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PolyTechnos' portfolio consists of promising early-stage companies with the potential to be leaders in their respective industries. The active portfolio comprises companies in the fields of Information & Communication Technology and Life Science.


Portfolio companies

  • Technology
  • Life Science
  • Successful Exits

     

    Technology:
     
    Location: Or-Akiva Tel: +972 4610 1330
    Country: Israel E-Mail: info@color-chip.com
    Sector: Networking Web: www.color-chip.com
    PT contact: Knut Heitmann
    ColorChip Ltd. designs and markets components and modules for the fiber optic access and datacom telcos and OEMs. The company‘s products are based on its ion-exchange on glass and SiliconOnGlass technologies. ColorChip provides PLC splitters, integrated SOG FTTx transceivers and other customized PLC products. The company‘s technology assures complete reliability while enabling significant development and manufacture cost reductions as well as reduced footprints.
    Location: Heidelberg Tel: +49 (0) 6221 5850 430
    Country: Germany E-Mail: info@dbd.de
    Sector: Communications Web: www.dslonair.de
    PT contact: Tonio Barlage
    DBD Deutsche Breitband Dienste GmbH is a German nationwide operating company in the telecommunications sector. The company was founded in 2003 and supplies wireless broadband internet connection. Using the technologies WIMAX, PTP (point to point) and PMP (point to multipoint), DBD is one of few companies that has a nationwide license for the use of WIMAX technology and frequencies.
    Location: Dortmund Tel: +49 (0) 231 4773 0200
    Country: Germany E-Mail: info@innolume.com
    Sector: Semiconductors Web: www.innolume.com
    PT contact: Tonio Barlage
    Innolume GmbH (formerly NL Nanosemiconductor GmbH) fabricates diode lasers based on Quantum Dot technology, including high power lasers for various applications and multiple-wavelength comb-lasers for next-generation WDM optical communication systems. Its highly-integrated solutions based on comb-laser meet the required cost target to ensure rapid expansion of optical technologies into short-reach communication applications, including rack-to-rack, board-to-board and chip-to-chip Optical Interconnects.
    Location: Bosisio Parini Tel: +39 031 867 111
    Country: Italy E-Mail: info@media-lario.com
    Sector: Semiconductors Web: www.media-lario.com
    PT contact: Eric Achtmann
    Media Lario Technologies S.A. is a leading supplier of reflective optical components and subsystems used in semiconductor lithography, telecommunications, and other advanced applications including the XMM Space Program. The company is a key element in the next generation (EUV) of semiconductor lithography equipment.
    Location: Berlin Tel: +49 (0) 30 399 9540
    Country: Germany E-Mail: info@nanotron.com
    Sector: Communications Web: www.nanotron.com
    PT contact: Tonio Barlage
    Nanotron Technologies GmbH develops wireless products for demanding applications based on its patented Chirp transmission system that guarantees high robustness and low energy consumption. The company serves markets of active RFID, sensor networking, industrial control, and home automation.
    Location: Munich Tel: +49 (0) 89 52 03 16-0
    Country: Germany E-Mail: info@panoratio.com
    Sector: Software Web: www.panoratio.de
    PT contact: Tonio Barlage
    Panoratio Database Images GmbH is a Siemens spin-off that has developed a patented software for extraction and analysis of complex data structures — the portable database images (PDI). The technology allows a data reduction to 1% of the raw data volume without losing statistically relevant information.
    Location: Petah Tikva Tel: +972-3-929-3900
    Country: Israel E-Mail: info@powerpaper.com
    Sector: Interface, Life Science / IT Web: www.powerpaper.com
    PT contact: Dirk Kanngiesser
    Power Paper Ltd. develops thin and flexible microelectronic applications based on its technology for silk-screen printing thin batteries. Example applications include active patches for cosmetics and dermatology.
    Location: Lyon Tel: +33 4 3765 3531
    Country: France E-Mail: info@varioptic.com
    Sector: Electronics Web: www.varioptic.com
    PT contact: Dirk Kanngiesser
    Varioptic S.A. develops proprietary, electrically controlled optical liquid lenses for applications in mobile phones. The products feature several important advantages versus traditional technologies in terms of cost, dimensions, power consumption, and speed.

