Nanotechnology : Capital and funding

erfecting a solar cell by adding imperfections

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Ordinary carbon nanotubes films are so-so in each of these properties. The obvious ways of improving one, though, sacrifice one of the others. For example, making the film thicker makes it a better catalyst, but then it's less transparent.

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Nanotechnology is paving the way toward improved solar cells. New research shows that a film of carbon nanotubes may be able to replace two of the layers normally used in a solar cell, with improved performance at a lower cost. Researchers have found a surprising way to give the nanotubes the properties they need: add defects.

Currently, these solar cells, called dye-sensitized solar cells, have a transparent film made of an oxide that is applied to glass and conducts electricity. In addition, a separate film made of platinum acts as a catalyst to speed the chemical reactions involved.

Both of these materials have disadvantages, though. The oxide films can't easily be applied to flexible materials: they perform much better on a rigid and heat resistant substrate like glass. This increases costs and limits the kinds of products that can be made. And expensive equipment is necessary to create the platinum films.

Jessika Trancik of the Santa Fe Institute, Scott Calabrese Barton of Michigan State University and James Hone of Columbia University decided to use carbon nanotubes to create a single layer that could perform the functions of both the oxide and platinum layers. They needed it to have three properties: transparency, conductivity, and catalytic activity.

Previous theory had suggested that materials may function better as catalysts when they have tiny defects, providing sites for chemicals to attach. So the researchers tried exposing the carbon nanotubes to ozone, which roughs them up a bit. Very thin films, they found, became dramatically better catalysts, with more than ten-fold improvement.

In fact, the performance gets close to that of platinum. "That's remarkable," Trancik says, "because platinum is considered pretty much the best catalyst there is."

In order to address the trade-off between transparency and conductivity, the researchers tried another trick on a bottom layer of tubes: they created carbon nanotubes that were longer. This improved both conductivity and transparency.

The carbon nanotube films might be used in fuel cells and batteries as well.

"This study is an example of using nanostructuring of materials – changing things like defect density and tube length at very small scales – to shift trade-offs between materials properties and get more performance out of a given material," Trancik says. "Making inexpensive materials behave in advanced ways is critical for achieving low-carbon emissions and low cost energy technologies."

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The researchers published their results recently in Nano Letters. They are currently in the process of filing a patent application for their techniques.

The Santa Fe Institute (SFI) is an acknowledged leader in multidisciplinary scientific research. Its objectives are to discover and understand the common fundamental principles in physical, computational, biological, and social complex systems that underlie many of the most profound issues facing science and society today. By transcending disciplines, breaking academic molds, and drawing together an international network of unorthodox creative thinkers, SFI is an independent non-profit research and education center supported by grants, charitable giving, and corporate relationships.

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Nanodrugs 2008: 1st International Conference on NanoDrugs and Clinical NanoTechnology

jwaslif — Wed, 04 Jun 2008 16:54:06 +0100

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http://www.spectraintelligence.com/nanodrugs.htm

Arrowhead–Spectra’s 1st International Conference on Nanodrugs and Clinical Nanotechnology provides an unmissable forum to learn the challenges and advances of pioneers in nanodrug development and the nanotechnologies applied to medical therapies. Case studies of pipelines, progress and clinical efficacy, and challenges of bioengineering and manufacturing will be the main themes of the conference.

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Nanotechnology has the potential to revolutionize medical treatments and medical practice. With hundreds of nanodrugs in development globally, the opportunities for clinical and market successes are apparent. Nanodrugs are at the forefront of bioengineering for diseases such as cancer, cardiovascular disease, and age-related conditions and represent the next generation of medical therapies that will impact worldwide markets, healthcare, and industry.

WHY ATTEND:
* Learn the latest developments in nanodrug development and clinical nanotechnology;
* Better understand the trends of nanodrug development;
* Learn from experts on the challenges and the solutions to bioengineering and manufacturing;
* Determine the efficacy of clinical stage nanodrug products;
* Establish the next generation market leaders in cancer and other therapy areas;
* Network with leaders from nanotechnology, pharma-biotech and healthcare industries

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London, United Kingdom
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Rapid Fielding of Innovation - A symposium

NationalNano — Wed, 07 May 2008 00:04:17 +0100

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Industry and Academia leaders gather with DOD and DOE officials to create a path for rapid nano-commercialization.

