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- October
2016
Ecosummit accelerates smart green London on 11 October 2016 at CodeNode
We believe that startups need corporates and corporates need startups. Startups need corporates as development partners, customers, distribution channels and investors to make better products and grow faster. At the same time, corporates need startups to sell new products to their customer base and survive the global competition. By connecting the companies that should be connected, Ecosummit accelerates startups, investors and corporates with a focus on smart green energy, mobility and cities. Our unique conferences are a physical marketplace enabling personal meetings and long-term relationships in a relaxed and productive atmosphere. Our next Ecosummit takes place on 11 October 2016 at CodeNode in the City of London. The agenda features 37 startup pitches and the conference will be recorded for our YouTube channel Ecosummit TV. Check out our participants, get your tickets and join us. Let’s warm up with a few innovation stories that will be elaborated at ECO16 London.
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- May
2015
Taavi Madiberk pitches Skeleton Technologies at ECO14 London
Ecosummit TV: At ECO14 London, Taavi Madiberk gives an update on Skeleton Technologies from Estonia and teases investors to join their Series B which is still open as of today. Since Taavi’s first pitch at ECO12 Berlin, Skeleton made a lot of progress and raised €11.6M in equity and grants. The main investor so far is UP Invest from Estonia. Skeleton makes ultracapacitors that are special purpose batteries with very high power density and 1 million cycles but lower energy density compared to lithium-ion batteries. A typical application is the start-stop function of a car. Now Skeleton has got over 30 employees and plans to open the first large-scale factory in Bautzen, Germany, with the help of Germany Trade & Invest. We think that Skeleton is one of the most promising smart green startups in Europe and are happy that Taavi will pitch again at ECO15 Berlin.
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- May
2013
Smart green dealflow: Ubitricity, Saperatec, Skeleton, Waste2Chemical, O-Flexx and Romo Wind
Financing cleantech startups is a tough game these days. You need a strong team, product market fit and, even better, customers and revenues. In this difficult market environment, it is a great pleasure to report that 6 smart green startups managed to raise new venture capital: Ubitricity (around €3.5M, Germany), Saperatec (€3.3M, Germany), Skeleton (€2.2M, Estonia), Waste2Chemical (undisclosed, Netherlands), O-Flexx (€2.4M, Germany) and Romo Wind (€4.8M, Switzerland). The active cleantech VCs include Earlybird, IBB, NRW Bank, HTGF, eCapital, Dutch Greentech Fund, Emerald, Yellow&Blue, ABB and b-to-v. Let’s take a closer look at the startups and their new investors.
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- January
2013
Call for ambassadors to support Ecosummit Berlin 2013
Ecosummit Ambassadors are planetfriendly university graduates with international background who aim at a career in the Smart Green Economy. Ecosummit Ambassadors support us before and during Ecosummit Berlin on 4-5 June 2013. The deal is simple: As ambassador you get a free ECO13 ticket and work 50% of your time on conference set up, registration, speaker management, participant service, microphone runner and cloakroom. Moreover, ambassadors get involved in the development and promotion of our new online platform Ecosummit Market. We selected 23 Ecosummit Ambassadors and our ECO13 Berlin team is complete. Check out Ecosummit London 2013 for your next chance to become Ecosummit Ambassador.
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- August
2012
Taavi Madiberk pitches the startup jewel Skeleton Technologies from Estonia
Ecosummit TV: The best entrepreneurs come from Estonia. Taavi Madiberk proves this claim during his disruptive pitch at Ecosummit Berlin 2012. The Estonian startup Skeleton Technologies develops and produces high energy batteries that benefit from high power density. As a result, Skeleton’s ultracapacitors are 50 to 80% cheaper than its competitors. Skeleton recently opened an office in Berlin and plans its first factory in Saxony. Skeleton’s value proposition and strategy sound very promising and it looks like investors are already chasing this smart green startup jewel. Moreover, it’s a lot of fun to watch übercool Taavi on Ecosummit TV.
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