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This is the booklet of our inaugural event Italian Innovation Day. The theme chosen was “Innovative Investments, Creating Synergies”. We presented 13 Italian SMEs and 11 start-ups to over 250 guests at the Metropolitan Club in New York. Fulvio Conti, Chief Executive Officer of Enel S.p.A. spoke about “Why Italy Matters to the World from a CEO’s Perspective”. Fedele Confalonieri, Chairman of Mediaset introduced the English language version of Panorama-Economy website, the first Italian website in English with content focused on Italy’s businesses, markets and economy. Date: May 5, 2011 at 4:00pm - 7:00pm Place: Metropolitan Club, New York

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Today’s Agenda

2.00pm Registration

2.30pm – 2.45pm Opening remarks: Fernando Napolitano,Founder,Why Italy Matters to the World

2.45pm – 3.00pm Speaker: “Why Italy Matters to the World from aCEO’s Perspective”- Fulvio Conti, Chief Executive Officer, Enel S.p.A.

3.00pm – 3.15pm Speaker: Launch of English Language Panorama& Economy Sites- Fedele Confalonieri, Chairman, Mediaset

3.15pm – 4.00pm SME Presentations- Introduction by Marco Pinciroli, Chief Executive Officer,Innogest SGR

4.00pm – 5.00pm Coffee Break and Networking

5.00pm – 5.15pm Speaker: Presenting White Paper:“Why Italy Matters to the World”- Gregorio de Felice, Chief Economist, Intesa Sanpaolo;Fernando Napolitano

5.15pm – 6.15pm Startup Pitches- Introduction by Marco Marinucci, Mind the Bridge Foundation- Q&A sessions with Larry Chaityn, Keiretsu Forum; Gerard DiFiore,Reed Smith

6.15pm Best startup award- Presented by Marco Marinucci, Alberto Onetti,Mind the Bridge Foundation

6.30pm - 8.00pm Hors d’oeuvres and Networking

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Welcome from Fernando Napolitano

Dear Guest:

Welcome to the inauguralWhy Italy Matters to theWorld symposium. Today is an exciting day for theItalian business community in the United States as we kick-off our series of Italian Innovation Day eventsin NewYork and debut the launch of the English language websites of Panorama and Economy, two ofItaly’s leading business publications.Additionally, we will share with you a white paper co-written withHarvard Business School entitled, “Why Italy Matters to theWorld”, which provides compelling evidencethat Italy is economically strong and an attractive destination for investors, a fitting testimony given that2011 is the 150th anniversary of Italy’s unification.

Today’s theme, “Innovative Investments, Creating Synergies,” was chosen for our first event to illustratethe hidden talent in Italy’s innovative and entrepreneurial business community. Our program wasdesigned to demonstrate in greater detail how Italian SMEs and start-ups are a major source of Italianwealth and to offer you an exclusive opportunity to engage directly with the bright and pioneeringminds that are helping to transform Italy into Europe’s innovation hub.

What you may not know is that these growing businesses employ a significant number of Italy’spopulation, generate 80% of Italy’s GDP and are responsible for a bulk of the country’s exports.You will be introduced today to 24 of Italy’s most attractive VC investment opportunities in the greentech, bioscience, e-commerce, aeronautic, and information communications technology industries.You will hear directly from the founders and management teams of each company during two roundsof business pitch presentations.

The group of presenting companies we have assembled is split evenly between SMEs and start-ups(at an earlier stage of their development), representing an attractive variety of options in terms ofinvestment size, business maturity, geographic exposure and sector focus.

As this event marks our inaugural effort, I encourage you to share your insights and questions withme as I have no doubt that there will be many ways in which we can improve.

Finally, I would be remiss if I did not recognize the extraordinary effort of our organizing sponsors:the Mind the Bridge foundation, BAIA and Intesa Sanpaolo.

Once again, thank you for joining us today.

Grazie mille,

Fernando NapolitanoFounder,Why Italy Matters to theWorld

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Headquartered in Rome, Italy

� 351 employees

Alitalia Maintenance Systems (AMS) is a leader in maintenance, repair and overhaulservices for engine, Auxiliary Power Units (A.P.U.) and aeronautical components.

