. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.

Boehringer Ingelheim RCV GmbH & Co. KG develops and supplies biotherapeutic proteins, plasmid DNA and antibody fragments. The company was founded in 1885 by Albert Boehringer and is headquartered in Vienna, Austria.

DIREVO Industrial Biotechnology GmbH provides bioengineering services for industrial, molecular biology, and reaction chemistry applications. It offers enzyme and strain engineering, application development, and process engineering services. The firm also offers research and development services for bio-fuel production. The company was founded in July 2008 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Emergence Therapeutics AG is biopharmaceutical company. It develops novel antibody drug conjugate. The company was founded by Jack Elands and Xavier Preville and is headquartered in Duisburg, Germany.

AYOXXA Biosystems GmbH operates as a biotechnology firm. Its lunaris technology is the optimal analysis platform for the pre-clinical and clinical development work. The firm offers In-situ encoded bead array, a multiplexed protein analysis platform that allows users to measure proteins and biomolecular analytes. The company was founded by Dieter Trau and Andreas Schmidt in 2010 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

CEVEC Pharmaceuticals GmbH engages in the manufacture of biopharmaceuticals using a human cell-based expression system. It provides therapeutic proteins and monoclonal antibodies. The company was founded by Stefan Kochanek in 2004 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

Peppermint Holding GmbH operates as a holding company with interests in textile industries. Its company portfolios include Zwickauer Kammgarn, Ertex Jacquard, and Color Textil. The company was founded by Ingeborg Neumann in 1997 and is headquartered in Berlin, Germany.

Scienion AG develops and provides DNA biochips and protein microarrays. It provides its customers in the pharmaceutical, biotech, diagnostic and reagent supply markets, as well as in academic research institutions with products, and services to facilitate confidence and efficiency in aspects of its applications. The company was founded by Holger Eickhoff in 2000 and is headquartered in Dortmund, Germany.

Creathor Venture Management GmbH is an independent private equity firm specialized in technology venture capital investing. Creathor was foundedi n 2003 and is headquartered in Bad Homburg near Frankfurt in central Germany. The management invests their own capital, and manages venture capital funds on behalf of institutions.

Okairos AG develops preventive and therapeutic vaccines against human chronic infectious diseases. Its products include genetic vaccines, adenovirus vector platform, and proprietary cell line. The company was founded by Riccardo Cortese, Alfredo Nicosia, and Antonella Folgori in 2007 and is headquartered in Basel, Switzerland.

Fasciotens GmbH engages in the development of external medical device that provides solution for the open abdomen or abdominal compartment syndrome. It offers fasciotens abdomen. The company was founded by Gereon Lill and Frank Beyer in 2016 and is headquartered in Essen, Germany.

Resolve BioSciences GmbH is a German company that applies molecular cartography to provide scientists with a high-resolution view of spatial biology. The company is based in Monheim am Rhein, Germany. The company's proprietary technology offers full spatial context at subcellular resolution, which helps scientists detect individual transcripts and rare signals to interpret fundamental biology. The company's technology is used in critical fields such as oncology, neuroscience, infectious disease, and agriculture. The company was founded by Jason T. Gammack, and John Stark has been the CEO of the company since 2023.

Cryotherapeutics SA develops and markets a cryotherapy system, with focus on highlighting the safety and efficacy of cryoneergy in the cardiovascular system. The firm specializes in the design of a proprietary system to be used in the treatment of coronary artery diseases that cause heart attacks. Its focus areas encompass technology research, system development, and early-stage product commercialization. The company was founded by Randell L. Werneth, John Yianni and Maurice Buchbinder on September 8, 2009 and is headquartered in Cologne, Germany.

NATRIX Separations, Inc. manufactures and supplies single use and multi-cycle disposable chromatography products to the life science, food, beverage and water markets. Its technology consists of a polymeric hydrogel formed within a flexible porous support matrix. The firm offers NatriFlo HD-Q membrane absorbers for single-use flow-through polish applications and Natrix HD-C hydrogel membrane devices for bind-elute applications. The company was founded by Alicja Mika, Lisa Crossley, and Ronald F. Childs in 2004 and is headquartered in Burlington, Canada.

Boehringer Ingelheim GmbH engages in the provision of central management and other services for the group companies on behalf of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG. The group specializes in the development, production, and distribution of pharmaceutical products. The company was founded in 1885 and is headquartered in Ingelheim am Rhein, Germany.

Part of C.H. Boehringer Sohn AG & Co. KG, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co., KG is a company that operates research-based pharmaceutical companies and serves. Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH & Co., KG is based in Ingelheim, Germany. The German company was founded in 1885 by Albert Boehringer. The CEO is Hubertus von Baumbach.