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Session 1
CLEANTECH ENTREPRENEURS BY ORDER OF PRESENTATION
ECO2: ECO2 provides global solutions for Carbon Footprint to measure; reduce and communicate
carbon emissions across the supply chain, as part of their efforts to accelerate the move to a low carbon
economy. It will fill the gap between Businesses (firms) and End-Users (consumers) and develop
a new standard methodology tool for accounting and managing carbon footprint on consumer products
and services.
entrepreneur: Ignacio Cañaveral – Co-Founder & CEO
DEXMA: DEXMA began operating in early 2007, with the support of the Polytechnic University of
Catalonia and the Catalan government ACC10. DEXMA develops Energy Management Solutions for
commercial buildings, public sector and any industry. Based on a Software-as-a-service Web-portal
Manager and TCP/IP gateways (Modbus, Zigbee and other protocols-enabled), the solution acquires
energy consumption information (electricity, water and gas) and ambient parameters (temp, hum
light,..), in real time and remotely.
entrepreneur: Joan Pinyol – Founder & CEO
WEDGE GLOBAL: Created in 2008, the company has developed an innovative solution for generating
electricity from ocean waves. Its first prototype of the wave energy converted has been completed and
is currently under testing. Through the incorporation of a new and advanced power take-off system,
the Wedge solution currently represents an opportunity to improve the effectiveness and cost efficiency
of existing wave energy converters (50% reduction in off-shore maintenance costs- 30% increase
in energy efficiency). Given its easy adaptability and scalability, this solution can be used by power
converters of different types and sizes thereby improving its market potential. As a first step, Wedge
has already signed an agreement with FCC, a leading Spanish industrial company, to deploy up to 15
MW of installed power and 100MW of pipeline by 2015 in Europe/U.S.
entrepreneur: Jaivier Gavela – Acting CEO
PYTHAGORAS SOLAR: Pythagoras Solar was conceived at Precede Technologies, an Israeli incubator,
which teams up scientists, inventors, and entrepreneurs. Dr. Itay Baruchi, an award-winning
physicist, and Gonen Fink, a leader in taking Check Point Software from start-up to a multibillion dollar
company, saw a business opportunity at the intersection of rising demand for Green Buildings and
declining cost of Photovoltaic (PV) solar power. Their innovative product can be simply described as a
solar window. It combines energy efficiency, power generation, and transparency in a standard form
factor that can be easily integrated into conventional building design and construction processes to
make Net Zero Buildings a wider reality.
entrepreneur: Gonan Fink – Co-Founder & CEO
34 IESE Business School
Friday, February 25 – 12:15-13:30