Members of NanOp

PEPPERMINT Financial Partners, Berlin Thomas Gebauer

PEPPERMINT. Financial Partners is a venture capital firm located in Berlin, Germany. PEPPERMINT. was founded in 1994 as a turnaround management company. Based on a strong track record of restructuring a portfolio of 13 companies and selling them to international strategic investors PEPPERMINT. gained a high reputation within the private equity community.

Since starting its venture capital activities in 1999 PEPPERMINT. has focused on early-stage hightech-companies in German speaking countries that are the first in their kind, typically incorporating significant intellectual property and potential for long-term value creation.

PEPPERMINT.'s team consists of 5 professionals with special expertise in Micro- and Nanotechnologies and Life Sciences. Through an intense entrepreneurial seed phase, we design and validate a suitable business model for the opportunity and assemble the initial management team and advisors who can lead the new venture into the next phase and beyond.

PEPPERMINT. is one of the most active early-stage investors in Germany.

Whithin the NanOp competence centre PEPPERMINT. is proud to provide advise on technology transfer from research level to business level. We support members of the NanOp that aim to create new businesses to commercialize innovative technologies and products.