Overview

The German Tech Tour 2005

Welcome to the German Tech Tour. For its 18th edition, the Tech Tour visited Germany and showcased its rich culture of technology and innovation. The German Tech Tour highlighted this enormous potential and depth during its unique two-day tour across the country.

Participation was limited to 60 privately invited international professionals featuring a broad spectrum of senior representatives from VC funds, leading corporations and institutional investors. The tour provided delegates with the opportunity to meet 25+ of Germany’s most promising technology companies for potential investments, partnerships or M&A activities. Furthermore, the agenda included interactions and meetings with a range of key figures from various disciplines – venture capital, corporate, entrepreneurs and academia.

Quotes from the Industrial Board & the Selection Committee:

Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer: "The German Tech Tour supports and encourages innovative companies to realise their potential and open new markets. The Tour offers companies a network of experienced, international investors and leading corporates, which is probably unique in this form."

Paul Jozefak , SAP Ventures: "The German Tech Tour is in my opinion a premier event which will showcase the extent and quality of start-up opportunities in Germany. It is a great opportunity to get significant insight into this market in the course of three intensive and extensive days."

Objectives

To identify the upcoming and leading top 25+ high-growth privately held technology companies in Germany and to introduce them to key European, US and Asian investors and professionals who can assist in their global expansion.

For delegates, the Tech Tour is a unique platform to gain first-hand knowledge of a selection of Germany's most advanced and innovative high-technology companies looking to expand globally.

For presenting companies, the Tech Tour presents a unique platform to introduce their companies to a group of 60+ high level professionals and executives.

Program

Wednesday, April 20, 2005 (Munich)
Opening dinner with 300 guests
Kindly sponsored by Investcorp & SAP

Welcome:
Hans Spitzner, Under-Secretary in the Bavarian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Infrastructure, Transport and Technology
Hazem Ben-Gacem, Investcorp
Paul Jozefak, SAP

Keynote: Germany - A High Tech Country
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer & SAP

Discussion: Technology Investing in Germany - The Entrepreneur's View
Prof. August-Wilhelm Scheer, IDS Scheer & SAP
Dr. Ulrich Schumacher, Francisco Partners
Marc Samwer, Jamba
Thilo von Selchow, Silicon Saxony & ZMD AG

Moderator: Claudia Blümhuber, GlobalFinance

Thursday, April 21, 2005 (Munich & the Bavarian Alps)
Company presentations at the Munich Opera, the Cityhall, and BrainLab
Special evening event (Bavarian Olympics) near Tegernsee in the Alps

Friday, April 22, 2005 (Dresden)
Company presentations at ZMD, Dreikönigskirche, and the Fraunhofer Institut
Closing Cocktail

Selection Committee

A group of highly regarded professionals undertook the responsibility of screening and selecting the companies that presented at the German Tech Tour. A selection committee was set up to ensure the independence of the selection process. It is composed by experienced and highly regarded senior professionals, from relevant backgrounds and industry expertise, such as venture capital, technology industry, investment banks, research and specialized press.

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German Tech Tour President:

Claudia Blumhuber
Global Finance

German Tech Tour Vice Presidents:

Andreas Demleitner
BayTech Venture Capital

Roland Dennert
Cipio Partners

Wolfgang Seibold
Earlybird Venture Capital

Selection Committee Members:

Karin Bollo Weber & Shandwick	Jan Bomholt BrainsToVentures AG	Marc Breitfeld AdAstra
Christian Claussen Techno Venture Management	Mark Gazecki Atlas Venture	Soren Hein Doughty Hanson
Paul Jozefak SAP Ventures	Torsten Krumm Apax Partners	Achim Lederle 3i
Stefan Lemper Aurelia Private Equity	Lars Lippert Microsoft	Bart Markus Wellington Partners
Stefano Mulas PricewaterhouseCoopers	Carsten Rudolph netzwerk\|nordbayern	Christian Saller Target Partners
Bernhard Schmid Deutsche Venture Capital	Bruno Steis Siemens Venture Capital	Hans Strack Zimmermann Business Angel
Konstantin Urban Holzbrinck Networkx AG	Heiko von Dewitz Intel	Jochen Walter BayTech Venture Capital

Industrial Board:

The Industrial Board of the German TT includes prominent members of the German Technology industry. The Board helps the local team of the German TT in promoting the German Technology Industry by bringing together the interest of innovative startups and important decisionsmakers from the economic, research and political arena in the context of the German TT.

Dr. Hagen Hultzsch Business Angel & Former CTO of Deutsche Telekom	Dr. Herbert Kircher IBM Deutschland	Marc Samwer
Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. August-Wilhelm Scheer IDS Scheer & SAP AG	Dr. Ulrich Schumacher Francisco Partners	Thilo von Selchow Silicon Saxony & ZMD AG
Prof. Peter Záboji INSEAD	Dr. Said Zahedani Microsoft Germany

German Tech Tour Team:

Florian Dargel
Global Finance

Presenting Companies

A list of the companies that are selected to present during the German Tech Tour will be available 2 months after the tech tour.

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