ICB GmbH

In 2008, our founders recognized a critical gap in the European advertising landscape: broadcasters were struggling to bring traditional TV advertising into the digital age while Silicon Valley giants dominated the market. They envisioned a different future - one where European media owners could retain control over their own destiny through proprietary, privacy-first technology. This insight sparked the creation of smartclip, a company built from the ground up to serve the unique needs of European broadcasters and publishers. From those early days, smartclip has evolved into RTL Group's adtech powerhouse, developing cutting-edge solutions like the smartx Ad Server and SSP. Today, with over 120 employees across multiple European offices, we continue our mission to keep the open internet open while empowering European broadcasters to compete on their own terms. Our journey from a startup to an integral part of Europe's broadcasting infrastructure reflects our unwavering commitment to technology that respects privacy and serves the European market.

We're a software engineering company built by engineers for engineers, helping organizations harness their full data potential anytime, anywhere. Founded in 2011 and headquartered in Cologne, we specialize in Software-defined Cloud Integration across all three layers: Infrastructure, Data, and Application. Our team combines engineering excellence with cutting-edge technology to make cloud and AI transformations easier, faster, and more scalable for our customers. As a Microsoft-certified solution partner and 2024 Microsoft Partner of the Year Award winner, we deliver end-to-end Cloud Integration using Azure's open platform ecosystem. We serve leading companies across Automotive, Banking, Chemical, Energy, Healthcare, Manufacturing, Pharma, and Retail industries. Our three lines of service include Cloud Adoption for seamless cloud journeys, Data Integration for building future-proof platforms, and Cloud Native Services to augment teams with experts. We live by our virtues of Compassion, Humbleness, Ownership, and Passion, and we're committed to sustainability through our EcoVadis certification.

We've been deeply rooted in northwest Germany for nearly 100 years, and we're proud to be one of the leading energy companies in the German sector. Our team of about 9,000 people works every day to connect energy, telecommunications, and IT - three essential industries that are shaping our future. We supply green energy, secure networks, and high-speed internet to communities across our regions, supporting everything from residential homes to large municipalities and businesses. Our approach is hands-on and practical: we're actively building wind farms, expanding fiber optic networks, developing hydrogen storage solutions, and rolling out charging infrastructure for electric vehicles. We believe the energy transition and digitalization go hand in hand, and we're committed to making both work for the people in our regions.

In 2003, our founders recognized a gap in the hosting market: while enterprise solutions existed, affordable, high-performance servers remained out of reach for most developers and small businesses. Starting with just three webspace and two dedicated server offers under the name Giga-International, they built something different - a hosting provider that combined enterprise-grade performance with pricing that actually made sense. That insight sparked a transformation from a small German operation into Contabo, now serving over 200,000 customers across 190+ countries with 12 data centers worldwide. Today, Contabo stands as a leading cloud service provider that proves performance and affordability aren't mutually exclusive. Our Cloud VPS and dedicated servers power everything from personal projects to enterprise workloads, backed by AMD CPUs, NVMe storage, and 99.996% uptime. But the real story isn't just in our technology - it's in our philosophy. We believe powerful infrastructure should be accessible to everyone, whether you're deploying your first server or scaling to datacenter-grade operations. With remote-first culture and a team that spans continents, we're building the infrastructure that powers the next generation of digital innovation.

Every year, global companies emit billions of tons of CO2 through their complex supply chains, yet most lack the visibility and tools to effectively manage this environmental impact. Carbmee exists to solve this critical challenge. Their Environmental Intelligence System (EIS) transforms how enterprises measure, manage, and reduce carbon emissions across all three scopes of the Greenhouse Gas Protocol - uncovering up to 90% carbon reduction potential in just 21 days. By integrating carbon accounting, product carbon footprints, and supply chain emissions into a single AI-powered platform, Carbmee enables companies like Boeing, Maersk, and ZF to achieve precise Scope 1-3 emissions transparency, streamline supplier collaboration, and drive meaningful decarbonization at scale. Founded in 2021 in Berlin, Carbmee tackles the hardest data problems for the world's largest manufacturers. Their platform leverages millions of transactional data points and advanced AI to turn carbon management from a compliance burden into a strategic business advantage - helping organizations reduce risk, cut costs, and meet evolving regulations like CBAM and CSRD. With offices in Berlin and Munich, and backed by €20M in Series A funding, Carbmee is building the technology infrastructure that makes every emission traceable, auditable, and actionable - empowering businesses to embed environmental intelligence directly into their core operations and procurement decisions.

We're a national, top-tier, multi-line property and casualty insurance company that's been in business since 1972. We represent a group of carriers including Insurance Company of the West, Explorer Insurance Company, and VerTerra Insurance. What started as a small operation in San Diego has grown into one of the largest privately held insurance groups in California, quoting over $3.5 billion annually. Our mission is straightforward: create the best insurance experience possible for our policyholder customers and our network of independent agents and brokers. We specialize in workers' compensation insurance, but we also offer catastrophe coverage, assumed reinsurance, and earthquake insurance. We're proud to be an "A" rated carrier recognized for our risk management expertise and proactive claims handling. Beyond the business of insurance, we're deeply committed to giving back to the communities where we live and work - a culture inspired by our founder Ernest Rady that remains part of who we are today.