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A working symposium to drill down the precise requirements for driving nanotechnology to our military and commercial marketplaces. The opportunities, priorities, challenges, and gaps in the nano-commercialization process will be identified and explored. Then, through collaboration among the participants a ‘Best in Class’ plan will be produced for rapidly pushing nanotechnology where it is most needed.

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Thinkers from industry and military.
Decision makers from product developers, manufacturers, service providers.
Resource providers for nanotechnology equipment, services and particle materials.
Scientists with solutions, intellectual property, and/or know-how.

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Marriott Riverfront Hotel, Savannah Ga.
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XetaComp Receives Second ONAP Award

84alfa — Thu, 24 Apr 2008 07:12:33 +0100

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XetaComp Nanotechnology LLC receives $344,800 ONAP Award, second in two years

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XetaComp Receives Second ONAP Award

Edmond, OK (April 23, 2008): A two-year $344,800 grant has been awarded to XetaComp Nanotechnology LLC, a wholly-owned subsidiary of NanoBioMagnetics, Inc., (NBMI) through the Oklahoma Nanotechnology Applications Program (ONAP). The program is administered by the Oklahoma Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology (OCAST).
The grant was one of the two largest among $1.25 million in state funds awarded to eight Oklahoma companies active in nanotechnology. XetaComp also had been awarded a $250,000 grant in the first Oklahoma Nanotechnology Applications Project awards last year.
XetaComp, with offices and manufacturing facilities in Lawton, Oklahoma, was established by NBMI in 2006 to develop and market a range of functionalized nanomaterials. The company’s initial commercial target is a broad-spectrum UVA/UVB physical sunscreen on which a line of dermal care products are based and are now being introduced under the sunVex® trademark as cancer prevention tools. The technology for sunVex® is based on a proprietary nanofabrication process that yields a surface-treated titanium dioxide nanomaterial. The company’s technology offers the marketplace high-performance UVA/UVB attenuation together with cost-effective economics.
Charles Seeney, CEO and Founder of NBMI, said the infusion of working capital is important to XetaComp’s product development and commercialization efforts. “There has been tremendous interest in sunVex and related dermal care products, and the timing of this grant is highly meaningful to our success in bringing these products onto the market,” he said.
“The efforts of ONAP and OCAST’s executive director Michael Carolina are achieving significant results in positioning Oklahoma as an emerging leader in nanotechnology,” Seeney said.
NanoBioMagnetics, Inc., with offices and research facilities in Edmond, Oklahoma, is a nanobiomaterials development company pioneering an emerging area of nanomedicine referred to as Organ-Assisting-Device (OAD) technologies. As these healthcare technologies are developed and validated, NBMI’s business model calls for them to be spun off as separate business units for manufacture and commercialization, and XetaComp was organized as the first of these spinoffs.
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124 N. Bryant Ave., Suite C-3, Edmond, OK 73034 / Ph 405 844-5118 / nanobio@nanobmi.com

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Breakthrough in nanotechnology by uncovering conductive property of carbon-based molecules

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Newfound ability of organic molecules to conduct electricity opens door to smaller, cheaper and more powerful technologies

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University of Pittsburgh researchers have discovered that certain organic - or carbon-based - molecules exhibit the properties of atoms under certain circumstances and, in turn, conduct electricity as well as metal. Detailed in Science, the finding is a breakthrough in developing nanotechnology that provides a new strategy for designing electronic materials, including inexpensive and multifunctional organic conductors that have long been considered the key to smaller, cheaper, and faster technologies.

The Pitt team found that fullerenes can old and transfer an electrical charge much like the most highly conductive atoms, explained project head Hrvoje Petek, a professor of physics and chemistry in Pitt's School of Arts and Sciences and codirector of Pitt's Petersen Institute for NanoScience and Engineering. The research was performed by Pitt post-doctoral associates Min Feng and Jin Zhao.

