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MVP Management GmbH (MVP) is an independent German venture capital firm which was founded in 2005 by Walter Grassl, Soenke Mehrgardt and Rolf Nagel. Headquartered in Munich, MVP manages the MVP Strategic Partnership Fund, backed by corporate and institutional investors and is the prime venture capital partner of the Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft. As such, the firm has preferred access to Fraunhofer spin-offs.

BEKON GmbH operates as a holding company which develops biogas, energy and waste treatment plants. It specializes in a dry fermentation technology that aims to revolutionize the energy and waste management industry. The firm facilitates both the production of quality compost and the use of potential energy from waste. Its focus areas encompass the plant design, construction, project financing, and plant operation and maintenance. The company was founded in 1992 and is headquartered in Unterfohring, Germany.

UgenTec NV develops laboratory software. The firm delivers an independent diagnostic platform to help molecular labs with DNA (PCR) analyses. The company was founded by Tom Martens and Wouter Uten on April 30, 2014 and is headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium.

Corda Incubator provides incubator services. The company offers professional training and coaching services. Corda Incubator is headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium.

Limburg Regional Airport BVBA operates as an airport. The company is headquartered in Genk, Belgium.

Soulco NV provides business process translation and acceleration software solutions. It distributes and integrates IT and telecom products and services. The company was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Beringen, Belgium.

Laser Cladding Venture NV manufactures laser cladding, laser metal deposition, and related products. Its services with laser cladding include coating, three-dimensional (3D) printing, tool repair, and hardening. The company was founded by Jan Gabriel Jozef Maria Lambrecht on August 31, 2015 and is headquartered in Opglabbeek, Belgium.

Apitope International NV develops therapeutic vaccines. It operates as a bio-pharmaceutical company that engages in developing peptide therapies. The firm specializes on the discovery and development of revolutionary disease modifying therapies for treating autoimmune and allergic diseases, including multiple sclerosis, and Graves’ disease, FVIII intolerance and uveitis. The company was founded by David Wraith in 2002 and is headquartered in Diepenbeek, Belgium.

Cegeka NV engages in the provision of information and communication technology solutions. It offers cloud, software, outsourcing, business process, digital experience, data and automation, and training services. The firm servers the agriculture, food, energy, utilities, manufacturing, retail, leisure, aviation, mobility, healthcare, and telecom industries. The company was founded by André Knaepen in 1992 and is headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium.

C-Mine Crib NV operates a creative hub. It has a college that offers artistic graduation programs, an incubator for young entrepreneurs, a cultural center, a design center, and a cinema. The firm supports starting and young creative companies in their start-up and development by offering specialized guidance, coaching, and accommodations. The company was founded in 2005 and is headquartered in Genk, Belgium.

TrendMiner NV provides data mining software and solutions. Its product TrendMiner delivers discovery, diagnostic and predictive analytics with real time monitoring tools for the process industry. The company was founded by Bart De Moor, Thomas Dhollander, Noel Jans, Bert Baeck, Tom Coen and Anthony Devney in December 2007 and is headquartered in Hasselt, Belgium.

Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij NV (LRM) is an independent private equity firm which was founded in 1994 by the Flemish government. Limburgse Reconversie Maatschappij NV is headquartered in Hasselt, Beglium.

Nascom NV engages in the creation dof digital products and solutions. It offers electronic-commerce, business, mobile applications business strategy, user experience design, brand design, and webdesign services. Nascom was founded by Jonas Jan Martijn Coenen in 2003 and is headquartered in Genk, Belgium.

Trinean NV develops and produces nanoliter spectrophotometers and consumables. Its products include DropSense96, Xpose, and spectral content profiling. The firm covers both microfluidic structures and multi-channel spectrometry for microliter sample handling. The company was founded by Ronny Baeckstaele and Kris Naessens in 2006 and is headquartered in Gentbrugge, Belgium.

Infineon Technologies Denmark ApS provides amplifier technology solutions for audio products. The firm creates audio amplifier solutions that maximize output power, audio performance and design freedom. It develops compact integrated circuit audio amplifier solutions for use in consumer electronics and eximo amplifiers feature a power stage topology with more, but smaller, power transistors to create the amplified output. The company's product can be used in wireless or docking speakers, sound bars, home theater systems and stereo systems. It was founded by Hans Kristian Hasselby-Andersen and Mikkel Høyerby on March 22, 2010 and is headquartered in Herlev, Denmark.

Light Blue Optics Ltd. develops miniature laser projector systems. It also develops and supplies advanced user-interface technology for use in markets including education, training, corporate boardrooms and consumer electronics. The firm’s software is embedded in cutting-edge interactive flat-panel displays and projection-based whiteboards. The company was founded by Adrian Cable James, Lawrence Nicholas Alexander, Peter Mash, Susan Elizabeth Dixon and Edward Buckley on January 19, 2004 and is headquartered in Cambridge, the United Kingdom.

Movidius, Inc. provides multimedia applications for mobile phones and other electronics. It designs compact, high-performance, ultralow power, multi-core, computational image-processor chips, software and development tools and reference designs, to revolutionize computational imaging and computer vision on mobile devices such as smartphones, tablets, and electronic eyewear. The company was founded by Paul Joseph Costigan, Sean Patrick Mitchell, David Macdara Moloney, and Valentin Muresan in 2005 and is headquartered in San Mateo, CA.

Capital-E Partners NV is an independent venture capital investment firm founded in 2006. Capital-E Partners NV is headquartered in Antwerp, Belgium.

Droneport NV provides training services for military and aviation industries. The firm operates as a incubator that connects entrepreneurs in the drone industry. It offers accommodation options in various formulas in combination with test and flight areas, meeting rooms and workspaces. The company is headquartered in Sint-Truiden, Belgium.