BrainsToVentures AG is a principal investment firm specializing in investments in seed phase, early stage, growth companies, succession situations, first financing rounds, buyouts, and buyins. The firm typically invests in technology companies with an emphasis on innovation and seeks to co-invest in case of life sciences companies. It invests all over the world with a focus on Europe. The firm prefers to invest in the form of equity and seeks to invest between €500,000 ($638,000) and €2 million ($2.55 million) in early stage companies. It also considers investment opportunities in the growth phase with a financing need between €1 million ($1.28 million) and €10 million ($12.76 million). BrainsToVentures AG was founded by Mr. Hermann Arnold, Mr. Jan Bomholt, Mr. Nicole Herzog, Mr. Philip Schnedler, Mr. Florian Schweitzer, and Mr. Peter Troxler in June 2000 and is based in St. Gallen, Switzerland.