European Tech Tour Cleantech Summit – call for applications

23 Feb 2011 | News

Leading cleantech companies from across Europe, Russia and Israel are invited to apply for the European Tech Tour Association 2011 Cleantech Summit.

This biannual event, will profile Europe’s 25 most dynamic cleantech companies to international investors.

No charge to apply.

No charge for selected companies to attend the event – selection is merit only based.

Companies are selected by an expert selection committee, according to their potential market impact, and can be at any funding stage from start-up to pre-IPO.

Cleantech companies with operations in Europe – including Israel, Russia and Turkey – are invited to apply by April 15th at http://www.techtour.com/Registration.htm

Selected companies will be presenting to a group of 150 global investment professionals, advisors and corporates.

The 2009 vintage of Tech Tour Cleantech Summit companies went on to include some of the most notable exits, follow-on funding rounds and sub-sector leaders of recent years, including SiC Processing, Concentrix Solar, Solarion, AlertMe, Torqeedo and Power PLUS Communications.

The selection committee is lead by independent Vice President Selection Committee Fabian Ruechardt, with each nominated company being reviewed by two members – neither of which is permitted to have a commercial relationship with the company in question.

The 2011 selection committee members will include:

Christian Tiringer, ARAX Capital Partners
Alexis Figeac, Axiom Ventures
Marc Lambrechts, Capricorn Ventures
Henrik Olsen, Environmental Technologies Fund
Andreas von Richter, GE Global Research
Richard Blundell, Global BSN
George Coelho, Good Energies
Heiko von Dewitz, Intel Capital
Glen Schwaber, Israel Cleanech Ventures
Alexander Banz, Niton Capital
Bjarne Henning Jensen, Vaekstfonden
Torsten Wipiejewski, VNT
Bart Markus, Wellington Partners
Soren Hein

About the European Tech Tour Association:

The European Tech Tour Association (ETTA) was founded in Geneva in 1998 in response to the growing interest in emerging technology companies in various European regions. ETT is an independent, not-for-profit organization composed of key contributors to the high-technology industry. The association recognizes that continued prosperity in Europe lies in its ability to transform today's innovative projects into tomorrow's global technology leaders. www.techtour.com or [email protected]

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