Florian Reuter

Volocopter GmbH manufactures and sells electrical personal air vehicle called Volocpoter. The company was founded by Alexander Zosel and Stephan Wolf in 2010 and is headquartered in Karlsruhe, Germany.

Siemens Technology Accelerator GmbH (STA) is a wholly-owned subsidiary of Siemens AG (FR: SIE) in Germany. Created in 2001, the firm aims to externally commercialize innovative technologies of Siemens which are not turned into products within Siemens itself, typically through spin-offs, licensing or sales. Based in Munich, the STA offers access to the Siemens network through various links. Because Siemens operates a worldwide infrastructure for the management of patents and trademarks, the STA is able to support new businesses with Intellectual Property issues which may arise. The firm also has an external network comprised of German and international venture capitalists.

Sesmos Ltd. develops a novel integrated screening and validation process for drug discovery. Its technology is based on miniaturized small molecule libraries and fully quantitative and quality controlled biophysical screening technologies from the University of Edinburgh, linked with an innovative label free biosensor chip technology from Siemens AG in Munich. The company was founded on March 22, 2011 and is headquartered in Edinburgh, GB.