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Atomera was founded in 2001 by Robert Mears as Mears Technologies to commercialise semiconductor materials technology. The company developed Mears Silicon Technology, later adopted the Atomera name and completed an IPO in August 2016. Its business centres on licensing technology intended to improve semiconductor performance and manufacturing characteristics.
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United Internet traces its roots to 1&1 Marketing, founded by Ralph Dommermuth in Germany in 1988. By 2026, United Internet operated a portfolio that included telecommunications and cloud or web services through businesses such as 1&1 and IONOS.
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Pixelworks was founded in Oregon in 1997 to develop semiconductor and software technology for video and display processing. The company expanded across projectors, televisions and mobile displays, acquired ViXS Systems in 2017 and later reshaped its portfolio around display-processing technology and software including TrueCut.
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Drecom was founded in Kyoto in November 2001 by Yuki Naito while he was a university student. The company started with profile and blog services, listed in Tokyo in 2006 and shifted strongly toward social and mobile games, publishing and entertainment businesses.
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Tenable was founded in 2002 by Ron Gula, Jack Huffard and Renaud Deraison. Deraison had created the Nessus vulnerability scanner before the company was formed, giving Tenable an established technical foundation in vulnerability assessment. By 2026, Tenable provided an exposure-management platform designed to identify…
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Visiativ’s roots reach to French technology business AGS, established in 1987. Christian Donzel and Laurent Fiard acquired AGS in 1997, the business became Axemble and later Visiativ, listed on Euronext Growth in 2014 and subsequently moved under the wider Snef group structure.
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Ekso Bionics emerged from exoskeleton research at the University of California, Berkeley in the mid-2000s, with the commercial business initially known as Berkeley Bionics. The company worked on military and rehabilitation exoskeletons, adopted the Ekso Bionics name in 2011, became publicly traded in 2014 and later expanded its rehabilitation portfolio through acquisitions.
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Swiss Marketplace Group was created in November 2021 by combining the online-marketplace activities of TX Group and Scout24 Switzerland, with Ringier, Mobiliar and General Atlantic also involved in the ownership structure. By 2026, SMG operated a portfolio that included brands such as AutoScout24, ImmoScout24…
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Mercari was founded in Japan in February 2013 and launched a smartphone-first marketplace designed to make person-to-person selling simple. By 2026, Mercari remained a major Japanese consumer-to-consumer marketplace with adjacent fintech services.
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Mister Spex was founded in Germany in December 2007 by a team including Dirk Graber, Lukasz Gadowski, Björn Sykora, Philipp Frenkel and Thilo Hardt. Its online eyewear shop launched in 2008, partner-optician services followed from 2011, the first own physical store opened in 2016 and the company completed an IPO in 2021.
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