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Peeks Social is a new social networking platform that allows users to create 36-second videos ("keeks") using webcam, iPhone or Android devices and share them with others around the world. Users follow, subscribe and respond to videos with either text comments or video replies ("keekbacks"). The Keek mobile app is available in the iTunes App Store and on Google Play.

Odersun AG is a German company which develops and manufactures thin-film solar cells and modules on copper tape specifically for building-integrated photovoltaics (BIPV). Odersun filed for bankruptcy in 2012. Odersun employs more than 320 people in production, research and management in Frankfurt (Oder), Fürstenwalde (Spree) and Berlin, Germany. In cooperation with partner and investor AT&M, Odersun is setting up a joint venture in Beijing. On 1 June 2012, Odersun went into administration.

adviqo Group, founded in 2000 and headquartered in Berlin/Germany, is a diversified media group with multiple online and offline properties directed towards female audiences. It is the world market leader in live counseling services in the areas of life advice, therapeutic counseling and coaching advice. With over 350 employees and offices in 5 countries (Germany, UK, France, Spain, Poland) the company is operating TV channels, online marketplaces and eCommerce sites as well as mobile applications. The company is an exclusive advice content partner for leading women magazines such as Bild, Bild der Frau, IN Star&Style but also large online portals such as GMX, T-Online and Freenet. With a top management team with backgrounds from BigPoint, HomeAway.com, BWin.com, Axel Springer, T-Online and backed by renowned investors like Wellington Partners, AGF and the European Founders Fund – the company has enjoyed high double digit $M revenues and high profitability.

Viadeo Group operates a global network of professional social platforms, encompassing over 50 million members through its brands, including Viadeo, ApnaCircle, and Tianji. ApnaCircle caters to users in the Indian subcontinent, while Tianji serves as the largest professional network in China, boasting over 14 million members. These platforms enable professionals to enhance their career prospects, discover business opportunities, and establish effective online identities. With a workforce exceeding 400 employees, Viadeo maintains offices in various countries, including the U.S., UK, France, China, and India. The company focuses on facilitating connections among users to help them find clients, suppliers, business partners, and employment opportunities.

aveni delivers innovative metallization processes that improve device performance and yield, enabling future technologies, today. Their production-ready solutions revolutionize the copper-plating process for damascene and TSV applications critical to semiconductor and MEMS device manufacturing. aveni’s Electrografting (eG™) technology is a wet, electrochemical-based process that enables the growth of extremely high-quality thin films of various types. Chemicalgrafting (cG™) is based on the same fundamental mechanisms as Electrografting, but is used on nonconductive substrates. Both technologies have been successfully demonstrated in manufacturing at and below the 14 nm node, as well as 40:1 aspect ratios. The company was originally founded in 2001 as a spinoff from the Commissariat à l’énergie atomique et aux énergies alternatives (CEA) to develop and market groundbreaking nanometric deposition technologies for a variety of electronic applications. Since that time, aveni has partnered with several R&D centers, and leading global equipment and device manufacturers on a variety of projects. Based in Massy, France, the company has a strong team of scientists and engineers who excel in the fields of surface science, chemistry, electrochemistry, physics, materials science and semiconductors.