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PARTNERS
INITIATING PARTNER
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Emerald Technology Ventures
Emerald Technology Ventures is a global leader
in cleantech venture capital. Founded in 2000 under the name
SAM Private Equity, Emerald is a pioneer in this rapidly emerging
sector and is focused on innovative technologies in energy,
materials and water. From offices in Zurich, Switzerland and
Montreal, Canada, Emerald manages three venture capital funds
and two venture capital portfolio mandates totalling over EUR
285 million (US$380 million). Emerald is currently investing
out of its latest fund and is looking for energetic and passionate
entrepreneurs with the vision to build world-class clean technology
companies.
www.emerald-ventures.com
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BankInvest
BankInvest New Energy Solutions is a venture
fund within the BankInvest Group dedicated to the alternative
energy sector. BankInvest New Energy Solutions invests in unlisted
companies focusing on new energy solutions and offering a considerable
growth potential with a view to exit through trade sale or listing.
Investment areas include solar power, fuel cells, hydropower,
wind power, bio mass, microturbines and power electronics.
www.biventure.com
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Hydro Technology
Ventures
Hydro Technology Ventures is the corporate
venture capital arm of Hydro ASA, a 33'000 employee Norwegian
Fortune 500 conglomerate operating in energy and basic materials.
Hydro is a leading offshore producer of oil & gas and the
world's third-largest integrated aluminium supplier.
Hydro Technology Ventures was established in 2001 and has NOK
750 million under management through two dedicated funds. The
funds' investment focus is early- and growth-phase technology
companies in the energy sector. As part of a large conglomerate,
Hydro Technology Ventures offers industrial expertise and strategic
leverage in addition to financial backing. Hydro Technology
Ventures makes independent investments and invests in cooperation
with other professional investors as syndication partner.
www.hydro.com
www.hydro.com/ventures
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ITI Energy
ITI Energy identifies technologies required
to address future global market opportunities then funds and
manages R&D Programmes and the subsequent commercial exploitation
of new intellectual property (IP).
ITI Energy, a publicly funded company, collaborates with organisations
from industry, academia and the financial community and has
an active Membership programme available.
ITI Energy has eight R&D programmes underway with approximately
£30million of funds committed over the next three-five
years.
- Rechargeable Battery
- Battery Management System
- Hydrogen Handling Materials
- Composite Pipeline Structure
- Large-scale Power Storage
- Interior Surface Coating
- Wind Turbine Lifting Device
- Active Network Management
For further information and details of our recent investments
visit:
www.itienergy.com
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Swiss Re
Swiss Re is the world's leading and most
diversified global reinsurer. The company operates through offices
in over 30 countries. Founded in Zurich, Switzerland, in 1863,
Swiss Re offers financial services products that enable risk-taking
essential to enterprise and progress. The company's traditional
reinsurance products and related services for property and casualty,
as well as the life and health business are complemented by
insurance-based corporate finance solutions and supplementary
services for comprehensive risk management. For almost a decade,
Swiss Re has managed a portfolio of investments in sustainability
related sub-sectors, including alternative energy and water.
www.swissre.com
www.swissre.com/sustainabilityreport
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EDF Group
A European energy leader with a worldwide
presence.
Within a context of market opening, the EDF Group is positioning
itself to become a leading energy company in Europe. The EDF
Group is among the key players in the field of electricity generation,
distribution and supply in Europe. Managing a generation mix
with a capacity of 122.6 GWe, it provides energies and services
to 41.6 million customers throughout the world, including 35.6
million in Europe. The EDF Group is made up of Electricité
de France (EDF) and a network of affiliates and companies established
in Europe and around the world. EDF and the Group network carry
out energy-related activities focused on the core businesses
of generation, trading, transmission, distribution, supply and
services. The EDF Group is committed to a strategy of corporate
responsibility, successfully reconciling economic performance,
social equity and respect for the environment. In 2003, the
EDF Group's consolidated sales amounted to EUR44.9 billion.
www.edf.fr
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Rabo Ventures
Amsterdam based Rabo Ventures strives to
become the leading Dutch Venture Capital firm in the cleantech
industry, covering the European and North American markets.
