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- March
2013
Cleantech Forum Europe 2013 – interview with Richard Youngman about reimagining cleantech
Financing cleantech startups as well as cleantech funds is a tough game. Investors aren’t happy yet with their returns. Consequently, startups and VCs need to reassess their strategies and look for long-term investors with strategic interest such as corporates, family offices and governments. To find advice from industry insiders we look forward to joining the Cleantech Forum Europe in Bilbao taking place on 16-18 April 2013. Ecosummit supports the event and we interview Richard Youngman, Cleantech Group’s MD for Europe and Asia, to warm up for the conference and discuss the current market environment. Richard will also speak at Ecosummit Berlin 2013.
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- February
2013
Fabienne Herlaut looks for promising ecomobility startups In Europe
Ecosummit TV: At Ecosummit Düsseldorf 2012, Fabienne Herlaut, Managing Partner of Ecomobilité Ventures, presents her multi-corporate fund which is focused on investing in ecomobility startups in Europe. Ecomobilité Ventures is financed by French national railway operator SNCF, mobile telephone operator Orange and energy company Total. While the €25M fund is still young, it already invested in 3 sustainable mobility startups: Move About, EZ‐Wheel and Ouicar. Fabienne is looking for a fourth corporate investor from the automotive industry, preferably from Germany. At the same time, she is always interested in meeting fundable ecomobility startups that look for smart green investors with industry expertise.
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- February
2013
Alois Flatz, Zouk Capital, talks about cleantech venture capital 2.0
Ecosummit TV: Alois Flatz, Partner at Zouk Capital, talks about Cleantech Venture Capital 2.0 at Ecosummit Düsseldorf 2012 and explains how investment strategies are changing in the current market. On the one hand, Alois thinks positive as cleantech becomes ubiquitous and affects all aspects of life. On the other hand, he has learned from 20 years of experience that VC investors (general partners) depend on fast exits to be able to raise new funds from their investors (limited partners). Thus, investment horizons are shortening and startups need to generate cash and prove their business models as quickly as possible. Zouk Capital is a late stage investor that accelerates cleantech startups that already have at least €5M revenues, multiplying the value of the company and then selling it again after a couple of years. Don’t approach Zouk without revenues and rather try to get there fast.
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- July
2011
5th Munich Cleantech Conference on 14 July 2011 – Interview with Curt Winnen
On Thursday next week, 14 July 2011, the Munich Network, headed by Curt Winnen, produces the 5th Munich Cleantech Conference (MCC11). That’s rather sustainable and proves a lot of experience in bringing together smart green startups, investors and corporates. Below you find our interview with Curt about the MCC11. Myself, I joined the investor-heavy congress last year and will attend the upcoming MCC11, too, as Ecosummit is one of the media partners.
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- May
2011
Ecosummit TV – ECO11 – Frank Siebke – Good Energies – Cleantech VC
In his talk “PV – Is the Party Over?” at Ecosummit 2011, Frank Siebke, Investment Director at Good Energies, gives a detailed overview of the current and future trends of the PV industry from an investor’s point of view. Frank says that the party is not over yet, solar has still a huge potential. After polycrystalline silicon solar (1G) and thin-film solar (2G) now we enter the third solar technology generation (3G) which is organic PV (OPV).
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- March
2011
Going Smart Green Now – Ecosummit 2011 Happens this Week in Berlin
Press Release – Berlin, 21 March 2011: Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11) takes place on 24-25 March and gathers 300 investors, founders, managers and visionaries in the eco hotel Scandic at Potsdamer Platz. The international congress focuses on the vital transformation of our global economy into a Smart Green Economy. The motto of ECO11 – Going Smart Green Now – represents our mission: All decision makers have to be motivated to invest in a more sustainable way and develop greener products and services.
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- January
2011
Ecosummit 2011 Preview Video
Looking forward by looking back – this Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11) Preview HD video (runtime 09:44) was in fact recorded at the Green Venture Summit 2010 (GVS10) on 10 May 2010 in Berlin. GVS10 is the predecessor of ECO11. We hope you like it and look forward to your feedback. The wonderful trumpet Jazz is from the album Kitchen Music by Thomas Siffling Trio. Video editing is done by Gernot Toegel. The video features short interviews with GVS10 speakers and participants. Thanks a lot to the whole GVS10 team for a great event!
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