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The construction sector is the second largest, but at the same time the least digitised sector in the world with a total of 96% of all data unused. Although detailed planning data is created in advance, a lack of suitable digital tools prevents it from being transferred to the construction site. specter's web-based construction management software uniquely integrates the core components of construction planning, reduces the organisational effort for construction management, and halves construction delays.

Code Intelligence provides modern Security-Testing-Solutions using Coverage-Based-Fuzzing. Their solution decreases the amount of expert knowledge needed by setting up a continuous testing infrastructure using the newest and most modern technologies in the field of Software Testing. Based in Bonn, Germany, Code Intelligence helps leading global companies such as Bosch, Deutsche Börse Group and Deutsche Telekom to make their Software secure and reliable.

Cedalo is an innovative software startup on a mission: Everyone, even non-programmers, should be able to create and orchestrate apps and microservices for the IoT. In the foreground, this requires intuitive operation and a user-friendly modeling environment. In the background, connectivity to cloud and server systems must be ensured and the foundation laid for complex processes and high usage loads.

exciva is a Provider of targeted drug rescue program intended to involve pharmaceutical research and development based in Heidelberg, Germany. The company's program has been formulated for developing symptomatic and disease-modifying treatments, therapies, cures, prophylactics, supplements, formulations and methods of making and using such compositions, enabling the healthcare industry to access their program for rescuing and reusing approved drugs for new indications and new uses.

3YOURMIND offers Enterprise Software to automate additive manufacturing processes and workflows for leading companies and 3D print services. Their product suite standardizes every aspect of the AM supply chain from analyzing historical part data to efficient order management to optimal production scheduling. The software is laying the foundation for Agile Manufacturing. With digital workflows, our software standardizes and evaluates AM data, automates the business processes associated with distributed manufacturing and optimizes production execution and quality assurance. These are the tools that enable data-driven production decisions and are building a foundation for automated Agile Manufacturing. The Agile PLM manages AM product innovation processes to build a digital inventory full of AM-ready parts and production data. Our Agile ERP bring speed, accuracy and automation to how additive manufacturing orders and tracking are processed in your organization. Intelligent software like our Agile MES is needed to increase transparency and speed up the information flow for the additive manufacturing production floor. Our team of experts for AM Services guides and supports our customers at every step of the AM workflow, from idea generation to CAD modeling to the execution of their additive manufacturing project. Customers who have already successfully integrated 3YOURMIND products into AM production include GKN, DB Schenker, Postnord, EOS, and other undisclosed enterprise companies.

ActiTrexx GmbH is a biotech start-up. They offer cellular therapy to prevent inflammatory reactions in conditions like GVHD, solid organ transplantation, and autoimmune diseases. Their ATREGA is a treatment option for transplanted patients, providing a substantial survival rate.

Code Intelligence provides modern Security-Testing-Solutions using Coverage-Based-Fuzzing. Their solution decreases the amount of expert knowledge needed by setting up a continuous testing infrastructure using the newest and most modern technologies in the field of Software Testing. Based in Bonn, Germany, Code Intelligence helps leading global companies such as Bosch, Deutsche Börse Group and Deutsche Telekom to make their Software secure and reliable.

Teralytics provides an unrivalled insight into people’s mobility needs. Our mission is to transform how people’s journeys are planned, operated and accounted for. Using big data and advanced machine learning to arrive at transformative insight, we help our customers to create sustainable mobility solutions that work for everyone, now and in the future. From improving journey times and making sure that mobility options are accessible to everyone, to increasing operational efficiencies and reducing environmental impact - Teralytics insight helps tackle some of the crucial mobility challenges of our time.

Tado° develops a heating app for private homes and small businesses. It adjusts to the residents' behavior in real time and also takes current weather forecasts and building characteristics into account. tado° GmbH is a Munich, Germany-based tech startup bringing Internet of Things into the cleantech market. It was founded by Christian Deilmann, Johannes Schwarz, Valentin Sawadski and Leopold von Bismarck in 2011. A team of qualified young professionals has been working on the development of tado° for approximately two years in Munich.

Acousia Therapeutics GmbH is a privately held biotech company based in Tübingen, Germany. Acousia has experience and expertise in identifying and developing small molecule drug candidates for the treatment of hearing loss. Sensory hair cells are the key cells for hearing in the inner ear. Acousia`s approach will help to replace lost hair cells by cellular regeneration originating from supporting cells. ASpherecousia is developing drugs for local application, which will restore hearing in patients who have lost their hearing ability induced by various reasons, e.g. noise trauma, treatment with ototoxic drugs or sudden deafness. In addition, these therapies will have the potential to treat the age-related decrease in hearing capacity.

otego is a young German spin-off from KIT (Karlsruhe Institute of Technology) started by four enthusiastic founders who are committed to the otego idea with all their passion. One can also call us a mixed bag because two physicians, a chemist and a business engineer work together and complement each other perfectly. In fact this is the essential requirement to achieve our ambition to commercialize the disruptive otego-technology.

