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Taxy.io GmbH, founded in 2018 and based in Aachen, Germany, specializes in automating tax consulting and research through its AI-driven platform, Taxy.io. This platform serves as a central information hub for digital tax intelligence, utilizing machine learning and natural language processing to facilitate semantic and context-specific searches. Taxy.io aims to enhance the efficiency of tax professionals, including lawyers, tax consultants, auditors, and corporate finance employees, by enabling them to quickly access specific information and conduct automated legal analysis. The company's focus is on improving productivity and minimizing compliance risks for accounting firms and tax departments within small to medium-sized enterprises and larger organizations.

Silexica GmbH is a software design automation company that specializes in tools for developing multicore and manycore systems. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, the company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with additional offices in the United States, South Korea, Japan, and China. Silexica offers the SLX Tool Suite, which includes several products such as SLX Mapper for automatic software distribution, SLX Generator for generating parallel code, SLX Parallelizer for identifying parallelism in legacy code, and SLX Explorer for hardware design space exploration. These tools are designed to streamline the transition from software to hardware, thereby reducing the time-to-market for intelligent products. In addition to its software offerings, Silexica provides consulting services for specific parallel software issues and custom code generation. The company serves various industries, including wireless communication, embedded vision, and automotive, and has received significant venture capital funding before being acquired by Xilinx/AMD in 2021.

Hemovent, based in Aachen, Germany, is a privately held medical technology company focused on developing a portable ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) unit. Founded by Christof Lenz and Oliver Marseille, the company aims to create an innovative device that supports or replaces heart and lung functions in cases of cardiac or respiratory failure. Hemovent's portable unit provides critical respiratory support for patients whose lungs are severely compromised, acting as a temporary life support system that takes over heart function during acute heart failure. This technology allows hospitals to stabilize patients and address the underlying issues leading to the failure while enabling patient mobility, thereby enhancing treatment options and outcomes.

Hardware Software

MOQO is a cloud-based platform that enables various entities, including municipal utilities, the real estate sector, corporations, and organizations, to provide shared mobility services. The platform is designed to deliver a comprehensive package that facilitates the integration of mobility services, allowing clients to access an extensive shared mobility ecosystem. By focusing on quality and cost-effectiveness, MOQO aims to enhance the accessibility and efficiency of shared transportation solutions.

Silexica GmbH is a software design automation company that specializes in tools for developing multicore and manycore systems. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, the company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with additional offices in the United States, South Korea, Japan, and China. Silexica offers the SLX Tool Suite, which includes several products such as SLX Mapper for automatic software distribution, SLX Generator for generating parallel code, SLX Parallelizer for identifying parallelism in legacy code, and SLX Explorer for hardware design space exploration. These tools are designed to streamline the transition from software to hardware, thereby reducing the time-to-market for intelligent products. In addition to its software offerings, Silexica provides consulting services for specific parallel software issues and custom code generation. The company serves various industries, including wireless communication, embedded vision, and automotive, and has received significant venture capital funding before being acquired by Xilinx/AMD in 2021.

Antibodies-online.com is an e-commerce platform specializing in life sciences research, offering a comprehensive range of over 1.2 million antibodies, ELISA kits, and related research reagents from more than 160 suppliers. As the largest independent distributor for proteomics research globally, it serves over 2,000 companies and research institutions across 53 countries, including pharmaceutical firms, biotech companies, and leading universities. The platform features a diverse array of products, such as monoclonal antibodies, antibody pairs, active proteins, and flow cytometry kits, supporting the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical research sectors in identifying and characterizing cell populations within samples. Antibodies-online operates from three global offices located in Atlanta, USA; Aachen, Germany; and Shanghai, China.

KLANG:technologies are here to offer a new and unique concert experience to musicians all over the world. They believe that musicians who feel comfortable on stage with their monitoring sound are able to perform better and connect with the band and audience more easily and freely. In-ear monitoring, a phenomenon which spread widely over the past decades, is a huge step in this direction. Musicians still hesitate to make the switch from wedges to in-ears - they are troubled with an unnatural sound, missing transparency, auditory fatigue and disorientation. With our 3D In-Ear Monitoring, they are striving to overcome those last obstacles on the way to a perfect monitoring sound. They want to bring back the naturalness in hearing for the musician on stage - the feeling, as if you are not wearing any in-ears at all.

Picavi GmbH specializes in developing a paperless order picking system that enhances warehouse operations through the use of mobile WLAN-enabled smart glasses. These smart glasses feature an integrated display and a barcode scanner, facilitating the identification of storage locations and providing contextual information to users. Picavi's solutions are applicable across various warehouse processes, including goods receipt, order picking, dispatch, and inventory management. Founded in 2013 and based in Herzogenrath, Germany, the company was previously known as Logcom GmbH. By combining innovative visual guidance technology with hands-free operation, Picavi aims to improve productivity and reduce errors in inventory management tasks.

