
Our companies
Noscendo is a diagnostics company that has developed a cell-free DNA sequencing process that enables faster and more reliable identification and assessment of bloodstream-associated pathogens such as bacteria, fungi, parasites & viruses than any other existing solution at significantly lower costs.
Keelvar provides strategic sourcing software to large enterprises across the globe. It specializes in advanced sourcing for mature procurement and supply chain management teams seeking best of breed systems.
FireStart is the leading BPA product in the Microsoft ecosystem, covering professional process management and workflow automation.
Outfunnel is a marketing automation and insights platform for SMEs bridging the gap between marketing and sales. Outfunnel combines the key pieces of marketing automation such as email, web tracking, web forms/chat and ads with deep integrations to CRM and marketing tools and synthesizes the data to deliver meaningful insights to optimize SME sales and marketing.
wellabe provides next generation preventive healthcare technologies to deliver patient-centred health services based on real risk profiles. wellabe creates an individual preventive medicine system for the corporate environment.
Increase productivity, quality and flexibility with the right applications, seamless integrations and usable devices for your use-case, industry and people.
All in a full-service, no-worries solution that makes factory software simpler than it has ever been.
With GraphCMS, developers build powerful infrastructure for their digital products in a matter of minutes. Meanwhile, content creators have all the tools they need to manage their content.
Teaching robots made simple and easy, regardless of your tech stack.
Wandelbots is a key company in enabling the mass-adoption of industrial robotics by revolutionizing how robots are trained and used. The robotics hardware costs decline sharply in recent years. Wandelbots solves the remaining challenge to disruptive growth in industrial automation, namely the ease and speed of implementation and teaching ultimately driving the next industrial revolution.
Codasip is a leading supplier of RISC-V processing technology. RISC-V is the enabler for a new generation of applications based on AI, IoT and connected devices.
Codasip provides IP and tools for the next generation of semiconductor design paving the way for the next 50 years of computing design and innovation.
Relimetrics uses computer vision and machine learning and is a platform solution applicable to numerous industries, including automotive, manufacturing, electronics, and construction. Our software helps customers build better quality products and increases productivity of their assembly or manufacturing processes.
DigitalGenius is an AI platform that puts contact centers on autopilot by automating repetitive processes and delighting customers.
Design and prototype websites and apps intuitively, in a new product reworked for the digital age.
Pipedrive provides simple, intuitive sales management software to small businesses. Designed by salespeople for salespeople, Pipedrive is unique in that it is built around the sales pipeline process providing a better overview of where leads are in the sales process so no important deal gets dropped.
Consentio is a digital place where buyers & sellers can trade their goods in full confidence, secure, and cost-effective way.
AskBy’s pure AI-driven technology will allow you to request any kind of data in any language the same way you would order a pizza. Simply ask for the data you need to analyze and AskBy delivers it instantly through the interface you prefer (Slack, Skype, HTML widget etc.). Your time is too valuable to spend hours on writing SQL queries…
Silexica provides software development tools reducing time-to-market of innovative software IP and intelligent products. Enabled by deep software analysis, heterogeneous hardware awareness and quick design space exploration, the SLX programming tools accelerate the journey from software to application-specific hardware systems, democratizing accelerated computing.
Stripe is a technology company that allows both private individuals and businesses to accept payments over the Internet. Stripe focuses on providing the technical, fraud prevention, and banking infrastructure required to operate online payment systems.
Using Stripe, web developers can integrate payment processing into their websites without having to register and maintain a merchant account. Stripe has a seven-day waiting period for transactions, during which time it profiles the businesses involved to protect against potential fraud. Stripe then transfers the funds directly into the bank account linked to the payee.
Detectify is a software company that helps website owners reduce the risk of being hacked. The software analyses a website from a hacker’s perspective and provides a comprehensive report with actionable insights to increase security. The company aims to become the standard security testing service for web and mobile.
Shore offers a communication platform between local service providers and consumers, allowing customers to easily make appointments through their website.
By requesting a service and a location on the Shore platform, customers are immediately presented with a large pool of service providers in the desired area. Once having picked their favourite, customers can then easily make an appointment online – without having to call or write!
On top of that, Shore supports small service providers, like restaurants, doctors and hairdressers, in administration, operative management and marketing by offering an easy-to-use online client communication service.
Operating in Germany, Austria and Switzerland, Shore aims to further expand its service on an international basis and to become Europe’s leading online appointment intermediary.
Intermix is a single service that empowers IT to monitor and manage cloud data warehouses faster, easier and more effectively. Unlike other monitoring tools, Intermix’ product is proactive and can be deployed in less than 2 minutes, increasing query speeds, driving up cluster resource utilization and eliminating downtimes. For companies that use Redshift and are dissatisfied with the reactive monitoring of the built-in AWS console, Intermix’ product provides granular usage analytics, performance tuning, query optimization and AI bots to predict future workload patterns.
Producteev is a productivity platform (task- and project management, file sharing, internal communication and productivity apps aggregation…) built on top of the tools we all rely on every day: IM (Gtalk, WLM, AIM, etc.), Twitter, E-Mail, Mobile (iPhone, Blackberry, Android, Windows Mobile, Nokia), Desktop and Web. Producteev is the first cross-platform task management application for teams and individuals. The Producteev software ensures your tasks are synchronised with your team all the time, no matter what tools you are using.
