Advising the executive board, and providing oversight in its management of the company

Norbert Neef (ChairMan of the Supervisory Board)

Norbert Neef is a founder and partner of Neef Legal Attornies, specializing in legal services for private equity, venture capital, and mergers & acquisitions. The law firm represents leading private equity funds and their investments, particularly in the areas of media and nanotechnology. Attorney Neef began his career at leading international law firms and subsequently became in house counsel and specialist for structured financing in various companies. Mr. Neef serves on the advisory boards of several private companies and was most recently Chairman of the Supervisory Board of Mood and Motion AG. Furthermore, he served for 10 years as a lecturer of corporate law at the University of Applied Science of Cologne and has recently begun teaching at the University of Applied Science Fresenius.

Dr. Stefan Elßer 

Dr. Stefan Elsser has been a Partner at BBP Elsser Ruof & Partner in Stuttgart since 2008. BBP is a professional advisory company for Private Equity and Venture Capital Investors along with well-respected family offices. Before joining BBP, Dr. Elsser held various senior management and professional positions at 3i Deutschland and at Technologieholding VC GmbH, as well as at KfW, the German federal development bank. He brings more than 15 years of experience in all aspects of corporate finance and a broad knowledge of portfolio monitoring - including several investments in the fields of MedTech, Lifescience, and Nanotechnology.

Bernd Förtsch

For almost twenty years, Berndt Förtsch has been active in the media and finance branches. He is the owner and CEO of Börsenmedien AG, whose magazines include Der Aktionär (The Shareholder). In the media sector, his company owns the DAF Deutsches Anleger Fernsehen AG (The German Investor Television), whose primary focus is stock market activities. Bernd Förtsch recognized early on the enormous potential of nanotechnology. At the end of 2003, he founded Nanostart AG, which became a public company in the summer of 2005, and he remains their main shareholder. Furthermore, in 2006 he founded the Online-Broker, flatex, which went public in 2009.