When an electron was introduced into a fullerene molecule, the shape of the electron distribution mimicked that of a hydrogen atom or an atom from the alkali metal group, which includes lithium, sodium, and potassium. Moreover, when two fullerenes were placed next to each other on a copper surface, they showed the electron distribution of their chemical bond and appeared as H2, a hydrogen molecule. The assembly exhibited metal-like conductivity when the team extended it to a wire 1-molecule-wide.

"Our work provides a new perspective on what determines the electronic properties of materials," Petek said. "The realization that hollow molecules can have metal-like conductivity opens the way to develop novel materials with electronic and chemical properties that can be tailored by shape and size."

Although the team worked with fullerenes, the team's results apply to all hollow molecules, Petek added, including carbon nanotubes - rolled, 1-atom-thick sheets of graphite 100,000 times smaller than a human hair.

The team's research shows promise for the future of electronics based on molecular conductors. These molecule-based devices surpass the semiconductor and metal conductors of today in terms of lower cost, flexibility, and the ability to meld the speed and power of optics and electronics. Plus, unlike such inorganic conductors as silicon, molecule-based electronics can be miniaturized to a 1-dimensional scale (1-molecule-wide), which may enable them to conduct electricity with minimal loss and thus improve the performance of an electronic device.

Traditionally, the problem has been that organic conductors have not conducted electrical current very well, Petek said. The Pitt team's discovery could enable scientists to finally overcome that problem, he added.

"Metal-like behavior in a molecular material-as we have found-is highly surprising and desirable in the emerging field of molecular electronics," he said.

"Our work is a unique example of how nanoscale materials can be used as atom-sized building blocks for molecular materials that could replace silicon and copper in electronic devices, luminescent displays, photovoltaic cells, and other technologies."

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Micronit Microfluidics Receives Important Grant

micronit — Wed, 09 Apr 2008 15:24:26 +0100

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Micronit Microfluidics, a lab-on-a-chip company based in the Netherlands, has been granted € 1.2M within High Tech Factory. Minister of Economic Affairs Ms. Maria van der Hoeven announced this on April 2nd. High Tech Factory is a joint initiative of microsystems and nanotechnology companies around MESA+ Institute for Nanotechnology of the University of Twente.

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€ 1.2M Funding from Government and Province

Micronit, founded in 1999 as a spin-off from the University of Twente, develops and manufactures lab-on-a-chip devices of glass. The grant will fund the further development of a high-quality production line for the manufacture of microfluidic chips. Micha Mulder, CEO of Micronit, explains: “To meet the growing demands of our customers and of the general microfluidics market, we need to expand our production facilities. The grant enables us to improve our process development and to increase the manufacture of microfluidic products.”

The funding is granted from the Ministry of Economic Affairs and the Province of Overijssel within a regional economic program focusing on the economical chances in different national regions. The program is a collaboration of State and region, and it stimulates region specific economical developments by making the most of opportunities and taking away bottlenecks.

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Technolink Association

NanoStaff — Tue, 18 Mar 2008 17:39:07 +0000

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A Coalition of Government, Community and High Tech Industry Leading the Way Toward Increased Economic Development in Southern California by Serving as a Resource Center and Clearing House for Emerging and Start-Up Companies The mission of the organization is to serve as a trade association to support the development of a high tech trade and technology corridor in the greater Los Angeles area by providing access to those resources needed by start-up and emerging companies for successful growth.

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Nanotech Associates

Admin — Fri, 14 Mar 2008 11:36:01 +0000

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Nanotech Associates was formed on the premise that Silicon Valley will be at the epicenter of the nanotechnology revolution, as it has been through virtually every new wave of technology over the past four decades. --David Webster, Founder
It's everywhere
Nanotechnology research is a world-wide phenomenon. In 2002, governments everywhere invested a total of US$2,000,000,000 in fundamental nanotech research -- virtually every developed country has an aggressive Nanotechnology Initiative. Valuable intellectual property is being uniformly created throughout Europe, Asia Pacific and North America. This underscores a broad realization that nanotechnology has the potential to massively disrupt a large proportion of existing industry, and those who ignore this trend will be seriously disadvantaged.
Silicon Valley at the center

However Silicon Valley alone has the uniquely dynamic convergence of cutting-edge research, mature industrial infrastructure, concentrated venture capital, innovation, world class entrepreneurial workforce, and access to world markets. High technology companies that establish a credible presence in Silicon Valley will greatly magnify their probability of success.