The segments the team covers include: clean energy, clean air,
clean water, advanced materials and energy efficiency. Rabo
Ventures focuses on A-round and later stage investments up to
Euro 6 million. Its parent Rabobank, has committed Euro 60 million
to the fund.
Rabo Ventures is part of the Rabobank Group, a global top 25
financial institution and a global leader in sustainability-oriented
banking. Rabobank has been involved in the financing of large
sustainable projects such as bio-fuel plants and wind parks
in several European countries for years. In line with the ambitions
of Rabobank to provide services for the entire industry, the
bank has recently launched Rabo Ventures to help finance innovations
in Cleantech.
Earlier this year Rabobank became a corner stone investor in
Emerald Technology Ventures, a partner Rabo Ventures is proud
to work with.
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Sigma Capital
Sigma Capital Group plc is an AIM-listed
UK asset management and advisory group which focuses on Specialist
Fund Management, Commercialisation of University IP and Property.
Sigma was founded in 1997 by Graham Barnet and Neil Crabb, and
has offices in Edinburgh and London.
The Sigma Sustainable Energies Fund was launched to provide
funding for companies developing renewable and sustainable energy
technologies and has attracted limited partners from both public
and private sectors. A key feature of the Fund is the participation
of FTSE 100 utility company Scottish & Southern Energy plc
as a trade investor.
To find out more about Sigma and our activities in the renewable
and sustainable energy field contact Mark Hogarth.
www.sigmacapital.co.uk
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WHEB Ventures
WHEB Ventures Ltd manages a £24m venture
capital fund that invests in early stage clean technology companies,
primarily based in the UK but with global market applications.
It combines the 15-20 years experience in the sector of the
founding directors, Kim Heyworth and Rob Wylie, together with
the interests, contacts and experience of Ben Goldsmith and
associates of the Goldsmith family.
WHEB typically invests up to £2m in companies with technologies
that have applications in sustainable agriculture, alternatives
to chemicals, clean manufacturing, water conservation and treatment,
waste recycling and renewable or alternative energy.
www.whebventures.com
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Atmos SpA
Atmos was born in June 2005 to become the
first Italian investment vehicle to be exclusively dedicated
to environmental topics: sustainable development, renewables,
energy efficiency, innovation in clean technologies and financial
aspects of greenhouse gas sequestration. Atmos is still the
only Italian "renewable energy & clean tech" institutional
investor. Atmos operates as a Private Equity - Venture Capital
company: through its highly motivated Team, Atmos scouts, evaluates
and selects investment opportunities. Atmos is also used to
coinvest with other dedicated funds, in particular when considering
Venture Capital.Currently Atmos holds participation in photovoltaic,
wave energy conversion, wind development and biofuels companies.
The dealflow is also focused on water, micro and distributed
generation, air treatment and other clean technologies.
www.atmosholding.com
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Environmental
Technologies Fund
The ETF team is made up of passionate individuals
with a great deal of experience - gathered over decades - of
working in Venture Capital and with environmental companies.
We created ETF to provide entrepreneurs with a top-quality venture
capital group in Europe dedicated solely to Cleantech. We did
so because we believe there is a need, and an even greater opportunity.
Backed by leading institutional investors, we aim to provide
a real depth of experience, skill and contacts that together
help make the difference between a good attempt and a great
company.
ETF invests in a broad definition of Cleantech companies to
include energy & resource conservation, material sciences,
renewable energy, water and recycling. ETF aims to invest between
€5-15m per investee company over the lifetime of the investment
process.
www.etf.eu.com
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ES Ventures
Espírito Santo Ventures is a venture
capital firm of Espírito Santo Group, focused on technology
based companies and innovative business projects with high-growth
potential.