Following the privatization of Alitalia, AMS saw a significant shift in its shareholderstructure and began expanding worldwide. The main facility, located at Rome’s Fiumicinoairport, was completely renovated in 2006-2007. AMS’ current facility is a 17,000 squaremeter warehouse with the capacity to service 100 engines and 200 A.P.Us, and to performregular aircraft maintenance.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: $35 million

� Positive EBIT: 2011

� EBIT Margin: 4% in 2012, 8% in 2014

� Investment Need: ~ $30 million

Management Team� Maurizio Tucci: CEO

� G. De Filippis: COO

ContactRiccardo Tucci: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2007

� Headquartered in Milan, Italy with main R&D center in Tel Aviv, Israel

� 20 employees

BeeTV has developed a new TV content marketing platform that uses a proprietarycontextual matching algorithm to generate a “personal content channel (PCC™)”in real time - fueled by trailers and promos derived from viewer behavior. The PCC™technology creates a real-time communication channel around TV and movies incontextual, personalized way. BeeTV is capturing the explosion in the smart phone andtablet markets, adapting their systems to be compatible with these new technologies.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: Pre-revenue through June 2011 to $100,000 at FYE 2011

� 2011 EBITDA: ($2.2 million)

Management Team� Yaniv Solnik: CEO, CTO and Co-Founder

� Gloria F. Coviello: VP of Sales and Business Development

� Bill Goodwin: VP of US Business Development

ContactYaniv Solnik: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2008

� Headquartered in Padova, Italy with offices in Santa Clara, California

CenterVue is the leader in the early diagnosis of eye disease. It has developed automatedmedical devices for early diagnosis and management of sight-threatening eye diseases.Its two patented technologies treat eye disease stemming from different causes:

� MAIA: Targets Age Related Macular Degeneration

� DRS: Targets Diabetic Retinopathy

CenterVue estimates that their technologies will have screened more than 800,000patients by the end of 2011.

Financials� 2010 Sales: $1.4 million

� 2011 Sales Forecast: ~ $14 million

Management Team� Aldo Cocchiglia: President

� Giuliano Barbaro: CEO

� Cliff Wright: VP of Marketing and Communications

� Elisabetta Ghisini: COO

ContactElisabetta Ghisini: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2007

� Headquartered in Urbino, Italy

� 11 employees (7 full time, 4 part time/project basis)

EryDel has developed an innovative drug delivery system based on the use of erythrocytes(red blood cells) as a vehicle for a large-panel of pharmacological agents.

The drug’s main target is inflammatory bowel diseases. EryDel’s delivery system is madeup of completely automatic equipment with disposable kits. EryDel hopes to grow as aleader in providing solutions for the delivery of pharmacological agents through red bloodcells starting with Inflammatory Bowel Diseases, with possible extension to several otherpathologies including cystic fibrosis, and respiratory diseases.

Financials� 2014 Revenue: $12 million

� Positive EBIT: 2014

� EBIT Margin: 49% in 2016

� Investment Need: ~ $22 million

Management Team� Mauro Magnani: CSO and Founder

� Giovanni Mambrini: General Manager

ContactGiovanni Mambrini: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 1989

� Headquartered in Modena, Italy with offices in London,Washington, D.C. and Chicago

� 100 employees

Expert System is one of the most accurate, largest, and fastest growing semanticscompanies in the world. Its customers include large corporations and government whotake advantage of Expert Systems’ cutting edge business intelligence, enterprise searchand data extensibility, market sentiment, and customer care services.

Financials� 2010 Revenue: $16.4 million

� 2012 Revenue Range: 18.5 - 23 million

� EBITA Margin: 21.4%

� EBIT Margin: 12.4%

Management Team� Stefano Spaggiari: Co-Founder and CEO

� Marco Varone: Co-Founder, CTO and President

� Andrea Melegari: Partner and Vice President Intelligence Division

� Luca Scagliarini: Vice President Strategy/Business Development

Contact� Stefano Spaggiari: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 1980

� Headquartered in Capri, Italy

� 66 employees

IGEA’s mission is to expand the use of non-ionizing physical energy in the medical fieldusing methods that have been proven and developed by years of cooperation betweenphysicians and clinics. The company’s technology is used in oncology for the localtreatment of cutaneous and subcutaneous solid cancers. IGEA’s electrochemotherapy(ECT) locally increases the anti-tumoral effectiveness of low permanent drugs possessinga high intrinsic cytotoxicity. The electrical pulses are applied directly to the tumoral area,thus making electrochemotherapy a local treatment.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: $11.54 million