Nanotech Associates is a team of experienced Silicon Valley professionals, with deep experience in development of small to medium sized high tech enterprises, world-wide distributed operations, international sales, strategic partnerships, and early to mid-stage funding.
The nanoSIG connection

Nanotech Associates principals are also the founders and principal officers of nanoSIG, Silicon Valley's leading organization focused on networking, education and commercialization of nanotechnology. As a result of this activity, Nanotech Associates is extremely well connected within the Silicon Valley nanotechnology community. This includes deep links into major corporates and startups; angel, corporate and VC investors; university and government research laboratories; banks, law firms and recruiters.

Literally thousands of nanotechnology professionals have ongoing business with nanoSIG as conference attendees, speakers, exhibitors, sponsors, members, associates, service providers and more. Nanotech Associates is uniquely positioned to rapidly access and develop appropriate business relationships for its clients.
Feet in two camps
Labor costs are high in Silicon Valley, although most other costs are relatively modest. Rents and commercial real estate values are currently attractive following the 'dot com' fallout. Overseas companies establishing a Silicon Valley presence generally invest only in the minimum staff required to achieve desired objectives, and retain functions such as research, engineering and manufacturing at the home base.

A Silicon Valley presence may involve anything from simple mail and phone service in your company name, through establishment of a regional or global sales or business development office, all the way to relocation of management and control to a Silicon Valley based head office.
We can help!
Nanotech Associates will advise and assist with physical premises, legal, accounting and financial requirements, sales marketing and business development, and recruitment of staff as appropriate. Partners in Nanotech Associates have hands-on experience in all these areas, and can take active or advisory roles to round out the talent set as required. Our wide industry connections will save you time, money and effort in both establishment and ongoing operations.
Getting funded

In the present climate, equity finance is tight in Silicon Valley, as everywhere. The IPO exit path is closed. Venture Capital firms are gun-shy and demanding more equity and power. Many investors are not sufficiently informed about nanotechnology.

However, on a regional basis in 2002, Silicon Valley led the field with $280 million in Small Tech VC funding, against the entire New England region a distant second at only $170 million. Some investors are prepared to take a long-term view, investing to build businesses rather than focusing on near-term exit strategy.

Founders must be able to show a compelling product or proof of concept, experienced management, proprietary intellectual property, and a path to near-term revenue and profit.

Nanotech Associates will advise and execute on finance strategy, and negotiate directly with its wide network of funding sources, which include:

* Angel networks
* Corporate Investors
* Venture Capital
* SBIR, STTR grants
* CalTIPs matching grants (California Technology Investment Partnership)

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Luxcapital

Admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 16:53:04 +0000

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http://www.luxcapital.com

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140 East 45th Street, 30th Fl

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Lux Capital Management is a research-driven investment firm focused on de novo, seed and early stage investments in the physical and life sciences. Lux takes an active role in helping management teams build successful businesses in high growth sectors. Our investment team has built over 20 companies from scratch.

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Seraphima Ventures

Admin — Fri, 08 Feb 2008 00:53:30 +0000

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http://www.seraphimaventures.com

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410 Park Avenue, 15th Fl

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Seraphima Ventures LLC is focusing on mainly nanotechnology startup companies with existing products, not blue sky research. The current venture capital business models are not appropriate for investing in Nanotechnology. We are proposing a new business model which combines the best of both worlds of venture capital and angel investing which is a more hands-on approach to managing companies to success. Seraphima is a play on the word "seraphim", an angel, for the investment approach of this fund. This does not mean we are limited to funding with angel money.

Why Nanotechnology?

Nanotechnologies have potential to add significant value in performance and eventually lower cost to many products across all sectors. These commercial benefits are happening much sooner than most people think.

