OPERATORI ESTERI

Via Liszt, 21 - 00144 Roma ab UFFICIO TECNOLOGIA INDUSTRIALE ENERGIA E AMBIENTE 06 59926792 [email protected] www.ice.gov.it www.ponic.gov.it BIAT - Innovation and High Technology Lab echnology L T nnovation and H igh nnovation - I BIAT Graphic&design Coordinamento Promozione del Made in Italy INDICE

ARMENIA FRANCE FOUNDATION FOR ARMENIAN SCIENCE AND AUVALIE INNOVATION...... 17 TECHNOLOGY (FAST)...... 7 BORDERLESS VENTURES...... 17 MULTEAM...... 18 BIELORUSSIA PROPELLER INVEST...... 18 BUSINESS INCUBATOR S NAMI BUDUSHEE...... 7 GERMANIA CANADA JOIN CAPITAL GMBH...... 19 CC STRATUS CAPITAL CORP...... 8 SMART HECTAR INNOVATION GMBH...... 19 CR BREAKERS...... 8 DIVERSO SOLUTIONS INC...... 8 INDIA FLUENT AI...... 8 ATAL INCUBATION CENTER- BIMTECH...... 19 FUSERING...... 9 FITT...... 20 GOOD NEWS VENTURES...... 9 NASSCOM 10000 STARTUPS...... 20 NATIONAL ANGEL CAPITAL ORG...... 9 PADUP VENTURES PVT LTD...... 21 YORK ANGEL INVESTORS...... 9 PIOCCI...... 21 PRECOG INNOVATION PARTNERS...... 22 CHINA REDWING AEROSPACE LABORATORIES...... 22 BODEN NETWORKS CO., LTD...... 10 SMART CITIES COUNCIL INDIA...... 23 CGP INVESTMENT...... 10 CHINA VAST INDUSTRIAL URBAN ISRAEL DEVELOPMENT CO.,LTD...... 11 YISSUM - TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER SHENZHEN DAYI INVESTMENT LTD...... 11 OFFICE OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC JERUSALEM...... 23 UNIVERSITY...... 12 TIANYUAN COMMUNICATION JAPAN DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD...... 13 AMANO CORPORATION...... 24 DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD...... 24 CROATIA FFRI, INC...... 25 BUSINESS INCUBATOR BIOS LTD...... 13 I-NE...... 25 BYTE LAB GRUPA D.O.O...... 14 MIZUHO SECURITIES PRINCIPAL INNOVATION CENTRE NIKOLA TESLA...... 14 INVESTMENT CO.,LTD...... 26 LUMINUM ICT...... 15 NTT DATA CORPORATION...... 26 METALSKA JEZGRA ČAKOVEC...... 15 PIČULJAN TECHNOLOGIES...... 15 POLAND SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LTD...... 16 ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE...... 27 INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, POLISH ACADEMY OF SCIENCES...... 27 FINLAND INSTYTUT FIZYKI PAN NANOTECHIP...... 28 CEMIS - CENTER FOR MEASUREMENT AND INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII ELEKTRONOWEJ..... 28 INFORMATION SYSTEMS...... 16 SPEEDUP VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP...... 29 KAJAANI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED VALUETECH SEED...... 29 SCIENCES /CEMIS...... 17 RUSSIA TURKEY JSC “SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE GALATA BUSINESS ANGELS...... 39 “INNOPOLIS”...... 30 ITU ARI TEKNOKENT...... 39 KALIBR JSC...... 30 KEIRETSU FORUM TURKEY...... 40 OMSKY BIOCLUSTER ASSOCIATION...... 30 KOC UNIVERSITY UNVEST...... 40 RVC JSC...... 30 SANKONLINE...... 40 SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION - STARTERSHUB...... 41 NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT STARTUPS.WATCH...... 41 OF THE CENTER FOR ELABORATION TARVENN VENTURES...... 41 AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF NEW TECHNOLOGIES...... 31 TECHNOPARK “MOSGORMASH”...... 31 UAE TECHNOPARK OF ITMO UNIVERSITY...... 32 COMMERCIAL BANK OF ...... 42 THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DUBAI TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP DEVELOPMENT OF CLUSTERS AND CENTRE...... 42 TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF RUSSIA...... 32 INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR BIOSALINE VEB INNOVATION...... 33 AGRICULTURE (ICBA)...... 43 YANDEX...... 33 MASHREQ BANK...... 43 MIRAGE AIRCRAFT SERVICES...... 44 SINGAPORE TWOFOUR54...... 44 IT TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD...... 33 KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL...... 34 UNITED KINGDOM QUEST VENTURES...... 34 AMC NETWORK...... 45 WAVEMAKER PARTNERS...... 35 FEEDFORWARD CONSULTING LTD...... 45 SINAN COMPASS...... 45 SOUTH KOREA G.N.TECH VENTURE CAPITAL...... 35 UNITED STATES LOTTE ACCELERATOR...... 35 ANGELUS FUNDING...... 46 REDBADGE PACIFIC...... 36 ENSANTÉ & WAVEEDGE CAPITAL...... 46 SM-SINO TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT...... 36 NDA VENTURES...... 46 YUANTA INVESTMENT...... 37 STARTERSHUB...... 46 TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION CENTER (TCC), HOUSTON...... 47 SVIZZERA TYLT VENTURE...... 47 CATALYZE...... 37 EXPERT DOJO...... 47 SWISSPRIME VENTURES...... 38 FLIGHT STRATEGIES...... 48 INVESTIMENT SECTORS...... 38 LAUNCH...... 48

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OPERATORI ESTERI ARMENIA BIELORUSSIA

FOUNDATION FOR ARMENIAN BUSINESS INCUBATOR S NAMI SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY (FAST) BUDUSHEE Contact Contact Hasmik TER-GRIGORYAN Igor SAEVETS Executive assistant to CEO CEO

 https://fast.foundation/#/  http://biznespark.by [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Foundation for Armenian Science and Technology (FAST) Supportare imprenditori e startup IT. Formazione e is conceived as a comprehensive platform to foster investimento. Assistenza per l’accesso alla Russia e technological and scientific breakthroughs in Armenia. organizzazione della produzione in Russia. FAST aims to revive the country’s strong Science, INVESTMENT SECTORS Technology, Engineering and Mathematics (STEM) BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, traditions, establishing a favorable regime for the ENVIRONMENT, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY innovative environment, fostering science and technology education, and actively developing a venture capital ecosystem. One of the most pivotal tasks of FAST is to engage tech and scientific communities in raising the profile of Armenia as a hub for technological and scientific discoveries and developments.

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, SMART CITY

7 CANADA CANADA

CC STRATUS CAPITAL CORP. DIVERSO SOLUTIONS INC Contact Contact Marieke GEIST Jennifer RENDA Principal Analyst President

 www.ccstratus.com  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE CC Stratus provides capital investment to global, high- INVESTIMENT SECTORS growth companies in the Cybersecurity, Internet of Things, Blockchain, Artificial Intelligence, and related sectors. CC Stratus invests at the pre-seed, seed, and Series A stages. Founded by a leading gloval cybersecurity entrepreneur, Dr. Richard Reiner, CC Stratus provides expertise and market insights to its portfolio companies alongside CANADA the capital they need for expansion. Representative portfolio companies include NativeFlow (Israel), StdLib (USA), Cybeats Technologies, (Canada). FLUENT AI Contact INVESTIMENT SECTORS Richard REINER Executive Chairman

 www.fluent.ai  [email protected] CANADA COMPANY PROFILE Fluent.ai develops a unique deep-leaning AI-based unique CR BREAKERS software technology for speech recognition technology that is privacy preserving (no cloud processing), faster, Contact more accurate, and requires less training data than any Rishi SUDAN other. The Fluent.ai Core, Fluent.ai Wakeword, and Fluent. President ai Hybrid speech recognition solutions are ideal for smart devices; vehicular and aeronautical applications;  www.rsbreakers.com healthcare applications; low-power IoT and edge devices;  [email protected] for mobile and desktop gaming; AR and VR; retain and kiosks; interactive voice response (IVR); smart buiding COMPANY PROFILE and smart city applicaitns; LMS learning management Wholesalers of electrical equipment. We purhcase systems; etc. components and assemble units to customers specs and distribute. We also re build electrical equipment, INVESTIMENT SECTORS automation equipment and deal with manufactueres

such as ABB

INVESTIMENT SECTORS

8 CANADA CANADA

FUSERING NATIONAL ANGEL CAPITAL ORG. Contact Contact Paul CHENG Yuri NAVARRO CEO  www.fusering.com  [email protected]  www.nacocanada.com  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE INVESTIMENT SECTORS Angel Investiment, interested in meetiong both companies to invest in and investors to create a relationship fro co- investment between Canada and italy.