� EBIT Margin: 17% in 2013

� Investment Need: ~ $35 million

Management Team� Donata Marazzi: CEO

� Ruggero Cadossi: Chairman and CSO

� Jacqueline Eastwood: Director of US Business Development

Contact� Ruggero Cadossi: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2000

� Headquartered in Chieti, Italy

Innova is a pioneer in the exploitation and development of solar technology for thegeneration and distribution of electrical and thermal power. Their innovative systemsproduce little to no environmental impact. Since its inception, Innova has grown into aninternational brand that is synonymous with solar energy. The firm’s customers includesmall and medium sized companies and residential customers.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: ~ €5.7 million

� EBITDA: ~ €262,000

� Investment Goal: €3 million

Management Team� Francesco Guidetti: CEO

� Antonio Sutti: President

� Giuseppe Farchione: CFO

� Giampaolo Faini: CTO

Contact� Francesco Guidetti: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2001

� Headquartered in Barga, Italy

� 1,200 employees

Kedrion is a biopharmaceutical company specializing in the development, production anddistribution of plasma-derived products. Kedrion was formed after a series of mergers andacquisitions, through which it acquired a heritage of expertise that secured its prominentrole in Italy’s biotech industry.

Kedrion has partnered with Italy’s National Health Service and major medical institutionsaround the globe, in the production of plasma-derived medicinal products.

Financials� 2010 Sales: €248 million

� Gross Margin: €108 million

� EBITDA Margin: 27.3%

Management� Paolo Marcucci: President and CEO

Contact

Roberto Tana: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2002

� Headquartered in Italy (Milan and Cremona)

� 42 employees

MailUp is a professional, multi-channel direct marketing system that allows users tosend effective, rich e-mail, SMS and fax communications to their customers while trackingstatistics for evaluating the results of each campaign. In Italy, MailUp is among theleading providers in the industry thanks to its unique pricing, powerful features andunparalleled inbox delivery. Currently, MailUp has over 2,800 active users with an annualgrowth rate of 100%.

Financials� Revenue: $4.5 million

� EBITA: $1.4 million

� EBITA Margin: 32%

� Pre-Money Valuation: $16 million

Management Team� Nazzareno Gorni: General Manager

ContactNazzareno Gorni: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2007

� Currently 14 employees

� Headquartered in Genoa, Italy

Noodls’ mission is to become a full coverage, real-time, press release newswire based ona web 2.0 framework. Its automatic catch-up engine collects selected information fromthe news pages of targeted websites and transforms them into press releases. Noodls’target market is represented by a wide range of potential customers: media accounts,PR accounts, professional accounts, online media and trading platforms. The platformcurrently collects 3.5 million items from 26,000 leading organizations across 150countries and 89 markets in real-time.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: ~ $1.5 million

� EBIT Margin: 22% in 2013

� Investment Need: ~ $10 million by YE 2011

Management Team� Giacomo Cambiaso: Co-Founder and CEO

� Filippo Novella: Co-Founder and Director of Content

� Renzo Sala: Co-Founder and Platform Development Manager

� Roberto Lucignani: CTO

ContactGiacomo Cambiaso: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2005

� Headquartered in Bologna, Italy with offices in San Diego, California

Silicon Biosystems has developed an instrument that can sort, manipulate, andcollect individual or groups of rare cells using a proprietary electronic chip-basedmicro-fluidiccartridge and microscopic image analysis. Using its DEPArray™ system,Silicon Biosystems’ technology can recover as little as a single cell from the suspensionof tens of thousands of cells with 100% purity, allowing downstream molecular analysissuch as whole-genome amplification and sequencing. The technology can be used in themolecular characterization of circulating tumor cells, tumor infiltrating cells, stem cellsand circulating fetal cells.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: $ 6million

� Positive EBIT: 2012

� EBIT Margins: 40% in 2015

� Investment Need: $30 million

Management Team� Giuseppe Giorgini: CEO

� Nicolo Manaresi: CTO

� Gianni Medoro: CSO

� Gianfranco Marchesi: General Manager

ContactGiuseppe Giorgini: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 1986

� Headquartered in Naples, Italy

Tecnam manufactures small aircraft in three segments: certified twin and single engines,LSA light sport aircrafts and advanced ultra light. Currently, Tecnam manufactures 300planes per year and exports 85% thought its global network of 45 certified distributors.Tecnam is a well established and profitable company and ranks at the top of its segment.Recently Tecnam formed its Tecnam USA unit with ambitions to become a leader in smallaircraft manufacturing in the US.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: $30 million