Hemovent, based in Aachen, Germany, is a privately held medical technology company focused on developing a portable ECMO (Extracorporeal Membrane Oxygenation) unit. Founded by Christof Lenz and Oliver Marseille, the company aims to create an innovative device that supports or replaces heart and lung functions in cases of cardiac or respiratory failure. Hemovent's portable unit provides critical respiratory support for patients whose lungs are severely compromised, acting as a temporary life support system that takes over heart function during acute heart failure. This technology allows hospitals to stabilize patients and address the underlying issues leading to the failure while enabling patient mobility, thereby enhancing treatment options and outcomes.

Aquila biolabs GmbH is a German technology company established in 2014 and located in Baesweiler, Germany. It specializes in the development of innovative laboratory devices aimed at optimizing bioprocesses in bioreactors and incubation shakers. The company's product lineup includes the Cell Growth Quantifier (CGQ), Cell Growth Quantifier BIOR (CGQ BIOR), and the Liquid Injection System (LIS). These solutions feature smart sensors and data analytics software that facilitate real-time, non-invasive monitoring of cell growth in shake flasks. By providing automated and process-optimizing analysis, Aquila biolabs enables research scientists to obtain actionable insights during the cultivation of therapeutic products in various experimental settings.

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Silexica GmbH is a software design automation company that specializes in tools for developing multicore and manycore systems. Founded in 2014 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, the company is headquartered in Cologne, Germany, with additional offices in the United States, South Korea, Japan, and China. Silexica offers the SLX Tool Suite, which includes several products such as SLX Mapper for automatic software distribution, SLX Generator for generating parallel code, SLX Parallelizer for identifying parallelism in legacy code, and SLX Explorer for hardware design space exploration. These tools are designed to streamline the transition from software to hardware, thereby reducing the time-to-market for intelligent products. In addition to its software offerings, Silexica provides consulting services for specific parallel software issues and custom code generation. The company serves various industries, including wireless communication, embedded vision, and automotive, and has received significant venture capital funding before being acquired by Xilinx/AMD in 2021.

Life Systems Medizintechnik-Service GmbH, founded in 1996 and headquartered in Mönchengladbach, Germany, specializes in perfusion and surgical assistance services both domestically and internationally. The company leases perfusionists skilled in cardiac and pediatric perfusion, as well as ECMO and IABP services, and supports oncology and vascular surgeries alongside ventricular assist devices. Additionally, it offers surgical assistants to address personnel shortages and specific staffing needs. Life Systems Medizintechnik-Service also provides capital equipment, disposable supplies, and material management services, ensuring comprehensive support in medical procedures. Through its diverse offerings, the company delivers tailored solutions in human resource management and equipment management, facilitating a holistic approach to personnel and equipment needs in the healthcare sector.

KLANG:technologies are here to offer a new and unique concert experience to musicians all over the world. They believe that musicians who feel comfortable on stage with their monitoring sound are able to perform better and connect with the band and audience more easily and freely. In-ear monitoring, a phenomenon which spread widely over the past decades, is a huge step in this direction. Musicians still hesitate to make the switch from wedges to in-ears - they are troubled with an unnatural sound, missing transparency, auditory fatigue and disorientation. With our 3D In-Ear Monitoring, they are striving to overcome those last obstacles on the way to a perfect monitoring sound. They want to bring back the naturalness in hearing for the musician on stage - the feeling, as if you are not wearing any in-ears at all.

Adhesys Medical specializes in the development and manufacture of innovative polyurethane-based surgical adhesives designed for diverse applications both on the skin and internally. Their products utilize a unique polyurethane technology that distinguishes them from existing options in terms of ease of use, flexibility, biodegradability, and performance in wet environments. These advanced surgical sealants aim to enhance surgical procedures, improve patient comfort, and ultimately save lives by providing effective and reliable solutions for healthcare professionals.

miacosa.de is operated by the Endorsed Goods GmbH. miacosa.de is a social shopping concept from Germany based in Cologne. Social Shopping the miacosa way means that members select their personal shopping team of experts and celebrities that present products they love on miacosa.de Miacosa is for members only. The free service starts with products from the fields of Health Style, Home & Living, Kitchen and fashion accessories.

miacosa.de is operated by the Endorsed Goods GmbH. miacosa.de is a social shopping concept from Germany based in Cologne. Social Shopping the miacosa way means that members select their personal shopping team of experts and celebrities that present products they love on miacosa.de Miacosa is for members only. The free service starts with products from the fields of Health Style, Home & Living, Kitchen and fashion accessories.

