Conference Program - LOPE-C 2011

BC-INVESTOR FORUM | WEDNESDAY-JUNE 29, 2011
Track 1
Panel Discussion (11:30 am - 12:50 pm) | LOCATION SPEKTRUM / LEVEL C2
11:30 am Financing Opportunities in Organic and Printed Electronics
Financing Opportunities in Organic and Printed ElectronicsThe Investor Forum will be started off by an international panel of experts who will discuss financing
opportunities and challenges in organic and printed electronics. Following a brief introduction of the panelists and their organizations, different perspectives will be taken to
highlight potential structures and strategies for financing of high-technology companies. The German Private Equity and Venture Capital Association (BVK) will open the
session and moderate the panel. From a public venture point of view the High-Tech Gruenderfonds (HTGF) will outline their strategy for early-stage financing of technology
businesses in Germany. The European Investment Fund (EIF) will highlight their role in supporting small- and medium-sized enterprises in the European economic area.
Innogy Venture Capital, the corporate venture fund of German energy provider RWE, will talk about the importance of strategic investors for the development of
high-technology businesses. A represenative of a US-based venture capital firm focused on investments in companies enabled by nanotechnology and microsystems will
add the international perspective. Finally, Plastic Logic will present their experiences as a company active in organic and printed electronics having gone through various
financing stages ranging from private equity and venture capital funding through to corporate venture and public venture financing. The panel session will then be followed
by several presentations of organic and printed electronics companies looking for financing.
Organizer: Germany Trade and Invest (GTAI)
12:50 pm LUNCH BREAK
Equipment/Process (02:00 pm - 02:30 pm) | LOCATION SPEKTRUM / LEVEL C2
02:00 pm EXTRUDED PHOTOVOLTAICS (Seed-financing)
Mr Giovanni A. della Rossa,
Quantumatica, Managing Director, Italy
We hold a patent with Bandera spa on the possibility to create an "all in one" photovoltaics panel via extrusion process only. We are looking for the right photoactive
polymer s to be extruded and be able to work at thickness of typical extrusion process and for partners to carry out the experimental phase and/or commercialization of the
final products, as well as financial investors.
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