INVESTIMENT SECTORS CANADA

GOOD NEWS VENTURES Contact CANADA Marat MUKHAMEDYAROV Managing partner YORK ANGEL INVESTORS  www.goodnewsventures.com Contact  [email protected] Jess JOSS Executive Director COMPANY PROFILE Venture capital. At good news ventures, we invest in  www.yorkangels.com early stage technology companies founded by true grit  [email protected] entrepreneurs. We back passionate and determined founders as they develop their impressive ideas into COMPANY PROFILE prominent businesses. We admire those who embrace Angel investor, advisor for early stage companies. Sector the risk and uncertainty and aren’t afraid to break with fo activity: post concept, post-revenue is the stage, more convention. ICT tech based but have done med tech, tequila, fair trade shoes, a horror film. INVESTIMENT SECTORS INVESTIMENT SECTORS

9 CHINA CHINA

BODEN NETWORKS CO., LTD. CGP INVESTMENT Contact Contact Junliang ZHUANG Wei HUA Regional Manager Partner

 www.bodennet.com  www.cgpinvestment.com  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Boden Networks Group has 9 companies in China, CGP investment is the largest private FOF in China. We USA,Colombia, Brazil, Mexico,Myanmar, Bangladeshm, now have RMB 100+ billion under management and Spain and Germany. Boden Networks Group is a hi- have invested into 200+ Chinese VCs and PEs, covering tech enterprise and a leading regional provider of 2000+ leading TMT companies. engineering services and innovative solutions for mobile network implementation, planning, optimization, field INVESTMENT SECTORS maintenance and care service etc. We also provide AEROSPACE, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW the Software, Green Energy and Tower products. MATERIALS, SMART CITY Quality First is their company quality policy and from GSM, WCDMA&TD-SCDMA, to currently LTE network construction, Customers can feel their highest service delivery standards. We are looking at NB-IoT solutions in this industry and have the clearly business plan to focus on this new market. So ICT & Smart City will be our key focus on sectors, But any potential good business chance will be also our attention area.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT

10 CHINA CHINA

CHINA VAST INDUSTRIAL URBAN SHENZHEN DAYI INVESTMENT LTD. DEVELOPMENT CO.,LTD Contact Contact Yong QIU Ran HUO DIRECTOR International Business Manager  [email protected]  www.vastiud.com  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE Shenzhen Dayi Investment Co., Ltd. is an investment COMPANY PROFILE company located in Shenzhen, with strong invest ability. China VAST Development (6166.HK) is China’s leading Our main investment direction is high-quality science and integrated industrial urban developer, with industrial technology start-up projects in the fields of Bio&Health upgrading services, park operations and infrastructure Tech , environmental protection and education. At investment as its core business. China VAST Development present, Dayi Investment co.,ltd. have invested : is one of the top three enterprises in China’s industrial Beijing SENTECH Environmental Technology Co., Ltd., real estate and an industry model of listed companies Guangdong Medium and Micro Environmental Protection in the Chinese capital market. Biotechnology Co., Ltd., Shenzhen Architecture Union After the IPO, China VAST Development established itself Science and Technology Co., Ltd as a leader in the construction of new industrial towns And also an important Sweden Medical treatment in China. Based on its 14 industrial parks invested and company operated, China VAST Development has made a multi- Here are the web site of companies we have invested in: industry investment move. The core industries invested  http://sentech.com.cn/ include aerospace, high-end equipment manufacturing,  http://www.zwep.cn/ electronic information and internet, biomedicine, big  http://www.bimsheng.com health, sports and cultural tourism, new energy and new materials. INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, NEW MATERIALS, INVESTMENT SECTORS SMART CITY AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

11 CHINA to come up with innovative ideas and high-impact research and dedicated to fostering multi-faceted platforms to strengthen ties between PolyU and THE HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC potential international collaborators, thereby translating UNIVERSITY excellence into continuous improvement of human life through significant technological advancements. We Contact serves to establish and promote a series of interactive Pei ZHAO communication platforms focusing on engaging potential Assistant Director collaborators at early stages of R&D projects to bridge the gap in technology readiness and proactively soliciting  www.polyu.edu.hk/itdo/en/index.php researchers’ and collaborators’ interest on collaborative  [email protected] research, establishing various schemes to draw in ideas and facilitate projects; and actively organizing and COMPANY PROFILE participating in outreaching and networking activities Innovation and Technology Development Office (ITDO), to promote our research capabilities and expand our serves to set up and nurture the platforms to boost network. We are dedicated to identify initiatives on high- high-impact research through both researcher efforts impact projects and facilitate to offer assistance in project as well as in collaboration with other parties including and government funding opportunities and provide universities, industry, government and the like locally and advice on subjects regarding compliance, operations internationally. Besides, we strive to manage and maintain and other matters related to accelerating innovative PolyU’s IP Portfolio covering both patents and non- technologies development and applications. patent IP and explore in greater depth the exploitation of IP in terms of utilization, trade and collaborations. We INVESTMENT SECTORS also promote a consistent understanding about PolyU’s AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, stance and principles laid down towards knowledge NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE transfer, innovation and technology development and ENERGY, SMART CITY foster the formation of strategic alliances on technology development leveraged through collaborative research as one of the means for devotions in high-impact translational research both on an individual and a multi-disciplinary basis aiming at delivering high impacts on the society. Moreover, knowledge transfer refers to the process in which knowledge is developed and further transforms until it reaches the maturity for application and utilization. It stimulates and materializes the University’s interactions with the community through propelling research efforts and uplifting technological achievements throughout the continuum from innovation to application and serves to further tighten the bond and enhance two-way communication between the University and the society. It has marked numerous footprints in our history and spared no efforts in sustaining its long-established eminence particularly in this area of excellence. Our application- oriented innovation and technology development serves to address people’s unmet needs and the community’s advancement through collaborative research and knowledge transfer to propel high-impact deliverable for the society and we are keen to foster partnerships among universities, government, industry and public at large and minimize the gap in technology readiness between research outcomes and society’s needs. We are keen on encouraging the research community

12 CHINA CROATIA

TIANYUAN COMMUNICATION BUSINESS INCUBATOR BIOS LTD. DEVELOPMENT COMPANY LTD. Contact Contact Jean-Pierre MARIČIĆ Dawei YE Projekct Manager General Manager  www.inkubator.hr  www.anhuity.com.cn  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE The mission of Business Incubator BIOS Osijek is to Tianyuan Communication Development Company Ltd. support development of SMEs by provision of business- was found in 1999, located at Rm.1101-1107 Wantong related services and business facilities in the most critical Building, No.418 Huizhou Rd., Hefei City. development phases of SMEs (idea development, start Business Scope: up etc.). 1. Telecom Mobile Network Implementation The main activities that BIOS conducts in order to fulfill Service?Network Planning&.Optimization, Care above mentioned mission are: service; • organizational and business consulting assistance, 2. Computer System Integration Service in Power Grid • entrepreneurship promotion and networking, Network, Network Information Security; • business skills development, 3. Software Engineering, Big Data application,IOT; • know-how and technology transfer, 4. A major Service Provider for NOKIA Great China. • preferential business facilities lease space.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIOS competences are: ICT • highly educated personal with SME development experience, • long history (over 10 years) of EU projects implementation, • established network of experts in SME development field, • broad cooperation with other similar SME support organisations, • support to local and regional governments in creation of SME development strategies. Relevant for the project, BIOS thematic competences and experiences are focused to BIAT 2019 as follows: • Active participation in Osijek Software City: OSC is association that gathers export oriented ICT companies and other ICT specialists. Their goals are: raising attractiveness of developer vocation, increasing competitiveness of ICT experts and stimulate entrepreneurship within ICT sector. • Project Hardware Lab: Procurement of specialized equipment intended for prototype development as well as early production. Equipment will encompass 3D printers and scanners, CNC machines, laser engraver etc. It will be used by ICT companies oriented to hardware components development. • Organization of ICT events like hackathons (IoT