PRECIRE Technologies is a leader in speech analysis technology, established in 2012. The company has developed the PRECIRE® platform, which decodes written and spoken language to provide insights into the interactions between personality and behavior. By transforming text into numerous features and comparing them against extensive, psychologically validated reference data sets, the platform delivers precise assessments of communicative effects, emotions, personality traits, and linguistic competence. This technology offers valuable insights into employees, customers, applicants, and other conversational partners, facilitating more intelligent, individualized, and efficient interactions.

AIXaTECH is a manufacturer based in Baesweiler, Germany, specializing in single crystal aluminum nitride (AlN) templates for LED and power electronic applications. The company produces aluminum nitride templates, including thin layers on various sapphire and silicon substrates, which facilitate efficient gallium nitride (GaN) growth. AIXaTECH employs a patented low-temperature deposition technology that provides significant functional and cost advantages over traditional methods that use standard metal-organic chemical vapor deposition (MOCVD) reactors on sapphire substrates. In addition to its manufacturing capabilities, AIXaTECH also offers MOCVD process support services for GaN-based layer structures, contributing to advancements in the field of electronic devices.

Based on the Internet of Things and machine to machine (M2M) communication AI developed hardware and implemented an open Vehicle-2-X (V2X) interface that connects cars manufactured after 1996 to the internet and is accessible with a smartphone via WiFi. Crowd developers are able to develop own apps for the car and B2B customers are able to use the interface to offer automotive near services (e.g. insurance, repair, reselling, gas, IRS, emergency services, etc.). Products/Services: Fully automated drivers log, fleet management, rental service, pre repair diagnostics, black box, odometer temper protection, eCall, contactless payment, etc. USP/Unique Technologies/Special Know-how: 5 pending patents lay the foundation of the IP. Beside that AI offers a solution that is capable of a complete car diagnostic and not only the OBD-II protocol as some competitors offer with a complete E2E roundtrip that no solution offers. Furthermore does the security concept and RESTful API provide a unique approach that is very positively received in presentations of the solution and its capabilities. Distribution: It is a highly scalable model as the technology is based on a global standard and therefore easily rolled out after translation of language files. The multi-tiered sales approach focuses in the first instance on direct sales to B2B (e.g. fleet management, logistics providers) in the second stage B2B2C is approached (e.g. insurance companies, automobile clubs) and in the final stage the rollout is taken to the B2C market (e.g. cheap gas pumping, CO2 challenges).

ambiHome is an innovative company based in Aachen, Germany, specializing in home automation systems for residential construction and renovations. The company has developed a comprehensive KNX-home-automation system that integrates various installations such as lighting, heating, shading, and security features into a single platform. This unification enhances user comfort, security, and energy efficiency, making it easier for homeowners to manage their environments. The system is designed to be cost-effective and user-friendly, facilitating straightforward installation and operation for clients. By focusing on intelligent building technology, ambiHome aims to redefine the future of private housing, providing a seamless integration of essential home functionalities.

Vimecon GmbH, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany, specializes in the development and production of laser catheters specifically designed for the treatment of heart diseases, with a primary focus on atrial fibrillation. The company also manufactures a range of products for the medical technology and biotechnology sectors, including microscopically small catheters and micro materials handling techniques that facilitate precise measurement and dosage. Additionally, Vimecon provides advisory services to various clients in both academic and industrial research and development. Its innovations aim to enhance healthcare outcomes and support advancements in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cardiac arrhythmias.

Biotech

Fritz Ruck Ophthalmologische Systeme is a manufacturer specializing in ophthalmic surgery equipment, serving both German and international markets. The company offers a comprehensive range of products designed for phacoemulsification and vitrectomy surgeries, including surgical systems, handheld instruments, and disposable scalpels. Committed to supporting ophthalmology surgeons, Fritz Ruck provides high-quality products along with extensive know-how and exceptional service. The family-owned business focuses on continuous development and innovation, ensuring that clinics and hospitals have access to a wide array of solutions, from intraocular lenses to essential accessories and consumables.

Cube Sports specializes in the manufacturing of sporting products for children, teenagers, and adults. The company focuses on creating innovative fitness equipment that incorporates advanced sports technology. Its products are designed to provide added value in various exercise contexts, emphasizing the isolated training of specific muscle groups as well as promoting the natural training of the entire locomotor system. This approach enables users to maintain their fitness effectively while catering to a broad audience across different age groups.

Audimark GmbH, based in Aachen, Germany, specializes in providing marketing services specifically tailored for web radios. The company has established itself as a leader in this niche market, focusing on enhancing the visibility and reach of web radio platforms. By offering targeted marketing solutions, Audimark GmbH aims to support web radios in effectively connecting with their audience and maximizing their potential in the digital landscape.