    Life Sciences:
    Location: Auburndale, MA Tel: +1 617 581 6110
    Country: U.S. E-Mail: guy@cappella-inc.com
    Sector: Medtech Web: www.cappella-inc.com
    PT contact: Wolfgang Oster
    Cappella, Inc. is a medical device company addressing one of the major challenges in percutaneous coronary interventions - bifurcation and ostial lesions. The company has developed a unique solution for the treatment of this subset of population, marking a shift in the paradigm of bifurcation treatment.
    Location: Bonn Tel: +49 228 9 69 55-0
    Country: Germany E-Mail: info@intmedimplants.com
    Sector: Medtech Web: www.imidevices.com
    PT contact: Wolfgang Oster

    IMI Intelligent Medical Implants AG with its subsidiary IIP-Technologies GmbH, based in Bonn, Germany develops a Learning Retina Implant System. The company‘s technology aims to restore a degree of sight to blind patients suffering from degenerative retinal diseases such as Retinitis Pigmentosa or Age-Related Macular Degeneration by triggering visual perception through electrical stimulation.

     

    Successful Exits:
     
    Location: Geneva Exit: 2007; IPO; SWX: ADX
    Country: Switzerland    
    Sector: Drug development Web: www.addexpharma.com
       

    Addex Pharmaceuticals S.A. Addex Pharmaceuticals S.A. is an innovative pharmaceutical company engaged in the discovery and development of novel therapeutics for the treatment of Central Nervous System (CNS) disorders, based on the allosteric modulation principles. All products are the result of in-house designed R&D programs and technologies.    


    Location: Brisbane, CA Exit: 2009; Trade sale to
    Country: U.S.   Sanofi-aventis
    Sector: Drug development Web: www.biparsciences.com
       

    BiPar Sciences, Inc. is engaged in the development and commercialization of novel therapies to treat cancers for which current therapies are inadequate and/or are commonly associated with debilitating side effects. The company‘s initial focus is the development and commercialization of three pre-clinical, small molecule drug candidates for the treatment of multiple cancers.


    Location: Copenhagen Exit: 2003; IPO; NASDAQ OMX: DANIO
    Country: Denmark    
    Sector: Electronics Web: www.danionics.dk
       

    Danionics A.S. developed and commercialized advanced lithium polymer batteries based on an innovative role to role printing process. The company provided new benchmarks in energy density and successfully addressed the mobile PDA market.


    Location: Gent Exit: 2005; IPO; Euronext: DEVG
    Country: Belgium    
    Sector: AgBio & pharma drug development Web: www.devgen.com
       

    Devgen N.V. (Euronext: DEVG) is a biotechnology company focused on developing and commercializing a novel generation of biotech and chemical solutions for crop protection and novel therapeutic concepts and preclinical drug candidates for treatment of diabetes, obesity, arrhythmia. All products are the result of in-house designed R&D programs and technologies.


    Location: Berlin Exit: 2005; IPO; XETRA: J14
    Country: Germany    
    Sector: Drug development Web: www.jerini.com
       

    Jerini AG (Deutsche Börse Frankfurt: JI4) is a pharmaceutical company focused on the discovery and development of novel peptide-derived therapeutic drugs. The company selectively pursues disease indications for which patients have limited or no treatment options. These indications can be addressed effectively using Jerini‘s proprietary technology platform, Peptides-to-Drugs (P2D).

     

    Location: Sunnyvale, CA Exit: 2005; IPO; NASDAQ: MEND
    Country: U.S.    
    Sector: Medtech Web: www.micrusendovascular.com
       

    Micrus Endovascular Corporation (NASDAQ: MEND) is a medical device company engaged in the design and development of highly differentiated and proprietary interventional neuroradiology (INR) devices and delivery systems.


    Location: Liège Exit: 2006; IPO; NASDAQ: ONCO
    Country: Belgium    
    Sector: Diagnostics Web: www.oncomethylome.com
       
    OncoMethylome Sciences S.A. (Euronext: ONCO) is a leader in innovative molecular diagnostics for early detection and individualized treatment of a wide range of cancer types. The tests are based on proprietary DNA methylation detection methods. The company‘s solutions save lives, improve patient treatment, and reduce healthcare cost.
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