Watervent - International Water Technology Funding Platform

WaterVent presents water technology entrepreneurs to investors.

First time ever WATERVENT focuses financial needs of water technology entrepreneurs presenting to cleantech venture capitalists, private equity and corporate investors.

Also entrepreneurs looking for “first clients” in order to create some (application) references are welcome!

Some keynotes and gettogethers are encompassing the event.

For entrepreneurs WATERVENT is a real opportunity to get into contact with investors and customers as well. For investors and buyers WATERVENT releafs a very interesting overview of water-efficient technologies.

WATERVENT presents water technology entrepreneurs to investors.

First time ever WaterVent focuses financial needs of water technology entrepreneurs presenting to cleantech venture capitalists, private equity and corporate investors. Some keynotes and gettogethers are encompassing the event.

For entrepreneurs WATERVENT is a real opportunity to get into contact with investors and customers as well. For investors and buyers WATERVENT releafs a very interesting overview of water-efficient technologies.

Please note

The final program will be composed and published some two weeks ahead of the event. Please consider that 75% of the presentations given are entrepreneurs looking for funding.

Please consider the program from WATERVENT Zurich as a preview for our WATERVENT Leeuvarden/NL.
On october 17th we ‘ll offer a coaching for the presenting entrepreneurs starting on 1:30 p.m.. Every participant is invited to join us!

Further we invite to a welcome reception of october 17th on 6 p.m. with some sponsors’ keynote – details are going to be published here as soon as stipulated.
 
October 17th

Location: Water Technology Incubator of Wetsus

13:00 Coaching for Entpreneurs presenting

16:00 Option: guided tour in Wetsus`facilities

18:00 Official Reception
- Informal Gettogether of Entrepreneus and Investors   - Keynote by Wetsus and Partners
- Keynote by Investor
- Keynote: Mark Owen, CEO, Puralytics, Oregon/USA

22:30 End

October 18th

Location: World Trade Center Leeuwarden

08:30 Check-in & Coffee

09:30 Opening (Wetsus, Leonhard Ventures)

09:45 - Keynote by partner NOM

10:00 - Keynote by partner ING

Block A Company Presentations

10:15 8 Companies` Presentations 
 clustered according business scope 8 minutes each
  
12:15 Coffee & Food Break

Block B Company Presentations

12:45 12 Companies` Presentations clustered according business scope 8 minutes each

14:15 - Keynote: Mark Lane, Pinsent Masons LLP, London

14:30 - Keynote: Kevin Brophy, Meidlinger Partners, Philadelphia   - Keynote: Hetty Brand-Boswijk, Rotterdam School of Management, "WaterMBA"    

14:45 Coffee & Food Break

Block C Company Presentations

15:15 6 Companies` Presentations
clustered according business scope 8 minutes each

16:00 - Keynote: Paul O`Callaghan, O2 Environmental, Dublin

16:15 - Keynote: Jerome Pascal, Cleantuesday, Paris   - Keynote: David Zetland, Department of Environmental Economics and Natural Resources at Wageningen University

16:30 - Investors` Panel guided by Helge Daebel, Emerald Technology Ventures
- Investors presenting - Q&A

17:15 - Closing Remarks & informal gettogether

• Entrepreneurs
• Investors
  • (Cleantech) Venture Capital
  • Corporate Venture
  • Private Equity for medium-sized enterprises
  • Private investors
• Supplier, services, r&d
• Users
• Water suppliers
• Public Institutions
• Research, universities and science

From all over Europe and beyond.

Participants

Presentation of companies (start-ups and SMEs) with business of...

• Water distribution, transportation and - Supply
• Irrigation
• Drainage
• Machinery and Engineering
• Pumps construction and manufacturing
• Pipes and tubes
• Sanitary equipment
• Saving
• Cleaning / Conditioning / Filtering
• Warehousing /- storage
• Desalination
• Extraction
• Water and Wastewater Treatment
• Measurement, control and laboratory technology
• Water consumption goods
• Industry-specific Information Technology
• Innovative Water Services
• Blue Biotechnology

From all over Europe and beyond.

Quantitative target

Presentation of some 100 companies from about 70 investors, and the same number of users and potential customers.

Enriched by a - selected - amount of specialized service providers (ie accountants, lawyers, business consultants, ...) as well as research institutions and public institutions, we want to welcome appr 300 participants.

In the case of not being able to participate personally we offer to transfer your company’s Profile and presentation to the investors and further participants we consider interesting for your business.

This service is charged with the same fee like being a presenting entrepreneur: Euro 1.300,-.If you want to be visible in this way just register normally with remark “Virtual presence”.