13 H., OSC H., IEEE Extrem H.), conferences (Kulen CROATIA days – regional conference of MS developers) and workshops on programming, automation, robots etc., especially for scholars (STEM Kitteens) INNOVATION CENTRE NIKOLA TESLA Contact INVESTMENT SECTORS Mirjana DOZAN ICT, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART Tehnology Transfer Advisor CITY  www.icent.hr  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE CROATIA Innovation Centre Nikola Tesla (ICENT) is a non?profit institution whose function is to enable and accelerate BYTE LAB GRUPA D.O.O. commercialization of new technologies important for the development of Croatian economy. It is a leading Contact Croatian research and development centre particularly Matija PUSKAR in electronics, design, computer engineering, and CEO information and communication technology and related applications that drives the Croatian economy towards  www.byte-lab.com/ competitiveness and sustainability. The strengths and  [email protected] capabilities of ICENT are built trough creation of: path for the scientific community to commercialize results COMPANY PROFILE of research, growth in interdisciplinary activities within Byte Lab Group is a company specializing in product the community, workspace and infrastructure for development. Together with the sister company proof?of?concept and prototypes development, support B.L.Manufacturing specializing in production, we have to start?up companies to commercialize innovations delivered to customers more than 200 different projects developed, growth of intellectual property, growth in the last eight years. Over 95% of revenue from both of high added value businesses and jobs, support of companies comes from exports, and most revenue comes technological competitiveness, adding value to the from the Benelux and DACH markets. With our experience, European technological development thrust. we provide clients with a painless product development process from the idea to high-volume production. Due INVESTMENT SECTORS to the fact that the entire development and production AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, of in-house products, the average time from the initial ENVIRONMENT, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY idea to placing on the market is on average less than 9 months. The company also possesses test verification equipment that enables pre-certification testing even during development, and our senior engineers have over ten years of electronics development experience. On the side of the technology the company has experience with the implementation of Bluetooth, WiFi, GSM, LTE, NB-IoT, LoRa, Sigfox, Zigbee, RFID and NFC wireless technologies.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT, SMART CITY, Electronics

14 CROATIA CROATIA

LUMINUM ICT METALSKA JEZGRA ČAKOVEC Contact Contact Ivan COLAK Mario ŠERCER CEO Director

 www.linkedin.com/company/luminumict/about/  www.metalskajezgra.hr  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Luminum ICT develops AI based App which uses image Development and Training Centre for the Metal Industry. recognition to help merchendisers detect if refridgirators and/or shelves are well arranged, according to company’s INVESTMENT SECTORS policies and marketing strategies. AEROSPACE, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART As well, app detects if any intruder product is placed CITY, Research and Development, Engineering and among desired products. Construction Beyond everything, intelligence part tells about orders number, orders frequency etc.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT, SMART CITY CROATIA

PIČULJAN TECHNOLOGIES Contact Neven PIČULJAN CEO

 www.piculjantechnologies.ai  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE Artificial Intelligence Research & Development and Consulting company. We create Cortex: Artificial Intelligence Factory, which enables easy development of AI solutions.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT

15 CROATIA FINLAND

SUSTAINABLE TECHNOLOGIES CEMIS - CENTER FOR MEASUREMENT DEVELOPMENT CENTRE LTD AND INFORMATION SYSTEMS Contact Contact Goran LUKIC Outi Maria LAATIKAINEN Mechanical Engineer Senior R&D Expert

 www.croteh.eu  www.cemis.fi  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE The Sustainable technologies development centre Ltd Our focus is to develop measurement and information (CROTEH) is specialized in the field of design, engineering system competence in nationally significant application and development of technologies for the treatment and areas such as the bio economy, the mining industry, energy recovery of biodegradable materials, waste as sports and well-being, and game and simulator well as municipal and industrial wastewaters. technology. CEMIS employs over 100 measurement and information system experts. The centre’s annual INVESTMENT SECTORS funding is approximately 10 million euros. CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE CEMIS’ vision is to be an attractive international partner ENERGY in cooperation in developing new metrological and information systems expertise. CEMIS’ mission is to produce top class experts, new technology and new business for companies developing and using measurement and information systems by offering research and development services and university education in an innovative and international environment. CEMIS - the Centre for Measurement and Information Systems is a contract-based joint centre of the Universities of Oulu and Jyväskylä, Kajaani University of Applied Sciences, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. and CSC - IT Centre for Science Ltd. CEMIS specialises in research and training in the field of measurement and information systems.

INVESTMENT SECTORS CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

16 FINLAND FRANCE

KAJAANI UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED AUVALIE INNOVATION SCIENCES /CEMIS Contact Contact Francesca PAGLIARULO Anas AL NATSHEH Innovation Funding Manager Senior Business Advisor/ R&D and innovation Principal Lecturer  www.auvalie.com  [email protected]  www.kamk.fi  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE Strategy and funding for innovation. COMPANY PROFILE EMIS - the Centre for Measurement and Information INVESTMENT SECTORS Systems is a contract-based joint centre of the Universities AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR of Oulu and Jyväskylä, Kajaani University of Applied ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, Sciences, VTT Technical Research Centre of Finland Ltd. NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY and CSC - IT Centre for Science Ltd. CEMIS specialises in research and training in the field of measurement and information systems. Our focus is to develop measurement and information system competence in nationally significant application areas such as the bio economy, the mining industry, FRANCIA sports and well-being, and game and simulator technology. CEMIS employs over 100 measurement and information system experts. The centre’s annual BORDERLESS VENTURES funding is approximately 10 million euros. Contact CEMIS’ vision is to be an attractive international partner Ethan PIERSE in cooperation in developing new metrological and Founding partner information systems expertise. CEMIS’ mission is to produce top class experts, new  https://borderless.ventures/ technology and new business for companies developing  [email protected] and using measurement and information systems by offering research and development services and university education in an innovative and international COMPANY PROFILE environment. For students aiming to work as experts Borderless helps teams scale their business by leveraging CEMIS offers a motivating educational environment and our global influencer network and growth experience an innovative and international working environment to developed through decades of venture capital researchers and experts who wish to develop themselves investment, corporate innovation and acceleration, event management, and digital marketing strategy. INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT INVESTIMENT SECTORS

17 FRANCE FRANCE

MULTEAM PROPELLER INVEST Contact Contact Paul BERRUX Olivier FLORIN Directeur-Associé  www.investessor.fr  www.multeam.fr  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Olivier Florin is an Advisor for SME and Start Ups in the MULTEAM accompagne les dirigeants d’entreprises field of financing (capital raising and equity financing) innovantes dans leur levées de fonds auprès des fonds and development through his company, Propeller Invest. d’investissement. He is also an active member of Investessor, a successful Depuis plus de 15 ans, MULTEAM a accompagné avec and one of the largest French Business Angel club. succès dans leurs levées de fonds près de 100 entreprises. Ces principaux domaines d’intervention sont les suivants : INVESTMENT SECTORS digital, plateformes, sécurité, télécoms, mobilité, AEROSPACE, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, médias, logiciels Saas, medtech, greentech, économie Fintech and Insurtech collaborative, innovation industrielle. La société est implantée à Paris à Toulouse, Grenoble et Bruxelles.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ICT, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

18 GERMANIA INDIA

JOIN CAPITAL GMBH ATAL INCUBATION CENTER- BIMTECH Contact Contact Mira KAMP Chittransh VERMA Analyst AVP

[email protected]  www.aicbimtech.com  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE INVESTMENT SECTORS AIC-BIMTECH is sector agnostic incubator supported by Niti Aayog ( Government of India ) and Birla’s.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ENVIRONMENT, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY GERMANIA

SMART HECTAR INNOVATION GMBH Contact Maciei BULANDA Partnership Manager

 www.smarthectar.com  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE SmartHectar is the first AgTech/WaterTech accelerator of its kind in Germany, which offers first class growth opportunities to innovative startups as well as interesting development and investment options to corporate partners. Our mission is to tackle global problems like water shortage and efficient food production for an expected world population of 9 billion people by 2050. Especially startups are developing innovative technologies like robotics and drones, artificial intelligence, sensoring or predictive analytics, which are enabling the changes in AgTech and WaterTech today. It’s about things like yield monitoring, spray monitoring and using the generated data more efficiently and for a wider range of purposes. So we have to do more with less at the end of the day and the only way we can do that is with smart technology.

INVESTIMENT SECTORS

19 INDIA INDIA

FITT NASSCOM 10000 STARTUPS Contact Contact Anil WALI Suresh JAYARAJU Managing Director Senior Director, Head - 10000 Startups

 www.fitt-iitd.in  10000startups.com  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE FITT is an industry interface organization. It was 10,000 Startups is an initiative by NASSCOM to scale up established by and at the Indian Institute of Technology the startup ecosystem in India. We began our journey Delhi (IIT Delhi) in 1992. The mission of FITT is to foster, with the aim to enable incubation, funding, and support promote and sustain commercialization of Science and for 10,000 technology startups in India over the next Technology. FITT works in a mission mode, and has ten years. been devising innovative ways to create partnerships The program’s vision has been to foster entrepreneurship, and linkages with business and community to enable build entrepreneurial capabilities at scale and strengthen knowledge transfer for common good. early stage support for tech startups. The role of FITT can be seen in fostering technology Over 5 years, with over 4000 startups graduating from development, technical consultancy, collaborative and the initiative, more than 3000 events and programs, over contract R&D, professional development programs, 400 startup-corporate connects, 300 start-ups in global industry-site visits, consortium projects, start-ups, ecosystems, and over 100 new product concepts, we Research Parks etc. This is necessitated by the key have made India one of the top 3 startup ecosystems agenda of the Foundation to showcase and transfer the in the world. Institute’s intellectual ware to industry and also inject industrial relevance in teaching and research at IITD. The INVESTMENT SECTORS Government’s DSIR has recognized FITT as a Scientific ENVIRONMENT, ICT, SMART CITY and Industrial Research Organization (SIRO).