President Bush in his January 2006 State of the Union address says he wishes to double funding in R&D including nanotechnology. By the end of 2005, governments spent US$18 Billion of taxpayer money into nanotech R&D. US$6 Billion are forecast for 2006. President Bush signed the Nanotech bill on Wednesday, December 3, 2003 for US$3.7 Billion over the next 4 years starting 2005 for nanotech research. This does not even include the nanotechnology funding set aside for military and defense related applications. The signing of the bill by President Bush makes nanotechnology the highest federally funded basic science and technology effort since the space race. The US only makes up about 25% of the global government spending on nanotech research with Japan just slightly ahead of the US. An NSF report states that Nanotech has the potential to grow to a US$1 Trillion per year industry.

Venture capital investment for nanotechnology rose strongly in 2005, with institutional venture capitalists devoting $480 million into nanotechnology startups up from $410 million in 2004. Venture capital spending in nanotech from 1999-2002 was close to US$900 Million with US$386 Million in 2002 and dipped to about $325 million in 2003. Immunicon went public in April 2004 with a market cap of $182 million after raising $86 million in venture capital. On the other hand, life sciences company Invitrogen of Carlsbad, Calif., bought Quantum Dot Corporation for $26 million in 2005 after the startup burned through $40 million in venture funding. Nanosys announced an IPO in April 2004 but withdrew shortly thereafter in August 2004. A US$38 Million second round went to Nanosys and US$22 Million went to Nanostream Spring 2003. $17.5 Million Series B round went to Zettacore lead by Kleiner Perkins Caulfield & Byer and US$30 Million Series B round went to Molecular Imprints just before the end of 2003. These are just a sampling of some of the bigger venture funding deals done. Only 9% of nanotechnology venture capital deals have exited.

However, venture capital funding of nanotech remains "outstripped by corporate R&D spending and government funding by a factor of 19 times" (Nordan, Lux Research).

Our research in 2003 showed over 20,000 patents issued in nanotech explicitly which means there are many more because much of nanotech isn't called nanotech. Highest corporate assignees

Genentech, IBM, Hitachi, NEC, Motorola

These major companies, known for cutting edge innovation and contributions that make possible the technology we use everyday, understand the value of nanotechnology. And so do we. Note the diversity of the companies and industries investing money in nanotechnology.

Have you seen the Hewlett-Packard commercials, "N is for Nanotechnology", aired during the US Open 2003 Tennis championships?

Nanotechnology is here and now.

Why Seraphima Ventures?

Seraphima Ventures are experts in investing in nanotechnology. The Seraphima Ventures team actually understands what is Nanotechnology.

Each of our team members are both deep tech and business savvy with both an understanding for the big picture impact on global markets and an eye and attention for detail for such things as implementation of business strategies and addressing management issues. We will work onsite alongside with the portfolio companies. Each team member brings along a very important network of contacts that will ensure each of our invested companies’ success.

The old VC business models cannot work with the broad understanding necessary for the diverse technologies, applications and markets of nanotechnology. This is a challenging sector in which to invest because it is so vast and expertise is limited. We can capitalize on our experience to a sector of high velocity growth through our expertise. We have a team and business model uniquely qualified to sort through the noise to nurture winning investments. There’s more expert management oversight and business strategy consulting and advisement to our startup in their industries. We offer more value for less.

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Flintbox

Admin — Wed, 06 Feb 2008 17:03:40 +0000

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about Flintbox
Flintbox is an intellectual property matchmaking system that redefines how industry and research connect, interact, and exchange IP. By combining direct access to innovation with a network of members and users from over one hundred countries around the world, Flintbox provides a superior platform for both research and industry to connect and build relationships.

Where IP Connects

* Interconnectivity: Flintbox allows direct interaction between industry, researchers, and technology transfer professionals on a common platform in order to transact technology, build relationships and initiate collaboration to discover the best applications for intellectual property and other research artifacts.
* Access to Innovation: Through a single account, Flintbox provides end users access to information from the entire network at www.flintbox.com while also allowing member organizations and channel partners the ability to customize their sites and decide what information requires licensing and fees or can be distributed freely.

Founded in 2003, Flintbox was developed at and continues to be managed by UBC Research Enterprises (UBC-RE), a wholly owned subsidiary of the University of British Columbia, located in Vancouver, Canada.

