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.

Gianni Operto is one of the partners at Emerald Technology Ventures AG that has emerged from SAM Private Equity in 2007. He was principal at SAM Private Equity from 2001 onwards and responsible for the venture capital business in the areas Energy, Materials and Water. Gianni has more than 26 years international experience in industrial technologies. He was co-founder of Nextech Venture, a venture capital fund focusing on start-up companies. Prior to that, he was CEO of the Zurich Municipal Electric Utility (EWZ). Previously, he was vice president at ABB Power Generation, responsible for the worldwide steam power plant services. He began his career in steam turbine product development and power plant commissioning. Gianni holds a master's degree in mechanical engineering from the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) Zurich and a he has completed the executive training program at London Business School.

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.

Bruno Steis is working as Investment Partner at Siemens Venture Capital. Within the Corporate Fund, Bruno specializes on sensor and actuator technologies, MEMS, microelectronics and water technologies. Prior to joining Siemens Venture Capital in 1999 he was Head of International Sales of Siemens Communication Cables. With more than 20 years international experience in the electrical and electronic industry including 2 years consulting expertise he combines a broad technical background with a wide range of operational skills in particular in R&D, Product Management, Sales and Marketing. Throughout his career Bruno was responsible for numerous investments and gained substantial experience in Venture Capital. He is currently serving on several supervisory boards of high-tech companies within the SVC portfolio. In addition, he is member of the Investment Committee of the High-Tech Gründerfonds, an initiative of the Government of Germany, KfW Bankengruppe as well as BASF, Deutsche Telekom and Siemens to foster innovation in Germany. Bruno holds a master degree in electrical engineering (Dipl. Ing.) from the University Saarbrücken.

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.