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, NEW MATERIALS, Chemical Technology I

20 INDIA INDIA

PADUP VENTURES PVT LTD PIOCCI Contact Contact Pankaj THAKAR Shashank RANDEV Founder Executive Committee Member | Investments

 www.padup.in  www.piocci.org  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Padup Venture is a Knowledge form that helps early PIOCCI – People of Indian Origin Chamber of Commerce stage companies to validate their product and market and Industry is a Global Business Platform working closely thru real customer interaction as they are able to Build, with reputed entrepreneurs and Indian Diaspora to Quantify and Capture their value proposition in a promote investment and international trade opportunities. structured manner in Indian Market to build sustainable, PIOCCI is helping People of Indian Origin (PIOs), Non- scalable and INVESTABLE business venture. Further Resident Indians (NRIs) and their business enterprises Padu helps validate and build products/services and of all sizes to operate and explore new dimensions on business model and are ready to go to market with. building economic partnerships both Internationally Padup helps early stage companies to go to market with and in India. a well-conceived, designed & build sales & marketing Who Are We: A Global Network strategies for customer acquisition, engagement and PIOCCI is a global network of Indian Diaspora Members, retention to build customised ‘network effects, sales Corporate Partners and PIO Bodies, having direct reach & marketing plan, revenue possibilities thru multiple across 150+ countries. With a unique global footprint streams and attracting investors by showcasing value and direct reach to businesses, we work to promote proposition by having real paying customers. Beyond international trade, investments and partnership. this there is tracking & reporting progress and traction. INVESTMENT SECTORS INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ICT, NEW BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART MATERIALS, SMART CITY, Retail Tech, Fintech, IoT, AI, CITY Blockchain, Industry 4.0

21 INDIA INDIA

PRECOG INNOVATION PARTNERS REDWING AEROSPACE LABORATORIES Contact Contact Kaushal KUMAR Anshul SHARMA Manager - Strategic Alliances & Business Development Co-founder & CEO

 www.precoginnovations.com (under construction)  www.redwinglabs.in  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE At Precog Innovation Partners, we are a Cross-border “Redwing Aerospace Labs” registered as Kitemaps AMS Innovation Management, Enterprise-Startup Co-creation Pvt. Ltd is engaged in the business of a data-analytics and and an Early-stage Family Investment firm focused on aerial robotics. The Company is engaged in designing incubating and co-creating with globally disruptive tech- and manufacturing of autonomous unmanned drones driven innovations across Cleantech and Sustainability and operating systems to be used for various purposes relevant for solving some of the large Indian problems. like payload delivery (load bearer drones), long range On the demand-side of innovations, as Co-Creation flight and surveillance & Aerial Mapping. Partners with 30+ large Indian business families, we are focused on technology commercialization in the Indian INVESTMENT SECTORS markets - co-creating, incubating and co-investing into AEROSPACE, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY globally disruptive technologies in pursuit of building a structured approach to Open Innovation. We have also been putting together leadership teams for these families to manage Open innovation, New Ventures and Strategic investments. On the supply-side of innovations, as Venture Partners for global entrepreneurs and innovators, we envision solving complex problems and creating extraordinary impact at scale by joining hands with ambitious founders and industry leaders to facilitate co-creation of sustainable ventures together with its strategic partners across industry sectors. We work with 15+ innovation-led entrepreneurial ecosystems across US, Europe, SE Asia, Canada and Israel in domains of Energy, Environment and, Infrastructure. Our sub-themes include - Energy (Clean energy and Renewables tech), Environment (Air, Water, Energy Efficiency, Energy Storage) and Infrastructure (Smart Mobility & Clean Transportation, Industrial IOT, Edtech with particular focus on skill development infra) sectors.

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22 INDIA ISRAEL

SMART CITIES COUNCIL INDIA YISSUM - TECHNOLOGY TRANSFER OFFICE OF THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY Contact OF JERUSALEM Pratap PADODE Founder & Executive Director Contact Mel LARROSA  www.India.SmartCitiesCouncil.com VP Business Development  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE When transformation is the mantra, information is COMPANY PROFILE power. For over 20 years, ASAPP Info Global Group, a true thought leader, has radically transformed the B2B INVESTIMENT SECTORS (business-to-business) universe with its dynamic offerings in the print, Web and events space. Its array of award- winning, industry-leading, special-interest publications like CONSTRUCTION WORLD, EQUIPMENT INDIA, INFRASTRUCTURE TODAY, INDIA CEMENT REVIEW span the Construction, Infrastructure sectors while INDUSTRIAL PRODUCTS FINDER, INDIAN TEXTILE JOURNAL and AUTOMOTIVE PRODUCTS FINDER span the Engineering Space, spanning 7 countries. Going beyond print, the Group provides a 360? information experience through its bouquet of industry recognition awards include the CONSTRUCTION WORLD ANNUAL AWARDS for construction, equipment and building material companies; the CWAB AWARDS for top architects and builders; and several others. Being future-ready, its SMART CITIES COUNCIL INDIA is a consortium of Smart City stakeholders. The Council acts as an advisor and market accelerator, promoting the Government’s move to smart, sustainable cities by providing stakeholders relevant information and latest updates, gathering and disseminating resources, collating industry data, and showcasing achievements in this segment. What’s more, well before corporate social responsibility became a buzzword for India Inc, ASAPP Global Group realised its responsibility to the greater community and initiated FIRST -Foundation of Infrastructure Research Studies Training - a not-for-profit trust, in 2003. FIRST Construction Council works for promoting the best practices for the construction and infrastructure industry. Indeed, ASAPP Info Global Group, a true pioneer, has established its leadership across the gamut of operations, and the numerous national and international awards and accolades are testament to its leadership position across industries. INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT, SMART CITY

23 JAPAN JAPAN

AMANO CORPORATION DAI NIPPON PRINTING CO., LTD. Contact Contact Tadashi TAKAHASI Hideki YAMAZAKI leader Assistant Manager

 www.amano.co.jp/English/  www.dnp.co.jp/eng/  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Amano’s management philosophy is to create new values DNP is one of the largest comprehensive printing and contribute to the realization of a safe, comfortable company in the world. and a wholesome society in the fields of “People & Time” Established in 1876, net sales is $12.7B (2018), 38,000 and “People & Environment.” Under this management employees, offices in 16 countries and plants 7 countries. philosophy and based on an optimal governance Originally, our business was classical printing business. like structure that responds to changes in the business a manufacturing books and magagines. But we expanded environment, we will strive to maximize corporate value our printing technology to new market. semiconductor, by ensuring sustained growth through the creation of electric device, medical package, datacenter operation, new businesses and markets with a medium-to-long payment network, digital marketing, digital signage, term global perspective, in addition to expanding our mobile app, VR/AR system etc. existing businesses. Furthermore, we will aim to become a company that has the trust and high regard of all the INVESTMENT SECTORS stakeholders including customers, business partner ICT, NEW MATERIALS, SMART CITY companies, shareholders, employees and the local community by constantly returning a fair profit earned through business activities. New business planning is handled by NEDO(New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization)- approved employees, and we are proactively collaborating.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY, AI/Time management/Parking Solution/ Robot technology

24 JAPAN JAPAN

FFRI, INC. I-NE Contact Contact Noriko ITO Takemi MORIMOTO Manager Adviser

 www.ffri.jp/en/index.htm  https://i-ne.co.jp/  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Scope of business I-ne is a rapid growing Japnese beauty group consits 1. Computer security research, consulting, infomation of over 20 brands. provision, and education It also operates e-commerce and digital marketing 2. Network system research, consulting, information service. provision, and education 3. Computer software and computer program INVESTMENT SECTORS planning, development, sales,leasing, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ICT, digital maintenance, management, and operation, and marketing the acquisition,transfer, lending, and management of related property right such as copyrights, patent rights, utility model rights, trademark a rights, design rights. 4. All duties related to the above businesses

INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT

25 JAPAN JAPAN

MIZUHO SECURITIES PRINCIPAL NTT DATA CORPORATION INVESTMENT CO.,LTD. Contact Contact Takayuki OGAWA Keiko SAITO Deputy Manager Director  www.nttdata.com/jp/ja/index.html  www.ms-pi.com/profile.html  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE NTT DATA is your Innovation Partner anywhere around Our company(MSPI) was established in July 2005 as a the world. 100% subsidiary of Mizuho Securities Co., Ltd which is Headquartered in Tokyo, with business operations in one of the largest financial group in Japan. MSPI is in 42 countries, charge of various investment transactions and our team, we put emphasis on long-term commitment and Investment Department, provides risk money to various combine global reach and local intimacy to provide Private Equity fund ( Venture Capital, Buyout Fund, premier professional services from consulting, system Growth Fund, Business-Academia Collaborated Fund development to business IT outsourcing. etc.) as a limited partner (LP), using our own capital. And Since 1967, NTT DATA has played an instrumental also we try to provide value-add-opportunities to those role in establishing and advancing IT infrastructure. portfolio companies through those fund managers. We Originally part of Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Public introduce to Japanese customers in Japan when we find Corporation, its heritage contributed to social benefits attractive companies. with a quality-first mindset. A public company since 1995, the company builds on this proven track INVESTMENT SECTORS record of innovation by providing novel IT solutions BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NEW MATERIALS to bring results in greater quality of life for people, communities and societies around the world.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, SMART CITY

26 POLAND POLAND

ELECTROTECHNICAL INSTITUTE INSTITUTE OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING, POLISH ACADEMY OF Contact SCIENCES Jakub GADEK Deputy Director for Research & Development Contact Krzysztof WARMUZINSKI  https://iel.pl/en/ Professor, director of the Institute  [email protected]  www.iich.gliwice.pl COMPANY PROFILE  [email protected] 1. Electric apparatus of low, medium and high voltage. 2. Electric Traction. Railway, Tramways, Trolleybuses, COMPANY PROFILE Underground. Research in chemical engineering, including carbon 3. High power, High voltage, power converters for dioxide and methane separations energetics. 4. Electric vehicles and EV battery charging systems. INVESTMENT SECTORS 5. Wireless energy transfer systems. CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE 6. Alternative Current electric motors. ENERGY, Litmiting methane emissions from coal mining; 7. Renewable energy sources and energy storage Flue gas desulphurization systems. 8. Lighting HID (high intensive discharge) & LED (light emitting diode). 9. Varistors 10. Insulators 11. Modern electro-insulating, contacts, ceramics and magnetics materials.

INVESTMENT SECTORS NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY, Electromobility

27 POLAND POLAND

INSTYTUT FIZYKI PAN NANOTECHIP INSTYTUT TECHNOLOGII ELEKTRONOWEJ Contact Agnieszka KROCHMAL-WĘGRZYN Contact IPR expert Krzysztof ZARASKA Research Associate  nanotechip.eu  [email protected]  www.ite.waw.pl/  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE Entity actively supports the implementation of R+D COMPANY PROFILE results to the market. These activities are focused on The mission of the Institute is to conduct the basic and the assistance of specialists of intellectual property applied research in the field of semi­conductor electronics rights, transfer of technology, economics and marketing and physics in order to develop and commercialise in scientific research. The results of R+D are constantly innovative micro- and nano­tech­no­lo­gies and their appli­ consulted with the CTT, which allows to develop the cations­ in semicon­ duc­ tor­ microelec­ tro­ nics,­ optoelec­ tro­ ­ current offer to the industry partly presented at: http:// nics, pho­to­nics and micro­me­cha­nics. www.eagle-regpot.eu/EfI/index.php. Services offered to entrepreneurs by IF PAN in cooperation INVESTMENT SECTORS with NanoTechIP sp. z o.o. usually consist of support in the ENVIRONMENT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS conduct of research and development. The outcome of which can be deployed in the enterprise and professional legal, economic or marketing CTT services. If necessary, CTT and NanoTechIP sp. z o.o. also offer entrepreneurs assistance in searching for a suitable source of funding, helping to prepare an application for it, depending on the source of funding.

INVESTMENT SECTORS NANOTECHNOLOGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

28 POLAND POLAND

SPEEDUP VENTURE CAPITAL GROUP VALUETECH SEED Contact Contact Michał LEHAMNN Pawel GRZEGORCZYK Managing Partner Investment analyst

 http://speedupgroup.com/en/  www.valuetech.pl/?lang=en  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE SpeedUp Venture Group is a leading group of venture ValueTech Seed is an early stage venture capital fund capital funds, investing in enterprises in an early stage focusing on innovations in Energy and Industrial of development (seed, pre-revenue, early growth). Areas Manufacturing. We seek to partner with dedicated of our interest include enterprises and entrepreneurs in teams developing breakthrough technologies that can Central and Eastern Europe, who want to conquer the be deployed within the next 2-5 years. Our areas of global market by utilizing their self-developed solutions. particular interest include but are not limited to: Industry Our cooperation with companies is based on a 3-8 4.0, renewables, clean-tech, energy storage, smart grid year investment horizon. We’re looking for innovations and smart home, predictive analytics. from areas such as: consumer internet, electromobility, energy, fintech, martech, adtech, medtech, IoT and INVESTMENT SECTORS hardware. We’re interested in technologies like Machine ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW Learning,Picture recognition, Artificial Intelligence, MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY Augmented Reality, VR and Blockchain.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

29 RUSSIA RUSSIA

JSC “SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE OMSKY BIOCLUSTER ASSOCIATION “INNOPOLIS” Contact Contact Dmitry ROMANENKO Vadim GALEEV CEO Deputy General Director  www.agrobiocluster.ru  www.innopolis.com/en/  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE grains and oilseeds, pig breeding, meat processing, feed Innopolis is Russia’s first IT city and it is located in the production, flour, agricultural equipment, trade, logistics Republic of Tatarstan, 1.5 hours flight from Moscow. Innopolis is focusing on IT and the city’s economy is INVESTMENT SECTORS based on high-tech industries. agroindustry The Innopolis SEZ is an important part of the Innopolis ecosystem and an indispensable component of its investment attractiveness, seeking to create the most comfortable conditions for doing business and developing projects. RUSSIA

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR RVC JSC ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, Contact NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY Alexey BASOV Deputy CEO – Chief Investment Officer RVC

 www.rvc.ru/en/  [email protected] RUSSIA COMPANY PROFILE KALIBR JSC Russian Venture Company (RVC JSC) is a state fund of funds and a development institution in the Russian Contact venture capital market. Irina EZHELEVA The mission of the company is to create a mature venture capital market through the consolidation and  www.kalibroao.ru development of resources, competencies and initiatives on the part of investors, investment portfolio managers COMPANY PROFILE and entrepreneurs so as to create and promote innovative 53 aziende innovative residenti; Impiegati nella struttura: products and technologies in priority technology areas, 2500; é Nella Top 10 della graduatoria dei Tecnoparchi making Russia a leader in the global technology market. russi; Ha rapporti con Germania, Spagna, Singapore, Israele, Cina, Finlandia, Cechia, Danimarca, Polonia, INVESTMENT SECTORS Austria. AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY INVESTMENT SECTORS

30 RUSSIA inclusion in the government’s “economic development and innovation economy” program.

SKOLKOVO FOUNDATION - INVESTMENT SECTORS NON-COMMERCIAL ORGANIZATION AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR FOUNDATION FOR DEVELOPMENT ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, OF THE CENTER FOR ELABORATION NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY, AND COMMERCIALIZATION OF NEW agro tech TECHNOLOGIES Contact Leena ABU-MUKH ZOABI Head for International Cooperation RUSSIA  www.sk.ru  [email protected] TECHNOPARK “MOSGORMASH”

COMPANY PROFILE Contact On Sept. 28, 2010, then-President Dmitry Medvedev Yury MOROZOV signed a law “On the Skolkovo Innovation Center,” giving rise to the project’s managing entity, the not-for-profit  www.tpmgm.ru Skolkovo Foundation. Charged with providing the catalyst for the diversification COMPANY PROFILE of the Russian economy, the Skolkovo Foundation’s Soggetto altamente innovativo dell’ecosistema di Mosca, overarching goal is to create a sustainable ecosystem Rientra nella Top 10 della graduatoria dei tecnoparchi of entrepreneurship and innovation, engendering a russi Interessate alle start up dei settori: Bio-Healt tech, startup culture and encouraging venture capitalism. Renewable energy, new materials. The Skolkovo Foundation identified five key areas of potential growth: energy efficiency, strategic computer INVESTMENT SECTORS technologies, biomedicine and agratech, nuclear technologies and space technologies. To achieve this the Foundation is overseeing the creation of the Skolkovo Innovation Center, composed of companies and startups, developing innovative technologies (currently numbering over 1,900), a Technopark, the Skolkovo Institute of Technology (Skoltech), a new graduate research University established in collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, and Skolkovo city, located near Moscow. Together these entities will establish a vibrant ecosystem of technology innovation and entrepreneurship. Thirty of the world’s most successful corporations, including Boeing, Cisco Systems, ENEL; ENI; EADS, GE, Johnson & Johnson, IBM, Intel, Microsoft, Siemens, Nokia, Samsung etc. have already recognized the opportunity Skolkovo presents, having signed R&D partnership agreements with the Foundation. Dozens of innovative projects developed by Skolkovo startups have found success in international markets. Surveys have showed that Skolkovo startups are three times more likely to attract investment than non-members. In August 2013, the Skolkovo project was chosen for