Crealytics is a forward-thinking performance marketing agency. It works exclusively in the retail sector, offering a holistic approach to search, shopping and paid social campaigns on Google, Bing, Amazon, Pinterest, and Facebook. A 150+ person company, it prides itself on challenging assumptions about digital advertising. Crealytics breaks down the silos isolating marketing from merchandising and pricing policy. As a result, retailers can direct product ad investment to maximize profitability and Customer Lifetime Value. Proprietary technology underpins their success. Backed by an in-house team of business intelligence and data scientists, their platform removes the heavy lifting normally associated with campaign management—and elevates strategic thinking beyond basic search practices. Crealytics’ paid search campaigns occur globally – across 150 markets and in 20 languages. They have offices in London, New York and Berlin.

amcure is a privately held, clinical-stage company developing peptide-based compounds for the treatment of highly metastatic forms of squamous cancer. Established in 2012, amcure GmbH is a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. amcure leverages its in-depth knowledge of CD44 target biology to develop a novel therapeutic approach to treat metastatic squamous tumors. In cancer, blocking the extracellular target CD44v6 has a beneficial effect on several relevant receptor tyrosine kinase pathways. Their first-in-class CD44v6-inhibitor AMC303 entered clinical development in solid tumors in Q4 2016.

enOware is a wireless, miniaturized geothermal measuring capsule. The measurement technology has already won over its first customers and aims to expand in Germany, where more than 300,000 geothermal probes are currently operating, and 20,000 new systems are built each year.

Biametrics products are designed to provide solutions with unmatched performance in terms of throughput and versatility for scientists in the academia, pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and diagnostic markets. Biametrics label free systems characterize biomolecular interactions in terms of kinetic and affinity data (KD, ka, kd), specificity, concentration and thermodynamic data (enthalpy and entropy).

amcure is a privately held, clinical-stage company developing peptide-based compounds for the treatment of highly metastatic forms of squamous cancer. Established in 2012, amcure GmbH is a spin-off from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT) and is supported by a grant from the German Federal Ministry of Education and Research. amcure leverages its in-depth knowledge of CD44 target biology to develop a novel therapeutic approach to treat metastatic squamous tumors. In cancer, blocking the extracellular target CD44v6 has a beneficial effect on several relevant receptor tyrosine kinase pathways. Their first-in-class CD44v6-inhibitor AMC303 entered clinical development in solid tumors in Q4 2016.

Crealytics is a forward-thinking performance marketing agency. It works exclusively in the retail sector, offering a holistic approach to search, shopping and paid social campaigns on Google, Bing, Amazon, Pinterest, and Facebook. A 150+ person company, it prides itself on challenging assumptions about digital advertising. Crealytics breaks down the silos isolating marketing from merchandising and pricing policy. As a result, retailers can direct product ad investment to maximize profitability and Customer Lifetime Value. Proprietary technology underpins their success. Backed by an in-house team of business intelligence and data scientists, their platform removes the heavy lifting normally associated with campaign management—and elevates strategic thinking beyond basic search practices. Crealytics’ paid search campaigns occur globally – across 150 markets and in 20 languages. They have offices in London, New York and Berlin.

PressMatrix is a technology start-up out of Berlin (Germany) with a simple mission: Helping publishers to deliver their magazines on tablets and mobile devices.

Crealytics is a forward-thinking performance marketing agency. It works exclusively in the retail sector, offering a holistic approach to search, shopping and paid social campaigns on Google, Bing, Amazon, Pinterest, and Facebook. A 150+ person company, it prides itself on challenging assumptions about digital advertising. Crealytics breaks down the silos isolating marketing from merchandising and pricing policy. As a result, retailers can direct product ad investment to maximize profitability and Customer Lifetime Value. Proprietary technology underpins their success. Backed by an in-house team of business intelligence and data scientists, their platform removes the heavy lifting normally associated with campaign management—and elevates strategic thinking beyond basic search practices. Crealytics’ paid search campaigns occur globally – across 150 markets and in 20 languages. They have offices in London, New York and Berlin.

tocario - Simplifying Workspaces! tocario offers one of the few fully automated DaaS / CLoud Workspace platforms in the industry. The technology technology either "as-a-Service" to European end customers and White Label Partners or as an Enterprise License to private or public Cloud Service Providers. The solution solves different business needs for any size of enterprise by adding agility and reducing complexity. tocario's customers benefit from the simple and secure deployment of new virtual desktop workplaces. These are available without any software or operating system limitations, for any desktop device, for all applications and even on low bandwidths. For the end customer tocario’s technology is securely delivered “as-a-Service” without any upfront investments and the full flexibility of a cloud service. tocario's Global Technology Partners include NetApp, IBM, SoftLayer and Konica Minolta Business Solutions. Experton Group recognized tocario as a technology innovator for digital Workspaces and awarded "Cloud Rising Star Germany" for cloud workplaces. Forrester Research sees tocario as a vendor to watch in their "Top eight Technology Trends that I&O Pros should watch" Report. Nemertes Research says: Tocario, which approaches the VDI space somewhat differently than the other major players ... is helping to define the successor to the VDI space: digital workspace. tocario - simple, flexible, secure!

avandeo, a Munich, Germany- and Shanghai, China-based startup that operates an online destination for designer furniture and home accessories.

