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- December
2011
Karl Leo, Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth and Martin Pfeiffer win Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011
Congratulations to Prof. Dr. Karl Leo, Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth and Dr. Martin Pfeiffer for winning the Deutscher Zukunftspreis 2011 (DZP11) today. The DZP11 is awarded by the German President and includes €250K prize money. I am very proud of this trio and their work. Karl Leo is university professor at TU Dresden and co-founder of both Novaled and Heliatek, Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth is co-founder and CSO (Chief Scientific Officer) of Novaled and Martin Pfeiffer is co-founder and CTO of Heliatek. It’s all about organic electronics, organic LED and organic PV made in Dresden, Europe’s leading cluster for green photonics.
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- April
2011
Ecosummit TV – ECO11 – Harry Boehme – Novaled
Harry Böhme, CFO of Novaled, gives an update on his company at ECO11. Novaled is the fabless European leader in Organic LED (OLED) and one of the most exciting Cleantech startups in Germany. Founded in 2001, Novaled is profitable and made revenues of €10M in 2010 with 100 employees. Among Novaled’s investors is the German VC eCapital. Unfortunately, Novaled does not plan another financing round and may rather consider an IPO or tradesale some time in the future.
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- March
2011
Ecosummit TV – Heliatek – Andreas Rueckemann & Martin Pfeiffer – Part 2
Our new Ecosummit TV episode brings you more unknown secrets and untold stories about Europe’s leading OPV provider. Dresden is the place to be, explains Dr. Martin Pfeiffer, Founder and CTO of Heliatek: “I think I am not exaggerating when I say that Dresden is probably the best place in the world for organic electronics due to a high-quality cluster of research and production partners working with us.” We like this company and we believe Heliatek has a bright economic and ecological future. We need it, too!
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- March
2011
Ecosummit TV – Heliatek – Andreas Rueckemann & Martin Pfeiffer – Part 1
Organic PV (Photovoltaics) is very promising 3G Solar techno. We also call it Green Photonics. Heliatek is a German pre-revenue Cleantech startup with 50 employees currently setting up their first factory. Moving from lab to fab, Founder & CTO Dr. Martin Pfeiffer and CEO Dr. Andreas Rueckemann give hope. They believe their new ecofriendly solar cells made in Dresden will provide more energy for less money with very little ecological footprint. This nextgen green technology made ubiquitous with factories of the future can help us overcome nuclear disaster as it unfolds in Fukushima in Japan. We must reinvent our economy and repower it by 100% renewable energy and products. Let’s go smart green now and do the right thing!
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- March
2011
Ecosummit TV – Novaled CFO Harry Boehme
Our new Ecosummit TV episode brings you more unknown secrets and untold stories about Europe’s leading fabless OLED technology provider. Jan Michael Hess interviews the Novaled CFO Harry Boehme to warm you up for ECO11 on 24-25 March 2011 in Berlin. This video also features Dr. Mike Zoellner who is a project leader with funky glasses in the chemistry lab of Novaled. We love the fact that the future of organic electronics is a teamwork of the best scientists in chemistry, physics, engineering and software. Thanks a lot for all the lessons and a great time together in Dresden. We will be back!
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- March
2011
Ecosummit TV – Novaled Founder Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth
On 2 March 2011, the Ecosummit TV team drove from Berlin to Dresden to visit 2 of the hottest German Cleantech startups: Novaled and Heliatek. Ecosummit Founder Jan Michael Hess interviews the Novaled Founder and Chief Scientist Dr. Jan Blochwitz-Nimoth. Novaled is a global leader in Organic LED (OLED) and enjoyed €11M revenues in 2010 with 100 employees. Novaled CFO Harry Böhme will speak at ECO11 on 24-25 March 2011 in Berlin.
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- February
2011
Meeting Germany’s Leading Seed Investor
Yesterday I was invited to participate in the High-Tech Partnering Conference 2011 (HTPC11) organised by High-Tech Gründerfonds (HTGF). In fact, @HTGF_ is Germany’s leading seed investor claiming a market share of 50%. Check this out: they make every second seed deal in Germany. HTGF has several exciting smart green startups in their portfolio, some of which will be featured at Ecosummit 2011 (ECO11). I believe that HTGF’s fund strategy focused on seed investments across the key high-tech industries is its secret of success and a role model for other countries that want to foster entrepreneurship. Disclaimer: HTGF is ECO11 Sponsor.
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- January
2011
Bright Future for Green Photonics
Our energy and climate crisis raises many questions about the viability of future products and services. They must take into account society’s needs, energy challenges and sustainability concerns. Green Photonics has promising potential to be smart, green and social at the same time. Are we just one step away from the Photon Century?
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