Our supervisory board consists of the following members:

In 1975, after his engineering studies at the Braunschweig University of Technology, Samuel Simonsson co-founded a laser technology company in Hamburg that he led as CEO until 1994. He developed this company from its modest beginnings to a world market leader in the field of industrial lasers with production sites in Germany, in the USA, and in Japan. The company, which he sold in 1987 to Siemens, is today Nasdaq- and TecDax-listed. After he left the company he acted as coach and chairman of advisory boards of several young and growth-oriented technology companies.

Wellington Partners founder Rolf Christof Dienst has been a leading entrepreneur in the VC industry and Technology sector for over 30 years, playing a key role in shaping the German VC landscape.Rolf studied law at the LMU Munich and became a lawyer in 1974. Parallel to his studies he co-founded the Matuschka Group (investment banking) in 1968. He was President until he sold his shares in 1990. During that time Rolf was head of the corporate finance and venture capital department with 150 professionals and 10 offices in Europe and North America. Together with TA Associates, Boston, Rolf organized in 1978 one of the first US venture capital programs for German investors. In 1984 he co-founded TVM – Techno Venture Management Munich together with TA Associates, Siemens AG and Matuschka. Among others he co-founded companies like Telcare and ImmobilienScout24. He is actively involved with the LMU Entrepreneurship Center at the Ludwig-Maximilian-Universität, München and honorary senator of this university. He is chairman of the board of the BVK, the German Private Equity and Venture Capital Organisation and advisory board member of the High Tech Gründer Fonds, the EUR 270 million start-up initiative of the German government.

Achim Lederle, Partner at 3i Deutschland is heading the German Technology Team focusing on Telecommunication, Semiconductor, Automation and New Technologies. He is active in the Venture Capital industry since early 1997 when he has joined Technologieholding VC (which was merged to 3i in February 2000). Since his early days in the VC industry he has been focusing on the IT- and Telecommunication sector besides investing in mechanical engineering and opto-electronics. Besides others he was responsible for Brokat – one of the most successful IPOs on the Neuer Markt – which went public in 1998 and for the successful trade sales like dtms Deutsche Telefon Marketing Services AG and Ibsen Microstructures A/S. He is/has been member of several supervisory boards e.g. Arccure, EnOcean, dtms Deutsche Telefon Marketing Services, Ibsen Microstructures, NXN Software, Smart Fuel Cell, WireCard. Before he joined Technologieholding he was with Deloitte Consulting as consultant. He has worked on IT-organisation and systems integration projects mainly at banks and assurance companies. Mr. Lederle holds a master degree in business administration from the University of Augsburg.

is a Partner with Emerald Technology Ventures and is responsible for investments in the field of emerging energy technologies. He currently serves on the boards of Enocean, O-Flexx Technologies and Xunlight. Since joining Emerald in Zurich in 2001 he also spent three years in Emerald’s North American office in Montreal. Prior to this position Markus worked for two years as a Public Equity Analyst in the Asset Management and Research Department of SAM Sustainable Asset Management with a strong focus on the energy sector and later as an Investment Director for SAM Private Equity. Prior to joining SAM, he gained operational and engineering experience by working with Miteco, a Swiss based engineering start-up specialized in the development of continuous production processes and related equipment. This included R&D positions as well as project management positions where he gained broad experience in designing and setting up new manufacturing processes in Europe and Asia. Markus holds a degree in Mechanical Engineering with Honor from the University of Applied Sciences Solothurn in Switzerland and a MS in Economics and Technology Management with Honor from the University of St. Gallen in Switzerland.

After his studies of electrical engineering with focus on communications engineering, he joined Siemens AG in 1975. During his long-lasting employment he met several tasks in different positions, such as development, system engineering, product management and Sales Manager worldwide for installations technology. As Consultant for e-business, Mr. Friedl deals with an integrated global solution in the "act as one Siemens" project for a mega-event in Asia.

Detlef joined the Munich office of Siemens Venture Capital (SVC) in 2008. His areas of focus include Siemens Sector Industry related investments in industrial automation, drive technologies, building technologies, lightning and mobility mainly in Europe. Prior to joining SVC, Detlef managed the worldwide mergers and acquisitions transactions for different Siemens entities. From 2004-2006 he was Managing Director Mergers & Acquisitions of the Siemens Communication Group, the largest division with Euro 17 bn in sales. Detlef has experience as the managing director and CFO of a Russian/German joint venture and is acting as a member several Boards of Directors. Before that he was manager of strategic planning for SBS and Siemens Nixdorf Information Systems (SNI) and has more than 5 years of experience of hands-on project management in operations. In 2000 he was a founding member of the Siemens Business Services (SBS) Venture Capital team. Detlef obtained his Ph.D. diploma in information technology, with the performance analysis of digital networks from the University of Rostock,Germany

Since 2000, Jochen Walter is partner of the company BayTech Venture Capital. There he is responsible for the divisions micro-system technology, mechatronics, measurement engineering, energy and environmental technology. Before working for the venture capital company, Jochen Walter has been working for several years as a project manager for machine building and car industry in A. T. Kearney management consulting. Moreover, Jochen Walter has acquired operational experience in the field of consumer goods industry and food industry. He was working for Unilever as Manager Product and Process Development for the brands Bresso and Brunch and was responsible for the product development and the construction of new production lines. After his studies of mechanical engineering and process engineering at the Technical University of München and the University of California, Santa Barbara, he graduated in technical chemistry.