Initiators and Supporters

DECHEMA promotes scientific and technical exchange among experts from different disciplines, organizations and generations. Our aim is to boost the competitiveness of Germany and Europe as a pre-eminent business location for chemistry and biotechnology, to position chemical engineering, process engineering and biotechnology in the public and political spheres as important key technologies and problem solvers, and also to increase awareness of the benefits of these disciplines for society. Together with DECHEMA Ausstellungs-GmbH, we organize ACHEMA.

More at http://www.dechema.de

With more than 150 members, Business Angels FrankfurtRheinMain e.V., founded in 2000, is one of the largest Business Angel networks in Germany. The matching events that are organized c. 10 times per year offer a meeting place fo innovative founders and companies with Business Angels. Business Angels invest risk capital at the founding and early growth stages and offer entrepreneurial experience and valuable contacts in exchange for a share in the start-up's success.

More at http://www.ba-frm.de

The VCI represents the politico-economic interests of German chemical and pharma-ceutical companies and German subsidiaries of foreign businesses vis-à-vis important target groups: politicians, public authorities, other industries, science and media. With some 1,900 member companies the German chemical industry association Verband der Chemischen Industrie (VCI) stands for over 90 percent of the chemical-pharmaceutical industry in Germany in terms of turnover. In 2021 the industry realised sales of around 220 billion euros and employed ca. 530,000 staff. The VCI has 22 sector associations covering all product sectors of the industry as well as 8 regional associations. This makes the VCI one of the three major industry organisations in Germany.

More at http://www.vci.de

Engineers need a strong network that supports, advances and represents them in their work. That is exactly the task that we in VDI – The Association of German Engineers – take on. We have been reliably supporting engineers for more than 165 years. We provide them with a professional base and maintain a lively network at regional, national and international levels.

More at http://www.vdi.de

The Gesellschaft Deutscher Chemiker (GDCh) is the largest chemical society in continental Europe with members from academe, education, industry and other areas.

The GDCh supports chemistry in teaching, research and application and promotes the understanding of chemistry in the public.

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BAND is the association of Business Angels and their ecosystem. As the voice of the Business Angels market towards politics and the public, BAND represents the interests of angel investors in the interest of young innovative companies. BAND is committed to the expansion of the informal equity capital market and its networking with the entire ecosystem of financing young innovative companies. BAND is supported by business angel networks and clubs, accredited business angels, partners of the angel investment market as well as public and private sponsors. The Federal Ministry of Economics and Energy is the patron of BAND.

More at http://www.business-angels.de