Flintbox Member Organizations

Flintbox is implemented at over fifty universities, government labs, and other research organizations across Canada, providing a national network of research and innovation. See our Organizations page for a complete list of members and partners.

Flintbox membership is now also being offered to additional institutions and companies in Canada, the USA, Europe and Asia, who are interested in customized solutions for complete IP portfolio management.

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Nanotech Funding

Admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 18:06:03 +0000

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Nanotech Funding:
Capital is funneling into Nanotechnology at Record Rates.

nanotechfunding_image1Nanotech funding is providing millions of dollars in developmental costs to move products and applications from the research labs into the commercial marketplace. The United States spent $1.6 billion in nanotechnology research for fiscal year 2004. This was followed by Japan's $1.0 billion, and respectable, but unavailable amounts by countries such as China, South Korea, and Germany.

Outside of government, the private sector in the United States is also the largest non-governmental source of nanotech funding. Nearly half of the world's 2004 $3.8 billion in private nanotech funding came from U.S. based companies. Also, a large percentage of the nanotechnology patents being issued by the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office are going to U.S. companies, too.

But the report warns that the rest of the world is not that far behind and interest is strong. Nanotech funding is being segmented by country along different areas of development. Taiwan, for instance, is concentrating on MRAM (magnetoresistive random access memory), which is a technology of recording data bits using magnetic charges instead of electrical charges. South Korea, on the otherhand, has filed numerous patents for flat computer displays and flat screen TVs that use carbon nanotubes to light up the screens.

Recently, China has announced large scale nanotech funding and has built large research campuses devoted just to nanotech research and development. China is also becoming the world's largest educator of engineers, people who will take the nanotech funding and turn it into useful products for the world.

Bookmark www.NanotechFunding.com as a great source of information on investment within the emerging field of nanotechnology. As news items and other relevant articles become available, we will add them to this growing website. Thanks for stopping by.

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Foresight Group

Admin — Tue, 05 Feb 2008 02:55:03 +0000

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www.vcf.co.uk

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ECA Court

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TN13 1DU

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Investors and entrepreneurs choose to work with Foresight because we have a clear vision, because we act decisively and because we have a track record of success.

We look to identify investment waves at an early stage and then work with innovative businesses that are able to expolit these opportunities. The emergence of mobile phones, the deregulation of utilities and the rise of outsourcing have proved fertile ground for our investors in the past. Today, climate change is driving opportunities in renewable energy, waste treatment and fuel efficiency.

Rapid, informed decision-making is key to our success. Entrepreneurs can benefit from the combined 170 years of experience within Foresight to help them make the right decisions. When we back a company, we join the board to add our insight and support to the development of the business.

Foresight has invested in more than 60 companies over more than 20 years. We have invested successfully in very young businesses and in mature businesses. We have supported rapid organic growth, leveraged MBOs, spin-outs and buy and build strategies.

We have exited 33 investments and realised on average six times the cost of investment. In 2007 we realised over £24 million from investments with a total purchase cost of £7 million. Our first institutional fund returned to investors more than £4 for every £1 invested. Our award winning Foresight Technology Venture Capital Trust is the best performing VCT, having paid £1.65 in tax free dividends on each £1 share.

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A platform to stand on

Admin — Mon, 28 Jan 2008 18:35:44 +0000

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We humbly submit this template for building a comprehensive U.S. technology policy platform

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We humbly submit this template for building a comprehensive U.S. technology policy platform, if and when the presidential candidates decide they need one: • Create a national energy research center that is positioned, funded and staffed to be a state-of-the-art organization for defining, driving and conducting basic research into alternative and renewable energy technology. Give the center clear responsibility over energy research at all of the national labs, and make sure it has a strong arm reaching out to industry.

• Study the requirements for finding transitional electronics technologies to take us beyond the estimated 2020 lifetime of semiconductors. Bolster the budget of the existing National Nanotechnology Institute as needed to assist in the basic research component of that transition.

• Create a comprehensive program to address the shortfalls in U.S. math, science and engineering education. It should be integrated with your overall education platform but must include specific measures to expand the number of graduates in these crucial disciplines significantly within your four-year term. It also should include a public outreach function to show young people that technological competence is empowering, much as the anti-littering campaigns of the 1960s taught boomers it's not cool to throw trash out of the car window.

