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General Overview National Research Council Rome, 23 May 2012 Federica Lodato

General Overview National Research Council Rome, 23 May 2012 Federica Lodato External Relations Manager Veneto Nanotech. What is Nanochallenge &Polymerchallenge? 2012 Edition Q&A. 2. shw3.

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General Overview National Research Council Rome, 23 May 2012 Federica Lodato

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  1. General Overview National ResearchCouncil Rome, 23 May 2012 Federica Lodato External Relations Manager Veneto Nanotech

  2. Whatis Nanochallenge &Polymerchallenge? 2012 Edition Q&A 2

  3. shw3 Nanochallenge&Polymerchallengeis a business plancompetitionorganisedsince 2005 to support the startup creation in the field of nanotechnologies and polymer-based and composite materials • Total amountof600.000 €: 2prizesof300.000 € eachasinvestment in the startupphase The highestprize for a business plancompetition at internationallevel 3

  4. New companies: keyelements Ideas Markets Finance 4

  5. Private equity: the valuechain Early Stage Venture Capitalfirst level Mid Stage - 2nd Round Venture Capitalsecondlevel Late Stage Growth Capital Mezzanine Finance Seed capital Networking and partnership with national and internationalactors in the short-medium term Local action by localresourcesHigh priority • It selects ideas worldwide and invests in • the establishment of start-ups in local area • It supports start-ups by providing skills and acceleration services • It assists the investments growth by helping them find new resources • Itinvests in innovative companies, focusing on return on capital and active management • Expected rate of returnconsistent with the market 5

  6. Goal: create new high-tech companies! • Attract international high-value enterprisesand financial resources from venture capitalists, business angels and entrepreneurs • Strengthen the technological transfer and the positive relapse on the Italian entrepreneurial system through pull actions ATTRACTION OF INVESTMENTS • Business plan mentoring • Attraction of private investors both nationally and internationally in order to support the development of start-ups • Support to the winners and to the best team after the competition with the propose of helping with their business and in finding funds SUPPORT TO TEAMS 6

  7. Since 2007 IMAST joined the Competition with a grant of 300.000 Euro for the creation of a startup on polymer-based and advanvedmaterialspreferably in Campania region VENETO REGION VENICE CAMPANIA REGION NEAPLES 7

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  9. Some general data • More than20.000accesses per year to the officialwebsite • 246projectsreceived • 87finalistprojectsevaluated by an internationaljury • More than500personsattendedthe investor sessions • 50venture capitalistsattended the investor sessions • 11new startups(both in the nanotechnologiescategory and in the polymericmaterialscategory) • 3otherstartupscreatedthanks to the mentoringactivities • 3,3 millionsEuro awarded from the beginning of the competition • More than23new workplacescreated I numeri 9

  10. Participation Sectors of submittedprojects /2005-2011, in % Con l’introduzione della sezione materiali polimerici dal 2007, diverse sono state le proposte progettuali in tale ambito. Nonostante quello del Cleantech non sia un settore specifico della competizione, ha catalizzato negli scorsi anni un crescente interesse. Le proposte negli ambiti delle “Biotecnologie” e degli “Strumenti e Apparecchiature”, sono sempre di forte partecipazione 10

  11. Technology Applications Yeas Start-up Country Nuova imprenditorialità Pharmaceutic; Automotive Luxury products Technologicalsolutionforanticounter-fittingbasedon nanomaterials 2005 Singapore Portablelaboratorywithbiosensorsfortesting and analysis 2006 Agrifood; Diagnostic Slovak Republic Production ofhigh resolutionnanoparticles, multifunctional, biocompatible and biodegradable Diagnostic; Medical sector; Oncology Italy 2007 Electronics; Optical devices; Diagnostic; Renewable energy Nanolitografy for production and commercialisationofelectronics and optical for dailyuse 2008 Italy Nanoclaysasbarrierelementstocorrosion, in ordertoobtainprotectivecoatings Lightening/fire retardantpolymers; Anti-corrosion/thermalresistantcoatings Italy 2009 Stone industry; Mechanic industry; Jewelry Fabrication of nanostructured diamond coatings for industrial use 2010 Italy/India 11

  12. Technology Applications Year Start-up Nuova imprenditorialità Country Special polymericfoammaterial water resistant and fireproof with insulatingproperties Italy • Building sector 2007 Technology for components production of auxeticmaterials with high mechanicalproperties. Italy 2008 • Building sector • Transport • Aerospace 2009 Development of polymeric matrices filled with hybrid particles based on both biocompatible and edible solids synthetic layered . Italy • Food Packaging 12

