Managing Technologies
Since 1998

01 _ About us

BEST PARTNERS
FOR YOUR PROJECTS

Since 1998 we have been successfully engaged in the financial support, transformation and management of patentable innovations and early stage investments. Our specialists and network partners are skilled with many years of experience in the acquisition, implementation and in the marketing of disruptive technologies.

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02 _ Our DISTINGUISHING FEATURES

MORE THAN 20 YEARS
OF EXPERIENCE AND EXPERTISE

First Class Network

Early Participation & High Security

Experience & Expertise

Our long-term cooperation with first-class network partners enables us to offer a project range in a class of its own.

Our collaboration with renowned universities, research institutes and associations, such as Deutschen Institut für Erfindungswesen e.V. (German Institute for Inventions) and the Bundesverband Mittelständischer Wirtschaft (German Association of Small and Medium-Sized Enterprises) empower us to select from many exciting projects only the most promising ones for our portfolio. This ensures an almost inexhaustible deal flow and a project pipeline that directs far into the future.

The early involvement in projects that address future and growth markets, the careful selection as well as the patentability of the technologies promise a high degree of security.

Before we take on a project, the innovation proposition is carefully examined and analyzed, especially with regard to its economic, legal, fiscal, financial, technical and patent aspects. If our experts come to a promising conclusion, we submit an offer to the innovators for the inception of a joint corporate entity, which will be responsible for the utilization of the innovation. The market situation of the respective innovation is of particular importance: Either we act as the sole player in the respective market or we have a market position that offers outstanding prospects of success for us and our investors.

We have been successfully occupied with promoting, patenting and implementing outstanding ideas for more than 20 years.

Our experts specialize in the development of technology ventures and take on all business management functions so that the innovators can concentrate exclusively on technical development. This provides the following advantages:

Personnel and operating costs can be allocated to several investments.
Risks of typical foundation mistakes can be virtually eliminated.
Experts for specific individual sectors can be deployed in a more targeted manner.

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patents we have registered since 1998.

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world economic crises we have survived so far.

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of our projects are equity-financed.

03 _ Our Team

MANAGER, EXPERTS AND BUSINESS COACHES

Dr. Heiner Pollert

CEO & Founder

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Dr. Heiner Pollert

CEO & Founder

Dr. Heiner Pollert is CEO and managing director of the Patentpool Group. He founded Patentpool Innovationsmanagement GmbH in Munich in 1998.

Dr. Pollert is an expert in the fields of intellectual property and innovation management. In 1998, he founded the Patentpool Group, headquartered in Munich, with a focus on innovation promotion and management of patentable technologies. Dr. Pollert is also the first chairman of the German Institute for Inventions, Senator for Economics in the BVMW, and founder and former CEO of Ravenpack AG.

Dr. Jochen Reich

Head of IP, external Patent Attorney

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Dr. Jochen Reich

Head of IP, external Patent Attorney

As a German and European patent attorney specializing in information technology and computer science, Dr. Jochen Reich and his team represent clients in all aspects of patent law.

He holds a doctorate in computer science from the Technical University of Munich and is chairman of the patent working group of the Gesellschaft für Informatik, which represents the largest computer science community in the German-speaking world. Dr. Reich operates his law firm in Munich in close proximity to the German and European Patent Offices.

Christoph Wamlek

Director

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Christoph Wamlek

Director

Christoph’s experience began with McKinsey & Company, Inc., includes three dozen years in strategy consulting, M&A and private equity. Clients and missions led Christoph to work in Germany, Austria, Switzerland, France, the United States and Brazil.

Christoph is an expert on investments and value management; business strategy and corporate development; organization and re-engineering. Sector know-how includes high tech, engineering, automotive, energy and utilities, retail and consumer goods, tourism as well as banking and private equity. Christoph Wamlek graduated from London Business School with a postgraduate Master‘s Degree in Business, holds a Doctorate in Law and a Master’s Degree in International Relations from the Vienna Diplomatic Academy. At Patentpool Group Christoph Wamlek focusses on Investor Relations.

Dr. Ahmadudin Wais

Director Middle East and Asia

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Dr. Ahmadudin Wais

Director Middle East and Asia

Dr. Ahmadudin Wais studied at the Georg-August University in Göttingen, Germany, where he received his PhD in phytomedicine and plant pathology.

After numerous research and development projects, such as the control of locust plagues in Central Asia (FAO, UN), Dr. Wais specialized in energy and infrastructure projects, mainly in the fields of oil, gas and solar, in Oman. Since 2022, Dr. Wais has been heading the Global Invention Gathering LLC in Muscat for the Patentpool Group as Director for Middle East and Asia.

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schimmel

CTO - Nano Technology and Engineering

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Prof. Dr. Thomas Schimmel

CTO - Nano Technology and Engineering

Prof. Dr. Thomas Schimmel is CTO of the Patentpool Group in the field of nanotechnology and engineering.

He is co-founder of the Institute of Nanotechnology of the Karlsruhe Research Center (KIT) and since 1998 head of the research group for nanostructuring and scanning probe techniques. In 1995 he habilitated at the University of Bayreuth, where his scientific work focused on surface physics.

Hardy Schloer

CTO - IT

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Hardy Schloer

CTO - IT

Hardy Schloer is inventor and CTO of the Patentpool Group in and responsible for IT.