• Expand temporary visa programs and improve the immigration system so anyone with technological prowess--and certainly anyone who earns an advanced degree at a U.S. institution--can stay, work and become a citizen. But charge the Labor Department to create a watchdog unit that ensures employers are not underpaying foreign workers hired on temporary or transitional visas.

• Create a metric for defining broadband service in a flexible, evolving manner. Make that baseline part of the universal-service right of every citizen. Charter the National Institutes of Health to define a road map for a baseline of digital, networked medical-service delivery, and make it part of any universal-healthcare program. Make sure the appropriate tax and grant incentives are in place to encourage the healthcare industry to transition at a brisk, innovative pace to electronic systems.

• Recognize that the patent office and the courts are overburdened because the U.S. patent system is being pulled too hard in too many directions. Create a Cabinet-level position of national chief technology officer. Charge that person to develop and drive a comprehensive policy on intellectual property, and to advise your administration on technology and science issues.

Of course, this is only a starter kit. Before your platform is finished, you will have to attach budget numbers and target dates to all these goals, and show where you will get the money and how you will meet the timetable.

That said, building on this humble reference design, you could craft a leading position that would win the votes of rank-and-file engineers and technology executives alike. More important, your platform would bolster U.S. industry to lead the world to higher levels of prosperity.

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COMS2008 – Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems Conference

nwylde — Wed, 19 Dec 2007 18:50:59 +0000

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COMS2008: The Premier Conference on Micro-Nanotechnology Commercialization Education!

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COMS (Commercialization of Micro and Nano Systems Conference) is the world's most important international meeting place for all those bringing emerging small technologies from concept to the marketplace.

Network with key people from across the world and from every sector of industry, i
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As with previous COMS, we will be including an exhibition of leading companies and institutes working in micro and nanotechnology. Over $2B USD in commercial deals have been made at COMS since its inception in 1994. COMS2008 will host an exhibition with approximately 40 international companies

COMS means business!

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The Westin Resort & Spa
Puerto Vallarta, Mexico
Contact: Patricia Regalado info@mancef-coms2008.org

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http://www.mancef-coms2008.org

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Applied Ventures

Thu, 11 Oct 2007 10:22:25 +0100

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http://www.appliedventures.com/

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3050 Bowers Avenue

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95054

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Applied Ventures invests in high-growth, early stage technology companies. We are driven by both financial and strategic objectives, and our mission is to profitably invest in companies that provide a window on technologies that advance the semiconductor and related industries. The fund focuses on companies pursuing technologies and markets that provide a natural extension to Applied Materials' core business in addition to innovations that stimulate the growth of applications for semiconductors, displays and related products and services.

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7th Annual Nano Applications & Advanced Materials Forum

Fri, 21 Sep 2007 12:18:17 +0100

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Leveraging Nanotech-Enabled Applications and Advanced Materials for Business and Investment Opportunities

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This forum brings together the leaders who are building, leveraging, and financing the global economy’s nanotech-enabled applications and advanced materials. Seven years ago, the IBF Nanotech Forum pioneered bringing together investors, corporations, star researchers and business professionals to focus on commercialization, business and core investment opportunities. Over the years, IBF's Nanotech Forum has become renowned for its unsurpassed networking and relationship-building opportunities.

Industrial Verticals:
For our 2008 forum, the event has been carefully structured to focus on how nanotech and advanced materials are being leveraged as enabling technologies in five leading industry verticals:

*Advanced Materials *Semiconductors *Electronics
*Clean Energy *Life Sciences

These industrial categories were voted by IBF’s Board of Directors and past attendees as being the leading industry verticals for which nanotechnology and advanced materials are the enabling technologies, resulting in companies and deals attractive to investors.
You will hear from those capitalizing on next-generation trends in nanotechnology and advanced materials. The sessions will feature in-depth, content-rich discussions– hearing from those who exemplify best practices in innovation, funding, business strategies, and corporate integration.