31 RUSSIA RUSSIA

TECHNOPARK OF ITMO UNIVERSITY THE ASSOCIATION FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF CLUSTERS AND Contact TECHNOLOGY PARKS OF RUSSIA Olesya BARANIUC Deputy director Contact Svyatoslav AMELIN  www.technopark.ifmo.ru Head of GR & PR Department  [email protected]  http://akitrf.ru/ COMPANY PROFILE  [email protected] Technopark of ITMO University is a synergetic process of interaction of educational institutions, the scientific COMPANY PROFILE organizations and the commercial enterprises occupied The Association for the Development of Clusters and with commercialization of scientific achievements and Technology Parks of Russia is a leading non-governmental developments. business membership organization comprising Our mission is a development of perspective directions the organizations of technological and industrial of residents and partners activity by means of integration infrastructure. Our mission is to work on improvements of education, a science and business. in terms of social-economic development and fulfillment of scientific-industrial potential of Russia. The Association INVESTMENT SECTORS provides a dialogue between the business community BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW and the federal and regional authorities, the institutes MATERIALS, SMART CITY of development. The Association was established in 2011. Nowadays the Association comprises more than 60 organizations from more than 30 regions of the Russian Federation, including service companies of technology parks, nanotechnology centers, special economic zones, cluster development centers, special organizations of industrial clusters, regional development corporations, etc. The Association represents the interests of more than 2500 organizations, which are the residents of technology parks and industrial clusters members. More than 110 000 people work there, providing total output exceeded 450 bln roubles (0.5% of GDP). The experts of the Association are the members of different expert boards, working groups, and commissions to the Federal Assembly and the Government of the Russian Federation.

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY

32 RUSSIA SINGAPORE

VEB INNOVATION IT TECHNOLOGIES PTE LTD Contact Contact Alexey CHOLOVSKIY Danapalan ARUMUGAM Deputy CEO, International Development & Funds Managing Director

 www.vebinnovation.ru  www.ittech.com.sg  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Venture Fund. We have three divisions. Laboratory instruments and consumables distributions focus on chemical analysis INVESTMENT SECTORS equipments and bioprocessing. AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, RENEWABLE ENERGY, We also do laboratory planning and construction, SMART CITY supplying laboratory furniture and fume hoods. We manufacture inert gas glove boxes for research. We are looking into biotechnology equipment and accessories for diversification.

RUSSIA INVESTMENT SECTORS CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, NANOTECHNOLOGY YANDEX Contact Pavel RYSKOV Growth Chief at Yandex Product management school

 Yandex.ru  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE The biggest Russian Internet company. Yandex is a technology company that builds intelligent products and services powered by machine learning.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ICT, SMART CITY, Martech, adtech, AI

33 SINGAPORE SINGAPORE

KHOO TECK PUAT HOSPITAL QUEST VENTURES Contact Contact Donald WAI James TAN Director (Hospital Planning and Infrastructure) Managing Partner

 www.ktph.com.sg  www.questventures.com  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Khoo Teck Puat Hospital (KTPH), a 761-bed general and Quest Ventures is a leading venture fund for companies acute care hospital, opened in June 2010. Serving more that have scalability and replicability in large internet than 800,000 people living in the northern sector of communities. Singapore, KTPH combines medical expertise with high Venture Capital for Startups standards of personalised care, set within a healing Since 2011, Quest Ventures has focused on an overarching environment, to provide care that is good enough ‘digital commerce’? strategy across Asia, and is one for our own loved ones. From intuitive wayfinding to of the largest early-stage technology investors in logical clustering of services, KTPH’s design is focused artificial intelligence, e-commerce and marketplaces, on providing a hassle-free experience for patients. The entertainment, finance, food, insurance, logistics, media, hospital has been designed with patients’ comfort in property, sports, and the Islamic digital economy. mind. Since its opening, the building has garnered Innovation for Enterprises numerous awards for its green and energy efficient In partnership with Silicon Valley’s pre-eminent Applied design. Patients can enjoy comfortable accommodation in Innovation Institute, Quest Ventures’? enterprise different categories of wards with views of greenery and innovation initiative drives industry and corporate naturally cool air from improved ventilation. KTPH also transformation for at-risk sectors based on world class provides a wide range of outpatient specialist services. research, local knowledge, and collaboration with startups. Sectors covered include alternative food, INVESTMENT SECTORS aviation, banking, insurance, logistics & transportation, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NEW oil & gas, and smart cities. MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY Environmental, Social and Governance for Good Quest Ventures’? multi-dimensional environmental, social and governance strategy was the first in Asia for a venture firm, and supports a range of social good initiatives across Asia for education, healthcare, mobility, and female and youth entrepreneurship. Impact acceleration initiatives include advocacy, investment, world class partner benefits, and collaborations with the venture portfolio. Potential of Asia Southeast Asia’s potential is ultimately realized in its people. By the end of 2018, Quest Ventures’ portfolio of 40+ venture- backed companies operate in more than 150 cities across Asia, creating employment and advancement opportunities for more than 4,400 employees, while our Enterprise and ESG efforts directly impact thousands more.

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

34 SINGAPORE SOUTH KOREA

WAVEMAKER PARTNERS G.N.TECH VENTURE CAPITAL Contact Contact Gavin LEE Jun Kyu KANG Principal Director

 https://wavemaker.vc/sea/  https://drive.google.com/file/d/1_6bzXsOuCOrA5vgn-  [email protected] -T6UUMbpnBwgdDd/view?usp=sharing  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE Wavemaker Partners is Southeast Asia’s leading Seed- COMPANY PROFILE Stage Enterprise and Deep Tech Venture Capital firm. It G.N.Tech Venture Capital, established in 2000, is one of has been actively investing in the region since 2012, with the fastest growing VC firms in Korea with $300 million more than 100 companies in its portfolio. This includes under management. We focus on fast growing companies Luxola (acquired by LVMH), Pie (acquired by Google) and in Bio, ICT SW/HW, and innovative Platforms. Our major Coins.ph (acquired by Gojek). Active companies include LPs are Korea Pension fund, Korea Development Bank, Zilingo, Silent8 and Structo. Korea Fund of Funds, and major financial groups in Wavemaker was founded in Los Angeles in 2003 and South Korea. Our firm is a subsidiary of Kooksoondang is the regional partner for the Draper Venture Network (KOSDAQ), one of the biggest traditional wine brewery (DVN), the world’s leading VC collective comprising 22 companies in Korea. GN.Tech VC have invested in more firms across 5 continents. than 135 companies since 2012 having over 50 of them It is raising its third SEA-focused fund (US$100M) which successfully listed on KOSDAQ. will continue to focus on Enterprise and Deep Tech opportunities. INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NEW MATERIALS, SMART CITY SOUTH KOREA

LOTTE ACCELERATOR Contact Jonghoon LEE Head of Investment

 https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Xv_ IFhBbrZNgSgjvYAsIFBn5gl906Zh9/view?usp=sharing  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE Startup Accelerator, Venture capital and Corporate venturing in Lotte group which is Top 5 conglomerate in S.Korea.

INVESTMENT SECTORS CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

35 SOUTH KOREA SOUTH KOREA

REDBADGE PACIFIC SM-SINO TECHNOLOGY INVESTMENT Contact Contact Gapsu KIM Hyun LEE CEO CIO

 http://redbadge.com/  www.smsino.co.kr  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Founded in 2015, Redbadge Pacific (known as “RBP”) is We are mainly investing in Bio Healthcare & Medical the Asia-Pacific arm of Redbadge, the U.S.-based family device sector in Korea. Our portfolios consist of new office of Robert L. Burch, which operates as a regional drug biotech companies and AI related drug discovery multi-family office platform. We provide global gateway and diagnosis companies. access across a range of diversified investments including We have lots of networks with Chinese bio pharmaceutical venture capital, private equity and private real estate. companies and we are holding ‘China-Korea Bio Business With offices located in Korea, Singapore and the U.S., Networking Day’ every year in Seoul. Through this event, we take an entrepreneur-friendly approach and seek we are helping our portfolios to penetrate in China to create long-term value for the companies we invest market. in and the regions we work in. We do this by providing We are also investing in Vietnam start-ups of ICT, value-adds through capital investment, strategic advisory e-commerce sector. And we are co-researching and and asset management services across various sectors. developing for TB screening by AI algorithm in Vietnam.