Presently a € 100 M fund is being invested, having renewable
energy opportunities as one of its main areas of interest.
www.es-ventures.com
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GE Energy Financial
Services
GE Energy Financial Services' 300 experts
invest globally with a long-term view, backed by the best of
GE's technical know-how and financial strength, across the capital
spectrum and the energy and water industries, to help their
customers and GE grow. With US $14 billion in assets, GE Energy
Financial Services, based in Stamford, Connecticut, invests
more than US $5 billion annually in two of the world's most
capital-intensive industries, energy and water. In renewable
energy, GE Energy Financial Services is growing its portfolio
of more than US $2 billion in assets in wind, solar, biomass,
hydro and geothermal power. Venture investments in this group
include A123 Systems and Ocean Power Delivery.
www.geenergyfinancialservices.com
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Capricon
Capricorn Venture Partners n.v. is an advisor
and manager of venture capital funds seeking to invest in technology-based
growth companies, mainly in Western Europe. Capricorn Venture
Partners is a hands-on investor that actively assists its portfolio
companies in building shareholder value and creating liquidity
for its investors. The investment team of Capricorn is composed
of experienced investment managers with deep technology knowledge
and a broad industrial and business experience. In 2006 Capricorn
Venture Partners created the Capricorn Cleantech Fund. (www.capricorn.be)
This Fund focuses on a diverse range of products, services and
processes that harness renewable materials and energy sources,
dramatically reduce and optimise the use of natural resources,
cut or eliminate pollution and toxic wastes and add economic
value by significantly lowering cost and improving profitability.
The Capricorn Cleantech Fund typically invests at an early stage
of a companies' development.
www.capricorn.be
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SEP Energy-related
Technology Group
SEP regards energy as a key sector with significant
investment potential in technologies spanning alternative and
renewable energy and oilfield technology. SEP investments MTEM
and ARKeX are bringing to market breakthrough technologies which
are already helping some of the worlds largest oil and gas companies
explore for oil and gas in difficult areas more cost effectively
than was previously possible.
In the alternative and renewable energy sector, SEP has invested
in Atraverda, a novel bipolar lead acid battery technology company
and CamSemi which has patented highly efficient power conversion
semiconductors.
Further information on SEP and portfolio companies can be found
at
www.sep.co.uk
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Swiss Federal
Office of Energy
It is one of the tasks of the Swiss Federal
Office of Energy to co-ordinate and support public sector energy
research programmes and integrate them internationally. This
includes putting research findings to good use and liaising
with private sector activities (private public partnerships).
In broad based marketing activities the programme 'Swiss Energy'
- run by the Federal Office in collaboration with the Cantons
and private organisations - supports the introduction of advanced
and new energy technologies.
www.energy-research.ch
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3i
3i is a world leader in private equity and
venture capital. We focus on Buyouts, Growth Capital, Venture
Capital and Infrastructure and invest across Europe, the United
States and Asia. Our competitive advantage comes from our international
network and the strength and breadth of our relationships in
business. These underpin the value that we deliver to our portfolio
and to our shareholders.
3i’s Venture Capital partners focus on investing in scaleable
early to late stage technology and healthcare businesses on
a global basis. The business currently manages investments across
Europe, US, Asia and Israel, valued at around $1bn. 3i VC plans
to invest $1.5bn funds over the next five years in exciting
and ambitious companies in three main areas: healthcare (medtech
and speciality pharma), IT (Internet, digital media, enterprise
IT and semiconductors) and the clean technology sector. For
more information, go to:
www.3i.com
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MEDIA PARTNER
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Red Herring
Red Herring magazine is a sophisticated
insider's guide to the business of technology, featuring
unparalleled insights on the emerging technologies driving
the economy, from the Internet to wireless communications
and digital entertainment. Red Herring's journalists report
on how innovation and entrepreneurship are transforming
business and how the business of technology is transforming
the world, providing readers with a deep understanding
of venture capital and capital markets. Recognized as
an essential resource in today's fast-changing business
world, Red Herring gets the right answers before anyone
else even thinks to ask the questions.
www.redherring.com
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