� EBITDA Margin: 10%

� Compound Annual Growth Rate: (2006-2010): 9%

� Investment Need:

- Ongoing US operations: $10 million

- New US plant: ~ $50 million

Management Team� Luigi Pascale Langer: Founder, Chairman and Head of R&D

� Paolo Pascale Langer: CEO, Managing Director & Co-founder

� Amedeo Fogliano: CFO

ContactPhil Solomon: [email protected]

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Company Overview: SME

Overview� Founded in 2006

� Headquartered in Milan, Italy with offices in Rome, London, Paris and Madrid

� 120 full-time employees and consultants

The Blog TV generates user-generated TV programming content on different platformsand devices, leveraging the user’s content and social media inputs. The main focus ofthe product is the development of thematic channels in cooperation with the mainvideo bloggers in the online community. Currently, production of user-generated contentis used by major digital and satellite broadcasters and vertical video communities inSpain, France and the UK.

Financials� 2011 Revenue: $15 million

� Positive EBITDA: 2012

� EBITDA Margin: 10% in 2012, 22% in 2013

� Investment Need: $10 million

Management Team� Bruno Pellegrini: CEO

� Pietro Dore: General Manager

� Michele Trotta: COO

ContactBruno Pellegrini: [email protected]

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Company Overview: Start Ups

Overview� Founded in 2010

� Headquartered in Hayward, California

� 4 employees

BioSolids develops technologies enabling the production of high quality biofuels, edibleprotein meals for human and animal consumption as well as pharmaceutical componentsfrom the non-edible biofuel crop Jatropha. BioSolids’ patented technology allowscompanies to simultaneously produce Jatropha-based biofuels, high quality edible proteinmeals, as well as high value products like anti-tumoral Curcin. BioSolids intends to sell itsplants and license its process technology to thousands of Jatropha producers worldwide.

Financials� Funding Stage: Round A

� Previous Capital: $460,000

� Monthly Burn Rate: $10,000

� Pre-Money Valuation: Negotiable

� Capital Seeking: $500,000 - $3 million

Management Team� Giovanni Venturini Del Greco: CEO

� Roberto Crea: Chairman

ContactGiovanni Venturini Del Greco: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2010

� Headquartered in San Francisco, California

� 3 employees

eRALOS3 produces wearable polymer-based photovoltaic (PV) cells that can charge smallportable electronic devices such as a mobile phone or MP3 player. Customers can easilyintegrated eALOS3’s product called “Solar Writing,” which is extremely lightweight, intoeveryday wearable items like jackets, t-shirts, backpacks, beach umbrellas and tents.

Financials� Funding Stage: Seed

� Previous Capital: $40,000

� Positive EBIT: 2014 (target $3.2 million)

� Capital Seeking: $1 million

Management Team� Giuseppe Suriani: Microelectronic Engineer, CEO and Co-Founder

� Salvatore Bagiante: PhD in Materials Science, CTO and Co-Founder

� Michele Corselli: Microelectronic Engineer, Co-Founder

ContactGiuseppe Suriani: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2009

� Headquartered in Milan, Italy

� 5 employees

Fubles.com is a social sports sharing platform providing amateur players an opportunityto meet and interact with other athletes, set up matches and book slots in local sportscenters and/or fields. A proprietary feedback system allows players to rate other playersand venues, assuring a safe and reliable community where the game continues even afterthe match is over. Fubles.com has no advertising costs. It is continuously growing throughword of mouth and now has 30,000 players and 700 monthly matches.

Financials� Funding Stage: Seed

� Capital Raised: $483,000

� Monthly Burn Rate: $15,000

� PM Valuation: $1.4 million

� Capital Seeking: $2- 3 million

Management Team� Mirko Trasciatti: CEO

� Giuseppe De Giorg: Founder, Director of Business Development

� Stefano Rodriguez

ContactMirko Trasciatti: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2005

� Headquartered in Milan

� 5 employees

Glossom is a web-based platform that allows creative professionals across all visualmediums including fashion, design, photography, illustration, video-making, to organizetheir work in “Collections” and share them quickly throughout the digital world. Glossomprovides the tools visual creatives need to curate and promote their work, withoutneeding extensive or detailed knowledge of HTML, Flash and other web tools. Byuploading their images, photos or videos from their hard drive or importing them themfrom Flickr, Picasa, YouTube or Vimeo, artists can share visual snippets of their portfoliosin an elegant, powerful and dynamic way. Similar to a Tweet or a Facebook status update,The Collection in Glossom is an innovative social object designed for the digital worldand not as a replica of the printed world. The Collection encourages creatives to maximizetheir reach and message in a fast visual format.

