Our portfolio companies

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AMW is an innovative specialty-pharmaceutical company. It develops and manufactures active and passive transdermal patches, biodegradable subcutaneous implants, and intravaginal rings, by using its patented and proprietary technologies. Key-activities are innovative products and applications for indications such as oncology, neurology, ophthalmology, endocrinology, diabetes and pain treatment.

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AOT is a Swiss MedTech company developing surgical solutions by integrating optics, robotics and digital technologies. The company’s vision is to significantly improve outcomes of osteotomies by offering digital surgical solutions. Thus, the company has developed CARLO®, the world’s first contact-free laser osteotome which allows to overcome the limitations of interventional mechanical instruments used today. The company’s solutions shall improve patient recovery times, reduce complication rates and lower overall procedure costs.

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Betterguards Technology develops and produces "safety belts" for human joints. The technology offers intelligent protection and only activates in case of critical movements. During normal activities, however, the system is flexible and guarantees a natural freedom of motion. This combination is unique on the market and, in addition to the protective effect, is primarily intended to offer people more freedom, comfort and courage during their movements. The Betterguards system can be integrated as a component into i.e. supports, orthoses, and shoes.

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Blazejewski MEDI-TECH (BMT) develops best-in-class rigid and semi-rigid 2D- and highly innovative 3D-endoscopy systems with a very small diameter along with a high class resolution. The products are marketed with partners, applications are mainly in neurology, spine, ENT, urology and gynaecology. The 3D-visualisation systems are also applied in robotics.

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Blue Ocean Spine is developing functional and 3D printed interbody fusion cages. These spine implants are placed between vertebral bodies which consequently grow together and finally result in restabilizing a patient’s spine. Blue Ocean Spine’s next generation of cages enable quicker and safer surgeries while patient specific requirements can be addressed.

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Development, optimization and implementation of high-quality enzymes and microbial strains for industrial biotech applications in food, feed, pharma and chemistry; self-developed technology platform for the development of new enzymes based on the principals of natural evolution

• Industrial Enzymes: Food & Feed, Pharma
• Ingredients: Food & Feed supplements, APIs, monomers

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Transcatheter mitral valve repair system. Replaces defective Chordae Tendineae (threads) in a minimal-invasive procedure.

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CryLaS is a key innovator for diode pumped pulsed and CW solid-state high performance lasers, used in the  life science field, among other industries. The products emit various wavelengths, like UV, IR, and VIS. They are key components in life science analytics, for processes such as mass spectroscopy, Raman spectroscopy, other spectroscopies, and tissue micro-dissection.

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Develco Pharma is a specialty pharmaceutical company that develops and produces innovative formulations for drugs with known active ingredients. After approval, the products are licensed out to internationally operating pharmaceutical companies. Develco Pharma is responsible for the entire value chain from development and approval to manufacture and delivery. By focusing on extended or modified releases, the company has grown into an internationally recognized and renowned provider.

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evitra is specialized in CHO-based transient expression of antibodies. The company has performed over 60,000 transfections and purified more than 10,000 antibodies for its clients from the Americas, Europe, Asia and Australia. Customers are among others academic laboratories, small biotech start-ups, and global biopharmaceutical companies. evitria is producing antibodies as a full-time partner, as well as a short-term partner for capacity-bottlenecks.

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femtos is a supplier of medical technology products and offers an innovative ultra-short laser technology (femtosecond laser) which permits high precision cutting of complex, filigree geometries such as in neurovascular stents. Femtos also owns high performing functional coating technologies.

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Development of disruptive point of care (PoC) molecular diagnostic tests which are much faster and cheaper than the current standard, by using GNA’s innovative PCA technology to enhance the devices. Classical PCR tests can be easily transferred onto GNA's new system and the small portable device can be run by battery. First approved test is diagnosing COVID 19.

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Care of patients in hospitals, care facilities and practices with assistive and care products including: Medical Devices (home ventilator, inhalation, drainage, oxygen supply), Tracheostoma, Wound- and ostomy care, Enteral nutrition (liquid and enteral feeding), parental nutrition and pain therapy, Kids Care (children‘s intensive care)

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Miracor's “PICSO” therapy is aiming to significantly reduce the damage to the heart muscle after an heart attack. Clinical studies ongoing. CE Mark of next-generation system obtained in Q2 2020.

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Company with globally-leading devices for the diagnostics of pulmonary function. ndd’s EasyOne® is market-leader in spirometry, ndd’s EasyOne Pro® enables PoC testing of the important pulmonary and cardio-pulmonary markers. ndd’s products are chosen for many and highly-regarded clinical trials (e.g. COPD Gene), including clinical trials of the pharmaceutical industry.

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Software-solutions for the automatized recognition and categorization of epileptic seizures. Neuro Event Labs enables neurologists to make more detailed diagnoses and to individually adjust therapies to each patient’s needs. The company makes it possible to observe patients both in clinics and at home. Further neurological indications are in the pipeline.

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Production and sales of medical aids like fixations and pads for the intensive care, anaesthetic and nursing sectors especially:

• Trancheostomy/laryngectomy – fixations and supply
• Breathing support – fixations and supply
• Safety systems and prophylaxis

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numares is about to disrupt the lab diagnostics market. The company’s technology utilizes physics (NMR) and software (AI) to enable truly precise medicine. Instead of single biomarkers, numares’ software platform evaluates biomarker sets – metabolite constellations – in hundreds of analyzed metabolites. Applications are e.g. for kidney transplant surveillance, kidney disease detection and cancer assessment. Joint test developments with e.g. Mayo Clinic and commercial partnerships with leading labs prove US traction

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phenox is a high-growth company with a complete portfolio of innovative products for trans-catheter based neurovascular interventions (treatment of ischemic as well as hemorrhagic stroke patients).The comprehensive product range (stent retriever, flow diverter, aspiration catheter, access, coil, balloon, etc.) is sold worldwide.

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Salvia is developing neurostimulating devices which can be implanted under the skin to help those who suffer from chronic migraines. Salvia’s devices stimulate the nerves directly with high effectivity, at the same time having less issues of competing products as skin erosion, lead breakage etc. due to its usage of bioelectronics foils.

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Selfapy is Germany’s leading provider of online therapy for mental health. Selfapy offers psychologically guided, anonymous, and flexible therapy programs to people suffering from psychological disorders. The three-month programs were developed together with experienced psychotherapists and are based on the principles of cognitive behavioural therapy. Covered indications include Depression, Anxiety Disorders, Burnout, Eating Disorders or Stress.

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High-growth company that offers super-high-pressure-balloon-catheters for pre- and post-dilatation, used for the treatment of cardiovascular lesions.

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Highly specialized devices, catheters and probes for neurosurgical use in the brain.

• Monitors and probes for intracranial pressure monitoring
• External ventricular drainage systems for drainage of liquor
• Shunt valves and catheters for hydrocephalus patients

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Highly innovative dental implant system company – designed and manufactured in Switzerland. TRI® offers the best-in-class digital portfolio and is additionally developing a Digital-Implant which integrates the first-ever dental implant-connection specifically designed for CAD/CAM and 3D-printed prosthetics and thus allows for the connection of a ceramic crown directly to the implant, eliminating the need for an abutment.

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Pioneer in digitizing rehabilitation. Tryomotion develops and distributes robot- and computer-assisted therapeutic devices for the rehabilitation sector worldwide. Their customer base is based on global blue chips.