INVESTMENT SECTORS INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY

36 SOUTH KOREA SVIZZERA

YUANTA INVESTMENT CATALYZE Contact Contact Young Kwan JEONG Virginia BALLOTTA Managing Director Business Development Manager

 www.yuantainvest.com  www.catalyze.nl/about-catalyze/  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Yuanta Investment is a South Korea based Venture Capital We are Catalyze, a market leader in obtaining funding and Private Equity management firm, a subsidiary of for biomedical and healthcare innovations, as well as for Yuanta Financial Holdings (Taiwan). Yuanta Investment projects in the related ICT, eHealth and big data fields. (“YTI”) is a Venture Capital and Private Equity firm, We help leading researchers and companies secure established in 1989 and one of the oldest venture financing for ambitious R&D projects, from early stage capitals in Korea. Over 30 years, YTI raised 33 funds pre-clinical research up to clinical stage development. and successfully invested in over 435 companies mainly In our strategy we combine subsidies, loans and venture in Korea. Currently, YTI’s AUM(as of 2018.12) is around capital, tailored to your plans and ambitions. USD 550mn. Catalyze supports a variety of Life Sciences developments including, but not limited to, diagnostics, pharmaceuticals, INVESTMENT SECTORS medical devices and healthcare solutions. We have a BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT strong passion for the latest technological innovations and our top consultants work with the best clients and projects in Europe and beyond. INVESTIMENT SECTORS

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37 SVIZZERA SWEDEN

SWISSPRIME VENTURES DOBERMAN FORWARD AB Contact Contact Bastian Zarske BUENO Magnus BERGMARK Head Corporate Ventures Managing Director

 www.sps.swiss/en/companies/ventures  www.dobermanforward.com  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE We want to be at the forefront of technology and actively Doberman Forward is the investment arm of the shape the digital transformation of the real estate sector. international design firm Doberman. We work as an We therefore work together with highly motivated accelerator, helping frontier companies grow fast by start-ups and creative entrepreneurs. Together, we are investing in their product and service experience. intensifying our innovation processes and are driving Doberman Forward invests capital and provides funding, forward pioneering technologies and business models. guidance and direct access to Doberman’s global team Our areas of interest: and network of designers, engineers and business We are interested in innovative concepts, scalable expertise. business models and technological solutions, with a primary focus on the B2B sector. In collaboration with INVESTMENT SECTORS start-ups, in the following areas we want to: BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, Develop business-relevant ecosystems; Optimise our ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, IOT, Wearables, range of services and align them to the constantly AI. changing needs of our customers; Enter pioneering markets. Launch new products and services. We offer start- ups direct access to the real estate sector and the real estate environment. We act as a sparring partner and contribute technical skills, financial resources as well as a wide-reaching network. We provide start-ups with the opportunity to test their concepts, ideas and technologies in a varied environment and develop them further together with our experts.

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38 TURKEY TURKEY

GALATA BUSINESS ANGELS ITU ARI TEKNOKENT Contact Contact Ata UZUNHASAN Güvenç SÖZEN Managing Director Senior Specialist

 www.galatabusinessangels.com  www.ariteknokent.com.tr  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE As Galata Business Angels (GBA), we are Turkey’s ITU ARI Teknokent is the largest civilian technology premium angel investment network, bringing R&D commericalization cluster of Turkey. Hosting +300 together high potential entrepreneurs with the most companies and +7.200 people with a number of tax experienced investors and bringing out successful breaks, ITU ARI Teknokent offers a supporting ecosystem digital entrepreneurial stories. We invest in areas with for both national and international technology companies potential for changing the future. We are interested in on the main campus of Istanbul Technical University marketplace, big data, financial technology (Fintech), (ITU), one of the most prominent universities of Turkey. mobile technology, software services (SaaS), augmented ITU offers a large talent pool for these companies and reality / virtual reality (AR / VR) technologies and internet is among the top-5 oldest engineering schools of the of things (IOT) startups. World, offering a great tradition and alumni network internationally. We also invest in high-tech companies INVESTMENT SECTORS with rapid growth potential with our own funds. Until so ICT, B2B, Marketplace, Saas far, we have invested in 25 companies at the seed stage with a x5.8 multiplier in 2.5 years. We are also offering soft landing opportunities for international startups that want to grow their business in Istanbul.

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

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KEIRETSU FORUM TURKEY KOC UNIVERSITY UNVEST Emir UZUNOĞLU Contact Entrepreneurs Director Cihan OZSONMEZ Board Member  http://keiretsuforum.com.tr/ Responsible for Business Development  [email protected]  www.ku.edu.tr COMPANY PROFILE  [email protected] Keiretsu Forum is a global investment community of accredited private equity angel investors, venture COMPANY PROFILE capitalists and corporate/institutional investors. Keiretsu UNVEST was founded in 2014 as a subsidiary of Koç Forum was founded in the San Francisco East Bay in University. Its main mission is to experiment with new California in 2000 by Randy Williams. Keiretsu Forum business models to generate new businesses, income is a worldwide network of capital, resources and deal sources, and/or social responsibility projects. UNVEST flow with 52 chapters on 3 continents. Keiretsu Forum also invests in start-ups that are incubated in the members invest in high-quality, diverse investment incubation centre of Koç University. One of the core opportunities. The community is strengthened through businesses of UNVEST is to serve as a platform between its involvement in social and charitable activities. established companies that seek innovative solutions and start-ups and/or academicians that offer innovative INVESTMENT SECTORS solutions. AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, INVESTMENT SECTORS NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

TURKEY

SANKONLINE Contact Esranur KAYGIN Venture Partner

 www.sankonline.com  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE Sankonline is a Corporate Venture capital fund backed by Sanko Holding. Investing in B2B tech Startups.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

40 TURKEY TURKEY

STARTERSHUB STARTUPS.WATCH Contact Contact Günce ÖNÜR Serkan UNSAL Partner & Mentor Relations Manager GM

 https://startershub.org  https://startups.watch  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE StartersHub’s roots began with the Startupbootcamp Investment Platform for Investors and Corporates. We Istanbul acceleration program in 2014. In 2015, $10M was have right now 160+ clients which are mainly venture raised to conduct two acceleration programs per year capital firms, angel investors. and to including follow-on investments of up to $250K per promising alumni. StartersHub has invested more INVESTMENT SECTORS than 3 milyon dolar to 56 early-state startups. ICT, SMART CITY StartersHub is a world-class entrepreneurship platform based in Istanbul, acting as a catalyst in the region’s entrepreneurial ecosystem. We offer technology startups TURKEY everything they need, including funding, mentorship, networking, strategic partnership support and an inspiring work place. TARVENN VENTURES Contact INVESTMENT SECTORS Mustafa KOPUK AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, CIRCULAR CEO ECONOMY, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY  https://tarvenn.com/  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE Tarvenn is an Istanbul-based privately-held international investment and advisory firm that specialized in helping entrepreneurs and business leaders build transformational, industry-leading companies around the world.

INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY, Also Food, Agriculture, Gaming, E-commerce and Service sectors

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COMMERCIAL BANK OF DUBAI DUBAI TECHNOLOGY ENTREPRENEURSHIP CENTRE Contact Ali Raza DHARAMSEY Contact Senior Relationship Manager Hans CHRISTENSEN Vice President - Dtec  www.cbd.ae  [email protected]  www.dtec.ae  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE Commercial Bank of Dubai (CBD) was established in COMPANY PROFILE 1969 by an Emiri Decree issued by His Highness, the late already sent to the organizer Sheikh Rashid bin Saeed Al Maktoum. The bank started out as a joint venture between Commerzbank, Chase INVESTMENT SECTORS Manhattan Bank, and the Commercial Bank of , SMART CITY, Technology based companies (software) with a minority stake held by a few UAE businessmen. In 1982, CBD reached a major milestone when it transformed into a national shareholding company, with a major operational restructuring and an increase in capital base. This represented a major turning point in the bank’s history, when the government of Dubai became a majority shareholder. Over the decades, CBD has transformed into a progressive and modern banking institution. We are supported by a sturdy financial base led by a strong and stable management, as proven by our clients who have stood with us over the years. Today, CBD is in a position to offer a wide range of retail and commercial banking products and services, in both conventional and Shariah-compliant formats, with a network of 26 branches and over 210 ATMs throughout the UAE.

