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Speed & seed business dating: More than 300 meetings scheduled at Cleantech Capital Day today.
Among the 180 participants, there are about 50 investors, a majority of them representing the largest European financers in cleantech; Zouk Ventures, Conduit Ventures Environmental Technologies Fund, BASF, Grundfos, Investinor, Cleantech Invest, Northzone Ventures, Capricorn Venture Partners, Sustainable Technologies Fund, Energy Future Invest and many more.
“We see Cleantech Capital Day as a modern market place for the entire Nordic region when it comes to cleantech investments. Theoretically we have actually enabled space for more than 900 meetings today.” says Alexander Bigge Lidgren at Cleantech Scandinavia, the organizer of Nordic Cleantech Open and Cleantech Capital Day 2011.
“The Nordic Cleantech Open is important to us as we hope to meet with keen companies from the industry, interested in future partnership and cooperation”, says Ane Christophersen at WindFlip, one of the participating and competing cleantech start-ups based in Stavanger, Norway.
“We are looking forward to meet potential investors and have prepared thoroughly for this” says Mattias Karls at Swedish company Applied Nano Surfaces, also presenting their case at the showcase competition later this evening.
(More information about the participating companies, investors, the industry and the service providers is found at http://www.nordiccleantechopen.com)
Participants in numbers:
Cleantech companies 29 % (51)
Venture capitalists 26 % (46)
Institutional investors 3 % (6)
Service providers 15 % (26)
Industrial companies 6 % (11)
Public agencies 13 % (22)
Other 12% (21)
For more information, contact:
Alexander Lidgren, Cleantech Scandinavia +46736601007
bigge@nordiccleantechopen.com
About Nordic Cleantech Open:
The Nordic Cleantech Open is a business competition, aiming to identify, upgrade and display the top 25 early stage cleantech companies in the Nordic region each year.
http://www.nordiccleantechopen.com
About Cleantech Capital Day:
Cleantech Capital Day is a meeting-place for entrepreneurs, industrials and investors with interest in the Nordic cleantech arena. Full program at:
http://www.cleantechscandinavia.com/copenhagen
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- business competition
- cleantech capital day
- cleantech innovation
- cleantech investments
- cleantech scandinavia
- environmental technologies
- nordic cleantech open
- startups; investering; cleantech; riskkapital
- venture capital
Cleantech Scandinavia is a membership network of investors and affiliated cleantech professionals designed to provide cleantech knowledge, contacts and investment opportunities; be a coordinating voice to promote the Nordic cleantech sector, and drive cleantech innovation and growth in the Nordic countries. Cleantech Scandinavia offers its members a series of networking and pitching events, business intelligence research and reports including Nordic cleantech deal flow statistics, and holds a database of investment opportunities in the region.