  13. Otherstartups Nuova imprenditorialità 13

  14. Last winner/nano • Name: WISE • Nationality: Italy • Products and Technology: • WISE mission is to produce and market Implantable Medical Devices through an innovative technology that allows the metallization of stretchable polymers obtaining microcircuits that can sustain extensive cycles of stretching without breaking and are highly biocompatible. WISE will use this technology for producing a completely new family of leads for neuromodulation (NM) (implanted in the spinal cord or brain of patients for treating neurodegenerative disease like chronic pain and Parkinson) that will be more reliable, less invasive and cheaper compared to existing products. • Finalapplicationsectors • biomedical • diagnostic 14

  15. Last winner/polymer s • Name:Nanospun • Nationality:Israele Smart Fibers for Clever Solution • Productsand Technology: • They developed a technology that, using the technique of electrospinning, allows to create a nanostructured polymeric fiber where inserting some types of bacteria able to purify polluted water. • Finalapplicationsectors • biomedical • diagnostic 15

  16. Whatis Nanochallenge &Polymerchallenge? 2012 Edition Q&A 16

  17. 27-28- 29 October BootCamp 31 October SELECTION EVENT FINALIST ANNOUNCEMENT University of Padua 19 July Online Registration Executive Summary (max 10 pag) 28 February 2013 Final Evaluation Screening II Mentoring 3-7 September Further selection 27 July Selected team announcement I Mentoring 30 July 3 august Further selection 24 September BP and Pledge submission Deadline 25 July Concept Jury meeting (15) March 2013 Winner announcement 31 December 2012 Final BP submission 30 October Closed doors presentation/Dry Run 17

  18. SelectionEvent Saturday 27 and Sunday 28, October:Boot Camp At least a representative per team Monday, 29 October: 1to1 Tuesday, 30 October: Competition (closeddoors) Teams are evaluated by an internationaljury 15’ presentation+15’ Q&A Wednesday , 31 October:Start Up Initiative/Intesa Sanpaolo Teams presenttheirproject in front of the audience (companies, VC, business angels , investors) Venue: University of Padua - Palazzo del Bo 18

  19. Rules & Regulations (extract) • High innovationvalueof the business proposalswith a brandnewtechnology in nanotech or polymer-basedmaterials. • There are no restrictionsofprovenience, nationality, typeofeducation, age. Eligibility • Twomembers for each Team at least. • The Teams’s CEO and the CTO of the future start-up mustbepresent at the Final Contest. Team • SpinoffscontrolledbySMEs or largecompaniescannotparticipate. • Alreadyexisting and idipendententerprises can enteriffoundedfromlessthantwoyears. Othercaseswillbeevaluated on a case by case analisysby the Committee Restrictions • The winningTeamsmustfound a start-up or relocateoperations in the Veneto Regions, bothby June 2012 in ordertoreceive the prize. • The Teamsmustdevelop the business and operationsfollowing the deadlinescontained in the business plan Milestones • FinalistTeamsmustattend the mentoringsessions and follow the Business PlanModelof the Competititon • Teamsmustrespect the deadlines for the submissionof the documents Mentoring • All the partsinvolved in the Competition, Organizers, Judges, willsignan NDA toprotect the information providedby the Teams. NDA 19

  20. Collaboration with Intesa Sanpaolo On the occasion of Nanochallenge & Polymerchallenge2012, Intesa Sanpaolo willorganize the Start Up Initiative (2 days intensive training programme and 1 day1to1) Thanks to the support of MaverickAngelsLLC the selected teams will be disclosed to the knowledge of the keyapproaches to achieve business success and submittheirproject idea in front of potentialinvestors Date: 27, 28 and 29 October, 2012 Venue: Padua Participants: selected teams (atleastone pax) 20

  21. In the Jury: • Meeting with the selected teams • Evaluation of the economic and financialaspects of the business plan • In the Audience: • More than30 VC groupsduring the Open event • They look for good startup projects to finance • InvestorRoadshow: • Winning teams and selected teams are assisted in second t round of financing with business plan and networking activities 21

  22. Lessonslearned • at least 5-7 years to launch a start-up • itis important to encourage researchers to become entrepreneurs • a positive environmentisrequired (finance, business support, management) • be an excellent researcher isn’t conditio sine qua non for the success of a start-up • the creation of a start-up can be an important outlet for a career path • itis easier to create a new company than changing an existing one 22

  23. QUESTIONS? 23

  24. Contatti federica.lodato@venetonanotech.it info@nanochallenge.com THANK YOU! Veneto Nanotech S.C.p.A.via S. Crispino 106I -35129 Padova, Italytel: +39 049 7705500fax: +39 049 7705555www.nanochallenge.cominfo@nanochallenge.com 24

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