The CargoGuard system is a unique and advanced technical solution to protect valuable goods, high-end products or confidential and classified documents against the risks of loss, theft, spying and manipulation during transportation and storage. CargoGuard enables logistic companies, manufacturers, authorities and governments to safeguard the handling of valuable goods or sensitive documents from person-to-person across all gaps of an intermodal supply chain.

Crealytics is a forward-thinking performance marketing agency. It works exclusively in the retail sector, offering a holistic approach to search, shopping and paid social campaigns on Google, Bing, Amazon, Pinterest, and Facebook. A 150+ person company, it prides itself on challenging assumptions about digital advertising. Crealytics breaks down the silos isolating marketing from merchandising and pricing policy. As a result, retailers can direct product ad investment to maximize profitability and Customer Lifetime Value. Proprietary technology underpins their success. Backed by an in-house team of business intelligence and data scientists, their platform removes the heavy lifting normally associated with campaign management—and elevates strategic thinking beyond basic search practices. Crealytics’ paid search campaigns occur globally – across 150 markets and in 20 languages. They have offices in London, New York and Berlin.

Intelligent fluids GmbH is a technology company designing innovative high performance cleaning fluids that are unique in the world. Intelligent fluids® are based on a groundbreaking, patented technology that combines gentle ingredients to create highly dynamic phase fluids tailored to specific needs. The highly effective fluids achieve their outstanding performance due to physical effects, no chemical dissolving or etching takes place. The fluids are therefore safe for users, equipment and environment and, thus, clearly distinguishes themselves from classical, solvent-based chemicals. In the main markets, microelectronics and industrial maintenance, specific product portfolios for different fields of application are created and extended continually. Fields of application include stripping, material separation and cleaning, especially the removal of dirt, residues, coatings and lacquer. Intelligent fluids® are particularly used in the sectors of microelectronics, electronics, optics, printing industry, industrial maintenance and upkeeping as well as building protection. In addition, there are future potentials in the fields of functional skin care and dental cosmetics. Intelligent fluids® are synonymous with effectiveness, efficiency and sustainability. They offer convincing advantages concerning process optimizations and cost savings. Furthermore, the innovative technology employed in intelligent fluids® is safe for users, equipment and environment. It is a long-awaited response to the ecological and economical challenges of their time. Intelligent fluids® – enabling the post-solvent era. In addition to the development of fluids for its own product line, intelligent fluids GmbH also designs products in the context of joint development agreements as well as on the basis of private label agreements.

Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG was founded in 2002. It is a privately held drug discovery & development company based in the Biotech Cluster Rhine-Neckar with Biology and Chemistry laboratories and offices primarily in Heidelberg and partly in Ludwigshafen. Their company focuses its small-molecule drug discovery expertise in Liver and Gastrointestinal disease areas and has now recently entered the field of Cancer Therapy. They not only devise novel therapeutics for known targets but additionally aim to identify novel molecular mechanisms. This provides the basis for the identification of novel small molecules with "game changing" capabilities. Historically, Phenex has identified two of such novel mechanisms from literature and has translated them into proprietary novel therapeutic small molecules.

mtm laboratories AG is an ISO 9001 and 13485 certified developer and manufacturer of In-Vitro Diagnostics for the early detection and diagnosis of cervical and other cancers. With headquarters in Heidelberg, Germany, and subsidiaries in the United States, France, Italy and Spain, mtm markets its proprietary CINtec(R) Histology Kit and CINtec(R) Cytology Kit as adjunct tools for the early detection and diagnosis of cervical cancer. These kits are based on mtm's proprietary E6H4(TM) antibody clone which was specifically developed for immunochemistry applications in both formalin-fixed paraffin-embedded tissue sections and alcohol fixed cervical cytology preparations. The target for mtm's cervical cancer early detection technology platforms is the evaluation of the over-expression of the cyclin-dependent kinase inhibitor p16INK4a. This sensitive and selective antibody clone is combined with GMP manufactured kit components to ensure reproducible quality and results.

Sloning BioTechnology has developed a unique and patented technology platform to build DNA molecules with exceptional features regarding sequence limitations, reliability and production cost on an industrial scale robotic system the Slonomics technology platform.

Phenex Pharmaceuticals AG was founded in 2002. It is a privately held drug discovery & development company based in the Biotech Cluster Rhine-Neckar with Biology and Chemistry laboratories and offices primarily in Heidelberg and partly in Ludwigshafen. Their company focuses its small-molecule drug discovery expertise in Liver and Gastrointestinal disease areas and has now recently entered the field of Cancer Therapy. They not only devise novel therapeutics for known targets but additionally aim to identify novel molecular mechanisms. This provides the basis for the identification of novel small molecules with "game changing" capabilities. Historically, Phenex has identified two of such novel mechanisms from literature and has translated them into proprietary novel therapeutic small molecules.

Sloning BioTechnology has developed a unique and patented technology platform to build DNA molecules with exceptional features regarding sequence limitations, reliability and production cost on an industrial scale robotic system the Slonomics technology platform.