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- April
2014
Martin Mohr pitches Ecoduna from Austria
Ecosummit TV: Martin Mohr pitches Ecoduna at ECO13 London. Founded in 2009, the Austrian startup develops algae production systems and is one of the global technology leaders. Ecoduna already makes money in the food supplement market with high-value Omega-3 and Omega-6 fatty acids. Algae production will be price competitive in the food market in 2 years, the plastics market in 4-5 years and the energy market in 8-12 years. Ecoduna’s vertical photobioreactors are supposed to be better than the competition as they work in a continuous, software-controlled process with neither too much nor too little light. In 2013, Ecoduna opened their own algae production plant in Austria. A large number of partners is in the pipeline to install more industrial production capacity. Get in touch with Martin if you also believe in the long-term business opportunity of smart algae production and commercialisation.
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- March
2013
Martin Mohr pitches the algae startup Ecoduna from Austria
Ecosummit TV: Martin Mohr passionately pitches the Austrian algae startup Ecoduna at Ecosummit Düsseldorf 2012. Founded in 2009, Ecoduna is one of the cleantech startups pioneering the algae business in Europe. Their ultimate goal is price competitive algae-based biofuel which they plan to reach within 5 to 8 years. Until then, the pharmaceutical industry is a potential buyer of algae products. Vattenfall in Germany is one of Ecoduna’s pilot customers. The Austrian startup received €2M public funding and patiently looks for €5M to €10M venture capital from strategic investors.
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- December
2012
Robert Schwemmer pitches Naporo, the cattail startup from Austria
Ecosummit TV: CTO Robert Schwemmer pitches the Austrian startup Naporo at ECO12 Berlin. Naporo’s product is the plant cattail which can be used as sustainable building material. Naporo’s technology processes the cattail biomass into non-woven fabrics that are sold as thermal building insulation and as a pre-product for the furniture and automotive industry. Naporo was founded in 2009, incubated at Tech2b and is backed by 3M. Now Naporo wants to raise €2.5M to set up inhouse production to reduce production costs by 40%. According to Robert, cattail is the new hemp and represents a global business opportunity.
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- May
2011
Alexander Krajete pitches Bio Power Storage Cleantech Startup Greenthitan
Alexander Krajete, Founder and CEO of Krajete GmbH (formerly known as Greenthitan), pitches his 3G bio fuel cleantech startup to investors at ECO11. The business idea of Krajete is biological power storage as natural gas. Alexander produces CH4 (methane gas) and H2O (water) out of CO2 (carbon dioxide) and 4H2 (hydrogen) using a biological transformation process called methanation (methanogenesis) performed by Archaea. Methanation is a key technology in the new Power to Gas market.
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