(PRWEB UK) 20 November 2014
Geneva, Brussels & Rotterdam November 20, 2014 - The 2014 Cleantech Summit Rotterdam has announced its pick of the 20 most promising Cleantech companies from an investment perspective currently operating in Europe. They have been selected by a Selection Committee of leading investors out of a large number of applications received from across Europe and Israel during the first half of 2014. These companies have been invited to attend the 2014 Cleantech Summit in Rotterdam on Nov. 20-21 and present to 70+ leading investors who will attend the Summit. This year’s Summit will include not just the top 20 growth companies but also 37 emerging companies. Post event these companies will join an elite group of Tech Tour Cleantech Summit Alumni who have raised $787M in funding since the first edition of this event in 2009.
The 2014 Tech Tour & IVC Cleantech Summit Rotterdam’s GROWTH companies are:
Company Name Country Industry Segment
40South Ene rgy United Kingdom Delta & Water and Environmental Technologies
Avantium Netherlands Bio-Economy and materials
Biaqua B.V. Netherlands Delta & Water and Environmental Technologies
Cynar Plc Ireland Delta & Water and Environmental Technologies
Electro Power Systems SpA Italy Energy-efficiency
FRX Polymers United Kingdom Bio-Economy and materials
Green Biologics Ltd United Kingdom Bio-Economy and materials
HeatMatrix Group BV Netherlands Energy-efficiency
HELIOVIS AG Austria Delta & Water and Environmental Technologies
INFIMET B.V. Netherlands Bio-Economy and materials
InfraCore Company Netherlands Energy-efficiency
Kebony AS Norway Bio-Economy and materials
Luxexcell Netherlands Energy-efficiency
Oxford PV United Kingdom Energy-efficiency
PV Nano Cell Ltd Israel Energy-efficiency
Skeleton Technologies Estonia Smart Mobility & Logistics
TECHNIWOOD France Energy-efficiency
The New Motion Netherlands Smart Mobility & Logistics
Yunasko Latvia Energy-efficiency
Wello Ltd. Finland Delta & Water and Environmental Technologies
The 2014 Tech Tour & IVC Cleantech Summit Rotterdam EMERGING companies list is already available on our website but are also listed below:
Company Name Country Industry Segment
Accenda BV Netherlands Energy & Smart Mobility
Algae Food & Fuel Netherlands Bio-economy
Arsizio AB Sweden Energy & Efficiency
BewustWijzer Netherlands Energy & Efficiency
BioMimetx Lda Portugal Bio-economy
Blue Motion Energy B.V.Netherlands Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
Calbatt Italy Energy & Smart Mobility
Caloritum NV Belgium Bio-economy
Canatu Finland Energy & Efficiency
CPD-SWISS Ltd Switzerland Bio-economy
Delft Spectral Technologies Netherlands Energy & Efficiency
D-orbit Italy Energy & Efficiency
EFC Separations BV Netherlands Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
ELBIBI BV Netherlands Energy & Smart Mobility
Equal Opportunity Carbon B.V. Netherlands Bio-economy
Estus Power United Kingdom Energy & Efficiency
Exasun Netherlands Energy & Efficiency
ExxFire BV Netherlands Energy & Efficiency
FlexBase Netherlands Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
Giaura Netherlands Bio-economy
Magpie Polymers France Bio-economy
Norsepower Oy Ltd Finland Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
O-flexx Germany Bio-economy
O-foil Netherlands Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
OxyMem Ireland Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
PARX Plastics Netherlands Bio-economy
Photanol Netherlands Bio-economy
PumpTire AG Switzerland Energy & Smart Mobility
rqmicro Switzerland Delta & Water and Environmental Technology
siOPTICA GmbH Germany Energy & Efficiency
SmS tenzotherm GmbH Germany Energy & Efficiency
Sunna Design France Energy & Efficiency
TCE Gofour BV Netherlands Bio-economy
Transmare Group (Energy Transformers) Netherlands Bio-economy
Trikelet BV Netherlands Energy & Smart Mobility
VizionZ Engineering BVNetherlands Energy & Efficiency
Witt Limited United Kingdom Energy & Smart Mobility
Analysis of Growth Companies
The Growth companies span the following 4 sectors: Delta & Water and Environmental, Bio-Economy and materials, Energy Efficiency and Smart Mobility & Logistics. The highest trending sector this year is Energy-Efficiency, this was reflected by the large number of applications from companies in this sector as well as the fact that 40% of growth companies are in this sector. In terms of stage, the majority of the 20 selected companies are in Expansion/Growth stage with just 1 Late stage/Pre-IPO. In terms of geographic representation The Netherlands has the largest representation with 35%, followed by the UK with 20%. The other selected companies originate from Austria, Finland, France, Ireland, Israel and Italy.
Programme and details for the 2014 Tech Tour & IVC Cleantech Summit Rotterdam
The Summit will take place at Beurs-World Trade Center November 20 & 21, Rotterdam. The event will be centred on presentations from the 20 growth companies and 37 emerging companies listed above. Robert-Jan von Ogrtop will give the opening keynote on the ‘Circle Economy’ trends in the Cleantech Industry on November 20th followed by a second keynote by Richard Youngman from the Cleantech Group. On the evening of the 20th, delegates are invited to join a networking dinner. November 21 will kick-off with Fred Beuningen, Managing Director of Rotterdam Partners and Ahmed Aboutaleb Mayor of Rotterdam, will deliver the closing speech.
The 2014 selection committee members included:
360° Capital Partners
Aster Capital
BASF Venture Capital GmbH
Chemelot Ventures
Clean Tech Delta
Cleantech Group - Europe
Demeter Partners
Dow Venture Capital
Ecomobilite Ventures Emerald Technology Ventures AG
Environmental Technologies Fund
Evonik Industries
Finindus NV
Gimv
Greencoat Capital
Icos Capital
Idinvest Partners
Innovation Quarter Intesa Sanpaolo S.p.A.
KLM
Niton Capital
Siemens Venture Capital
Total Energy Ventures
Veolia Environnement
Wermuth Asset Management
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