Martin Kröner

Linde GmbH is a holding company, which engages in the gas and engineering business. It operates through the following division: Gases, Engineering, and Other Activities. The Gases Division offers a wide range of compressed and liquefied gases as well as chemicals. The Engineering Division delivers olefin, natural gas, air separation, hydrogen, and synthesis gas plants. The Other Activities Division comprises operations of logistics services company Gist. The company was founded by Carl Paul Gottfried von Linde on June 21, 1879 and is headquartered in Pullach, Germany.

MVP Management GmbH (MVP) is an independent German venture capital firm which was founded in 2005 by Walter Grassl, Soenke Mehrgardt and Rolf Nagel. Headquartered in Munich, MVP manages the MVP Strategic Partnership Fund, backed by corporate and institutional investors and is the prime venture capital partner of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. As such, the firm has preferred access to Fraunhofer spin-offs.

BEKON GmbH operates as a holding company which develops biogas, energy and waste treatment plants. It specializes in a dry fermentation technology that aims to revolutionize the energy and waste management industry. The firm facilitates both the production of quality compost and the use of potential energy from waste. Its focus areas encompass the plant design, construction, project financing, and plant operation and maintenance. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Unterfohring, Germany.

agnion Technologies GmbH engages in the planning, financing, construction and commissioning, and operation and maintenance of bio-energy plants. It serves timber industry and forestry clients, electrical supply companies, residential and commercial buildings, and cities and municipalities. The company was founded by Jürgen Karl in 2007 and is headquartered in Hettenshausen, Germany.

agnion Energy, Inc. supplies local bio-energy plants and specializes in transforming solid biomass into electricity and heat. The firm utilizes its patented Heatpipe-Reformer technology, which enables wood-based biomass to be converted into synthetic gas. Its decentralized plants can both produce synthetic natural gas (SNG) and hydrogen as well as support heat and power cogeneration. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Wilmington, DE.

Kebony AS operates as a holding company which engages in the research, development, and production of wooden products. The firm’s products include cladding, decking, construction, roof and rough sawn. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Oslo, Norway.

Fahrenheit GmbH manufactures and develops adsorption chillers for cooling applications. The firm’s products include re cooler, system separation, intelligent accessories, and adsorption chiller aggregates. The company was founded by Walter Mittelbach in 2002 and is headquartered in Halle, Germany.

Luxexcel Group BV provides printoptical solutions for the LED lighting industry. It develops, manufactures, and markets optical solutions for the LED lighting industry. The firm offers Fresnel lenses, linear prism structures, micro optics, lens combinations, integrated-graphics, color lenses, and lens arrays. Its products are used in linear fixtures, LED arrays, recessed spotlights, recessed floor lights, table and floor lamps, and special applications. It also provides optics design, optical prototyping, small series production, and large-scale manufacturing services. The company was founded by Richard van de Vrie and Kurt Blessing in 2009 and is headquartered in Eindhoven, Netherlands.