Funding Cleantech Conference
This conference is designed to be directly relevant to cleantech companies, project developers and social entrepreneurs as it covers corporate equity, project equity and project finance for clean energy, resource and sustainable solutions and services activities at every level.
Agenda
Chair: Francis Wright, Managing Director, Turquoise International
10.15am Keynote: Powervault Financing Story - Joe Warren Managing Director, Powervault. His presentation is HERE.
10.30am Grants Round-up - Olaf Swanzy, UK Director, PNO Consultants. His presentation is HERE.
10.45am Innovate UK funding - Mike Pitts, Lead Sustainability Specialist, Innovate UK. His presentation is HERE.
11.00am Commercialising Cleantech - Ian Ellerington, Head of Innovation Delivery, DECC. His presentation is HERE.
11.15am BREAK
11.30am Company presentations to an investor panel - Part 1
Simon Acland, Angel Investor & Venture Capitalist
Andrew Wordsworth, Sustainable Venture Development Partners
Jim Totty, Sustainable Technology Investors Ltd
David Aitken, Carbon Trust
Jerneja Loncar, GM Entrepreneurs
Ilian Iliev, Ecomachines Incubator
Presenting companies:
Sustainable Marine Energy Ltd: Presentation is HERE
Exergyn Ltd: Presentation is not provided
ORC Innovations Ltd: Presentation is HERE
Votechnik: Presentation is HERE
Storelectric: Presentation is HERE
12.45pm LUNCH & EXHIBITION
Chair: Mark Henderson, Consultant, Greencoat Capital LLP
2.00pm Keynote: IP and Funding: Formulating and Implementing the Right Strategy - Paul Derry, Partner, Venner Shipley LLP. His presentation is HERE.
2.15pm Keynote: Design as a Catalyst for Innovation - Neil Gridley, Design Associate Design Council. His presentation is HERE.
2.30pm Company presentations to an investor panel - Part 2
Simon Acland, Angel Investor & Venture Capitalist
Andrew Wordsworth, Sustainable Venture Development Partners
Jim Totty, Sustainable Technology Investors Ltd
David Aitken, Carbon Trust
Jerneja Loncar, GM Entrepreneurs
Ilian Iliev, Ecomachines Incubator
Companies presenting:
Trakeo: Presentation is HERE
National Energy Foundation: Presentation is HERE
Samad Power Ltd: Presentation is HERE
3.15pm BREAK
3.30pm Company presentations to an investor panel - Part 3
Simon Acland, Angel Investor & Venture Capitalist
Andrew Wordsworth, Sustainable Venture Development Partners
Jim Totty, Sustainable Technology Investors Ltd
David Aitken, Carbon Trust
Ilian Iliev, Ecomachines Incubator
Companies presenting:
Fine Energy Ltd: Presentation is HERE
Kelda Showers: Presentation is HERE
Green Fuels Research: Presentation is HERE
City Farm Systems: Presentation is HERE
Flute Office: Presentation is HERE
Xsilon:
5.00pm Close
FUNDING CLEANTECH CONFERENCE 2014
Agenda
Chair: Ali Naini - Turquoise International. His introduction is HERE
10.00am Keynote: The Green Biologics Funding Story - Sean Sutcliffe, CEO Green Biologics Ltd. His presentation is HERE
10.20am Grant round-up - Olaf Swanzy, PNO Consultants. His presentation is HERE
10.45am DECC Innovation Fund - Ian Ellerington, DECC. His presentation is HERE and his case studies are HERE
11.10am Crowd Funding Cleantech - Karen Darby, CEO CrowdMission. Her presentation is HERE
11.30am Company presentations to an investor panel
Chair: Ali Naini, Turquoise International
Panel: David Aitken, Carbon Trust
Jim Totty, Sustainable Technology Investors Ltd
Cedric Latessa, Aster Capital
Ruggero Recchioni, Intesa San Paolo
Companies presenting:
SeaPower Gen Ltd - presentation HERE
Litecool Ltd - presentation HERE
AquamatiX Ltd - presentation HERE
Wind Power Performance Ltd - presentation HERE
Claylite Aggregates Ltd - presentation HERE
Quarry Battery Company - presentation HERE
Incinerator Replacement Technology Ltd - presentation HERE
Reliagen Ltd - presentation HERE
12.50pm Lunch
Chair: Peter Knott, Head of Risk - Green Investment Bank
2.00pm Keynote: Waste2Tricity Funding Story - Peter Jones, Chairman - Waste2Tricity Ltd. His presentation is HERE
2.20pm Environmental Technologies Verification Scheme - Jessica Cross-Brown, NPL. Her presentation is HERE
2.35pm Funding Community Energy Schemes - Robert Rabinowitz, CEO Pure Leapfrog. His presentation is HERE
2.55pm Crowd funding energy projects - Louise Wilson, Abundance Energy. Her presentation is HERE
3.15pm Project presentations to a panel of financiers
Chair: Mark Henderson, Greencoat Capital LLP
Panel: Andrew Buglass, RBS
Mike Dunn, Iona Capital
Matthew Tilbrook, Mizuho Corporate Bank
Louise Wilson, Abundance Energy
Companies presenting:
Ceramic Fuel Cells Ltd - withdrew
EnergyDeck - presentation HERE
Tazla Energy - presentation HERE
Zebec Energy - presentation HERE
Biocentre Fuels Ltd - presentation HERE
Last year’s Cleantech Entrepreneur’s Conference was a great success and the details of this event are set out below:
Photos by Jan Michael Hesse, EcoSummit
This conference covers a range of topics including grants, intellectual property, support schemes, venture capital, corporate venture support, accessing different markets, crowd funding.
Cleantech Entrepreneurs Conference 2013
10.00am Opening Keynote: the Ecoisland Story David Green, Ecoislands Partnership
Transfer to conference rooms
Chair: Peter Bance, Octopus Investments
10.20am Current grants landscape Olaf Swanzy, PNO Consultants
Presentation is HERE
10.50am The Benefits of Protecting your IP - Patents as Business Tools John Chettle and David Paton, Venner Shipley LLP
Presentation is HERE
11.15am DECC Innovation Fund Ian Ellerington, DECC
11.40am Accessing major markets with clean technologies
Chair: Energy Jeremy Harrison, Eon
Panel: ICT Kevin Farrar, IBM
Facilities Victoria Hughes, Vinci Facilities
Public Sector Jake Ronay, Greater London Authority
Automotive - Ricardo Simon Arbuthnot, Ricardo - AEA
Industry/Energy Adam Morton, Rolls Royce
12.30pm Morning End Keynote Address: Addressing Market & Regulatory Failure towards a Sustainable Future Peter Boyd, Carbon War Room
Find Peter’s interview HERE: Avoiding 2 degrees is Impossible Without Business
12.45pm Exhibition
Pre-arranged one-to-one meetings
Lunch break
2.00pm Chair: Clennell Collingwood, TTP Ventures
What corporate ventures can provide:
Chair: James Mawson, Global Corporate Venturing Journal
Panel: Cedric Latessa, Aster Capital
Richard Nourse, Greencoat Capital
David Aitken, Carbon Trust GE Fund
Leo Poll, Philips
2.50pm NPL Technology Innovation Fund
Presentation is HERE
3.10pm Venture Capital outlook:
Chair: David Ward, MTI Ventures
Panel: Jim Totty, Sustainable Investment Technologies
Alex McCracken, Silicon Valley Bank
Bill Barber, Intesa San Paolo
Arun Jayadev, Wellington Partners
Rene Savelsberg, Chrysalix SET
4.00pm Crowdfunding Karen Darby, CrowdMission
Presentation is HERE