Nano-Corporate Partnering Showcase: Selected early-stage companies seeking corporate partners will present. Presentations will be moderated & critiqued by panel of industry experts and venture capitalists. Candidate submissions are being accepted at this time.

This conference will enable you to:
• Determine the best nanotech and advanced materials opportunities and develop your strategies
• Understand how nano-enabled technologies & advanced materials are poised to make a dramatic impact on commercial applications
• Hear from and share ideas with the dealmakers and corporate leaders in nanotechnology & advanced materials.

Audience profile:
This conference unites venture capitalists, private equity investors, corporate investors, institutional investors, technology transfer experts, licensing executives, new business development executives, university, government and corporate research scientists, emerging growth nanotechnology companies, government funding agencies and corporations integrating nano-enabled technologies.

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Renaissance Esmeralda Hotel
Indian Wells, CA

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Cathy Fenn
Registrar
(516) 765-9005, ext. 210
E: cathy@ibfconferences.com

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http://ibfconferences.com/ibf/viewdetails.asp?lstconfname=206

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BASF Venture Capital GmbH

Benj — Wed, 27 Jun 2007 15:29:13 +0100

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http://www.basf-vc.de/

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4. Gartenweg, Gebaude Z 025

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67063

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+49 621 60-76801

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+49 621 60-76819

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BASF Venture Capital GmbH invests strategically into business fields in which chemistry is needed to make a difference. Besides a risk adequate return on our investment, the access to innovative chemistry-based technologies is the key driver for an investment.

Investment Focus:

BASF Venture Capital GmbH offers equity investments between 1 and 5 million Euro. We preferably seek to invest in companies which

* develop disruptive technologies in existing business fields of BASF Group.
* work in project areas of BASF Future Business GmbH, e.g. Energy Management, Quality of Life and Organic Electronics.
* fit into one of the growth-clusters of BASF Group:
- Plant Biotechnology
- Industrial Biotechnology
- Raw Material Change
- Nanotechnology
- Energy Management

BASF Venture Capital America Inc.:
1114 State Street, Suite 239
Santa Barbara, CA 93101
U.S.A.
Telefon: +1 805 966 1655
Telefon: +1 805 966 1644
Telefax: +1 805 966 1657

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Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ( EPSRC )

Benj — Sat, 16 Jun 2007 12:13:31 +0100

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http://www.epsrc.ac.uk/

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infoline@epsrc.ac.uk

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Polaris House, North Star Avenue

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SN2 1ET

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+44 (0)1793 444000

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+44 (0)1793 444100

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We are the main UK government agency for funding research and training in engineering and the physical sciences, investing around £740 million a year in a broad range of subjects – from mathematics to materials science, and from information technology to structural engineering.

We operate to meet the needs of industry and society by working in partnership with universities to invest in people and scientific discovery and innovation. The knowledge and expertise gained maintains a technological leading edge, builds a strong economy and improves people's quality of life.

Our work is complementary to other research investors including other research councils, government agencies, industry and the European Union. We actively engage in and encourage partnerships and collaborations across disciplines, boundaries and the world.

We also actively promote public engagement in science, engineering and technology.

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Southern Cross Venture Partners ( Sxvp )

Benj — Wed, 23 May 2007 14:30:26 +0100

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http://www.sxvp.com/

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Level 5, 80 Mount Street

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2060

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+61 (0) 2 8314 7400

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+61 (0) 2 9957 6399

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Our team has a strong record of utilizing their start-up and management experience, industry knowledge, network of business/customer relationships, and recruiting skills to assist in building significant shareholder value.

Southern Cross is currently investing in companies that fit our investment criteria. We prefer to act as lead or co-lead in the early stages where we have experience that can help build value rapidly. We do not have a minimum investment amount, however, a typical initial investment will be $2 million to $5 million with an ability to invest more money in later rounds.

Key areas of experience and focus include:

* Software and software systems
* Telecommunications
* Materials and electronics
* Security
* Nanotechnology
* Environmental science and energy

Within these broad areas we are interested in everything from chips to services.

Southern Cross requires a formal submission before meetings or presentations are scheduled. This allows our partners to review and understand your ideas. It also greatly enhances the interactive value of conducting a meeting.

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