Glossom currently has 13,000 registered users, 22,000 Collections and 420,000images uploaded.

Financials� Funding Stage: Round A

� Previous Investment: $1 million

� Monthly Burn Rate: $31,000

� Pre-Money Valuation: $8 million

� Capital Seeking: $1 million

Management Team� Piero Rivizzigno: CEO

� Corrado Cambiaghi: CMO

� Eugenio Vacca: CTO

ContactPiero Rivizzigno: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2005

� Headquartered in Torino, Italy

� 20 employees

Minteos is developing hi-tech systems for environmental monitoring. Their NaturAlertplatform provides warning alerts of imminent environmental, natural or industrial hazardsto its users via mobile phone, email or web browser. Minteos’ innovative operating system(MintOS) for outdoor wireless sensor networks makes it easy to create new applicationsto protect environmental and industrial work sites. The company currently operates inthe following vertical markets: wildfires prediction, landslide early detection, gas leakage,fire detection in building sites, sewage optimization and control, energy efficiency, andindustrial dams monitoring. Minteos intends to focus on its MintOS Software and provideCloud application services to system integrators that will create their own applicationsfor their customers.

The company’s current customers are located in Italy, Switzerland, Greece and Germany,with deals in the negotiating phase in the United States, Brazil and the UAE.

Financials� Previous capital: $1.2 million

� Monthly Net Burn: $15,000

� Pre-Money Valuation: $ 9.5 million

� Capital Seeking in 2011: $3 million

Management Team� Marco Brini: CEO and Founder

� Maurizio Savioli: COO and BA

� Giovanni Contri: Sales Director

ContactMarco Brini: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2010

� Headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware

� 4 employees

Mopapp (Measures Of Performances for Apps) is a business analytics service that helpsmobile application developers to track and analyze their apps’ revenues from all majoronline app market sites (e.g. iTunes, BlackBerry AppWorld and the Android Market) andmajor mobile Ad networks like AdMob.With a range of pricing options (from basic topremium services) Mopapp is the only one-stop-shop for app developers to publish andmonitor their apps’ performance, and provides a compelling user experience for reportgeneration that doesn’t require any downloads or installation.

Following its beta launch in November 2010, Mopapp has reached over 1,000 users andapproximately 3 million downloads. The company projects to be cash flow positive after18 months from investment.

Financials� Funding Stage: $0 - $500,000

� Previous Capital: $250,000

� Monthly Burn Rate: $25,000

� Pre-Money Valuation: negotiable

� Capital Seeking: $1.5 million

Management Team� Alessandro Rizzoli: CEO and Co-Founder

� Federico Sita: COO and Co-Founder

� Marco Bellinaso: CTO and Co-Founder

� Alberto Falossi: Chief Creative Officer and Co-Founder

ContactAlessandro Rizzoli: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2010

� Offices in Italy and Japan

� 15 employees

Porcovino.com brings the best wine and food from Italy’s 10,000+ villages to thecustomer’s doorstep through an innovative e-commerce platform that showcases thelifestyle brand value of Italian gourmet. The platform has been created as a virtual village,where each location is a shop with a shop-owner, in which the focus is on discovery ofnew products and the narratives of the products and producers. Through a content-richuser experience (both original and visitor-generated) shoppers can explore a world offlavor, tradition and lifestyle unique to Italy. Among the features of the village there willbe: cross-branding with lifestyle and fashion sites, user generated/crowd-sourced wines,private sales of unique products and a social platform that leverages on the passion forItalian wine and food to drive e-commerce revenues.

With a core team in place in Italy and Japan, a functioning site, logistics platform andproduct portfolio complete, Porcovino.com is set to implement an aggressive operationaland marketing-communications strategy to launch in Japan the first year and rapidly scaleto the United States and the European Union.