Acquired by Jive Software in November 2012.
Amorelie is a sensual lifestyle online shop offering high-end erotic products and alluring lingerie for modern and fun-loving women and men.
Amorelie’s product portfolio covers a selection of love toys, cosmetics, massage-oils, candles and lingerie, which is constantly adjusted to consumer preferences and the latest lifestyle trends. Amorelie’s discrete shipping thereby guarantees complete privacy to its customers. Moreover, with its toy parties, Amorelie has adapted its exclusive online shopping atmosphere to the offline market: women can now invite a personal Amorelie assistant to their girlfriend-parties, receiving personalised recommendations and product information.
As the first-mover in the premium erotic online shop segment, Amorelie aims to establish itself as the world’s leading seller of high-end erotic products.
Acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 in March 2015.
Debitos is Germany’s first online exchange platform that deals secured and unsecured NPLs between corporate/private sellers and institutional investors.
Corporate/private sellers that seek quick liquidity can sell their receivables at the auction-like platform to the highest bidder, usually an investor, who benefits from buying the financial asset at a discount. Sellers are guaranteed a minimum price and complete transparency of the buyers’ credit ratings.
Debitos’ highly standardized and transparent trading platform therefore offers a risk-free option to trade NPLs, resulting in a higher efficiency regarding the NPL’s liquidation process. At the same time, by providing enterprises with short-term liquidity, Debitos guarantees a larger support to the SMEs.
Dealing receivables worth several millions, Debitos aims to become Europe’s leading trading platform for all types of invoice.
Flaconi is a premium online shop for fragrances and cosmetic products.
Flaconi offers a wide range of fragrances and cosmetics from well-known luxury brands such as Chanel, Saint Laurent Paris, Armani, Dior, Shiseido and Roberto Cavalli. The highly functional and easy-to-use website allows customers to find the desired product in a fast and convenient way. Furthermore, consumers benefit from numerous special offerings and free gifts and are therefore incentivised to try out new body care products and cosmetics.
Including nearly all major luxury brands in its portfolio, Flaconi aims to become a leading player in the high-end cosmetics and fragrances industry.
Acquired by ProSiebenSat.1 in March 2015.
Flip4New is a re-commerce company that buys, fixes and resells used consumer electronics.
Flip4New covers a very large product portfolio of over 120,000 items, such as laptops, mobile phones, digital cameras or navigation systems. By answering a few standardised questions about the to-be-sold product, customers can sell their old electronics at their current market price in less than a minute. Moreover, they enjoy free shipment and a guaranteed cash transfer as soon as the accuracy of the stated information has been checked. Profound technical knowledge and a smart data process enable Flip4New to later sell the acquired items at a profit.
Cooperating with well-established electronics retailers, like ebay, Media Markt, Saturn, Gravis, Sony and Lenovo, Flip4New is on the fast track to becoming Europe’s number one trading platform for used consumer electronics.
Homeday operates one of today’s leading online platforms for data-driven pairing of real estate sales agents with private property owners. The company’s mission is to make real estate transactions more efficient and more transparent. As one of the leading PropTech companies, Homeday helps private owners in finding the best agents for selling their property.
The platform’s unique match-making principle takes into consideration numerous diverse factors such as the sales agent’s level of experience and success with comparable objects, the average time needed to facilitate a sale or even feedback shared by property owners based on previous brokerage agreements.
JustBook is a mobile application app that for last minute hotel booking. Customers will benefit from unbeatable prices and can choose from a preselected quality line of five hotels each travel destination. All hotels are hand-picked by the JustBook team and range amongst the best in their respective category “comfort“, “design“, “luxury“ and “upscale“.
From 2013 on, hotel offers are not limited to same-day reservations any more, but can be booked up to seven days in advance. Another feature: JustBook also offers quick and easy booking via its brand new website.
The company is partnering with more than 1,000 hotels in 46 German and European travel destinations, including cities like Berlin, Frankfurt, London, Amsterdam, Madrid and Zurich. The mobile application is available on iPhone, Blackberry devices and Android-powered phones.
Acquired by Secret Escapes in January 2014.
KIWI offers an innovative and comfortable solution of a wire- and keyless door entry system.
In combination with a tiny device, called the Ki, KIWI’s innovative all-in technology unlocks doors in a safe, comfortable and intelligent way: the Ki, a tiny transponder that users keep in their pocket, communicates with a companion piece in the door and unlocks the door as soon as the user approaches. Additionally, the KIWI App allows users to grant others, e.g. friends, guests or craftsmen, access to their homes. All entries and Ki’s are registered in the system and guarantee safety and transparency to homeowners.
As the first-mover in the German market, KIWI aims to become the leading door entry technology in the corporate and private real-estate market.
tylko is a company that will change the way people shop for furniture. In the tylko app, anyone can co-create a unique piece of furniture by starting with a basic, pre-designed shape and changing its properties to match their taste and space. Built-in ‘Augmented Reality’ mode visualizes the furniture in its real size in the user’s home. In-app purchase and home delivery follow.
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