He has more than 40 years of experience in system design and development. Schloer is founder and owner of the Schloer Consulting Group and board member of several think tanks around the world, such as the Club of Amsterdam, Forum 21 and many more. Schloer is also founder and former CEO of Ravenpack International.

Junior Fomboh

Venture Analyst

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Junior Fomboh

Venture Analyst

Sara Kovachevikj

Team Assistant

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Sara Kovachevikj

Team Assistant

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05 _ History

MILESTONES OF OUR COMPANIES' HISTORY

1998

Foundation of Patentpool Innovationsmanagement GmbH in Munich by Dr. Heiner Pollert. The founding partners were the two venture capital funds IMH and HVC as well as TBG (technology participation company of the German compensation bank)

1999

Foundation of Ravenpack International SL with CTO Hardy F. Schloer. Ravenpack still is the undisputed global technology leader in the field of "Sentiment Analysis" for banks and hedge funds

2000

Exit of the venture capital funds IMH and HVC with a return of 35%.

2001

Dr. Pollert is assigned Senator for Economic Affairs of the Federal Association of Small and Medium-sized Enterprises

2005

Sale of iFlex ski boot technology to Atomic. The "Atomic Hawx" undisputedly still is one of the most successful ski boots of all times

2009

Dr. Heiner Pollert is assigned first chairman of the German Institute for Inventions (Deutsches Institut für Erfindungswesen e.V.),, which has been awarding Europe's oldest innovation award, the Diesel Medal, for more than 67 years

2017

Major project "Aircoating Technologies" obtains funding from the European Commission in the amount of 5.3 million Euros

2018

Top target "Prisma Analytics" was awarded the "FinX Global Fintech Start Up of the Year" award in Dubai in 2018; The "Decision Point" app is available on the "Refinitive Platform" (formerly Thomson Reuters' EIKON)

2018

New major project: "Bavaria Weed" is licensed as one of the German GMP-certified producers of medical cannabis (GMP: Good Manufacturing Practice)

2019

The research project ARES (Aircoating Technologies) is awarded the first Validation Prize, a funding measure of the Federal Ministry of Education and Research (Bundesministerium für Bildung und Forschung).

2019

Sales start of the app Decision Point, the first product of Prisma Analytics GmbH.

2019

Prisma Analytics enters into a strategic partnership with the Decisive Group of Dubai to build the first Big Data AI "Situation Room".

2020

Bavaria Weed is one of the first German companies to receive a GMP license to import and distribute cannabis flowers.

2020

Prisma Analytics publishes the freely accessible Covid-19 Dashboard, a state-of-the-art computational linguistic analysis of the collective mood around the corona virus.

2020

Bavaria Weed is already attracting extensive media attention before entering the market and receiving its first deliveries from Canada.

2021

Zoe Life Technologies AG being part of the Patentpool Group wins revocation proceedings against Microsoft before German Federal Supreme Court which is well recognized by the patent community and well covered by international press coverage.

2022

Patentpool Group starts a broad licensing program of the valid patent protecting basic technologies which form the basis for modern cloud computing.

06 _ FAQ

YOUR QUESTIONS, OUR ANSWERS

What type of investment opportunities do we offer?

With us, investors have the opportunity to subscribe to yield-oriented investments in early-stage technologies within the framework of the legal requirements. This asset class has been one of the most successful ones in the world for decades.
What opportunities and risks do these investments entail?

The early involvement in projects that address future-oriented markets and, due to their careful selection and patent protection, pose little risk, offer high opportunities with manageable risks.

However, it is in the nature of companies which develop future technologies that it is often not predictable whenever the technology will prevail on the market. In contrast, there are chances of high returns. The MP3 technology of the Fraunhofer Gesellschaft is a good example: Only after more than 20 years of development the technology yielded a return – but then in the billions.

The target companies are primarily financed by equity (eliminates risk of debt), are suitable for subsidies, serve a (sometimes exponentially growing) future market and are protected by property rights, patents and licenses with a long lifespan. This also enables, if necessary, the realization of infringement opportunities (patent infringement claims) and grants the investor sustainability and best opportunities.
Wherefrom do we generate projects for our portfolio?

Due to the reputation of the Patentpool Group and the permanent collaboration with the German Institute for Inventions e.V. and our numerous industrial partners, an almost inexhaustible deal flow persists. Most interesting inventions are presented to this network at an early stage. This allows for a top-class project selection that ideally harbors synergetic potential.
What security features characterize our projects?
Our approach is designed to ensure the greatest possible risk minimization through a comprehensive package of security criteria. The key features include:
- Comprehensive protection of property rights
- Experienced management
- Low overheads
- Equity financing
- Suitability for subsidies
- Focus on future and growth markets
- Possibility of a freeze strategy

07 _ Our Values

Long-term partnership: A close and above all long-term partnership with the innovators is an important prerequisite for us to be able to implement projects in the targeted manner.
Trust & security: The trust of our partners is important to us. We are very careful to act transparently and in the interest of our partners, as well as to minimize risks and create security.
Sustainability: Future-oriented, sustainable thinking and acting are prerequisites for the economic success of start-ups. Therefore, we only take on projects that meet these requirements and have been assessed by our experts as ethically, morally and ecologically justifiable.