Financials� Previous Capital: $385,000 (Friends & Family)

� Capital Seeking: $2.8 million

Management Team� Giovanni Segni: Founder and CEO

� Eugenio Velitti: Co-Founder and Product Director

� Giulio Concas: Co-Founder and CTO

� Yutaka Kitade: Head of Japan Operations

� Ilan Tito: Head of US Operations

ContactGiovanni Segni, [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2007

� Headquartered in Bologna, Italy

� 7 employees

Siena Solar Nanotech (2SN) develops and produces a thin film deposition technologyto make solar photovoltaic (PV) technology a competitive energy source. 2SN designsand manufactures deposition equipment based on its innovative Pulsed PlasmaDeposition technology (PPD), which works by ablation of a solid target using highenergy electron pulses generated by specially-patented high energy electron guns.2SN is the first to apply electron ablation in industrial thin film production. The companyhas an exclusive license for the core patent covering the PPD deposition techniqueand owns patents and exclusive licenses for PV devices and single functional materialssuch as metal oxides TCOs.

Financials� Funding Stage: Round B

� Previous Capital: €2 million

� Monthly Burn Rate: €25,000

� Pre-Money Valuation: €9.6 million

� Capital Seeking: €2.4 million

Management Team� Prof. Carlo Taliani: President, Scientific Advisor, Chairman

� Dr. Petr Nozar: Technical and Scientific Leader

� Gianpiero Tedeschi: Managing Director

� Dr. Alberto Bombonati: Fiscal Administration and Strategic Development

ContactGianpiero Tedeschi: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2008

� Headquartered in London, England

� 4 employees

Skipso is a cloud-based collaboration and crowdsourcing platform connecting Cleantechcommunities globally. Through its platform, companies worldwide can find the solutionsand resources they need to go to market faster and grown their business: access multiplecapital sources, find people or expertise to develop their product, find top partners tocommercialize and internationalize their business. Skipso brings these capabilities to itsusers with a single click and at a fraction of the cost compared to traditional channels.

Financials� Funding Stage: Self-funded

� Previous Capital: $390,000

� Monthly Burn Rate: $10,000

� Pre-Money Valuation: Negotiable

� Capital Seeking: $500,000

Management Team� Carlo Soresina: Co-Founder and CEO

� Felipe Padilla: Co-Founder and CTO

ContactCarlo Soresina: [email protected]

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Overview� Founded in 2008

� Headquartered in Rome, Italy

� 4 employees

SMANIA (SMArt Neural Interfaces and Advanced modeling) specializes in the research,design, and development of innovative neural interfaces for a bidirectionalcommunication between the peripheral nervous system and an artificial device tointimately connect an amputee with his or her prosthesis. The objective of the neuralinterface is to electrically communicate with the nervous system, providing an amputeewith a dexterous control of their external prosthetic device, thus allowing the prosthesisto feel as part of his or her own body. SMANIA products will combine traditional materialsand technologies commonly used for invasive neural interfaces (biocompatible polymers,thin film technology, etc.,) with innovative microactuators (i.e. shape memory alloys)which will allow to control the neural interface position after its insertion into peripheralnerves nearing the active sites to neural fibers and thus increasing the electricalcommunication quality between the nerve and the electrodes.

Financials� Type of Financing Round: Seed

� Previous Investments: $250,000 (from research funds)

� Capital Seeking: $1.5 million in Round A

Management Team� Silvia Bossi: CEO and Founder

� Silvestro Micera

� Riccard Amoni

ContactSilvia Bossi: [email protected]

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Company Overview: Start Ups

Overview� Founded in 2010

� Headquartered in San Francisco, California

� 5 employees

Super Compare is a web-based platform for customers to compare supermarket productprices to find out where to shop, both online and offline, for the cheapest price. The aim istwofold: Super Compare provides shoppers with a free online price comparison tool thatfinds for them the cheapest grocery store in their neighborhood, while providing retailersaccess to real-time analytics on competitors’ price strategies and consumer shoppingbehavior, reaching them during their decision making process. Since its launch, SuperCompare has garnered more than 20,000 users across Italy in only three months andis comparing prices for 37 national retailers (70% of the Italian grocery market).The company’s database now totals more than 1 million shopping records.

Financials� Type of Financing Round: Seed

� Break Even Analysis: Cash positive by the end of the second year

� Previous Investments: $140k + finalizing a $700k for the Italian market

� Capital Seeking: $500,000 - $1 million

Management Team� Barbara Labate: Co-Founder and CEO

� Zion Nahum: Co-Founder

ContactBarbara Labate: [email protected]

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