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Wednesday, 30 March 2011: As a member of the Supervisory Board, Josef Rentmeister will accompany the further development of exchangeBA AG

As a result of the transformation of EXBA Exchange for Business Angels GmbH into exchangeBA AG, Josef Rentmeister, Managing Director of Transforce Mergers & Acquisitions GmbH and CEO of Columbus Investment AG, was appointed to the company's newly established Supervisory Board.

Prior to becoming an independent entrepreneur and investor, Josef Rentmeister spent several years in senior positions at various international ICT groups (including Cisco, IBM, T-Systems).

As CEO of Columbus Investment AG, together with other private investors, he finances companies in the IT software & services, systems supply, telecommunications, medical technology, metals, metalworking, energy sectors with a maximum investment of EUR 1 million per individual transaction.

Josef Rentmeister: “I am looking forward to the challenge of providing positive support for the future development of exchangeBA AG together with the management team and my two colleagues on the Supervisory Board. Not least, having worked successfully with exchangeBA as an investor on several occasions in the past, I am absolutely convinced by the company’s business concept. With the transformation into a joint stock company, which was completed today, the foundation stone has now been laid for further successful growth.”

exchangeBA AG – the company:

Under www.exchangeba.com, exchangeBA AG operates the leading venture capital market place in the German-speaking area. Since 2005, exchangeBA has brought companies requiring capital, irrespective of their sector, the stage in their development, region and the amount of capital required, and investors, including private investors/business angels, venture capital and private equity companies and family offices, together. In recent years, the company successfully saw over 50 such transactions through.

Transforce – the company:

Transforce is an independent, cross-sector corporate finance consultancy company, which provides support for corporate transactions involving medium-sized German companies. In the process, our experienced team acts as a reliable and discreet partner, offering you objective advice on succession arrangements, national and international M&A transactions and in all areas of funding.

Our membership of an international network means that we are also a competent contact for cross-border corporate transactions.

As a fund manager for Columbus Investment AG, Transforce also examines investment opportunities in the German-speaking area, in which it focuses on financing growth and succession arrangements. http://www.trans-force.de

Columbus – the company:

Columbus Investment AG is a vehicle for investments by entrepreneurial private investors in medium-sized companies. This vehicle was established jointly by successful personalities, who are themselves still actively involved in German business.

Building on their respective decades-long management experience and sector knowledge, in particular, Columbus Investment AG offers its portfolio companies sweat equity in the form of technical know-how, management expertise and networks etc. in addition to the capital they require. http://www.columbus-investment.de/