• 02 Environmental
• 2bahead
• 3C Membrane AG
• 3M New Ventures
• A2C-Capital GmbH
• A3 Water Solutions GmbH
• ActiDes Berlin GmbH
• Afre - Asociacion de Fabricantes Para Agua y Riego Espanoles
• Alfred Kärcher GmbH & Co. KG Water Recycling Systems
• Aloe Private Equity
• Apsara
• Aqua Press
• Aquatech
• Ashland Hercules Water Technologies
• Aster Capital
• Autosafe Aktiengesellschaft
• BASF Venture Capital GmbH
• BayTechVenture
• Berlin Partner
• Berliner Wasserbetriebe
• Biocons
• BLOOMINGTON MARKETING SERVICES, S.L.
• BLUE ORANGE SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
• Blue Ribbon CleanTech
• Bonnekamp& Sparing
• Botschaft von Mexiko
• Catalan Institute for Water Research ICRA
• Cisco systems GmbH
• Clean Tech World
• CleantechGroup
• Cleartec Water Management
• Climate Change Capital Private Equity
• Company Water
• CONTROS Systems & Solutions GmbH
• Delegació de Govern de Catalunya
• Demeter Partners
• eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG
• ECO Investors Germany Management GmbH
• EDB Economic Development Board of Singapore
• Emerald Technology Ventures
• Entrepreneurs Fund
• EPAL - Empresa Portuguesa das Águas Livres
• EPFL Lausanne Department of Materials Science and Engineering
• Florenus AG
• Flores Solar Water GmbH
• Focus mbH & Co Bau und Boden KG
• Förderland
• FORUM - nachhaltig wirtschaften
• Fraunhofer Ventures
• Freudenberg New Technologies KG
• General Electric
• Georgieff Capital
• Global Nature Fund
• Global Water Intelligence
• Going Public Media AG
• Green Venture Summit
• H2O-Factory GmbH&Co KG
• HACH LANGE SÀRL
• HANNOVER Finanz GmbH
• Harbauer GmbH
• HeliosAquaPlus Technology AG
• Helioz Research and Development GmbH
• Hogan Lovells
• HYTECON GmbH
• IBB Beteiligungsgesellschaft mbH
• IEG Investment Banking
• IHK Potsdam/Green Ventures
• INEXA
• INGE AG
• INOVIS Capital GmbH
• Intergroup Partners
• International Herald Tribune
• Investcorp
• InWEnt - Internationale Weiterbildung und Entwicklung gGmbH
• ION Deutschland GmbH
• Israel Cleantech ventures
• Israel Trade Agency
• IZT - Institut für Zukunftsstudien und Technologiebewertung
• JTB INTERNATIONAL GROUP S.R.L.
• Kinrot Ventures
• Kompetenzzentrum Wasser Berlin gGmbH
• Kühne+Nagel (AG+Co.) KG
• L-EA Private Equity GmbH
• Life needs Water
• MAMA|Sustainable Incubation AG|
• McKinsey
• Mekorot Water - Israeli national water company
• Meniscus Ltd
• mergermarket
• Messe Leipzig - Terratec
• MIC AG
• Mountain Cleantech
• Mubadala
• Nachhaltigkeitsrat
• NRW.Bank Beteiligungen
• NSP - New Solar Pump
• ormige
• Piabo
• pigadi GmbH
• Pinova Capital GmbH
• Prana Sustainable Water
• Premium Park GmbH - pure
• PROMEXICO Investment and Trade
• ProMinent Dosiertechnik GmbH
• PuroFilter Ltd
• Rabo Ventures
• Rhodia New Business Scouting
• Riverside Europe
• RST Gesellschaft für Wasserspartechnik mbH
• RT-Roemer Technology Int. UG
• SBF GmbH & Co.KG
• SCAUT Forschungsgesellschaft mbH
• Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft
• Senatsverwaltung für Wirtschaft, Technologie und Frauen
• Siemens Venture Capital GmbH
• Strategieberatung Umwelt
• SYNLIFT Systems GmbH
• Tallyfox AG
• TARGET PARTNERS GMBH
• The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management (CIWEM)
• The Nature Conservancy
• TMW Technologies
• Total (Energy Ventures)  
• TRITON WATER AG
• Unique Relations
• VDI
• Ventizz Private Equity
• Veolia Environnement
• Villeroy & Boch AG
• Wasser Berlin International
• Wasserschmidt GmbH
• Water For the World
• Weise Water Systems GmbH
• Wellington Partners GmbH
• Wetsus
• WHEB Ventures
• White & Case LLP
• zouk ventures ltd

• See here the list of investors in WaterVent of Berlin and Zurich.
• 3M New Ventures
• A2C-Capital GmbH
• Aloe Private Equity
• Apsara Capital LLP
• Aquatech International
• Ashland Industries Nederland B.V.
• Aster Capital
• BASF Venture Capital
• BayTechVenture
• BLUE ORANGE SUEZ ENVIRONNEMENT
• CleanTechCapital
• Cleantuesday
• Demeter Partners
• eCAPITAL entrepreneurial Partners AG
• Emerald Technology Ventures
• Entrepreneurs Fund
• EPS Value Plus AG
• EXBA Exchange for Business Angels GmbH
• Franke Kitchen Systems Group
• Fraunhofer Ventures
• Freudenberg New Technologies KG
• General Electric
• HANNOVER Finanz GmbH
• IBB Bet
• INOVIS Capital GmbH
• Investcorp
• Israel Cleantech ventures
• Kinrot Ventures
• L-EA Private Equity GmbH
• Mekorot Water - Israeli national water company
• MAMA|Sustainable Incubation AG|
• MIC AG
• Mountain Cleantech
• Netherlands Water Partnership
• NRW.Bank Beteiligungen
• Pinova Capital GmbH
• Riverside Europe
• SBF GmbH & Co.KG
• Siemens Venture Capital GmbH
• TARGET PARTNERS GMBH
• Total Direction Développement Durable et Environnement
• Total (Energy Ventures)
• Ventizz Private Equity
• Veolia Environnement
• Villeroy & Boch
• Wellington Partners GmbH
• WHEB Ventures
• zouk ventures ltd
• Zurmont Madison Private Equity