Christoph Schulien

BellSouth LLC operates as a telecommunications holding company. It provides wire line communication services including local exchange, network access, intra local access, and internet services. The firm also offers print and online directory advertising. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Atlanta, GA.

Alcatel-Lucent Holdings, Inc. develops and builds communications networks. It provides equipment, software, and related network services for carriers, service providers, and enterprise customers. The company supplies broadband Internet access products and digital subscriber line (DSL) technology for residential and small business end-users. It is headquartered in Plano, TX.

Founded in 2001, CoreOptics develops and manufactures 10G and 40G Distortion Tolerant MSA Modules and IC solutions for ultra high-speed optical networking applications in the telecommunications and information technology industries. The company believes that optical communications networks must become open systems that economically transmit information regardless of data rate or fiber type. By building optical networks upon the only working MLSE-based transponders on the market today, CoreOptics is leading the way in providing advanced analog and digital signal processing remedies for the physical layer impairments. CoreOptics has received financing from leading venture capital firms, including T-com, GIMV, Crescendo Ventures, TVM, High Tech Private Equity, Atila Ventures, Quest for Growth and others. The CoreOptics team includes highly-skilled engineers with extensive experience in RF and digital ASIC design, as well as optical systems, applications and network architecture. The firm with operations in Nuremberg and Stuttgart, Germany and San Jose, California/Manchester New Hampshire, USA, develops and manufactures subsystems for ultra high-speed optical networking applications in the telecommunications and information technology industries.

Capella is the industry leader of wavelength selective switch (WSS) technology for use in reconfigurable optical add/drop multiplexers (ROADM) and optical cross connect (OXC) applications. Capella's intelligent subsystems provide the best performing wavelength management products on the market offering dynamic, remote reconfigurability with fully integrated optical channel monitoring (OCM), essential technology for next-generation ROADMs. Capella was founded in 2000. Privately held and located in San Jose, California, Capella has a seasoned management team with experience from leading telecom and technology companies. Additionally Capella has an extensive intellectual property portfolio with 27 patents issued and over 30 pending. The company has been funded by leading ventures funds including Formative Ventures, Levensohn Venture Partners, Lucas Venture Partners, Rustic Canyon Partners and Silicon Valley Bank.

thinkstep AG operates as a holding company, which provides compliance solutions, as well as compliance software, data, and consulting in the fields of sustainably management. It distributes its products under the GaBi Software, SoFi Software, LCA Data, and SoFi Content brands. The company was founded by Michael Betz and Robert Gabriel in 1991 and is headquartered in Leinfelden-Echterdingen, Germany.

Focus Management, Inc. (Focus Management) is a venture capital firm founded in 1996 by Steve Bird, Kevin J McQuillan and James Boettcher. The firm is headquartered in Palo Alto, California.

PKV Vermögensverwaltung AG is an investment holding private company based in Hamburg, Germany. The German company functions as an investment holding company.

3i Deutschland Gesellschaft für Industriebeteiligungen mbH (3i Deutschland) is the German private equity subsidiary of 3i Group Plc (LSE: III) in Great Britain. Established in Frankfurt in 1984, the firm invests in small and medium-sized German companies at all stages of development, from start-ups to established businesses. In addition to the Frankfurt office, 3i Deutschland has offices in Munich and Stuttgart. They drive their investment focus and decisions from their Frankfurt and Munich offices, and the team collaborates with Swiss colleagues in Zurich and 3i's network across Europe, Asia and the U.S. to invest in a wide range of industry sectors.

Huber + Suhner Polatis, Inc. engages in the provision of optical switching technology services for the government and defense, telecommunications and data center, test and measurement, and video broadcast markets. Its products include series 3000, series 6000, series 7000, and OEM solutions. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Bedford, MA.

Overture Networks, Inc. provides virtualization solutions to carrier-class service providers.The company was founded by Prayson Pate and Jeffrey W. Reedy in September 6, 2000 and is headquartered in Morrisville, NC.

Kbro Co., Ltd. is a holding company which engages in the operation of cable television. It also offers digital cable network and broadband Internet connection services. The company was founded on March 25, 2003 and is headquartered in Taipei, Taiwan.

Triginta Capital GmbH (TCG), formerly known as AVIDA Equity Partners, is the investment arm of Triginta Capital Group GmbH, an independent private equity firm majority-owned by partners. Significant minority shareholders include German family offices and CDC Entreprises, the private equity arm of Caisse des Dépôts et Consignations which is controlled by the Government of France. Triginta originated in 1999 as ERGO Equity Partner AG, the private equity arm of the German insurance group ERGO Versicherungsgruppe AG (FR: EVG2). The group was spun off in 2004 through a management buy-out and is headquartered in Düsseldorf with offices in Hanover, Berlin, Appenzell and Paris. They provide an extensive range of private equity fund services. TCG was established in 2005 and is based in Düsseldorf. Their clients are institutions based in German-speaking countries, such as medium-sized insurance companies and corporate pension funds. They manage a diverse range of private equity funds, partially relying on third-party investment advisory services.

ECI Telecom, Inc. supplies network infrastructure. It designs, develops, manufactures, and markets digital telecommunications and data transmission systems for carriers and service providers. The firm offers planning, implementation, operation and maintenance and optimization services. Its products include XDM, BG, and ST series. The company is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, FL.

RBRO Solutions, Inc. provides business solutions. Its services include learning and knowledge, strategic advisory services, technology consulting services, planning and design, implementation, migration and integration services, and enhanced and on-demand services. The company was founded by John Russell and Howard Russell in 2003 and is headquartered in Pickering, Canada.

Saguna Networks Ltd. provides mobile content delivery solutions. The firm offers Saguna Open-RAN product. It offers content optimization delivery system, a carrier grade system, providing content caching and acceleration designed to meet the demand of content over WiMAX(TM) networks. The company was founded by Lior Fite and Danny Frydman in 2008 and is headquartered in Yokneam, Israel.

Ranovus, Inc. provides multi-terabit interconnect solutions for data center and communications networks. Its products include Quantum Dot Multi-Wavelength Laser technology and advanced digital and photonics-integrated circuit technologies which offer lowest power dissipation, size, and cost for the optical interconnect solutions. The company was founded by Saeid Aramideh and Hamid Arabzadeh in February 2012 and is headquartered in Ottawa, Canada.

Celesta Global Capital Managers LLC (Celesta Capital) is a venture capital firm founded in 2013 by Michael Marks, Nicholas Brathwaite, Sriram Viswanathan and Lip-Bu Tan. The firm is headquartered in San Francisco, California.

OPNT BV provides timing solutions for telecom solutions for telecom networks. The firm has licensed access to specialized laboratories and a network of international timing specialists. The company is headquartered in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.

LeadX Capital Partners (LeadX) is a venture capital and growth investment division of Hospitality Digital GmbH, ultimately owned by Metro AG. The firm was founded in 2016 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany, with additional offices in Dusseldorf, Germany and Paris, France.

Hospitality Digital GmbH engages in the provision of digital solutions for the hotel, restaurant, and retail trade industries. It offers an online platform for the creation of websites, management and organization of table reservations, web listing, and collection of guest data, as well as tools for the calculation of cost of sales and optimal sales price. The company is headquartered in Düsseldorf, Germany.