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, Infrastructure projects, Oil & Gas, Security Services and Property Developers

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INTERNATIONAL CENTER FOR MASHREQ BANK BIOSALINE AGRICULTURE (ICBA) Contact Contact Lokesh BAHL Zied HAMMAMI Mashreqbank.com Post-Doctoral Reserch agronomist and crop modeler  Mashreqbank.com  www.biosaline.org/content/icba-glance.  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE Provided in the website. COMPANY PROFILE ICBA is an international, non-profit agricultural research INVESTMENT SECTORS center established in 1999 through the visionary AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, RENEWABLE ENERGY leadership of the Islamic Development Bank (IDB), the Organization of the Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC) Fund, the Arab Fund for Economic and Social Development (AFESD), and the Government of the United Arab (UAE). Originally focused on the problems of salinity and using saline water for irrigated agriculture, ICBA has evolved over the years into a world-class modern research facility with a team of international scientists conducting applied research and development to improve agricultural productivity and sustainability in marginal and saline environments. Currently, ICBA is working on a number of technology developments, including the use of conventional and non- conventional water (such as saline, treated wastewater, industrial water, agricultural drainage, and seawater), water and land management technologies and remote sensing and modeling for climate change adaptation.

INVESTMENT SECTORS ENVIRONMENT, Agriculture

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MIRAGE AIRCRAFT SERVICES TWOFOUR54 Contact Contact Ijaz HUSSAIN Hussam ALNOWAIS Manager business development Director of IT and Procurement

 www.mirageaircraftservices.com  www.twofour54.com  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Mirage Aircraft Services (MAS) is one of the leading parts twofour54 is a media zone located at the suppliers, OEM representative and technical solution heart of one of the fastest growing media markets in the provider to the aviation industry for Military, Commercial world with attractive economic benefits for companies, and business operators mostly in the Middle East. Our such as an easy licensing and business set-up services, headquarters are located in Abu Dhabi and 100% UAE 100% company ownership in a stable environment. A owned company. place where some of the biggest names in the industry We have been working with AMMROC, GAL for almost all call home and the perfect location for your business, big type of Military fleet and with , , or small, to thrive and prosper. , Rotana Jet and Falcon Aviation Named after the geographical co-ordinates of Abu in Commercial sector. We have specialties to work in Dhabi (24° North, 54° East), twofour54 is a unique media Spares support, Repair Management, GSE Category zone dedicated to helping like-minded companies and simultaneously, MAS offers one stop solution to meet professionals take full advantage of the Middle East & the operational objectives of aviation organization North Africa region’s current and future offerings in encompassing: media sector. • Aviation and non- aviation Components and spares Our mission is to nurture media businesses and • Provision of Ground Support Equipment New / Used professionals by means of a fully integrated and supportive / Refurbished. ecosystem that delivers world-class production services • Repair / Overhaul management and exchange and talent development, ensuring the growth and programs for Engines, Retables, and other aircraft sustainability of the region’s media industry. components We are more than just a real estate offering. Our support • Consumables including Chemicals, tapes, adhesive, ranges from specialist work space to unique tools and lubricants, tires, welding / blazing materials and support to help businesses thrive and prosper batteries • Tools, testers and services INVESTMENT SECTORS • Aircraft Exterior Cleaning, Interior Paints, organic Media Industry chemicals for De greasing etc. • Safety Equipment. • Electrical, Electronics Equipment / instruments We are looking forward to work in above stated categories with your company .

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE

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AMC NETWORK SINAN COMPASS Contact Contact Xavier ADAM Nan ZHAO MD CEO

 www.redamc.com  http://sinancompass.co.uk/  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE We invest mainly in asset based or related firms. Eco Sinan Compass Ltd. (Cambridge UK) delivers cross- tecnology and anything around living?travel is always border business services to international technology of interest. clients entering new markets. From our offices in the UK, China, and the Netherlands, we focus on accelerating INVESTMENT SECTORS our client’s early sales growth. ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY Our practice areas: • Local market development • Sales forecast reporting • Distributor management • Strategic partnership set-up. Our clients are R&D-intensive brand leaders with an UNITED KINGDOM active international sales presence and differentiated technology products. Sectors served include Healthcare, Food / Beauty, FEEDFORWARD CONSULTING LTD Software, Agriculture, Industrial, Manufacturing. Contact Mario BLASI INVESTMENT SECTORS CEO AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, RENEWABLE ENERGY  www.ffcons.co.uk  [email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE Consulting firm representing financial investors

INVESTMENT SECTORS CIRCULAR ECONOMY, ICT, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

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ANGELUS FUNDING NDA VENTURES Contact Contact Stephan RECKIE Scott NISBET CEO Partner

 www.angelusfunding.com  www.ndaventures.com  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Angelus is a trust based angel network. We invest smart NDA Ventures considers a wide range of technologies money in early stage companies that have proven traction including healthcare IT, biotech, smart city, connected/ and are uniquely positioned for success. autonomous vehicles and VR/AR.

INVESTMENT SECTORS INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, ICT, BIO & HEALTH TECH, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY NANOTECHNOLOGY, NEW MATERIALS, RENEWABLE ENERGY, SMART CITY

UNITED STATES UNITED STATES STARTERSHUB ENSANTÉ & WAVEEDGE CAPITAL Contact Cigdem TORAMAN Contact US Managing Director Gail GANNON Founder & CEO  startershub.org  [email protected]  www.ensantellc.com & www.wavedgecap.com  [email protected] COMPANY PROFILE StartersHub is a leading early-stage technology seed COMPANY PROFILE fund based in Istanbul and San Francisco. StartersHub Advisors, Mentors, Investors Health Tech (biotech, med offers startups everything they need to become a device, direct to consumer) rapidly-growing global company, including funding, mentorship, networking, strategic partnership support INVESTMENT SECTORS and an inspiring workplace. BIO & HEALTH TECH, SMART CITY, e-commerce INVESTMENT SECTORS BIO & HEALTH TECH, ICT, NANOTECHNOLOGY, SMART CITY, Gaming, IoT, AdTech, EdTech, InsurTech, Travel, AutoTech, Mobility

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TECHNOLOGY COLLABORATION TYLT VENTURE CENTER (TCC), HOUSTON Contact Contact Gerard CASALE Sudhir PAI Managing Partner Chairman - TCC  www.tyltventures.com/  https://techcollaboration.center/about/  [email protected][email protected] COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Major VC firm in the Los Angeles area. Main investmens The TCC concept arose after a series of high level - all unicorns - in Thrive Market, Flexport, Cargomatic. meetings, focusing on how the community can more fully utilize the technological capabilities in the INVESTMENT SECTORS greater Houston region. A shared interest among our Vertical Agnostic communities is in the development of more efficient interdisciplinary approaches to real world problems, with the goal of bringing those solutions into practice and to the market. And, while the initial focus on planning for the USA collaboration center was on building more partnerships within the Space, Medicine and Energy communities in the Houston area, the mission of the TCC was expanded EXPERT DOJO to provide support for any technology and industry, Contact involving organizations from any location. Brian MACMAHON In 2015, the TCC began operations as an independent CEO 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization, launching two programs, a Technology Workshop series and the Collaboration  https://expertdojo.com Concierge Service. From 2015 through 2017, the TCC  [email protected] has hosted 10 workshops. Through the Collaboration Concierge Service, the TCC helps organizations find potential collaboration partners, COMPANY PROFILE to help in solving difficult technology problems. Acceleratore con sede a Santa Monica che lavora con As an independent 501c3 non-profit organization, the TCC aziende sia statunitensi che internazionali. Gestiscono was established to be a member-driven organizations, un programma di accelerazione internazionale di tre with member representatives serving on the TCC’s mesi in cui le aziende selezionate vengono preparate Board of Directors and Advisory Council, ensuring the per il mercato US - ricevono $100K in cambio di equity TCC’s strategy aligns with the needs of members and e mentorship. the community. Shell, Schlumberger and various other organisations are INVESTMENT SECTORS members of this consortium. Vertical Agnostic

INVESTMENT SECTORS AEROSPACE, BIO & HEALTH TECH, ENVIRONMENT, RENEWABLE ENERGY, Oil and Gas

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FLIGHT STRATEGIES LAUNCH Contact Contact James BRIGGS Matt KOTLER CEO Senior Vice President

 www.flightstrats.com/  https://launch.co/  [email protected][email protected]

COMPANY PROFILE COMPANY PROFILE Corporate recruiter already working with Italian startups, LAUNCH is one of the most prominent accelerators in creating connection with big US-based tech companies Silicon Valley, headed by angel investor Janson Calacanis for technology transfers, partnerships and investments (Facebook, Uber)

INVESTMENT SECTORS INVESTMENT SECTORS Vertical Agnostic Vertical Agnostic

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