Gerd Glaeske

Bayern Kapital GmbH (Bayern Kapital) is a regional venture capital firm founded in 1995 as a wholly-owned subsidiary of LfA Förderbank Bayern, the government-owned Bavarian development bank. It is headquartered in Landshut, a town located in the state of Bavaria, Germany.

BonVenture Management GmbH (BVM) is a socially-responsible venture capital firm established in 2003 and headquartered in Munich, Germany. BVM aims to use venture capital investing as a means to tackle social and ecological problems in the German-speaking countries. They also strive to improve the economic efficiency, transparency and sustainability of the social and ecological sectors. The firm manages two portfolios, one structured as a venture capital fund in which investors become limited partners, and the other set up as a foundation receiving tax-deductible contributions. BVM is based on the idea that in view of growing social and ecological issues as well as widespread public sector deficits, there should be a shift toward all citizens using their material and intellectual resources to help develop new solutions, advocating among policy-makers and society at large, and encouraging other citizens to contribute to and replicate these solutions.

Initiative 500 gAG engages in the provision of information technology recycling services. It offers charitable services, jobs, and consulting and data management services for people with physical disabilities. The company was founded by Paul Cvilak on November 26, 2007 and is headquartered in Ettlingen, Germany.

Foundation for Innovative New Diagnostics provides healthcare services. It enables the development and delivery of much-needed diagnostic tests for poverty-related diseases, including tuberculosis, malaria, HIV/AIDS, sleeping sickness, hepatitis C, leishmaniasis, Chagas disease, Buruli ulcer, febrile illnesses and infectious diseases with outbreak potential, such as Ebola. The company was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Geneva, Switzerland.