Music and games

fromAtoB GmbH operates a travel search engine that facilitates the comparison and integration of various modes of transportation across Europe, North America, and internationally. Founded in 2008 and based in Munich, Germany, the company provides users with access to a wide range of transportation options, including trains, flights, rideshares, long-distance buses, taxis, rental cars, and public transportation. Its platform serves as a multimodal journey planner, allowing users to search for and compare travel deals while also enabling secure bookings with different transport providers.

cognesys is a high-tech company and spin-off of RWTH Aachen University. We are a young, highly motivated and innovative team developing solutions for voice and text based applications with a focus on the service sector in various sectors (eg telecommunications, media, travel, logistics, e-commerce). With more than 20 years of experience in human research, we develop innovative software today that understands what you mean. We make our computers so intelligent that they tell you how satisfied your customers are, how they can understand and answer e-mails from customers - or even control robots with colloquial language. Whatever you say in written or spoken form, our systems can implement. cognesys offers a patented "state of the art" technology that automatically captures, understands and processes voice and text information. cognesys products streamline customer communications, capture customer reviews on all media channels through semantic text mining, and help automate the control of text-based or spoken-language engineering systems.

Antibodies-online.com is an e-commerce platform specializing in life sciences research, offering a comprehensive range of over 1.2 million antibodies, ELISA kits, and related research reagents from more than 160 suppliers. As the largest independent distributor for proteomics research globally, it serves over 2,000 companies and research institutions across 53 countries, including pharmaceutical firms, biotech companies, and leading universities. The platform features a diverse array of products, such as monoclonal antibodies, antibody pairs, active proteins, and flow cytometry kits, supporting the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical research sectors in identifying and characterizing cell populations within samples. Antibodies-online operates from three global offices located in Atlanta, USA; Aachen, Germany; and Shanghai, China.

QuinLogic is a German company specializing in quality assurance software for steel and aluminum mills, aimed at enhancing industrial mass production while maintaining high flexibility. By leveraging advanced computing power and storage capabilities, QuinLogic has created user-friendly software solutions that are currently operational in numerous high-end flat rolling mills worldwide. The software ensures consistent quality of slabs, plates, and coils, catering to demanding sectors such as automotive, aerospace, wind energy, and materials requiring high strength and wear resistance. Additionally, QuinLogic's software provides proactive support to address production issues promptly, thereby reducing deficiencies in customer products. Its seamless integration with existing manufacturing execution systems (MES), enterprise resource planning (ERP), and gauging systems enables comprehensive functionality across both current and new production lines.

m2p-labs GmbH, founded in 2005 as a spin-off from RWTH Aachen University, specializes in micro fermentation and automated bench-top cultivation systems for biochemical engineering. The company develops advanced microbioreactor systems, including the BioLector Pro, which features continuous control of pH and feeding, and the RoboLector, an automated platform that integrates high-throughput fermentation with precise liquid handling. These systems provide online monitoring capabilities for various parameters, enhancing the efficiency and quality of microbial experiments across different conditions, including aerobic and anaerobic environments. m2p-labs offers services such as system maintenance and calibration packages, supporting applications in synthetic biology, clone screening, media optimization, and bioprocess development. Headquartered in Baesweiler, Germany, with additional offices in New York and Shatin, m2p-labs operates as a subsidiary of Beckman Coulter, Inc.

MedTech

Vimecon GmbH, founded in 2005 and headquartered in Herzogenrath, Germany, specializes in the development and production of laser catheters specifically designed for the treatment of heart diseases, with a primary focus on atrial fibrillation. The company also manufactures a range of products for the medical technology and biotechnology sectors, including microscopically small catheters and micro materials handling techniques that facilitate precise measurement and dosage. Additionally, Vimecon provides advisory services to various clients in both academic and industrial research and development. Its innovations aim to enhance healthcare outcomes and support advancements in the treatment of cardiovascular diseases and cardiac arrhythmias.

Antibodies-online.com is an e-commerce platform specializing in life sciences research, offering a comprehensive range of over 1.2 million antibodies, ELISA kits, and related research reagents from more than 160 suppliers. As the largest independent distributor for proteomics research globally, it serves over 2,000 companies and research institutions across 53 countries, including pharmaceutical firms, biotech companies, and leading universities. The platform features a diverse array of products, such as monoclonal antibodies, antibody pairs, active proteins, and flow cytometry kits, supporting the biotechnology, pharmaceutical, and medical research sectors in identifying and characterizing cell populations within samples. Antibodies-online operates from three global offices located in Atlanta, USA; Aachen, Germany; and Shanghai, China.